How can SO many Smart, Nice people believe that kind of teaching??
The mishies hit me up when I was on my way to Vietnam so I’ve been asking the same question for over forty years.
How does Glenn Beck go from lapsed Catholic to enthusiastic Mormon (LDS doctrine is fiercely anti-Catholic)?
One key is to look at the ex-Mormons, the dropouts. The majority of them turn atheistic. Sad, very sad. They were trapped in an enveloping & stifling culture for so long that upon their escape, these ex-mo’s see ALL forms of Divine worship as worthless superstition.
We should pray that God’s grace may enter their hearts.
“How can SO many Smart, Nice people believe that kind of teaching??”
Teaching religion to a child is a lot like how elephants are trained in the circus. As babies the elephants leg are tied to a stake in the ground. No matter how hard the baby pulls he can’t pull the stake out. When the baby becomes an adult they can still tie him to the stake because the elephant does not think he can pull it out. Never mind that if the elephant wanted to he could pull down the large circus tent.
See post #38