I just signed up to have Mormon missionaries visit me at home

[Insula Dei]

"so after the Lamanites slayed the last of the Nephites, there was no contact between God and the people of Earth until Joseph Smith 1200 years later?"...

are you high?  you seriously, seriously need to do a search of the bible (OT/NT) on the word "remnant"...you will find the above idea completely contrary to scripture, both OT and NT, for, according to the bible, there has never been a time period when God did not have a representative on earth.

...wait, who is God's current representative on Earth?

I too am surprised that jmfcst seems to recognize the supremacy and infallibility in religious matters of God's representative on earth, our Pope, Benedict XVI.

[Insula Dei]

But is he? I'm not sure anymore.

Your lack of belief is troubling, yet not in itself enough to doom your eternal soul, my friend. Thankfully the Holy Catholic Church does not expect too much faith from its adherents and in fact does not consider faith in itself enough to make the cut. You should focus on good deeds if you want to save yourself from the Worm that never dies.*



*: And just imagine spending all eternity in the company of wormy.

[Insula Dei]

Not until he steps into the buffalo bowl:

Okay, I've always thought that was pretty cool.