Testimony Requirement?

Three great truths must be included in every valid testimony: 1. That Jesus Christ is the Son of God and the Savior of the world (D. & C. 46:13); 2. That Joseph Smith is the Prophet of God through whom the gospel was restored in this dispensation; and 3. That The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is “the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth.” (D. & C. 1:30.)

Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie, p. 786

Item 2: Well, Jesus said even the gates of hell wouldn’t prevail against the Church (Matt.16:18) so it couldn’t have been restored by Smith if it was never gone!! And if you look at my articles in October and November of 2014 you will see proof that Smith was one heck of a false prophet! So how can anyone have item 2 included in their testimony when the whole item is a lie?

Item 3: Since the LDS was founded by false prophet Joseph Smith, then the LDS is a FALSE and spiritually dead church.,

H/T: Life After Ministry

Works Are Not a Part of the Gospel

The Gospel of the Son of God that has been revealed is a plan or system of laws and ordinances.

Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young, page.15

Brigham Young is a liar. The Gospel as has been revealed in the Bible is that we are all sinners who need a savior, and that Savior is Jesus Christ. The real Gospel is that if we have faith in Jesus and believe he died for our sins, we are saved. There is absolutely NOT a “plan or system of laws and ordinances.” Neither made up laws nor any ordinance is required for salvation.  As Galatians 2:21 notes: I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain. (KJV)

A Couple of Mormon Geography Problems

Where does the Bible say the Garden of Eden was? In the Middle East.

Where did Joseph Smith say the Garden of Eden was?  Jackson County, Missouri.

Which should you believe, the Bible or Smith?  Eden was definitely in the Middle East.

1 Nephi 2:8 says,  “And it came to pass that he called the name of the river, Laman, and it emptied into the Red Sea; and the valley was in the borders near the mouth thereof.”

As the blog, “Life After Ministry” points out,

“There has never been a river that empties into the Red Sea.  It’s surrounded by wilderness (desert) only.”

Just these two examples should be enough for anyone to question the Book of Mormon and its author, Joseph Smith.

Find This in the Bible, Please!

H/T: Preaching From an Asbestos Suit: Reasoning With Mormons on the Internet Facebook Page

History Invented to Support Lies

Monogamy, or restrictions by law to one wife, is no part of the economy of Heaven among men. Such a system was commenced by the founders of the Roman Empire. That empire was founded on the banks of the Tiber by wandering brigands. When these robbers founded the city of Rome, it was evident to them that their success in attaining a balance of power with their neighbours, depended upon introducing females into their body politic, so they stole them from the Sabines, who were near neighbours. The scarcity of women gave existence to laws restricting one wife to one man. Rome became the mistress of the world, and introduced this order of monogamy wherever her sway was acknowledged. Thus this monogamic order of marriage, so esteemed by modern Christians as a holy sacrament and divine institution, is nothing but a system established by a set of robbers.

Brigham Young, 6 July 1862, Journal of Discourses 9:322.

Young’s history of Rome and the Roman Empire is unrecognized by historians; Young made it up as a way to support the unsupportable polygamist system invented by Joseph Smith to cover for his serial adultery.

See my article on God’s View of Polygamy.

Reed Peck Manuscript

An interesting document describing the dictatorial reign of Joseph Smith in Missouri and the resulting “Mormon War” was originally written in 1839, known as the Reed Peck Manuscript. The Utah Lighthouse Ministry, in Salt Lake City, published a typed transcription of this document. It is subtitled, “An Important Document Written in 1839 Concerning the Mormon War in Missouri and the Danite Band.”

Just to demonstrate the unbiblical nature of Mormonism and its leaders, below you will find some examples of quotations taken from this publication. Page numbers are in the edition reprinted by the Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Salt Lake City, UT. Punctuation added to help comprehension.

Pg.6-7

[On Sunday, June 17, 1839], S. Rigdon took his text from the fifth chapter of Matthew, “Ye are the salt of the earth but if the salt have lost his savour wherewith shall it be salted, it is henceforth good for nothing but to be  cast out and be trodden under foot of men.” From this scripture he undertook to prove that when men embrace the gospel [of Mormonism] and afterwards lost their faith it is the duty of the Saints to trample them under their feet. He informed the people that they had a set of men among them that had dissented from the church and were doing all in their power to destroy the presidency laying plans to take their lives &c., accused them of counterfeiting, lying, cheating, and numerous other crimes and called on the people to rise en masse and rid the county of such a nuisance. He said it is the duty of this people to trample them into the earth and “if the county cannot be freed from them any other way I will assist to trample them down or to erect a gallows on the square of Far West and hang them up as they did the gamblers at Vicksburg and it would be an act at which the angels would smile with approbation.” Joseph Smith in a short speech sanctioned what had been said by Rigdon, though said he, “I don’t want the brethren to act unlawfully but will tell them one thing; Judas was a traitor and in stead of hanging himself was hung by Peter,” and with this hint the subject was dropped for the day, having created a great excitement and prepared the people to execute any thing that should be proposed.

pg.8

A friend of long standing…said that if Joseph Smith should tell him to cut my throat he would do it without hesitation. I heard expressions of this nature from several and shuddered at the thought of living in a community where the nod of one man if displeased would deprive an individual of every privilege  and even life if the consequence had not been feared more by him than his followers.

pg.10

[Sampson Avard said] “No person shall be suffered to speak evil of disrespectfully of the presidency.”

