Barry Allen

When you say I have to accept “the Nicene Creed” to be Christian, could you be more specific? Do you mean the creed produced in A.D. 325 at a council convened by the Roman emperor Constantine, who was trying to settle the Arian controversy and preserve unity in his empire? Or do you mean the version most Christians actually recite today, which comes from A.D. 381, when another Roman emperor, Theodosius I, convened the First Council of Constantinople to settle further disputes and more fully define the doctrine of the Holy Spirit? Because that seems like a pretty important distinction. One was created under Constantine, a Roman emperor with no priesthood authority, whose interest in Christianity was inseparable from his interest in imperial stability. The other was expanded under Theodosius, another Roman emperor who used state power to enforce religious uniformity. And somehow I’m supposed to believe that my faith in Jesus Christ is invalid unless I accept the theological conclusions of emperor-sponsored councils held centuries after Christ and His apostles? You are free to trust those councils, led by rulers of the same empire that crucified Christ. But please stop pretending that your post-biblical, politically entangled, imperial committee language is simply “biblical truth.” And stop acting like you have the authority to decide who is and is not Christian based on a person’s willingness to pledge allegiance to Rome’s preferred definition of the Divine.

Mormons, you have Dirty Dr. Pepper at McDonald's now. You're having a moment. Enjoy it. Don't try to act like everyone hates you. The persecution complex is not fooling many of us. I'm sorry to be the one to tell you this: >You either get to believe that God appeared to a 14-year old boy in the 1800s and told him that all of the religions were false and he should start his own. >Or you can believe the true Gospel and align with thousands of years of Christian tradition. Which is supported by archaeological evidence and testimony and the fruits of Christian orthodoxy. "Oh but we believe in Jesus Christ and that he died for us!" Sure, but you also believe that Satan was Jesus' brother. And that they're both the sons of God and that God is also a son of God and god has a wife and this goes on and on for all eternity. And that the Holy Ghost, God and Jesus Christ are *three distinct beings* united in purpose. So, POLYTHEISM. And a mountain of other absurdity.

Read the Book of Mormon. Cover to cover. Pray about it, asking sincerely to know whether it’s true (the final chapter provides specific guidance on this point). Then tell me whether Latter-day Saints believe in Jesus Christ. Will you accept that challenge?

It's amazing how much Mormon discourse is just them pretending not to understand things, thus making discourse impossible.

There are more eyewitness accounts of the gold plates than the resurrection. Christians who argue like atheists look like clowns

I just got off the phone with President Trump We discussed the Pentagon’s “Christian list” I won’t speak for him, but I’m thrilled about where this is heading We’re most fortunate that President Trump (1) loves Latter-day Saints, and (2) is our commander in chief Stay tuned

Writing down the names of all the people who say "Mormons aren't Christians" so I can baptize them when they're dead

In fairness Mormonism is the most American religion possible.

Elder Jeffrey R. Holland delivered the best explanation of how The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints deviates from traditional Christianity and returns to the doctrine taught by Jesus Christ himself. “If one says we are not Christians because we do not hold a fourth- or fifth-century view of the Godhead, then what of those first Christian Saints, many of whom were eyewitnesses of the living Christ, who did not hold such a view either?” This is a must-watch today: