What supernatural powers do Mormon priests have?
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None, darlin', none at all, they are just humans like you and like me.
385614
There are few people having real paranormal capacities! But if God gives you such a capacity there are two important steps needed:study and practice!!!
1160054
ummmm they work with a higher power....lol
344148
What bothers me most about Mormons are their false scriptures and false prophets. They have three false scripture-the book of Mormon, a Pearl of Great Price and Doctrines and Covenants. Starting with the founder Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and all their church presidents are false prohphets. What changes would I recommend. Throw out their scriptures, read their Bibles and forget about their prophets. \n\nA short summary for those not familiar with Mormonism\n\n\nThe Mormon church has some very unusual doctrines and beliefs and is considered to be a cult by most conventional Christian denominations.\n\nFor example, they believe their God has a number of heavenly wives. They believe God lives on a planet near a star names Kolob. They believe that they can become gods in the afterlife. They believe in a three tiered heaven which can only be reached through works including marriage to another mormon. Single Mormons can not reach this third level of their heaven. They believe their God used to be a man of flesh and bones and later became God. They believe God came down to earth as a man to impregnate the virgin Mary. \n\nThey believe Satan and Jesus are brothers. They believe everyone has two sets of parents-heavenly parents that create spirit babies and the earthly parents who create the bodies into which these supposed spirt babies go. The reason Mormons have so many children is that they believe that there are a surplus of spirit babies and so members are encouraged to have as many babies as possible to make a place for the spirit bodies to live.\n\nThey believe in marrying and baptizing all their dead relations into the Mormon church, hence the interest in geneology. They have also baptized most dead US presidents and a number of holocaust victims until they got quite a few complaints from members of the Jewish faith. \n\nThe church is very controlling and a person must pass an interview with a church official each year to get a temple recommend pass-this includes a promise of tithing, believing the prophets, work in the church, etc. \n\nThe mormon church was founded by Joseph Smith a local ne'r do well, who spent most of his time treasure hunting, and one day ta-dah he discovered supposedly gold plates from the angel Moroni in New York. The book of Mormon, as opposed to the Bible is historically and archeologically unsound. For example, Bethlehem and Jericho existed. Not so for the locations in the book of Mormon. Joseph Smith as a child made up lots of involved stories regarding Indians and other inhabitants of America. Not so surprisingly the same type of stories are in his book of Mormon, which he claimed came down on gold plates from God. According to Mormon doctrines dark skinned people were dark skinned because of a "curse" placed on them.
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No one has concrete answers on what happens in the after life, least of all the Bible. Your powers are something that is not based on religion. Its part of how you function, like breathing and eating. You can't get rid of them and you can't be held responisble for them being there. Don't try and force a dogmatic view on something like that. If someone tells you that your powers are of the devil then you can know in your heart that they are blissfully ignorant of the truth. You need to look inside yourself and try and fit it in your own beliefs. Don't let someone else tell you what to believe. Work it out on your own. You can't let someone else tell you how it works when they don't have the gift. Only you can do this for yourself.
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Mormons believe that the "true" religion of christ was lost from the earth shortly after christ died.  This "true" christianity was then restored through their first prophet, Joseph Smith, in 1830 when god and jesus appeared to him and told him he had been chosen to restore the true church to the earth.  He also was visited by Moroni, supposedly a prophet from a lost race of ancient americans, who told him where to find golden plates on which was written the spiritual history of his people, similar to the bible but with all of the events taking place in ancient America.  The book he "translated" from these plates became the book of Mormon (Mormon was one of the ancient American prophets), and tells their history as well as the story of Jesus visiting the faithful in America after his resurrection.\nThey believe "as man now is, god once was...and as god now is, man may become" -- meaning that god was once a guy on a planet like us, he did good, achieved eternal life, and was given this earth to rule.  They believe that each of us can do the same, after our lives are over if we're righteous we can get our own world to create/rule over, populate with spirit children, etc.  You get to be a god!\nThey have secret rituals that are done in their temples that are derivatives of Masonic rituals, secret underwear that reminds them of the rituals done in the temples and which are supposed to protect them from harm, still hold plural marriage (polygamy) as a tenet of their religion although it's currently not practiced officially by church members.  They are adamant about collecting 10% tithing (you have to "settle" with your local church every year, showing your tax return and proving you paid your 10% to be considered a faithful member).  They're big on missionary work and getting new members, sending thousands of missionaries to every country in the world they can every year.  They believe they can do "sacraments" (baptism, temple marriages, etc.) for their relatives who have passed away and never had a chance to join the Mormon church, which will give them the chance to accept it in the afterlife.  There are other differences, but that's the gist of it :)\n\nI'm a former Mormon who did a 2-year missionary stint, and know the temple routines very well.  Send me an e-mail or IM if you want to know more.
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Why don't you ask them, it is their priesthood and they will tell you what they require. You certainly won't find it in the Bible.
