Reason #158: The whole becoming a god(ess) thing

This is an excerpt from my book, The Mormon Mirage 3rd Edition:  A Former Member Looks at the Mormon Church Today(Zondervan, 2009). Also available as an audiobook and as an expanded-text E-book for Nook, Kindle and other reading devices. Becoming a God Once...

Reason #157: Rampant, Mystical Polytheism of Mormonism

A recent post by a BYU site shows that Mormonism cannot possibly be classed as monotheistic. Here it is below, in question and answer form: Q:  How can God be all-knowing and still progress eternally? A:  An article by James R. Harris explains that some students have...

Reason #156: The Book of Mormon Restored What?

Does the Book of Mormon itself restore—or even mention—doctrines missing from the Bible? No, in fact, the theology of the Book of Mormon isn’t Mormon – at least, not twenty-first century Mormonism. Latter-day Saints quote Doctrine and Covenants 20:9,...

Reason #155: More detail on the Kinderhook Plates

A commenter on a previous post asked for direct evidence that Joseph Smith ever claimed to have translated the infamous Kinderhook Plates.  Below is a detailed discussion about that subject, from Utah Lighthouse Ministry. In his attack on our...