The Mormon Church is "The Church"?

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

Anyone the has spent time with Mormons and those within the Witness Lee churches know that there are many similarities. Now there is yet another.

You could go to a Baptist church and say the same.


Mormons are often compared to the Baptists for their remarkable similarities in their beliefs about baptism, the atonement, and the Second Coming, which are the teachings of traditional Christianity.

https://difference.guru/difference-b...s-and-mormons/

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

You could go to a Baptist church and say the same.


Mormons are often compared to the Baptists for their remarkable similarities in their beliefs about baptism, the atonement, and the Second Coming, which are the teachings of traditional Christianity.

https://difference.guru/difference-b...s-and-mormons/

You obviously haven’t spent time with Mormons. I will say this, my Mormon friends would take offense to me comparing them to The Witness Lee church...

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

You obviously haven’t spent time with Mormons. I will say this, my Mormon friends would take offense to me comparing them to The Witness Lee church...

Is it wise for you to keep company with anti-Christ? (2 John 1:10 )

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

You obviously haven’t spent time with Mormons. I will say this, my Mormon friends would take offense to me comparing them to The Witness Lee church...

Originally Posted by Evangelical

Is it wise for you to keep company with anti-Christ? (2 John 1:10 )

Are they not human beings that God loves, and need to hear the gospel of salvation?

Why was it OK to visit Buddhists during the New Way in Taipei with their incense altars, but not Mormons?

Did not Jesus keep company with with the worst of sinners? And with Judas, possessed by the devil?

[Drake]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

I will say this, my Mormon friends would take offense to me comparing them to The Witness Lee church...

I believe that LofT..... but why would your Mormon friends take offense? Have you talked to them about Witness Lee and the local churches?

I have worked for and have had Mormons work for me... consider some as close work colleagues. I have never found any of them to be very volatile... at least not touchy to take offense.

Drake

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Drake

I believe that LofT..... but why would your Mormon friends take offense? Have you talked to them about Witness Lee and the local churches?

I have worked for and have had Mormons work for me... consider some as close work colleagues. I have never found any of them to be very volatile... at least not touchy to take offense.

Drake

I agree, not touchy or volatile at all... I love it when we agree Drake! I’ve only known one Mormon since learning about Witness Lee and I didn’t discuss Lee’s church with him.

Why would they take offense? Well I guess it would be the same reason you take offense of those who compare the LSM churches to the Mormon church...

[Drake]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

I agree, not touchy or volatile at all... I love it when we agree Drake! I’ve only known one Mormon since learning about Witness Lee and I didn’t discuss Lee’s church with him.

Why would they take offense? Well I guess it would be the same reason you take offense of those who compare the LSM churches to the Mormon church...

I don’t take offense. Compare away!

The more someone compares, the more obvious it becomes that they don’t know what they pretend to know.... if they ever knew 3 or 4 decades ago they prolly forgot.

So, no. I think your comments about Mormons becoming offended at the comparison is your projecting your feelings onto them without ever having brought the topic up with them.

Drake

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Drake

I don’t take offense. Compare away!

The more someone compares, the more obvious it becomes that they don’t know what they pretend to know.... if they ever knew 3 or 4 decades ago they prolly forgot.

So, no. I think your comments about Mormons becoming offended at the comparison is your projecting your feelings onto them without ever having brought the topic up with them.

Drake

Ummm... Ok.

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

I agree, not touchy or volatile at all... I love it when we agree Drake! I’ve only known one Mormon since learning about Witness Lee and I didn’t discuss Lee’s church with him.

Why would they take offense? Well I guess it would be the same reason you take offense of those who compare the LSM churches to the Mormon church...

No one here has taken offense at comparing the local churches to the Mormon sect. We can note that the thread was started with a remark about legal action and that this would be a burden on the tax payer, no doubt a light-hearted attempt at humor, but definitely not a fair comparison.

That said, if anyone should have a right to be offended, it would have to be local church members reading these forum posts.

When you wrote "You obviously haven’t spent time with Mormons. I will say this, my Mormon friends would take offense to me comparing them to The Witness Lee church..."

It implies that you spend time with Mormons, and they are your friends. But now it seems that you only have one Mormon friend, so your "Mormon friends" are an imaginary group of friends that you created to legitimize your knowledge about Mormons and infer that I don't know much about Mormons.

[leastofthese]

Originally Posted by Evangelical

It implies that you spend time with Mormons, and they are your friends. But now it seems that you only have one Mormon friend, so your "Mormon friends" are an imaginary group of friends that you created to legitimize your knowledge about Mormons and infer that I don't know much about Mormons.

I learned about Witness Lee in 2015... do you want a detailed account of my interactions and friendship with Mormons prior to 2015? Send me a private message and I’ll fill you in.

[Ohio]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

I learned about Witness Lee in 2015... do you want a detailed account of my interactions and friendship with Mormons prior to 2015? Send me a private message and I’ll fill you in.

I wouldn't waste my time. I don't think E wants real discussion.

[Evangelical]

Originally Posted by leastofthese

I learned about Witness Lee in 2015... do you want a detailed account of my interactions and friendship with Mormons prior to 2015? Send me a private message and I’ll fill you in.

Not necessary, you have made clear that you have had only one Mormon friend since 2015. So I am not worried about the hypothetical group of Mormon friends.

I am not basing my comments on how many Mormons I know or used to know . I posted a website whose purpose for existence is to compare things and they have a comparison of Baptists and Mormons.