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<div style="font-size:120%;border:none;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000"><br>Replies and resources addressing<br />the ''Search for the Truth'' DVD </div> | <div style="font-size:120%;border:none;margin: 0;padding:.1em;color:#000"><br>Replies and resources addressing<br />the ''Search for the Truth'' DVD </div> | ||
<div style="top:+0.2em;font-size:95%"><br>A collaborative effort of the<br>[http://www.fairlds.org Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research].</div> | <div style="top:+0.2em;font-size:95%"><br>A collaborative effort of the<br>[http://www.fairlds.org Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research].</div> | ||
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'''''"This video has been produced out of love for our Lord Jesus Christ and love for our Mormon and Christian friends. We pray that it will touch the hearts of all who watch through the grace and truth of Christ Jesus."''''' | '''''"This video has been produced out of love for our Lord Jesus Christ and love for our Mormon and Christian friends. We pray that it will touch the hearts of all who watch through the grace and truth of Christ Jesus."''''' | ||
| − | These words, silently displayed on-screen, serve as the | + | These words, silently displayed on-screen, serve as the introduction to a video supposedly designed to contrast the beliefs of Mormonism and the beliefs of Christianity. Although the producers of this video claim that it was produced out of love, it is difficult to see that expression of love as sincere, for it contains numerous mischaracterizations, misrepresentations, errors, and outright falsehoods. It perpetuates the same shopworn and oft-answered criticisms of Mormonism that have been answered time and time again. |
| − | + | We agree with the unnamed producers of ''Search for the Truth'' that only when the truth is known can reasonable decisions be reached. Unfortunately, those who view only this video will never know the whole truth because those who created it do their best to hide any truth that does not fit their preconceptions and prejudices. | |
| − | In your own "search for the truth," we hope you will take the time to learn why many people | + | In your own "search for the truth," we hope you will take the time to learn why many people who already know the information in this video remain faithful, practicing Mormons who try to model their lives after the example of the Lord Jesus Christ. |
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| − | + | The following Table of Contents addresses the charges made in ''Search for the Truth.'' These are things you won't hear in a short video, and are definitely things the video's producers don't want you to know. | |
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On 25 March 2007, a ninety-minute video entitled Search for the Truth was distributed to thousands of homes across the United States. The video has excellent production values but, unfortunately, its contents are not of a similar quality. Though it purports to be an objective, Christian evaluation of the teachings, history, and beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it contains very little that is original or balanced. Rather than focus on what they believe, the video's producers have taken it upon themselves to describe and interpret LDS beliefs and teachings, often in such a way that they are not recognizable to Mormons. The video contains many of the same anti-Mormon claims that misguided religionists have been repeating for years. The issues it raises have been repeatedly addressed by faithful Latter-day Saints, but the video makes no effort to address those responses. This page provides information that will help you compare the video's claims with the actual history, teachings, and beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. |
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