I was appointed Adjutant of the [Danite] band in consequence I suppose of my holding that office in the 59th Reg, Missouri Militia. I did not think it policy to reject the appointment though I declared to my trusty friends that I would never act in the office—All the principles of the Society [Daughters of Zion, i.e.,Danites] tended to give the presidency unlimited power over the property, persons and I might say with propriety lives of the members of the church as physical force was to be resorted to if necessary to accomplish their designs. The blood of my best friend must flow by my own hands if I would be a faithful Danite should the prophet command it.

pg.12

In July the law of consecration took effect which required every person to give up to the bishop all surplus property of every description not necessary for their present support. Sampson Avard, the most busy actor and sharpest tool of the Presidency, informed John Corrill and Myself that “all persons who attempted to deceive and retain property that should be given up would meet with the fate of Ananias and Saphira who were killed by Peter.”

You’ll see the violence and murder instilled among the people, as well as the dictatorship of Joseph Smith, let alone the abject abuse of Scripture!  I can’t understand why Mormons who know of this history still believe it is from God!

Did He Really Say That?

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.

Wilford Woodruff, Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Wilford Woodruff, pg.199

The LDS and Homosexuality

SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Tuesday it would back proposed federal legislation to safeguard same-sex marriages, marking the latest show of support for the measure from conservative-leaning groups.

The nearly 17-million member, Utah-based faith said in a statement that church doctrine would continue to consider same-sex relationships to be against God’s commandments. Yet it said it would support rights for same-sex couples as long as they didn’t infringe upon religious groups’ right to believe as they choose. . . . 

The faith opposes same-sex marriage and sexual intimacy, but it has taken a more welcoming stance to LGBTQ people in recent years. In 2016, it declared that same-sex attraction is not a sin, while maintaining that acting on it was.

Mormon church backs same-sex marriage law, maintains relationships still sinful. PBS News Hour, 11/16/22

There is no need for this law except for the governments to be able to force dissenters to comply with desires of same-sex couples. The party of perversion, the Democrats, have decided that the SCOTUS decision didn’t go far enough in that it allows REAL Christians to refuse to give sanction to same-sex faux-marriage, such as florists, bakers, real churches, etc.

The LDS continues to claim it is Christian yet here they say they “would support rights of same-sex couples…” There are no rights that same-sex people have that are different from normal people except that they have been given the ungodly right to redefine what marriage is.

Also, GOD calls same-sex attraction a sin just as much as a married man becoming sexually attracted to another woman is the sin of adultery whether or not the act is committed (Matthew 5:28). For the LDS to claim homosexual attraction (i.e. desire) is not a sin, is to spit in the face of God.

This is not the first time the LDS have given homosexuality sanction. In fact, I wrote a whole post on the LDS and Homosexuality.

On 1/28/15 I also noted a previous statement by the LDS also showed their 100% support for special rights for “gays.” I wrote, The real problem here is that the Mormons pretend that “gays” don’t already have the exact same rights as everyone else, and what they really want — and are getting — are special rights base on their sexual behavior!  So, my big question is this: Why aren’t Mormons taking God’s side on this issue?

There was also my 3/5/15 article also exposing Mormon compromising with homosexuals.

And, like noted in current statement, I wrote how the LDS says one can be a Mormon and be “gay. I guess that goes along with their current claims that being “gay” isn’t a sin.

Then I told of the LDS donating $25K to an LGBTQ support group.

As noted in my post of 1/31/20:  Brigham Young University is now allowing same-sex couples to participate in a ballroom dance competition. This is giving tacit approval to homosexual relationships, contrary to God’s commands against homosexuality.

Just more evidence that the LDS is NOT a Christian faith.

An Agglomeration Exposing the LDS Fraud

Most of these article are from the excellent site, Life After Ministry. I highly recommend this site for Mormons and those who seek to help Mormons leave that cult.

Interesting post about a book which “was a compilation of dozens of Mormon documents that are now out of print, or hard to find.” One of the claims exposed is that Joseph Smith and Jesus are both redeemers of mankind. Please show me from Scripture where anyone but Jesus is our redeemer.

Multi-level marketing seems to be a gateway to spiritual deception and Mormons dominate that industry.

Thirteen Lies One Apostle Told at Conference. Wow!

Crucifixion Lies Told to LDS Kids. A HUGE lie is telling them that Jesus’ atonement was made in the Garden of Gethsemane instead of the crucifixion. 

Why Mormons Can’t Observe Pentecost 2022. Or any other years’ Pentecost. Some great examples.

Get used to a Different Jesus. Examining the LDS in light of the TV series, The Chosen. Included in the article is an excellent condensed exposure of the unbiblical history and teachings of the Mormon church.

Anachronisms in Book of Abraham. In actuality, the whole Book of Mormon also is rife with anachronisms. This alone proves the books are frauds.

Jesus becomes our father?!?

Conference Quote: LDS Doctrine Doesn’t Change. Oh, really? The first thoughts which came to my mind were polygamy and racism. Michelle gives several more.

One of These Things is Not Like the Other. Joseph Smith said, “The greatest responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek after our dead.” Perhaps he needed to read Hebrews 9:27. After death comes judgement, period.

Adam’s Two Wives. The main question to refute this nonsense is, why did God say the TWO shall become one? This teaching was used to support the LDS doctrine of polygamy.

Communion Free For All? And here I thought it was reserved for Christians.

And, finally for today, “Investigating The Evidence For Mormonism In Six Steps” should be enough to convince of the fraudulent nature of the Mormon religion.

Did They Really Say That?

Gospel Topics – Noah. “The prophet Joseph Smith taught that Noah is the angel Gabriel and stands next to Adam in holding the keys of salvation.”

What is it with Mormons that they think people become angels/or vice versa?!? Angels are separately-created beings which are different from humans. Noah never was the angel Gabriel since they are both distinct personages.

Secondly, NO ONE holds the “keys of salvation” except God/Jesus. The “key” to salvation is faith in the person and work of Jesus Christ.

Just more proof that Joseph Smith was a false prophet. 

H/T: Life After Ministry.