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[edit] Magic world view, etc.

I think we're actually reaching agreement incrementally article by article.--John Foxe 22:55, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

I agree and I appreciate your willingness to work with me on this stuff... thanks! gdavies 22:52, 22 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Anon vandalism

Thanks for the heads up on User talk:204.99.118.9 - I would say the current vandalism deserves more of a warning as it isn't a personal attack like the prior vandalism here and here. If it gets worse I'd post something to StormRider or Visorstuff, as I am not on frequently right now and am restraining from imposing any blocks for a little while. --Trödel 03:53, 4 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Mormon

This is R.E.S.A., responding to your talk concerning my edit of the Mormon article. I agree that an "unbiased definition" of Christianity is necessary here; however, "one who claims to worship Christ" can hardly be considered objective. Such a definition would reduce the word "Christianity" to a hollow and useless shell of a word. Rather, we ought to use the word to apply only to those who actually are in some way disciples of the person known to the Christian world at large as "Christ". The Mormons claim to worship a man named Christ, but also claim that the teachings he left behind were largely corrupted, and that what this Christ _really_ said was substantially different (e.g. the Christ of the Christians saying that there will be no marriage in Heaven, whereas the Mormon religion teaching that Marriage is eternal). Therefore the Christ of the Mormons is a _substantially different_ person than the Christ of the Christians. For this reason, it is equivocation to call Mormons Christians. Mormons are followers of _a_ Christ, but not the same Christ as Christians. Anyway, as Wikipedia is supposed to be NPOV, and this is a hotly controversial topic, it's a pretty clear violation of Wikipedia's standards to just matter-of-factly say that everyone who thinks that Mormons aren't Christian are wrong and that Mormons _are_ Christian. —The preceding unsigned comment was added by R.E.S.A. (talk • contribs) 01:42, 20 March 2007 (UTC).

R.E.S.A. again. I didn't want to bring this up in the talk page about Mormonism, but you mentioned 2 Thess. 2:3 as referring to the Great Apostasy. You do realize, do you not, that this passage states that this "falling away" (as one version puts it) will occur only when the antichrist appears? And that Jesus will appear to defeat this antichrist with the glory of his second coming? I'm really interested in how you interpret this. Did someone already sit in the Temple of God, declare himself God, work miracles through the power of Satan, and get destroyed by the brightness of the coming of the Lord? If so, when and where did this happen? What about Matt. 16:18, "upon this rock I shall build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."? Doesn't that seem to indicate that the "falling away" from 2 Thess. will be less than a total apostasy of the Church? I mean, if you don't mind my asking. If this is none of my business, don't hesitate to tell me so, I'm just overly curious sometimes.R.E.S.A. 23:56, 21 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Linguistics and the Book of Mormon

Partially due to your vote, Linguistics and the Book of Mormon has been selected as the Mormon collaboration of the month. I look forward to working with you on the article. uriah923(talk) 21:02, 2 April 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Featured article review : Golden plates

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