The LDS church has fundamental flaws that prevent it from being the true church.

Im sorry if you feel that you can't accept any of the evidence that I presented and you were forced to change your statement around from "no evidence" to "no unbiased evidence". With that technique you should be able to successfully dodge any argument that ever comes at you. But the studies have been done and the evidence is there. It is your biased anti-Mormon opinion that prevents you from accepting that. The following is an offical Church statement on excommunication: Church Disciplinary Councils Bishops and branch presidents and stake, mission, and district presidents have a responsibility to help members overcome transgression through repentance. The most serious transgressions, such as serious violations of civil law, spouse abuse, child abuse, adultery, fornication, rape, and incest, often require formal Church discipline. Formal Church discipline may include restriction of Church membership privileges or loss of Church membership. Additional Information "Formal Church discipline begins when a presiding priesthood leader determines that it is necessary to hold a disciplinary council. The purposes of disciplinary councils are to save the souls of transgressors, protect the innocent, and safeguard the purity, integrity, and good name of the Church. "Church discipline is an inspired process that takes place over a period of time. Through this process and through the Atonement of Jesus Christ, a member can receive forgiveness of sins, regain peace of mind, and gain strength to avoid transgression. Church discipline is designed to help Heavenly Father's children in their efforts to be purified from sin through the Atonement, return to full fellowship in the Church, and receive the full blessings of the Church." www.lds.org (official church website) Glossary Definition Excommunication A disciplinary process used only in extreme situations. This includes removal of an individual's name from the records of the Church. Excommunicated individuals have the opportunity to return and have their Church membership restored through the process of repentance and baptism by immersion for the remission of sins. www.mormon.org (official church website) Individuals can be excommunicated for preaching and teaching false doctrine or anti-Mormon literature and teachings with intent to persuade others. People who ask questions are not excommunicated, they are taught. Excommunication is only used in "extreme" situations. I refer you to the above sites or again a local Stake President for clarification. This is what the Church believes. Your isolated and unverifiable "stories" are not evidence, I am sorry. I have presented here how the Church actually works. Are the promised blessings in a Patriarchal Blessing an incentive to keep one's faith? You will find that in any religeon, there are things called "blessings" which are incentives to keep your faith. Perhaps the most well known in any religeon would be the concept of Heaven. The doctrine of salvation could be called an incentive for one to keep their faith. This absolutely does not make it a fundumental flaw. You claimed that the LDS Church has always taught that Jesus sailed across the ocean. You also did not present a credible source from any Church publication teaching that. This is likely because that does not exist. The Church does not teach that, you have no writings from the Church that we do, just your unverifiable story once again. The Church has never taught that. Any member or one who has studied the doctrine knows that. Again you claim that the cities from the Book of Mormon could not have been the same cities discovered there from the same time period. However once again you have given no evidence or source for that claim. It is just your opinion and has not been backed up as mine has been. Throughout this entire debate, you have neglected to present any shred of evidence or any source at all whatsoever to back up any of your arguments. All you have given us are some stories from a few ex-members (not a great source for unbiased opinions or truth on the Church). Another problem is that I am araid that early on you strayed from the point of the debate. You were contending that the LDS Church has fundamental flaws that prevented it from being the true Church. Yet you spent most of your time telling of stories of people who claimed to be treated unfairly and were obviously disgruntled and bitter against the Church. You spoke of only one actual teaching of the Church, but presented no evidence or sources to show where you were coming from. And you presented absolutely no doctrine beyond that. Perhaps the debate should have been titled "Prove to me beyond a reasonable doubt that the LDS Church is true". My duty was never to completely prove that the Church is true, just to debunk the things that you claimed were "fundumental flaws" which I did. Thank you for the debate.