The Mormon church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the one true church.

I'd like to thank my opponent for creating this biased, bigoted debate and I would like to know reascend this hurtful arguments against the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Now my opponent's case may seem fairly convincing on the surface, but I assure you that underneath it is hallow and empty. Today I -will not- prove that every tenet of the Church of the Latter-Day Saints is absolutely true. I will try to argue for you to put your faith into this church, but as we are dealing with issues of religion, it will be quite impossible to prove beyond on a reasonable doubt. I will, however, prove to you that the Mormon church is to be trusted over Christianity, Buddhism and every other church. My first point is that of reliability. Let us look at Christianity; it has been almost 2000 years since we've had a credible vision. Since then, religious documents (the Bible) have been translated, rel-translated, scribed, re-translated, etc. several hundred times. Christianity now finds itself in a crisis of faith in that the foundations of their belief have been proven to be written several hundred years -after- the appearance of Christ. Furthermore, there has been compelling conjecture to suggest that the documents were deliberately changed by various ambitious people. What's more, some of the translations and understandings may not even be correct (the Roman idea of 'hell' was literally a burning rubbish dump outside of the city.) Islam, Buddhism and Hinduism are just as dated and equally untrustworthy. Don't even get me started on Judaism. Mormonism is not even 200 years old; well within to the age of skepticism and enlightenment. If given the choice, I would take the teaching of an educated American of the 19th century over the ramblings of an ancient group of people in the desert. This is, of course, not a discreditation of Christianity, merely an acceptance that, given the conditions Christians have accepted Jesus, they must accept Joseph Smith. What makes one prophet more profitable than another? (If you'll pardon the pun) Secondly, Mormonism is backed up by eyewitness accounts. Twelve witnesses all confirmed to have either seen the angels or been in the presence of the golden plates given to Joseph by Jesus. Furthermore, despite many of them leaving the church later in their lives (due to disagreements with Joseph Smith Jr.) they continued in their unwavering support for the faith, with not one of them changing their testimony. My opponent, obviously not a theological scholar, has decided to go through the book of Mormonism and try to take every entry literally. I'm sure he would have a fun time doing this in the King James Bible or the Qu'ran. Anyone who has opened themselves up to other religious documents would know that the use of metaphors and parable are ripe. Furthermore, I do not totally discount the possible existence of errors in the text, as one must expect from most books dating back before the dawn of the information age, but I would argue that it is infinitely more reliable than any other religious text. But this debate has come down to semantics. The resolution before us today is that the Church of Latter-day Saints is the one true church. I believe this must be absolutely affirmed if for not other reason than every other church is fundamentally unreliable. If we are to truely embrace the ideas of enlightenment, we must not put our faith into the religious teachings, but rather into -man-. If we are to trust ancient civilizations over our own, a logical disconnect opens therein that we do not trust ourselves. I await my opponent's response with anticipation.