You must be a very lonely bored man to spend countless hours degrading someone's faith that brings happiness to so many people.
I don't degrade anyone's faith; I simply share information about it. (And I don't spend "countless hours" on it, either.)
and anyway just keep on writing anti-Mormon doctrine . . .
Is there such a thing?
. . . all you are doing is proving more and more that this is the true church of God because if it wasn't, Satan wouldn't be so eager to destroy it.
Funny, that's what the Moonies says [sic., say] about their religion.
which you are "trying" but will always be very unsuccessful at doing. this church is the lords true church and it will always be the fastest growing church as well because of the truthfulness.
Actually, the Jehovah's Witnesses are growing faster.
So my advice is get a job doing something more productive. thank you!
This isn't my job (unless, of course, you want to pay me for it).
EXCHANGE #2
Just admit you have no real proof that the church is not true so give up now.
Just how much of my site did you actually read? Be honest.
EXCHANGE #3
I read most of it! all i have to say is that i feel that you should try to find time to tear down other things that don't bring happiness to so much people. whether or not you want to believe it or not that is entirely up to you. but why would you want to spend so much time on something that brings happiness.
I think people have a right to know both sides of every story, whether or not one side brings happiness. And remember, no one has to read my site who doesn't want to.
why don't you tear down terrorism or drugs or just something that me and you both know brings no happiness to anyone.
Let me answer your question with a question: Why don't YOU tear down terrorism or drugs instead of sending me e-mails?
let's say even if it wasn't true even though i know it is. it brings HAPPINESS. and that's all there is too it. One question for you. have you ever been a member of the church of Jesus Christ of latter day saints?
Of course. As I explained right at the top of the opening page, I spend [sic., spent] over two decades as an active, contributing member. Are you sure you "read most of it?"
YOU'VE DONE FAR MORE DAMAGE THAN ANY OTHER CAN DO...
Which was what, exactly?
I'M A MEMBER OF THE CHURCH.
Yeah, I kind of got that impression.
I WILL BE SEEING....JUDGMENT DAY. WE'LL SEE WHO THE TRUE FOLLOWERS ARE.
If you mean true follower of the church, then I'll admit that that's certainly you.
I will not go through the fruitless exercise of pointing out why you are wrong about Latter-Day Saints, because I know it will do no good.
Of course it will do good. Please point out exactly why I am wrong.
I will say that I genuinely pity you and others like you who fight against the Lord and his Church.
If it really was the Lord and His church, then you'd be right. But if it isn't the Lord's church, don't you think that fact should be made known?
I think many people like yourself know deep down inside that attacking the Church is wrong, but have to justify their apostasy and the course their lives have taken so they have duped themselves into believing otherwise.
If the Church is false, would you need to "justify your apostasy" and "dupe yourself?" Or would you be perfectly justified in vocalizing the reasons why it is false?
EXCHANGE #2
Dr. Shades? What kind of name is that?
Long story. The roots go back to High School.
Is hiding your identity going to save you in the last days?
No, but it will spare me a lot of headaches for the time being. Headaches which I simply don't have time for right now.
The Lord knows who you are and your thoughts and feelings to think otherwise of the God who created you is, (in my opinion), saying that he is not God.
If there's no God in the first place, then the issue is moot, wouldn't you agree?
You cannot hide your sins or good works, from him.
Your response is so laughable. I am not the person who wrote the e-mail.
And I suppose you didn't write this one either, did you?
I laughed pretty hard after reading this message from you.
Which part was funny?
I don't believe other people from other religions are going to Hell. If I did, what kind of Christian would I be?
Good question! Refresh my memory: Where is it, exactly, that the majority of Christians say that people from other religions go?
You call yourselves Christians, yet you are constantly arguing over his doctrine. . . .
When did I call myself a Christian?
. . . You have so many churches that started over a disagreement in doctrine.
No, I have zero.
How do you know which doctrine is right. They can't all be right. So how do you know which Church is right?
They're all wrong.
You let others tell you, or do you find out for yourself?
I find out for myself.
I do not follow the advise of men, I follow the feelings I receive after praying for "TRUTH". I cannot tell you what you believe, only you know the answer to that.
I'm agnostic. Now you know the answer to that, too.
Please don't tell me what I should believe or not beleive based soully on your feelings, it doesn't work that way.
I agree, it doesn't work that way. Rest assured I will never tell you anything based solely on my feelings. I have found that the facts do just fine all by themselves.
I was just curious...How much money do you make a year disclosing "the truth" about other religions.
Exactly $0.
If I had a "Personal discovery" or "revelation" that would cause me to tell the world that religion in general is a falsehood or fraud, I would feel compelled to tell the world without profit or personal gain of any kind.
That's me!
Would you be willing to publish on your website what your yearly earnings are from your literature, books, tapes, or websites.
Sure. I just posted this to my website in the "letters" section, where it clearly points out that my yearly earnings from this website (I have no books, tapes, etc.) amount to $0. In fact, although the web space is free with my paid ISP account, I wouldn't be allowed to use the space if I didn't have the account in the first place, so you could say that it actually costs me money to have the site up.
Just keep in mind that all leaders in the LDS faith do not collect a paycheck to do what they do. If the Latter-day saints are so fraudulent why don't the have any monetary gain?????
Actually, they do have monetary gain. See:
http://www.utlm.org/faqs/faqgeneral.htm#26
and:
http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/paidclergy.htm
Isn't it great that we live in a country that was founded on freedom of religion? Why not let others worship as they please?
I do let others worship as they please. If you don't believe me, then answer this question: Do you personally feel that I am somehow preventing you from worshipping as you please?
It has always interested me that with the so-called Mormon intellectuals and the anti-mormons, there is always a no-win situation.
What I am referring to is the fact that I was in the company of some of my friends who have since been excommunicated from the LDS Church at the time that the Salamander Letter was found and examined. What they were laughing at was a statement made by President Hinckley in the newspaper which was the official statement of the LDS Church on the Salamander Letter. In the statement he had mentioned that it first must be remembered that we are not completely sure of the authenticity ot this document. They just laughed at him and made fun of his stupidity in even mentioning that when two of the leading experts in the US had authenticated it already. Of course when the document proved to be a forgery, they never went back and said anything about making fun of him for saying that it may not be authentic. And so it was no surprise to find that in your article on the forgeries, his statement to the media was not included either. [The statement was printed in the Deseret News, Church Section, April 28, 1985:"No one, of course, can be certain that Martin Harris wrote the document. However, at this point we accept the judgment of the examiner that there is no indication of forgery. This does not preclude the possibility that it may have been forged at a time when the Church had many enemies."]
Was it relevant? Let's face it--what else could he say? Do you think he would just come out and say "Yes, this document which casts serious doubt over the entire Joseph Smith story is absolutely authentic"?
As with all such who would go about destroying the faith of others with nothing to replace it with, . . .
What do you suggest it be replaced with? Faith in yet another false church, perhaps? Rather than that, it would seem that a healthy skepticism would be the perfect replacement, assuming I had such powers of persuasion to begin with . . . which I don't.
. . . you are not interested in being frank or honest unless it supports your side of a story. I can not believe that you did not know about Pres. Hinckley's statement to the media, but it certainly was not included.
Statements aside, if he really didn't think it was authentic, why were arrangements made for its acquisition by the church? Remember, actions speak louder than words.
What commandment did you have a hard time living?
The [unwritten] one that says "Don't read anything about the church that's not church-approved."