Steven

Child of God, Son of the Covenant, Disciple of Jesus Christ.

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

269,000 words given from God

Dictated in 60-65 working days with no resources or extensive edits

Perfect consistency

Many observable writing styles by different people

Stunning theological discourses that clarify and witness of Christ

Explain it away for me

[LEGO Joseph Smith @Mormonger]

Is this meant to be an argument or just a list of things you think sound weird? 😂

"Mormons make stuff up"
*lists a slew of lies*

Let's get into it...

"Magic underwear"? That's the intellectual level we're operating at? Religious garments exist in numerous faiths. Calling them "magic underwear" isn't a refutation; it's playground mockery.

"Golden plates and a seer stone." Correct. Joseph Smith claimed revelation through unusual means. Christians believe God spoke through a burning bush, a donkey, dreams, visions, angels, and a resurrected corpse. If your standard is "sounds unusual," Christianity fails before Mormonism does.

"God was once a man" and "humans can become gods." You apparently don't know that deification is a historic Christian doctrine. The idea that humans can participate in divine life predates Mormonism by centuries. The disagreement is about the nature and extent of exaltation, not whether the concept exists.

"Jesus and Satan are spirit brothers." This is one of the favorite anti-Mormon talking points because it sounds shocking until you think about it for ten seconds. Traditional Christianity teaches Satan is a created being who derives his existence from God. LDS theology teaches Christ is the divine Son and Satan is a fallen being. The point isn't that they're equals. They aren't.

"No Trinity." Correct. Latter-day Saints reject the Nicene formulation. That's a theological disagreement, not evidence of fraud. You actually have to argue why the Nicene model is correct instead of pretending its truth is self-evident.

"Total apostasy." The New Testament repeatedly warns of apostasy, false teachers, corruption, and falling away. You can disagree with the LDS interpretation, but acting as if the idea appeared from nowhere only advertises ignorance of the texts.

"Kolob." The Book of Abraham doesn't say God lives on Kolob. Critics repeat this because they know most people won't check.

"Humans get their own planet." Not official doctrine. Again, critics repeat it because it gets laughs.

"Baptism for the dead." Paul literally mentions people being baptized for the dead in 1 Corinthians 15:29. You may reject the LDS interpretation, but the practice is rooted in a biblical text, not thin air.

Every religious worldview can be made to sound absurd through hostile wording.

"Christians believe in eating the body of their God - they're a cannibalistic death cult."

See how easy that is?

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

@surskitmaxxing @jaredadairbell @sister_slay That’s because those come from not following prophetic instruction.

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

@KeeHakLim @GBSHansO We believe in personal property.

[Hans Olsen @GBSHansO]

I don’t need anyone to tell me whether The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is a Christian church.
I’ve lived it for 48 years.
We worship Christ. We follow Christ. We study Christ.
We fall short and ask for his grace.
The Book of Mormon testifies of Him on every page.

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

@NoblestCalling IMO still better than the usual drug and sex addled apostates that make their lives meaningless because they are unwilling to repent.

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

@BroSpencer Is there like a dark trinity too

[Ryker @RykerJackson97]

The strangest thing about all this discourse is that I’m realizing a lot of Christians seem to think we hate or have an unfavorable opinion of them, but that just isn’t true.

In fact, we don’t view any religion negatively, even though we are the most negatively viewed religion.

[Mike Lee @BasedMikeLee]

Children in my church—The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints—know this song, “I Will Walk With Jesus”

Pay attention to the words

If this isn’t emblematic of Christian faith, I don’t know what is

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

@MissRed_Roses @AlexAlleman Followed

[MissRed🪔 @MissRed_Roses]

For a religion that teaches that God cannot be measured, localized, or contained, they sure do get mad when you suggest He could have visited more than just Judea.

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

@qboomer17 @ThoughtfulSaint That’s what they said when they nailed Jesus to the cross.

They were wrong. He wasn’t blaspheming. He spoke the truth as I do.

If I were wrong then yes it would be blasphemy.

[Trevor Tomesh ☕ @realDrTT]

A lot of you are hellbent on making the scribes and Pharisees proud.

[Cernovich @Cernovich]

Every Mormon I know considers themself Christian. TBH I find these debates boring.

[Ryker @RykerJackson97]

“Rarely in the future will it be easy or popular to be a faithful Latter-day Saint. Each of us will be tested.” - President Russell M. Nelson

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

@qboomer17 @ThoughtfulSaint Better to be blasphemous than wrong

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

How sad it is that of Al those that strive sincerely to follow the Lord so few are willing to hear His voice when He speaks to them.

We must strive more diligently and charitably.

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

@ArgusofTalmud @dmh1125 Nothing there is contrary to what he said. God is not replaced as the Most High and the center of our worship

[Steven @Outdoor_Steven]

@MattisRedacted @AlderNate We have the book.