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To: Logophile
That said, your experience seems rather incomplete.
You think in terms of a debate to be won, while we Mormons tend to think in terms of declaring the truth.

YUP, MY experience is faulty, while YOURS is not! See my post #526.

527 posted on 10/14/2007 7:27:57 AM PDT by greyfoxx39
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To: greyfoxx39; Elsie; Colofornian; JRochelle; Greg F; aMorePerfectUnion; Revelation 911; xzins; ...
The foundation upon which Paul evangelized was the Old Testament Bible in which the person, mission, and revelation of Jesus was found. Paul knew it well having learned these things as a devout Jew. When Jesus called Paul to follow Him, He then spent three years teaching Him. Question is, teaching him what?... Where His Word, the Old Testament, spoke of Him. What is not only offensive but downright frightening is the Mormon practices founded in the commands of Smith, et al, taken by Mormons as 'revelation of other things vital to fulfilling Christ's work', as if Christ's Holy Spirit could not succeed in this world for 1700 years.

The dictates of a proven liar, false prophet, fabricator of Bible verses is believed the source for the 'restored gospel' based on the dictation of Joe Smith and an easily produced emotional effect trumping the witness of Old Testament Paul used to evangelize and then the New Testament used for the past 1700 years to evangelize. Yes, considered to trump the OT and NT because there are dictates and doctrines which contradict the Bible, the source of validation for the person and work of Jesus Christ! The Mormon obsession to validate polygamy and the multiple wives of Joe Smith is but one example of this effort to establish a lie as a blessing.

One can know this religion is not from God because to defend the Mormonism contradictions to the Bible teachings, the Mormonism Apologists seek to denigrate and sow doubt that the Bible is God's Word as He wants it for us. You will see that very campaign to claim the Bible is 'what Constantine commanded be in the pages', or the revelations are 'based upon Greek philosophies and or Greek Philosophers'. The apologists will take Bible passages out of context and twist them to suit the untruth Mormonism preaches. The apologists will tell you that unless you too have 'the burning in the bosom' you are being cheated from the Gospel, that God is short-changing you by you not asking right for His revelation.

Bottom line is, this religion of Smith is anti-christ/demonic in nature as attested to by the many contradictions it has to the Truth found in the OT and NT scriptures which are God inspired and which have been the proof source for hundreds of millions of Christians for the past 2000 years. To accept Mormonism one must believe the Smith, et al lie that God could not keep His promises to never leave us or forsake us since He arose and ascended and sent His Holy Spirit into us upon a profession of Belief in Him and that God raised Him from the dead!

When Mormonism apologists demand you show him/her that Mormonism contradicts Christianity, recall for them the Mormon belief that God needed to restore that which He had promised would never leave us once He began the new covenant. THAT is the greatest contradiction to Christ and Salvation He taught to Paul, and the one they will avoid dealing with to continue believing their own religion's lies. Proselytizing for Mormonism is founded upon sowing doubt, causing a person to doubt the promises of God as if something only Mormonism has must be 'restored' in order for God to succeed in saving individual souls. The proof of their heresy being the founding principle of that religion is their doctrine of being baptised for the dead ... as if the only way to complete salvation is by Mormon authorized baptism! That is a gross, obscene contradiction to the teaching of Our Lord Jesus Christ, and in a mature Christ's heart, that is what we find disturbing in Mormonism and electing a man who is sold out to such a cult.

528 posted on 10/14/2007 9:09:42 AM PDT by MHGinTN (If you can read this, you've had life support. Defend life support for others in the womb.)
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To: greyfoxx39
YUP, MY experience is faulty, while YOURS is not! See my post #526.

Those are your words, not mine.

I did read your post #526. Frankly, I do not see why you are so worked up. You insist Mormonism is false, that Mormons are arrogant for believing what God has revealed to us, and that we promulgate a lie. Your language is much harsher than anything I have written to or about you.

Yet when invited to tell me which church is true, you passed. You have told me what not to believe; you have not said what I should believe instead. In fact, you have provided no reason to believe much of anything. For all I know, your only faith is anti-Mormonism.

The Apostle Peter said, "be ready always to give an answer to every man that asketh you a reason of the hope that is in you with meekness and fear" (1 Peter 3:15). Can you provide such an answer?

535 posted on 10/14/2007 12:42:27 PM PDT by Logophile
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