[Rain Man]

While it seems like most, if not all of us, has been approached at one time or another by Jehovah's Witnesses, I am curious if anyone has been approached by Mormons. Lemme explain...

A few weeks ago, I received a knock on my door by three Mormon missionaries (note: missionaries are women, elders are men) who were trying to witness the Mormon faith to me. Well, I took the bait; I talked with them, explained that I wanted something new and different in my spirtual walk with God and in reading the Word, etc.

They gave me the Book of Mormon, asked me to pray about it and whether or not it was true, based on Moroni 10:3-5, and whether or not founder Joseph Smith was a true prophet. I even went to one of their church services, which I quite frankly got little, if anything out of it. The "sermons" (which consists of testimony by 2-3 members) were IMHO dry (i.e., lacked any real backing of the Bible) and I could only hear 1/3 of the sermons b/c the kids were making a ton of noise (crying, eating, toy throwing, etc.). Then the 2nd hour consisted of Mormon "sunday school" which I received a book to keep called "Gospel Principles" (a Mormon orientation manual, if you will), and the 3rd hour was a gender segregated session where the men went to priesthood, which was part business meeting and part testimony/sermon for men only.

When I told my home church I was considering conversion, the members were UPSET about that. Numerous members called me to tell me the real deal on Mormonism, which prompted me to go online and study this topic and got a rude awakening on what it really involved (which includes, among other things, polygamy and anti-Black racism, which is thinly veiled throughout the Book of Mormon--at least before it was changed and made more "politically correct").

I even studied how the Christian and Mormon doctrines differed from night and day and did a LOT of Bible studying on how the two differed. I then called the missionaries and invited them over for a third meeting (the second time we met was what prompted me to do the Bible study on the differing doctrines). When they came over it was 5 (three missionaries and two elders, all of them in their early 20s) against 1 (me). I had my scriptures ready and was prepared to defend the Christian faith (1 Peter 3:15).

For the next 90 minutes, it was primarily me and one of the elders, with one of the missionaries as backup duking it out in the Word, with them trying to throw in the B.O.M for good measure. Neither of us would give an inch, but I was pretty sure as they departed my home, that they knew I was NOT planning on converting to Mormon.

The major lesson I learned from all this was: Jehovahs Witnesses and Mormons are only able to convert those Christians who are weak/babies in their spiritual walk with God and/or their knowledge and understanding of the Word. I had a head knowledge of the Bible, but not a heart knowledge. This experience strengthened my desire to put the Word in my heart.

But anyway, does anyone here know any Black Mormons, even with their historically racist past?