True, but what can sometimes happen is that even the best of investigators are "young shoots" and can be easily trampled upon, as it were, by exposure to anti-Mormon material. That's where apologetics comes in -- it doesn't replace missionary work, it just enhances it at appropriate times.
"John W. Redelfs" wrote: > At 08:36 AM 9/30/02 -0600 Marc A. Schindler favored us with: > >2) He started the trend to look into LDS doctrinal claims which could potentially > >be verified by history, especially by discoveries of writings after Joseph > >Smith's time which authenticate Joseph's claims, particularly in regards to the > >Book of Mormon and the Book of Abraham. This has given our missionaries > >ammunition to counter anti-Mormons from contaminating investigators. > > Generally, good contacts don't have to be "countered." Rather, the Spirit has been >teaching them, and they believe most of what the missionaries are teaching. I don't >see how countering anti-Mormon claims can actually help a missionary. Do they teach >this "countering" in the mission home, or do they teach that the missionaries are to >avoid arguments over doctrine, and to stick to basics? > > John W. Redelfs [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ********************************************************************* > For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against > principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the > darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in > high [places]. (Ephesians 6:12) > ********************************************************************* > "All my opinions are tentative pending further data." --JWR > > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// > /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// > ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// > -- Marc A. Schindler Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada -- Gateway to the Boreal Parkland "The greater danger for most of us lies not in setting our aim too high and falling short; but in setting our aim too low, and achieving our mark." --Michelangelo Buonarroti Note: This communication represents the informal personal views of the author solely; its contents do not necessarily reflect those of the author�s employer, nor those of any organization with which the author may be associated. ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// /// ZION LIST CHARTER: Please read it at /// /// http://www.zionsbest.com/charter.html /// ///////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// ==^================================================================ This email was sent to: [email protected] EASY UNSUBSCRIBE click here: http://topica.com/u/?aaP9AU.bWix1n Or send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] T O P I C A -- Register now to manage your mail! http://www.topica.com/partner/tag02/register ==^================================================================
