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The Obligations of Religious FreedomThere is a paradox to religious freedom — a genuine gain arising from an apparent loss. The dilemma goes something like this: If you want your religious beliefs to be protected, you must protect religious beliefs that fundamentally differ from your own. This does not require an endorsement of those beliefs, but it does require a certain respect for them.[2] Competing claims of truth and belief don’t easily coexist. However, “religious freedom for me but not for thee” cannot work, especially in a world as diverse as ours. Centuries of sectarian conflict have shown that such...

Introduction The purpose of this is to let you know seven differences between Mormonism and traditional Christianity (Catholic, Protestant, and Orthodox). Many would think that Mormonism is simply a part of Christianity, particularly since they are called “The Church of JESUS CHRIST of Latter-day Saints” (emphasis added). The problem is that we, as traditional Christians, think that Mormonism is teaching another Jesus than what the Bible teaches (cf. 2 Corinthians 11:3-4, 13-15). The Seven Differences 1. Mormon scripture teaches that all the various Christian denominations, particularly the Presbyterians, Baptists, and Methodists, are all considered by Jesus Christ to be “wrong.”...

Someone might say to me, “You just believe in God because of the life you’ve had. If you’d had my life, it would’ve been a lot harder and maybe faith wouldn’t come so easy.” But my faith hasn’t come easily. I’ve struggled mightily for many years with questions, temptations, pain and loss, since inviting Jesus in twenty-two years ago. But He’s loved me the whole way more than I ever imagined possible before that day. And it’s those struggles which have fortified my faith. So why would another believe it wasn’t so? Many of us, even Christians, have lead or...