“I have been trying for months now simply to understand how otherwise intelligent people can believe as you do.”
Why are you spending months trying to understand? Why not try to figure out real problems that might actually affect you like trying to figure out why people use abotion as birth control, or why homosexuals are trying to take over our society and change our laws, etc???? Channel your energies into other endeavors instead of making a fellow conservative feel attacked and picked on and making him defend his faith. It rude and uncalled for.
“Why not try to figure out real problems that might actually affect you ...”
-— Or those like you? Whom Christians happen to care about.
“... making him defend his faith.”
-— Which you will not do, and I’m beginning to see why.
“... and change our laws ...”
-— Is polygamy in your religious laws?
(HIT ABUSE BUTTON NOW)
“It rude and uncalled for.”
-— Like, answering while you know the poster of the original comment is gone.
Believe it, Freeplancer, the poster was making an accurate assessment of what is in the minds of many, including me: WE CARE, and do not understand how intelligent people can fall for such as is believed in Mormonism. Furthermore, it seems that no one will stand up for the beliefs of their own religion of Mormonism. All I’ve seen thus far are posts such as yours and worse — much worse — trashing Christians for trying to ask how Mormons can call themselves Christians when the teachings of Mormonism clearly go against God’s word.
Can you say in your heart and here aloud that Jesus and Lucifer were brothers? If so, how?
Can you say that Mormonism is or, even accepts, Christianity given all the terrible things said by Mormon leaders about Christianity? If so, how?
On and on I could go.
Was Joseph Smith greater than Jesus?
WILL ANY ONE OF YOU STAND UP AND DECLARE JOSEPH SMITH’S WORDS WERE RIGHT AND GOD-INSPIRED EVEN THOUGH THEY DENY THE SUPREMACY OF JESUS??? ANY OF YOU???
Please either say you accept or deny. It’s that simple.
NO ONE IS BASHING YOU OR TRASHING YOUR RELIGION.
Every single person who professes to be a Christian truly cares about YOU, your walk with Christ (and not a prophet, if you believe J.S. to have been so) and, most importantly, cares about your soul and eternal future. I do. I believe you are looking for the way to Christ or else you would not have fallen for the false beliefs of Mormonism. PLEASE read your Bible and then read it again. When you can reconcile the beliefs of Mormonism with the Word, please let me know how.
PLEASE, do it for your own sake and for those whom you love. Grant yourself the favor of having a mind toward Christ and read the Bible for yourself.
Jesus Christ died for you. He means for you to know HIM, and by doing so and through Him, knowing whom you refer to as “Heavenly Father.”
You are loved.
You are loved.
YOU ARE LOVED.