Journal of Discourses 11:221; “Where did this commandment come from in relation to polygamy? It also came from God…When this system was first introduced among this people, it was one of the greatest crosses that ever was taken up by any set of men since the world stood…When I see any of our people, men or women, opposing a principle of this kind, I have years ago set them down as on the high road to apostacy, and I do to-day; I consider them apostates…” – John Taylor, Salt Lake City, April 7, 1866
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Mormon Dilemma 974 Non-Polygamists are Apostates
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged apostates, bible, false apostles, false prophecies of Mormonism, John Taylor, Journal of Discourses 11:221, polygamy on 06/14/2014| Leave a Comment »
Mormon Dilemma 972 Children are Imperfect, not Perfect
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged age of accountability, bible, Brigham Young, children are imperfect, children born perfect, contradictions in Mormon doctrine, Journal of Discourses 3:361 on 06/12/2014| Leave a Comment »
Journal of Discourses 3:361; “Owing to the weaknesses of human nature you often see a mother mourn upon the death of her child, the tears of bitterness are found upon her cheeks, he pillow is wet with the dews of sorrow, anguish, and mourning for her child, and she exclaims, “O that my infant were restored to me,” and weeps day and night. To me such conduct is unwise, for until that child returned to its Father, was it worthy of your fullest love? No, for it was imperfect, but now it is secure in the bosom of the Father, to dwell there to all eternity; now it is in a condition where it is worthy of your perfect love, and your anxiety and effort should be that you may enter at the same gate to immortality.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, June 15, 1856
Mormon Dilemma 966 Devil Helps God Keep Men Straight
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, false doctrines of Mormonism, False Mormon prophets, God needs Satan, John Taylor, Journal of Discourses 23:336 on 06/06/2014| 2 Comments »
Journal of Discourses 23:336-337; “Why is it that good men should be tried? Why is it, in fact, that we should have a devil? Why did not the Lord kill him long ago? Because he could not do without him. He needed the devil and a great many of those who do his bidding just to keep men straight, that we may learn to place our dependence upon God, and trust in Him, and to observe his laws and keep his commandments. When he destroyed the inhabitants of the antediluvian world, he suffered a descendant of Cain to come through the flood in order that he might be properly represented upon the earth. And Satan keeps busy all the time, and he will until he is bound; and I expect they will then have good times until he is loose again.” – John Taylor, Grantsville, UT, October 29, 1882
Mormon Dilemma 960 Bishops Know Man’s Heart
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, bishoips read man's thoughts, Duties of the Priesthood, false doctrines of Mormonism, false prophets, Jesus, telepathy on 05/31/2014| Leave a Comment »
Official LDS Church Manual “Duties and Blessings of the Priesthood”, Part A, History and Organization of the Priesthood, 8: Duties of the Bishop and the Branch President, 57; “The gift of discernment enables a bishop or branch president to know truth, to understand the differences between good and evil, and even to know what is in a person’s heart. Because he has this gift, we can seek his counsel and he can tell us what the Lord would have us do to grow spiritually.”
Mailbag May 2014
Posted in Mailbag, tagged bible, Christianity, false gospel, hate mail, Jesus, mormonism on 05/24/2014| 1 Comment »
Being in ministry brings blessings that go beyond what the English language is capable of describing. And being in ministry also brings the flip side of that equation.
Mormon Dilemma 940 Exaltation Mandates Eternal Pregnancy
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, eternal pregnancies, false gods, goddesses, godhood status, idolatry, Jesus, LDS Young Women Manual, polytheism, Romans 1:20-25 on 05/11/2014| Leave a Comment »
Young Women Manual 2, “Lesson 29: Exaltation,” p. 108; “What blessings await those who live worthy of exaltation? (Godhood, having all things subject to them, having angels subject to them, having all power, living with Jesus.) Point out that just as Jesus Christ was promised all that the Father has, we can also receive all power and dominion, becoming creators of other spirits and other worlds.”
