The reason I pick on you is because you take on a priggish and self-important air and insist you are right about everything without providing sources any more than what's-his-name, your arch-nemesis
i will disagree with you and try to remind you that not all of us stumble in the dark but are lead tolearn things which in turn we must pass on to those who get to avoid the struggle we have had to endure to learn what we did.
i read both secular and christian works and i do not always put the source down because it is the Holy Spirit leading me to learn things and that is hard to cite.
let me give you an example of why in another thread i can boldly state that mormons are not christians and can do so without references;
1. the mormons have added their own scriptures and revelations to the wrods of the Bible. big no-no. when the canon was set it was done so under strict criteria by a counsel of qualified men from different cities of the known world. for the mormon scriptures, it was one man only.
2. let's compare paul and joseph smith. paul had a public conversion and met Christ, then he studied for 2 years and finally another man brought him to the apostles who laid hands on him and sent them out. paul was not starting another religion but was inspired by God to teach beyond the basics which His followers needed to know.
Joseph Smith had no conversion experience, did not meet Christ did not repent from his evil ways and claimed he met an angel who gave him special glasses to read golden plates and only his wife and another man helped him. he did not work and study God's word but wrote new scriptures and another man did not bring him to solid christian men but he convinced men he was right (or put them in on the con).
Joseph Smith did not give up his evil ways, did not walk with God as paul did was not inspired but plagerized and re-worded actual biblical passages. no group of men saw the plates he used to write and no man sent him out but he used his abilities to start a new 'religion' which had personal gain involved.
3. The mormon 'religion' is a schizoid belief as if you note in the new thread on marriage you will see how joseph smith's words contradict the teachings of the Bible. the other books held in high esteem by the mormon faithful and the Bible are at odds with each other. if joseph smith was rightm then they all would be complimentery and cohesive not contradictory.
then you have the problem of the 1800 year gap between the writings of the Bible and the books of the mormon 'faith'. such a disparity , if true, would show God to be a mean , masochistic person who allowed the church to stumble around in the dark for centuries until he decided to allow a unrepentent sinner complete His words.
it doesn't fit. this is a synopsis of all the evidence which, with a bit of common sense, anyone can find in any textbook or book on mormons and the Bible.
i am leaving out many details but you should see from the example that the mormon 'religion' is not christian without me posting a sources (the sources are very common works) but you can always ask me to produce titles like rambo preacher and i do. doesn't hurt to ask but i will tell you that much of it is right in front of your eyes if you would only look.
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