February 22 – In 1837 George Watt became the first Mormon convert on the British Isles. His conversion to the Church came with a devotion that seemed absolute and he was handsomely rewarded with various high profile jobs within the Church. Serving in many capacities included moving to the States and back to his homeland as a church missionary, moving again (this time to Salt Lake), editing and recording Brigham Young’s sermons, publishing the Journal of Discourses and creating a new phonetic alphabet. The Church called their new language system the “Deseret Alphabet”. (more…)
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Deseret Alphabet
Posted in Deseret Alphabet, tagged Brigham Young, Deseret Alphabet, false doctrines of Mormonism, George Watt on 02/22/2026| 3 Comments »
Kings and Emperors to Visit Utah
Posted in December, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged April 2002, ‘The Church Goes Forward’, Brigham Young, General Conference, Gordon Hinckley on 12/22/2025| 2 Comments »
December 22 — Numbers 24:17 “I shall see him, but not now: I shall behold him, but not nigh: there shall come a Star out of Jacob, and a Sceptre shall rise out of Israel, and shall smite the corners of Moab, and destroy all the children of Sheth.”
Matthew 2:8-12 “And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. 9 When they had heard the king, they departed; and, lo, the star, which they saw in the east, went before them, till it came and stood over where the young child was. 10 When they saw the star, they rejoiced with exceeding great joy. 11 And when they were come into the house, they saw the young child with Mary his mother, and fell down, and worshipped him: and when they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts; gold, and frankincense, and myrrh. 12 And being warned of God in a dream that they should not return to Herod, they departed into their own country another way.” (more…)
Brigham Young: No Females in Hell
Posted in False Prophet Brigham Young, tagged Brigham Young, false prophecies of Mormonism, Journal of Discourses 8:222 on 11/21/2025| 5 Comments »
November 21 — Journal of Discourses 8:222 “I doubt whether it can be found, from the revelations that are given and the facts as they exist, that there is a female in all the regions of hell.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, October 21, 1860 (more…)
Children of Apostates Will Have Dark Skin
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, Racist Remarks by Leaders in the Church, tagged Brigham Young, children of apostates turn black, Journal of Discourses 11:272, racist doctrines of Mormonism on 11/19/2025| 5 Comments »
November 19 — Journal of Discourses 11:272 “Why are so many of the inhabitants of the earth cursed with a sin of blackness? It comes in consequence of their fathers rejecting the power of the Holy Priesthood, and the law of God. They will go down to death.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, August 19, 1866 (more…)
How was Jesus Begotten?
Posted in October, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, false prophets of Mormonism, Journal of Discourses 1:51, Mormon Jesus on 10/07/2025| 6 Comments »
October 7 – 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.”
Brigham Lied: God Didn’t Fight Polygamy Battles for Mormon Church
Posted in Brigham Young, False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, Polygamy, tagged Brigham Young, false doctrines of Mormonism, Journal of Discourses 5:167, Mormon god didn't protect Mormons on 09/23/2025| 5 Comments »
September 23 — Journal of Discourses 5:167 “Brother Heber has been prophesying. You know that I call him my Prophet, and he prophesies for me. And now I prophesy that, if this people will live their religion, the God of heaven will fight their battles, bring them off victorious over all their enemies, and give to them the kingdom. That is my prophecy. I said amen to all that brother Heber prophesied, for it is true; and he may say amen to all that I prophesy, for it is also true.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, August 30, 1857 (more…)
Salvation Requires Joseph Smith’s Ongoing Knowledge
Posted in July, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, efficacy of Jesus' blood, false prophets, Millennial Star on 07/19/2025| 1 Comment »
July 19 – Colossians 2:8 “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.” (more…)
LDS Leadership Power Struggle
Posted in July, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, death of Joseph Smith, false prophet, Mormon leadership power struggle, Times and Seasons 5;618 on 07/14/2025| Leave a Comment »
July 14 – Revelation 19:16 “And he hath on his vesture and on his thigh a name written, KING OF KINGS, AND LORD OF LORDS.”
Rejecting Jesus Shows Mormons are the Anti-Christ
Posted in June, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, every spirit that confesses Joseph Smith, Mormonism is an antichrist on 06/08/2025| 2 Comments »
June 8 – Rejecting Jesus Shows Mormons are the Anti-Christ. 1 John 4:2-3 “Hereby know ye the Spirit of God: Every spirit that confesseth that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is of God. 3 And every spirit that confesseth not that Jesus Christ is come in the flesh is not of God: and this is that spirit of antichrist, whereof ye have heard that it should come; and even now already is it in the world.”
