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Originally Posted by Maxel
Well, the idea that there is authoritative conflict within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is debatable, at best. Spin-off branches that teach a different branch of Mormonism have no effect on the policies of the LDS Church, and they often evolve to teach different, sometimes radically different, doctrine than the LDS Church. The LDS Church proper is very authoritative and stresses one religion to reflect the one true Gospel of Christ.
On another note, I don't remember anyone 'hiding' behind a belief like you mentioned above.
Lastly, I can agree that my own faith is not based on a denomination but is given lifeblood through my testimony of Jesus Christ as my personal savior.
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Please don't take this as an insult, it was not meant to be. However, it would seem that by your very words you may just consider that you are hiding behind the "authority" of a church...
The church I presently participate with is supportive of
my biblical salvation understanding, and couples that with a healthy need to mature spiritually in my christian growth/walk that is spoken of in the New Testament. The church functions to cause interaction among other believers of like minds with the leading of the HOLY SPIRT. The church is not THE AUTHORITY as I understand it from a Biblical perspective. The WORD and HOLY SPIRIT are the authority. The HOLY SPIRIT providing the understanding of scripture to the children of GOD.
Consider if "
A church" was the authority, then would JESUS be addressing 7 churches in Revelations?