Rather than criticize someone else’s beliefs and namecall or ask me how much I know about Mormonism, why don’t you persuade someone toward your beliefs? That's the problem with the bash LDS threads. The bashers generally don't really espouse any kind of doctrine.
1Pe 3:15 But sanctify the Lord God in your hearts, and always be ready to give a defense to everyone who asks you a reason for the hope that is in you, with meekness and fear;
1Pe 3:16 having a good conscience, that when they defame you as evildoers, those who revile your good conduct in Christ may be ashamed.
Rarely have I seen good conduct on these threads. And barely any meekness or fear. I'm not saying that these people in real life aren't like that...they may appear to their friends, neighbors and fellow church goers as great people. But their internet presence is that of a gang of bullies.
They rarely display any fruits of the spirit:
Gal 5:22 But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, longsuffering, kindness, goodness, faithfulness,
Gal 5:23 gentleness, self-control. Against such there is no law.
These threads generally are full of people high fiving each other over who can slam LDS the most...and often individual LDS.
One of the biblical requirements for being an elder in the God's church is:
1Ti 3:7 Moreover he must have a good testimony among those who are outside, lest he fall into reproach and the snare of the devil.
I think it's clear that most of the hardcore group of LDS bashers believe that the LDS are "outside". I'm also equally sure that the LDS do NOT have good testimony about them.
Tit 3:1 Remind them to be subject to rulers and authorities, to obey, to be ready for every good work, Tit 3:2 to speak evil of no one, to be peaceable, gentle, showing all humility to all men.
Tit 3:3 For we ourselves were also once foolish, disobedient, deceived, serving various lusts and pleasures, living in malice and envy, hateful and hating one another.
Tit 3:4 But when the kindness and the love of God our Savior toward man appeared,
Tit 3:5 not by works of righteousness which we have done, but according to His mercy He saved us, through the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit,
Tit 3:6 whom He poured out on us abundantly through Jesus Christ our Savior,
They seem not to understand that yelling and screaming that someone is a sinner/wrong/goingtohell isn't the biblically prescribed way to talk to those they consider to be outside the faith:
2Ti 2:24 And a servant of the Lord must not quarrel but be gentle to all, able to teach, patient,
2Ti 2:25 in humility correcting those who are in opposition, if God perhaps will grant them repentance, so that they may know the truth,
The thing is that it's possible to be kind to anyone...even if we don't believe what they believe.
