It might interest you to know that LDS is currently listed as the fastest expanding protestant religion in the U.S.
Having said that, the disagreement I have with Mormonism is the same I have with fundamentalist evangelicals believing in the literal truth of the Bible and RCs blindly accepting the non-Scripturally sound pronouncements of Popes venerating the Virgin Mary.
The factual evidence of science documenting that the earth is a lot older than the 10,000 years the Bible indicates and neither it nor the universe could have been created in a mere six 24-hour periods should be enough for most rational-thinking people...that is not to say there isn't a God or that there was an "intelligent design" in the making of it.
On the subject of Dr. Hugh Nibley, while a distinguished linguist he's, IMO, the right-wing equivalent of Noam Chomsky (also a noted linguist)...he was hardly a historian; in fact he was a little bit kooky. You may have known that he is the guy who fought against the BYU dress code in the 60s etc., urging some of the administration to allow students to "let their hair down" (i.e. hippie style).
Not only was he not a historian, he wasn't even right-wing...
Hugh Nibley: The Father of Mormon Scholarly Apologetics ...
You may be interested to learn Dr. Nibley's credibility was seriously damaged when he authenticated Joseph Smith's translation of an Egyptian papyrus which was put forth as the Book of Abraham.
The award winning documentary, The Lost Book of Abraham, shown HERE, cites a number of prominent scholars who disagree with Smith and Nibley. Dr. Robert K. Ritner, Professor of Egyptology at the University of Chicago, is cited most frequently in the film and takes an unequivocal position denying the validity of Smith's purported translation. I invite you to review Ritner's vitae HERE.Dr. Nibley's credibility took another blow when, as explained HERE, he authenticated the Anthon Transcript, a sheet of paper believed to contain copies of the characters which appeared on the gold plates of the Book of Mormon. This document was later proven to be fabricated by Mark Hofmann.Interestingly, as noted HERE and HERE, Dr. Nibley would later recant much of his endorsement, but the damage to his reputation was done.
Dr. Nibley made other pronouncements which impaired his value as a Mormon apologist. For example, in 1947 he published the following demonstrably false statement:
Yet of all churches in the world only [the Mormon Church] has not found it necessary to readjust any part of its doctrine in the last hundred years. – Hugh Nibley, No, Ma'am, That's Not History, page 46.Still other examples of Dr. Nibley's lack of discernment can be found HERE.
In light of the above, you would probably be better served in future posts by not citing Dr. Nibley as an established expert.
It might interest you to know that according to sources listed HERE, the Mormon Church is not growing nearly as fast as many Christian denominations, and may in fact be facing declining membership.
Further, as explained HERE, Mormonism is not Christian.
THIS is an example of not 'a half-truth', but a complete lie!
LDS Inc. is NOT a 'protestant' group!!
Mormons are not "protestants"
They deny the triune God, they believe that "god the father" was once a man, he and his wives had "spirit babies " to inhabit his new earth.
They believe their are many gods of many planets and that someday observant mormons will become gods of their own planets .
That does not come close to any Christian doctrine I know of. It is why they are called a cult