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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism Unmasked/Chapter 6
Response to claims made in "Chapter 6: This is Good News?"
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Chapter 7: Revealing Revelations |
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The author states that Jesus promised that his Church would never be destroyed.
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Matthew 16:13-20
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Jesus told Peter, "upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Summary: Is Jesus' teaching about "the gates of hell" prevailing against "the rock" inconsistent with a belief in a universal apostasy?
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The author states that the first "fallacy" of Mormonism is that it claims that the Church's teaching are the same as those of the early Church and that it is a restoration of that Church.
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The author states that the second "fallacy" of Mormonism is the claim that there was a great Apostasy.
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Summary: Does the Bible predict that an apostasy would occur?
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