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The Truth About  Mormonism\n\nMost LDS (This stands for Latter Day Saint, That's what they like to call themselves) won't tell you what the Church believes because it is so bizarre. These strange beliefs are the reason mainline Christians Churches say that Mormonism is a non-christian cult. In the next paragraph I will tell you what they believe and add what the Bible teaches on the subject where appropriate.\nMormons teach that our god is a glorified man. A being of flesh and bone. The Bible makes it very clear that God is spirit. The Mormon god  stated out in the great expanse of uncreated space. There in the darkness of a pre-spiritual existence, god the father, Jesus, you, and I will there all equal and co-eternal. Then a god had sexual intercourse with one of his wives and our god was given a spiritual body. He happened to be the first born of this god so he became the savior of this god's world just like Jesus is for our world. He lived, and taught Mormonism to those who would listen to mine. He died just like Jesus did here and if others on that world would repent and be baptized by the Mormon priest there and live to the end of their lives in righteousness they were allow to return to their god. If they didn't measure up they were assigned to other kingdoms that that god has created for them. Kingdoms overseen by their savior  (who became our god) and another valiant spirit that was given the office of holy ghost. (What do you think, is this getting complex?) After the end of the world that our god did his mortal ministry on, he was given many worthy females at he could have sex with and thereby create spirit children (us) to send to a world that he created. Oh, by the way these worlds weren't really created they were organized out of the matter available in space (matter is co-eternal with god and can't be created or destroyed). Jesus was the first born of our god and Lucifer the second born (who became the devil). Can you believe this Mormons don't just say that Jesus is our spiritual brother but also he and we are brothers of Satan. Lucifer wanted to force us all to be good and bring us all back to god Jesus wanted to give us freedom to make our own decision. Jesus won this battle and became god the son. Well Mormons believe this process is repeated again and again. It is their goal to live a perfect life through their first principles of their gospel they are:\n          1. Faith in the Mormon Jesus\n          2. Baptism by immersion (Done only by their priests)\n          3. Laying on of hands for the gift of the Mormon Holy Ghost  ( Done only by their elders)\n          4. Repentance ( You have to repent of every sin you commit, You better have a good memory)\n          5. Enduring to the end of your life in righteousness. Go to step 4 each time to you sin.\nAlong with this there is marriage in the  Mormon temple (You can't become a god without being married). Everyone is also asked to pay a full tithe (Ok they got one thing right) and do volunteer service for the church (They have no paid ministry. That isn't bad either but someone should tell them that pastoring a local christian church is a full time and a half job and it doesn't pay well at all. Men and women that do it are called of God No one would go into that kind of work on their own..\n\n\nJim
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Yes, and some dude wrote about it too.  What makes mormons a cult is the fact they believe American Indian fiction.  (that would make an interesting conversation - you: so I hear you believe in American Indian folklore  they: .... it's true, I KNOW it is!)
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The supernatural, i.e. God.
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I believe you to be true in what your saying.\nYou seem to me like a christian. I find demons to be in mormons. I find them to stick together like a cult group as well. They have hard time figuring out what is real and what is correct. Have you noticed that non member is always corrected even when you join "you get corrected".\nLike that other girl said For some reason like other post of yours you seem to know alot about mormons. \nTalking to the mormon lady who spoke up  well so what if he does! Do you want convert him cause you lose people more and more everyday! Wake up silly mormon tricks are from  the \ndevil not from God. Real christians know that mormons dont live the way God says in the bible. Real christians know that mormons have to have there way. Real christians also know you dont go by a cross you go by a spare that sticks straight up. Nothing you can say can change a christ follower thats "christ", no one else shall i follow, but christ. As a christian follows a true christian knows they can not do works to get there self in to heaven. By the way there is only one heaven and one hell. Sorry that i had to be the one to tell you the true truth.
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Yes, most definitely they can.  Ask any Catholic priest.
195543
yes, when their eyes will suddenly become red and their voice intonation will change...there are ways to detect it, especially if the demon possessed is near someone who has the holy spirit of God.\n\nonly demon or evil spirits (fallen angels) possess persons..holy angels or good angels will never do such a thing.
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Brainwashing and Mind Control in Religious Cults and Elsewhere\nhttp://www.apologeticsindex.org/b09.html\n\nthis resource for finding out oddetys of beliefs in different groups.\nyou might find some info there to help you in your quest.\nI do know the catholics have nothing on the Jehovas Witness when it comes to accusations of ministers abusing younger members...they have many sex abuse scandles and there are yahoo groups specific to many faiths that are for ex members who seek understanding from others who also see thru the stuff and nonsense.
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Yeah...try an explain these too...\nhttp://www.biblebelievers.org/genindex.htm\n\n Hey slugmaster...how many mind power people have you seen healing the blind, making birth defects normal before your eyes, or raising the dead?
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Ghosts and spirits exist.  Don't let anyone tell you otherwise.  The Holy Spirit is one.  Angels and demons are others.  There are reports, within the Church, of spirits and ghosts that are true (at least validated by the Church).  We call these miraculous apparitions.\nIf you are in touch with them, cool.  Use your gift for good.\nAnd no, you are not crazy.
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They believe that God's true church has been restored to the earth through a modern-day prophet.  They believe that Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father still speak to people.  They believe that families can be forever.  The Book of Mormon is similar to the Bible in that it testifies of the divinity of Jesus Christ.  The LDS church worships Jesus Christ as the son of God.\n\nFor more about the basic beliefs of the LDS church, check out their websites:\n\nwww.lds.org\nor\nhttp://www.mormon.org/learn/0,8672,1082-1,00.html