D&C 18:34; “Contend against no church, save it be the church of the devil.”
1 Nephi 14:10; “And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.”
1 John 2:9; “He that saith he is in the light, and hateth his brother, is in darkness even until now.”
According to Mormonism, every church that isn’t LDS is the church of the devil which means they’re commanded to contend against all non-Mormons.
I grew up believing all non-Mormons were whores, but especially the Christians, and that one fact is what kept me in Mormonism for a very long time. I couldn’t bear the thought I’d be such a thing so I firmly cemented myself in the Mormon muck and mire of false teachings.
Ironically, shortly after my conversion I discovered in His word that worshiping false gods defiles not only the land you inhabit, but your soul as well.
Isaiah 24:5; “The earth also is defiled under the inhabitants thereof; because they have transgressed the laws, changed the ordinance, broken the everlasting covenant.”
Jeremiah 3:1-2; “They say, If a man put away his wife, and she go from him, and become another man’s, shall he return unto her again? shall not that land be greatly polluted? but thou hast played the harlot with many lovers; yet return again to me, saith the LORD. Lift up thine eyes unto the high places, and see where thou hast not been lien with. In the ways hast thou sat for them, as the Arabian in the wilderness; and thou hast polluted the land with thy whoredoms and with thy wickedness.”
We hosted Mormon missionaries at our house a few years back on a weekly basis. We made them dinners and had interesting theological discussion. It was quite different because we put them on defense. Then I made a mistake. I used the ESV instead of the KJV. Once that happened, it was downhill from there…..