Mormon Dilemma 939 Zion in Middle America
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, Discourses of Joseph Smith p 188, false doctrines of Mormonism, False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, Jesus, Joel 2:32, Zion in Missouri on 05/10/2014| Leave a Comment »
Discourses of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p 188; “You know there has been great discussion in relation to Zion—where it is, and where the gathering of the dispensation is, and which I am now going to tell you. The prophets have spoken and written upon it; but I will make a proclamation that will cover a broader ground. The whole of America is Zion itself from north to south, and is described by the prophets, who declare that it is the Zion where the mountain of the Lord should be, and that it should be in the center of the land. When elders shall take up and examine the old prophecies in the Bible, they will see it. (HC 6:318-19.)”
Mormon Dilemma 938 Deceased Relatives Help Us
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, false teachings of Mormonism, Jesus, lying to Mormon youth, necromancy, New Era Magazine January 2014, talking to dead relatives, works vs. grace on 05/09/2014| 4 Comments »
New Era, January 2014, p 31; “Aid from the Unseen World…Perhaps if we would do our work in behalf of those of the unseen world who hunger and pray for the work we can do for them, the unseen world would in return give us help in this day of our urgent need. There are more in that other world than there are here. There is more power and strength there than we have here upon this earth. (5. John A. Widtsoe, in Conference Report, Apr. 1943, 39.)”
Mormon Dilemma 937 Hinckley’s False Prophecy
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, false doctrines of Mormonism, General Conference April 2001, Hinckley, Jesus, LDS Prophets false on 05/08/2014| Leave a Comment »
General Conference, April 2001; “I am so grateful that we live in an era of comparative peace. There are no great wars raging across the world. There is trouble here and there but not a great worldwide conflict. We are able to carry the gospel to so many nations of the earth and bless the lives of the people wherever it goes.” – Gordon B. Hinckley
Lies Mormon Kids are Told
Posted in Lies of Mormonism, tagged bible, false teachings, General Conference April 2014, Jesus, Lies told to Mormon kids, necromancy, New Era May 2014, works vs. grace on 05/06/2014| 1 Comment »
Reading over the latest New Era Magazine from the Church produced a horrifying experience for me the other day and the more I read the worse it became. See New Era, May 2014
Mormon Dilemma 929 Changes to BoM Chapter Headings
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged 2nd Nephi 5, bible, Book of Mormon chapter headings changed, false doctrines of Mormonism, false gospel, Isaiah 40:8, LDS Scriptures online changed on 04/30/2014| Leave a Comment »
2 Nephi 5;
1981 edition
The Nephites separate themselves from the Lamanites, keep the law of Moses, and build a temple—Because of their unbelief, the Lamanites are cursed, receive a skin of blackness, and become a scourge unto the Nephites.
Mormon Dilemma 927 Bigfoot and Cain
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, Bigfoot is Cain, false doctrines of Mormonism, false prophets, Galatians 5:22, Jesus, Life of David Patten, Miracle of Forgiveness p 127-128, Spencer Kimball on 04/28/2014| Leave a Comment »
Miracle of Forgiveness, pp 127-128; “On the sad character Cain, an interesting story comes to us from Lycurgus A. Wilson’s book on the life of David W. Patten. From the book I quote an extract from a letter by Abraham O. Smoot giving his recollection of David Patten’s account of meeting “a very remarkable person who had represented himself as being Cain.”
Mormon Dilemma 926 Jaredites Ate Pork
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, Book of Mormon, dietary laws, Ether 9:18, false gospel, false prophet Joseph Smith, Jaredites, Leviticus 11:7, Pork on 04/27/2014| Leave a Comment »
Ether 9:18; “And also all manner of cattle, of oxen, and cows, and of sheep, and of swine, and of goats, and also many other kinds of animals which were useful for the food of man.”
Mormon Dilemma 924 Jaredites Plagiarize Mark
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, Book of Mormon false gospel, Ether 4:18, Ether plagiarizes Mark, false prophet Joseph Smith, Jaredites, Jesus, Mark 16:15-16, Tower of Babel on 04/25/2014| Leave a Comment »
Ether 4:18; “Therefore, repent all ye ends of the earth, and come unto me, and believe in my gospel, and be baptized in my name; for he that believeth and is baptized shall be saved; but he that believeth not shall be damned; and signs shall follow them that believe in my name.”
