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THE MORMONQUEST FOR
GODHOOD
BY ED DECKER
EdsFinal BookonMormonism
After50yearsofdailyinvolvementwithMormonism,asa
memberandanExMormonresearcher,Ihaveconcluded
thatthereisonlysomuchonecanwriteaboutthesubject.
Thisbookisthesummationofallthatresearch,studyand
personalobservation.Someportionsofthisbookcome
fromearlierwritingsthathavebeenupdatedandrevised.
Copyright2007byEdDecker
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TheMormonQuestFor Godhood
byEdDecker
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ISBN9781604773781
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TABLE OFCONTENTS
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INTRODUCTION
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andlookingattherootheresies
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Thereisnothingnewunderthesun.Theastonishing
parallels ofMormonismandIslam.
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FUNDAMENTALLY MORMONS
WhytheMormonFundamentalistsare livingout
thereal LDSDoctrines
Joseph Smith, the selfproclaimed prophet of
Godand founder of the Mormon Church, used the
doctrine of divine revelation to legitimize his
polygamousmarriages to many wives at the same
time.Hespiritualized the immoralityofhis plural
marriages and declared it to be a New and
everlasting Covenant; and if ye abide not that
covenantthenare yedamned;fornoonecan reject
this covenant and be permitted to enter into my
glory.
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INTRODUCTION
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Setting the stage: The LDSstruggle and need to
earn godhood.
Ed Decker Discussesthe ImportanceofThis
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EternalProgressionwillcontinuethoughthenextcycleof
thiseternalsystemofgodmaking.
Those less righteous Mormons and those outside the
churchwhowereobedienttotheirfaithorlawwillbesent
to the Terrestrial Kingdom; and the most evil humans,
murderers,liars,sorcerers,adulterers,antiMormonsandso
onwillspendtheireternityintheTelestialKingdom.
What I have just shared is just the tip ofa dark and
dangerous iceberg, filled with death for its unsuspecting
victims.Proverbs14:12says,There isa waythat seemeth
right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of
death.(KJV)Werethescripturesevermoredirectinsuch
amatter?
TheMormonpeoplearelikethoseofwhomPaulspoke
inRomans 10: Brethren, myhearts desire and prayer to
God...is that theymightbe saved. For I bear themrecord
that theyhavea zealforGod,butnotaccording toknowl
edge.For they,beingignorant ofGodsrighteousness, and
going about to establish their ownrighteousness, have not
submittedthemselvesuntotherighteousnessofGod.
There is a real zeal to serve God manifest in the lives
andactionsoftheMormonpeople.Itismyprayerthatthe
infor mation I have gathered over the last fifty years
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presentedhereinwillgiveyoutheopportunitytosharethat
true joy of Christs righteousness and love with your
Mormonfriendsandlovedones!Letthemknowthatthere
isonlyoneGod,andthejobistaken;andHewasnotone
bornofmanonsomeotherplanetinsomeoutergalaxy.
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There is one and only one savior, and He took all the
lawsandordinancesthatwereagainstusandmovedthem
outoftheway,nailingthemtoHisCross.(Colossians2:13
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The LDSdoctrineofwhere wecame from, where weare
goingand what wemust dotogetthere.
obscurepasttomakeyourpoints?Thequestionmightalso
be,Arentyoufloggingadeadhorse?Theaverage
Mormonfamilywouldntknowanythingaboutthatstuff!
NomatterhowmanytimestheLDSchurchusesthename
ofChrist;theyare,withoutashadowofadoubt,completely
outsideChristianity.
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theLawofEternalProgression:
Asman is,God oncewas; asGodis,man may
become.
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ratelydescribesthisLDSlaw.Itwasfirstusedinthefilm,
TheGodMakers.
Today,youcangotothevideowebsite,YouTube.com
andtypethewordMormon inthesearchbox,andyouwill
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findCartoonbannedbytheMormonchurchlistedasthe
numberone video on the subject of Mormonism. In fact,
on the day thatI wrote this,I clicked through the videos
posted on YouTube regarding this animation, found eight
postings of it withalmost a halfmillionviewings. The
many comments of unbelief tell the tale. The animation
saysthat:
Mormonismteachesthattrillionsofplanetsscat
tered throughout thecosmosare ruled bycountless
godswhooncewerehumanlikeus.
Theysay that longago,ononeof these planets,
to an unidentified god and one of his goddess
wives, a spirit child named Elohim was conceived.
This spirit child was later born to human parents
whogavehimaphysicalbody.
Through obedience to Mormon teaching, death
andresurrection, heprovedhimselfworthyandwas
elevatedtogodhoodashisfathergodbeforehim.
Mormonsbelievethat Elohimis their Heavenly
Fatherand that he liveswithhis manywiveson a
planetnear amysteriousstar calledKolob.Herethe
god of Mormonismand his wives,through endless
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butbecamefutileintheirthoughts,andtheirfoolish
heartsweredarkened.
Professing to be wise, they became fools, and
changed the glory ofthe incorruptible God into an
image made like corruptible manandbirds and
fourfootedanimals and creeping things. Therefore
God also gave themup to uncleanness, in the lusts
oftheirhearts,todishonortheirbodiesamongthem
selves,whoexchanged the truth ofGod for the lie,
and worshiped and served the creature ratherthan
theCreator, whoisblessedforever.Amen.
Here Are SomeofThoseLDSProof Texts
Bruce R. McConkie: That exaltation which the saints
ofallageshavesodevoutlysoughtisgodhooditself.1
JosephSmith: Youhave gottolearn howtobegods
yourselves...thesameasallgodshavedonebeforeyou.My
FatherworkedoutHisKingdomwithfearandtrembling,
andImustdothesame;andwhenIgetmykingdom,Ishall
present it to my Father, so that He may obtain Kingdom
uponKingdom, and it will exalt Him in glory. He will
then takeahigherexaltation,andIwilltakeHisplace,and
therebybecomeexaltedmyself.2
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IfGodbecameGodbyobediencetoallofthegospellaw
withthecrowningpointbeingthecelestiallawofmarriage,
thenthatstheonlywayIcanbecomeagod.[answer]Right!
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untothembytheHolySpiritofpromise,byhimwho
isanointed,untowhomIhaveappointed thispower
and thekeysofthispriesthood; anditshall besaid
unto themYe shall come forth in the first
resurrection; and ifitbeafter the first resurrection,
inthenextresurrection;
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thosewhoreceiveandabideinmylaw.12
Celestial marriageisthenewandeverlastingcovenant
ofmarriage.13
The fact that Mormonism teaches that we come from
heavenlyparentswhosexuallybirthedusasspiritbeingsin
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thepreexistenceisevidencedbytheLatterdaySainthymn
OMyFather,(#292).Thishymnclearlyspeaksofaheav
enlymother:
Intheheavensare parentssingle?
No,thethoughtmakesreasonstare.
Truthisreason: trutheternal
tellsmeIveamotherthere.
Inactuality,thereareuncountednumbersofElohims
celestialwives,motherstothebillionsofspiritswhohave
cometoearthtogainbodies.SomefeministMormonshave
adopted the practice of praying to the Heavenly Mother.
However,LDSChurchPresidentGordonB.Hinckleyhas
opposedthispractice,sayingthatMormonsshouldnotpray
to the Heavenly Mother. A feminist professor was fired
from Brigham Young University for teaching prayer to
HeavenlyMotherinherclass.14
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Howand whythe Mormon Churchkeeps changing as
itseekstobeincluded inthe ChristianOrthodoxyit
privately mocksand rejects.
lotcanhappeninahundredyears.Atthebeginningof
the20th century,thepossibilityofhavingaMormon
SpanishInquisition.
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ReedSmootsstoryisimportanttoourunderstandingof
thechangingfaceofMormonism.Itwasfromthatincident
thattheLDSchurchcaughtaglimpseofthefuturestruggle
it
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aftertheManifestoof1890thatwasnotarevelationfrom
their living prophet, but a politically expedient declara
tion, were they marginally accepted into the brotherhood
ofStates.
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Thencamethemassive,unexpectedblowupoverReed
Smoot. I can only imagine that first closeddoor meeting
withthe Council of the Twelve Apostles on the return to
Utah ofProphetJoseph F.Smithafterhehadjustbeen
raked over the coals on the witness stand regarding the
strangequirksofhisfaith.Itismypersonalopinionthata
policy of some sort was made at that time to accede to
public pressure from time to time on serious doctrinal
issues, which, if greatly publi cized, could affect their
assimilationintonormalAmericansociety.
