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Did you know that Mormons believe that God the Father came down in person and impregnated Mary, resulting in the birth of Jesus?

Acknowledged. What I meant was that the person could be saved by the skin of his teeth because he trusted in Christ's promises that "He who comes to Me I will in no wise cast out." But in actual practice, and we saw very clearly in our exchanges with atheists and agnostics on CF, that no way...

Nor have I!

It means that I abide by the law of the Spirit of life in Christ written on the fleshly tables of my heart, than to follow a set of external rules that lead only to self-righteousness. If you want a reliable answer to your first point, why not ask an orthodox Jew whether Gentiles who have not...

Anyone can change their behaviour to please the onlookers. It is amazing how people change their behaviour when encountering a police officer! There are many church people who are "angels" at church and devils at home. "Therefore no one will be declared righteous in God's sight by the works...

Maybe someone at church got up his nose at one stage and he is taking it on every other church ever since. I once worked with a school principal who said he was an atheist because of all the hypocrites in churches. Actually it is a convenient nail to hang one's hat on to try and justify one's...

In actual fact, he puts Catholic tradition over and above the Bible, not as par with it - because the bulk of traditional Catholic doctrine contradicts the Bible!

No. Hebrews 6 doesn't apply to you at all. It applies to a converted believer, filled with the Holy Spirit, having a full knowledge of the the things of God and what Jesus did for him on the cross, and had personally experienced the blessings and good things that go with a genuine Christian...

As a Family Court registrar I would go with the judge when he heard applications from those who were committed to the local mental health facility to be declared healthy and able to be released. We had one patient who thought he was Jesus, and blessed everyone at the hearing when he walked in...

That is the result of inaccurate interpretation and application of the passage and resultant false teaching of it. But the Apostle to the Hebrews wrote exactly what he meant - that an atheist who was once a converted Christian who subsequently totally rejected Christ cannot be restored to...

I don't have to prove anything to you. All I have to do is read church history and have reasonable doubts how that Catholic priests can be pedophiles, adulterers, fornicators, and fathers of illegitimate children can represent Christ, while they hear others confess their sins while keeping...

A genuinely converted believer cannot lose his salvation unless he totally rejects Christ and declares himself an atheist. The person who believes that a converted believer (as apart from someone who has just a mere profession of Christianity), can be lost through sinful behaviour caused...

So Hebrews 6:5-6 is not correct then? Therefore if a person who was converted to Christ and filled with the Spirit then totally rejects Christ and embraces atheism, they can be restored to repentance?

Which one...yours or mine?

Only a converted believer can repent, therefore repentance, although essential, follows conversion to Christ. An unconverted person cannot repent because it is not in his sinful heart to be able to do it. Until his heart is transformed by the conversion work of the Holy Spirit, he is in...

That reminds me of a recording I heard of Peter Sellers doing an impression of a British politician. He said, "Like all good members of my party, I just want to say this.........

If you actually quoted the verses, then we might have something to go on with a meaningful discussion instead of you feeling that you have to abuse and insult me because I have a different view of the church than you have. Come on! Show some respect, and get off the pot of accusation and abuse...

All one has to do is to read church history to prove everything I have said. Of course, RCC church history would be quite different from any church history from any other source, and RCC members would be prohibited from reading and believing anything outside of RCC approved texts. Maybe...

I will take your word on that. I don't want to hijack the thread by entering into a discussion about the pros and cons of LDS theology. But I am aware of the different factions in the LDS church with the doctrinal differences among them. I think that the Temple Mormons in Salt Lake City are...

It is possible that upon coming back to Christ and pleading for mercy, the person could be pardoned and be saved as of by fire, because Jesus promised that those who came to Him, He would not cast out. But they would never be able to be restored to full repentance and regain what they had before.