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Video: Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith
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Good News for LDS is a consortium of churches, para-church ministries
and non-profit organizations dedicated to discovering, promoting, and
disseminating knowledge.
Since its founding in 1830, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day
Saints has insisted that it alone represents true Christianity and that
all other churches professing the name of Christ are part of a "Great
Apostasy," that has incorporated corrupt doctrine and practices.
The producers of this DVD are well aware that members of the LDS Church
are sincere about their beliefs, and it is not our desire to belittle
those beliefs. In fact, we would be the first to defend the right of
every Latter-day Saint to share their faith with others and we hope
that they will allow us the same courtesy.
Why Mormonism? Many of those involved with this project were once members
of the LDS Church. At one time they believed very strongly that Joseph
Smith was a true prophet sent by God to restore Christianity to the
earth. When they realized that their presuppositions were not true they
had to make some extremely difficult life-changing decisions. This product
includes many of those difficult issues with which they had to wrestle.
It is easy for some to automatically assume that those who disagree
with the premises of the LDS Church are motivated by hatred and are
therefore "anti-Mormon;" however, it is our hope that thoughtful people
will look beyond the name-calling to carefully examine the areas of
belief that separate the LDS Church from the biblical norm. In our experience
we have found that many people have a very limited understanding of
what Mormon leaders have actually taught. Because this is true even
within the LDS Church, some Mormons might feel that much of what this
DVD contains is fabricated. For this reason great pains have been made
to document the statements it contains. Several of them are taken directly
from LDS publications and speeches given by those who are recognized
as authorities in the LDS Church.
The making of this DVD is an act of love and has been placed into your
hands so that you too can carefully examine the truth claims of the
LDS Church. Just as we respect the right of Mormon missionaries to come
to our doors and share what they believe to be true with us, we hope
that members of the LDS Church will respect our right to come to your
door through this medium and share with you what we have found to be
true.
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