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From: davet@oakhill.UUCP (Dave Trissel)
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Subject: Re: Mormons not Christians!?
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Date: Sun, 27-Jan-85 14:24:59 EST
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In article <315@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP> scott@gargoyle.UChicago.UUCP (Scott Deerwester) writes:
>I would highly recommend the book, "The Mormon Papers", available
>at any Christian bookstore for a rigorous treatment of why Mormons
>aren't Christians by any definition not given by Mormons.

Some decades ago while in highschool I was given a book by my parents titled
something like "What Others Believe" I think by Zondorvon Press.  Not only
did it warn me about the Mormon church but had a chapter on that evil
institution the Catholic Church.  It showed how Catholics are so misguided
in that as every year goes by they tend to worship Mary more and more and
Jesus less and less.  Another shocking "truth" was that they don't even read
the REAL Bible (The King James Version) but instead thier church has seen
fit to invent its own version of God's word.

Being the self-righteous dedicated Church of the Nazaerene member that I was
I later told off a good friend of mine in college about how horrible his
religion was.  I was too blind to see that he went away really hurt from my
attack.  Now, older but much wiser I still feel regret for the harm I caused.
It took a while, but after facing up to the hypocrisy of my religion and
seeing how horrible and narrow-minded my views were I finally saw the light
and quit.

So when I see a reference to a book which will 'explain the truth' about
one religion written by the follower of another I have to wonder.  How many
others are building up regrets like mine?  Worse yet, how many others will
never come to know and understand their self-righteous and hypocritical ways?
That is the saddest part.

Dave Trissel     {ihnp4,seismo,ctvax,gatech}!ut-sally!oakhill!davet