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Contradictory Mormon Prayer Rules

Posted in Prayer, tagged , , , , , , on 06/29/2016| Leave a Comment »

Acts 7:59; “And they stoned Stephen, calling upon God, and saying, Lord Jesus, receive my spirit.”

3 Nephi 19:18, 24prayg; “And behold, they began to pray; and they did pray unto Jesus, calling him their Lord and their God. 24 And it came to pass that when Jesus had thus prayed unto the Father, he came unto his disciples, and behold, they did still continue, without ceasing, to pray unto him; and they did not multiply many words, for it was given unto them what they should pray, and they were filled with desire.”

Throughout the almost two centuries of existence, the Mormon Church has back peddled itself into land of confusion. Their official canon above tells us the Nephites prayed to Jesus, so you’d think it’d be okay for Mormons to do so, right?

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Mormon Dilemma 470

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged , , , , , on 01/15/2013| Leave a Comment »

Worship

Mormon DilemmasRomans 2:9-11; “Wherefore God also hath highly exalted him, and given him a name which is above every name: 10 That at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, of things in heaven, and things in earth, and things under the earth;11 And that every tongue should confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father.”

Improvement Era 15:483-485 (April, 1912). Messages of the First Presidency, 4:269-271; “…the sole object of worship,  God the Eternal Father, stands supreme and alone, and it is in the name of the Only Begotten that we thus approach Him, as Christ taught always. ” – JOSEPH F. SMITH, ANTHON H. LUND, CHARLES W. PENROSE, First Presidency, “Only One God to Worship” http://emp.byui.edu/SATTERFIELDB/PDF/Only%20One%20God%20JFS.pdf

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Mormon Dilemma 96 Don’t Pray to Jesus

Posted in Mormon Dilemmas, tagged , , , , , on 11/11/2011| 1 Comment »

Don’t Pray to Jesus

1982 BYU Speech by Bruce McConkie; “I shall express the view of the Brethren, of the prophets and apostles of old, and of all those who understand the scriptures and are in tune with the Holy Spirit…We do not worship the Son, and we do not worship the Holy Ghost. I know perfectly well what the scriptures say about worshipping Christ and Jehovah, but they are speaking in an entirely different sense…There are those deluded cultists, and others who, unless they repent, are on the road to becoming cultists, who choose to believe we should worship Adam. They have found or should find their way out of the Church…

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