General Conference Report, ‘Relief Society Attendance,’ pp 9-10 “Now to the sisters in the Church I say that attendance at Relief Society, in an important way is not really optional. It is as obligatory upon a woman to draw into her life the virtues that are fostered by the Relief Society as it is an obligation for the men to build into their lives the patterns of character fostered by the priesthood”. – Boyd K. Packer, September 30, 1978 (more…)
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Mandated Relief Society Meetings
Posted in Relief Society, tagged Boyd K. Packer, false apostle, General Conference 1978, mandatory meetings on 08/11/2019| 7 Comments »
LDS: Polygamy Stops Christian Whorehouses
Posted in Polygamy, tagged Christian whorehouses, false apostle, false teachings of Mormonism, George A. Smith, polygamy on 08/06/2019| 2 Comments »
Journal of Discourses 5:364 “A gentleman, with whom I came in contact while at Washington, made this objection against Mormonism. Talking about the institution of plurality of wives, said he, “It never will answer; it will break up all the whorehouses in the country; for women would not abide in such establishments and sustain them, if they could only have respectable and comfortable houses. This polygamy system will smash up that (Christian) institution altogether.” – George A. Smith, Salt Lake City, November 1, 1857
LDS: Strengthen Testimonies by Trying to Believe
Posted in New Era Magazine Articles, tagged false apostle, New Era March 2019, testimonies on 08/03/2019| 2 Comments »
“President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, then-Second Counselor in the First Presidency, gave four suggestions on how to strengthen your testimony:
- Search the word of God.
- “Fearlessly strive to believe.
- “Ask with a sincere heart and with real intent, having faith in Christ.
- “Put gospel doctrine and Church teachings to the test in your own life.”
Remember: “The process of gathering spiritual light is the quest of a lifetime.”
From President Dieter F. Uchtdorf, then-Second Counselor in the First Presidency, “Receiving a Testimony of Light and Truth,” Oct. 2014 general conference.” (more…)
Bednar Revealed Joe Smith’s Lies to LDS Kids
Posted in Liahona, tagged contradictions in LDS canon, David Bednar, false apostle, Fear Not I am with Thee, Liahona June 2019 on 07/30/2019| 1 Comment »
“That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive”. Ephesians 4:14
Today’s LDS reference is a recycled BYU Devotional from 2012 the Church republished in a recent Liahona Magazine. Their intended audience was once again focused on LDS kids, but this time they’re even younger.
We’re taking a look at just a couple of things in Mr. Bednar’s presentation so you can see how it’s not only contradictory to LDS canon, but the Bible as well. To read their article in full see link provided below.
Liahona, ‘Fear Not, I Am With Thee,’ June 2019 “As we exercise faith in Christ and trust in His promises, we can walk into the dark with the absolute assurance that our pathway will be illuminated—at least far enough to take the next step—and then the next step—and the next step.
Joseph Smith declared, “We have nothing to fear if we are faithful.” (Personal Writings of Joseph Smith, p. 338)
President Thomas S. Monson (1927–2018) counseled, “Fear not. Be of good cheer. The future is as bright as your faith.”(GC April 2009)
As you face your future in faith, the Savior will go before your face, will be on your right hand and on your left, and His Spirit shall be in your hearts (see Doctrine and Covenants 84:88) in all of your righteous endeavors and throughout all the days of your life.” — David Bednar (more…)
McConkie’s Layers of Lies about Adam
Posted in Adam, tagged Bruce McConkie. Mormon Doctrine pp 13-17, false apostle, lies about Adam on 07/10/2019| 2 Comments »
‘To the law and to the testimony: If they speak not according to this word, It is because there is no light in them.’ Isaiah 8:20
Our post today is a lesson on the layers of lies Mormons have to unravel if they want a true understanding about their faith.
I was made aware of the LDS reference via a search engine report for our blog. A footnote in one of the talks it listed came from Bruce McConkie’s encyclopedic work, Mormon Doctrine.
The way this man described Adam made my heart sick. There are no less than 16 lies about Adam in this one reference alone. Imagine being a Mormon who’s reading the article, and the Church gives a footnote like this one! Shame on them.