Mormon Dilemma 923 Pillars of Fire Copied from Bible
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged 1 Nephi 1:6, bible, Book of Mormon lies, exaggerated stories in Book of Mormon, Exodus 13:21, false gospel, false prophets, Jesus, Lehi on 04/24/2014| Leave a Comment »
1 Nephi 1:6; “And it came to pass as he prayed unto the Lord, there came a pillar of fire and dwelt upon a rock before him; and he saw and heard much; and because of the things which he saw and heard he did quake and tremble exceedingly.”
Exodus 13:21; “And the LORD went before them by day in a pillar of a cloud, to lead them the way; and by night in a pillar of fire, to give them light; to go by day and night.”
Mormon Dilemma 922 Lamanites aren’t American Indians
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged 2 Thess 3:6, bible, D&C 10:48, false prophecy of Joseph Smith, false prophet Joseph Smith, gospel taken to Lamanites, Jesus, Lamanites are not Indians on 04/23/2014| 1 Comment »
Doctrine and Covenants 10:48; “Yea, and this was their faith—that my gospel, which I gave unto them that they might preach in their days, might come unto their brethren the Lamanites, and also all that had become Lamanites because of their dissensions.
Feasts and Festivals in the Book of Mormon
Posted in Book of Mormon, tagged bible, false gospel, False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, feasts and festivals, Leviticus 23, no Passover in BoM, OT temple, priesthood on 04/22/2014| 2 Comments »
Today we’re looking in the Book of Mormon for the all elusive seven feasts the Lord ordained in the OT. This article stems from my search in the Book of Mormon looking for the word Passover or any other feasts we read about in the Old Testament, What I discovered is that you won’t find the word ‘Passover’ mentioned in the Book of Mormon, nor will you find any other feast or festival being observed or even spoken of during their days in Jerusalem.
Mormon Dilemma 921 BoM Prophesies Joseph Smith
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged 1 John 4:2-3, 2 Nephi 3:14-15, antichrist, bible, false gospel, false prophet, Jesus, Joseph Smith in the Book of Mormon, promised redeemer Joseph Smith on 04/22/2014| Leave a Comment »
2 Nephi 3:14-15; “And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded; for this promise, which I have obtained of the Lord, of the fruit of my loins, shall be fulfilled. Behold, I am sure of the fulfilling of this promise; 15 And his name shall be called after me; and it shall be after the name of his father. And he shall be like unto me; for the thing, which the Lord shall bring forth by his hand, by the power of the Lord shall bring my people unto salvation.”
Patriarchal Blessings
Posted in Patriarchal Blessing, tagged bible, false promises, fortunetellers, lies of the Mormon Church, patriarchal blessings, tribal lineage on 04/21/2014| 2 Comments »
Receiving you own patriarchal blessing is a common practice within the Mormon Church. These blessings are given by the Stake Patriarch to the youth and to those who are recent converts to the Church.
What are Patriarchal Blessings?
Patriarchal Blessings are given to every worthy member of the Church who desires to receive one. Their Patriarchal Blessing includes their lineage in the house of Israel, as well as provides warnings, guidance and comfort for their life. Mormons believe these blessings are “inspired” direction from the Lord.
Church members consider their patriarchal blessings sacred and are counseled to avoid sharing their blessing with anyone except with a spouse or immediate family (father, mother), and most all they’re not to compare their blessing with another’s.
Mormon Dilemma 917 Don’t Begrudge Cavemen
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, cavemen are in heaven, false doctrines of Mormonism, false teachers, Genesis 2:7, Hugh Nibley Quotations p 76, Jesus on 04/18/2014| Leave a Comment »
Of All Things! Classic Quotations of Hugh Nibley, p 76; “Do not begrudge existence to creatures that looked like men long, long ago, nor deny them a place in God’s affection or even a right to exaltation, for our scriptures allow them such. Nor am I overly concerned as to just when they might have lived, for their world is not our world. They have all gone away long before our people ever appeared. God assigned them their proper times and functions. “Before Adam,” CWHN 1:82” – Hugh Nibley, edited by FARMS, 1991
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