Melissa sent me an e-mail with the link below to the online Deseret Bookstore Christmas decoration section.
http://deseretbook.com/Angel-Moroni-Tree-Topper-Celestial-Creations/i/3776556
My first reaction when I saw this golden Moroni tree topper was the story of the Israelites making themselves a golden calf to worship while waiting for Moses to come down from the mountain.
I don’t know about anyone else and what they put on top of their trees. My family has traditionally put an angel on ours symbolizing the angels who declared the birth of our Lord.
While the Christmas tree symbolizes many things we found ourselves sad for the Mormons who can’t seem to escape their religion even at one of the most holy Christian days of the year.
They don’t realize that this IS a ‘golden calf’-sort-of-thing. That is the sad part. If only the Mormon people would stop accepting things blindly, then perhaps they would open their Bibles to the real Christmas story. Instead of the false BOM and the Moroni story, then they would see Jesus.
[...] Angel, but a man who assisted in the work of the restoration of the Gospel in these last days. Yet, one counter-cult ministry group has decisively published a short article about an Angel Moroni Tree Topper that is available [...]
I read the article that you posted the link to in your name “Mormon Apologia”. I wonder why you bring up the Christmas tree as a pagan item, when the LDS put trees up at Christmas, just like most Christians in America. The 2 biggest Christian “Holy-days” are Christmas and Easter both steeped with pagan symbols (decorated eggs and rabbits was a form of worship of the goddess of fertility in ancient times). Christians don’t bow down and worship anything or anyone other than God. In fact we celebrate Passover/Resurection in our house. I don’t say ”happy easter”, I say “happy resurection day”…
The Bible names a messenger from God… Gabriel does not deliver the Gospel to Mary, he tells her that she will give birth to the Holy and Anointed One (Messiah) Emanuel – “God with us”. Yeshua Hamashiach or Jesus the Christ, was the One that preached the Everlasting Gospel in the Bible… Hebrews
1-God, who at sundry times and in divers manners spake in time past unto the fathers by the prophets, 2-Hath in these last days spoken unto us by his Son…
and what did Jesus say you had to do be saved? John 3…
Dear lifeafterministry,
Please at least publish a decent opinion of your beliefs and keep it to only an opinion. To say that you pity anyone for a belief that they hold is not only prideful, but extremely rude.
If you do not wish to research what a religion actually believes, do not condemn it publicly with your own misunderstandings. It simply publishes you own ignorance and intolerance.
I wish you a very merry Christmas.
- Anonymous
Dear Anonymous -
We’ve published many things about our belief – you can even find our statement of faith on the front page of this blog.
We feel bad for the Mormon people because they’ve been lied to and not because we’ve set out to be rude or to bash anyone.
Everyone in this ministry has spent years and sometimes even decades researching Mormonism and therefore are fully aware of what the teachings entail.
Ignorance came about by staying in the Church as long as I did (30 yrs). Intolerance came about while being a Mormon and hating everyone but the Mormon people.
If you can show us anything on any of my sites that is wrong I’ll pull it immediately and publicly apologize. Not agreeing with my stance on the Bible doesn’t mean I have incorrect information but it means I don’t agree with Mormonism.
We’re praying for you and hope to hear from you soon.
With Love in Christ;
Michelle
1 Cor. 1:18