November 27 — Gospel Through the Ages, pp. 100-101 “Not only have the prophets of God throughout the various dispensations declared that mortals are the children of Heavenly Parents and that God placed mankind into mortality; but the pagan religions preserved in their theologies kindred doctrine. The ancient Greek poets and philosophers, the Mystery Religions, and even the first settlers of the Mesopotamian Valley proclaimed these divine truths. 101 In the Cybele—Attis cult, which originated in central Asia Minor, the supreme deity was known as the “Great Mother.” She was believed to be the mother not only “of all the gods,” but “of all men” as well. Several other cults which were pagan rivals of Christianity had beliefs similar to those of the Cybele—Attis cult, each of which maintained that men were the offspring of heavenly beings.” – Milton Hunter (more…)
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LDS and Pagans Believe in Heavenly Parents
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, November, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged false doctrines of Mormonism, Gospel through the Ages, Milton Hunter, mother in heaven, Pagan cults & Mormonism on 11/27/2025| 1 Comment »
The Mormon Heavenly Mother
Posted in February, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Bruce McConkie, literal offspring of God, Mormon doctrine, mother in heaven, polytheist on 02/16/2025| 5 Comments »
February 16 – The Mormon Heavenly Mother. 1 Corinthians 15:47 “The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven”. (more…)
Fertility Goddess Ashtoreth, LDS Heavenly Mother Compared
Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Ashtoreth, false gods, idolatry, Mormon doctrine, mother in heaven on 01/15/2022| 5 Comments »
January 15 — Fertility Goddess Ashtoreth, LDS Heavenly Mother Compared. Today ask the Mormon in your life for their opinion about their Heavenly Mother. Then ask if they’ve ever heard of Ashtoreth. Be sure you explain with demonstrative evidence (Bible and a dictionary) who this false goddess was, and why Israel was always in trouble for worshiping her. Without being judgmental towards them, ask if they see the correlation between their Heavenly Mother and Ashtoreth. To get a clear idea of who the Mormons believe she is, see our article ‘Heavenly Mother’
Also see an article Ed Decker and I wrote on the reality of what heaven would be like for anyone wanting to become a god or goddess. The Making of Mormon Spirit Babies.
Finally beloved, pray for these dear people and lovingly share the truth with them!
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Judges 2:13 “And they forsook the LORD, and served Baal and Ashtaroth.” 1 Kings 11:5; “For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.”
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Mormon Doctrine, p. 40 “Ashtoreth (Ashtaroth)…See BAAL (BAALIM), FALSE GODS. As Baal was the supreme male deity of the Phoenician and Canaanitish nations, so Ashtoreth (Ashtaroth) was their supreme female deity. She was the so-called goddess of love and fertility, whose licentious worship pleased Israel in her apostate periods…”
Answers to Gospel Questions 3:142 “The fact that there is no reference to a mother in heaven either in the Bible, Book of Mormon or Doctrine and Covenants, is not sufficient proof that no such thing as a mother did exist there…. does not common sense tell us that we must have had a mother there also?”
Tip of the Day, February 16 ‘Mother in Heaven’
Posted in February, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Bruce McConkie, literal offspring of God, Mormon doctrine, mother in heaven, polytheist on 02/16/2019| 3 Comments »
February 16 – 1 Corinthians 15:47 “The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven”. (more…)
Tip of the Day January 15 — Ashtoreth
Posted in January, Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged Ashtoreth, false gods, idolatry, Mormon doctrine, mother in heaven on 01/15/2019| 2 Comments »
January 15 — Ashtoreth. Today ask the Mormon in your life for their opinion about their Heavenly Mother. Then ask if they’ve ever heard of Ashtoreth. Be sure you explain with demonstrative evidence (Bible and a dictionary) who this false goddess was, and why Israel was always in trouble for worshiping her. Without being judgmental towards them, ask if they see the correlation between their Heavenly Mother and Ashtoreth. To get a clear idea of who the Mormons believe she is, see our article ‘Heavenly Mother’. (more…)
The Mormon ‘Mother in Heaven’ Conundrum
Posted in Heavenly Mother, tagged goddess wife, Gordon Hinckley, idolatry, Milton Hunter, mother in heaven on 09/26/2018| Leave a Comment »
Gospel Through the Ages, p. 98 ~ “The stupendous truth of the existence of a Heavenly Mother, as well as a Heavenly Father, became established facts in Mormon Theology.” ~Milton R. Hunter, 1958
However, 33 yrs later Mr. Hinckley downplayed what is, and isn’t, established fact in Mormon theology… (more…)
Families Essential to God’s Plan, but No Formal Revelation Originally Given
Posted in Families are Forever, tagged false apostles of Mormonism, false prophet of Mormonism, History of the Young Mutual Improvement Era, joseph smith, mother in heaven, Robert D. Hales on 11/26/2015| Leave a Comment »
Ensign, “The Eternal Family,” Nov. 1996, p. 65; “Because of the importance of the family to the eternal plan of happiness, Satan makes a major effort to destroy the sanctity of the family, demean the importance of the role of men and women, encourage moral uncleanliness and violations of the sacred law of chastity, and to discourage parents from placing the bearing and rearing of children as one of their highest priorities.” – Robert D. Hales
Gospel Topics, ‘Mother in Heaven,’; “While there is no record of a formal revelation to Joseph Smith on this doctrine, some early Latter-day Saint women recalled that he personally taught them about a Mother in Heaven. 3” (data retrieved 11/23/15)
