... how does man truly know?" How did Augustine understand man's religious nature and destiny? Augustine" s theory of salvation supports the belief that man is a fallen, sinful creature. For instance, in book of the "Confessions" he wrote that: "In this was my sin, that not in God but in his ... his lofty view of what man once had been, Augustus held the present life in low esteem. According to Augustine, the fall reversed everything. Fallen man lost his self-control and became a slave to lust. He obeyed and enjoyed the world. Most significantly, he lost his ability to "not ... for Augusti...

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... , "God has been God for all eternity." They also say that total perfection is demanded to attain "godhood" but in Romans 3:23 the bible says: "For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of god." Another sin that they have in their belief is, they think that Joseph Smith was a holy prophet, and will be the final judge (Brigham ... Jesus is married but in Matthew 22:30 it reads as the following: "At the resurrection people will neither marry nor be given in marriage: they will be like the angels in heaven." Another error they teach is that Jesus and Satan are brothers but the bible ...

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