RE: For former Christians only, why did you leave your faith?
January 11, 2023 at 11:07 am
(This post was last modified: January 11, 2023 at 11:08 am by tjdisc.)
(November 17, 2022 at 5:23 am)HankMoody316 Wrote:(November 14, 2022 at 5:58 pm)Ahriman Wrote: How can you say Christianity is a false religion, but Mormonism isn't? Mormonism is based on Christianity, so if the latter is false, the former is as well.
The bible says to judge a tree by its fruits. How can anyone take an honest look at the "fruits" of Christianity and not realize that it is a false religion? I'll share a "dirty little secret" about what some Mormons (but not all Mormons) think about "so-called Christians".
We secretly believe that the son of our God (Jesus) died on the cross but that Christians are taking advantage of the most magnanimous act that God ever did and have usurped God's sacrifice for their own selfish purposes & self-interests. Do you know how many "so-called Christians" actually read the bible and know what's in it? Some of us Mormons do -- I don't want to share too many of our methods but we secretly study them and verify our beliefs about "so-called Christians" and enter our combined data into spreadsheets.
Less than 1/5 of Christians actually read the bible and know what's in it. If you don't believe me, go to Wikipedia and search for "the list of books that are included in the bible" and join a Christian discord or strike up a "reddit friendship" with a Christian and act like you are their friend and ask them the following easy question:
Tell me 2 things that happened or are described in the book of <random> from the bible? 🤔
Between 80% - 90% of Christians will fail this easy task outside the most obvious books (such as Genesis where God made Adam & Eve) or the 4 gospels (Matthew, Mark, Luke, John) where all the Jesus-stuff happened...
The bible is a tool to point to God, but it is not God, nor can it truly properly represent Him. It's finite and God is infinite. Imagine someone writing a biography of your father (assuming you are/were really close to him) can you imagine it capturing perfectly every aspect of how YOU know/knew him - in all details? It can't. True relationship with Him can only be experienced and the bible can assist as a tool but can't truly represent.
