Besides, who can resist a movie Charleton Heston or Claude Raines? Are you Jewish?

Heston was the best.Yes, I am Jewish. Just trying to point out that the folks that go on and on about Mormonism as being a cult are themselves part of a cult. Mormonism is a cult of Christianity and Christianity is a cult of Judaism. (cult meaning non-orthodox off-shoot or sub group)Many Christians will compare their belief system to mormonism, jehovah witness and other such known Christian cults but do not adequately stop to ask the question, why do Jews not accept Jesus? They may look at that question from the Chrisitan apologetic view but seldom from the Jewish apologetic view point.

I’ve been thinking about the Jews lately. Since most Christians believe in the Trinity, then they believe that Jesus Christ and Heavenly Father and the Holy Ghost are the same God. Therefore, since the Jews believe in the Old Testament, then all of you guys are “saved” because Jesus Christ is the same as God the Father of the Old Testament. Jews also have the Holy Ghost.

Too bad I have heard Christians say that all the Jews are going to hell because they don’t believe in Jesus Christ, the Messiah. Well, you are in good company, because they like to condemn all Mormons to hell on this site.

Join the club!

Well I get the Jewish viewpoint and never dained to argue with them. Not really in my best interest to mess with God's chosen people. Besides, old joke "For as few Jews as there are it seems like I must know about half them". Funniest time was when I had my Seder 20 years ago and asked "Why is this night any different?". Honest question and I didn't know the answer but the whole table exploded with laughter and I later found out the joke as I read "Why is this night any different". This time I laughed and the whole table laughed again. Been doing Seder for 20 years, Hannukah, Yom Kippur and Shabat. I got my own collection of Kippahs and I think it's time to get another one. Why do I tell you this? Because it seems I can ask a Jew any question about Judaism or what it means to them and there isn't offense. How would I ever learn but for someone else answering the question? The same goes for asking Catholics "What's that?" or "Why is that important to you?", they simply answer and I now have more information about a subject. I don't ridicule them or insult them. I don't tell them they are wrong. How would I know anyway? I was never given the imprimatur or perfect knowledge of judgement for a good reason. I ain't no good at it. If, however, you ask a Mormon anything they want to shape the conversation their way. That isn't how people communicate especially adults. Heck, they are taught this deceptive tactic from day one of the MTC and here is probably the most grating man I never did meet teaching missionaries how to answer a question: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9zA-rZQB-xQ So it's part of their constructed imprint and Bob Millet isn't a nobody in LDS.

Robert L. Millet

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Dr. Robert Millet
Born	December 30, 1947 (1947-12-30) Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Nationality	American
Alma mater	Florida State University Brigham Young University
Spouse	Shauna Sizemore Millet

Dr. Robert L. Millet (born December 30, 1947 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a professor of ancient scripture and emeritus Dean of Religious Education at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah. Millet is a distinguished Latter-day Saint author and speaker with more than 60 published works on virtually all aspects of Mormonism.

He appears frequently as a commentator on BYUTV and in other visible roles at assorted media outlets as Manager of Outreach and Interfaith Relations for Church Public Affairs. As a religion instructor, Millet has become known for his "milk before meat" approach of avoiding less popular LDS doctrines when discussing the church with non-Mormons.^[1]

Millet is considered one of the foremost scholars on the Joseph Smith Translation (also known as the Inspired Version) of the Bible.

Millet received a Ph.D. from Florida State University in biblical studies and contemporary theology and a Master's Degree in Psychology from BYU. Millet has been a member of BYU faculty since 1983.

Here is the Wikipedia link for any further perusal: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_L._Millet Like I said on another post. I wouldn't be so concerned with LDS but for their saying on the one hand they don't deride traditional Christianity while trying to co-opt Christianity so they can become more mainstream. They will tell you they have more missionaries than any other religion, as proof of their wondrous God inspired religion. As if that would prove anything but a rather large claim when one consider the whole of each organization with some 2 billion Christians of collective denominations and maybe 12 million but more like 6 million active members, maybe. Could be my WAG but so are their claims. But I don't see 6 million LDS'rs having more missionaries against 2 billion Christians. But that's part of their hyperbole. Same thing with their missionaries who are encouraged to seek out new converts with a foundational belief in the Bible and Christ. They are then told they in an apostate state and missionaries are encouraged not to engage well informed Christians "For they are too learned and cannot hear". Well, that's just me and I'm about tone deaf. To my way of thinking they could do themselves a whole lot of good by stop talking smack about Christians but then there is no restoration so I don't seem them doing that. Oh well.