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Do people attack Mormonism because it's true?
Mormons often claim that people attack Mormonism because it's true, or that people wouldn't attack Mormonism if it weren't the truth. These claims are illogical and inaccurate.
Mormon Missionary: Why do you think people attack Mormonism more than any other religion? They attack it because it's true.
Me: I don't think people attack Mormonism more than other religions.
Missionary: Yes they do. I know they do, because we run into it all the time.
There are several problems with this argument:
1. "People attack Mormonism more than any other religion"
- You see it all the time because you're a Mormon missionary. Why would anyone debate Catholicism, Christianity, Judaism, or Buddhism when speaking with a Mormon?
- This argument is self-contradictary, since every time someone is arguing with a Mormon, the Mormon is necessarily arguing against the belief of that person. In other words, so-called "anti-Mormonism" is attacked just as much as Mormonism is.
- It is a false assumption that Mormonism is argued against more than anything else. Compare the following Google results:
- "mormonism sucks": 56
- "catholicism sucks": 386
- "mormonism is wrong": 11,800
- "catholicism is wrong": 21,100
2. "People attack Mormonism because it's true"
It's certainly true that people attack the truth, but it's just as true that people attack lies. Generalizing the argument as "People attack X because it's true" shows just how ridiculous it is. The claim is also demonstrably false, because I and others like me attack Mormonism because it is false. This site does not present the truths of Mormonism, but its false claims, contradictions, errors, and incosistencies.
