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10. The Book of Mormon does not claim that there was a preexistence where all spirits lived Third President John Taylor said, We know that our spirits existed with the Father before we came here (Teachings of Presidents of the Church: John Taylor, 2001, p. 187). A seminary teacher’s manual...

While some members will claim that Mormon temples are “sacred not secret,” [church historian Richard] Bushman said that “temples are secret, plain and simple,” noting that even members “don’t speak to each other about it.” (“Seek understanding, not converts, Bushman urges Mormons,” Deseret News...

Using this passage, twelfth President Spencer W. Kimball wrote, . . . the time to act is now, in this mortal life. One cannot with impunity delay his compliance with God’s commandments (The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 10, italics in original). A Mormon who holds that work is efficacious for...

Fifteenth President Gordon B. Hinckley wrote, Through living proxies who stand in behalf of the dead, the same ordinances are available to those who have passed from mortality. In the spirit world they then are free to accept or reject those earthly ordinances performed for them, including...

Jacob 3:5: Behold, the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins, are more righteous than you; for they have not forgotten the commandment of the Lord, which was given unto our father— that they should have save it were one...

Yet, except for reciting Matthew 5:32 in 3 Nephi 12:32 and two other places (3 Nephi 22:1, 4 Nephi 11), the concept of marriage is ignored. This seems strange when it is considered how vital marriage is to Mormons today. If God thought marriage was so important, surely he would have wanted the...

Yet the Book of Mormon teaches: 3 Nephi 24:6: For I am the Lord, I change not; therefore ye sons of Jacob are not consumed. (Same as Malachi 3:6) Mormon 9:9, 19: For do we not read that God is the same yesterday, today, and forever, and in him there is no variableness neither shadow of...

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00CD7P4CC/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&camp=1789&creative=390957&creativeASIN=B00CD7P4CC&linkCode=as2&tag=mormonmomma-20&linkId=SOXJWXK2ANGWA5RR The Book of Mormon teaches that there is only one God BYU Professor Charles Harrell explains: One of the most distinctive...

1823 Joseph’s mother, sister and two brothers joined the Presbyterian Church, and later Joseph himself sought membership in the Methodist Church, where his wife was a member. Records show that Joseph was expelled in 1828, because of his belief in magic and also because of his “money-digging...

https://www.ldsdiscussions.com/changes-to-revelations https://www.str.org/w/the-changing-views-of-mormons good changes 100 Changes in the Church in the Last 100 Years Changing the Revelations, The Case Against Mormonism Chapter 6 This Is My Doctrine: The Development of Mormon Theology Hardcover...

https://www.johndehlin.com/the-bewildering-and-awesome-erosion-of-core-mormon-doctrine/ “God is not man, that he should lie, or a son of man, that he should change his mind. Has he said, and will he not do it? Or has he spoken, and will he not fulfill it? (Numbers 23:19)

humor You're not going to believe what I'm about to tell you (classroom-friendly version) - The Oatmeal "Because God has eternal divine attributes, it may be tempting to view each of His revelations as eternally binding and each of His commandments as an unalterable decree. While such a view...

https://wheatandtares.org/2013/03/04/historical-changes-in-the-lds-scriptures/ https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/bc/content/shared/content/english/pdf/scriptures/scripture-comparison_eng.pdf https://www.ldsdiscussions.com/race

Also conspicuous was the removal of the line from 1981,

https://www.npr.org/2013/03/17/174559275/mormons-change-references-to-blacks-polygamy https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=55930173&itype=CMSID “Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light; and in...

What JS did in the above post sends himself and anyone who uses his books to the Hot place. Matthew 25:46

Did Joseph Smith add to the Bible? Yes, seventeen extra verses were added to Genesis chapter 15. A total of 2,427 verses were added or changed by Joseph Smith. 2E. Did Joseph Smith change the Bible to fit his own doctrine? Yes, Joseph wrote himself into Genesis 50. He changed the meaning of...

https://www.bible.ca/mor-1830-changes.htm John S. Dinger’s Significant Textual Changes in the Book of Mormon...