Pardon if I pipe in here.
The “reputable source” issue is a mormon’s primary backfire mechanism to negate evidences and proofs against mormonism. They have been taught that anything outside of mormon circles is false. So it is a hard hill to climb, but it is possible.
Big objections on citations from “Journal of Discourses”, never mind that if these teachings by their prophets and apostles are ‘opinion’, that they then were teaching false doctrines.
However, the allegation that lds.org has been hacked is a new one to me.
Probably one of the most important points is to establish definitions of words and phrases used. When you say “salvation” for instance, it doesn’t mean the same to a Christian as it does a mormon - so in the mormon mind, the definition scrolls to that of mormonism, not necessarily what you had intended on meaning.
If you cite from the Bible (KJV), the bom, D&C and the POGP, they have little grounds for argument. Use online resources such as www.utlm.org; www.irr.org; www.4witness.org; among other high standard sites to assist in the understanding of these other mormon scriptures and how to use them to show mormonism to be false.
BTW, don’t give up on the invites - you’re doing it right!
Thanks, I really appreciate your suggestions. I will keep on trying, I just hope my house is not marked as a “don’t go”!
Probably one of the most important points is to establish definitions of words and phrases used.
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This cannot be stressed enough. UTLM.org has a great chart comparison. They will use the same words (God, saved, salvation, heaven, grace) and mean something COMPLETELY different.
Know what they mean and define everything you say. Instead of heaven say ‘Celestial kingdom’, instead of saved say ‘exalted’.