Mormanism

Now to the topic at hand. .. I am trying to prove that Mormonism is right and inspired by God. First I would like to make some assumptions here: 1) God is a good entity 2) Because God is good, he wants the best for all people on Earth So for a religion (or anything really) to be "inspired by God", a religion must seek what God seeks; the best for all people on Earth. If we assume my 2 assumptions are correct, what I can do is point the numerous charity organizations the Mormon church provides. Programs such as "Helping Hands"(1) or the "Bishop's Store House"(2) help out people who are in need of basic items. The Mormon church also encourages members to serve in the community and volunteer as much as possible (3). More examples of Mormon service and welfare can be found in the video. Its a tad bit dramatic, but I feel it demonstrates the point. . http://www.youtube.com... I thoroughly believe that an organization that promotes service to the extent of the Mormon Church is easily "inspired by God". Now to what my opponent has said. My opponent is trying to prove Mormonism is a false religion. To do this, he judges the doctrines of Mormonism against the doctrines of another Christian religion. For example consider this phrase: "The bible teaches of two different "after lives" Heaven and hell. Mormonism teaches of three Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial. " To assume the Mormon view of the after life is completely false, we must assume the bible is completely true, something that just cannot be assumed. We see this fallacious assumption over and over again throughout the argument. "The bible teaches that their would be no more prophets after Jesus. " "Genesis 1:1 states that God existed 'in the beginning' before man was ever created. So if God existed before man ever existed how could God be a former man? " "Mormonism teaches that we must be good and follow the laws and ordinances of the Mormon church in order to obtain forgiveness. The bible teaches many times that you get to heaven not by works alone but by faith. " My point in pointing this out? You cannot prove the Mormon religion is false by comparing it to the bible. You have yet to prove the bible is a true book to begin with. My opponent also attempts to discredit the Mormon church by pointing out the John D. Lee incident. After I would like to counter by saying many other religions institutions have had issues of incidents in the past (4). Just because one person of the Mormon faith was a terrible person you cannot assume that the rest of the organization is evil. As a side note I would also like to point out that many of my opponents declaration of Mormon doctrine are flat out incorrect. I recommend my opponent get his information from more neutral sources, as the sources he as posted seem to be blatant anti-Mormon in nature. (. http://www.jesus-is-savior.com... tends to take quotes out of context quite often. ) In closing I would just like to emphasize a my main point: If God is good and wants the best for the people on Earth then the Mormon church is inspired by God. Thanks for reading and I sincerely hope that my first attempt at a debate in this forum was not a headache to get through. (1). http://lds.org... (2) . http://en.wikipedia.org...'s_storehouse (3) . http://lds.org... (4) . http://en.wikipedia.org...