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Cavemen are Result of Sin

Posted in January, Mormon Dilemmas, Racism in the Mormon Church, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , on 01/06/2026| 5 Comments »

 January 6 — Moses: Man of Miracles, p. 8 “When did civilization start? It began with Adam, the first man, unusually well educated because the Lord was his teacher. (Moses 6.) It is admitted that there was retrogression among some of his family who apostatized and then left his well-ordered society…

Thus they became the cavemen and other early degenerates who some scholars now mistakenly believe were the first men. All of this differs but little from situations found among certain aborigines who live today in some parts of the world. (more…)

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Dagon and Joseph Smith’s False God

Posted in False gods, January, Mormon god, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , , on 01/05/2026| 1 Comment »

 January 5 — Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 181 “That which is without body, parts and passions is nothing. There is no other God in heaven but that God who has flesh and bones.” (more…)

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LDS Church Denounced Past Prophets

Posted in January, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 01/03/2026| 5 Comments »

 January 3 — Church News, October 9, 1976 “Spencer W. Kimball stated: “We warn you against the dissemination of doctrines which are not according to the scriptures and which are alleged to have been taught by some of the General Authorities of past generations. Such, for instance, is the Adam-God theory. We denounce that theory and hope that everyone will be cautioned against this and other kinds of false doctrine”.” (more…)

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Joseph Smith’s Thought Life

Posted in January, Thought of the Day about Mormonism, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , on 01/02/2026| 3 Comments »

 January 2 — Discourses of Joseph Smith, p. 273 “The Lord once told me that what I asked for I should have. I have been afraid to ask God to kill my enemies, lest some of them should, peradventure, repent.” (George Q. Cannon, Life of Joseph Smith, The Prophet, pp. 527-28.)” (more…)

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Where was the First Church?

Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 01/31/2025| 3 Comments »

 January 31 — Where was the First Church? Acts 11:26 “And when he had found him, he brought him unto Antioch. And it came to pass, that a whole year they assembled themselves with the church, and taught much people. And the disciples were called Christians first in Antioch.” (more…)

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Mormons Must Conform to Earn Grace

Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 01/30/2025| 5 Comments »

 January 30 — Mormons Must Conform to Earn Grace. Mormon Doctrine, p. 241 “God’s grace consists in his love, mercy, and condescension toward his children…

Grace is granted to men proportionately as they conform to the standards of personal righteousness that are part of the gospel plan. Thus the saints are commanded to “grow in grace” (D. & C. 50:40), until they are sanctified and justified…Grace is an attribute of perfection possessed by Deity (D. & C. 66:12; 84:102)… The same path to perfection is offered to man.” — Bruce R. McConkie (more…)

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How Churches Operate

Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 01/29/2025| 1 Comment »

January 29 — How Churches Operate. Romans 12:16 “Be of the same mind one toward another. Mind not high things, but condescend to men of low estate. Be not wise in your own conceits.” (more…)

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Missionaries Sent to Get Rid of Them

Posted in January, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 01/28/2025| Leave a Comment »

‘Then the LORD said unto me, The prophets prophesy lies in my name: I sent them not, neither have I commanded them, neither spake unto them: they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a thing of nought, and the deceit of their heart’ — Jeremiah 14:14

 January 28 — Missionaries Sent to Get Rid of Them. Journal of Discourses 7:228 “We have at times sent men on missions to get rid of them; but they have generally come back. Some think it is an imposition upon the world to send such men among them. But which is best—to keep them here to pollute others, or to send them where pollution is more prevalent?…

We have tried to turn the filthy ones out of the flock, but they will not always stay out. A few such defile, to outward appearance, the whole flock; and we have it to bear.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, April 7, 1860 (more…)

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The Corruption of God

Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 01/27/2025| 1 Comment »

 January 27 – The Corruption of God. Exodus 15:11 “Who is like unto thee, O LORD, among the gods? who is like thee, glorious in holiness, fearful in praises, doing wonders?”

Luke 1:35 “And the angel answered and said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee: therefore also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.”

Acts 4:27 “For of a truth against thy holy child Jesus, whom thou hast anointed, both Herod, and Pontius Pilate, with the Gentiles, and the people of Israel, were gathered together.” (more…)

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No Mormon Polygamy Means No Salvation

Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , on 01/26/2025| Leave a Comment »

January 26 —No Mormon Polygamy Means No Salvation.  Exodus 15:2 “The LORD is my strength and song, and he is become my salvation: he is my God, and I will prepare him an habitation; my father’s God, and I will exalt him.”

 Acts 7:55,56 “But he, being full of the Holy Ghost, looked up stedfastly into heaven, and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing on the right hand of God 56 And said, Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing on the right hand of God.”

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LDS Church: We’ve Never Taught Racism

Posted in January, Mormonism, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 01/25/2025| 3 Comments »

January 26 — LDS Church: We’ve Never Taught Racism. Ensign, ‘No More Strangers’, Sept 2000, p. 16 “The sin of racism will be eliminated only when every human being treats other with the dignity and respect each deserves as a beloved child of our Heavenly Father.

