What Mormonism Is Based On

As I’ve said many times before, Mormonism was built on two things. Sex and godhood status and you can’t get one without the other.

Michelle, at Life After Ministry.

My studies of the LDS proves she is 100% correct.

Is the Bible Translated Correctly?

The follow article is by Eric Johnson, Mormonism Research Ministry, and was published in the 2022 “Nauvoo Times.”

The eighth LDS Article of Faith says the Bible can be trusted only “as far as it is translated correctly.” Translation means to take words from one language and put them into the words of another. We agree that a correct translation of the Bible—which was written in Hebrew and Koine Greek 2,000-4,000 years ago—is necessary for proper understanding.

Anytime words from one language are put into another—whether it is Spanish into English or French into Arabic—there is always the risk of losing something in the translation. It is doubtful that our many modern-day translations were produced by unprincipled people who wanted to keep God’s truth hidden. In actuality, quite the opposite is true. The motivation behind a new translation is, in most cases, to give a clearer understanding of what God wants to reveal to His people. Granted, some translations do a better job than others.

Although some Mormons believe that the King James Version of the Bible was a translation of another Bible translation, thus producing errors, this is absolutely not true because the KJV translators utilized the best manuscripts available to them in the 17th century. They did not depend on other translations. In fact, while translators will differ, the goal of Bible translators is to utilize the most accurate manuscripts and then attempt to put the words of the Bible into an understandable language for the audience it addresses.

Certainly two translators of any written piece will differ in the choice of words, verb tense, and style. But if two good Spanish translations independently translate this morning’s paper, you would have to say that the basic message would be the same despite their numerous differences. Truly there is no such thing as a perfect translation. LDS Church leaders must certainly be aware of this since their translators have often had to revise not only their English edition of The Book of Mormon but several foreign editions as well.

Perhaps the LDS leaders would say that the transmission, or the copying and handing down of the biblical manuscripts, is why they believe the Bible has errors. Yet Biblical scholars have carefully sorted through the tens of thousands of biblical manuscripts to determine the earliest and most reliable texts. In addition, not having the original manuscripts of the Bible should not be a problem to the Mormon who realizes that there are no original manuscripts for The Book of Mormon.

In conclusion, consider the comments of BYU professor Richard L. Anderson on the accuracy of the New Testament at the 14th Annual Symposium of the Archaeology of the Scriptures: “For a book to undergo progressive uncovering of its manuscript history and come out with so little debatable in its text is a great tribute to its essential authenticity. First, no new manuscript discovery has produced serious differences in the essential story. This survey has disclosed the leading textual controversies, and together they would be well within one percent of the text. Stated differently, all manuscripts agree on the essential correctness of 99 percent of all the verses in the New Testament.” Truly the Bible is a very special book.

God Had a Father God?!?!

We were begotten by our Father in heaven; the person of our Father in Heaven was begotten on a previous heavenly world by His Father; and again, He was begotten by still a more ancient Father ….

The Seer by Orson Pratt, p. 132 

This is one of those really absurd doctrines of the LDS. Everyone can become a god (as long as they are “temple” Mormons). According to the LDS, everyone on earth, and whoever has ever been on earth, are spiritual siblings begotten of the “god” over this earth. But our LDS god was originally a spirit child of another god on another planet, and ad infinitum. No beginning, just another god as far back as into eternity.

And LDS claims they are Christian?!?! Their “god” is nothing like the God of the Bible, the God not only of Christians but of every human being—not as a spiritual child waiting for a body to inhabit, but born of a man and woman and not existing until such time.

H/T Life After Ministry

Speaking Against Polygamy Brings Damnation??

Journal of Discourses 5:203: “The principle of plurality of wives never will be done away”(Deseret News, November 7, 1855.)

“You might as well deny Mormonism and turn away from it, as to oppose the plurality of wives. Let the Presidency of this Church, and the Twelve Apostles, and all the authorities unite and say with one voice that they will oppose that doctrine, and the whole of them will be damned.” 

Heber C. Kimball, Salt Lake City, October 12, 1856

I suppose Mr. Anonymous will also claim these passages are out of the context of the time, but that would be a lie.  Good ol’ Joseph Smith received a revelation from God, so you know it had to be imbibed in or else. Actually, Smith’s so-called revelation was to justify his serial adultery which was sometimes with other Mormon members’ wives!

And then, conveniently, it was inconvenient for statehood to be polygamous so President Wilford Woodruff received another revelation cancelling the law of polygamy.

The REAL God of the Bible intended for one man/one woman unions (the reason he gave Adam ONE woman). Just because there were people in the Bible who failed to obey God’s rules, that doesn’t condemn the rule—it condemns those who break the rules.

H/T Life After Ministry.

4 Reasons the Great Apostasy is a FALSE Doctrine of Mormonism

Important video for Mormons to watch.

Some Quick Thoughts About LDS Racism

Had I anything to do with the negro, I would confine them by strict law to their own species, and put them on a national equalization.

Joseph Smith, History of the Church 5:217-218.

Shall I tell you the law of God in regard to the African race? If the white man who belongs to the chosen seed mixes his blood with the seed of Cain, the penalty, under the law of God, is death on the spot. This will always be so.

Brigham Young, March 8, 1863, Journal of Discourses 10:110.

The descendants of Ham, besides a black skin which has ever been a curse that has followed an apostate of the holy priesthood, as well as a black heart, have been servants to both Shem and Jepheth, and the abolitionists are trying to make void the curse of God, but it will require more power than man possesses to counteract the decrees of eternal wisdom. 

John Taylor, Times and Seasons, April 1, 1845, 6:857.

Oh the Abject Heresy!!!

