And how many Mormons have hijacked airplanes and flown them into buildings? How many Mormons are teaching their children to put explosives around their waists and go into restaurants and buses and blow themselves up? The Islam - Mormonism comparison is disgusting and not right. But go right ahead, it’s your freedom of speech and right to do so. Keep on being extremist and people will start to wonder why you compare the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints to Islam. And then they will find out the truth. That we believe in Jesus Christ and abhor murder.
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My goodness. I just read the post to which you responded. Illogic posing as logic. Frightening, really.
You and several other fellow Mormons have taken me to task about my Mormon-Mohammedan comparison. You Mormons are just playing coy, you know what I meant, but for those who may not:
The prophet Mohammed came along centuries after the fact - the “fact” meaning the completion of the Bible, Old and New Testaments - and caused the Hadith and Koran to be written. Writings superimposed upon the Bible, writings which in effect subverted the supreme authority of the Bible. Mohammed claimed the Bible is full of errors and he, as prophet of God, has the divine right to correct it. He has preeminence over the Bible.
An angel is alleged to be the source of Mohammed’s inspiration. Mohammed is raised to the position of “the prophet” of Islam by reason of being singled out for this visit from the angel and given his alleged “revelation.”
Now, lets use the same words above except for substituting a bit here and there.
The prophet Joseph Smith came along centuries after the fact - the “fact” meaning the completion of the Bible, Old and New Testaments - and caused the the book of Mormon, Doctrines and Covenants, Pearl of Great Price, etc., to be written. Writings superimposed upon the Bible, writings which in effect subverted the supreme authority of the Bible. Joseph Smith claimed the Bible is full of errors and he, as prophet of God, has the divine right to correct it. He has preeminence over the Bible.
An angel (Moroni) is alleged to be the source of Joseph Smith’s inspiration. Joseph Smith is raised to the position of “the prophet” of Mormonism by reason of being singled out for this visit from the angel and given his alleged “revelation.”
I think you should be able to catch my drift.
These are the points Mormonism has in common with Islam that I meant, not the things you describe. My comparison has to do with written authority. The written authority of the Bible vs the authority of Mormon literature (book of Mormon, etc.), and Mohammedan literature.