I figure since I’ve got a question where I ask anti-Mormons and others to answer my questions, it’s only fair that I have a section where I take questions. Actually, it’s my blog and I can do what I want with it and fair has nothing to do with it, so let’s just say I’d enjoy entertaining any questions people would like to ask. I’m as interested in learning the truth as anyone, and I’ve found that responding to questions from anti-Mormons helps me learn more about my faith. If you’ve got a question feel free to post a comment asking it. If it’s a decent question I’ll answer it…when I get the time. You can ask questions like “Why are Mormons so stupid?” but I probably won’t answer that type of question. In fact, I’ll probably just delete it so as to not clutter up the legitimate comments.
Ask away.
Joshua,
I would appreciate the name of just one secular encyclopediaa and page which provides supporting information that:
1. “Reformed Egyptian” was really an ancient language.
2. “Domesticated” horses existed in the America’s prior to Columbus.
3. That ancient languages can be translated by looking at a rock in a hat. See: (Ensign » 1993 » July A Treasured Testament By Elder Russell M. Nelson)
Joshua,
How is it possible for you to support your church with it going against its own scripture? “We do not believe it just to mingle religious influence with civil government, whereby one religious society is fostered and another proscribed in its spiritual privileges, and the individual rights of its members as citizens, denied.” (D&C 134:9)
United Church of Christ
The resolution “In support of equal marriage rights for all”, supported by an estimated 80% of the 884 General Synod Delegates, made the United Church of Christ General Synod the first major Christian deliberative body in the U.S. to make a statement of support for “equal marriage rights” for all people, regardless of gender.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Church_of_Christ The Unitarian Church also supports gay marriage.
The Mormon Church spearheading Prop 8 in Californian has denied equal rights of a minority. The LDS Churches position toward gays is totally at odds with mainstream psychology. See the American Psychological Association statements:
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/policy/marriage.pdf
http://www.apa.org/pi/lgbc/publications/justthefacts.pdf
Hi Skeptic, I’ve answered your first question at “Egyptians, Horses, and Rocks in Hats” and your second question at “The Hypocrisy of Mormons in Opposing Gay Marriage“.
Thanks for the questions, and please feel free to comment on my answers. I don’t have as much time to discuss these topics as I would like to have, but I participate as much as I can and perhaps there are others out there who would like to discuss them further as well.
Hey Josh,
I have a couple of questions that I wrestled with for a long time. (not anymore though) I’m sure you’ve asked yourself the same questions. I’d be interested to see how you’ve managed to make peace with them.
You and I were both born into the church to LDS families. If Mormonism is the one true church, wow…..we really hit the jackpot. Extremely lucky, right? Out of the billions and billions of humans that have come and gone over the last 50,000 years, and the tens of thousands of organized religions, not to mention the other tribal/pagan/animist beliefs, we were so unimaginably fortunate to have been born into the Creator of the Universe’s own special organization on earth.
We could have been born into any other circumstance where we were taught to believe in the existence of various deities. We could have grown up in Northern Europe a thousand years ago believing in Odin or many thousands of years ago in Egypt believing in Min. After being taught those beliefs by our parents and surrounding culture, wouldn’t we have been believers? I think so.
So, what is more likely? That you and I were unimaginably lucky, or that everyone else feels the same way about the faith of their family/culture?
I have two follow up questions based on the above:
By what criteria do you discount the truth claims of the other 10,000 organized religions in the world?
And, what, if anything would lead you to the conclusion that Mormonism’s foundational stories, personalities and writings are not what they claim to be?
Alrighty John, you caught me at a good time. Normally it would take me a month to respond, if at all.
Am I Mormon Just Because I Was Born Into it?
Is There Anything That Could Convince You That Mormonism is Not True?
My question: I have a mormon friend whose husband is an anti-mormon Christian active in a ministry to save people out of mormonism. When he asks his mormon wife about the mormon church she will never have a discussion with him. Would she be able to get a temple recommend when she is married to someone who actively opposes mormonsm?
Also would she be able to go to the Celestial Kingdom living with this dogmatic non-believer in the LDS church and opposition to the mormon prophets, apostles, presidents?
In the interest of keeping this post on-topic, I am deleting any comments that are not legitimate questions that have led to answers being provided elsewhere on this site. This post was not intended to be an area for discussion, rather a place for questions to be posted, and links to answers (not actual answers) posted in response. Thank you for your participation.
Joshua,
I love to see the AntiChrist like you run. I know now that you are
full of Satan and hate Gods truth just like Smith did. You will face Jesus one day who is all truth, lets see you delete Him. You have no truth to answer any questions so why dont you quit fooling yourself like you do. I knew you were Rabid from the beginning and your throw-up makes me sick. Jesus still heals and Smith still Kills. Your choice to kill truth is shown. Your blood cannot be
blamed on me for not telling you the truth because I did. What a Joy you are to Satan. Hes proud of you.. From JimMissy
I asked a question on 6/6 about my Christian friend who is anti-mormon, but married to a mormon. I have subsequently found out that his wife does have a temple recommend and does go to the temple. This sounds like an oxymoron or should I say oxymormon because there is one temple recommend question that her life violates, that is she is closely affiliated with and married to a rabid anti-mormon Christian who has his own Christian ministry on the internet and goes to mormon events to hand out Christian literature.
Can bishops just violate the temple recommend questions anytime they want to? Are the questions meant to be followed or can anyone just decide which questions they will answer truthfully and which questions they will ignore?
Hi Ann, sorry, I’m just slow in answering questions. But I’ve finally done it here >>.
Re: Steady state, eternal universe vs. big bang
Do mormons believe in an eternal universe of eternal matter or a big bang type universe?
Hi Ann, I answered your question with the post “What do Mormons believe about how the universe started?“
I can’t find the post. How do I get to it?