…no man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith. From the day that the Priesthood was taken from the earth to the winding-up scene of all things, every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are—I with you and you with me. I cannot go there without his consent. He holds the keys of that kingdom for the last dispensation—the keys to rule the spirit-world; and he rules there triumphantly, for he gained full power and a glorious victory over the power of Satan while he was yet in the flesh, and was a martyr to his religion and to the name of Christ, which gives him a perfect victory in the spirit-world. He reigns there as supreme being in his sphere, capacity, and calling, as God does in heaven.

Brigham Young, 10/9/1859, Journal of Discourses 7:289

The LDS worships Joseph Smith!!! No one gets into heaven without Smith’s consent?!?! What about all those Christians since the first century?

The LDS virtually worships Joseph Smith. While the rest of us celebrate Christmas often with depictions of the nativity of Christ, it didn’t surprise me that the LDS celebrates the nativity of Smith! This photo came from the Mormonism Research Ministry:

Heresy and Lies

A Testimony of Joseph Smith is vital. No man can accept Jesus Christ as the Savior of the world, no man can accept this as His church, the Church of Jesus Christ, unless he can accept Joseph Smith as God’s mouthpiece and the restorer of His world in these latter days. First, to say that we are Christians then requires two or three certainties. We must know for certainty in our hearts and minds that Jesus is the Christ, the Savior of the world. We must know that this is indeed the Church of Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God on earth in these last days; and finally we must have a testimony that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God.

The Teachings of Harold B. Lee, pg. 371.  Lee was the 11th President of the LDS.

According to this statement, no person was really a Christian until the 1800s when Joseph Smith came along, because no person from the New Testament times until Smith could accept Smith as a prophet--they wouldn’t even have heard of him yet!! This is heresy in the utmost!!

Since Smith’s institution of his false “church,” no real Christian will accept false prophet Smith as a prophet of God, and certainly no real Christian can accept the blasphemous LDS as “the Church of Jesus Christ, the kingdom of God on earth in these last days” because it was founded on a false prophet and is based on lies, false teachings of every kind, and the worship of a false god (who is a man). Even their Jesus is not the Jesus of the Bible because the LDS Mary had sex with their god to provide an earthly body for Jesus while the real Mary was a virgin when she became pregnant--and stay so until giving birth to Jesus.

Baptism For Dead A Waste of Time

I’m sharing this October 19, 2024 post from the great site, “Life After Ministry.” Mormons need to rethink their money-making baptism for the dead.

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Nephi said Baptisms for Dead not Necessary. 2 Nephi 9:38 “And, in fine, wo unto all those who die in their sins; for they shall return to God, and behold his face, and remain in their sins.”

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Isaiah 64:6 “But we are all as an unclean thing, and all our righteousnesses are as filthy rags; and we all do fade as a leaf; and our iniquities, like the wind, have taken us away.”

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Every Mormon should question their faith based upon this verse from the Book of Mormon.

If those who die in their sins remain in their sins, then what’s the deal with baptisms for the dead?

In addition to the BoM verse above ask the Mormon you know for their opinion about what Paul said in 1 Corinthians 15:29 –

“Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?”

Members of the Church might argue that the Bible hasn’t been translated correctly but they can’t argue about the validity of what Nephi said in the BoM!

Also be sure to remind them you’re not trying to belittle what they believe and that your questions come from a true concern for their spiritual well-being.

With Love in Christ —

Michelle ✟

1 Cor. 1:18

An Agglomeration

I have read so many articles exposing the LDS for the false belief system that it is, that I decided it was time to share the links to some of the articles for my readers’ education. I’m more than happy to discuss any article in my links below. But first, how about a citation from LDS President Wilford Woodruff:

The Lord will never permit me or any other man who stands as President of this Church to lead you astray. It is not in the programme. It is not in the mind of God. If I were to attempt that, the Lord would remove me out of my place. (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, pg.199.)

So let us test Woodruff’s claim and see how teachings, as noted in the articles linked to, really do lead people astray from the true God of the universe and the true Jesus Christ.

4 Reasons to Reject Restoration Claims. I think these are all excellent reasons to reject the claims.

Can anyone show me from Scripture where the LDS temples are anything like the Jewish temples, with the requirement to wear special garments which themselves keep changing over the years? Please show me from scripture and historical records where Christians had temples with the requirement for special “underwear.” 

One of my favorite books when researching Mormonism was 3,913 Changes in the Book of Mormon. Quite a think publication, but you can also read some on-line at the Utah Lighthouse Ministry. I find it difficult to believe that a book of gold plates was translated through a special seer stone in a hat under the special direction of God and still have thousands of changes from the original, God-directed manuscript!

Does the Mormon God have his own God? Too many LDS leaders taught that their God did indeed have a father God—including Joseph Smith himself. This is a totally unbiblical theology, as well as being totally illogical!!!

Life After Ministry blog is an outstanding source of teachings exposing the lies, the false teachings, false prophets, etc of the Latter-Day Saints. So I’m going to give more links to several articles from this site.

Racism was endemic in the LDS from the very beginning, as show by the many racist teachings in the Book of Mormon.

LDS Canon Still Contains Racist Doctrines. So don’t let the LDS say it being a mistake of the past, etc. My BIG question is, why are there blacks who are Mormons?!?

LDS Lies: ‘Negroes Markedly Inferior’. Well, the truth is far from that—Negroes are real humans with real talents/gifts of their own and not a bit inferior to “whites.”

The LDS claims that the Bible Shows “Racial Streams,” aka, Racism. But in order to understand the Bible that way they have to twist the meaning of Scripture.

As I have done before, I will remind the reader of book published by the LDS: Mormonism and the Negro, by John J. Stewart. One of the most racist books you will read.

One more item and I’ll quit for today: Conference Quote Reveals More Racist Lies and Contradictions.