Journal of Discourses 14:96 “Obedience to the ordinance of baptism is required that people may receive the remission of their sins. After that, hands are laid upon them for the reception of the Holy Ghost; and this Holy Ghost teaches you and me to vote exactly alike; it teaches us to believe alike and to receive the ordinances of the house of God.” — Discourse by President Brigham Young, delivered in the New Tabernacle, Salt Lake City, April 8, 1871. [emp. added] (more…)
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Holy Ghost Teaches Us to Vote and Believe Exactly Alike
Posted in False Prophet Brigham Young, tagged Brigham Young, cult, Journal of Discourses 14:96, thinking has been done on 08/31/2021| Leave a Comment »
Believers Are Brethren Through Atonement
Posted in Jesus, tagged Brigham Young, false doctrines of Mormonism, Jesus My Brother and Butch Cassidy, Journal of Discourses 4:216 on 08/30/2021| 1 Comment »
Journal of Discourses 4:216 “I want to tell you, each and every one of you, that you are well acquainted with God our heavenly Father, or the great Eloheim. … there is not a soul of you but what has lived in His house and dwelt with Him year after year; and yet you are seeking to become acquainted with Him, when the fact is, you have merely forgotten what you did know. …
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, Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, February 8, 1857. (more…)
Altering God’s Phraseology for Personal Gain
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, False Prophet Brigham Young, tagged Brigham Young, false prophet, Journal of Discourses 2:129-130 on 08/23/2021| 6 Comments »
Journal of Discourses 2:129-130 “…It is written “Be ye therefore perfect, even as your Father which is in heaven is perfect.” Again, “If any man offend not in word, the same is a perfect man, and able also to bridle the whole body.” …
If the first passage I have quoted is not worded to our understanding, we can alter the phraseology of the sentence… To be as perfect as we possibly can, according to our knowledge, is to be just as perfect as our Father in heaven is. He cannot be any more perfect than He knows how, any more than we.
When we are doing as well as we know how in the sphere and station which we occupy here, we are justified in the justice, righteousness, mercy, and judgment that go before the Lord of heaven and earth. We are as justified as the angels who are before the throne of God. — Brigham Young Delivered in the Tabernacle, Great Salt Lake City, December 18, 1853. (more…)
No Confession of Joseph is the Anti-Christ Mormon Dilemma 349
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged Brigham Young, false doctrines of Mormonism, Journal of Discourses 8:177, no confession of Joseph Smith is the antichrist on 08/17/2021| 2 Comments »
No Confession of Joseph is the Anti-Christ
Journal of Discourses 8:177 “I will now give my scripture—”Whosoever confesseth that Joseph Smith was sent of God to reveal the holy Gospel to the children of men, and lay the foundation for gathering Israel, and building up the kingdom of God on the earth, that spirit of God; and every spirit that does not confess that God has sent Joseph Smith, and revealed the everlasting Gospel to and through him, is of Anti-christ.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, September 9, 1860
Apostates Become Eunuchs Mormon Dilemma 880
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, Polygamy, tagged blood atonement, Brigham Young, violence in Mormonism, Wilford Woodruff's Diary on 07/26/2021| 2 Comments »
Wilford Woodruff’s Diary, June 2, 1857, vol. 5 pp 54-55* “June 2, 1857: I spent the day in the office. President Young called in the afternoon also George A. Smith. We conversed upon various subjects…Bishop Blackburn was present—the subject came up of some persons leaving Provo who had apostatized. Some thought that Bishop Blackburn and President Snow were to blame. Brother Joseph Young presented the thing to President Young. But when the circumstances were told, President Brigham Young sustained the brethren who presided at Provo. He said they had done (right). The subject of eunuchs came up and Joseph said that he would rather die than to be made a eunuch. Brigham said the day would come when thousands would be made eunochs in order for them to be saved in the Kingdom of God.” – Wilford Woodruff [sic]
Joseph Smith’s Empty Philosophies
Posted in July, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, efficacy of Jesus' blood, false prophets, Millennial Star on 07/19/2021| 3 Comments »
July 19 – Joseph Smith’s Empty Philosophies. 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…)
Brigham’s Preference to Convert Devil Over Jews Mormon Dilemma 376
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged Brigham Young, false doctrines of Mormonism, Journal of Discourses 2:143 on 06/22/2021| 1 Comment »
Brigham’s Preference to Convert Devil Over Jews
Journal of Discourses 2:143 “Brother Ballantyne, and many of our brethren in distant lands write, “O, how we would rejoice to have the privilege of visiting our mountain home!” I would rather undertake to convert five thousand Lamanites, than to convert one of those poor miserable creatures whose fathers killed the Savior, and who say, “Amen to the deed,” to this day. Yea, I would rather undertake to convert the devil himself, if it were possible.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, December 3, 1854
Pre-existence is Mormon Reincarnation
Posted in June, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 4:216, pre-existence, reincarnation on 06/02/2021| 2 Comments »
June 2 – Pre-existence is Today’s Reincarnation. 1 Cor. 15:46-47; “Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.”