From that time until World War II, Utah and
Mormonismquietlysatonthebackburner,avoidingmost
controversy. Meanwhile, one other major change was
secretly takingplacebehindthecloseddoorsoftheLDS
Temple.
AnOath ofVengeance
During the LDSTemple ritual, certain oaths and cove
nantsaremadebeforeGodthataresaidtobebothsolemn
andeternal.All participants are required to verbally take
everyoath.Onesuchoath,whichwaspartoftheritualuntil
it was removed in early 1927, 3 was called The Oath of
Vengeance.ItwasactuallyswornagainsttheUnitedStates
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from
the
announcement.
Whilethisoathwasremoved,andMormonismmoved
furtherintogeneralacceptance,theoathitselfwasaneter
nallybindingone,givenintheholiestofplaces,underthe
poweroftheireternalMelchizedekpriesthood.Underthose
eternal circumstances, the vow once taken could not be
undone. MittRomneyis amongthoseof thethird and
fourthgenerationsforwhom thiscurse isstillvalid.
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saintshavefurtheredrighteouspurposes,similarswearing
bythewickedhasledtogreatevil.5
Whatisthisifitisntevil?IntheBible,Jesusstates:
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37)
Thatshouldbeplainenough,yetintheiroathtaking,
theseunrighteousMormonleadershavedeniedthestrong
admonition of Jesus Christ Himself and reverted back to
exactlythatwhichHehastoldusnottodo!
TheBiblicalgospelhasadifferentwayofdealingwith
enemies.Christsaid:
I say unto you,whichhear, Loveyour enemies,do
goodtothemwhichhate you.Blessthemthat curse
you and pray for themwhichdespitefullyuse you.
(Luke6:2728)
Paulinstructedthechurchtoblessthemwhichperse
cuteyou:blessandcursenot(Romans12:14).
Ihavenopersonalvendettaagainstagroupofelderly
men who swore ungodly oaths in their youth, but it is
importanttopointoutthattheLDSchurchhasbeeninthe
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markofCain,andhadbeenbornthroughhislineageasa
punishment for their failures in the preexistent life we
livedontheplanetnearthestar,Kolob.
AccordingtoMormonscripture,whenCainrebelledand
rose up to slay his brother, God cast him away from His
face
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Youseesomeclassesofthehumanfamilythat
areblack,uncouth,uncomely,disagreeableandlow
in their habits, wild, and seemingly without the
bless ings of the intelligence that is generally
bestowed upon mankind.... Cain slew his
brother....andtheLordputamarkonhim,whichis
theflatnoseandblackskin.8
ShallItellyouthelawof Godinregardtothe
Africanrace?Ifthewhitemanwhobelongstothe
chosenseedmixeshisbloodwiththeseedofCain,
thepenalty,underthelawofGod,isdeathonthe
spot.Thiswillalwaysbeso.9
John Taylor, thirdprophetoftheMormonChurch,
explainedhowandwhytheBlackssurvivedtheflood:
...after the floodwe are told that the curse that had
beenpronounceduponCainwascontinuedthrough
Hamswife,ashehadmarriedawifeofthatseed.
And why did it pass through the flood?Because it
wasnecessarythatthedevilshouldhavearepresen
tationupontheearthaswellasGod....10
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Church,putitinfullperspectiveforuswhenhewrote:
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NotonlywasCaincalledupontosuffer,butbecause
of his wickedness, he became the father of an
inferiorrace.Acursewasplaceduponhimandthat
curse has been continued through his lineage and
must do so while time endures. Millions of souls
havecome intothisworldcursedwithablackskin
andhavebeendenied the privilege of priesthood
and the fulnessoftheblessingsofthegospel.These
are the descendantsofCain.Moreover,theyhave
been made to feel their inferiority and have been
separated from the rest of mankind from the
beginning.... We willalso hope that blessings may
eventually be givenour Negro Brethren, for they
are our Brethrenchil dren of Godnot
withstanding their black covering emblematical of
eternaldarkness.11
President Joseph Fielding Smith was a little kinder
when speaking about this doctrine publicly. He told one
nationalmagazinereporter:
Iwouldnotwantyoutobelievethatwebearany
animositytowardtheNegro.Darkiesarewonderful
peopleandtheyhavetheirplaceinourchurch.12
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preexistence, andthoughhewasaliar fromthebeginning
whosenamewasPerdition,Cainmanagedtoattainthepriv
ilege of mortal birth.... As a result of his rebellion, Cain
wascursed withadark skin; hebecame the fatherofthe
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negroes, andthosespiritswhoarenotworthytoreceivethe
priesthoodarebornthroughhislineage.Hebecamethefirst
mortaltobecursed asasonofperdition.15
Through Ham (a name meaning black) the blood of
theCanaaniteswaspreservedthroughtheflood,hehaving
marriedEgyptus,adescendantofCain....Negroesarethus
descendantsofHam,whohimselfalsowascursedappar
entlyformarryingintotheforbiddenlineage16
...in a broad general sense, caste systems have their
rootand origin inthe gospelitself,andwhentheyoperate
accordingtothedivinedecree,theresultantrestrictionsand
segregation arerightandproperand have the approvalof
the Lord.Toillustrate:Cain, Ham, and the whole negro
race havebeencursedwithablackskin,themark ofCain,
so they can be identified as a caste apart, a people with
whom the other descendants of Adam should not
intermarry17
Revelation orPublic Relations:PuttingaSpin onthe
BlackCurse
Mormons had been always taught that Negroes were
doomedtothecurseuntilafterthereturnofChristforHis
millennial,thousandyearreign.Itwasallpartofthatbattle
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intheirsocalledpreexistentworldwhenthatgreatCouncil
ofGodschoseJesusplanfortheearthinsteadofLucifers.
One third of their spirit brothers and sisters chose to fight
the decision and therefore, in this second estate, here on
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suggestions,
Prophet
Spencer
W.
Kimball
convenientlyreceivedadivinerevelationandonceagain
aclumsyMormonpolicywasrescinded.18
ThischangeofheartoveradmittingBlackstothe
Mormonpriesthoodbroughtthedesiredresponse.Timeand
Newsweekmagazines stopped their presses to include the
revelationandthePresidentoftheUnitedStates,Jimmy
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Itwasthe firsttimeinthehistoryoftheMormonfaith
that an organized movement of former Mormons, people
who knew the innermost secrets of the Church, had begun
to grow. These crusaders knew the Churchs weaknesses
and dared to challenge the LDS Church publicly on its
many areas of unorthodox, antiChristian doctrine.
During thenext decade the Mormon Church would make
morechangesofgreaterscopethaninallitspreceding150
years. I am strongly convinced that because of the LDS
ChurchsdesiretoslipinquietlyamongmainlineChristian
groups, it could not publicly defend itself against the
severityoftheexMormoncharges.Itwaseasiertoquietly
change the aber rant doctrine and put their efforts into
creating friendship tieswithecumenicalorganizationsand
churches.
Theirplanhasbeenworking.Manyoftheseecumenical
groupsalreadyconsidertheMormonsasChristianbrethren
andthebolder,moreevangelisticexMormonsasaradical
fringegroupthatshouldbeshunnedandrebuked.
The changes in Mormonism are far from over. Quite
probably one of the next eternal practices to go will be
the daily wearing of the LDS Temple garment, a holdover
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fromthedaysoflongjohns.Ifullyexpectthatwhilethis
book is still in active circulation, a new decree will be
issued mandating that the garment be worn only during
temple rituals with the other special clothing used only
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MittRomneywearssecretundergarmentsmarked
with sacred talismanic symbols that hebelieveswillkeep
himprotected as he workshis way to godhood.These
are theverysamemarkingsthat LuciferclaimsintheLDS
Templeritual are theemblemsofhispowerandpriesthood.
In fact, the Mormons pervertedbelief thathumanscan
ascend togodhood mimicsSatans tempting ofEveinthe
GardenofEden.
Romneyistrulyapresidentialcandidatewithanactual,
definable god complex, and an other world spiritual
powerthatshouldneverbeseatedintheOvalOffice.
