Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rutgers!topaz!christian From: homeier@aero.UUCP Newsgroups: mod.religion.christian Subject: Re: Can you identify this group? Message-ID: <7384@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> Date: Sat, 29-Nov-86 07:39:08 EST Article-I.D.: topaz.7384 Posted: Sat Nov 29 07:39:08 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 29-Nov-86 20:54:55 EST Sender: hedrick@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU Organization: Rutgers Univ., New Brunswick, N.J. Lines: 55 Keywords: Mormon,cults Approved: christian@topaz.UUCP In article <7281@topaz.RUTGERS.EDU> tgt@cbosgd.UUCP (Tim Thompson) writes: >Could someone tell me of a good source of information that would let me >learn more about the Mormons? I've heard disturbing things about their >origins and the things they believe in, but I'd like to know if there >is one definitive source that would tell me where they differ from >the "mainstream" Christian religions. I recommend "The Kingdom of the Cults". It is a little old by now, but is still the definitive work covering several cults such as the Mormons. It will provide you with a doctrine-by-doctrine comparison of the Mormons with standard, mainstream Christianity. This is done in what I think is the best possible way, by taking actual quotes from Mormon literature, and countering them with quotes from Scripture. >I've thought about trying to purchase a copy of The Book of Mormon. Would >this be a wise idea as a fairly "young-in-understanding" Christian such >as myself, or could it possibly lead me astray by presenting false teachings >in such a light as to make them seem true? I do NOT recommend buying and reading The Book of Mormon. If you are fairly young in the Lord, I suggest that your fill your mind with the sweet milk of the Word of God, our precious Bible, as Peter the Apostle says: "Therefore, laying aside all malice, all guile, hypocrisy, envy, and all evil speaking, as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious." (1 Peter 2:1-3) When our Treasury department trains new employees to search for counterfeit bills, they begin by showing them thousands and thousands of real bills. They become so accustomed to what is "right" that when something that is "wrong" comes along, they automatically recognize it. Even so, I believe that the best way for us to prepare ourselves to recognize error is to become intimately acquainted with the Truth Himself, Jesus Christ. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Homeier ______ Arpanet: homeier@aerospace / o \_/ UUCP: ..!ihnp4!trwrb!aero!homeier \___)__/ \ The Aerospace Corporation, M1-108 El Segundo, CA 90245 Disclaimer: Anything expressed above is my personal opinion, and not the position of the Aerospace Corporation. [There has been a fair amount of discussion about the LDS Church now, but remarkably little actual information. I'd like to accept further discussion only if there is some actual information about LDS doctrines or practice. Because of the amount of misinformation on the subject, I encourage you to pass things by tekecs!mikes before posting. I'd also like to encourage what scholars call "sympathetic" accounts. That doesn't mean that you have to agree, but you have to make a serious attempt to appreciate where they are coming from. People whose first priority is to show why something is wrong, rather than understand it, normally end up producing propaganda, no matter how well intentioned. This is a general comment, and should not be construed as editorializing on Peter's intentions in this article. --clh]