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Christianity is better served by not attacking with other decent religions...

You know, Jesus was a Jew...the chosen people of God...a pretty "decent" religion...

And the Pharisees and Teachers of the Law were part & parcel of that pretty "decent religion..."

In fact, Jesus even complimented them (Pharisees)...well...complimented them at least one time...well, at least He specifically complimented their outward behavior.

Here is Jesus giving a great compliment to the outward "assets" of legalistic Pharisees...telling people that unless their righteousness exceeded that of the Pharisees & the teachers of the law, "you will certainly NOT enter the kingdom of heaven." (Matt. 5:20).

So...did Jesus take your advice overall, MrShoop. Did He not "attack" the decent Jewish religion of the Pharisees?

Matthew 23, Jesus said:

25"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You clean the outside of the cup and dish, but inside they are full of greed and self-indulgence. 26Blind Pharisee! First clean the inside of the cup and dish, and then the outside also will be clean. 27"Woe to you, teachers of the law and Pharisees, you hypocrites! You are like whitewashed tombs, which look beautiful on the outside but on the inside are full of dead men's bones and everything unclean. 28In the same way, on the outside you appear to people as righteous but on the inside you are full of hypocrisy and wickedness.

In fact, that whole 23rd chapter of Matthew is one long dissing of the Pharisees by Jesus.

You are aligning yourself with the devil (figuratively). [MrShoop]

Actually, your Biblical ignorance slip is showing.

In John 8, Jesus call the legalistic Pharisees "children of the devil."

Shall I go on with all of the other confrontations 'tween Jesus & the legalistic Pharisees, MrShoop.

Are you condemning Jesus for "attacking" a "decent religion?" Yes? No?

Are you trying to "outnice" Jesus, MrShoop?

Hey, if you want to be consistent -- just accuse Jesus of being an "attacker" or "basher" of the Pharisees/religious legalists of his day.

Onto the Question, then, of who's been attacking who for 180+ years:

The Lds "scriptures" reference ALL Christian sects...Catholicism, Protestantism, and Orthodox -- as being 100% filled with "corrupt professors" who believe 100% creeds which apparently are an "abomination" to the Mormon god.

It's all in the chart I sent you in post #12...What? You can't read charts, MrShoop?

What you have seemingly failed to consider in whatever (if any) reading of the Bible...is that Jesus comforted the afflicted...and He afflicted the legalistically comfortable.

And I frankly cannot think of a more legalistic religion today than the Mormon religion.