Infrequently Asked Questions about Worst of the Anti-Mormon Web
Please note that the sites I link to are not my sites. They
are the worst of the anti-Mormon web. I don't make it up, I just
link to it.
A: The Worst generates almost no mail. And most of
the folks who write to me are confused by what they are viewing.
I have never had any hate mail or any threats. With only a
few exceptions, everyone seems to like the site.
A: If you are looking for answers to anti-Mormon claims, you will
not find them here. I am not interested in answering anti-Mormon
claims in this forum. I have done so and will probably continue
to do so in other forums. Those who are looking for answers should
visit and carefully peruse FARMS
Online, especially the Book of Mormon criticism page and
FARMS
Review of Books. Also, I highly recommend SHIELDS and
Mormonism
Researched. Other excellent sites are reviewed and listed in
Gregory Taggart's
"Mormonism
on the Internet" in FARMS Review of Books.
By the same token, if you somehow noticed the word "anti-Mormon"
prominently displayed and were hoping for another site that would
help you fashion a stick with which to beat the Church, you came
to the wrong place. The Worst is intended to mock the
worst of the anti-Mormon sites. Let me emphasize and put this
in plain English: I am not an anti-Mormon and this is not an
anti-Mormon site.
A: I am sorry that you have got yourself out of
the Church. I am just a little curious about why you are surfing Mormon
and/or anti-Mormon sites? In any case,
I hope you realize that the gospel of Jesus Christ, the
Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith's prophetic claims do
not depend on some Church member being nice to you or giving you all the
credit you think deserve or even helping you in your time of need. The Church is
made up of individuals who are struggling to overcome their sins and who
are in constant need of repentance from the bottom to the top. This is
not exactly news. It is still not too late for you to repent and rejoin
the fold and once again "feel to sing the song of redeeming love." If
the Book of Mormon is what Joseph claimed it is and the gospel is restored,
then the rest of our
petty squabbles, our pride, follies and sins are more or less unimportant
and hopefully we can learn to forgive others as they learn to forgive us. And
if you have latched
onto some anti-Mormon argument as a form of self-justification so that
you can enjoy the California Fun Culture or worse, it is still not too late to
repent and rejoin the fold—if you can be honest with yourself about
the matter for a few minutes. It is, after all, always a choice between
Jerusalem and Athens, Zion and Babylon.
A: You really should have figured this out from
reading the stuff above. Once again, there simply are no arguments that
will "prove" that the teachings of the Church of Jesus Christ
of Latter-day Saints are "completely false."
A: First, lighten up. The Worst is intended
to poke fun at anti-Mormon sites. If you are not one of the cognoscenti of
the dark world (and, I might add, soft underbelly) of anti-Mormonism, this
site may come as something of a shock. Rest assured folks like Ed Decker,
John L. Smith, Ankerberg and Weldon among a host of others, make their living
persecuting the Saints—it is what they do and is a full-time job. And if you think that
they are willing to cut us the least bit of slack and "live and let
live," you are likely to be mistaken. So the truth of the matter is
that I do not take them very seriously. They are funny. I merely point
it out.
Sure, it looks like shadow boxing, but all of these questions have been
asked at one time or another. Please don't be offended if I fail to
answer your email. I try to answer them all, but some of them fall
through the cracks; others have faulty return email addresses. If you
think that I have ignored you, please write again. And keep in mind
I take care of such things at my own leisure and at my own pace.
Q: How much mail runs for your site, how much runs against?
Q: So if I am confused by what is going on, will you kindly
explain?
Q: I used to be a Latter-day Saint, but A) someone
was mean to me, B) I took offense at something someone said or did, C) I didn't
get everything that I thought I had coming to me or D) I just couldn't
buy into it anymore so I got out of the Church. How can you possibly
defend that institution?
Q: I am looking for a definitive argument to prove
to my misguided LDS friends that Mormonism is completely false.
Q: Boy you are mean. How can you be so mean? You
think you are clever but it comes off as really mean-spirited.