[Tennessee Nana]

This is from another website...

A conversation with a TBM FIL...

(TBM FIL) hit me with the question right out of nowhere when no one else was around. “So I heard that you resigned from the church. Is that true?”

ExMo: “yeah, sure is...”

TBM FIL: “Can I ask why?”

I decided to give him the simple explanation. We no longer believe in the principles taught, and we don’t want our children to be raised with a skewed view of reality. What he said next kind of surprised me, though.

TBM FIL: “That’s okay. The Lord knows what he’s doing and if he lead you out of the church then there is probably a good reason.”

ExMo: “Uh, I don’t think you understand. The church isn’t what it claims to be and I think it’s built on a pile of lies. That’s why I resigned.”

TBM FIL: “That’s what the Lord wants you to think. I’m sure he’s just preparing your family for the next phase in your lives and when the time is right he’ll coax your family back into the waters of baptism. Not everyone is meant to take the same path and the Lord is preparing you for your personal journey”

ExMo “uuhhh... yeah.”

BIG DUH.....

I’ve read junk like this before...

Things like “god lied so that “his” work would “go forth” etc...

[greyfoxx39]

Response to a comment made to the Foundation for Christian Studies,
from another website.

Folks:

Thank you so much for visiting the Foundation for Christian Studies. We
appreciate your feedback and communication, although you both seem to take
great exception at our approach.

We at the foundation are Christians, like the 2 billion around the world
today from 38,000 different Christian denominations.

I'm sorry you feel we are being deceptive and working a bait and switch
scheme. Would you feel the same if we were Catholics, Methodists, or
Evangelicals?

We are in no way deceptive in the least. We clearly state the Christian
Orthodoxy which we follow in the about section of the website:
http://www.studychristianity.com/christian_orthodoxy.html - which is that of
the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

We are foundation and in no way affiliated with any Church. If you read my
own personal testimony as the founder, you can learn more about my own
background as a Christian and the clearly stated fact that I align myself in
believe and affiliation with the Christian denomination of the Church of
Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints:
http://www.studychristianity.com/founderstestimony.html

There is no deception here - myself and the board of advisors are simply
teaching the world about the Christianity that we have come to embrace. We
are not an apologetic website, nor a defender of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints. As our foundation statement reads we are "a
non-profit organization dedicated to the study, teaching, and practice of
Christianity in a way that inspires all people, regardless of theological
differences, to come together in support of essential Christian values and
compassionate service to God's children across the globe."

If you would like to discuss a particular doctrine you feel is out of step
with your own interpretation of Christianity we would be happy to do so. If
you would like to understand our definition of a Christian you can do so on
the website at: http://www.studychristianity.com/christian_defined.html .
Perhaps we can start with what the definition of a Christian is and why you
believe myself and the rest of the foundation, even Mormons as a group of
people, are not Christians. I would be very interested in how you have
arrived at that conclusion.

I truly hope you will visit us again and join in the dialogue taking place.

May the Lord Jesus Christ bless you and your loved ones with his spirit and
redeeming love.

Sincerely,

Eric Shuster
Founder and Executive Director
The Foundation for Christian Studies
www.studychristianity.org
eshuster@studychristianity.org

[Elsie]

Things like “god lied so that “his” work would “go forth” etc...

Romans 11:32-34
32. For God has bound all men over to disobedience so that he may have mercy on them all.
33. Oh, the depth of the riches of the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable his judgments, and his paths beyond tracing out!
34. "Who has known the mind of the Lord? Or who has been his counselor?"

--RestyDudette(I am SO confused!)

[reaganaut]

Lol. Yeah, I have heard similar things. A TBM friend of mine told me that I was “led out of the LDS church” so I could discover the “falseness” of “so-called Christian doctrine” and return to the “True Church”. And that God told her someday I would be re-baptized LDS.

Boy she is NOT going to be happy when I tell her I am getting baptized again next month, this time as a Christian, not as a Mormon.