WhileIamonthisdelicatesubjectoftheholyMormon
templeunderwear,ittoohashadalonghistoryofsurrepti
tiouschange.Itstartedoutasanankletowristlengthlong
johntypegarment,withstringtiesandwithsecretmarkings
on thebreast,navelandknee. Ithasworked its waydown
toamidcalved,shortsleeved,buttonedoutfit,availablein
severalstyles,includingamodernizedtwopiecemodel.So
muchforanotherGodgiven,unchangeablemandateabout
mansholiestpieceofsacredclothing.
The ChangingRoleofMormon Women
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madeitknowntheywerepraying,nottoGodtheFather,as
istradition,buttoGodswife,their heavenlymother,of
whom Mormon Scriptures say next to nothing.When offi
cialsdenouncedthepractice,thewomenagreedtostopbut
saidtheywouldaskgodtorevealmoreabouthiswife.21
NotwithstandingTheBrethrenspronouncementofnear
apostasyforwomenprayingtotheirheavenlyMother,the
Churchhymnalshavecontainedtheproofofherpresence
there. The following hymn was published in 1882 by Joel
H.Johnson:
ToKolobnowmythoughtsrepair,
WhereGod,myFather reignsabove
WhereHeavnlyMother,too,is
there,andmanykindredwhomIlove.
Oh,letme,then,returnagain
Toseemyparents,whomIlove.
Andwithmychildrenliveandreign,
InworldswhereIoncelivedabove.
And
OMyFather
IhadlearnedtocalltheeFather,
ThroughthySpiritfromonhigh,
Butuntilthekeyofknowledge
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Wasrestored,Iknewnotwhy.
Intheheavensareparentssingle?
No,thethoughtmakesreasonstare!
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Truthisreason,trutheternal
TellsmeIveamotherthere.
In1990,thechurchagainrevisedthetemplemarriage
ritual,substitutingawomanspledgetoobeyherhusband
withapledgetoobeyGod.Manywomenhadstayedaway
from the temple because they felt discomfort andalien
ation,saidLavinaFielding Anderson,theneditorelect
of the Journalof MormonHistory. While womens rights
advocatesapplaudedthereforms,theysaythechurchhasa
longwaytogo.Womenarestillbarredfromthepriesthood
andfromtopleadershippostsandareexcludedfrompartici
patinginchildblessingceremonies.22
PriesthoodPower?
D.MichaelQuinnwrotesomestartlingthingsina44
page essay in a work called WomenandAuthority: Re
emerging Mormon Feminism. The volume, edited by
Maxine Hanks and published by Signature Books, had
sixteenothercontributors.However,notonehasstirredthe
corporateBeehivelikeQuinnhas:
There is compelling documentary evidence that
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JosephSmithgavewomenpriesthoodpowerinthe
temple endowment ritual, in which women are
anointed to become queens and priestesses. It is
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societyakingdomofpriestsasinEnochsdayasinPauls
day.
Muchlater,Quinnreported,inprintingtheofficial
minutes of Smiths remarks, the official History of the
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ChurchomittedSmithsfirstuseofthewordSocietyand
changedthesecondSocietytoChurch.Thosetwoaltera
tions changed the entire meaning of his statement, said
Quinn.
In the 1920s, Church apostles maintained women
merelyenjoy the blessing of the priesthood through their
husbands. Since the 1950s, Church leaders stressed that
even though they are not ordained to the priesthood,
Mormon women aretheequalsofmenthroughadivinely
mandated partnership of motherhood and priesthood. In
1988, Apostle Boyd K.Packer wrote that the wellbeing
of all humanity dependsonprotectingmotherhood.The
addition ofsuchduties aswouldattend ordinationtothe
priesthoodwouldconstituteaninterruptionto,perhapsan
avoidanceof,thatcrucialcontributionwhichonlyamother
canprovide.24
Churchofficialswerenothappyaboutthiskindoftalk
to
comeatatimewhentheproblemwithwomeninthechurch
wasbecomingatendersubject.Inonecarefulresponseto
theabove article, ElderBoydK.Packer,oftheCouncil of
theTwelveApostles,gavethefollowinginsight:
Itshouldnotdisturbeithermenorwomenthatsome
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tobehandeddownfromfathertoson.thereare
differencesamongmenandwomenbutthereisno
inequity.... Intelligence and talent favor both of
them,but,inthewomanspart,sheisnotjustequal
to man, she is superior. She can do that which he
canneverdo,notinalleternitycanhedoit.There
arecomplementingrewardswhicharehersandhers
alone.25
AWomans Place
Backintheolddays,theaveragefamilycouldgetby
withonepaycheck,andmostmenweresecureintheirwork
place.Mormonwomenstayedathomeandlivedthelifeof
thehappyhomemakerbaking,sewingandwaitingatthe
doorwithawarmwelcomeforthebreadwinner.
ThegoalofeveryyoungMormongirlwastobethere
waitingforhermissionarytoreturnhometohisfamilyand
rushwithhertothetempletobemarriedfortimeandall
eternity.Eveniftheyoungladywenttocollege,itwasto
advanceherperformanceasawifeandmother.Careersfor
womenwerenotgreetedwithsmilesbyTheBrethren.
However, in todays world, where twopaychecks are
barelyenoughtokeepfoodonthetableandjobsecurityis
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ararity,eventhemostfaithfulMormonwomenarebeing
pulledintotheworkforce,anditistearingapartavitalcord
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ThelateLDSPresident,EzraTaftBenson,spoketothis
issueinaspecialtelevisionaddressthatwasbroadcastto
more than 1,000 Mormon Church meetinghouses
throughouttheUnitedStatesandCanada.PresidentBenson
urgedyoungwivestostayintheirhomesandnotseekajob
intheworkplace.Thereisnomorenobleworkthanthat
of a good andGodfearingmother,hesaid.Thecounsel
ofthechurchhasalways been formothers to spendtheir
full time in the home in rearing and caring for their
children. He said that young Mormon wives should not
delayinhavingtheirchildrennorlimitthesizeoftheir
familiestoobtainhouseholdluxuryitems.26
However, most LDS mothers were already working to
helpputfoodonthetableandtopaytheLDStithesand
otherofferingsthat oftenaddupto20percent ormoreof
theirgrossincome.Mostcouldnteventhinkintermsof
luxuryitems.Aweeklater,PresidentEzraTaftBensonsaid
thatamothersrole(athome)wasvitaltoherexaltationand
tothesalvationandexaltationofherfamily.27
Splinter GroupOrdainsWomen
WhiletheUtahchurchhaddrawnalinewithregardto
givingMormonwomenthepriesthood,oneearlyMormon
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splintergroup,TheReorganizedChurchofJesusChrist of
LatterdaySaints, [nowcalled the CommunityofChrist]
threwinthetowelonthematter:
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Goingback tothe beginning days ofMormonismand
lookingat the rootheresies.
eforeIcontinuethisprobeofthesecretsandintrigue
of the modernday Mormon Church, I need to take
sometimeouttoanswerthequestion.Wherediditallreally
begin?Howdidthismajorreligionevergetsuchafoothold
intothecenteroftheAmericanmind?Tofindout,wehave
togobacktoalmost200yearsago.
Theearlynineteenthcenturywasatimeofgreatreli
gious excitement in the Northeastern United States. New
YorkState wasrockedwithspiritual renewalfromevery
direction. While mighty men of God such as Charles
Finney, sparked by the power of the Holy Spirit, led so
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vanityanddrewthemawayintothedoctrinesofadifferent
gospel.
OnesuchmanwasJosephSmith,bornintoastruggling
rural farm family in 1805.The Smith family was given to
dabblinginthemysteriesofdivination. Hisfather,Joseph
Sr.,hadaspecialgiftofvisions,throughpowersfromthe
unseenworld.
JosephSmithJr.wastosethisownmarkintheworld
throughaseriesofboldandvisionarydeclarations.Hewas
toclaimthatinthespringof1820,heretiredtoagroveof
treesnear his home in Manchester, New York. There he
soughtthe Word of the Lord concerning which church he
should join of all those experiencing revival. He later
testifiedthatbothGodtheFatherandJesusChristappeared
physically before him, hovering above him in a pillar of
light,abovethebrightnessofthesun.
