When we were a lot younger, two Mormon Missionaries came to our home and set up their displays and proceeded to tell us about three of the Gods in Mormonism. The one explained about God the Father being depicted as an older man, with a long white beard. Then came God the Son, Jesus, being depicted as a young man. Being a rather visual type of person, I then asked them if God the Holy Spirit was a bird as he took the form of a dove. The young missionaries couldn't explain that and left in a big hurry!
Sincere young men, but totally lacking in Christian understanding!
I am not suggesting that you are not sincere or that Joy did not come into your life, but for myself, I see a type of parallel in the lives of the founder of Mormonism and also the founder of Islam.
Do you know the history of each of these prophets?
When we were a lot younger
The one explained about God the Father being depicted as an older man, with a long white beard.
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You are funny LOL
I let it be you were young and misunderstood LOL
At no time have I ever heard of a verbal detailed of what God looked like...
We do not have an exact picture of even the Lord everyone gives an impression of what they think he looks like.
Now I have seen am impression of the Father and the Son but no one know for sure.
Do you know the history of each of these prophets?
I knew tons of negatives before I was baptized becasue I did my homework I read the History of the Church warts and all and even Walter Martin stuff.
But I had a witness from the Holy Spirit i also learn..
Luke 12: 12
12 For the Holy Ghost shall teach you in the same hour what ye ought to say.
John 14: 26
26 But the Comforter, which is the Holy Ghost, whom the Father will send in my name, he shall teach you all things, and bring all things to your remembrance, whatsoever I have said unto you.
Yet the world will contend and many will add themselves to this camp when they deny the power of the Holy Ghost!!
2 Nephi 28
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/2_ne/28/4#4
4 And they shall contend one with another; and their priests shall contend one with another, and they shall teach with their learning, and deny the Holy Ghost, which giveth utterance.
5 And they deny the power of God, the Holy One of Israel; and they say unto the people: Hearken unto us, and hear ye our precept; for behold there is no God today, for the Lord and the Redeemer hath done his work, and he hath given his power unto men;
So you had a friend that was Mormon and so you actually had heard about the Mormon Church?
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No I had not heard about the Church he just gave me the book and said read it he was new and said little just to read the mark passages, in the mean time we had a fallen out!
It was about a year later and I was going to throw the book out when I stood over the wastepaper basket and a small voice prompted told me to read the mark passage in the back of the Book
Moroni 10
http://scriptures.lds.org/en/moro/10
4 And when ye shall receive these things, I would exhort you that ye would ask God, the Eternal Father, in the name of Christ, if these things are not true; and if ye shall ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having faith in Christ, he will manifest the truth of it unto you, by the power of the Holy Ghost.
5 And by the power of the Holy Ghost ye may know the truth of all things.