You fill the bill of the standard LDS apologist. LOL
You're not worth arguing with. You have already passed judgement upon me. I am beneath you.
In my experience, people who leave the LDS church never do so out of doctrinal issues. Despite claiming they left because they learned the church was false; not one could prove it. Further digging revealed the real reason they left was because they were unable to keep the commandments like the Word of Wisdom, Law of Chastity, or Tithing, were offended by a member or leader, never had a testimony to begin with, or had a false belief that they stubbornly clung to.....
it is rare for me to encounter opponents who are capable of reasonable discourse
...... Such closed mindedness puts to lie their claim of wanting to know the truth. And yet, I’ve also encountered those who simply didn’t understand the Gospel properly or approached it using false assumptions.
And now we see the biggest threat Mormonism poses to Christianity. One only has to visit sites like ex-mormon.org to see the truth of your following statement. Mormonism has robbed its members of even a potential belief in the true God of Abraham, and the true Christ and the viability of the Bible as the word of God.
Despite this, I firmly believe it’s the true church and if it isn’t, then there is no “true church” on the earth, and probably no God either.
"So how do you answer all those who did read the BOM, and prayed for Holy Spirit guidance....and left the Mormon church?"
DelphiUser replied:
"I could give many answers, but some people just aren't ready yet seems to be the most appropriate, I'm sure a one size fits all answer is wrong in many specific applications of it to any specific person."
CC wrote: "And now we see the biggest threat Mormonism poses to Christianity. One only has to visit sites like ex-mormon.org to see the truth of your following statement. Mormonism has robbed its members of even a potential belief in the true God of Abraham, and the true Christ and the viability of the Bible as the word of God"
Proves in my mind that...Mormon's believe that their church alone is THE ANSWER..and "other Christians" are doomed. Which poses the dichotomy that they are always complaining about having their Christianity questioned. Explaining that "they" are the same as us.....
But wait, DelphiUser says those that have prayed and received answers and LEFT the Mormon Church are "just not ready yet" ( supposely meaning that they aren't ready to "see the light" of Mormonism )...
And Watson says "Despite this, I firmly believe it’s the true church and if it isn’t, then there is no “true church” on the earth, and probably no God either."
Can't have it both ways folks. Ya just can't yell to the treetops that you are "just like other, Christians"..then say if Mormonism isn't the "True Church" then God doesn't exist. Or say...."but some people just aren't ready yet"..after they have sought the Holy Spirit and read the BOM..and rejected it. But affirm their Christianity, based on their knowledge of the NT.
FWIW-
[Sigh] Why am I not surprised at your reluctance? I only wish I can find apostates who are honest and courageous. I can’t count the number who take one look at my books and scamper away. Look, if Mormonism is false, it should be ridiculously easy to prove it. My writings are right there for all the world to see - I don’t need to rely upon other writers to justify my faith in Mormonism - I’ve done the work myself and show my cards before hand. What more do you anti-Mormons want? Oh, that’s right - the preservation of the illusion we can’t support our church.
Well, when you muster up the courage to refute me, cite the specific chapter and prove me wrong. Otherwise, be incredibly fearful for your soul for squandering God’s greatest gift of exaltation that could’ve been yours if only you didn’t screw up and extricate yourself from the body of his Bride.