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@Dec_16_1773 His goal was to finish it and usher in the kingdom of God.

@stackerco Sure he did! He restored the covenants and blessings of the 1st temple.

Please stop saying Jesus started a new religion. “Church” did not mean what you think it means. In Koine Greek, the NT word for "church" is ἐκκλησία (ekklēsia): a called-out assembly or gathering of people. It’s like a a Bible study group. Or a civic meeting, town hall, or Israel's congregation in the Septuagint. It’s not a religion or buildings. English “church” traces to Greek kyriakón “of the Lord” via Old English for “Lord's house,” which shifts emphasis to the building, institution, or denomination.

@JasonDDonahoe @MattTestifies Obviously yes

@stackerco @MattTestifies Have you read the testimonies of the three and eight witnesses?

People act like the Book of Mormon is easy to dismiss. Then explain the witnesses. Explain the complexity. Explain the consistency. Explain the doctrine. Explain the prophetic power. Explain why millions have gone to God, tested it, and come away changed. Mockery is not an argument.

@surskitmaxxing I’m having a hard time believing these are real people

This guy is officially a lolcow

I’m convinced some of these newer apologetic accounts are AI driven from the correlation committee. Just such basic surface-level, in-group type of slogans repeated.

Does this actually work?

@exmormons_speak @j_divis I guess so

@stackerco @j_divis Isn't that what you'd expect if the Church is true?

Satan’s biggest lies: • Baptism isn’t needed for salvation • No more scripture is needed • Prophets and apostles are not needed • Families are not forever • God doesn’t have a body • God, Jesus, and the Holy Ghost are not three distinct beings • Apostasy never happened • Miracles and personal revelation have ceased; God no longer speaks to or works through mortals today • A little sin is no big deal, God will justify us in a few small transgressions and still save us in the end • “All is well in Zion” there’s no urgent need to repent, change, or prepare; everything is basically fine as it is • We did not exist as spirit children of Heavenly Parents before this mortal life • Temple ordinances, endowments, and celestial marriage are unnecessary or merely symbolic for the highest degree of glory • Exaltation is impossible, we cannot become like our Heavenly Father • There are no degrees of glory, after death it’s simply heaven for the saved or hell for the rest (or universalism erases consequences entirely) • It doesn’t matter which church you belong to, all paths lead to God, or the “invisible church” makes organized religion unnecessary

@Dec_16_1773 Jesus did not restore anything like that religion.

@stackerco The one of Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph.

@cosine_distance 😆

@stackerco They're a bad team that dybantsa has been propping up weekend at bernie style

Why is BYU’s defense so bad?

@KintsugiJin All the above

@stackerco The people or the doctrine? Who made it sexual?

Wait wut? Do I learn about this in the super secret mega doppler temple ceremonies??

@antiantimormon It requires blind faith to disbelieve the Book of Mormon? Dude. Are you ok?

Fully Loaded Ex-Mo isn't so fully loaded and blocked me. But it's hard to be when your entire argument against the Book of Mormon requires blind faith and Zero evidence.

@Dec_16_1773 Which ancient one?

@stackerco He didn’t start a new religion. He restored the ancient one.

@j_divis I know

@stackerco I believe it’s Christ’s doctrine.

@HankAynReardon @pimomormon Yup

@pimomormon Leaders are just men.

It wasn’t the “anti‑Mormon” attacks that burned my belief. It was leaders’ refusal to report abuse.

@dadof4princeses @RavnReborn @JohnnyTani3 @MattTestifies And was bullshit then too

@RavnReborn @JohnnyTani3 @MattTestifies What a terrible argument. Divine command was consisted throughout the bible. Your temporal morality argument sucks

A lot of critics of Joseph Smith ask questions they never ask of Moses, Peter, or Paul.

@henry_brent @exmormons_speak Correct. He thought he was ending everything.

@exmormons_speak @stackerco I would submit that Jesus didn’t start anything. As stated in Mark, he was an apocalyptic and thought the end was so imminent that he told others they would experience it in their lifetime. Anything started anew occurred after his death.

@bartofthehouses @OstiumDominus @MenWhoSawJesus I wish Jesus would show me an actual example of reformed Egyptian.

@OstiumDominus @MenWhoSawJesus I wish Jesus would teach me Reformed Egyptian.