Wait a minute. (I thought Mormons have been telling us there were two dozen "original" apostles -- 12 in the Middle East; another dozen somewhere between the tip of South America & Hill Cumorah???) Now, you're telling us there were only "12" original ones?
Tell us, Lawsone. Why does the Lds church have a "Qurom of the 12 apostles" when they believe they were restoring the church to its original shape -- which, if the BoM is true, would be 24? Isn't the Lds church openly confessing to us that at the highest levels, they, too, don't really believe that the BoM is non-fiction?
If our leadership and our beliefs are evil then we must also be evil in your eyes. You can’t have it both ways. If you hate my leadership then you hate me.
Lawsone, we don't hate anyone. The apostle Paul said we battle not vs. flesh & blood. I mean, I don't think you hate us. Yet, what if I asked you if you believed that 1 Nephi 14:9-10 is a true statement? [Talks about there only being 2 churches -- the church of the Lamb, which Lds say is their church -- and then the rest of the churches fall under the one umbrella as the church of Satan]
Come on, lawsone. It really doesn't get much worse than Lds labeling every other church as "the church of Satan." Yet, just because you may think us as "Satanic" doesn't mean I equate that to you "hating" us. I'm not sure why that's such a common FR & Mormon kneejerk reaction other than liberal indoctrination has made its way thru the American heartland.
The apostle Paul realized that even some religious contemporaries of his day preached the gospel out of selfish ambition. Did he get all bent out of shape over that? No. (see Phil. 1:15-18)
If our leadership and our beliefs are evil...
As for your beliefs, we're not the ones labeling 100% of Mormon articles of faith/beliefs/creeds as being "abominable" now are we? Yet if you open up your Pearl of Great Price to Joseph Smith - History, vv. 18-20 -- what do Lds believe is the case of Christian sect creeds? Well, according to a 14 yo lad named Smith, they are 100% an "abomination" to the Mormon god.
I challenge you to read The Apostles Creed & tell me what's so "abominable" about that creed! [Keep in mind the word "catholic" -- small "c"-- just meant "universal" when it was written]
That is a hard one, I believe they were on two separate continents!!
That is a hard one, I believe they were on two separate continents!!
Heck; I'm STILL waiting for ANY Mormon to show just what was UNTRUE about PRESBYTERIANism that JS supposedly LEARNED!