A. Contradicts Doctrine and Covenants.
1. "Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which
thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord," Jacob 2:24. In contrast to this, we
read in Doc. & Cov. 132:1 that David and Solomon were justified because of polygamy!
Which reference is wrong?
B. Refutes Mormon Doctrine.
1. The Father, Son and Holy Ghost are ONE God, not three (Alma 11:44b;
Mormon 7:7; 2 Nephi 31:21b and the last sentence in Testimony of Three Witnesses).
2. God is unchanging, not changing (Moroni 7:22; 8:18; Mormon 9:9,19; 3
Nephi 24:6).
3. God is NOT flesh and bones, but instead a spirit (Alma 31:15; 22:9-11;
18:24-28). Remember, Jesus said a spirit does NOT have flesh and bones (Lk. 24:39).
C. Condemns Joseph Smith for polygamy.
1. See Jacob 1:15; 2:23,24,27,31; 3:5; Mosiah 11:2-4; Ether 10:5,7.
D. Contains a false prophecy.
1. "And thus prophesied Joseph, saying: Behold, that seer will the Lord
bless; and they that seek to destroy him shall be confounded..." (2 Nephi 3:14).
COMMENT: Smith's enemies were not confounded but successful when they
desired to destroy him on June 27, 1844 in Carthage, Illinois!
E. Refute by Anthropology.
1. The Smithsonian Institution's Dept. Of Anthropology declares the
Americas did NOT have steel or horses BEFORE 1492! The Book of Mormon (600 B.C.
to 421 A.D.) claims each.
2. Gordon H. Fraser, anthropologist and ethnologist, agrees with the
Smithsonian Institution and adds that copper (Mosiah 8:10) was unknown at that early
date as referred to in the B.O.M.!
F. Allegedly contains the fullness of the everlasting Gospel (Doc. & Cov.
27:5), but doesn't mention the following:
1. God the Mother, men can become gods, God is an exalted man, marriage
for eternity, baptism for the dead, etc.
COMMENT: According to Doc. & Cov. 128:17, baptism for the dead is the "most
glorious of all subjects belonging to the everlasting gospel." However, it's not even
mentioned!
G. Wrongly labeled the "most correct book" (History of the Church, Vol. 4, p.
461).
1. Had 3,913 changes from the original 1830 edition!
H. Claims itself to be UNtrustworthy.
1. May have errored (1 Nephi 19:6), wrote from memory (Ether 5:1), wrote to
the best of THEIR knowledge (Jacob 7:26; Mormon 9:32), wrote as a result of HUMAN
command (Mormon 8:1; Jacob 1:2), wrote what they considered precious (Jacob 1:2)
and implies imperfection in their record (Mormon 9:32,33).
COMMENT: Unlike the B.O.M., the Bible claims itself to be the inspired Word of
God. See 2 Tim. 3:16,17; 2 Pet. 1:21.
I. Three witnesses for the Book of Mormon.
1. Martin Harris
2. Oliver Cowdery
3. David Whitmer
4. All three apostatized (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, pp. 114,115).
Friend, to become a Christian, go directly to God in sincere prayer asking for mercy
because of your sins (Lk. 18:13). Know that Christ bought our salvation with His own
blood (Isa. 53:6; Col. 1:14; Eph. 2:13). Place all 100% of your TRUST in Jesus for your
salvation (Acts 16:30,31; Jn. 6:47; etc.) as you submit to Him (Lk. 9:23-26). Baptism,
good works and church membership play no role in our salvation (Eph. 2:8,9; Titus 3:5;
Rom. 11:6). "We have come to share in Christ if we hold firmly till the end the
confidence we had at first" (Heb. 3:14). Study your Bible and only the Bible to learn
about salvation.
Please pass this article on to a Mormon friend.
I am a victim of Mormonism as, I guess, many are. My husband took out our
retirement savings to pay his so-called "tithing". I no longer have a
companion. He censures movies, books, food, etc. He yelled at me because I
put one of his "magic underwear" components on the floor. I'm left alone
many times, especially on Sunday. When he first became a Mormon, he was not
told about temple worship, magic underwear, the perverted doctrine that is
normally withheld from investigators. I wonder if this deception or "bait
and switch" technique of merchandising people's souls can be stopped. I
know the Mormon church is big and rich from poor people's money who are
scared they won't be admitted to the celestial kingdom, but maybe if enough
people are appalled and scarred from Mormonism, a class action suit can be
entered against this terrible pseudo-Christian religion.
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a. Steel (1 Nephi 4:9).
b. Horses (Alma 18:9).
a. The 1830 edition calls Smith the "author and proprietor."
a. Claimed he visited the moon (The Story of the Mormons,
New York, 1902, p. 35).
b. Called "wicked" (Doc. & Cov. 3:12,13 and 10:6,7).
a. Was a thief (Letter quoted in Senate Document 189, Feb.
15, 1841, pp. 6-9).
b. Attempted counterfeiter (A History of the Latter-day Saints in
Northern Missouri From 1836 to 1839, p. 146).
a. Said in the Spring of 1838 the heads of the church and
many of the members had gone deep into ERROR and BLINDNESS (An
Address to all Believers in Christ, by David Whitmer, 1887, pp. 27,28).
b. Was likened unto a "dumb ass" by Joseph Smith (History of
the Church, Vol. 3, p. 228).
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