Lots of Thoughts About Mormonism

First, I want to point you to an OUTSTANDING site for examining and exposing the teachings of the LDS. The site is titled Life After Ministry. I have pointed my readers to articles from there a few times already and this time I will be sharing links to more of their articles. But before that, check out this video where Joseph Smith disagrees with his own Book of Mormon, as well as other LDS doctrines.

More Mormon lies/contradictions, this time being about polygamy.

I’ve been reading Shelby Foote’s three-volumes series on the American Civil War—the war that freed the slaves. What I find amusing is that Brigham Young said the war would NOT free the slaves. Thanks to Life After Ministry for exposing this false prophecy.

What is a Saint? Certainly what the LDS tells you.

Why are Italicized KJV Verses in the BoM? I’ve actually dealt with this in some of my examinations of the books in the Book of Mormon.

Joseph Smith said Hell is an Agreeable Place. This one gave me a laugh because Smith knows now that he was wrong!

Marriage and Childbirth Mandatory for Salvation.  Can someone please show me from Scripture that this is true?!? No one can because it is a LIE.

Moroni, Who was He? 2025.  Interesting question with an excellent answer.

Three Nephites and Apostle John Still Alive.  Oh really? Just another absurd claim from an LDS “prophet.”

Do We Have Heavenly Parents? If so, what about heavenly grandparents, great-grandparents, etc? Do Our Ancestors Need Us? Of course out ancestors don’t need us because we can’t do anything for them!! They just go on having eternal sex. Godhood and sex are the primary doctrines of the LDS.

LDS Advice for Sexual Abuse Victims. Of course they get to decide if the abused person was culpable. Disgusting blaming of the victim.

Sort of like Roman Catholics, Mormons will have Mary as queen to some people—oh and she marries Adam. Say What?!?!

Joe Smith Prophesied Mormons Won’t Have to Cook. Since Mormons are still cooking their meals (unless they all go out to eat), this is another false prophecy by Smith—among many false prophecies which prove he was a false prophet.

If Plural Marriage Isn’t True, Faith is in Vain. Of course Joseph Smith claimed the right of polygamy was given by God because he was committing adultery and said prophecy was for him to defend his peccadilloes to his wife. Of course over time he also “married” other men’s wives while they were off on mission trips; i.e. serial adultery. So, since it was a lie that God allowed this, then according to Orson Pratt the faith of Mormons is in vain!

Children of Apostates Will Have Dark Skin. Well, I was once a Mormon and then became a Christian, making me an apostate to Mormonism. So why are my children’s skin not dark/black?

Well, all this should make any reasonable person take a hard look at the LDS faith and see that it is not of God. Period.

What Was the Real View of God Held By Early Christians? Part 2

The following is excerpted from Gospel Topics Essay: Are Mormons Christian? The article is written by Eric Johnson. This post is a continuation from my previous post.

As with the previous post, where in the original article Eric underlines the statements from the LDS essay, I will use italics instead. I will then put Eric’s rebuttal in blue except when he is quoting Scripture and then it will be in red. 

Latter-day Saints believe the melding of early Christian theology with Greek philosophy was a grave error. Chief among the doctrines lost in this process was the nature of the Godhead. The true nature of God the Father, His Son, Jesus Christ, and the Holy Ghost was restored through the Prophet Joseph Smith.

Which version of Joseph Smith’s teaching ought we to accept when it comes to the Godhead. The earlier version according to the Book of Mormon claimed:

*God was only one God (Alma 11:26-29; 2 Nephi 31:21; Mosiah 13:34, 15:1-4; Alma 11:44; 3 Nephi 11:27, 36; Mormon 7:7)

*God is unchangeable and eternal progression is impossible (Mos. 3:5; 3 Nephi 24:6; Mormon 9:9-10; Mormon 9:19; Moroni 7:22, 8:18)

*God is a spirit and could not be a glorified man (Alma 18:2-5, 18:24-28, 22:9-11)

Or should we accept the later version, as taught by Joseph Smith in the last couple years of his life?