Hesaidthattheyinstructedhimthathewastojoinnone
of the churches, for they were all wrong; all their creeds
were an abomination in Gods sight, and those who
professedthesecreedswerecorrupt.AccordingtoJosephs
declarations,thetruegospelofJesusChristwaslosttothe
world.ThepowerandauthorityofGodwastakenfromthe
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restored.
IntheeveningofSeptember23,1823[Josephreported
later], while in his bedroom and in an act of prayer and
supplication, seeking divine direction regarding the next
stepinGodsplan forhislife,Godmovedagain.Another
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tors,suchasMoses,ElishaandElijahwouldlaterappear
withtheirspecialmessagesandkeysofRestoration.
Withrevelationandprophecyabounding,Josephbegan
thebuildingofhischurch.Movingoften,andseekingZion,
the true gathering place of the Lamb, the era of Joseph
SmithwasatitspeakinNauvoo,Illinois.
Withover20,000members,theChurchhadbecomea
forcetobereckonedwith!Ithadpoliticalpowerandinflu
ence,aswellasitsownsmallarmyof2,500armedmen
underthechargeofGeneralSmith,whonowoftenworethe
uniformofthatposition.
Alwaysfearfulofattackfromwithout,thefinalchapter
of Josephs life came from within and through the
conspiracy of traitors and wicked men. On the 27th of
June,1844,JosephSmithdiedamartyratthehandsofa
mob in the jail at Carthage, Illinois, thus sealing his
testimonyofTheBookofMormonwithhisownblood,as
churchhistoryrelates.3
Whilethechurchsplitinseveraldirectionsathisdeath,
themainbodyoftheresolutebelieverstrekkedtoaRocky
MountainretreattheNewZionandnameditDeseret.It
is now known as Utah.Through hard work and a special
brandofzeal,theycarvedanempireoutofthedesertunder
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thepowerfuldirectionofBrighamYoung.
Overtheyears,Mormonismhasbeenoneofthefastest
growingreligionsintheUnitedStatesandmanycountries.
IfMormonismweretrulyaChristianwork,drawingpeople
to the Cross of Calvary, we could only cheer at the side
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lines!ButthedoctrinesofMormonismare notthedoctrines
oftheChristian faith.Letsexaminethisbriefhistory
ofMormonisminthelightofChristianScripture.In2
Corinthians13:1,wearewarnedthatfromthemouthoftwo
or three witnesses shall every word be established;
therefore,wewillputMormonismtothattest!
The Plumb Line ofMormon Heresy
In 2 Corinthians 11:3 and 13, Paul warns us that if
people come and preach another gospel, another Jesus,
another spirit...such are false apostlesdeceitful workers,
havingtheappearanceofministersofrighteousness,whose
end shall be according to their works. (Not Christs
mercy).Wearewarnedinverse14ofthesamechapterthat
SatanhimselfistransformedintoanAngelofLight.
If Joseph Smith really did see what he claimed, two
personages appeared to him in a pillar of light. They
claimedtobeGodtheFatherandJesus,Hisson.
Theveryfirstcluethatsomethingwaswrongwasthata
physicalmanappearedintheroleofGodtheFather.Weare
toldthatGod is nota manthat heshouldlie; neither the
SonofManthat heshouldrepent (Numbers23:19).John
4:24 says that God is spirit, and they that worship him
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notoffleshandblood.John1:18statesthatnomanhas
seenGodatanytime.Itseemstobeprettyclear.
Wellknown Christian speaker, the late Dr. David
Breesestated: Someone who says, I saw the Father is
dealing presumptuously, shortcircuiting good Christian
theology.It is the Son Who alone reveals the Father
(John 1:18;Colossians1:15).
Thisisnosmallmatter,anditistheveryplumblineof
Mormon heresy.Mormons believe that God is an actual,
physical,resurrectedman,andthatwecanbecomejustlike
Him.Dr.Breesesresponsetothisblasphemyis:
AGodcannot bemade.Godcannot becreated.
Thedefinition oftheeternal Godisthat Heis
eternal, immortal, invisible(1 Timothy1:17; 6:16;
Revelation1:18; 2Peter 3:8). ThatisWhotheGod
oftheuniverseis,andthereisnoneother.Amanis
a created being and as a created being, it will
alwaysbe the case withhim,that in God he lives,
and moves, and has his being. He is dependent
upon the Fountainhead of life, God Himself He
cannot movebyhisownvolition,oranybodyelses,
tothelevelofGodhoodalthoughthat (concept)is
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veryappealingtocertain individuals.
There is a question before the house in
Christianity in our time that really is, Can a man
become God? That question is answered in the
affirmativebymany
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Whoforusmenandoursalvationcamedown
fromheavenandwasincarnatebytheHolyGhostof
theVirginMaryandwasmademan;andwascruci
fiedalsoforusunderPontiusPilate.Hesufferedand
was buried; and the third day He rose again
according to the Scriptures; and ascended into
heaven,andsitteth on the right hand of the Father;
And He shallcomeagainwithglorytojudgeboth
thequickandthedead;whosekingdomshallhave
noend.
AndIbelieveintheHolyGhost,theLordand
GiverofLife,WhoproceedethfromtheFatherand
theSon,whowiththeFatherandtheSontogetheris
worshipped and glorified, who spake by the
prophets. And I believe one holy Christian and
ApostolicChurch.IacknowledgeoneBaptismunto
the remis sion of sins, And I look for the
resurrection of thedead,andthelifeoftheworldto
come.Amen.
CanwebelievethatthepowerofGod,asitwasestab
lished by Christ and carried forth by his Apostles and
followers,waslosttomankind?Didtheworldbecomevoid
of theauthorityofGod?DidJesusfail?Dontyoubelieve
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it!
Isaiah 9:7 claims that there will be no end to the
increaseofChristsgovernmentandpeace.HisKingdom
shall be established from henceforth even forever! Why?
Becausethe zeal of the Lord of Hosts will perform it!We
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isedthatChristwillreignforever,andthereshallbenoend
ofHisKingdom(Luke1:33).Jesus,beingthePetrathe
bedrockitselfproclaimedthatuponthatrock(Petra)He
would build His church, and the gates of hell will not
prevailagainstit(Matthew16:18)!
OneneedonlyskimthroughFoxesBookoftheMartyrs
and read some of the many testimonies of the Christian
martyrs throughout the centuries to know without a doubt
that the zeal of the Lord of Hosts has never stopped
performingtheestablishingofHisKingdom!
And what about the Holy Spirit? Was He so less a
power of God that He could not fulfill His divine
function? The Holy Spirit came with awesome power in
thatupperroomanddidnotandwillnotleaveus.Jesussaid
Hewouldabidewithusforever,todwellwithusandinus
(John14:1617)!HepromisedthattheHolySpiritwould
teachus,beingatestimonyofChrist,bringingallthingsof
Jesusintoourremembrance (John 14:26). To receive the
messageofJosephSmithsfirstvisionwouldbetocallGod
aliar, Jesusafailure,theHolySpiritwithoutfunctionand
theBibleofnomeritortruth!
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traffic with Egypt, smote them and yanked out the hair of
theoffenders(Nehemiah13:2327).
Secondly, The Book of Mormon speaks of a great
civilization, with 38 major cities and Temples as great as
Solomonsbuiltfrom600BCtoAD400.Yetthereisnot
so much as a stone tablet, or a stick that the Mormon
archae ologists can identify as Book of Mormon
archaeology. Thisisinspiteofthousandsofdiscoveriesof
otherculturesinthesupposedBookofMormonlocations.
The Hill Cumorah, where Joseph unearthed the gold
plates, was said to have been host to a great battle inAD
385, where approximately a half million people died with
allmannerofweaponsofwar.Thesitewouldhavetohold
a mountain of archaeological evidence, yet not a single
pieceofevidencehasbeenproducedinproofofthegreatest
battleinthishemisphereinthehistoryofallmankind.
The Redefined HolyPriesthood
JosephslaterclaimthatJohntheBaptistdescendedand
restoredtheLeviticalpriesthoodofAaroncanonlyleadone
tobelievethathehadlittleornoknowledgeoftheBibleor
Jewishtraditionatthetime.
