Mormon
Teaching
And
The
Book
of
Mormon
Do
Not
Agree...
Plus some other very disturbing things that they teach...
Or do not teach...
Mormonism:
Founded by Joseph Smith in 1830. He claimed an angel
named Moroni told him to found a 'new' religion, and to find two golden
plates somewhere in New York. He claimed he found them and deciphered the
inscription on them, and that became the 'Book of Mormon'. The plates 'mysteriously'
disappeared after that and were never found.
For openers, I will have to call attention to Galatians 1:8, "But
even if we or an angel from
heaven should preach a gospel to you other than that which we have preached,
let him be anathema."
Mormons do claim that Moroni is an angel,
and we know for sure that not one apostle
ever preached the 'Book of Mormon', so how do Mormons reconcile this?
They believe GOD is endowed with a
body of flesh and bone, and that matter existed spiritually before creation.
They have a following of about 9 million.
Here are some of their false teachings: Some references which refute these
false teachings are from their very own 'Book of Mormon' (BOM).
As man is, GOD
once was; as GOD is, man may become. Mormon teaching...
This is a classic example of 'doublethink',
a process which Mormons use profusely. The statement in red clearly does
say that GOD changes. Yet...
(BOM) Moroni 8:18, and Mormon 9:9-10 both read essentially, "For do
we not read that GOD is the same yesterday, today and forever, and in Him
there is no variableness neither shadow of changing?"
Doublethink:
Thoughts accepted as truths which have serious contradictions and falsehoods.
Two or more ideas of opposing dimensions, all being accepted as truth.
The power of holding two contradictory beliefs in one's mind simultaneously,
and accepting both of them.
From George Orwell's "1984":
"To know and not to know, to be conscious of complete truthfulness
while telling carefully constructed lies, to hold simultaneously two opinions
which canceled out, knowing them to be contradictory and believing in both
of them, to use logic against logic, to repudiate morality while laying
claim to it, to believe that democracy was impossible and that the Party
was the guardian of democracy, to forget, whatever it was necessary to
forget, then to draw it back into memory again at the moment when it was
needed, and then promptly to forget it again, and above all, to apply the
same process to the process itself -- that was the ultimate subtlety; consciously
to induce unconsciousness, and then, once again, to become unconscious
of the act of hypnosis you had just performed. Even to understand the word
'doublethink'
involved the use of doublethink."
Doublethink...!
You cannot have it both ways, but Mormons try.
Answers anyone???
Mormons teach there are multiple god's...
(BOM) Alma 11:28-29, "...Is there more than one God? And he answered,
No."
Alma 11:44, "...before the bar of Christ the Son, and GOD the Father,
and the Holy Spirit, which is One Eternal GOD..."
Isaiah 45:21-22, "...and there is no GOD else besides Me? Be converted
to Me, and you shall be saved, all you ends of the earth, for I am GOD,
and there is no other."
'Doublethink'...Again!
The Mormon trinity is a triad of three
separate God's in co-operation with each other...
(BOM) Mosiah 7:27, "...Christ was the God, the Father of all things..."
Ether 3:14-15, "...Behold, I am Jesus Christ. I am the Father and
the Son..."
Again, Isaiah 45:21-22.
GOD has a physical body...
False, GOD is Spirit: Num 23:19, Lk 24:39.
(BOM) Alma 11:22, "...Spirit of the Lord which is in me..."
Christ and Lucifer (satan) are brothers...
Absolutely false. Lucifer was a created being as shown in Ez 28:15.
Christ as we all know is GOD and He created all things: Col 1:15-17
Mormons teach that there is no hell...
Yet in the very Bible which they use, 'hell' is mentioned 54 times. In
Matthew alone it is mentioned in 5:22,29-30,10:28, and 18:9. "So if
thy right eye is an occasion of sin to thee, pluck it out and cast it from
thee; for it is better that one of thy members should perish than thy whole
body should be thrown into hell." Matthew 5:29.
Jesus is the child of Adam and Mary...
False, as shown in scripture: Jn 1:1, Jn 1:14, Lk 1:34-35.
Where does Adam come into the picture?
The Church which Jesus Christ founded
in Mt 16:18 ceased to exist until Joseph Smith restored it (1830)...
Mt 16:18, and Mt 28:20 Jesus said His Church will last forever.
The Church is built on the foundation and cornerstone of Jesus Christ,
and no other: 1Cor 3:11, Eph 2:20.
I have yet had anyone show me one scrap of evidence of this so called apostasy.
Certainly, if the Church which Jesus Christ founded apostatized soon after
it was founded, then why are there no written records of this monumental
event? Hundreds of years of writings by Church fathers make no mention
of this 'great apostasy'. However, over this same vast period, the Catholic
Church is mentioned favorably by name hundreds of times, 300 times at least
by St. Augustine alone. Did GOD leave an unfinished Church for over 1700
years until Joseph Smith came along and finally restored it? Does GOD leave
His work undone? Are we to believe Jesus Christ and His promise of the
unbroken continuity and perpetual existence of His Church, or are we to
believe Mormon teaching which has no documents of proof whatsoever?
