Mormons at the Door

Three (not the usual two) Mormon missionaries came to my door this evening. It was actually the shortest "debate" I've ever had w/ someone of a different faith or belief system of mine. Basically, it went like this:

1. They wanted to tell me of a prophet (Joseph Smith, I'm sure).
2. I said that the time of prophets is over b/c God sent the Holy Spirit to communicate directly w/ no intermediary
3. They said God does not change
4. I pointed out that if you do something one way, and then decide to do something a different way, you are the same person...only your method had changed.
5. They said that was confusing and that God is not a god of confusion.
6. I said God works in mysterious ways
7. They said God's plan may not always be apparent to us, but He is not the god of confusion.
8. I said if His plan is not apparent, wouldn't it seem confusing to us?

Up until this time, it was mainly one of them that I was going back and forth with. It was at this time that another (the more experienced one, I would assume) spoke up and said, "We're not here to argue with you today." He then quoted some Bible verses and claimed that the purpose of the Book of Mormon was to proclaim Christ as Lord. I informed them that this was not my first experience w/ Mormons and their book, and that I had Mormon friends and had even read some in the BoM and did not believe it to be the inspired Word of God. Shortly there after they offered to wash some dishes and take out the trash and we parted ways.

I then did some googling on the BoM to look for something I'd seen several years ago. I came across their teachings on polygamy. Basically what I found was that the BoM condemns it, but other Mormon scriptures okay it. Interesting stuff.

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