by Dan Wees | Apr 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“[A]fter the flood we are told that the curse that had been pronounced upon Cain was continued through Ham’s wife, as he had married a wife of that seed. And why did it pass through the flood? Because it was necessary that the devil should have a representation upon...
by Dan Wees | Apr 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“A testimony is to be found in the bearing of it.” Boyd K. Packer, Ensign – The Candle of the Lord (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, January 1983),...
by Dan Wees | Apr 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“The word of the Lord came again unto me, saying, Son of man, there were two women, the daughters of one mother: And they committed whoredoms in Egypt; they committed whoredoms in their youth: there were their breasts pressed, and there they bruised the teats of...
by Dan Wees | Apr 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Joseph Smith indicated that the golden plates would be translated by his firstborn son, who he claimed would fulfill this role as a child. At the time, Emma Smith was pregnant; however, the child, born on 15 June 1828, was stillborn and displayed significant birth...
by Dan Wees | Apr 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
A common LDS response to criticisms about polygamy, underage marriages, temple rituals involving throat-slitting gestures, racism, and other controversial practices is often: We don’t believe in those things anymore. Why can’t you just leave the past behind?” However,...
by Dan Wees | Apr 28, 2018 | Miscellaneous
“And I will cause them to eat the flesh of their sons and the flesh of their daughters, and they shall eat every one the flesh of his friend in the siege and straitness, wherewith their enemies, and they that seek their lives, shall straiten them.” Jeremiah 19:9...
