[DaveMSmith]

"Be sober! Be on the alert! Your adversary the Devil is prowling around like a roaring lion, looking for anyone he can devour." 1 Peter 5:8

[DaveMSmith]

Nineteenth-century clergyman Edwin Hubbel Chapin Warned, "Neutral men are the devil's allies." His words were true then and they are true today. Neutrality in the face of evil is a sin. Yet all too often, we fail to fight evil, not because we are neutral, but because we are short sighted: we don't fight the devil because we don't recognize his handiwork.

If we are to recognize evil and fight it, we must pay careful attention. We must pay attention to God's Word, and we must pay attention to the realities of everyday life. When we observe life objectively, and when we do so with eyes and hearts that are attuned to God's Holy Word, we can no longer be neutral believers. And when we are no longer neutral, God rejoices while the devil despairs!

There is but one good; that is God. Everything else is good when it looks to Him and bad when it turns from Him.

Jesus Loves YOU!

(from my Daily Scripture email from Peace Be With U

[BlueDragon]

I'm aware of the scripture and the symbolism. Remember, you came to us here, claiming the place is a swamp you must drain, to which you now add clarification that the "lions" referred to, are actually the devil. Meanwhile, it has only been freepers who have responded to you here.

Are they "devils" for exposing the peculiarities and inventions of Mormonism which go against scripture, deleting portions, adding others, twisting the meanings, making it into yet another works-based theology? (that is, if one were to closely follow the "Mormon" plan of salvation by that cult's own declared doctrines) Are they "devils" for utilizing information from within Mormonism itself to make their case?

One can be a bit turned off by the "piling on" as you termed it. I've seen quite a bit of that sort of thing, myself. [check my sign-up date. I've been a couple of years longer than that] Yet to throw a wet blanket over the entire effort is to prohibit or censor frank discussion, too.