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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