Questions to Ask Your Mormon Friend: Effective Ways to Challenge a Mormon's Arguments Without Being Offensive (Paperback)

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Fifteen Effective Questions to Help a Mormon Seriously Examine His Faith

In 1853 the Mormon Apostle Orson Pratt issued the challenge: " - convince us of our errors of doctrine, if we have any, by reason, by logical arguments, or by the word of God, and we will be ever grateful for the information."

Many Christians have stated that they would challenge Mormon acquaintances about their theology if they knew what to say. From their in-depth research of Mormonism, Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson have compiled fifteen questions that Christians can ask latter-day Saints to help them seriously examine their faith. In a user-friendly manner, it provides simple, straightforward arguments that lay-Christians can easily access.

Also included is a dictionary of the Mormon language. This helps the reader better understand Mormon terminology and shows how it is different from similar words used by Christians.

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Product Details

• Paperback: 192 pages
• Publisher: Bethany House Publishers (May 1994)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1556614551
• ISBN-13: 978-1556614552
• Product Dimensions: 8.1 x 5.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 6.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 2.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (26 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,077,694 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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21 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of time, March 18, 2001

By A Customer

If you are looking for a completely one-sided arguement as to whether the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is indeed a Christian church, then I whole heartedly recommend this book. The questions and answers presented here do offer what the author believes (or wants you to believe) is true mormon doctrine, but fall far short of being true or fare. Having presented some of these questions to my sister (who is a mormon living in Arizona) I came to realize that this book is just plain full of garbage meant to throw off those who either have not the capability to think for themselves, or are just plain stupid. Giving half truths and just plain telling falsehoods will never get my approval for a good book.

13 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A thought-provoking book, stimulating for conversation., June 16, 1998

By A Customer

I've used the questions in this book with some of my Mormon friends, and I must say the answers given in return seem to be quite confused. I'm not sure if many Mormons have ever thought through their faith, but this book does a good job to ask a good question and begin a topic of conversation that does not jump around from issue to issue. I especially like the wonderful appendix where terms are defined. The word "Jesus" even has different meanings between Christianity and Mormonism.

26 of 37 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Questions, Great Logic, April 25, 2001

By	S. Lindbloom (Eden Prairie, MN USA) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

This book contains 15 great questions for opening conversation between Mormons and non-Mormons. For example, the first chapter, "If I Accept You as a Christian, Will You Accept Me as a Mormon?" addresses one of the most common objections Mormons articulate to their critics ("Mormons are Christians!") and does so in a very sensible manner. Chapter 2, "Which First Vision Account Should We Believe?" takes a look at the very foundation of the LDS Church and reasonably raises questions regarding the differing stories Joseph Smith told about his supposed encounter with the Gods. Chapter 4, "What If the Bible Is Translated Correctly After All?" seeks to encourage discussion about the unsupportable Mormon position that the Bible is unreliable and cannot be trusted. Many people, from all sorts of faith backgrounds, never really think about their beliefs. Anything that causes people to examine what they believe, study issues they may not have considered before, bring about sincere dialogue between friends, and help us to better understand another's viewpoint is a rare and valuable treasure. McKeever and Johnson's book does all these things -- with grace. If there are objections to this book's content, I can only think it is because the authors have done such a fine job of logically addressing the issues raised that some may feel threatened by the mere asking of the question. And if so, perhaps the objector will go home and think about it.