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Erastus Snow: Jesus Begotten by HS, not Man

Posted in Virgin Mary, tagged , , , , 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…)

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LDS: Joseph Smith Suddenly Taken Away Just Like Jesus

Posted in False Prophecies of the Mormon Church, tagged , , , on 04/28/2020| 4 Comments »

Journal of Discourses 19:101 “…while the Elders and people of Israel labored diligently to carry out his [Joseph Smith’s] teachings and execute his plans and designs, he stepped behind the vail almost as suddenly and unexpectedly, to the people, as did Jesus when he was crucified. I repeat, it was almost as sudden and unexpected to the vast body of this people as the crucifixion of Jesus was to his disciples, who were looking for him to be placed upon the throne of his father David, to rule and reign over the House of Israel.” — Erastus Snow, Salt Lake City, September 9, 1877 (more…)

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Men to be Equal with God

Posted in godhood, tagged , , , on 04/29/2019| 2 Comments »

Today we’re looking at a talk given by Erastus Snow, an early LDS apostle, and using it as an example of how the twisting of words can turn everything in the Bible upside down.

Journal of Discourses 19:278-279 “…the Apostle Paul says, “There are Lords many and Gods many, yet” said he, “unto us there is but one God, even the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ,” and that is enough for us.

And we may say to every child, though there are fathers many and mothers many, but to you there is but one, and that is enough, that is enough for you.

Honor your father and your mother, and let your father and mother honor their father and mother, and this is the chain of the Priesthood, and power let down from the eternities to man on the earth.

And may God enable us to grow in this chain, and climb higher and higher, onward and upward, and work ourselves up to the eternal power and godhead. (more…)

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God and Adam are Both Male and Female

Posted in God an Exalted Man?, tagged , , on 08/04/2018| Leave a Comment »

Journal of Discourses 19:269 “Then these Christians—they say he has no form, neither body, parts nor passions. One party says he is a man, and the other says he is a woman. I say he is both. How do you know? I only repeat what he says of himself; that he created man in the image of God, male and female created he them, and he called their name Adam, which signifies in Hebrew, the first man. So that the beings we call Adam and Eve were the first man placed here on this earth, and their name was Adam, and they were the express image of God.” – Erastus Snow, Beaver City, Utah, March 3, 1878 (more…)

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Women are Polygamists or Servants in Heaven

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged , , , , , on 08/25/2014| Leave a Comment »

Mormon Decisions 10Journal of Discourses 5:291; “No woman will get into the celestial kingdom, except her husband receives her, if she is worthy to have a husband; and if not, somebody will receive her as a servant.” – Erastus Snow, Salt Lake City, October 4, 1857

 

 

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Polygamy and Mormon Church Leaders Erastus Snow

Posted in Polygamy & Mormon Church Leaders, tagged , , , , , , , , on 10/01/2013| Leave a Comment »

Early Mormon PolygamistsWe’re adding to our growing collection of Polygamy & Mormon Church Leaders!  We just finished an article on Erastus Snow. While this guy was busy converting a lot of people into the fold of Mormonism, he was also busy marrying more than his fair share of them at the same time.

His story reads much like the others do of taking in under-age girls andErastus Snow marrying their sisters as well as their mothers. It’s a wonder how they kept all their names straight and a bigger wonder how they justified the atrocious behavior while doing so. You can read Mr. Snow’s short bio and get info on all those wives here.

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Thought of the Day about Mormonism and Polygamous Marriages

Posted in Thought of the Day about Mormonism, tagged , , , , , , , on 09/26/2013| 2 Comments »

stickman thinking 3While researching the life of the early Mormon apostle Erastus Snow I came across some telling information about this man’s character.

He was married to sixteen women which in and of itself is disturbing, but to make things worse I also came upon the info that his 2nd wife is the daughter of his 3rd wife and either the sister or niece of his 4th wife.  Got all that?

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