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To: Sherman Logan; Tennessee Nana
So, if a polite mormon missionary tells you that you are wrong in your statement, "I believe nobody can come to the Father except through Christ", that you can't come to Christ unless you bow to the mormon regulations and rituals it is not adequate reason to become offended?

There are many, many Christians who would disagree with you. As I stated earlier, IMO it's comparable to someone saying, "Sherman, that child of yours is the ugliest thing I have ever seen."

It's obvious your mileage may vary.

This has been one of the strangest defenses of mormonism that I have seen on FR. One would wonder just what you WOULD find offensive.

53 posted on 03/12/2013 2:15:12 PM PDT by greyfoxx39 (Thanks Mitt.)
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To: greyfoxx39

Agree to disagree.

Their belief that I will burn in hell if I don’t believe as they do does nothing to put me there, any more than your similar belief about them of itself has any effect on their ultimate fate.

I’m curious if you are equally offended by Jews who believe Christ was a false prophet, many of whom have said some remarkably impolite things about Him over the centuries. Do you think Jews who are horribly offended by Christian attempts to convert them are justified? How about similar Muslim reactions? I’m not talking about violent physical reactions, just offense that someone has made an attempt to share their faith.

I must agree with you in that I find your position odd. Possibly you are correct in how most Christians would respond, but to my mind it’s still an odd reaction.


54 posted on 03/12/2013 2:22:00 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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To: greyfoxx39
So, if a polite mormon missionary tells you that you are wrong in your statement, "I believe nobody can come to the Father except through Christ unless you bow to the mormon regulations and rituals"

Technically I believe this hypothetical Mormon would agree with my statement. He is disagreeing about the method by which one must approach the Father through Christ.

55 posted on 03/12/2013 2:24:01 PM PDT by Sherman Logan
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