Devil is Cause of Death
Journal of Discourses 1:281 “…He has permitted the destroyer to visit them, who has usurped a certain dominion and authority, carrying desolation and ruin on every hand; the perfections of the original organizations have ceased.” — Orson Pratt, Great Salt Lake, July 25, 1852
Death a Merciful Plan
Answers to Gospel Questions 4:59 “… Many mortals do not believe that death is a merciful plan…The fall therefore was a necessary part of the plan of salvation, and Jacob speaks of it as a “merciful plan of the Creator.”
Surely no one wishes to remain in mortality when he becomes old and helpless. Death comes to all as a merciful, and not a fearful thing, especially to the person who dies with the assurance of a righteous resurrection.” — Joseph Fielding Smith, 1957
Colossians 2:6-8 “As ye have therefore received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk ye in him: 7 Rooted and built up in him, and stablished in the faith, as ye have been taught, abounding therein with thanksgiving. 8 Beware lest any man spoil you through philosophy and vain deceit, after the tradition of men, after the rudiments of the world, and not after Christ.”
The 2nd part of this LDS reference today is listed in our Reasons to Leave Mormonism.
As we pointed out previously, death was never a merciful plan God intended for mankind, and to teach otherwise is blasphemous. The Lord’s original intent was for man to live forever, but with Adam’s rebellion that was taken away.
Aside from that, which LDS leader do you believe? Orson Pratt, or Joseph Fielding Smith? They both can’t be right!
Ask the Mormon if they see any conflict in the Mormon plan of salvation vs. the Lord’s plan.
With Love in Christ;
Michelle