*“I wish to declare I have always and in all congregations when I have preached on the subject of the Deity, it has been the plurality of Gods” (History of the Church 6:474).

*“God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man, and sits enthroned in yonder heavens!” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pg. 345).

*“We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see” (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pg. 345).

*“The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s” (D&C 130:22).

*“The idea that the Father and the Son dwell in a man’s heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false” (D&C 130:3. Oddly enough, the Book of Mormon teaches the Lord does dwell in the hearts of the righteous. See Alma 34:36).

If any religion has gone through changes from the original, Mormonism is surely the candidate!

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As a consequence, Latter-day Saints hold that God the Father is an embodied being, a belief consistent with the attributes ascribed to God by many early Christians. This Latter-day Saint belief differs from the post-New Testament creeds.

No supporting evidence is given to support such a claim.

Whatever the doctrinal differences that exist between the Latter-day Saints and members of other Christian religions, the roles Latter-day Saints ascribe to members of the Godhead largely correspond with the views of others in the Christian world. Latter-day Saints believe that God is omnipotent, omniscient, and all-loving, …

While Mormons might say their God is “all-loving” and point to the LDS rejection of hell, one must ask, Why did God kick one-third of his children out of pre-existence, never to be given the chance to have a body, based on one error in judgment (choosing Lucifer over Jesus)? While their version of hell (outer darkness) might be impossible to ever attain, a good number of souls will never have the chance to experience one of the three kingdoms.

Another premise used in arguing that Latter-day Saints are not Christians is that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not descend from the traditional line of today’s Christian churches: Latter-day Saints are not Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, or Protestant. Latter-day Saints believe that by the ministering of angels to Joseph Smith priesthood authority to act in God’s name was returned or brought back to earth. This is the “restored,” not a “reformed,” church of Jesus Christ. The Latter-day Saint belief in a restored Christianity helps explain why so many Latter-day Saints, from the 1830s to the present, have converted from other Christian denominations. These converts did not, and do not, perceive themselves as leaving the Christian fold; they are simply grateful to learn about and become part of the restored Church of Jesus Christ, which they believe offers the fulness of the Lord’s gospel, a more complete and rich Christian church—spiritually, organizationally, and doctrinally.

While Mormons may say their church has never criticized other churches, this is just inaccurate. Check out this article to see a number of quotes where the leadership blasted Christianity.  To claim that your church is the “only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth” shows that all others are lacking in authority. Indeed, according to LDS leaders, the Mormon Church is, by itself, the only true church….

Links to Many Good Articles Exposing the Fraud of Mormonism

Mormon Bedtime Stories are totally bizarre.

The new Mormon Church history series will continue the falsehoods and fables of the LDS.

When it comes to the Bible, Mormons are schizophrenic.

The new Mormon “prophet” and President of the LDS has been “unleashed”—not by God, but by Satan.

The Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry has a large collection of articles exposing the fraudulent nature of Mormonism.

It seems the LDS Church wants to prove they are sympathetic to those who practice homosexuality by providing funds to enable them.

Exposing the polygamy and polyandry of the Mormon Church.

Has the Mormon Priesthood Been Used to Abuse? (starting about 30 min mark)

Two major lies told to kids by LDS “prophets.”

Mormons should trust God and His Word.

Fullness of the Gospel in the Book of Mormon—- Oh really?!?!

Who Forgave Sins and Died on the Cross: Jesus, or Mary? This teaching seems to be similar to the Roman Catholic Church version of Mary!

Joseph Smith: ‘Hell is an Agreeable Place’  I apparently missed this one; it’s a claim I’ve never before heard—or at least I don’t remember if I did.

My constant prayer is that Mormons will learn the truth on this blog or on the sites to which I link. There is no salvation in the LDS.