JohntheBaptistneverheldtheLeviticalpriesthood,and
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couldnotrestoresomethingheneverhad,eveninMormon
theology.Johnworetheskinsofananimalandatefoodthat
was considered unclean to the Levitical priesthood. He
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tionedinthestreetsandbyways,proclaimingJesusChrist,
calling people to repent and be baptized. The priesthood
functioned within the temple at the altar. It doesnt match
up.
Ifhe were a member ofthe priesthood ofhisday,its
leaders knew nothing of it. When challenged by Christ
regarding this very subject, they were ignorant of Johns
authority(Matthew21:2327).Further,theMormonpriest
hoodthatJosephSmithclaimedwasarestorationdoesnot
dealwiththekeyfunctionsoftheearlyAaronicpriesthood,
theofferingofgiftsaccordingtothelaw(Hebrews8:4).
JesushasgivenusabetterCovenant,establishedupon
better promises and has made the old to vanish away
(Hebrews 8:6,7, 13). Why would Jesus want to restore
whatHehadcometoputanendto?
JosephSmithclaimedthatPeter,JamesandJohncame
and restored the Melchizedek priesthood.This declaration,
like each before it, cannot meet the test of Scripture, or
logic.
In Mormonism, no man can hold the Melchizedek
priesthood without firstholding theAaronic priesthood.
Those great Apostles of the Lord most obviously were
not oper ating as Levitical priests. Everything they did
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Josephwasinthesecondfloorofthejail,withvisiting
friends and an unlocked door. After members of his own
militiaretiredtotheirhomesforthenight,amobformed
outside,shoutinginsults.Assomeofthemobcameupthe
narrow stairwell, Joseph discharged his pistol into their
midst,killing twomenandwoundingathird.Heandhis
brother,Hyrum,werekilledintheexchangeofgunfire.7
Under nocircumstancecanJosephSmith bedescribed
asamartyr,sealinghistestimonyofTheBookofMormon
withblood.Hediedinagunfight,inatragicendingcaused
by his own carnal, sinful use of other mens wives.The
biblicalaccountofamartyrisseeninthedeathofStephen.
StephenwasstonedtodeathforhistestimonyofChristas
the Messiah. He knelt down as he was killed, crying
Father,laynotthissintotheircharge!(Acts7:60)
Whomshould we follow? Jesus Christ, the Alpha and
Omega, who said Before Abraham was, I AM (John
8:58),orJosephSmith,themanwhosaid,Ihavemoreto
boast ofthananymanhadneitherPaul,John,Peternor
Jesuseverdidit.Iboastthatnomaneverdidsuchawork
asI.8
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ofman,hewasafullydebauchedheretic.Yet,today,over
twelvemillionpeoplefollowhisteachingsinspiritualblind
ness,andthenumbersareclimbing.
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Itnosoonerappeared thanIfoundmyselfdeliv
ered from the enemy which held me bound. When
the light rested upon me I saw two Personages,
whose brightness and glory defy all description,
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WasthisavisitationofGodandJesuswithnewtruthsor
demonswiththeirdoctrinesofdarkness?
Letslookat thesedoctrinesofJoseph.
1)God aPhysical Man
TheFather hasabodyoffleshandbonesastangible
asmans 10
Hehas abody ofFlesh and Bones
2)Jesus Renounces HisChurch
Allcreeds are filthyinHiseyes
Allprofessors(testifiers) are corrupt
Gates ofhellprevailedagainst Hischurch
3)Jesus gavehim secret knowledge
and manyotherthingsdidhesayuntome,whichI
cannotwriteatthistime 11
Remember2Corinthians11:1315?
For suchare falseapostles, deceitfulworkers,trans
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youhavenotacceptedyoumaywellputupwithit!
(2Corinthians11:34)
Ifwecan believeJesus and theApostles
NowtheSpiritexpresslysaysthatinlatter times
some will depart from the faith, giving heed to
deceivingspirits and doctrines ofdemons,speaking
lies in hypocrisy, having their own conscience
searedwithahotiron.(1Timothy4:2)
ThereforeIwasangry withthat generation, and
said,
Theyalways go astray in their heart, and they
havenotknownMyways.
So I swore in My wrath, They shall not enter
Myrest.(Hebrews3:11)
Soweseethattheycouldnotenterinbecauseof
unbelief.(Hebrews3:19)
Therefore, since a promise remains of entering
His rest, let us fear lest any of you seem to have
comeshortofit.Forindeedthegospelwaspreached
to usas well as to them; but the word which they
heard did not profit them, not being mixed with
faithinthosewhoheard it.(Hebrews4:12)
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Becauseoffalseteachers,theMormonsdonothave
faithinfull,forGodoncedeliveredforall,HisHolyWord.
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Looking at the destructiveforcesofheresy and false
faith inthe livesoffamilies.
populationisoverwhelminglyMormon,indicatethat
Mormonismcannotproducealifestylethatisanyfreerfrom
societalillsthantherestofthecountry.ThatHappinessis
Family Home Evening image of Mormonism doesnt go
oversowellathomeinUtah!
Theirhighprofilegoodwillprogramsmayincludesoup
kitchens, aid to the homeless, flood victims, earthquake
survivorsandhurricanecasualties,yettheirownmembers
often suffer neglect due to poor management practices of
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havehadtoselleverythingjusttosurvivewhileothershave
waited up to fiveyears for payments of benefits.In early
1992,disabled Utahans claimed that the terrible manage
mentoftheUtahDivisionofDeterminationServicescaused
delayedbenefitstoover4,000people.1
JohnHeinerman,anactiveMormonatthetime,isthe
coauthor (with Anson Shupe) of The MormonCorporate
Empire and was the Director of The Anthropological
Research Center in Salt Lake City, Utah. John fully
affirmedUtahs social problems in his own interview for
thefilmTheGodMakersII:
The Mormon Church is caught up in the
dilemmaof having to, for the firsttime, face the
reality that there are major problems within its
organization, withits membership that are just not
going to go away. One of these (problems) is
homosexuality. In 1981, homosexuality was in
another category called other moral offenses. In
82 it was taken out, and put into a category by
itself.... Homosexuality has increased by 50%,
100%,200%,andithasjustgoneupward.
Also adultery.The number one reason that the
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AmongHeinermansotherconcernswastheamountof
prescription drug abuse and other types of crimes growing
atBrighamYoungUniversity,inProvo,Utah,whichisthe
showcaseofMormonism:
Here[atBYU]youhaverunawayabuseofprescrip
tion drugs. I quoted (in a talk I gave last night in
LaMirada,California)fromanFBIreportthat
now Brigham Young University is not as safe as
theUniversityofUtahinSaltLakeCity.Brigham
YoungUniversityhasmoreaggravatedcrimes,and
assaults...theysmoke,anddrink,andhavegayclubs
andlesbianclubs.
Heinerman concludes: So what it shows is, that all is
not well in Zion, and that there are major problems
confrontingourreligion.3
Homosexuality at BYU
Heinermans comments about homosexuality at BYU
were not surprising.As early as 1982, students at BYU
publishedatwopartseriesonLDShomosexualityandthe
gay lifestyle and the waysBYUand the LDSChurch had
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chosentodealwiththephenomenon.
The report was published in an offcampus student
paper called the Seventh East Press. Staff writer Dean
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presentedanextremelybalancedlookatthecollisioncourse
between homosexuality and Mormonism. Centering on
theproblemsgayshaveatBYU,heinterviewedgays and
homosexuals on and near campusincluding a former
BYUinstructor,aformerBYUprofessor,andformerand
currentBYUstudents.Hereportedontheweekendexodus
ofgayBYUstudentstooneofthemostpopulargaybarsin
SaltLakeandtheirregularvisitstoagaybathinSaltLake.
ThedangerwasalwaysthatBYUSecurity,alongwithits
undercoveragents, werealways trying toferret outthe
gays who would be targeted for immediate disciplinary
action.4
Huffakerreportedthatonehomosexual,aformerBYU
professor named Steve, said that he struggled with the
obviousinnerturmoilfortenyearswhileteachingatBYU.
WhileStevewasteachingatBYU,hewasreceivinghelp
from the counseling center. His therapist told him that he
wasseeingthreehundredstudentswiththesameproblem.5
Readersofthearticleswereleftwithnodoubtthatthe
LDSMissionaryprogramwasacradleofhomosexuality.
The SeventhEast Pressreported that in one group of 15
homosexualsalone,13werereturnedMissionaries.
