Posted by rpcman on February 09, 1999 at 18:59:54:
In Reply to: Challenging Mormonism posted by Bill on February 09, 1999 at 18:14:59:
: Hi, Bill here, the best thing that I have found is a paperback book about 100 pages long titled "30 Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend". I found it in a Christian bookstore in Kerrville, Texas. These are quite legitimate questions which are exposed in the book. GodSpeed in all that you do. Bill
Books such as these are similar (although hopefully better when compared) to the Godmakers. They convince Christians that Mormons are in error but they don't convince Mormons that they are in error. They convince Mormons that Mormonism is true and that Christianity is still in apostacy.
Basically they ask Mormons to trade in their faith for the faith of a certain sect of Christianity. They error in not being able to use reason as a consistent guide. As an example, the authors will have a field day of applying critical scholarship and skepticism to the Book of Mormon while accepting the Bible as 100% Truth w/o applying any skepticism.
In other words, if you are trying to *really* convince a Mormon (rather than a fundi Christian) of the errors of Mormonism, Christian propaganda isn't the way to go.