darth_ender said:

I worry that this thread may have provided a bit of an improper perspective of my Church because most of the questions asked dealt with rather tangential topics that were not core aspects of my faith. I'm sure they are greater interest to most because they are either major sources of criticism or simply are distinctive aspect, but I feel that I should say that most of those things are not core doctrines, and most of them are seldom talked about. Yes we believe them, but they are not essential to our understanding.

I think the reason we bring those topics is because those are just the topics we know the least about. In America where religion is everywhere, we all know the core beliefs of Christianity already so we want the details about what makes you different from more conventional denominations.