The Church was stunned by the Seventh EastPress
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includingMormonBishopsandgaymen.Obviously,there
ismorethanjustasmallproblemthereinUtah,whengays,
exgaysandtheLDSchurchleadersaremeetingtocomeup
withsomeanswers to the homosexual dilemma in which
theynowfindthemselves.
Today,LDShomosexualityisoutoftheclosetandout
ontheweb.GayandLesbianMormonshavefoundanopen
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gaymormon.com.
Mormonattitudetowardshomosexualitysoftens
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inthenextlife.
The work appears on the LDS website, but its
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ItreiteratesthatHeavenisaplaceforfamilies
only,butpredictsthatgayandlesbianpeoplewill
becomeheterosexualintheafterlifeiftheyremain
celibate.7
AlarmingStatistics
InaStatemonopolizedbyareligiousgroupthatadver
tises marital harmony, Utahs marriage and divorce
statisticsarealarming.Intheyearsreported,Utahsdivorce
rate was higher than the national average.8 Fifty five
thousand women were being abused annually by their
partners.9 Child abuse and neglect had increased 212
percentinthelastdecade,withovertenthousandnewcases
in one year alone.10 Rapeandsexualassaultforadultshad
increased93percentduringthesameperiod.11
Inchildlaborlawviolations,Utahrankednumberonein
asixstateregion.12TheUtahDepartmentofHealthadmits
pregnancies of unwed teenagers is a growing problem. In
1988,48%ofallteenbirthswereoutofwedlock.13 Inaddi
tion,Utahsprisonsystemwasrankedfourthfortherateof
inmate population growth in 1989, with a 21 percent
increaseintheprisonpopulation.14
Therehasalsobeenastaggering379%increaseinchild
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sexualabusetochildrenunder.15 Muchoftheabuseisinces
tuous,andsadly,theperpetratorsaregivenlenientsentences
becauseofanoddityinUtahlawthataccommodatessexual
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abusebyaMormonrelative.16 WhileStatelawprovidesstiff
penaltiesforpeoplewhoabusechildrentowhomtheyare
notrelated,ifafathersexuallyabuseshisownchildren,the
judgehastheoptionofwaivinganysentenceandlettingthe
Church step in and deal with him through their
ecclesiasticalsystem.17
The Mormon godinthe Courtroom
A case in point was the appeal of Allen Hadfield in
1989.Hadfield hadbeenconvictedofsexualabuseof
his 12yearold son and 10yearold daughter and was
appealing to the State Supreme Court. The Salt Lake
TribunereportedthatHadfields attorneyclaimedthat
his clients children were influencedto lie about him by
a therapist. Hadfield, who is an LDS, was convicted on
fourcountsofsodomyandthreecountsofchildabusein
aritualsatanicform.
Inspiteoftheheinousnatureofthecrimes,Hadfield
servedonlyservedsixmonthsonaworkreleaseprogram.
Usual mandatory sentencing for such crimes is 10 years.
ButHadfield was under church counseling. As we said
above,UtahlawallowsjudgeslikestaunchMormonCullen
Y.Christensen of Provos 4th District Court to invoke an
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thedefendantswereguilty.Delandsaid,Thejuror
whoassertedhisspiritualauthoritymanipulatedhis
clientsverdict.20
I have been an expert witness in a number of LDS
related sexual child abuse legal cases. In every case, the
church and its own system had protected the perpetrator
from legal actionthat would have helped the victims and
stopped the abuse.In one case, the perpetrator had been
moved from one Ward where he had sexually abused
children and to another, where he was made a Home
Teacher (authorizing his authority tovisitchurchmember
homesinthenameofthechurch)forseveralSingleMother
homeswhereheimmediatelybegantheabusecycleallover
again.
Ihavejusttakenyouthroughaminefieldofsocialprob
lemsthatareoutofcontrolinUtah,problemsthattheLDS
churchpretendsdonotexist.Thefruitdoesntfallfar from
the tree. If it really were the only true church, operating
withdivine,holyrevelationonadailybasis,thentheLDS
church,itsprophetofgod,anditssocial,welfareandreli
gioussystemswouldhaveturnedUtahintoavirtualGarden
ofEden.Butithasnt.Farfromit.Itisalivinghellfor
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thousands.
Worse,becausewhentheLDSchurchwouldratherthe
sins of its common people not be there, they arent. The
goodLDS peopleliveinaperpetual stateofdenial,and
whensindoes push its ugly head through the roof of the
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cansee,itsthenblamedonthefailureoftheindividualto
liveuptothestandardsoftheChurch.TheChurchisalways
right,alwayspure,alwayswithoutspotorwrinkle.Whatthe
LDSpeopleendupasareeitherrobotsorasbrokenpeople
unabletoseeawayoutofthisparadox.Wheredotheygo
withtheirsin?
Yearsago,intheearlydaysofSaintsAlive,Iwasdoing
adailyradioprogramthatwasbroadcastintomostofUtah.
While the program generated a lot of correspondence in
mostareas,therewerecertainruralpocketsfromwhichnot
asinglelettercame.SaintsAlivehadnoideaifanyoneeven
listened to the show in those areas.When time and sched
uling problems made it impossible to maintain the daily
program,itwaseventuallycloseddown.
Not long after they went off the air, I received an
unsignedletterwithnoreturnaddress.Thepostmarkonthe
envelopewasfromoneofthosesilenttowns.Thewriter
toldofhowshewasaphysicallyabusedMormonwifeand
motherwhowas a virtual prisoner in her own house. She
shared how shehadtriedtogethelpandcounselingfrom
the local Bishop. He told her husband that she was
complaining about him and that only brought on more
beatings.Herownparentstoldherthatshewasnotworking
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andjoyofknowingChrist.ShegaveherlifetoJesusafew
dayslaterwhilelisteningtouscallthelosttoCalvary.The
programbecameheronehope,heronlycontactwithreality.
Sheorganized herschedule aroundthose15minutes each
dayandherlifebecameanewone,centeredinJesus,filled
withpeace.Inspiteofalltheturmoilinherlife,shehad
foundjoyandasolidanchorinaragingstorm.Shewanted
metoknowhowmuchgoodthatprogramhaddoneforjust
oneMormonwoman.ShewantedmetoknowthatJimand
Ihadbeencarryingthebulkofherheavyburdeninthelove
andcaringwehadshowneachdayontheair.
ThatsthewayIfeelaboutmyownroleinhelpingto
createTheGodMakersandTheGodMakers IIbooks and
films.ThatshowIfeelaboutthepublicationofthisbook.
Someone has to speak for these silent victims; someone
mustbetheirvoice.Someoneneedstostanduptothisgiant
Big Brother masquerading as a benevolent family
centeredchurchthatpreachesChrist.
OnThe Road with The God MakersII
Thereaderneedstounderstandthatwhentheoriginal
God Makers movie was released over twentyfiveago,
relatively little was known about Mormonism in
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A STATEMENT
FROM
THE
NATIONAL
accounts,
lurid
allegations, andahighlysubjectiveinterpretationof
Mormonteachings,GodMakersIIdrawsuponthe
incendiaryarsenalofreligiousbigotry.
Frankdiscussion ofthe truth claims of different
faiths is a legitimate avenue of interreligious
dialogue, Sorensen acknowledged. But, base
appeals to fear and hatred have no place in such
efforts, and must becondemned wherever they are
encountered.
WithitsdepictionoftheMormonChurchasan
evilempirefoundeduponsexualexploitation,preda
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oftheNationalConferenceofChristiansandJews,
saidpresidingCoChairTedSperos.Astatementof
ourmissionistopromoteunderstandingandrespect
among all races, religions and cultures through
advocacy, conflictresolutionsandeducation.God
MakersIIisanaffronttoreligiousunderstanding.21
WhattheAPreportdidnotsaywasthattheNCCJwas
thesamegroupthatclaimedtheverysamethingsaboutthe
firstmovie,waybackin1984.Atthattime,theyclaimedto
have spent a major effort in researching the movie before
they concluded it was religious pornography. Yet, the
NCCJ failed then and failed again to contact Jeremiah
Films,Saints Alive,oranysingleparticipantforasingle
documenttosupportasinglestatement.Iwouldguessthat
their onlyinput in a blatant attempt to discredit this film
wasthePublicRelationsofficeattheMormonChurch.
