That's not sidestepping in my opinion, I really don't know and I don't have anything to tell you otherwise at the moment. Faith goes a long way. There are always going to be portions of any church that you don't know everything to.

I mean you made a claim that Joseph Smith was the right man for the job. Can you back that claim up cause otherwise how do you know he was.

I could claim the Catholic Church is the right one but you just have to have faith the pope was put there by god

It doesn’t prove anything

Ok I was going to be Mormon so I looked it to it, I was doing research and hearing from Mormons and I decided to step away because its i felt it in my heart not to go because of the many teachings that sound wrong.

No, I cannot. But God knows all and for some reason he saw him to be the right man.

Sorry it doesn't make sense, it sounds as if chirst died in vain

I think much of it comes from prayer. Some questions will be answered by the Lord but others will not because either you need to put more effort or it's not the right time to learn it or sometimes you will never learn the answer to a question.

You're good.

I'm free to chat later but I've gtg to work now

Funny enough I finshed work right now

I think it relates to the setting as well. The United States was a new country with religious liberty and filled with people seeking new and better lives. Maybe this was the social-political climate that the Lord was waiting for to restore His gospel in which it would be able to thrive

I feel thats like the technicality of a satanist who worships demons rather than satan himself. Its not the exact same but no different either.

LDS members only worship God(and Jesus? depending on the definition of worship), we don't worship any of the prophets

the catholics they pray to mary,ect

I have a feeling if Jesus came back rn he would only have a few followers

https://amoytainan.wordpress.com/2010/08/29/new-testament-readings-in-taiwanese-and-other-minnan-languages/

I think this is cool in case other people like translated texts

Audio transcription of the pehoeji bible

If Jesus came back today people would say he is problematic, needed to be censored, that he was racist and a terrible person and would have droves of people calling him intolerant and wishing for his downfall. Though then again, Revelations says when he comes back, there is going to be a lot of blood.

Yep and the church would call him a false prophet

The church has kind of become a business now

Not really.

there will always be televangalists, Joseph Smiths and people pretending to be christians if only to delude themselves into feeling like they are good enough people to get into heaven on their own.

Saying that the church is a business implys you think all churches teach the same thing and are in it for the profit. You clearly have not gone in the south and seen thousands of the little churches that are just barely alive doing the same thing they have always done.

@Mercy why do you find the need to attack everyone? <:KEKWait:780472182387376130>

It seems like you need Christ in your life.

And I am sure if that happens he will send me a totally real gold tablet sent by Moses grandson or something

https://tenor.com/view/war-dogs-war-dogs-movie-stressed-facepalm-jesus-help-me-gif-16017210

https://tenor.com/view/awkward-umm-what-what-gif-14694719

Woooww

The golden plates supposedly was brought to heaven because joesph Smith handed it to a angel. Makes a perfect cover story but wait. They also claim that they taught joesph Smith a different teaching but if you read
Galatians 1:8-10 you'll know this




But even if we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel to you than what we have preached to you, let him be accursed. As we have said before, so now I say again, if anyone preaches any other gospel to you than what you have received, let him be accursed. For do I now persuade men, or God? Or do I seek to please men? For if I still pleased men, I would not be a bondservant of Christ.
Galatians 1:8‭-‬10

I said earlier that it's the same Gospel <:KEKWait:780472182387376130>

what is the differences between mormon and christian? i googled it but from my cursory understanding, i don't see much differences

So Mormons are a branch of Christianity

Contrary to popular belief

We worship Jesus Christ just like other Christians

Or maybe you understood that

But irdk

I don't know much about other Christian faiths

https://www.namb.net/apologetics/resource/comparison-chart-mormonism-and-christianity/