Brigham Declared Michael the Archangel is Holy Ghost
Posted in False Prophet Brigham Young, tagged Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 1:51, Michael the Holy Ghos on 05/24/2021| 8 Comments »
In April 1852 Brigham Young delivered a speech that was one for the record books. Yesterday we looked at a small section of this when he said ‘if Jesus was conceived by the Holy Ghost, it’d be dangerous to baptize females’.
Today we’re looking at a small portion of what he said beforehand to compare it with what our Lord says in His word. There’s no doubt his words are part of the reason why my people are always confused. To read his speech in full see link below.
Journal of Discourses 1:51 “It is true that the earth was organized by three distinct characters, namely, Eloheim, Yahovah, and Michael, these three forming a quorum, as in all heavenly bodies, and in organizing element, perfectly represented in the Deity, as Father, Son, and Holy Ghost.
Erastus Snow: Jesus Begotten by HS, not Man
Posted in Virgin Mary, tagged ‘What Do Mormons Think of the Virgin Mary?, Brigham Young, Erastus Snow, Journal of Discourses 19:271, Journal of Discourses 1:51 on 02/19/2021| Leave a Comment »
Journal of Discourses 19:271 “…Jesus was begotten by the power of God and not by a mortal in the flesh. And the New Testament tells us that 
God sent his angel to visit this beautiful Virgin Mary, and to make known unto her that she was chosen of the Lord to be the Mother of Jesus who should be the Savior of this people. And the messenger or the angel sent to her was designed to prepare her mind, her heart and her faith for this great work unto which the Lord had chosen her. And he said unto her, The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee, and therefore that Holy Thing that shall be born of thee shall be called the Son of God.” — Erastus Snow, Meeting House, Beaver City, Utah, March 3, 1878 [Note: p. 371 in link above is a misprint.] (more…)
Joseph Smith’s Revelation: Polygamy Provides Church Membership for Spirits
Posted in False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, tagged Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 3:265-266 “, polygamy on 01/17/2021| Leave a Comment »
Journal of Discourses 3:265-266 “This revelation, which God gave to Joseph, was for the express purpose of providing a channel for the 
organization of tabernacles, for those spirits to occupy who have been reserved to come forth in the kingdom of God, and that they might not be obliged to take tabernacles out of the kingdom of God. …
Now if any of you will deny the plurality of wives, and continue to do so, I promise that you will be damned… …but the Saints who live their religion will be exalted…” —— Brigham Young, Provo, Utah, July 14, 1855. (more…)
LDS Can Become King of Kings
Posted in godhood, tagged Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 3:266 on 01/15/2021| Leave a Comment »
Journal of Discourses 3:266 “…now if I be made the king and lawgiver to my family, and if I have many sons, I shall become the father of 
many fathers, for they will have sons, and their sons will have sons, and so on, from generation to generation, and, in this way, I may become the father of many fathers, or the king of many kings. This will constitute every man a prince, king, lord, or whatever the Father sees fit to confer upon us.
In this way we can become King of kings, and Lord of lords, or Father of fathers, or Prince of princes, and this is the only course, for another man is not going to raise up a kingdom for you. …” —— Brigham Young, Provo, Utah, July 14, 1855. (more…)
Wise Men, Kings, and Prophets
Posted in December, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged April 2002, ‘The Church Goes Forward’, Brigham Young, General Conference, Gordon Hinckley on 12/22/2020| Leave a Comment »
December 22 — Wise Men, Kings, and Prophets. 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’s 6 Lies about Jesus and the Temple
Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, tagged Brigham Young, Holy Spirit, JD 2:30, Jesus, temple on 08/14/2020| Leave a Comment »
Journal of Discourses 2:30 “Because the house which the Father had commanded to be built for his reception, although 
completed, had become polluted, and hence the saying, “My house is the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves,” and he made a scourge of cords, and drove the moneychangers, and dove sellers, and faro gamblers, all out of his house, and overthrew their tables; but that did not purify the house, so that he could not sleep in it, for an holy thing dwelleth not in an unholy Temple.
