Reason #136: Current LDS leaders teach God was once a man, man can become a god
Quotes from Current LDS Manuals on Nature of God Christians have long opposed the LDS teaching about the nature of God and man. The Bible consistently affirms that there is only one God, who has always existed as God. Yet Joseph Smith instituted the doctrine that God progressed from a mortal state to the position of a god. For further references to these teachings, see: http://www.utlm.org/onlineresources/ldsviewcontradictsbible.htm The following quotes from official LDS teaching manuals demonstrate that the LDS Church is still teaching that God was once a mortal on another earth, he and his wife progressed to godhood, and that mortals on this earth are their literal spirit children, with the same ability to progress to godhood. Even though the LDS Church has...
Latter-day Cipher AND Mormon Mirage Giveaways
Easy way to get a free copy of my controversial novel about Mormonism: Go to Moody Fiction’s new blog, and make a comment. (You may need to refresh the page to make sure you’re commenting on my book.) They’re giving away ten copies tomorrow, Saturday, January 9. UPDATE: Zondervan is giving away 10 copies of The Mormon Mirage tomorrow too at the Moody Fiction blog! Go sign up!
Reason #120: Rest in Peace, Oral Roberts? Maybe not…
A researcher has uncovered the LDS proxy baptism and other proxy records of televangelist Oral Roberts. Old news, you might say. Mormons “dead dunk” famous deceased people all the time. The problem? Oral Roberts passed away this week, December 15, 2009. He was baptized by proxy and confirmed a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints May 19-20, 2009, received his temple endowments on August 29, 2009, and was sealed to his (earthly) parents on October 13, 2009; all in the Mesa, Arizona LDS Temple, according to this researcher’s web site. The problem? A church which insists on only its own ordinances for salvation AND which depends on direct revelation from God, should not have these kinds of problems…… For more...
Reason #115: Those Moonmen just won’t go away
Eyewitnesses say that Joseph Smith and other LDS leaders not only described inhabitants on the moon, but also prophesied that 18th and 19th century Mormons would do missionary work there. Here are some sources for that information: (courtesy of Steve Benson) 1. Will Schmidt, “Joseph Smith, Brigham Young and Extraterrestrial Quakers!,” in “The Watchman Expositor,” vol. 6, no. 9, 1989 2. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, “The Changing World of Mormonism,” Chapter 1, “A Marvelous Work?” (Chicago, Illinois: Moody Press, 1981), pp. 23-25 3. James B. Allen, “But Dick Tracy Landed On The Moon,” in “Sunstone,” vol. 7, no. 5, issue #35, September/October 1982, pp. 19-20 4. Van Hale, “Mormons and...
Reason#114: “It’s the Economy, Stupid”
On a regular basis I read message boards where ex-Mormons and wavering Mormons express concerns about the LDS Church. Many want to discuss doctrinal changes. Others report on practices of local LDS leaders that they consider to be unfair or even predatory. But one very active trending topic I am seeing — from exMos, neverMos and even some practicing Mormons — is great concern over the LDS Church’s multi-BILLION-dollar shopping mall in downtown Salt Lake City. Why would a mall become a spiritual issue? In an economy where foreclosures and bankruptcies are commonplace, in a church where members are given a “calling” to become church janitors working without pay, the investment of this kind of money causes alarm. LDS Inc. would say...
