Mormon Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

Here's the thing. The whole Book of Mormon thing has no real historical evidence for it, as the Bible does (at least much of it), and the story of Joseph Smith and the belief in polygamy, etc,...just seem false.But is there a presence with it?Yes, and there is spirituality and many real Christians, I suspect.But the best thing the Mormons have going for them is that for the most part, they live very godly, family oriented, dedicated lives, or it sure seems that way looking at the ones I have known, and for that fact alone, I give them the benefit of the doubt as to being real Christians.I think the Book of Mormon, though, is probably a fantasy created by Joseph Smith, and there are some skeletons in the Mormon history closet.

Well, I never said there wasn't some cultish aspects to Mormonism. But they appear to live very dedicated and seeming Christian lives overall.My daughter is friends with a Mormon girl, and she (my 15 year old) claims they sound a lot like me! Don't know if that's good or bad, but that one family and some others I have met over the years seem very committed, prayerful, etc,...But anytime you have to create a new Bible to support the movement, well, that's suspicious, especially if the new Bible is suppossed to be about events no one living ever saw.New books were added to the Bible as God moved in history. I would not necessarily a priori discount the concept of new scriptures, but the Book of Mormon??? I don't see it.But give credit where credit is due.This message has been edited by randman, 05-26-2005 10:20 PM