by Dan Wees | Apr 20, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations, neither doth he will that man should shed blood, but in all things hath forbidden it, from the beginning of man.” Ether 8:19, The Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints,...
by Dan Wees | Apr 19, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“Racism is an offense against God and a tool in the devil’s hands … How grateful I am that The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has from its beginnings stood strongly against racism in any of its malignant manifestations.” Alexander B Morrison, Ensign...
by Dan Wees | Apr 19, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“With regard to true theology, a more ignorant people never lived than the present so-called Christian world.” Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses – Volume 8 (Liverpool, England: George Q. Cannon, 1861), 199. “[LDS General Authorities] F. Burton Howard & F....
by Dan Wees | Apr 19, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“Next to life itself, free agency is God’s greatest gift to mankind.” Harold B. Lee, Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Harold B. Lee (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, May 2000), 4. “You have agency, and you are free to...
by Dan Wees | Apr 17, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“And ye will not have a mind to injure one another, but to live peaceably, and to render to every man according to that which is his due.” Mosiah 4:13, The Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, September 2008 Edition),...
by Dan Wees | Apr 12, 2021 | Miscellaneous
There are about fifty references to GOLD in the New World Book of Mormon. Although recent apologists for the church have emphasized the notion that the plates had the appearance of gold (and therefore, might not have been actual gold), the fact remains that the...