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Updated Friday, May 02, 2008

Mormons deceptive

These gentlemen are like every other Mormon I've met ... deceptive. They use some of the same words Christians use, like God and Jesus Christ, but they do not believe in the Biblical God and Christ.

I wonder if one or more of these men would reply to and explain the following?

1. Why do Mormons not use the cross as a symbol?

2. Tell us about Kobol - what is it and where is it? What is its purpose?

3. Are God and Jesus spirits or flesh, blood and bone like humans?

4. If they live a life 'worthy enough', will they really become a Heavenly Father in some far-off galaxy?

5. If so, will they have sex, as humans do, with a Heavenly Mother to procreate spirit beings?

6. How many Heavenly Fathers are there, and why isn't this polytheism?

7. Why is there no hell or eternal punishment for those who don't accept Christ?

8. And if there is no afterlife punishment, what's the point of conducting proxy baptisms for deceased relatives?

9. And if everyone has free will, or "free agency" as Mormons say it, why bother with baptizing the dead who chose not to accept Christ?

10. How many of Joseph Smith's prophecies have come to pass, and how many have not?

I have no problem with people believing in whatever they choose, and worshipping however they choose. What bothers me is the constant and willful approach of deception and half-truths practiced by members of Latter-day Saints (LDS). At best, LDS is a good philanthropic organization, but above all, it remains a cult.

Michael W. Hodges

Clemmons, N.C.

 
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