stop spinning my words there is nothing that the main stream religion has has that I want nor need.
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How am I “turning” your words? Hmm?
Regardless of how your “conversion” took place, you place your faith in the LDS church. If you did not, then there would be no point in belonging to the “only true church”, would there?
Everything the LDS believe hinges on the reliability of Joseph Smith as a prophet. If he is a prophet, then the LDS church is the “restored” church of Christ. If however, he was a false prophet, or a con man, then the ENTIRE LDS church crumbles. There is no middle ground there.
And there is something the mainstream Christian church has, that you may not want, but you DEFINITELY need. That is the Jesus Christ of the Bible. A Christ who is SINLESS (contrary to Orson Pratt), fully God and fully man (not one who had to “earn” his godhood), who has the power to cover ALL sins (contrary to past LDS leaders view that some sins are not covered - like murder), and who doesn’t need our “help” by our works to ensure our place in the presence of God.
You may not want this Christ, but you need Him, you need him badly, for eternity without Him is a VERY, VERY long time.
Reaganaut,
Please join those of us who have designated thuRsdays as Resty thuRsdays!
ampu
You hit the nail on the head and the truth is this: Joseph Smith failed the two tests outlined in the Bible for a true prophet of God:
1) A true prophets prophecies had to come true 100%, 100% of the time: Deuteronomy 18:20-22
2) Even if the prophets prophecies came true 100%, a false prophet would draw his followers away from worshiping the true and living God as presented in the Word of God to worship "other gods": Deuteronomy 13:1-5
Joseph Smith failed BOTH of these biblical tests. He is therefore a false prophet and the founder of a false "religion" that worships a false christ.