How can a child that is born into a Religion that is false be held accountable to God if they never get to hear truth through the fog of their brainwashing?
My fundy Christian friend seems to believe, as do Mormons, that it is our own responsibility to seek Jesus and know when you are being fed lies or truth. I guess if you are led astray it is your own fault and you will end up in the dark, burning place.
Can't say that made much sense to me. If you are indoctrinated from birth it's pretty difficult to magically know you've been told lies. And what if you live in the Amazon rainforest and have never heard the name of Jesus? Her answer to me was, "Sorry but you end up in the dark, burning place anyway. Too bad." God's ways certainly are mysterious as the religious are fond of saying.
My fundy Christian friend seems to believe, as do Mormons, that it is our own responsibility to seek Jesus and know when you are being fed lies or truth. I guess if you are led astray it is your own fault and you will end up in the dark, burning place.
Can't say that made much sense to me. If you are indoctrinated from birth it's pretty difficult to magically know you've been told lies. And what if you live in the Amazon rainforest and have never heard the name of Jesus? Her answer to me was, "Sorry but you end up in the dark, burning place anyway. Too bad." God's ways certainly are mysterious as the religious are fond of saying.
Charles Colson was one of Nixon's hatchet men--his dirty tricks specialist. After he got busted in Watergate, he had a long talk with his friend Tom Philips, President of Raytheon. Result: Colson became a Christian, served his time, set up various prison ministries, and wrote books--notably, "Born Again."
Another title is "Loving God." Most posters here have their minds pretty well made up: LDS was a massive fraud, and so are all other religions. For those who have rejected LDS but not Christ, "Loving God" is a title worth checking out. From the publisher's blurb on Amazon:
"This book is the masterpiece Colson wrote after searching Scripture, history, and his own difficult experiences to answer his deepest question. He discovered that loving God is obeying God—rarely easy, sometimes inconvenient, often painful, and entirely satisfying."
Whatever your religious, irreligious, or antireligous beliefs are, I think we can agree that the cultic mindset does not lend itself to "loving God."
I believe that C.S. Lewis's Mere Christianity played a major part in his conversion. I seem to recall that during my last years as Mormon Lewis was quite a favorite of many Mormons. I wonder if that is still so.