A New American Holy War

There is no hate, just the desire to show the true difference between what Christians believe and what mormons believe. They are two totally different things...you have to understand that. Mormons believe that God was once a man....a SIGNIFICANT difference than what Evangelicals believe....along with many other points of doctrine and teaching. Mormons, like J Witnesses guise yourself in the mask of Christianity, but you are not Christians. There is no hate or bashing behind this statement, just truth out of love. Personally, I was never "taught" or "warned" about any other religious denomination in Sunday School. I was taught of the love of Jesus Christ.

I am Mormon. Many on this board disagree with my beliefs, and honestly I disagree with yours. But, I just do NOT understand the constant attacks on my faith from those of you who have different, but such similar beliefs as I do. My experience in the Mormon church gives me no basis for understanding how entire congregations of "Christians" can justify standing outside our holy temples (where the most sacred ordinances of my religion are performed) and yell and hollar and hold up signs deriding and mocking my faith.

I heard and evangelical leader speaking of Romney. He said that Romney would NEVER get away with claiming Jesus Christ as his Lord and Savior because EVERY evangelical has been taught all about the Mormons in Sunday School. I was shocked. You see, we have Sunday school too. And, in sunday school we learn of our Savior, Jesus Christ. We learn of his atonment for our sins. We learn of forgiveness and repentence. We learn that we are not perfect and we talk about how we can be lifted up, and he we can serve others when we are not so focused on ourselves. It is expressly OUT OF BOUNDS to talk about or rip on another religion. We spend no time studying what others believe or how to prove them wrong. We focus on coming closer to God, and learning of our Savior.

The doctrine of the evangelicals is just lost on me. As a Christian, I would NEVER entertain the idea of sitting outside of a Baptist or Methodist or Pentacostal place of worship with the hopes of converting you by making a mock of your beliefs. What is it in the life and teachings of Jesus Christ that leads "Christians" to believe that such action converts one to the gospel? We are taught that it is the spirit that teaches, not man himself. To the extent that I go into a situation with anger, hatred, mockery, envy, or pride, with the intent to tear another down, the spirit will not teach. When I approach someone and see them as a person, value them as a person, approach them with love and genuine concern, then perhaps I can reach them with the message of Jesus Christ.

So long as you study the doctrine of the Mormon church with the intent to gather ammunition, you will never understand and you will never recognize and accept that there is far more in common between my faith and yours than there are differences. I'd just for once like to see an evangelical website describe the similarities between our faith's instead of the differences. To focus only on the differences is not a sincere effort to understand.

all your comments prove how stupid the adherents of organized religion are.

hoopes_az surely you can understand my frustration! With all the problems an actively religious president has caused America, the best we can do is djscuss religious brand loyalty. However lets look on the bright side. It may be the best argument possible for electing a president who is not encumbered by outdated religious beliefs

I see, as usual, the arguments have degenerated. We are now at the stage where we are comparing one person's irrational belief against that of another. Belief is defined as a psychological state in which a person holds an argument or proposition to be true without being able to prove it. These discussions comparing one irrational belief against another I like the medieval discussions about how many angels can dance on the head of a pin

I get the impression from this correspondence that a lot of people are of the opinion that if you believe hard enough, your belief becomes the truth. Unfortunately this is not so. It seems that religious thinking has not progressed very far. If science has progressed at the same rate, we would still think the earth is is flat, and we would have a regular visits from the bubonic plague. Our only defense to disease would be prayer. It also seems to me that the people who make the least meaningful contribution to the discussion write the most.

It seems to be desperately important that they should demonstrate that their irrational beliefs are superior to everyone elses. There does not seem to be any realization that however cleverly you package an irrational belief, it is still in the end, just an irrational belief and nothing more.

It is not the job of a Christian to convince a non believer of Christ or the working power of the Holy Spirit, just the share the knowledge of their existence. It is the workings of the Holy Spirit that does the rest. Rely not on man but on Christ. Bless you.

Well, I have no evidence or indication that God gave us any book, Mr. Huckabee. (He is a spirit isn't he. Talking to humans like Jesus Christ or Joseph Smith.)

: I noticed you criticized Benson for supporting the JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY. BUT you never criticized him. Benson doctrine is what the MAJORITY of Mormons live by. I would like to see you go to your church and criticize Benson. As mentioned I back my statements up with facts. There are many reasons Mormons will not come forth even though they know of the corruption in the Mormon church. One is due to their belief in Mormon scripture which they associate with the Mormon church. The leadership has usurped power and authority over this scripture. Thus, the members of the Mormon church think that God expects them to support their misguided leaders. This is much the - rationalization that many Americans make about our government. They all know of the corruption, but rationalize that it is unpatriotic to talk against the government or ungrateful to complain when they enjoy superficial prosperity."

I noticed you criticized Benson for supporting the JOHN BIRCH SOCIETY. BUT you never criticized him. Benson doctrine is what the MAJORITY of Mormons live by. I would like to see you go to your church and criticize Benson. As mentioned I back my statements up with facts. There are many reasons Mormons will not come forth even though they know of the corruption in the Mormon church. One is due to their belief in Mormon scripture which they associate with the Mormon church. The leadership has usurped power and authority over this scripture. Thus, the members of the Mormon church think that God expects them to support their misguided leaders. This is much the - rationalization that many Americans make about our government. They all know of the corruption, but rationalize that it is unpatriotic to talk against the government or ungrateful to complain when they enjoy superficial prosperity."

Sir, you are misinformed.....your eyes see with secular glasses and your heart is hardened by this earth ruled by the devil. You could not understand the love we Christians have or the way in which we view this world. Only Christ and the power of the Holy Spirit will show you the truth. Nothing I write or say will. God bless you. I pray that when he knocks you will open the door of your heart.

Just as you may pray out of love, we "agnostics" are attempting to educate you for your own enlightenment and for the betterment of mankind. You don't need Christianity to love your brother or to see the good in aiding your fellow man. Wake up, my brother, let go of the crutch of "Christ," whose followers have caused so much evil in the world, from the crusades, to the Inquisitions, to the evangelical's justifications of slavery and Jim-Crow in the deep South, to the Protestant extermination of Native Americans and their culture in the name of "Christianizing" them. In your attempts to "save" man from "Hell" throughout the ages, you have created a Hell on Earth.