by Dan Wees | Dec 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Yea, we have hid up our treasures and they have slipped away from us, because of the curse of the land.” Joseph Smith, Jr., Book of Mormon – Helaman 13:35 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
by Dan Wees | Dec 27, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“There had always been evidence of it [Joseph’s treasure hunting activities] in hostile affidavits from the Smith’s neighbors, evidence which Mormons dismissed as hopelessly biased. But when I got into the sources, I found evidence from friendly contemporaries...
by Dan Wees | Dec 27, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Gold and Silver grow, and so does every other kind of metal, the same as the hair upon my head, or the wheat in the field; they do not grow fast, but they are all the time composing or decomposing.” Brigham Young – 9 October 1852, Journal of Discourses –...
by Dan Wees | Dec 27, 2018 | Miscellaneous
CHARGE: God was once sinful. LDS RESPONSE: This is not LDS theology. REALITY: There does not seem to be concrete evidence to prove the LDS Church teaches this idea. The insufficiency of evidence does not preclude a conviction. “We believe that [God] was in our same...
by Dan Wees | Dec 26, 2018 | Miscellaneous
CHARGE: The Mormon God is not Omnipotent, or Omniscient. LDS RESPONSE: Latter-day Saint doctrine teaches that God is all-knowing and has all possible power, but even God cannot save an unrepentant sinner. REALITY: There are a trinity of “O” words which normally go...
by Dan Wees | Dec 26, 2018 | Miscellaneous
CHARGE: The fine print of Mormonism is that becoming Gods cannot be done alone, but only in partnership with a spouse to whom one has been married in the temple For Eternity. LDS RESPONSE: This is not a teaching members do not know, but one of the most well-known LDS...
