by Dan Wees | May 2, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Mormons believe that in 1820, God declared all existing religions to be wrong, their creeds abominable, and their professors corrupt. They also teach that only those baptized in their faith can attain the highest degree of heaven, as Mormonism is God’s only fully true...
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),...
