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To: reaganaut
I was taught by a Protestant pastor (when I was a Protestant) the SAME THING that I am being taught by the Orthodox Christian church: that LDS has (1) a different god, (2) a different savior, (3) a different pathway to salvation, and lastly, (4) a different heaven.

I've studied it. It's true: their "god" is predated by the Universe, he was a being that perfected himself, their "Christ" is merely the "firstborn" and not as John 1:1 describes, their path to salvation involves earning it through individual effort, and lastly, they have three heavens.

Mormonism can't bear close scrutiny without falling apart. Not if one approaches it with intellectual integrity, it can't.

Sauron

34 posted on 11/15/2012 1:00:37 AM PST by sauron ("Truth is hate to those who hate Truth" --unknown)
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To: sauron

Mormonism can’t bear close scrutiny without falling apart. Not if one approaches it with intellectual integrity, it can’t.

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Very well said. And you are completely correct. When I was LDS I ignored those who told me I shouldn’t ‘think too much’ about LDS doctrine, just ‘follow the prophet’ and go on my feelings (what they call a testimony). I ignored them because, being young, I thought Mormonism could be defended intellectually. I thought myself out of Mormonism just as they warned me I would and THANK GOD that I did.


67 posted on 11/15/2012 10:02:22 AM PST by reaganaut (Kyrie eleison...Christe eleison...Kyrie eleison)
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