There’s a good answer to a question like this. It goes something like this - by their fruits you shall know them.
Frankly, I don’t care if there are people out there who believe that some guy in upstate New York had magic spectacles to view secret tablets. My church believes a guy was killed by a powerful empire and the local rabble and returned from the dead. Other people believe teachers have found a way to remove themselves from cause and effect, traveled to Jerusalem with angels and climbed a ladder to heaven, talked to God as a pillar of fire, think that the creator of the universe is asleep and we are his dream, all history is the battle between classes and economic inequality, all women are the pawns of an all-powerful male organization known as the patriarchy, God visited the next manifestation of His glory in a dank prison in Iran, a supernatural being will rise from a well to bring chaos... gee, the list could go on and on.
I like being a Christian. I don’t pretend that it would sound sensible to anyone who does not believe.
What are the fruits? I haven’t met many Mormons who are evil, cruel, or fanatical. I’ve met a few who were not the finest examples of humanity, but only a few. On the other hand, there are religions out there where women are treated like cattle and the founder calls for endless war in an effort to convert the world. There are ideologies out there which kill millions without batting an eye. I’ll go with the “know them by their fruits” standard.
Well said. An corrupt tree cannot bring forth good fruit, neither can a good tree bring forth evil fruit.
Voice of reason, thanks.