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Most of us have had
a Mormon Missionary knock at our door. If you have
ever invited them in and listened to a presentation of their
beliefs, you probably found most but not all of what they
said very similar to those beliefs held by Christians.
However, while trying to convince you that your Church is
wrong and the Mormon Church is right, there are several
points they intentionally leave out. Below is a list
of Mormon beliefs the missionaries will be reluctant to tell
you about: |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that the God they worship was not always God. |
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"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) |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that they believe Jesus Christ is the spirit brother of
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"The appointment of Jesus to be the
Savior of the world was contested by one of the other sons
of God. He was called Lucifer, son of the morning.
Haughty, ambitious, and covetous of power and glory, this
spirit-brother of Jesus desperately tried to become the
Savior of mankind." (Milton R. Hunter, Gospel Through
the Ages, pg.15) |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that, according to Mormonism, Jesus Christ was a polygamist. |
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"I discover that some of the
Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I
said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference,
that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary,
Martha, and others were his wives, and that he begat
children." (Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses 2:210) |
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The grand reason of the burst of
public sentiment in anathemas upon Christ and his disciples,
causing his crucifixion, was evidently based upon polygamy,
according to the testimony of the philosophers who rose in
that age. A belief in the doctrine of a plurality of
wives caused the persecution of Jesus and his followers.
We might almost think they were 'Mormons'" (Jedediah M.
Grant, Journal of Discourses, 1:346) |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that for at least half a century church leaders were
teaching that Adam was really God and the only God with whom
we have to do. |
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"Now hear it, O inhabitants of the
earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner! When our
father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it
with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives,
with him. He helped to make and organize this world.
He is Michael, the Archangel, the Ancient of Days! about
whom holy men have written and spoken--He is our Father, and
our God, and the only God with whom we have to do."
(Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 1:50) |
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"I have learned by experience that
there is but one God that pertains to this people and he is
the god that pertains to this earth--The first man.
That first man sent his own son to redeem the
world..."(Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 4:1) |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that Brigham Young, who held the office of President of the
Mormon church longer than any other man, taught that men
must practice polygamy in order to become Gods. |
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"The only men who become Gods, even
the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy."
(Journal of Discourses 11:269) |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that the book of Mormon fails to contain any Mormon doctrine |
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Many portions of this Mormon
Scripture even contradicts Mormon theology. |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
about their secret temple ceremonies which, until April
1990, portrayed Christian ministers as hirelings of Satan.
Nor will they tell you about the sacred underwear they are
wearing which, they believe, actually protects them. |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that Mormon leaders have taught that Jesus was conceived by
way of a sexual relationship between God and Mary. |
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"..how are children begotten?
I answer just as Jesus Christ was begotten of his father.
The difference between Jesus Christ and other men is this:
Our fathers in the flesh are mortal men, who are subject
unto death: but the Father of Jesus Christ in the flesh is
the god of Heaven" (Joseph F. Smith, Family Home Evening
Manual, 1972, pg. 125) |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that they believe the bible has been corrupted throughout
the centuries and cannot be trusted fully by itself. |
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"I believe the Bible as it read
when it came from the pen of the original writers.
Ignorant translators, careless transcribers, or designing
and corrupt priests have committed many errors." (Teachings
of the Prophet Joseph smith, pg.327) |
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"But the Bible has been robbed of
its plainness; many sacred books having been lost, others
rejected by the Romish Church, and what few we have left,
were copied and recopied so many times, that it is admitted
that almost every verse has been corrupted and mutilated to
that degree that any two of them read alike." (Orson Pratt,
The Seer, pg.213) |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants,
which they claim to be both sacred and without error,
contradict each other many times. |
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For example, in the Book of Mormon,
God called David and Solomon's act of polygamy an
abomination, whereas in the Doctrine and Covenants He claims
to justify it. Jacob 2:24 in the Book of Mormon says,
"Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and
concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the
Lord." Section 132:1 in the Doctrine and Covenants,
however, states: "Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my
servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my
hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified
my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David
and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and
doctrine of their having many wives and concubines." |
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They will be reluctant to tell you
that they use Christian terms with Mormon meanings. |
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For example, a Mormon would
probably agree with you that a person must be born again.
To the Mormon, however, "born again" is a process which
begins with water baptism. Another example are the
words "salvation" and exaltation," which are synonymous in
the Christian's mind. However, general salvation to
the Mormon merely means the resurrection which everyone in
the world will receive at death. Exaltation, or
individual salvation, is the reward earned by the Mormon by
following the laws of the Mormon church. "Eternal Life"
to the Mormon means Godhood. Regarding the word
"scriptures," the Christian thinks of the Holy Bible while
the Mormon could be thinking of not only the Bible but the
Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great
Price as well. |
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They won't
want to tell you that in order to gain entrance into the
highest form of Mormon heaven, the Celestial kingdom, you
must accept Joseph Smith, Jr. as a prophet of god.
Faith in Jesus alone, Mormonism teaches, will force you to
spend eternity in a lower form of heaven. |
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Tenth LDS
President Joseph Fielding Smith stated in his book,
doctrines of Salvation, that there is "No salvation without
accepting Joseph Smith. The word "salvation," used in
this context, must really mean "exaltation" because former
Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie stated in his book Mormon
Doctrine that general salvation is given to everyone
regardless of belief. Personal salvation or exaltation
to the highest form of Mormon heaven comes only by accepting
Joseph Smith as a prophet of god and by following the laws
of the LDS church. |
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They will be
reluctant to tell you that their founder, Joseph Smith, Jr.,
made many false prophecies which, according to the Bible,
would classify him as a false prophet rather than a true
prophet of God. |
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For
instance, in 1835 Smith claimed that the Lord would again
come in just 56 years. We would gather from this
"prophecy" that Jesus Christ would again come to earth on or
before 1891; no doubt Joseph Smith was incorrect (History of
the church 2:182). In 1832 Joseph Smith claimed he had
a revelation concerning the building of a temple in
Independence, Missouri. According to section 84,
verses 4 and 5, of the Doctrine and Covenants, he stated
this "temple shall be reared in this generation. For
verily this generation shall not pass away until an house
shall be built unto the Lord, and a cloud shall rest upon
it..." to this day the spot consecrated by Smith fails
to be the sight of a great temple, but instead is covered
with a well-kept lawn. In fact, the Mormon church does
not even own the land. |
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