Refuting falsehoods is something even I have tried to do where Mormonism is at issue. BUT you treat the truths raised about your religion and the actual sources from LDS materials as falsehoods in an effort to imprint the impression that all folks raise in opposition to Mormonism is false. THAT is deceit, tantiboh, that is what some of we Inmans are constantly striving against.
Let me give you an example.
In this discussion, we’ve seen the claim that the LDS Church teaches that the sun is inhabited.
Sources are rolled out; our leaders are quoted. It’s obvious, isn’t it? Your leaders said it right here! It’s documented, and it’s from LDS materials! The LDS Church teaches that the sun is inhabited!
Well, no it doesn’t. When we say it doesn’t, we are accused of obfuscation. We are accused of trying to mislead others about our beliefs.
This is just one of many examples I could cite. What about:
- The accusation that the LDS Church teaches that polygamy is necessary for salvation.
- The accusation that Joseph Smith exalted himself above Christ.
- The accusation that the LDS Church teaches that Adam and God are the same being.
- The accusation that we worship a different Christ from everybody else.
Need I continue?
Yet, we see these same tired falsehoods promulgated as means to discredit us time and time and time again. And their proponents always claim that their arguments are based on LDS sources. And they often state that we’re just trying to hide the truth when we refute their claims.
That is deceit, too, MGH. You, personally, are generally innocent of the more egregious examples; but you are an exception, even amongst the “Flying Inmans.”