Comments on: Anti-Mormon? The Mormon “Great Game”

By: josieroo

josieroo — Thu, 27 Mar 2014 10:14:07 +0000

I was at that pageant .. I was there when members of my church came and chatted with, brought food and drink and invited you in to watch the Pageant which some of you did. I don’t doubt that there are some of our faith who developed an opinion about the peaceful protest that was inappropriate but the majority of we Mormons believe and are taught to treat our fellow man with respect no matter what their opinion of us may be. I personally was impressed by the respectful way that this mini demonstration was carried out and by the response of the majority of the members of my faith who were waving and chatting with you.

By: miketea

miketea — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 17:08:15 +0000

It would be good if he was actually one of those people for whom he purports to speak but it is clear he doesn’t actually lay great store by the evangel.

By: Bobby

Bobby — Mon, 24 Mar 2014 16:39:48 +0000

When Mow speaks for all evangelicals, we need to find another title :)

By: miketea

miketea — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 19:26:11 +0000

Hi Michael. Great name! You clearly think the Richard Mouw quote is self-explanatory but that’s more than a little naughty, putting it up without any explanation or context. No one from the Evangelical community, which he purported to represent, knew he was going to say what he said. The majority were shocked that a man whose liberalism puts him outside mainstream Evangelical circles should presume to speak for us. More so that he should speak such nonsense and with such presumed authority. To read the context of this mischievous and unauthorised apology go to

http://mormonchapbook.blogspot.co.uk/2012/03/is-mormonism-cult-4-that-apology-and.html

By: Michael

Michael — Sat, 22 Mar 2014 18:12:45 +0000

“…I am now convinced that we evangelicals have often seriously misrepresented the beliefs and practices of the Mormon community. Indeed, let me state it bluntly to the LDS folks here this evening: we have sinned against you. The God of the Scriptures makes it clear that it is a terrible thing to bear false witness against our neighbors, and we have been guilty of that sort of transgression in things we have said about you. We have told you what you believe without making a sincere effort first of all to ask you what you believe. We have made much of the need to provide you with a strong defense of traditional Christian convictions, regularly quoting the Apostle Peter’s mandate that we present to people like you a reasoned account of the hope that lies with in us-but we have not been careful to follow the same Apostle’s counsel that immediately follows that mandate, when he tells us that we must always make our case with “gentleness and reverence” toward those with whom we are speaking. Indeed, we have even on occasion demonized you, weaving conspiracy theories about what the LDS community is “really” trying to accomplish in the world. And even at our best, we have-and this is true of both of our communities-we have talked past each other, setting forth oversimplified and distorted accounts of what the other group believes.,,” (Fuller Theological Seminary President Richard J. Mouw, 2004)

By: miketea

miketea — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 21:55:44 +0000

Your point being?

By: JRSG

JRSG — Tue, 03 Sep 2013 09:12:37 +0000

Interesting that nothing has changed since the days of Celsus.

anti
adjective
Definition of ANTI
: opposed
First Known Use of ANTI
1857
3anti
preposition
Definition of ANTI
: opposed to : against
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Examples of ANTI

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 28 Aug 2013 13:11:33 +0000

Excellent article thanks Mike, another recent article on the same subject can be found here too

http://www.thefledglingstale.com/2013/07/dispelling-anti-mormon-myth.html?m=1