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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    John 1 Easy-to-Read Version Christ Comes to the World 1 Before the world began, the Word[a] was there. The Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was there with God in the beginning. 3 Everything was made through him, and nothing was made without him. 4 In him there was life, and that...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    The Christ of LDS is not the real Jesus. The real Son of God did not have a begining as a spirit child born of father and moma gods -- that were exhaulted humans. He was with God in the beginning. Through him all things were made; without him nothing was made that has been made. In him was...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    No it is a nightmare. My Father was murdered in 1993 going after his 18th wife. I am the oldest male and became the new prophet of the Sextons(were nudists too). I made up one prophecy stating no prophets after me. I told everyone about the true Gospel -- Romans Road --- not to marry...
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    Does this apply to your personal Church?

    time is short google historical development of the first vision account google an introduction to the first vision
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    https://www.icsahome.com/ https://raggeduniversity.co.uk/2022/06/28/cult-behaviours-dependence-on-a-leader-reviewing-prof-arthur-j-deikmans-work/ https://wwrn.org/articles/14669/ https://hrwf.eu/belgium-some-reflections-about-the-recommendation-of-the-federal-cult-observatory-on-cult-victims-ii/
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    https://freedomofmind.com/cult-mind-control/bite-model/
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    EMOTIONAL CONTROL Manipulate and narrow the range of feelings – some emotions and/or needs are deemed as evil, wrong or selfish Teach emotion-stopping techniques to block feelings of homesickness, anger, doubt Make the person feel that problems are always their own fault, never the leader’s or...
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    THOUGHT CONTROL Require members to internalize the group’s doctrine as truth a. Adopting the group’s ‘map of reality’ as reality b. Instill black and white thinking c. Decide between good vs. evil d. Organize people into us vs. them (insiders vs. outsiders) Change person’s name and identity Use...
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    BEHAVIOR CONTROL Regulate individual’s physical reality Dictate where, how, and with whom the member lives and associates or isolates When, how and with whom the member has sex Control types of clothing and hairstyles Regulate diet – food and drink, hunger and/or fasting Manipulation and...
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    INFORMATION CONTROL Deception: a. Deliberately withhold information b. Distort information to make it more acceptable c. Systematically lie to the cult member Minimize or discourage access to non-cult sources of information, including: a. Internet, TV, radio, books, articles, newspapers...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/03-LucindaMorganHarris.htm http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/05-ZinaHuntingtonJacobs.htm http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/06-PresendiaHuntingtonBuell.htm http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/08-SylviaSessionsLyon.htm...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    Remembering the Wives of Joseph Smith BIOGRAPHIES PDF version (printable, saveable) Wife Date Age Husband* Emma Hale Fanny Alger Lucinda Morgan Harris Louisa Beaman Zina Huntington Jacobs Presendia Huntington Buell Agnes Coolbrith Sylvia Sessions Lyon Mary Rollins Lightner Patty...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    sources: JS and Kabbalah dialogue 27 no 3 Fall John L. Brooke The Refiners Fire Wesley P. Walters Human Origins -- JS joined Methodist Church
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    doctrine and covenants 42:79 And it shall come to pass, that if any persons among you shall akill they shall be delivered up and dealt with according to the laws of the land; for remember that he hath no forgiveness; and it shall be proved according to the laws of the land. See Mormon Doctrine...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    Something positive about LDS missionaries who are not really Elders: https://www.lds4u.com/Missionaries/rules.htm https://lifeafter.org/167-missionary-rules/ https://www.lds4u.com/Missionaries/missionaries.htm...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    -- J.S. studied with Alexander Neibauer who had a large library on Jewish Mysticism Deuteronomy 18:9-14 Easy-to-Read Version Israel Must Not Live Like Other Nations 9 “When you come into the land that the Lord your God is giving you, don’t learn to do the terrible things the people of the other...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    -- Amulets & words to work magic. --- Charm around nick to heal. --- Some of his family were Masons. --- B.H. Roberts JS family fortune telling, warlocks, withches. --- Fayette Lapham confirms JS dad used seer stone, peepstones in hat to locate burried treasure, money digging. --- An...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    Martin Harris, having written some one hundred and sixteen pages for Joseph, asked permission of my son to carry the manuscript home with him, in order to let his wife read it... Joseph... inquired of the Lord to know if he might do as Martin Harris had requested, but was refused.... Joseph...
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    https://journal.interpreterfoundation.org/joseph-smiths-education-and-intellect-as-described-in-documentary-sources/
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    Proselyting Techniques of Mormon Missionaries

    Joseph Smith’s Formal Education Joseph Smith grew up in a family that valued education. Both his father, Joseph Smith Sr., and grandmother, Lydia Mack, had taught school. Their academic involvement demonstrated their devotion to learning, probably making education a priority in their homes...