Truthspeaker
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I don't think people misunderstand mormons so much as they just see them as an awfully successful cult. Especially when the majority of those who scoff are christians who are not about to hear of some north american testement of jebus by some dude that seems to strike the same chord as the jim jones's and david koresh's of our time. It really doesn't take much to claim divinity and then collect believers. From, again, jonestown to the hale bob suicide nutters it's pretty clear that humans are gullible as hell. Now, that being said, I thought it was a damn shame that the sole factor in Mitt Romney's primary loss was his mormon faith. Lord knows that evangelicals shot themselves in the foot with that one. However, and this is the question I'll toss out here, WHY do think a non-believer of mormonism (christian or otherwise) should differentiate the origin of your church from any other y pluribus unum claim of holy insight? Sure, sure. YOU believe that the bug giy actually found golden disks and had interaction with an angel named moroni but why do you think non-mormons should make a distinction without the evidence of those golden disks? In fact, isn't it true that he was something of a sheister before locking down the dogma angle?
I am impressed at your restraint of the usual mudslinging. You even managed to ask a decent question. I really appreciate that. If I translate correctly you are asking what makes our claim of divinity different from other churches. It's only fair to answer.
The biggest difference is that our founder actually claimed to have gotten the authority face to face from God to have started a church, rather than somebody reading the scriptures, interpreting them, and starting their own church. Every teaching we have is claimed to have come through the prophet, just like Moses who dealt with God directly and told the people what to do. This eliminates interpretations and confusion. No other religion even claims that the heavens are open. In fact they say that these visions don't happen anymore for the most part. I am sure there may be a few, but I don't know of any that have our same claim be it true or false.
A lot of people have claimed Joseph Smith to be a liar without legitimate proof. Much the same way ABikerSailor has called me a liar, without bringing up specifics. That actually fulfills a prophecy that God told to Joseph in which he said, "Thy name shall be had for good and for evil among all nations kindreds toungues and peoples." If there are any people who haven't heard about Joseph Smith in one capacity or another, they will shortly.
What other questions might you have?