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Books JS donated to his local library: https://ensignpeakfoundation.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/The-Complete-Record-of-the-Nauvoo-Library-and-Literary-Institute.pdf https://byustudies.byu.edu/article/a-note-on-the-nauvoo-library-and-literary-society/ https://www.jstor.org/stable/43040977...

- John Withrop Jr spread Hermetic, Rosicruican Mysteries, Parceisus Concepts. New England Poets. - Folk Occult Magic, diving rods, magic circles to overpower guardian spirits assigned to treasures and Moroni was one related to the plates. - Books avilible to Mormons includding those working...

Emmanuel Swedenborg taught marriage for eternity. John Finney Jr taught Spiritual wifery relates to LDS polygamy. JS family was deep into the occult and false teachings of the day. Esoteric Free Masonry influnced LDS temple rituals. Radical Reformation along with German Quakers or Puritans...

Other info on the Culture and influnces on Joseph smith: The Corpus Hermeticum is a collection of treatises of a philosophical, religious, theological as well as theosophical nature. The collection played an important role in the development of the philosophy of alchemy and hermetism, and...

Bottomline, all the so-called LDS prophets including Joseph Smith were not Christians because of their hate towards African Americans. The so-called present leaders of LDS Church simply gave into public pressure. 1 John 2:8-12 Easy-to-Read Version 8 But what I write is also a new command...

“We cannot escape the conclusion that because of performance in the pre-existence some of us are born as Chinese, some as Japanese, some as Indians, some as Negroes, some as Americans, some as Latter-day Saints. These are rewards and punishments, fully in harmony with His established policy in...

“When the curse of the Almighty comes upon a people, it certainly is the work of generations to remove it. When Cain brought a curse upon his own head, and that of his household, his after generations bore the same curse. The curse that came upon Canaan, the son of Ham, has extended to a great...

“To impress the grave consequences and the seriousness of intermarriage as between those of different races and particularly with reference to intermarriage with the seed of Cain, President Brigham Young made this remark in an address before the legislature: ‘… that mark shall remain upon the...

“In the spirit of sympathy, mercy and faith, we will also hope that blessings may eventually be given to our negro brethren, for they are our brethren-children of God-notwithstanding their black covering emblematical of eternal darkness” (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Way to Perfection, p. 102)...

Note: in recent history LDS decided due to public pressure to allow African Americans into their priesthood.

9th President David O. McKay 10th President Joseph Fielding Smith

“In ancient days old Israel was the chosen people in whom the Lord delighted, and whom he blessed and did so much for. Yet they transgressed every law that he gave them, changed every ordinance that he delivered to them, broke every covenant made with the fathers, and turned away entirely from...

As you know Cassandra, Mother god does not exist. In LDS teachings it is beleived that there was a war during pre-existence. Those who sinned were born on earth as Black people, like in the westerans(wore white hats), the good people were white. “And Enoch also beheld the residue of the...

Very interresting all. What are the basic tenants of Univerisalists?

The word in question is Hebrew, not Greek. Brown-Driver-Briggs נְשָׁמָה noun feminine breath; — ׳נ Deuteronomy 20:16 9t.; construct נִשְׁמַת (compare LagBN 82) Genesis 2:7 10t.; suffix נִשְׁמָתִי Job 27:3; נִשְׁמָתוֺ Job 34:14; plural נְשָׁמוֺת Isaiah 57:16; — 1 breath of God as hot wind...

exploring friend: What the Bible says about Breath of Life (From Forerunner Commentary) Revelation 6:9 The word "souls" (psuchás, plural of psuché) also requires explanation, as the Greek word is far too complex in meaning to define facilely as a person's immortal essence, as most Catholics...

psot the full chapter

The word in Hebrew means life breath, not a person's spirit. Genesis 2:7 King James Version 7 And the Lord God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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That's ok both are worth reading friend