Like being taught that the Catholic Church is the Whore of Babylon
It's not that that isn't true. It was just not appropriate to say so bluntly.
Heck, just the way the word gentile is often used between Mormons counters the 11 article of faith.



Please show me where we ever tried to stop you from teaching your religion? I can show you lots of examples where you guys tried to stop us from teaching ours (You guys meaning our critics). In fact, if I remember correctly, you guys even killed some of our guys trying to stop us. Some would say that whole US became a critic and tried to stop us.
Now show me where we did that to prevent the teaching of your religion.
While up to this point our Mormon experience has been pretty close, we are 180 here...mocking other faiths was very common in an Mormon only environment, and in my experience ...especially the Catholics (in my youth), and of late on forums with TBM’s....Evangelicals.



Sorry, but the way you all showboat, it is mockable. The Holiness in the religions of our critics is laughable. I had a Baptist minister screaming at me at the top of his lungs while jabbing his finger at my chest all because I, was not a member of his congregation, did not get to the chapel early enough to open the doors for his congregation all while he was preventing me from going to my own services.
But the point of the 11th Article of faith is your right to worship the way you want to and that we will defend that right. It doesn't mean that we won't share what we have with others. What are you guys afraid of? Obviously, you don't think you have the truth or people wouldn't be peeling off. I really don't know what your deal is
@Markk nor do I care. If you found something better, why don't you share it instead of spending all of your time on this board rearranging my religion into some make-believe fantasy that doesn't exist in any world? Denigrating someone else's beliefs is not the way to make converts (though I'm not sure that is your purpose here).
you can’t get away from the first vision account...the very founding reason for the restoration of the church and the 1st missionary lesson is that the Christian church in Smiths time, the same church that I belong to (protastant) is an abomination and just gives lip service to God.
And we aren't trying to. We own that statement. But at the same time, if you choose to worship as you do then that is your right and we will defend that right. Show me any Mormon discussion board that has protestant churches under the heading of cult. You won't find one. As a church, we don't spend any time discussing other religions or what they believe. The topic does come up, but we have no lesson material, within the church, that discusses the issues of other religions or how to deal with them if we meet them on the street.
If I was to find out anything about what you believe, it would have to come from you. And you know what? I might disagree with what you believe. I might debate that I'm right and you're wrong. But none of that means I'm trying to stop you from worshiping the way you do and believing what you believe. I also wouldn't try to get you to join my church unless you weren't satisfied with what you had and you were looking. I would hope that if you did join my church that you wouldn't go back to your old church and tell them how wrong they are. I would hope that you'd do what I did and discuss what you believe with those who might be looking for the truth, but don't go beating other people over the head trying to convince them they are wrong. That is what you are doing here now.