For the sake of brevity we’ve simply listed the lies about Adam below. For more info on the full reference, see Mormon Doctrine, pp. 13-17. (more…)
LDS: Don’t Hyperventilate Over Unresolved Church Issues
Posted in General Conference April 2013, tagged false apostle, Jeffrey Holland, Liahona May 2013, Lord I Believe on 07/09/2019| 1 Comment »
Liahona, ‘Lord, I Believe,’ May 2013, 94 “When those moments come and issues surface, the resolution of which is not immediately forthcoming, hold fast to what you already know and stand strong until additional knowledge comes. … This is a divine work in process…so please don’t hyperventilate if from time to time issues arise that need to be examined, understood, and resolved. They do and they will. In this Church, what we know will always trump what we do not know”. — Jeffrey R. Holland (more…)
Eyring: Don’t Focus on Facts When Students Doubt
Posted in Discourses and Lectures, tagged address to church educators, don't seek out truth, false apostle, February 5 1993, Henry Eyring on 07/02/2019| 1 Comment »
“‘And Thus We See’: Helping a Student in a Moment of Doubt” [address to Church Educational System religious educators, Feb. 5, 1993], 3, 4; si.lds.org “In your love for them you may decide to try to give them what they ask. You may be tempted to go with them through their doubts, with the hope that you can find proof or reasoning to dispel their doubts. Persons with doubts often want to talk about what they think are the facts or the arguments that have caused their doubts, and about how much it hurts. …
“You and I can do better if we do not stay long with what our students see as the source of their doubts. … Their problem does not lie in what they think they see; it lies in what they cannot yet see. … We do best if we turn the conversation soon to the things of the heart, those changes of the heart that open spiritual eyes.” — Henry B. Eyring (more…)
THE GROOMING OF LDS YOUTH TO ADORE JOSEPH SMITH
Posted in Joseph Smith, tagged adoration for Joseph Smith, false apostle, Liahona November 2014, Neil Andersen on 06/30/2019| 4 Comments »
Today we’re looking at a talk LDS apostle, Neil Andersen, gave to the General Conference in 2014. Not only is this talk blasphemous, it makes it all the worse by specifically addressing this to Mormon kids. There’s simply no doubt they’ve venerated Joe Smith.
Liahona, ‘Joseph Smith,’ November 2014 “Jesus Christ chose a holy man, a righteous man, to lead the Restoration of the fulness of His gospel. He chose Joseph Smith. (more…)
Salvation in No Other
Posted in June, tagged Bruce McConkie, false apostle, false doctrines of Mormonism, Melchezidek Priesthood needed for salvation, Mormon Doctrine p 479 on 06/30/2019| Leave a Comment »
June 30 – Salvation in no other. Acts 4:12 “Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”
LDS Church Teaches Missionaries to Speak in ‘Adult Language’
Posted in Discourses and Lectures, tagged BoM, D. Todd Christofferson, false apostle, June 2019, Mission Leadership Training on 06/28/2019| 3 Comments »
The talk we’re looking at today has to be one of the strangest I’ve seen in awhile. For the sake of brevity, I’ve pulled a few quotes to compare w/ God’s word.
Church News, 2019 Mission Leadership Seminar
The Book of Mormon is the most powerful written witness in existence that Jesus is the Christ…said D. Todd Christofferson…on Sunday, the opening day of the 2019 Mission Leadership Seminar.
This is obviously a lie. The Bible gives us everything we need to know for salvation and have a life here filled with His Spirit.
Hebrews 4:12 “For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of soul and spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.”
Matthew 24:35 “Heaven and earth shall pass away, but my words shall not pass away.”
Yet too few of the Church’s missionaries, he noted, routinely teach from the scriptures. They often cite personal experiences, anecdotes or object lessons to explain gospel principles. Such techniques lack the “power of conviction” that comes from the scriptures. …
It’d be difficult to teach from something that contradicts itself, is sleepy, and plagiarizes the Bible. (more…)
LDS: Religious Truth Based on Emotions, not Proof
Posted in Discourses and Lectures, tagged false apostle, M. Russell Ballard, Mormon Newsroom October 2007, No evidence for BoM, truth based on feelings not fact on 06/24/2019| 2 Comments »
Mormon Newsroom, October 4, 2007 “You will not get to know it [whether the Book of Mormon is true] by trying to prove it archaeologically, or by DNA, or by anything else…Religious truth is always confirmed by what you feel. And that’s the way heavenly father answers prayers.” — M. Russell Ballard (more…)
Numerous Contradictions Hide Stagnation of LDS Growth
Posted in General Conference April 2019, tagged false apostle, Jeffrey Holland, LDS Missionaries, missionaries to reach 100 thousand by 2019 on 06/11/2019| Leave a Comment »
Trying to nail down the true numbers of how many missionaries the Church has is like the old saying of trying to nail Jell-O to a wall. Their numbers change with the wind, making it impossible to take anything they say seriously.
