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All Are Wrong
It is VERY harmful to interpret an early statement given by God ONLY to Joseph as being for everyone. God said the answers Joseph sought would not be found in other churches, but they would be in a forth coming book of scripture - The Book of Mormon.
The Book of Mormon defines The Church as those who believe in Jesus Christ (Mosiah 26:21-22); which was later confirmed by Jesus Christ in the Summer of 1828 (See D&C 10:67).
The Church is what you are, not where you go.
This is something the Mormon Church does not understand, nor did the denominations at Joseph's time fully understand. Evangelical Christians today do understand this, so when they hear or read of Mormons saying that God said all others are wrong, they discard it, for they know that God would never say that.
This is why they choose to discard everything else the Mormon Church has to say - including The Book of Mormon - which should not be the case.
There is a statement by Joseph Smith which confirms that God does, and we all should, respect ANYONE who is sent by Him. This is the statement the Mormon Church shoud be using and not the other.
Read it here:
All Wrong
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