Letter: Talking about Satan does not bring followers
(Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) President Russell M. Nelson speaks during the morning session of the189th Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints in Salt Lake City on Sunday April 7, 2019.
If leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints are truly interested in keeping their younger members and recruiting new young members, I suggest that they quit making statements about Satan.
Not too many people believe in a devil. Actually, belief in devils pretty well went away after the Dark Ages.
Also, condemning and judging people has been frowned upon since Jesus spoke against it very clearly in the New Testament.
These subjects of scaring people may still work in some Third World countries among illiterate people, but among educated, literate people all the talk about Satan and the threats of divine punishment is enough to cause enlightened people to laugh at the teenage Mormon missionaries who are usually seen as well-meaning brainwashed kids.
Ted Ottinger, Taylorsville
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