But how do you verify?
If a Mormon and a non-Mormon (or ex-Mormon) disagree about some aspect of Mormonism, how do you decide who is telling the truth and who is lying?
Do you ever consider that two people can have an honest disagreement?
A couple of questionw I ask myself when confronted with similar issues of determining who is telling the truth are these; Who is it that has the most to gain or lose if the truth is told? Who is it that has the biggest motivation to lie?
How did the French word “adieu” get into the Book of Mormon? (Jacob 7:27)
Brigham Young said, “The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy”. (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 11, page 269) Why did the Mormons yield to the pressure of the government and stop practicing polygamy?
If the Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God, why have the Mormons changed it? (There have been over 3,000 changes in the Book of Mormon, exclusive of punctuation changes)
Why is it that no other writings have been found in the language of “Reformed Egyptian”, the supposed language of the Book of Mormon plates? Is there evidence that such a language really existed?
“But how do you verify?”
I go to the Bible and compare what mormonism teaches to
what God says. Mormonism always comes up short, sucking
wind and promoting a condemned heresy.
“If a Mormon and a non-Mormon (or ex-Mormon) disagree about some aspect of Mormonism, how do you decide who is telling the truth and who is lying?”
The mormon has been taught to be deceitful, by “lying for
the Lord” - ie. withholding the full truth under the
justification that people are “not ready for meat”. I
believe the person who was a 5th generation mormon and has
lived the mormon lies and then comes to realize they
were deceived. They can recount their exact experience
blow for blow. There are tens of thousands who are willing
to discuss their experience. A picture emerges that
mormonism tries to hide. When what they say is backed up
by your official writings, of course I believe that person.
The problem your cult has - other than the fact it is a
heresy - is that it does not want to be forthright and
honest about what it believes. It is too bizarre and not
even close to Christianity. You wear magic underwear, for
crying out loud. So your members come of FR and refuse to
confirm what your group teaches, because they know it is
so far out of Christianity.
“Do you ever consider that two people can have an honest disagreement?”
Sure. But if by that you mean that we can look at the Bible
and you can say there can exist an infinite number of gods
and I read God’s specific statement that there is ONE God and no other God but Him, then we do not have an honest
disagreement. We have a heresy on your side.
There is not moral or spiritual equivalence there at all,
so it is more than an honest disagreement.
Best,
ampu