10 Things Mormons WON'T Tell You
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Length: 11min 33sec (693 seconds)
Published: Tue Jun 06 2017
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I have a hard time listening to Christians--Catholics especially--dismissing Mormon beliefs without any discussion of how or why those beliefs ought to be dismissed. Because once you start discussing why those beliefs ought to be dismissed (or at least doubted), then you begin to realize that the same kinds of arguments tend to apply to the Catholic Church (or Christianity), too.
For instance, both Catholicism and Mormonism believe in multiple gods (How many entities do I enumerate when I say Jesus, God, and the Holy Spirit?). But the OT is very monotheistic (in places), with verses like Isaiah 45:5 "I am the LORD, and there is no other; apart from me there is no God." They simply resolve the problems in different ways: Catholicism=they are the same "substance"; Mormonism=they are the same in "purpose". The key point is that Isaiah (well, all 2 or 3 of them anyway) would not have accepted the Catholic or Mormon reconciliation! Both are blasphemous and ridiculous to orthodox Jews!
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So he makes some good points, but is a bit fond of hyperbole for my tastes.
The plains fact are damning enough without taking crazy crap Brigham Young taught and saying all members today believe it. Things like the curse of Cain might be baked into the doctrine but I think you'd have a hard time finding members now who actually believe that everyone will be changed to be white people if they are righteous. (Although I do observe a trend among some members who still believe they are more blessed to be born white in a western country).
The interesting thing about the curse of Cain is that it was a common belief in the 1800s. Mormons are just unfortunate enough to be the ones that had new scripture written through that period that latched onto it and immortalised it as doctrine that had to be later repudiated.
Pretty sure the Catholics have taught crazy stuff over the centuries that they distance themselves from too. We all need to own up to our own history and stop acting like everyone else is deluded while we have all the answers.
My last question - is he the pot or the kettle?
New rule! (I wished) No one can bash mormonism except a mormon or an exmo. It just doesn't work.