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Originally Posted by sherbtail

EDIT:- Wlfwind, I just read your post and thought 'lol', lesbianism is so much more accepted than two men kissing (what is the word for this... as its not gay, because that could mean men or women, what is the word relating to gay men only?) I don't know why this is...

I get what you're saying about the religion thing and I agree with you that we should all respect one another but I've never agreed with the 'follow the one that is right for you' philosophy. Only one religion is going to be the truth (this includes atheism) and we should strive all our lives to find the truth, because if we're living a lie, it's really no help to anyone.

Also the difference between judaism evolving into christianity and christianity evolving into mormonism is that between judaism and christianity was Christ, he performed miracles and crap and had the big scary cross death and claimed to be the son of God, so people chose to follow him. Whereas I fail to see why I should believe in mormonism when there are loads of cults that also claim to be rooted in christianity. What makes mormonism different? Sorry that sounds confrontational rereading it, but I don't mean it that way, I'm genuinely open to people's answers.

I'm not sure of the word you're looking for, I'm sure it will come to me at 4am though.

I'm one person who always tries to strive for truth, so I do see your point of view, however this is one thing that we can't simply know, and that's the only reason that I think religion is something that should be chosen based on what works best and what makes you happiest. Yes, we should all strive for truth, but we don't know what comes after this life, and we more-than-likely never will (Unless the rapture happens and we all realize that God is real or something, which is a possibility) until we die. We'll never know what the right one is, and that's the only reason I follow the "whatever works best" philosophy.

And I suppose there's a difference in Joseph Smith and Jesus Christ. But, it's only because Jesus claimed to be a savior, while Joseph Smith did not. Joseph Smith is no different than anyone else who wrote books of the New or Old testament. Jesus didn't add a word to the bible, however prophets of God did. If you believe those prophets, then isn't it safe to say that there's a possibility that God chose another prophet to write more to his Great Book? I'm not saying I agree with either side, I'm just trying to enlighten some people to the possibility. The Old Testament was written by prophets, the New was written by prophets, and The Book of Mormon was written by a prophet...Seems consistent to me.