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antimormon

Can we stop with this "antimormon" labeling?

I mean the Book of Mormon says there are only two churches--either the one belonging to Jesus Christ (which LDS say is their church alone) or the one that is "the church of the devil" (every other church).

So do Evangelicals, Protestants, RC, Eastern Orthodox always go around saying that the Book of Mormon is "anti-evangelical?" "anti-Protestant?" "anti-Catholic?" etc

The New Testament paints the most wonderful picture of Jews--the fact that the Son of God was willing to be one.

But it also paints a number of negative portrayals...from the way it highlights Judas, the elders, the chief priest, the scribes, the Pharisees to the way Stephen summarized them prior to be stoned to his death by these very same folks. (And then we have Saul/Paul, who gives us both sides)

That doesn't mean that the New Testament or early church is an "anti-Jew" document (in fact the bulk of the early church was Jewish). It is very much "pro-Jewish" because it has at its goal a spiritual exodus for that people group.

The fact is that a decent make-up of the Evangelical/Protestant church is either ex-Mormon or are descendents of Mormons. That doesn't automatically make these folks "anti-Mormons" when they speak up against the theology and practices of the LDS church. Like the NT does re: the Jews, these ex-Mormons and descendents of Mormons tend to give realistic praiseworthy assessments of LDS, but likewise negative ones as well.

And just because Apollos would go into the Synogogue in the book of Acts and vigorously debate the Jews did not make Apollos an "anti-Jew."

Just because God contends against even His people at times doesn't make God anti-humanity. Just because God judged the Israelites and sought reformation and renewal did not make God "anti-Jew."

Once again, we have some folks using the Left's tactics--to simply label someone and ostracize them.

192 posted on 05/04/2007 9:53:29 AM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian
Can we stop with this "antimormon" labeling?
I believe that was the point of my posts.
Maybe I failed to make my point - I sometimes do that.
203 posted on 05/04/2007 10:28:54 AM PDT by GrandEagle
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