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Wednesday, May 19, 2010

Mormonism

The best way to understand Mormonism, and argue against it, is to compare it to Islam. Dr. Caner believes that Mormonism is nothing other than a modern form of Islam or that Islam is nothing other than medieval Mormonism. A few of the comparisons are that they both began by using the book of Barnabas as a launching point. The Book of Barnabas is a document that is first listed among a list of fifth century heretical books, though no surviving documents exists prior to the fifteenth century. The book of Barnabas displays a distinct Muslim bias and portrays Jesus as a prophet, that was neither the Son of God nor the Messiah. Jesus did not die on the cross but Judas in His stead. Jesus predicts a greater prophet coming, Mohammed, and even refers to him by name.
Other comparisons between Mormons and Muslims are that they both teach that the Jews had the truth but lost it and the Christians had the truth but corrupted it. They both received their revelation from angels and had it written on golden tablets to be deciphered by illiterate men (Joseph Smith and Mohammed were both illiterate and this has been used as proof of their ordination by God since God must have given these illiterate men the ability to translate His divine message). After copying the message contained on the golden tablets, both sets of golden tablets were taken into heaven to be with God. Both religions portray Jesus as simply a prophet who gave some of the works that men must do in order to gain salvation.
In heaven, both religions claim women are for the men's sexual pleasure. On earth, those women are also to be used for men's sexual pleasure and therefore both allow polygamy (though Mormons have since outlawed this in accordance with US law). Both tolerate those outside of their religion if but demand that they pay a special tax.
Though this is not the only way to confront a Mormon, it is a good way to begin and it is a good way to help a Mormon understand the need to investigate the origins of their own religion. Ask them to investigate their religion's original documents, though they will have difficult time doing so due to the leadership's refusal to allow access.

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