False Prophecies of Mormonism; Angels Move Treasures of the Earth

Journal of Discourses 19:37; “These treasures that are in the earth are carefully watched, they can be removed from place to place according to the good pleasure of Him who made them and owns them. He has his messengers at his service, and it is just as easy for an angel to remove the minerals from any part of these mountains to another, as it is for you and me to walk up and down this hall.” – Brigham Young, Farmington, June 17, 1877

 2 Timothy 4:3-4; “For the time will come when they will not endure sound doctrine; but after their own lusts shall they heap to themselves teachers, having itching ears; 4 And they shall turn away their ears from the truth, and shall be turned unto fables.”

Brigham’s sermon serves as a classic example of those who have itching ears. What purpose his outlandish story feeds is unknown and unworthy of those wanting to know more about the Lord. 

The moral to Mr. Young’s story was filled with stories of Porter Rockwell going into caves and seeing stacks of gold where the Nephites deposited the plates. He also told the Saints it wasn’t for them to waste their time looking for gold in the canyons of Utah. It really had nothing to do with anything of the Lord except to tickle the ears of those listening. They still don’t have proof the golden plates existed.