Created in Image of Mother in Heaven
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged Answers to Gospel Questions 3:141-143, Ashtoreth, false prophecy, goddess, Joseph Fielding Smith, mother in heaven on 09/23/2014| Leave a Comment »
Answers to Gospel Questions 3:142, 144; “The fact that there is no reference to a mother in heaven either in the Bible, Book of Mormon or Doctrine and Covenants, is not sufficient proof that no such thing as a mother did exist there. . .Is it not feasible to believe that female spirits were created in the image of a ‘Mother in Heaven’?” – Joseph Fielding Smith
Mormon Dilemma 848 Eliza Snow’s Gods of Mormonism
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged Adam is God, bible, Eliza Snow, false doctrines of Mormonism, Jesus, man can become gods, mother in heaven, Relief Society, Women of Mormondom on 02/08/2014| Leave a Comment »
Women of Mormondom, 179, 191; “Brightest among these spirits, and nearest in the circle to our Father and Mother in heaven (the Father being Adam), were Seth, Enoch, Noah and Abraham, Moses, David, and Jesus Christ – indeed that glorious cohort of men and women, whose lives have left immortal records in the world’s history. … These are the sons and daughters of Adam–the Ancient of Days–the Father and God of the whole human family. These are the sons and daughters of Michael, who is Adam, the father of the spirits of all our race. These are the sons and daughters of Eve, the Mother of a world. What a practical Unitarianism is this! The Christ is not dragged from his heavenly estate, to be mere mortal, but mortals are lifted up to his celestial plane. He is still the God-Man; but he is one among many brethren who are also God-Men. Moreover, Jesus is one of a grand order of Saviours. Every world had its distinctive Saviour, and every dispensation its Christ. There is a glorious Masonic scheme among the Gods. The everlasting orders come down to us with their mystic and official names. The heavens and the earths have a grand leveling; not by pulling down celestial spheres, but by lifting up of mortal spheres.” – Edward Tullidge & Eliza R. Snow
Thought of the Day about Mormonism and Mother in Heaven
Posted in Heavenly Mother, tagged false doctrines of Mormonism, False Prophecies of Joseph Smith, mother in heaven on 05/13/2013| Leave a Comment »
On Friday, May 10, 2013, the Salt Lake Tribune ran a four page article on the Heavenly Mother of Mormonism. Opinions about her ran the gamut of whom or what she is and what role she plays in the Mormon godhead. One speculation earned excommunication papers for believing she’s the Holy Spirit while someone else thinks she’s the “ace in the hole” to bring about an egalitarian belief system.
The last comment was made by an LDS member from Boston also thinks a heavenly mother is what sets Mormonism apart from other Christian religions.
Mormon Dilemma 454
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, Christianity, false doctrines of Mormonism, Jesus, mother in heaven, The Seer by Orson Pratt on 12/02/2012| Leave a Comment »
No Worshipping Mother in Heaven Allowed
The Seer, p.159; “But if we have a heavenly Mother as well as a heavenly Father, is it not right that we should worship the Mother of our spirits as well as the Father? No…it is lawful for the children to worship the King of Heaven, but not the ‘Queen of heaven.’” – Orson Pratt
Mormon Dilemma 449
Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged bible, Christianity, false doctrines of Mormonism, mother in heaven, Pagan cults & Mormonism on 11/27/2012| Leave a Comment »
Heavenly Parents; Even the Pagans Believe!
Gospel Through the Ages, pgs 100-101; “Not only have the prophets of God throughout the various dispensations declared that mortals are the children of Heavenly Parents and that God placed mankind into mortality; but the pagan religions preserved in their theologies kindred doctrine. The ancient Greek poets and philosophers, the Mystery Religions, and even the first settlers of the Mesopotamian Valley proclaimed these divine truths. 101 In the Cybele—Attis cult, which originated in central Asia Minor, the supreme deity was known as the “Great Mother.” She was believed to be the mother not only “of all the gods,” but “of all men” as well. Several other cults which were pagan rivals of Christianity had beliefs similar to those of the Cybele—Attis cult, each of which maintained that men were the offspring of heavenly beings.” – Milton Hunter
Tip of the Day, February 16
Posted in Witnessing Tip of the Day, tagged adopted sons of God, bible, Bruce McConkie, false gospel, false teacher, freedom, idol worship, Jesus, joseph smith, lds church, literal offspring of God, Mormon doctrine, mormonism, mother in heaven, polytheist, Redeemer, salvation, truth on 02/16/2011| Leave a Comment »
February 16 – 1 Corinthians 15:47; “The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven”.
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Mormons will tell you there aren’t any scriptures that say we don’t have a heavenly mother, yet it’s clear that God is self-existent without the need of anyone’s help for creating us. In fact, He’s the only one to come down from heaven at all, meaning we were not with Him before living on this earth. Ask the Mormon why they believe there is a “Heavenly Mother”.
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“This doctrine that there is a Mother in Heaven was affirmed in plainness by the First Presidency of the Church…that man is the “offspring of celestial parentage” and that “all men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother, and are literally the sons and daughters of Deity””. Mormon Doctrine pg. 516, Bruce McConkie.
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