Doctrine

Official teachings, theological claims, and doctrinal contradictions within Mormonism.

Eve Was Adam’s Daughter: A Doctrine Too Shocking for Publication.

Reveals Brigham Young’s suppressed 1873 teaching that portrayed Eve as Adam’s daughter.

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The Revelation That Was Never Written.

Contrasts early written revelations with 1978 priesthood reversal lacking divine transcript.

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The Holy Ghost: A Bodyless God.

Explores LDS paradox of a divine being without physical form or exalted body.

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When Joseph Smith Became Heaven’s Gatekeeper.

Brigham Young taught salvation required Joseph Smith’s approval, redefining Christian mediation.

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Polygamy Disavowed in Public, Practiced in Heaven.

Explores enduring LDS belief in celestial polygamy despite modern public disavowals.

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Section 132 and the Promise of Eternal Wives.

Explains how LDS doctrine links exaltation to plural marriage despite its public discontinuation.

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Adam and the Waters of Anachronism.

Examines Joseph Smith’s claim of Adam’s baptism, merging Old and New Testament theology.

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David, Solomon, and the Mormon Polygamy Paradox.

Compares biblical condemnation of polygamy with Joseph Smith’s revelation justifying it as divine.

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The Hard, Authoritarian Edge of Luke 14:26.

Luke 14:26 reflects extreme discipleship demands that mirror authoritarian dynamics.

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LDS Doctrine Defined by Whoever Speaks Last.

Current leaders override past teachings, creating shifting, ambiguous Mormon doctrine.

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The Statement That Made Mormonism Theologically Hostile.

Brigham Young’s Adam–God teaching overturned core Christian doctrines and monotheism.

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Does God Learn or Know Everything Already?

LDS leaders taught conflicting doctrines about God’s knowledge and eternal progression.

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Adam-God: Revealed Truth, Or Official Heresy?

Brigham Young’s Adam–God doctrine was later condemned as false by LDS leaders.

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The Quiet Shift From Agency to Obedience.

Obedience increasingly replaces moral agency as the defining measure of faithfulness.

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Is Polygamy Required for Exaltation or Not?

LDS leaders taught conflicting requirements regarding polygamy and exaltation.

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Preaching Heresy as Certainty in Early Mormonism.

Brigham Young preached Adam–God theology as revealed certainty, later abandoned.

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Adam Elevated, Christ Reduced: A Radical Reimagining

Brigham Young subordinated Christ to Adam, contradicting core Christian doctrines.

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Certainty Claimed: Adam–God Taught as Known Truth

Brigham Young asserted Adam–God doctrine as established truth, dismissing dissent.

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Seeing Eve as Our Heavenly Mother: A Radical Claim

Brigham Young taught Eve was humanity’s literal heavenly mother alongside Adam.

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Joseph Smith: The Author of Adam as God.

Brigham Young taught Adam was God, creator, and holder of salvation’s keys.

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Was Jesus Christ Adam’s Son?

Early LDS leaders taught Jesus was literally the son of Adam.

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Are Joseph Smith and Brigham Young Gods?

Adam–God theology elevated Joseph and Brigham as divine beings.

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Resurrection, Infant Salvation, and Adam as God.

Brigham Young links resurrection, infant salvation, and Adam-God doctrine.

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Adam–God Taught as Doctrine for More than Half a Century.

Adam-God taught publicly as doctrine across decades, later officially repudiated.

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Rewriting History to Erase a Core Church Doctrine.

Adam-God condemned despite decades of official teaching.

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