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I participate in firesides with the ward and full-time missionaries in my ward from time to time. I am a convert to the Church and in my past my ex-wife and I were Southern Baptists that leaned more non-denominational. we ran a handful of online web-based ministries as well. I was fully versed in the "cults" sorta speak. so at the fireside chats the missionaries use the time to ask me questions about the beliefs of the evangelicals that they come into contact with. Ask me what and why they believe what they do. It helps them better to understand ho to relate to them and how to share the gospel with them in terms and ways that they can relate to easier. I know in the past when the full time missionaries came to my door and we let them in and talked to them, it was difficult because it seemed like we spoke different languages at times.

Actually I think that's New Jersey or Los Angeles.

Look at the iPad.. yes i know it's more, but you can do alot more with it. Kindle app as well as Nook apps are available for free on it as well as Apple's own iBook store (More books to choose from) MANY more apps to choose from. You can also get the Ensign for free monthly on the iPad and iPhone (looks great on iPad). I have a great app on my iPhone that is available for iPad too that has all the LDS scriptures as well as all the manuals and resources, topical index and dictionary, talks from General Conferences, Hymnal, Audio reading of scriptures, etc etc. it's a great app. Most complete I've seen on any platform thus far. Look at a used iPad 2, you can find them for a good price right now because of the new iPads and then work just peachy still.

My wife and I watch multiple sources. MSNBC, CNN, and ..FauxNews (sorry Almost throwup a bit in my mouth) So in a nutshell breakdown I see is this... MSNBC = OBAMA WALKED ON WATER TODAY! CNN = Obama took a boat across the English channel today. Fox News = Obama hijacked a boat full of English Citizens today, forcing them to go to EVIL SOCIALIST FRANCE! George W. Bush would have Invaded! All kidding aside... We watch multiple sources and get the complete picture instead of one networks political bias.

You asked why they believe that, I answered from my background. not to debate. I grew up most of my year until I was 32 in Southern Baptist and non-denominational churches. Just telling you what was always told to me on this subject, not that I believe or agree with it or that ALL others have the same answer. Prisonchaplain being from a different faith background might have a different insight on it. Not that his answer is the de facto answer either.

It has to do with Israelites. Evangelicals say they are God's adopted children because they believe unless they are Jewish they aren't REALLY God's children, but through Christ they are.

I agree that understanding the anti-stuff is not for the people with a weak testimony but I feel it's invaluable for someone who is a ward missionary or someone who is has a strong testimony that loves to share it with non-members. If you read my testimony earlier in the thread you know that my ex-wife was a pitbull toward missionaries. Missionaries had no clue as to why she believed the way she did, so they had no way to relate the lessons or adapt them to her. Knowing the source to WHY an evangelical is sitting there telling you that you belong to a cult is more effective than just shrugging it off then continuing to try to go through the lessons with them. Same with a friend or a co-worker who asks you the same thing. Small Example Would be explaining to an evangelical the priesthood and understanding why they reject that. Would you know where to target your discussion and study then? You'd exactly know the answer if you knew that they're anti "knowledge" was. Being prepared for the hard question. Because like my ex-wife. The second you are asked a question that you don't have a good answer or something new to them, it is dismissed and you are labeled brainwashed. Sad truth. Being Prepared is the best way to help.

I think you missed the message of the story. It's FAR from a celebration of killing. Hunger Games is just the first part of a larger story. The main point of the whole story is political and social corruption and showing that one small spark of hope can set the world a fire.

I've read all the books and saw the movie. Loved them all. Thought provoking to me. It kept me guessing through Mockingjay. The movie was a good translation of the book. Only issues I had was the broadcasting of Katniss putting the flowers around Rue and then showing District 11 revolting, that didn't happen in the book. Crane cut the transmission so the districts did NOT see the flowers around rue and there was no mention of district 11 revolting, they really sent her a bread with a mockingjay on it as a sponsor gift as a thank you for singing to Rue. Plus they didn't show or say anything about the hovercrafts collecting the bodies or saying anything about the avoxes really. but minor things really i guess...

My Ex-wife, while we are pretty good friends today, still doesn't understand my conversion. In her mind she thinks I did it for my current wife. But I have MY testimony and I have shared that with her.

wow.. i just reread my post. Sorry for all the typos and grammatical errors Hopefully you all understood the spirit of the message :)

I offer a different perspective as a convert. I grew up as a southern baptist. I was a "parrot LDS critic" in my high school years. I read all the popular anti-LDS books and believed all the propaganda that the church was a cult yada yada yada. Married young stupidly, had a daughter, divorced. Married again at the age of 26 to a gal who was a southern baptist too. She ran multiple online ministries. One of them was a "Cult Outreach". We had two boys together. In the course of our marriage, we had multiple sets of missionaries come to our home and visit with us. We invited them and met with them politely. I enjoyed meeting with them. They were always nice respectful kids. I respected what they were doing and i wish more people from my faith would do the same. My wife was like a pitbull, going for the jugular. Asking the supposed "unanswerable questions" to trip them up and prove them wrong. I listened and formed my own questions. Our neighbors were also members of the church and he gave me a triple to read. Which i did over time with an open mind. We continued to meet with missionaries over the years. I started form my own thoughts and feelings. I realized things about the church. My OWN thoughts. I allowed Heavenly Father to speak to me to what was truth, and he slowly reveled tidbits to me. But I had one block... My wife... So I shelved my feelings. Then in early 2009, my wife lost it mentally, she had what she called a breakdown. She was in a unsatisfying job, among other issues and she snapped (I don't 100% believe it, but it's the past and i forgave) and had a emotional affair online with another man and then when i caught on, then moved to a full physical sexual affair with another man locally. So kicked me out of the house when i tried to stop it and salvage our marriage. She completely lost it and filed for divorce claiming that she felt we can't repair it. (again i forgave her and we have friends today). I was crushed and turned fully to our non-denominational church we were going to. our pastor was great and caring. the church seemed cold to me. colder than it ever felt. it puzzled me greatly. i didn't feel at home anymore there. I feel to my knees and prayed for guidance to where I needed to be. In the weeks that followed, I worked towards getting my life together again. I ended up meeting a woman who was going through a divorce as well. we became friends quickly. She was a member of the church. We started talking about the church and my meetings with the missionaries and my feelings. It was a ah-ha moment. I prayed if this where God wanted me to be and I got my answer. I met with missionaries again and was baptized into the Church on Halloween 2009 of all days. My friend and i were married by our bishop in our meeting house May 1st 2010. We are working towards getting her unsealed from her Ex and us getting sealed in the temple now. Now the point.... sorry... My background and my prior knowledge, makes me a more effective ward missionary and home teacher because I know what the criticism is out there. I know that the antis are saying and how they twist the scriptures. I know how to untwist them in love and share my journey when it appropriate.