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Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Meeting With The Mormons

Well I guess now would be as good as any time to do a small post on Mormonism. I just had the pleasure of sitting down over coffee with two Mormon elders who have been showing up in the neighborhood of late (they drank hot chocolate) I first asked them if they held the Holy Bible as authoritative in their faith (as this was going to be my foundational doctrine in our conversation) They said absolutely (though they do not hold it above the Book of Mormons) In fact in one of their very own works they have stated "The book of Mormon is more correct than the Bible", (History of the Church, 4:461).

Once they have stated that they did use the bible it wasn't very difficult to take their teachings and then show the direct contradictions between the bible and the Book of Mormon (They also use Joseph Smiths' "The Pearl of Great Price") I used many questions from The CARM website and some from the Evidence bible which has an excellent section on the various cults of today.

It was a very interesting conversation and there were a few things mentioned that they never knew existed in the bible. I think there was a mutual thankfulness in the room that everyone was being open minded and patient to hear one another out. I could tell one of the Elders was being fascinated with the conversation and admitted to having a learning disorder though I didn't pick up on it because he weaving in and out of the conversation just fine. But he did admit (with all the scripture being quoted) that he wished he read his bible more. I took the route that all religions can be wrong but not all religions can be right because of the law of non-contradiction. I really appreciated the honesty in these two guys. I look forward to meeting with them again soon. They asked for some of my material and for the website of the questions I posed to them. I thank God for truly being there and guiding the whole thing. And though I don't know what will ever come of this if anything, I'm thankful for the opportunity to speak to people regarding the Gospel, the good news instead of just rather sitting on my faith and having an "someone else will take of it" attitude. Next time we speak, no doubt we will go over many of those contradictions mentioned such as the Trinity, Jesus Christ and some contradictions within their own works, mainly the Book of Mormons. I even got my very own fresh copy of the book :) I"ll set it right next to my copy o the Quran.

And here is the Rev Matt Slick with a few words on Mormonism. Remember, "always be prepared to give an answer to everyone who asks you to give the reason for the hope that you have" -1st Peter 3:15