[Serious] For former Christians only, why did you leave your faith?

[Mister Agenda]

Double post

[arewethereyet]

I'm partial to the 'Jesus Christ Superstar' Jesus.

[Angrboda]

[HankMoody316]

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...

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Mormons ARE Christians. You may or may not like certain things about other franchises of Christianity, but your claim that you left Christianity to become a Mormon is nonsensical. 

Boru

[Belacqua]

strike up a "reddit friendship" with a Christian and act like you are their friend and ask them the following easy question:

[emphasis added]

False friends are not to be trusted. If your methods include deception it puts into doubt the rest of what you say.

I think that sincere people can discuss important issues in sincere mature ways -- without insults and without trickery.

I suppose you feel the ends justify the means, but I think that if your means are false you have probably already spoiled the purported aim.

[HankMoody316]

Mormons ARE Christians. You may or may not like certain things about other franchises of Christianity, but your claim that you left Christianity to become a Mormon is nonsensical. 

Boru

I'm more than 100% confused right now. Do the overwhelming majority of atheists actually consider all Mormons to be Christians? 🤔

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

Mormons ARE Christians. You may or may not like certain things about other franchises of Christianity, but your claim that you left Christianity to become a Mormon is nonsensical. 

Boru

I'm more than 100% confused right now. Do the overwhelming majority of atheists actually consider all Mormons to be Christians? 🤔

The overwhelming majority of EVERYONE considers Mormons to be Christians, including Mormons.

Boru

[arewethereyet]

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...

Well, if you use spreadsheets, it must be valid.  <eyeroll>

Is your presence here a way to secretly study some thems?

Seems silly to me to come to an atheist forum to study Christians.  But, you do you.

[Jehanne]

Mormons ARE Christians. You may or may not like certain things about other franchises of Christianity, but your claim that you left Christianity to become a Mormon is nonsensical. 

Boru

I'm more than 100% confused right now. Do the overwhelming majority of atheists actually consider all Mormons to be Christians? 🤔

From my perspective, it's a question of stirring the bullshit clockwise versus counterclockwise.

To be a "Christian" is to be like a "Hawkeye"; it is to accept and/or identify with a label, in-group versus out-group. Unless they are trying to cause trouble, Hawkeyes sit on one side of the field with the opposition on the other side.