Christian and Jewish Leaders Condemn Anti-Mormonism

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[sevenbak]

The recent attacks from a number of sources on The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (Mormons) reek of the same prejudice that, in the past, we have often seen used against Jews, Catholics, Muslims, and many others. This kind of behavior needs to be identified and condemned for what it is: religious intolerance and blatant bigotry.

These attacks on the Mormon Church have come in three forms: preaching, publications, and video presentations. Honoring the freedom to speak and preach from the heart, the National Conference takes issue with using the pulpit, any pulpit, to promote misleading, distorted, false and/or bigoted views of any religious body. An example of such a distortion is the growing use and presentation of two videos: "The Godmakers" and "The Godmakers II". These videos, developed by an anti-Mormon group intent upon vilification and hatemongering, are designed to misstate, malign, and encourage the hatred of a well established group of Christian believers and they ought to be repudiated by all people of good will...

...As people of good will, we in the National Conference of Christians and Jews join with our national leaders in the condemnation of any attempt to use one's first amendment religious freedom as a smoke-screen behind which one might hide while engaged in actions which must rightly be named as religious bigotry.

[pby]

What is interesting though is that Jospeh Smith did not use the urim and thummim in a revelatory capacity (in the manner desrbied by St. Augustine, and John Crysostom) but grabbed a Hebrew dictionary when presented with the Kinderhook plates.

Oh...Smith took the bait, alright! It is evidenced by your own admission that he grabbed a Hebrew dictionary! That fact is interesting, in itself, because the plates contain no Hebrew!!

By Clayton's own notes, Smith translated that the plates contained ancient history, including that of a descendant of Ham.

But...you are right in that Smith did not use the peep stone this time.

But, still...Smith got trapped and was proven a fraud!

[sevenbak]

Interesting stuff.

[sevenbak]

Kind of makes the point pretty clearly about “raising up seed” unto the Lord.

See Jacob 2:30

[Osage Orange]

Kind of makes the point pretty clearly about “raising up seed” unto the Lord.

Not hardly....but I would expect you to toe the mormon line.

[sevenbak]

Glad to not disappoint. ;-)

Happy 4th!

[Osage Orange]

Happy Independence Day to you also........!!!