Mormon Church Expands Hispanic Outreach- Their Fastest Growing Group of Converts (OPEN)

So when you make the distinction between a Jesus as seen by you or a LDS Christian, that does not have meaning to me because Jesus does not change based on our religious technicalities and misunderstandings of Him.

Imagine some Hollywood love story.

This woman hasn't met a certain man, but she hears about him all the time from her sister.

Her sister tells her all kinds of tales about this man -- most of them untrue:

"Oh, he's the literal brother of Satan himself!"
"His married dad came over and had sex with his own daughter, Mary, and she gave birth out of wedlock."
"His own dad was this special guy for so long...NOW he literally thinks he's a god to be worshiped!"
Etc.

In the love story, the woman finally meets the certain man, loathing him at first because of all the tales she's head about him. Finally, though, after getting to know him, she finds out all the other stuff was sheer fantasy -- lies!

Here, she's falling in love with a man that she almost missed out on because of the "counterfeit" presentation of what her sister made him out to be.

Her sister made him to be another certain man.

Well, all of the above quoted material are things Lds leaders have taught (paraphrased, of course) about the Mormon Jesus and the Mormon god.

The apostle Paul taught there is indeed "another" Jesus (2 Cor. 11:3-4)...and Jesus Himself taught that "false christs" -- "false messiahs" would arise (Matt. 24).

Your conclusion you stated here is like some naive person saying, "I figure I am who I am whether some creditor or retail operation knowing it's really me who made that purchase or took out that credit card in my name. So when you make the distinction between me and an identity thief as seen by others, that does not have meaning to me because I don't change based on my financial transaction 'technicalities' and marketplace 'misunderstandings' of who I am."

Oh, and as examples of what I said about Mary and the Mormon belief that their god came down & had literal sex with Mary is not just shoved aside as my opinion, I encourage anybody to click on this link and read post #116 where I addressed this 10 days ago:

The Mormon's god relationship with the Mormon Mary

Given the thread this is landing on, this should be of particular interest to Hispanic inquirers re: How Mormon leaders have presented the Mormon Mary -- and her relationship with the Mormon god!

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