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Why do
you spend so much time and energy
trying to find fault with the Mormons?
Is this a Christian practice?
Email: Why do
you spend so much time and energy trying to find fault with the Mormons?
Is this a Christian practice?
Response: It is not that we're trying to find fault with
Mormonism. The truth is that Mormonism is not Christian by its very
definition. In Mormonism, God came from another planet and he has a
goddess wife. In Christianity, God did not come from another
planet and he does not have a goddess wife. Both statements
cannot be true at the same time regarding who God is. Furthermore,
Mormonism teaches that Jesus is the brother of the devil and one of
several gods and the Godhead. In Christianity, Jesus is not the
brother with double nor is he one of several gods and the Godhead. In
Mormonism, people have the potential of becoming gods of their own
worlds. In Christianity, this is not so - you cannot become gods
of your own worlds. Mormonism teaches that God the Father has a body of
flesh and bones (D. & C. 130:22). But, the Bible tells us that God
is spirit (John 4:24) and that spirit does not have flesh and bones
(Luke 24:39).
Since simple logic tells us that you cannot have
mutually exclusive statements both be true, then we conclude that either
Mormonism is false, Christianity is false, or both of them are.
But, since the Bible tells us, for example, that there is only one God
who has always been God (Psalm 90:2) and that there will be no gods
formed after God (Isaiah 43:10) and that he knows of no other gods
(Isaiah 44:8), then Mormonism is the teaching that is false.
Finally, is it a Christian practice to expose the
teachings of Mormonism in comparison to the Bible? The answer is yes.
The practice of truth is definitely a Christian goal. Since Jesus said
that in the last days many false Christs and false prophets would arise
and deceive many (Matt. 24:24), we are simply telling people that
Mormonism teaches a false Christ that was authored by a false prophet;
namely, Joseph Smith.
Faith is only as good as who you put it in. If you put
your faith in a false Christ, that faith cannot save you no matter how
sincere you are. This is why it is so important that we understand who
God is in truth and not according to a man, Joseph Smith, who boasted
that he did more than even Jesus to keep a church together.
"God is in the still
small voice. In all these affidavits, indictments, it is all of the
devil--all corruption. Come on! ye prosecutors! ye false swearers! All hell, boil over! Ye burning mountains, roll down your lava! for I
will come out on the top at last. I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the
only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam. A
large majority of the whole have stood by me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever
did it. I boast that no man ever did such a work as I. The followers of Jesus ran away
from Him; but the Latter-day Saints never ran away from me yet . . . "
(History of
the Church, Vol. 6, p. 408-409). Click
here to see this quote in context.
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