TheNCCJfailedtoidentifyoveradozenMormonsin
their firststudy group, failed to mention that there wasnt
asingleorthodoxJeworconservativeChristianonthe
team,eithertime.TheyalsofailedtostatewhotheMormon
members oftheirBoardpresentlywere,orhowtheyhad
managedtogetthisStatementreadyforreleaseinUtahon
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December10th,thedaybeforeIarrivedthere.Ithadtaken
them nearlyayeartoreleasetheirreportonthefirstGod
Makersfilm.Thisonewasoutwithinamonthofthefirst
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could sit back and smile while this unorthodox group, led
byMormons within it, did their cleanup work. The NCCJ
newsreleaseanditsauthorswerewithoutmerit!Whogave
themthe authority to judge what specific lines of doctrine
separate any group from Christian orthodoxy when they
themselveswerentevenpartofit?
The one sad part of the matter is that several other
ministriestoMormonsjoinedinwiththeNCCJtotake
some shots at the film and at us. These groups felt we
shouldbestrictlyintellectualinourstatements.Aladyfrom
one such group inUtah was interviewed both in the press
andontelevisionandstatedthatthethings[they]objectto
[in Mormonism] can be laid out and documented. I can
present logical reasons notto believe in Mormon claims.
TheDeckerfilmappealsmoretoemotioninasupermarket
tabloidstyle.22
Thefactis,themovieclearlystoodonitsownmeritand
ismorethanwelldocumented.Iwantedtofacetheseaccu
sationsinUtah.Ifsomethingwasoutoforder,itwasfar
bettertofaceitopenlyandhonestlyrightatthestart.Iread
theNCCJreportinfullandthenegativepublicstatementby
thefellowChristianministryabove,aftereachshowing,and
tookavoteonwhowastellingthingsstraight.Byashowof
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handsthefilmeasilywonbyaratioofwellover50to1.
The people in Utah alreadyknowChristianfact from
Mormon fiction. They have to live with this dark side of
Mormonism every day. The film was a welcome bit of
reality. The other ministry continued on, so tied to the
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wifewasaMormonandhadtoldhimthatifhereleasedhis
data, she would leave him even if she had to crawl out of
thehouse.Hetoldmelaterthathecouldnevergetanyone
fromthechurchtocometohelphim,evenforafewhours.
Yet, even though she relied on him for everything, the
church hadaspiritualdeathgriponherthatwasstronger
thananythinghecouldofferher.
Yes, the film was hard hitting and yes,the Mormons
werelessthanthrilled.Butthiswasnotawitnessingtoolfor
wooing Mormons. It was a film to warn the Christian
church!Towarnanapatheticchurch,achurchthathasgone
back to sleep and a church that is ignoring the wolves
ravaging its own flocks! It is time to wake up that
slumbering churchoncemoretotheshoutsofdanger!
Purgingthe Radicals
Inthefallof1992,Mormonwatchersbegantopickup
rumblings of an uncharacteristic purifyingwithin its ranks
ofmembers whowouldbeanembarrassment tothenew
ecumenical face of Mormonism.The reverberations broke
throughthewallofsilencetowardtheendofNovember,
whenlocal,regional,andnationalwireservicescarriedthe
story of another one of the secret plans of The Brethren
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gonewrong.TheSaltLakeTribunereleasedanarticlethat
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TheChurchofJesusChristofLatterdaySaints
is purging hundreds of Mormon dissidents who
church officials say are preoccupied unduly with
Armageddon. This massive housecleaning may be
one of the churchslargest since the 1850s,when
thousands were excommunicated for everything
from poor hygiene and low church attendance to
disobeying the Ten Commandments. In recent
months,Mormonsfrom Utah, Nevada,Arizonaand
Idaho have been expelled and many others have
beenthreatened.
ThoseinterviewedbyTheSaltLakeTribunesay
theyhadfacedchurchdisciplineforarangeoftrans
gressionsfromhavingtoomuchemergencyfood
storagetoadheringtothedoomsdaypredictions
ofthenpopularMormonpresidentialcandidateBo
Gritz,whoreceivedmorethan28,000Utahvotesin
theNovember[1992]election.
Targeted were those obsessed with the early
speechesofLDSChurchPresidentEzraTaftBenson
andwhobelievedtheailing93yearoldleaderhas
been silenced because his opinions no longer are
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LDSChurchleadersfromcentral andsouthern
Utahcomplainedofsuchtroublesomeideologies
duringaNov.1314meetingattheEdgemontStake
CenterinProvo.ElderJeppsonoutlinedaprofileof
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Canyouevenimagine suchathingtakingplaceina
normalChristianchurch?IfaChristianministerbehavedin
thisway,eitherthepastorwouldbelookingforotherwork
or the outlawed study group would break their ties. The
groupwouldprobablybecomethenucleusofanewchurch,
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thepeoplewouldbeconcernedwithbeingtaughtthemeat
oftherealgospel,insteadofbowingbeforethestrongarm
tacticsoftheirpastor.
WhatwasextremelyrareinthiscasewasthatMormons
actually disobeyed the direct instruction of their bishop.
WhattheHarmstonssawwasthatthepeoplewhocamein
spiteofthethreatswerehungryfortruthandtiredofthe
pabulum theyre getting from the church.While I dont
necessarilyagreewithwhatthestudygroupwasteaching,I
certainlyhavetoadmiretheirspunkinstandinguptosuch
churchpressure.
AkeypointisthattheLDSChurchoperateswithsuch
dictatorial controlthatthemembersofanyparticular local
LDSchurchcannotescapeit.Theyareforcedtodealwith
the judgment and the discipline of that local bishop. It
didnt matter why they attended the study group. If the
bishopsaiditwaswrongtodoit,theywerewrongtogoand
in spiritual rebellion to do so. These people put their
Mormon Church membership, their Temple recommends
andtheiractualsalvationonthelinebygoing.
Further,memberswhowereinconflict withleader
shipcouldnotaverttheirproblemsbygoingtosomeother
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programsassociatedwithchurchattendance. But,theLDS
Church assigns members to wards they must attend, based
upongeographicboundariesestablishedinaclerksoffice
somewhereinthesystem.
Censured Mormons must either conform quickly and
quietly or face swift expulsion from what most of them
consider to be the only true church. What was so strange
about this purge was that the very things that Mormons
were encouraged to do just a few years ago, like food
storage and home schooling, were now putting the same
peopleindangerofMormonChurchdiscipline.
Checklist forApostasy
Sometimes it pays dividends to have a friend in Utah
whoisalsoanactiveMormon,privytocertainthingsnot
readily available to the average nonMormon. My friend
sentmetwosheetsofdatathatweresignificanttothisstory.
The firstsheet appeared to have come from the General
HandbookofInstruction,inuseatthewardlevel.Ithadthe
heading, Dealing
withApostateandSplinterGroups, and
under the subheading below, listed 14 things Mormon
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InappropriateandQuestionableActivities
1.Teachingfalsedoctrines.
2.Teaching against the direction of local or general
leaders.
3.Being in sympathy with apostate individuals or
groups,includingstudyingwiththem.
4.Teachingsacreddoctrinesandordinancesofthe
templeinoneshomeorelsewhere.
5.Practicing, teaching, studying or sympathizing with
polygamists or others whohave been excommuni
catedfromtheChurch.
6.Conductingtemplelikeprayercirclesorotherunau
thorizedritualsoutsidethetemple.
7.Followingandteachingthewordsofdead prophets
asbeing more authoritative than those ofthe living
prophets.
8.Inappropriateinterpretationorteachingofthescrip
turesorstatementsofTheBrethren.
9.Claimingtohavespecialdivineauthorityorcallings
outsideofestablishedpriesthoodchannels.
10.Refusing to follow priesthood leaders specific
counselandinstructioninChurchrelatedmatters.
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ManyhaveJohnBirchmembershiporleanings.
Manydonotworkandhavenojobs.
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Theymeetinstudygroups.
Theyareinordinatelypreoccupiedwithfoodstorage.
TheyfeelthatPresident[Bensons]counselorshave
muzzled the prophet so that he cannot tell us the
things he would like to tell us, especially about the
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Whilethispracticehasnowbeenstopped,someof
thesefolkswouldlingerinthecelestialroomofthe
MantiTempleforhourstoteachoneanother.