If Jesus could not lay his head in an unholy, polluted temple, how can the Latter-day Saints expect that the Holy Spirit will take and abide its residence with them, in their tabernacles and temples of clay, unless they keep themselves pure, spotless, and undefiled?” — Brigham Young, Delivered on the Southeast Corner Stone of the Temple at Great Salt Lake City, April 6, 1853. (more…)
False Prophecy 150th Anniversary: Sun and Moon Inhabited
Posted in False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, tagged Brigham Young, inhabitants of the sun, joseph smith, Journal of Discourses 13:271, Quakers on the Moon on 07/25/2020| 2 Comments »
“But refuse profane and old wives’ fables, and exercise thyself rather unto godliness.” 1 Timothy 4:7
The LDS Church claims that in 1847 Brigham Young declared, ‘This is the place’, meaning the Church had found its new forever home in the western end of the Rockies known as the ‘Wasatch Front’.
From the onset of their arrival, the truth about their polygamous ways were preached from the pulpit. Along with the false prophecy of the ‘New and Everlasting Covenant’, came other false prophecies.
Today we’re looking at the anniversary of Brigham’s infamous explanation, and his addition to Joe Smith’s false prophecy of planets, stars, and the moon’s inhabitants. (more…)
Another Gospel
Posted in June, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, Christianity, Christianity the whore of Babylon, false doctrines of Mormonism, Gal 1:9, Journal of Discourses 13:269 on 06/17/2020| Leave a Comment »
June 17 – Gal. 1:9 “As we said before, so say I now again, If any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.”
Brigham Young and Joseph Smith’s Disagreement
Posted in False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, tagged 2 Nephi 9:41, Brigham Young, contradictions, heaven's gate-keeper, joseph smith, Journal of Discourses 7:289 on 06/13/2020| 2 Comments »
2 Nephi 9:41 “O then, my beloved brethren, come unto the Lord, the Holy One. Remember that his paths are righteous. Behold, the way for man is narrow, but it lieth in a straight course before him, and the keeper of the gate is the Holy One of Israel; and he employeth no servant there; and there is none other way save it be by the gate; for he cannot be deceived, for the Lord God is his name.” (more…)
‘Garb’ of Mormonism Most Popular in Heaven
Posted in False Prophet Brigham Young, tagged Brigham Young, false prophet of Mormonism, Journal of Discourses 9:319-320, Mormonism is popular in heaven on 05/17/2020| 5 Comments »
‘Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.’ John 14:6
Journal of Discourses 9:319-320 “There is not another religion so popular as this in the courts of heaven. Without the garb of a Saint you cannot be admitted to the presence of the Father, and to Jesus, the Mediator between God and man. No religion is popular there but the religion of the Bible. …
“But,” says a Presbyterian, “Abraham was a polygamist.” He was. “And you say that his religion is popular in heaven.”
It is the only religion acknowledged there. I have not time now to dwell upon all the points of Abraham’s faith, but he did believe in a plurality of wives, and was a practical polygamist. …
But is the religion of any one of the sects, as a whole, the religion of heaven? It is not. We all desire to join the popular party. Light, truth, and intelligence are the side that is popular with the heavens, and the side that will rule, govern, and control the nations. If we join that society we then all become popular with the popular party…” — Brigham Young, Bowery in Salt Lake City, July 6, 1862 (more…)
Have You Been Overcome?
Posted in April, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Brigham Young, John 16:33, Journal of Discourses 16:162, works v grace on 04/14/2020| 2 Comments »
April 14 — Have You Been Overcome? John 16:33 “These things I have spoken unto you, that in me ye might have peace. In the world ye shall have tribulation: but be of good cheer; I have overcome the world.” (more…)
MORMON QUOTES ON RAPE, AND SEXUAL MORALITY
Posted in YouTube Videos, tagged Brigham Young, chastity, Mormon quotes, rape, Spencer Kimball, Virtue, Youtube on 03/29/2020| 6 Comments »
‘Abstain from all appearance of evil.’ 1 Thessalonians 5:22
Thanks to Melissa’s hard work, we have another installment for our list of YouTube Videos! This time we’re looking at a number of quotes made by LDS leaders on the topic of chastity.
Their comments were directed toward LDS youth as reminders to keep themselves morally clean – even during rape. Their overblown, not to mention incorrect view of this, defies all logic.
Here are just two of the outlandish things they’ve said – (more…)
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