Originally Posted by
childofgod
So far you've refuted nothing any Mormons have said on here. You never disproved deification. The verses you quoted didn't do what you hoped because you get them.
To believe the Great Apostasy never happened is to completely ignore history and the Bible itself. The Bible testifies of the Great Apostasy and says it HAD to happen (it was prophesied even by Jesus himself) and history proves it. That's where the Dark Ages comes from.
Doctrines such as the trinity and ex niliho are evidence that the church fell. False doctrines were created, people were killing in the name of Jesus (not out of real defense, but as an excuse to justify persecution) etc. To believe the Great Apostasy never happened is absurd and a denial of the scriptures. God himself told me Joseph Smith was a prophet, therefore, he was. Just because you don't want him to be doesn't mean he wasn't. Anti's are disproven time after time while you guys remain in complete denial.
I'm grateful to have the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ in my life and pray you will one day come into the fold of the Good Shepherd.