I find it exhausting debating Mormon apologetics. I’ve done enough research that I can refute any claim made by a Mormon to me. The work has been done – all I have to do is Google it and paste the refutes of the apologist’s argument, including multiple sources and links.
But I don’t like doing that. Spending my energy that way is tiring, and I know I’m never going to convince a True Blue Mormon that their religion is false, any more than they are going to convince me that Mormonism is true.
Thank goodness the arguments that all Mormons use are rather standard, because it makes it that much easier to refute them.
I’d much rather be talking about the glory that is Mass, or discuss my journey as a Catholic, than to be spending my valuable Blog space arguing with someone whom I’m never going to convince.
So, Peach, I’m calling a truce. If you want to discuss more, put it in this thread or the threads we’ve discussed, but if not, then let’s call it over and let me move on. I want all to revel in the glory of Christ and his blood, body soul and divinity in the Eucharist. But first I have to show you that Mormonism is wrong. Which I will do to the best of my ability. I have faith that God will grant grace to all who pray to receive it.
I don’t believe that God hates Mormons, but I do believe that Joseph Smith was a false prophet and that the Book of Mormon is not a work of God. Period. There’s a hundred different web sites with undisputable facts proving the falseness of its claims. I believe there are many better ways to come to Christ than the LDS church.
And the number one way for me to be close to Christ is to attend Mass. Being there, celebrating his sacrifice and death and resurrection, is the pinnacle and end-all be-all of worship to me. Everything else is gravy. I never found that focus on God and on Christ in the Mormon church. Ever. Not even in the Temple.
It’s the simplicity that I love. The simple act of worshiping God, and thanking him for all he does, and receiving his mercy and love. How I wish I had known that simplicity long ago! The spirit dwells in me now, and I can feel God’s love more purely and more intensely than any other point in my life.
The purpose of the Catholic Church is to unite people with their Lord and their God. I feel I am where I need to be.
