Rating: Summary: Good for Teens Review: This book is helpful for teens, I would know because I am a teen. I live amoungst many Mormons and have studied their faith by reading the Book of Mormon, attending the Mormon Church, talking to my Mormon friends, talking to an LDS Bishop, by reading literature on the subject, and by attending LDS Seminary. That said, this book is accurate and fairly well written, though the language is a little dated. Anyone who claims that this book is not accurate and is untrue simply does not want to face the truth. Not only is this book helpful in dealing with Mormons, but also with Christian Scientists and others. Worth your time.
Rating: Summary: How to confuse teens even more Review: This book was incredibly inaccurate - not only about Mormonism but also the Jehovah's Witnesses. Its use of insulting and denigrating language was in extremely bad taste. (Who can forget p.141, where it says, "That's the shot you need to kill the faith-eating bacteria of the cults."?)There was little accuracy in this book. Even the definition of "cult" they use is made up;not to mention contradictory. If you want to learn how to insult other people, read it. If you want accuracy about their beliefs, read something else.
Rating: Summary: great book in a language teens can understand Review: This is a great book truthful and very easy to understand. it is easy to see why many people would find it insulting as it is very blunt with the truth but that is whats needed i would recomend this as a guide for any Christian with children faced with religious pressures in school
Rating: Summary: A few things to think about - Review: Young people, there is a battle waging today, a battle for your minds and hearts. Why? Because it is the preferences and prejudices of our youth that to a great extent determines the kind of adult we will become. In some cases this is good (your parents' instruction in morality) in some cases this is bad (Hitler youth). This book has targeted the baser side of this equation. The way this book teaches you to think and react to those of a faith different from your own is quite similar to the way other prejudices are instilled in people. It is the easy path to dislike those different from ourselves. That's why the nation is divided into two ideologies that walk in lockstep. It is quite another to think for yourself. If your desire is the latter, this book is not for you.
Rating: Summary: A few things to think about - Review: Young people, there is a battle waging today, a battle for your minds and hearts. Why? Because it is the preferences and prejudices of our youth that to a great extent determines the kind of adult we will become. In some cases this is good (your parents' instruction in morality) in some cases this is bad (Hitler youth). This book has targeted the baser side of this equation. The way this book teaches you to think and react to those of a faith different from your own is quite similar to the way other prejudices are instilled in people. It is the easy path to dislike those different from ourselves. That's why the nation is divided into two ideologies that walk in lockstep. It is quite another to think for yourself. If your desire is the latter, this book is not for you.
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