How grateful I am that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has from its beginnings stood strongly against racism in any of its malignant manifestations.” – Elder Alexander B. Morrison, “No More Strangers” (more…)

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Gods on Other Planets

Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , , on 01/24/2025| 3 Comments »

 January 24 — Gods on Other Planets. A Wonderful Flood of Light, p. 25 “We cannot comprehend it all, of course. We do not know how many inhabited worlds there are, or where they are. But certainly we are not alone. This is a universe of spiritual order, in which “Kolob is set nigh unto the throne of God, to govern all those planets which belong to the same order as that upon which thou standest” (Abraham 3:9).” – Neal A. Maxwell (more…)

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Selling the Book of Mormon Copyright

Posted in Book of Mormon, false prophet Joseph Smith, January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 01/23/2025| 3 Comments »

 January 23 — Selling the Book of Mormon Copyright. In 1829 Joseph Smith claimed God told him to send Hiram Page and Oliver Cowdery to Toronto, Canada to sell the copyright of the Book of Mormon.

Interestingly enough, their mission didn’t go the way Smith’s revelation said it would. Smith’s response to their ventures? (more…)

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LDS: Jesus Prophesied of Joseph Smith

Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , on 01/22/2025| 14 Comments »

 January 22 — LDS: Jesus Prophesied of Joseph Smith. Foreordained of God “This “dispensation” is our time—the time prophesied when God will “gather . . . all things in Christ.” Ancient prophets foretold a final gospel dispensation and prophesied of Joseph Smith, who would lead it. Jesus Christ and His prophets Moses, Moroni, and Joseph of Egypt are just a few that spoke of a great prophet to come.” (more…)

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Joseph Smith Greater Than Isaiah and Moses

Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , on 01/21/2025| 7 Comments »

 January 21 — Joseph Smith Greater Than Isaiah and Moses. Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 7 “In thirty nations are men and women who look upon him as a greater leader than Moses and a greater prophet than Isaiah; his disciples now number close to a million [the present figure is over 3.5 million]; and already a granite shaft pierces the sky over the place where he was born, and another is in course of erection over the place where he is credited with having received the inspiration for his Book. (John Henry Evans, op. cit., introduction.)” (more…)

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BoM: Jesus is God

Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , on 01/20/2025| 1 Comment »

January 20 — BoM: Jesus is God. Exodus 3:13-14 “And Moses said unto God, Behold, when I come unto the children of Israel, and shall say unto them, The God of your fathers hath sent me unto you; and they shall say to me, What is his name? what shall I say unto them? 14 And God said unto Moses, I AM THAT I AM: and he said, Thus shalt thou say unto the children of Israel, I AM hath sent me unto you.”

John 4:26 “Jesus saith unto her, I that speak unto thee am he.”

John 8:58 “Jesus said unto them, Verily, verily, I say unto you, Before Abraham was, I am.” (more…)

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Visions and Revelations

Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , on 01/18/2025| 1 Comment »

 January 18 — Visions and Revelations. Isaiah 40:8 “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” (more…)

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Where are the Gold Plates?

Posted in January, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , , on 01/17/2025| 12 Comments »

 January 17 — Where are the Gold Plates? Mormon Doctrine, p. 234 “Moroni deposited the plates in the Hill Cumorah in about 421 A.D., and then as a resurrected being revealed the hiding place to the Prophet on September 22, 1823. Four years later the Prophet was permitted to obtain possession of them, but the actual translation of the portion we now have as the Book of Mormon did not take place until between April 7 and June 11, 1829. Thereafter the plates were returned to the custody of Moroni. (Jos. Smith 2:27-65; D. & C. 27:5; Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 3, pp. 215-226.” (more…)

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Who is the LDS Heavenly Father’s Father?

Posted in January, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , , on 01/16/2025| 1 Comment »

 January 16 — Who is the LDS Heavenly Father’s Father? The Seer by Orson Pratt, p. 132 “We were begotten by our Father in heaven; the person of our Father in Heaven was begotten on a previous heavenly world by His Father; and again, He was begotten by still a more ancient Father ….” (more…)

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Brigham Can Read Thoughts

Posted in False Prophet Brigham Young, January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged , on 01/15/2025| 3 Comments »

 January 15 — Brigham Can Read Thoughts. Journal of Discourses 10:40 “I say to the enemies of truth that I can tell them the words that are spoken in their private counsels. The very thoughts of their hearts are made known to me. They lay their plans to accomplish such and such a work in so long a time, and then plan a movement to destroy the “Mormons.”…Every time they make a movement against this kingdom they will sink still lower in the scale of national power, while the kingdom of God will rise…” — Brigham Young, Tabernacle,  Great Salt Lake City, March 9, 1862. (more…)

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