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To: White Mountain
If you continue to refuse to answer the following, it would be the case in any debating society for you to be declared the loser:

Let's try this one more time....2 Questions --

1. Do you consider the Moonies (Rev. Sun Myung Moon's group) to be a cult? If so, why? If not, why not?

2. What are some of the city names of the great NEW WORLD (AMERICAN) cities in the Book of Mormon? What is their geographical location?

1,774 posted on 02/06/2002 3:27:01 AM PST by xzins
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To: xzins
Your #1774: If you continue to refuse to answer the following, it would be the case in any debating society for you to be declared the loser: Let's try this one more time....2 Questions --

What is this? Had you challenged me to a debate? Did you propose a question for us to debate? Did I accept?

The two questions in your post are about classifying the Moonies as a cult and locating Book of Mormon cities. Where such questions usually lead, in my experience, is "you guys are a cult" and "the Book of Mormon must be a fake".

When people want to debate me the implied question is some version of "Resolved: your faith is bogus", and people often add "and you guys are a cult, and you are going to hell unless you believe our interpretation of the Bible". "Cult" is just a meaningless attack word now. Everyone is accused by someone else at FR of being in a cult.

I would insist that the question be worded positively:

Resolved: that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is The Restored Church of Jesus Christ, led by true and living apostles and prophets who labor under the Savior's direction, with authority from Him to preach the Gospel and administer the ordinances thereof.

I would also insist that such a question is not subject to debate.

If you want to know whether God has restored His Church to the earth in these latter days, you need to ask of God, study the Book of Mormon and pray about it, do the things you already know you should be doing, live the light you have. You need to obtain a witness from Him Who is the Only One Whose Opinion Really Matters.

You don't find this out by way of debate. Nor do you convince Arafat with any archaeological evidence which may turn up that God's Holy Temple used to be where the Al Aqsa Mosque now stands. He will just say it doesn't prove anything. Only the witness of the Holy Spirit will do.

As I have said a number of times before, I am not interested in apologetics, nor am I interested in debate, although perhaps I do get coaxed into some of both sometimes.

I am interested in speaking out about the misbehavior of aggressive posters who seek to dominate the minds of others. As a result, people attack my faith, and I respond.

So I am in question/answer mode, not debate mode. You may claim I have lost a hundred times, if you wish, but that doesn't make it true.

If you have honest questions, where you are looking for information, not to try to prove that my faith is bogus, ask away.

1,780 posted on 02/06/2002 9:51:57 PM PST by White Mountain
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