by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The Prophet [Joseph Smith, Jr.] said he could not go; but, after pausing some time, he said he would send some one to heal them; and he turned to me and said: ‘You go with the man and heal his children.’ “He took a red silk handkerchief out of his pocket and...
by Dan Wees | May 1, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I believe the church strives mightily to perpetuate the myth, the fable, the fantasy, that President Benson, if not operating on all cylinders, at least is functioning effectively enough to still be regarded as the ‘living, functioning prophet.’” Steve Benson/Ezra...
by Dan Wees | Apr 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Conviction of Joseph Smith in 1826: Transcript – STATE OF NEW YORK v. JOSEPH SMITH “Warrant issued upon written complaint upon oath of Peter G. Bridgeman, who informed that one Joseph Smith of Bainbridge was a disorderly person and an imposter. Prisoner brought...
by Dan Wees | Apr 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“Baptism for the Dead is an LDS invention to attempt to baptize every person who has ever died (by proxy, which means that a living person is baptized in behalf of the dead person). In this way, all who have passed on (and were not exposed to the Church while living)...
by Dan Wees | Apr 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“I don’t hear any complaint from our black brethren and sisters. I hear only appreciation and gratitude wherever I go, but I don’t see anything further that we need to do.” Gordon B. Hinckley, Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles Times, 12 September 1998),...
by Dan Wees | Apr 30, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[W]as this change of doctrine really a revelation from the Lord, or did the church leaders act on their own? Why don’t they publish that revelation and let the Lord speak in his own words? All we saw was a statement of the First Presidency, and that is not how a...
