Originally Posted by Starman
Originally Posted by AcesNeights
Mormons, like Catholics, Lutherans, Baptist’s, Hindus, etc, etc are free to preach whatever doctrine they want..


Christianity has been a self-interest driven game up oneupmanship for two millennia and counting, ...[Constantine called the council
cause rival christians were constantly at each others throats and destabilizing the region he ruled]....Being free to believe or preach
what you want does not and will not prevent christians continually bashing christians who are 'different'.


i allus liked the way the catholics rolled the independent monastery type "christians" into the main group. they set them up as orders, or groups and allowed them to become 'sects' inside the mainstream church. it cut down on a lot of confusion, competition, and other difficult circumstances.

the variety of desert fathers "out there' were pretty diverse as i best understand it. but of course i didn't attend seminary, so what could i possibly know?