Jersey Girl wrote:kairos wrote:Me always a nevermo has been invited to lunch by my bishop son's stake president.
"He just wants to know about me and wants me to come to the dark side" I want to demolish him as to his Book of Mormon testimony.
Kairos as much as you'd like to do this, I think you are wasting your time. Why do you want to destroy his testimony? What is your motivation?
Do you hate the LDS church? Hate Mormonism?
Nothing good can come from hating, kairos.
One thing you can do is test yourself out here on the board. Put up your counter claims and let folks here attempt to destroy them. I honestly think that at this point, I could put a good dent in at least some of those counter claims.
I, myself, do not want to destroy the testimony of an Latter-day Saint. I don't want to put anyone in the position of losing their faith, their family, their faith community, their social circle or even their business relations. I actually don't think I have the power to do that to begin with.
I don't want to be the catalyst for someone becoming displaced.
Should someone happen to cross my path who may be going through that process, I think my only role is to support, encourage, and try to understand. At least if it is someone who is looking for support and who I might "click" with.
How would you feel if he were planning to engage in a religious arm wrestling contest with you? Would that open you to listening or would it make you more resistant? Would your only focus be on pushing back?
So will his focus be on pushing back at you.
So I guess I would say that in the unlikely event that you should be successful in destroying his testimony, are you willing to partner with him for the long term to support him and his family? If not, I think you might want to re-examine your motivations.
Do you want to do this because you hate him or because you love him?
I don't know if you are a Christian believer, but if you are, examine the status of your heart. Our aim isn't always true, Kairos.
Well put, JerseyGirl.