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stickman thinking 31 Nephi 14:10; “And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth.”

As the world watched the chimney at the Sistine Chapel puff out its white smoke signaling Catholics worldwide had a new pope, the LDS Church responded with a congratulatory smoke signal of their own.

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Why Would They Say This???

May 1837 –

Vol. 3, No. 8 Kirtland, Ohio, May, 1837. Messenger & Advocate, 3:511 (October 1836-Sept. 1837); “That we will have no fellowship whatever with any Elder belonging to the quorums of the Seventies who is guilty of polygamy

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Spirit of man sexually begotten by Heavenly Father

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

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Joseph Smith’s Family

http://www.josephsmithsr.com

Joseph Smith Sr. & wife Lucy had 11 children.

  1. Stillborn – girl/boy?
  2. Alvin
  3. Hyrum
  4. Sophronia
  5. Joseph Jr.
  6. Samuel
  7. Ephraim
  8. William
  9. Katharine
  10. Don Carlos
  11. Lucy

http://www.josephsmithjr.org

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith,_Jr

http://lds.org/liahona/2005/12/joseph-smiths-family-tree?lang=eng&noLang=true&path=/liahona/2005/12/joseph-smiths-family-tree

Joseph Smith Jr. & wife Emma had 11 children, which included an adopted set of twins.

  1. Alvin (died in 1828)
  2. Thaddeus (twin of Louisa – died in 1831 shortly after birth)
  3. Louisa (twin of Thaddeus – died in 1831 shortly after birth)
  4. Joseph Murdock (twin of Julia – born in 1831, died in 1832)
  5. Julia Murdock (twin of Joseph – born in 1831)
  6. Joseph Smith III (born in 1832)
  7. Frederick (born in 1836)
  8. Alexander (born in 1838)
  9. Don Carlos (born in 1840, died 14 months later)
  10. Unnamed son (stillborn)
  11. David Hyrum (born in 1844, four months after Smith’s death)

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August 20 – Exodus 6:4, 6; “And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.  Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments…”

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June 16 – Matt. 5:11; “Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.”

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Why Mormonism is NOT Christian

     salt lake mormon temple 2Yesterday I received an e-mail from a Mormon asking me why I teach that Mormons are not Christians.  Here’s a copy of his note:

“I am a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. I am not here to bash but curious about your website and why ex members leave the LDS faith. One thing that I did read that is false on your website that I would recommend changing is section titled “Mormon Neighbors Witnessing”. It stats that we are not Christians. This is absolutely false. Our Church is the called “The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints”. We believe in God the Eternal Father and in his Son Jesus Christ and in the Holy Ghost. We do believe in Prophets, Joseph Smith was a prophet and so was Adam, Noah and Abraham just to name a few from the Bible. The most important aspect is we are Christians and we believe that Jesus Christ is our Savior and yours.

He is the Savior and redeemer of the whole world. We are known as Mormons because of the Book of Mormon. We believe the Bible is the word of God. Do you really believe that we are not Christians and that we don’t believe in Jesus Christ?”  Ryan

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Jesus’ Promises Kept

I’m here today to let everyone know how intoxicated I am by being around those in the body of Christ.  I admit that I look at the church of Jesus Christ through rose colored glasses.  And I’ll be the first to admit that when I think of the Christian people it’s easy for me to overlook the flaws each denomination and individual person really has.  I am more inclined to treat them in the same manner a parent has for a favorite child.

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The Trouble with the Book of Mormon

Despite 4,000 changes, Mormons maintain it is still the most correct book ever written – including the bible.

This article will cover many of the changes to the Book of Mormon illustrating the ever-evolving theology of the Mormon Church. We present the following evidence:

We felt that it was important to start with what Mormons say about a particular change rather than have us do that.

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People have been writing in lately asking for a list of prophecies made by Joseph Smith.  While we do have an article on the false prophecies made by Church leaders, we haven’t yet compiled a database for all of Smith’s prophecies. That’s something we’ll have to look into!

Today we’d like to highlight just one of those prophecies and we’ll be doing so for the next couple of weeks so check back often!  😉

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February 11 – Peter’s denial of Jesus.  Matthew 26:34 says; “Jesus said unto him, Verily I say unto thee, That this night, before the cock crow, thou shalt deny me thrice”.

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Apostates and the Salt Sermon

James 5:9; “Grudge not one against another, brethren, lest ye be condemned: behold, the judge standeth before the door.

     The purpose of this article is twofold.  I pray the Mormons will see how God uses His creation for His own purpose.  (Romans 13:1)  The other is to show Mormon and non-Mormon alike, how the hatred in the heart of some people rules their own world regardless of what members of the Church say publicly today.

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Inspired of God?  Difficulties in the Book of Mormon

“All scripturei s given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness.” 2 Timothy 3:16.

     The key word here is inspiration.  This word in the Greek is theopneustos.  It means God breathed.  Look anywhere in the Bible, there is nothing in it that contradicts itself, there are no mistakes, and it is all one hundred percent perfect! Archaeologists will sometimes use the Bible to search for the spots they want to investigate.  There are hundreds of documents which prove the Bible to be true, from Josephus of the first century to the Dead Sea Scrolls.  Each time they find something new, it validates what the Bible says!

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Women Need Their Husbands to be saved?

Before making my mind up to officially leave the Mormon Church for good I committed much of my time investigating many of the old concerns or a question I had about the Church’s doctrine in the past.  I Googled every tidbit of Mormonism that left a bad taste in my mouth, or a lingering question in my mind. Some of the resources I read were as the Mormons would say “anti-Mormon”, and others were from official Mormon publications, but the most damning information about the Church’s doctrine came from the Bible.

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April 17 – 2 Cor.
4:6-7; “For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined
in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the
face of Jesus Christ. But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the
excellency of the power may be of God, and not of us.”

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April 15 – Heb. 13:8-9; “Jesus Christ the same yesterday, and to day, and for ever. Be not carried away by strange doctrines.  For it is a good thing that the heart be established with grace; not with meats, which have not profited them that have been occupied therein.”

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CentennialPark 

     Here we are in the twenty first century and still talking about polygamy.  On Tuesday, February 13, 2007 ABC aired a program called “The Outsiders”.  The focus was of course the polygamous community of Centennial Park, AZ that lies just two miles south of Colorado City, home to the infamous group of the Fundamental Latter-day Saints. 

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Mormon Clothing and Worship

I can clearly remember the Sunday Morning I walked into the Christian Church that would become my church family for the next two years of my life. It was the middle of February, my family and I had officially left the Mormon religion and we were looking for a new church to call home. As we walked into the sanctuary we could hear the happy chatter of people talking and visiting with one another which was quite a shock to me.

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Why I Left the Mormon Church

    exit This article is in response to something I watched on YouTube.  The little snippet reminded me of the horrible behavior problem I had as a member of the LDS Church.  As you already know, Mormon testimonies mimic each other as do the attacks against those who’ve left when they find truth.

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April 14 – Matt. 7:20-3; “Wherefore by their fruits ye shall know them. Not everyone that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven; but he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.  Many will say to me in that day, Lord, Lord, have we not prophesied in thy name? and in thy name have cast out devils? and in thy name done many wonderful works? And then will I profess unto them, I never knew you: depart from me, ye that work iniquity.”

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