People are not fooled into converting to Mormonism if they already know their beliefs. But this is the biggest problem that the Christian church faces concerning Mormons. The fact is, THEY LIE RIGHT TO YOUR FACE!!! I can get a Mormon missionary to lie to me in 10 seconds. Every one of them. All I have to do is say, "I heard that Mormons believe that God the Father was once a man". This is where the lie takes place. They either deny it or they give a look that what you said was inaccurate. That look is also a lie because it is insinuating that it is not true. Then I give them the following quotes:
"Here, then, is eternallife – to know the only wise and true God; and you have got tolearn how to be gods yourselves." (Joseph Smith, Jr. – JofD,Vol. 2 p. 345)
“Godhimself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sitsenthroned in yonder heavens!” - JosephSmith's King Follet Sermon
(As printed in History of the Church,Vol. 6, p. 302-317)
This act of lying is VERY effective. Because you never expect that people who are at your door, who claim to represent God, would ever such a thing intentionally! This happend to me actually. They denied it even before I asked, and I was honestly mad at the Christian leaders for misrepresenting them (mormons). Then I looked up those things and confronted them. They admitted to me that they really did believe that. This is why their lying is so effective:
Rev 21:8
8 "But for the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone, which is the second death." - Because they are lost, they serve the evil one
John 8:44
You belong to your father, the devil, and you want to carry out your father's desire. He was a murderer from the beginning, not holding to the truth, for there is no truth in him. When he lies, he speaks his native language, for he is a liar and the father of lies.
Lies can only be a bless the liar IF he is serving the Father of lies. Lying is a tool of Satan he he uses it effectively.
Anyway, once you have confronted them, they will immediately defend that doctrine by bringing up John 10:34-35. When they do,
ask them if they are literal“gods” then whydid they try to kill Jesus? Ask them, “If you are trying to prove that people can become'gods', then why are they usingan example of people who were going to hell?”
Tell them that Jesus is quotingPsalm 82 where the people in that chapter were unjust judges withgreat authority. And those judges in Psalm 82 were judges with greatauthority but were sinning against God.
In both examples, the peoplethat were called “gods” were unsaved and sinning agianst God. The word “gods” in their language had more than one meaning justlike the english word “cool” can mean either good or cold.
Exodus 21:6 and Exodus 22:8 bothuse the same words for “gods” and they clearly refer to judges.
The most important thing to do is to let people know that Mormons WILL lie to you right to your face. And people need to know that. Try it out for yourself. You will see that it works every time.
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