by Dan Wees | Jun 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
In 2 Nephi 5:16, Joseph Smith has Nephi claim he built a temple “after the manner of Solomon’s,” though less ornate since “precious things … were not to be found upon the land.” Yet the verse immediately before (5:15) boasts of “wood, iron, copper, brass, steel, gold,...
by Dan Wees | Jun 16, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Lehi’s deathbed blessings in Second Nephi are anything but traditional. In Jewish custom, a patriarch would bless his sons in order—oldest to youngest—before turning to grandchildren, in-laws, or servants. But Joseph Smith’s narrative scrambles this sequence. Laman...
by Dan Wees | Jun 15, 2018 | Miscellaneous
THE OATH OF VENGEANCE was once sworn inside Mormon temples. Dropped in 1927, its wording bound members for four generations—about 120 years—lasting, on paper, until February 14, 2047. The covenant declared: “You and each of you do solemnly promise and vow that...
by Dan Wees | Jun 15, 2018 | Miscellaneous
In the handwritten Printer’s Manuscript we read… “[F]or it is I that taketh upon me the sins of the world for it is I that hath created them & it is I that granteth unto him that believeth in the end a place at my right hand[.]” Mosiah 26:23, Book of Mormon...
by Dan Wees | Jun 15, 2018 | Miscellaneous
In a feeble attempt to sound compassionate, ultra-conservative LDS apologist Glenn Beck reminds us of his political motives (See Picture)… One: LDS history is replete with instances of killing “In the name of God.” If Beck doesn’t understand this mind set, then...
by Dan Wees | Jun 15, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Jeopardy phenom Ken Jennings denounces LDS church policy denying baptism to children of Gay parents…...
