Books on Mormonism show change

Mormon Times ^ | March 3, 2010 | Jerry Earl Johnston

[Elsie]

The RLDS had a LOT less baggage to shed.

[Leisler]

I was thinking of that one too.

[CommerceComet]

You cannot “reason” with someone in a cult. Particularly one who rests their spiritual belief on a feeling or experience. That is not a rationale foundation, so reasoning is not effective.

As Paul tells us:

The natural person does not accept the things of the Spirit of God, for they are folly to him, and he is not able to understand them because they are spiritually discerned. (1 Corinthians 2:14)

As Christians we must pray constantly that the Holy Spirit open the eyes of our Mormon friends. Without the help of the Spirit, Biblical concepts are as meaningless to them as Chinese.

Just take a look around FR and you will see that mormons are immune to reason.

I think that we are getting signs that our discussions are having influence. Every time we see a Mormon getting too emotional in response to our discussions, I chalk it up as their internal defense mechanism to deal with cognitive dissonance. I think a lot of them know that Mormonism is wrong on that point but don't want to admit it, primarily to themselves.