Another Important thing - Revision & Obfuscation:
The Mormon church has done a good job of obfuscating it's beliefs, and this will cause some problems when you visit apologetics websites.
There are many Mormon doctrines which have COMPLETELY CHANGED over time, or which have been HIDDEN over time. They have many doctrinal books which they have intentionally chosen to stop reprinting, in order to hide their beliefs, or their past beliefs, from those investigating them. They have also done a good job at REDEFINING biblical terms, so their adherents are confused about orthdox doctrines, and so that orthodox christians simply have no idea what they're saying. (A good example might be use of the word "saved".)
This kind of intentional subterfuge and obfuscation does NOT occur within orthodox denominations.
We discuss and debate things quite openly and honestly, and we don't try to hide any of our views.
So what is the result of all this obfuscation, and why am I bringing it up?
When you go on an apologetics website, and look up doctrinal or historical problems with Mormonism, you may see many things stated which YOU'VE NEVER EVEN HEARD OF! People will often say that Mormons believe this or that, and you may think, "I never believed that!"
And the reason is because the Mormon church is continually changing and adapting it's theology, and continually hiding and obfuscating their past doctrinal beliefs, and continually hiding and revising it's own history.
Because of this, it's very possible you'll see accusations against the Mormon church which aren't aligned with whatever particular thing you were taught. That's because the Mormon church has a history of continually revising and changing it's "official" doctrines.
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