mormonism

  1. dzheremi

    LDS 14 reasons why you should follow the Mormon prophet (Mormon apologetics analyzed)

    A former Mormon on YouTube, FlackerMan, takes on the claims made by the Mormon church concerning why you should follow the Mormon prophet. There's some pretty interesting stuff in here. I'd like to get reactions from both Mormons and non-Mormons. I know that for myself, as a non-Mormon, there...
  2. dzheremi

    LDS Mormonism vs. Scientology: A conversation with Chris Shelton and Jonathan Streeter

    Just wanted to share a video I've currently got running as I do other work: a conversation on an ex-Scientologist's YouTube channel between Chris Shelton (the ex-Scientologist) and Jonathan Streeter, an ex-Mormon who has his own channel with videos on it about Mormonism. I find this sort of...
  3. dzheremi

    LDS The 'beginning' of God in Mormonism

    In a recent thread on the LDS concept of God, an LDS poster stated that "God had a father, who had a father, who had a father..." (and so on), which has me wondering: if God/gods in Mormonism are all the result of this kind of reproduction, then where does Mormonism's original God figure come...
  4. dzheremi

    LDS Popular LDS hymns as a window on Mormon theology

    Hello all, In the thread "Joseph Smith's claim of an apostasy is a lie", I tried without success to apply the basic Christian principle of lex orandi, lex credendi (the law of prayer is the law of belief) to Mormonism by looking at what their worship could tell us about their theology. That...
  5. dzheremi

    LDS Did LDS at one time teach that Jesus is the Father?

    If the video below by former LDS Bishop Earl Erskine is correct about changes evident from comparing the first edition of the Book of Mormon and the current edition (as well as changes Joseph Smith made to the Bible itself in his translation of it), it seems that they did. I have heard about the...
  6. Quid est Veritas?

    LDS Some questions regarding Mormon views on Atonement

    The other day a Mormon responded to a post of mine where I had said that the Trinity is required for Atonement to function properly. Unfortunately the thread in question was moved to a Christian-only area and the post deleted so I could never respond nor ask about it. Essentially Mormonism...
  7. J

    Is the LDS Church right for me?

    Hi there, below is a sort of 'factfile' about me and at the end of this, I would appreciate it if people would give me their opinion on the question posed in the thread title. My Beliefs: For a while I've considered myself to be agnostic and would perhaps still describe myself as such to an...