LOL. I had him as a professor when I was at BYU. Arrogant SOB.
He travels around with a Christian named Greg Johnson discussing LDS vs. Christianity and from what I heard flat out lies to the audience.
Which wouldn’t surprise me, he used to encourage his students at BYU to “lie for the Lord” when discussing LDS beliefs.
Part of the reason I ended up not going on a mission was because of what he says in that video. I could not go out and intentionally deceive potential converts, which is what I was told to do in Missionary Preparation classes.
Question:
I was on a trip to Chile a few years and some Mormon Missionaries were on the trip and started to evangelize me. I told them I am a Christian and their message was more suited toward those that were not.
They persisted and while I admire tenacity I explained that we were probably on the same team and again I am not a prospect for conversion.
They then asked If I had about Joseph Smith to which I replied “I have heard of Joseph Smith and it doesn’t matter to me. Jesus Christ is the only one my salvation is with or possible through”.
Again they persisted about Joseph Smith and I said “Guys. You are nice kids doing good work but I don’t care about Joseph Smith”.
Luckily the plane began to pitch and yaw, as ascend/descend pretty violently. I suggested it might be a good idea to pray this thing stays in the air. They hastily agreed.
Why was it important to persist on educating me about Joseph Smith?