by Dan Wees | May 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“If a man also lie with mankind, as he lieth with a woman, both of them have committed an abomination: they shall surely be put to death; their blood shall be upon them.” Leviticus 20:13 (AKJV-1769...
by Dan Wees | May 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
CHARGE… “A radical self-image results from believing one can become a God.” LDS RESPONSE… “This is a possibility, if that is ones desire without efforts at achieving higher morality and good works, which LDS teachings require.”...
by Dan Wees | May 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Joseph Smith imposed an interpretation on the text which was foreign to the ancient text … The prophet is an active participant in revelation, conceptualizing and verbalizing God’s message in a framework of thought meaningful to the people … Smith’s revelatory...
by Dan Wees | May 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“‘Brother Brigham,’ said I, with a firmness of resistance I had never before felt in his presence, ‘are you my Saviour?’ ‘Most assuredly I am,’ said he. ‘You cannot enter the Celestial Kingdom, except by my consent. Do you doubt it?’” Mary Ettie V. Smith, quoted in...
by Dan Wees | May 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call Scripture.” Brigham Young – 2 January 1870, Journal of Discourses – Volume 13 (Liverpool, England: Horace S. Eldredge, 1871),...
by Dan Wees | May 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“If you do not know whose right it is to give revelations. I will tell you. It is I.” Brigham Young, Times and Seasons – Volume 5 – 15 October 1844 (Nauvoo, IL: John Taylor, October Conference Minutes – 6 October 1844),...