Brigham’s 1852 Testimony on Slavery, Curse of Cain… pt. 2
Posted in Brigham Young Speeches, March, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, false prophet, pro-slavery, Speech Before the Utah Territorial Legislature Jan. 23 1852 on 03/25/2025| 4 Comments »
March 25 — Brigham’s 1852 Testimony on Slavery, Curse of Cain… pt. 2. Revelation 3:20 “Behold, I stand at the door, and knock: if any man hear my voice, and open the door, I will come in to him, and will sup with him, and he with me.” (more…)
Brigham Young: Mankind is Naturally Good
Posted in Brigham Young, March, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, man is good on 03/14/2025| 3 Comments »
‘The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?’ Jeremiah 17:9
March 14 — Brigham Young: Mankind is Naturally Good. Journal of Discourses 9:305 “…It is fully proved in all the revelations that God has ever given to mankind that they naturally love and admire righteousness, justice and truth more than they do evil. …It is, however, universally received by professors of religion as a Scriptural doctrine that man is naturally opposed to God. This is not so. (more…)
Brigham Young: Virginity is a Woman’s Glory
Posted in Brigham Young Speeches, February, General Conference, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, false prophet, General Conference October 1861, women’s virginity on 02/03/2025| 1 Comment »
February 3 — Brigham Young: Virginity is a Woman’s Glory. 1 Corinthians 11:15 “But if a woman have long hair, it is a glory to her: for her hair is given her for a covering.” (more…)
Lamanites Cursed Until All Gentiles Convert
Posted in Joseph Smith Prophecies, November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged August 1889, Brigham Young, Joseph Smith false prophecies, Lamanites, The Contributor 10:364 on 11/24/2024| 1 Comment »
November 24 — Lamanites Cursed Until All Gentiles Convert. August 1889, The Contributor 10:364 “The remnant of the Lamanites who are cursed below all humanity that we are acquainted with—who have been filled with the spirit of bloodshed which they have inherited from their fathers—they will embrace the Gospel in the due time of the Lord. They are of the house of Israel, and this spirit of war will be taken from them and they will become the children of God, but not until the Gentiles have entirely rejected the Gospel. (more…)
Children of Apostates Will Have Dark Skin
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, children of apostates turn black, Journal of Discourses 11:272, racist doctrines of Mormonism on 11/20/2024| 5 Comments »
‘And hath made of one blood all nations of men for to dwell on all the face of the earth, and hath determined the times before appointed, and the bounds of their habitation.’ Acts 17:26
November 20 — Children of Apostates Will Have Dark Skin. Journal of Discourses 11:272 “Why are so many of the inhabitants of the earth cursed with a sin of blackness? It comes in consequence of their fathers rejecting the power of the Holy Priesthood, and the law of God. They will go down to death.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, August 19, 1866 (more…)
LDS: Eve is the Daughter of Adam
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, false prophet, spiritual incest, Wilford Woodruff's Diary on 11/08/2024| 7 Comments »
There’s not one ungodly doctrine in Mormonism left unsullied by something even worse than before. Just when you think you’ve seen it all…
November 8 — LDS: Eve is the Daughter of Adam. Journal of Wilford Woodruff; August 31, 1873 “At Paris, Idaho: President B. Young spoke 1 hour & 18 minutes. In his remarks he said that a man who did not have but one wife in the resurrection that woman will not be his but taken from him and given to another. But he may be saved in the kingdom of God but be single to all eternity. Mother Eve was the Daughter of Adam.” (more…)
Angels Move Treasures of the Earth
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, September, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged angels move treasures of earth, Brigham Young, false prophet, Journal of Discourses 19:36-37 on 09/26/2024| 1 Comment »
September 26 — Angels Move Treasures of the Earth. Journal of Discourses 19:36-37 “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 (more…)
Prophets Contradictions on Creation of Man
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, September, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, creation of man, false prophecies, Journal of Discourses 4:216, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith on 09/25/2024| 2 Comments »
‘For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with him.’ 2 Corinthians 11:4
Spirit of Man Sexually Begotten by Heavenly Father
September 25 — Prophets Contradictions on Creation of Man. Latter-day Prophets Speak: Selections from the Sermons and Writings of Church Presidents, Book 5 “There is not a person here today but what is a son or a daughter of that Being. In the spirit world their spirits were first begotten and brought forth, and they lived there with their parents for ages before they came here. This, perhaps, is hard for many to believe, but it is the greatest nonsense in the world not to believe it. If you do not believe it, cease to call Him Father; and when you pray, pray to some other character. – Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 4:216, February 8, 1857” (more…)
Seer Stones for Righteous
Posted in August, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, false doctrines of Mormonism, Millennial Star, seer stones, Witchcraft on 08/18/2024| 4 Comments »
August 18 — Millennial Star, No. 8, Vol. 26, February 20, 1864, pp. 118-119 “I met with the twelve at brother Joseph’s. He conversed with us in a familiar manner on a variety of subjects, and explained to us the Urim and Thummim which he found with the plates, called in the Book of Mormon the Interpreters. He said that every man who lived on the earth was entitled to a seer stone, and should have one, but they are kept from them in consequence of their wickedness and most of those who do find one make an evil use of it; he showed us his seer stone.” – Brigham Young (more…)
Spirit World Here on Earth
Posted in August, Mormon Dilemmas, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, Daniel Ludlow, false doctrines of Mormonism, Spirit World on 08/07/2024| 1 Comment »
August 7 — Spirit World Here on Earth. Selected Writings of Daniel H. Ludlow: Gospel Scholars Series: p. 289 “Is the postmortal spirit world the same as the pre-earthly spirit world? No. Where is the postmortal spirit world? It is on this earth. Brigham Young: “When you lay down this tabernacle, where are you going? Into the spiritual world. . . . Where is the spirit world? It is right here. Do the good and evil spirits go together? Yes, they do. Do they both inhabit one kingdom? Yes, they do. . . . Do they go beyond the boundaries of the organized earth? No, they do not.” Brigham Young: “The spirit world . . . is on this earth.”” (Discourses of Brigham Young, p. 576.) (more…)
LDS Church Denounces Brigham Young
Posted in June, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Adam-God theory, Brigham Young, denouncing past prophets, Spencer Kimball on 06/23/2024| 3 Comments »
June 23 — 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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