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#30. If children have no sins until they are eight years old, why are they baptized at age eight to wash away non-existent sins? Eight year old children are not baptized to wash away their sins, but to take upon themselves the name of Christ, enter his Church and...
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“58 Questions Mormons Should Ask Themselves” Answers to selected questions from Contender Ministries The questions we have selected to answer from the Contender Ministries list are the ones that differ from the 50 questions posed by Tower Ministries. Almost all the...
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41. Since Jesus’ statement, “Be ye therefore perfect” (Matthew 5:48) is in the present tense, are you perfect right now? Do you expect to be perfect soon? According to Hebrews 10:14, how are we made perfect? The explanation is found in the following scripture,...
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31. If Jesus is Jehovah of the Old Testament and Elohim is referred to as God in the Old Testament, can you explain Deuteronomy 6:4 to me: “Hear, O Israel: the LORD (Jehovah) our God (Elohim) is one LORD (Jehovah)? “An alternate translation of the passage is ‘Hear, O...
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11. Why did Joseph Smith condone polygamy as an ordinance from God (Doctrine and Covenants 132) when the Book of Mormon had already condemned the practice (Jacob 1:15, 2:24)? The Book of Mormon passage to which you refer here was not in reference to polygamy at all. ...