Please, it's like trying to build a bridge from New York to Kolob. You can't build a bridge between fantasy and reality, and since the Mormons will first insist that you "respect their beliefs" by refraining from discussing them in the first place, there is no chance of any such "bridge" becoming a two-way crossing anyway. The temple is off limits, the garments are off limits, the signs, tokens and hand grips are off limits, bringing up anything out of the Journal of Discourses gets immediately dismissed because it's not official canonized scripture, and anything else you bring up gets set on the shelf of : We have been teaching these things for years, nothing is hidden in the church, you're just ignorant and lazy if you didn't know "X" before now....
There is no accountability of leadership in the church. If there is any wrong, it is because of individual member actions, not the organization. Blame individuals to save the reputation of the organization at all costs. Burn bridges if necessary. The church must go on, it must survive any condemnation, questioning, examination, or ridicule. Lie for the Lord, withhold key points of doctrine until investigators have been baptized, "milk before meat"....
I've narrowed it down to the top five:
Was it normal to marry 14 year old girls?
Polygamy was practiced because of "too many women, not enough men"?
Should we judge Joseph by present-day standards?
Did Joseph used a seer stone in a hat to "translate" the Book of Mormon?
Who knows more about ancient Egyptian writings, today's archaeologists, or Joseph Smith?
Are the American Indians descendants of the Lamanites in the Book of Mormon?
Even if just ONE remains true, it's enough for me to stay out of this organization, and urge others to closely examine their beliefs against the coldness of reality. Planet Kolob, or Planet Earth.
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