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Mormonism Depends on Smith’s Testimony

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged , , , , , on 01/24/2015| Leave a Comment »

Mormon Decisions 10Ensign, ‘What Are People Asking About Us,’ November 1998, pp 70-71; “Our entire case as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rests on the validity of [Joseph Smith’s] glorious First Vision. . . . Nothing on which we base our doctrine, nothing we teach, nothing we live by is of greater importance than this initial declaration. I submit that if Joseph Smith talked with God the Father and His Beloved Son, then all else of which he spoke is true. This is the hinge on which turns the gate that leads to the path of salvation and eternal life.” – Gordon B. Hinckley

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Law of God Not Perfect

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged , , , , , , , on 01/18/2015| 2 Comments »

Mormon Decisions 10Journal of Discourses 2:314; “The laws that the Lord has given are not fully perfect, because the people could not receive them in their perfect fulness; but they can receive a little here and a little there, a little today and a little tomorrow, a little more next week, and a little more in advance of that next year, if they make a wise improvement upon every little they receive; if they do not, they are left in the shade, and the light which the Lord reveals will appear darkness to them, and the kingdom of heaven will travel on and leave them groping. Hence, if we wish to act upon the fulness of the knowledge that the Lord designs to reveal, little by little, to the inhabitants of the earth, we must improve upon every little as it is revealed.” — Brigham Young,  SLC,  July 8, 1855

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