In January 2015, the LDS Church claimed they had approximately 85,000 missionaries on their rosters. Two months later (March), LDS apostle Jeffrey R. Holland predicted the Church would have a ‘baseline’ of 100,000 Mormon missionaries by 2019 – see Salt Lake Tribune for more info. (more…)
LDS: God is the Happiest of Men
Posted in God, tagged false apostle, God is a happy man, Heber Kimball, Journal of Discourses on 06/04/2019| 1 Comment »
Journal of Discourses 4:222 “God is the happiest of men. I am perfectly satisfied that my Father and my God is a cheerful, pleasant, lively, and good-natured being. He is a jovial person and a beautiful man.” — Heber C. Kimball, Great Salt Lake City, February 8, 1857 (more…)
Lies that Bind
Posted in June, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Bruce McConkie, false apostle, Joseph Smith brought salvation to earth, Mormon doctrine on 06/02/2019| Leave a Comment »
Apostle Renlund Contradicts Joseph Smith at BYU Devotional
Posted in Discourses and Lectures, tagged Apostle Dale Renlund, BYU Devotional January 2019, false apostle, false doctrines of Mormonism on 05/29/2019| 3 Comments »
Worldwide Devotional, ‘Doubt Not, but Be Believing,’ January 2019 “Doubt is not and will never be the 
precursor of faith any more than light depends on darkness for its creation.” – Dale G. Renlund (more…)
Moses’ Death
Posted in May, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Bruce McConkie Mormon Doctrine, false apostle, false prophecy, Moses didn't die on 05/14/2019| 4 Comments »
May 14 – Moses’ Death. Joshua 1:1; “Now after the death of Moses the servant of the LORD it came to pass, that the LORD spake unto Joshua the son of Nun…”
Living in Truth and Consequences
Posted in May, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged false apostle, false doctrines of Mormonism, Our Search For Happiness, respecting Adam and Eve, Russell Ballard on 05/12/2019| Leave a Comment »
May 12 – Living in Truth and Its Consequences. Genesis 3:23-24; “Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken. 24 So he drove out the man; and he placed at the east of the garden of Eden Cherubims, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to keep the way of the tree of life.”
Men to be Equal with God
Posted in godhood, tagged Erastus Snow, false apostle, godhood status, Journal of Discourses 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…)
Testimonies are Spiritual Protection
Posted in General Conference April 2019, tagged 2019 General Conference, Build a Fortress of Spirituality and Protection, false apostle, necromancy, Ronald Rasband on 04/23/2019| 2 Comments »
Psalm 32:7 “Thou art my hiding place; thou shalt preserve me from trouble; thou shalt compass me about with songs of deliverance. Selah.”
General Conference, ‘Build a Fortress of Spirituality and Protection,’ April 2019 “We make 
and renew our covenants by partaking of the sacrament and by worshipping in the temple. …
In the temple we can “lay aside the things of this world” and feel the Lord’s presence…We can focus on our ancestors, our families, and eternal life in the presence of the Father. …
As we diligently strengthen our fortifications, we become like Jesus Christ, as His true disciples, with our very souls in His protection. Your testimony of Jesus Christ is your personal fortress, the security for your soul. … Our testimonies…our homes, our families, and our membership in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints will be our personal fortresses of protection…” — Ronald A. Rasband (more…)
LDS ‘Apostolic’ Easter Message: Reduce Sanctuary Clamor
Posted in General Conference April 2019, tagged Behold the Lamb of God, false apostle, General Conference April 2019, Jeffrey Holland on 04/22/2019| 4 Comments »
2 Corinthians 11:13-14 “For such are false apostles, deceitful workers, transforming themselves into the apostles of Christ. 14 And no marvel; for Satan himself is transformed into an angel of light.”
General Conference, ‘Behold the Lamb of God’, April 2019 “After expulsion from the Garden of Eden, Adam and Eve faced a devastating future. Having opened the door to mortality and temporal life for us, they had closed the door to immortality and eternal life for themselves. Due to a transgression they had consciously chosen to make in our behalf, they now faced physical death and spiritual banishment, separation from the presence of God forever. …
1.Why would it be devastating? According to Mormon canon, Adam and Eve praised God for their sin. Moses 5:11
2.They didn’t sin on our behalf. This is a huge lie! The Bible never says God commanded Adam and Eve to sin. (more…)
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