The word 'jehovah' is a man made name which first appeared
in a writing by a Benedictine monk in 1270. He added vowels to the Hebrew
name of GOD, YHWH, since it was unpronounceable, and invented the word
'jehovah'. The word 'jehovah' appears nowhere in the Hebrew texts of the
Old Testament, but YHWH is in many places. The correct translation of the
name, with vowels, is 'Yahweh'.
The Book of Mormon, in its introduction states, "The
book was written by many ancient prophets...their words written on gold
plates..." It goes on to say that one
of the civilizations written about came from Jerusalem in 600 B.C..
The word 'jehovah' appears in 2 Nephi 22:2, and in Moroni 10:34.
How can a word which did not even exist until 1270, appear in much older
writings? Maybe the Benedictine Monk had a copy of the Book of Mormon in
his time of 1270?
They teach another gospel other than
that of the Bible, their 'Book of Mormon'...
From the introduction of the Book of Mormon:
"The Book of Mormon is a volume of holy scripture
comparable to the Bible... ...and contains, as does the Bible, the fulness
of the everlasting gospel."...
"Concerning this record the Prophet Joseph Smith said: "I told
the brethren that the BOOK OF MORMON WAS THE MOST CORRECT OF ANY BOOK ON
EARTH, AND THE KEYSTONE OF OUR RELIGION, AND A MAN WOULD GET NEARER TO
GOD BY ABIDING BY ITS PRECEPTS, THAN ANY OTHER BOOK." ...a
most blasphemous statement against the Holy Bible.
How can the LDS Church even use the Bible at all
if they teach it is inferior to the Book of Mormon?
By openly admitting it is 'another' gospel, how do Mormons ever reconcile
Mormon statements which plainly contradict Holy Scripture? That teaching
is strictly forbidden in Gal 1:8-9. "...If anyone preach a gospel
to you other than that which we have preached to you, Let
him be ANATHEMA..."
'Anathema', means to be banned or excommunicated. It is emphasized by
St. Paul, as he repeated himself in these two verses. No Mormon has ever
answered truthfully, my question to reconcile the BOM to Gal 1:8-9.
If you are not going to abide by the teaching of the Bible, then why even
use it?
If the Book of Mormon is so perfect, then why are there so many errors
in it, some of which I have shown in this file? In 'A brief explanation
about the Book of Mormon', it says...
"Some minor errors in the text have been perpetuated
in past editions of the Book of Mormon."
How can the 'most correct of any book on earth'
have any errors at all?
Here is another big error, Alma 7:10, "And behold, he shall be born
of Mary, at Jerusalem which
is the land of our forefathers..." It seems the Bible says He was
born in Bethlehem not
Jerusalem,
Mic 5:2, Matt 2:1 and 6, Luke 2:4 and 15. How can 'the most correct of
any book on earth' have such an obvious error as this one in it?
Mormon leaders have made many changes to the BOM, an example of which I
will list. In my 1993 version, 2Nephi 30:6, "...and many generations
shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a pure
and a delightsome people." If you read
the 1973 version of the BOM, this very same verse says, "...And many
generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall be a white
and delightsome people." This change
was obviously made to tone down racial discrimination in the BOM where
in many verses, it says GOD changed the color of skin to dark or black
as a curse upon the people. See 2Nephi 5:20-21.
Genealogy research for the dead is
practiced by the Mormon Church...
This is forbidden in 1Tim 1:4, and Tit 3:9.
Celestial marriage, eternal marriage
sealed by temple rite...
False. Matt 22:23-33, "...You err because you know neither the Scriptures
nor the power of GOD. For at the resurrection they will neither marry nor
be given in marriage, but will be as Angels of GOD in Heaven..."
Salvation depends on acceptance of
Joseph Smith. If you do not accept his teaching, there is no salvation
for you...
This is absolutely false teaching. Acts 4:10-12 says "...For there
is no other name under Heaven given to men by which we must be saved."
Mormon baptisms are invalid.
There are three requirements for a valid baptism.
1. The proper form, "I baptize you in
the name of the Father, and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit." Matt
28:19
2. The proper matter, is the sprinkling, pouring,
or immersion with water.
3. The proper intention. They must believe
in what they do.
Mormons use the proper form and the matter.
However, they do not have the proper intention.
How can they hope to baptize in the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit, if they do not believe in the Holy Trinity?
One final observation. The Mormon
claim of New World civilizations, 'peoples of ancient America', (BOM in
'explanation of the book') is completely without merit. Not one piece of
archaeological evidence has ever been uncovered in order to lend support
to these early civilizations.
Mormonism cannot be supported biblically, historically,
patristically, or archaelogically.
Written by Bob Stanley, 1997
Updated December 9, 1999
Updated January 19, 2000
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