HOW THE BOOK OF MORMON CAME TO BE THANKS TO MORONI OR SIDNEY RIGDON
THE BOOK OF MORMON WAS WRITTEN ON PLATES FROM PLATES!
THE "LAMANITE" AMERICAN INDIANS WERE JEWISH AND ARRIVED IN 600 B.C.!
19TH CENTURY MORMONS BELIEVED THE B.O.M. WAS NORTH AMERICAN HISTORY!
20TH CENTURY MORMONS BELIEVED THE B.O.M. WAS NORTH AND SOUTH AMERICAN HISTORY!
21ST CENTURY MORMONS BELIEVE THAT THE B.O.M. MAY BE JUST GOOD LITERATURE!
21ST CENTURY MORMONS BELIEVE THAT THE B.O.M. MAY NOT BE COMPLETE AMERICAN HISTORY!
THE B.O.M. DOES NOT MENTION THE PRACTICE OF HUMAN SACRIFICE AMONG AMERICAN INDIANS!
WRONG WAY SAILING BY THE JAREDITES, MULEK, AND LEHI?
ARCHAEOLOGY REFUTES THE BOOK OF MORMON
1 Timothy 1:3-4 As I urged you when I went into Macedonia; remain in Ephesus that you may charge some that they teach no other doctrine, nor give heed to fables and endless genealogies, which cause disputes rather than godly edification which is in faith.
MORMON PROPHET DEFENDS THE BOOK OF MORMON FICTION
MORMONS USE ACTUAL BIBLICAL HISTORY TO VALIDATE BOOK OF MORMON FICTION
Published Monday, June 30, 2008
Albert Lea Tribune
The raid at the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints polygamist compound in Texas has drawn national attention in recent weeks. In fact there are several similar Mormon fundamentalist sects scattered throughout the western U.S. The reason for these polygamist splinter groups today is due to followers of the Mormon prophet, Joseph Smith, taking his revelation seriously: live polygamy or be damned.
When Smith introduced his doctrine of eternal marriage, it was directly tied to plural marriage. Verse 1 of the Mormon scriptures, Doctrine and Convenants (i.e.: D&C), Section 132, reads that the revelation was in answer to his inquiry regarding some Old Testament Bible characters having “many wives and concubines.” Verse 4 goes on to state, “I will reveal unto you a new and an everlasting covenant and if ye abide not in that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory.” One can see the pressure the fundamentalists are under here. The importance of polygamy to early Mormon leaders is also seen in the extensive number of marriages they undertook. Joseph Smith had at least 34 wives, Brigham Young over 50.
Quite revealing, however, is the fact that Mormonism’s own Book of Mormon denounces plural wives as “abominable” in Jacob 2:23-24. In every edition of the D&C from 1835 to 1876, Section 101:4 denounced polygamy also. At this time Section 132 condoning it was inserted. Since there was an obvious conflict, the “anti-polygamy” section was quietly removed.
In 1890, Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints President Wilford Woodruff issued the manifesto that ended the official LDS practice of polygamy. The LDS church, however, hasn’t abandoned the doctrine of polygamy as a righteous principle, only its current earthly practice. Because Section 132 has not been expunged and continues to be published as doctrine, many will continue to submit to it. The recent intervention in Texas only continues the legacy in this maze of confusion.
B. Kent Larson
Stewartville