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Conference tecrus::mormonism

Title:	The Glory of God is Intelligence.

Moderator:	BSS::RONEY

Created:	Thu Jan 28 1988
Last Modified:	Fri Apr 25 1997
Last Successful Update:	Fri Jun 06 1997
Number of topics:	460
Total number of notes:	6198

380.0. "Non-LDS religious notesfiles" by SHALOT::CROCITTO () Fri Apr 05 1991 12:06

    Here's a question for you all,
    
    I've had occasion to read the CHRISTIAN and CHRISTIAN PERSPECTIVE notes
    conferences and have been interested in some of the entries.  Since I
    am a convert to the LDS church, I am interested in personal testimonies
    and others' stories of how they turned to which church and why.
    
    My question(s):  Is it wrong to do this?  Also I have been tempted to
    enter some replies in some of the notes, especially 3 of them:
    
    	*I am looking for a church to belong to.  Any suggestions?
    	*Dear SDAs, JW, and Mormons--what do YOU believe?
    	*Personal Testimonies--what's yours?
    
    The reason that I haven't entered any notes in either of these
    conferences is because I am afraid that I might cause some contention,
    but perhaps that's small-minded of me, and also not giving others
    credit.
    
    I love this notesfile, and notice frequent entries and questions
    entered in by non-LDS.  (My feeling is that that's great!)  I just
    wondered how you all felt about entering notes or answering notes
    in other religion notes conferences.
    
    Thanks for any replies,
    
    Jane

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380.1		CACHE::LEIGH	Moderator	`Fri Apr 05 1991 14:20`	33
	Hi Jane, You might be interested in knowing that this conference began several years ago as a note in the Christian conference. I was reading the Christian conference and came across a statement that Mormons didn't believe in the Atonement of Christ. I responded to that, and others came in and asked questions about what Mormons believe. I started a note on my beliefs as a Mormon (note 4 in this conference) and a second note for discussion. After a while Rich Kotter joined in, and we discussed Mormonism with quite a number of people. Eventually, the moderators of Christian decided that a discussion of one denomination was to narrow of a topic for that conference, and they asked Rich and I to discontinue our discussion. After prayer and discussion, we decided to form our own conference and MORMONISM was born. Whether you should continue to read those other conferences is a matter between you and the Lord. However, if you decide to do that, be prepared for attacks against the Church, and be prepared to defend the Church. Many of the notes in this conference were created to discuss specific attacks made against the Church and should be a good resource to you. There are many fine, spiritual people in the world who aren't LDS, and they have beautiful testimonies of Christ. If I had more time I would also be reading the other conferences, but my time is limited and I'm only reading this conference and a couple of others. > *Dear SDAs, JW, and Mormons--what do YOU believe? If you will MAIL me the conference and note # of the question about what Mormons believe, I will post a reply pointing to this conference. I don't know how other LDS feel, but my opinion is that discussions of Mormonism should take place in this conference rather than in other conferences, because we already have many answers posted. Allen
380.2		CACHE::LEIGH	Let your light shine	`Fri Apr 05 1991 14:51`	17
	<<< GOLF::DISK$COMMON:[NOTES$LIBRARY]CHRISTIAN.NOTE;1 >>> -< ...by believing you may have life in His Name >- ================================================================================ Note 380.149* SDA's,JW's,Mormons etc... 149 of 149 CACHE::LEIGH "Allen Leigh SHR1-3/E29 DTN 237-3255" 10 lines 5-APR-1991 13:48 -< MORMONISM conference >- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- I would like to invite those who would like to know what Mormons believe to visit the CACHE::MORMONISM conference. You will be welcome to browse around the many notes discussing Mormon beliefs, and you will be welcome to comment or ask questions as you may desire as long as you don't bring contention or criticism of other noters with you. Press KP7 to add MORMONISM to your notebook. Allen Moderator, MORMONISM conference