True Gritz
Seen as one of the key agitators, who had stirred the
pot, was Bo Gritz, a highly decorated former green beret.
HewastheultraconservativeMormonwhomadeanunsuc
cessful third party bid for president in the 1992 elections,
but actually made a strong showing in high Mormon
populationareas.
ThepressreportedthatGritzwaswarnedbyMormon
Churchleaderstobecarefulofwhathetaught.Hewastold
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thatsomeofhisviewswereoutoflinewiththeChurch.
Gritz was the firstmember of his family to convert to the
church, in 1984 and was still active at the time. Still, the
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Sharp:
It is murderthe shedding of innocent blood, for
whichthereisnoforgiveness.
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Murphy:
Sharp says he was excommunicated in July only
overabortion. His Stake President says it was only
oneof four issues leading to the discipline. John
Abneywasawardclerkuntilheexpressedhisviews
againstabortion.Nowheandhiswifearescheduled
forachurchdisciplinarycourt.
Abney:
We do not want to have the blood and the sins of
thisgenerationtocomeuponourgarments,eitherin
oroutofthechurch.
Murphy:
Roxanne Abney said she couldnt believe the
conver sation she recently had with her stake
president.
Mrs.Abney:
Oneofthelordsrepresentatives, discussingabor
tion, me being against it, him being for it, and Im
onthewrongsideofthefence.
Murphy:
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TheLDSGeneralHandbooknowsaysthatabortion
isnotmurder,andispermissibleincasesofrape,
incestorwhenthelifeorhealthofthewomanisin
danger, or the fetus is not likely to survive birth.
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asrecentlyas1975,theLDSPresidentsaidabortion
is wrong, even in cases of rape.And Utahs Right
toLifeDirectorsaysshehasreceivedalotofcalls
fromgirls whosaytheirBishopscounselthem to
haveabortions.
Director Goodnight:
Soitwasntforrapeanditwasntforincestandit
wasntforfetaldeformity...
Murphy:
AndtheBishopstillcounseledthesegirlstohavean
abortion?
Director Goodnight:
The Bishop is still advising them to have an
abortion.
Murphy:
TheseareconfusingtimesforSharpandtheAbneys.
They thought they were in line with Mormon
doctrine.Nowtheyfindthemselvesonthewayout.
PaulMurphy,KTVX4News.
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Anchor:
Tomorrownight,agroupofProLifeMormons
will be meeting at the Copper View Community
CenterinMidvaletodiscusstheirfutureintheLDS
church.
Reporter:PaulMurphy
Anchor:RandallCarlyle
1stLDS: WilliamSharp
LDSCouple: JohnandRoxanneAbney
Director ofUtah ProLife group:RosaGoodnight
Prophetquoted isSpencer W.Kimball, 1975
Video showed page of Bishops handbook to
shownewrules27
FreedomofThoughtat BYU
Inasubtlerway,othermembersoftheChurchofJesus
ChristofLatterdaySaintsarealsofeelingtheheat.LDS
historian, D. Michael Quinn, once a highly esteemed
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invitationstoattendwardmeetings,justasummons
todefendmyself,saysMr.Quinn.
Quinnisntplayingthegame,however.IvowedI
would never again participate in a process which
wasdesignedtopunishmeforbeingthemessenger
of unwanted historical evidence, he wrote in a
letter of response.... In his letter, Mr. Quinn
reiteratedhisbeliefinthecoredoctrinesofMormon
theology.29
ItwasobviousthattheChurchhadaloosecannonon
its hands whena Mormon historian was caught between
reporting on actual Church history or rewriting Church
historyinamannerthatfittheimageTheBrethrenwanted
to project. Michael Quinn was obviously no longer asso
ciated with BYU, but he wasa highly esteemed, visible
scholar and his excommunication would bring a literal
wave of negative response from the large body of more
liberalminded intellectuals within the church. The
Brethren were betweena rock anda hard place of their
ownmaking.
Some of the lowly students at BYU werent quite as
visibleorluckyasD.MichaelQuinn.InwhatIconsiderto
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beamajorstepbackfromtheLDSracetoecumenicalism,
BYUofficialsorderedtheimmediateexpulsion ofstudents
who quit the LDS church. Associated Press writer Vern
Anderson reported on this strong action against students
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CookieCutterSaints
Themanypurgesandcontinuingclampdownonindi
vidual freedom of thought should concern all Mormons
greatly:
SaltLakeattorney(PaulToscano)presidingoverthe
Mormon Alliance, a group formed last summer to
investigatecasesofMormonswhobelievetheyve
beenunjustlydisciplined...says,Itisverymuchin
theinterestofworldsphereMormonismorvisitor
center Mormonism to eliminate anybody who
thinks. Brigham Young called it the iron bed of
conformity.DiscipliningofconservativeMormons
andsteppeduppressureonliberalandintellec
tualMormonsportraysaleadershipconcernedthat
allmembersbecutfromthesamemoderatemold.
WorldwideMormonsneedtobelikeUtahMormons
andUtahMormonsneedtobemorecookiecutter.31
TheMormonChurchmaywantcookiecutterSaints,but
it just isnt going to happen that easily. The Church will
havetoenlargeitscourtsystembeforeitisabletocensure
all thinking members, even if they are victims of LDS
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CHAPTERFIVE
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The unchangeableTemple Ritual that keeps changing
with the times.
beatthecenterofyourfaith.Itisonlythroughthesacred
templethatyouwouldhaveanyhopeofpersonalexaltation
or godhood. The path to Mormon godhood will be
explainedindetaillater.Fornow,itisimportanttoknow
thatwithoutthe ritual and the keys the temple provides,
there can be no entrance into Mormon godhood. To an
activeMormon,thetempleislikethedoorwaytoheaven.It
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issoholythatMormons,eventhosewhohavecarpooledto
thetemple,remain absolutely silent on anything regarding
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whichtheyhavejustparticipatedoncetheystepoutsidethe
templedoors.
PreludetoChange
WhenthefilmTheGodMakerswasreleasedin1982,
it had a monumental impact that went far beyond thefilm
itself or any expectations of its makers. For the firsttime
everonfilm,theheresiesofMormonismwererevealed,and
theworldwas exposedtothedarkestsecretsanddoctrines
oftheLatterdaySaints.
While the film was difficult enough for Mormons to
dealwithinitsentirety,thepartsthatshowedLDStemple
ordinancesstrucksodeeplythatmanyfeltadeepviolation
oftheirdeepestprivacy.
Suddenly,rituals performed insolemnsanctity within
the Mormon Temples under the most consecrated
conditionswerebeingshownonmoviescreensinasmany
asathousand Christian churches each month.The secret
ceremonies became the subject of numerous radio and
televisionshows,bringingthethingsTempleMormonshad
doneinsecretintotheglaringlightofday.Inthemovie,the
reenactments of the rituals were displayed in full,
authorized Temple costume, and were performed and
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availableforbothChurchandlegal action.Hewaswilling
toriskeverythingtolettheworldseetherealLDStemple
ritual. When Chuck made the material available to other
ministriestoMormons, the LDS response to was to deny
that this was
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betweenMormonismandtheoccult.
Controversy has arisen over the book in that
some people have understood the authors to be
saying that Mormonism is a lineal descendant of
specific occult organizations (i.e. Freemasonry). I
can understand how that conclusion can be
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MormonTemple.
Inthefallandwinterof1989,arevivedflurry of
radio programs seemed to reopen the bleeding wounds of
the Mormons about their Temple. Perhaps the straw that
brokethecamelsbackwasatwodaypresentationofthe
rituals on the late Dr. Walter Martins Christian Research
Institutes nationwide radio program, The Bible Answer
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templeceremonythatthemanyministriestoMormonshad
beenexposingsinceChuckSackettwalkedoutoftheLA
temple with that tape recording in his pocket.The deleted
parts were the verythings being declared as grievous to
God across the nation on radio and television, and in
newsletters and books. Thesectionsthatwereexpunged
were primarily those that Chuck and Dolly Sackett
reenactedin both The God Makers and The Temple of
The GodMakers!
Mormonleaderstooktheonlyroadoutoftheswamp.
Theyradically changeda ritualthathadsupposedlybeen
restored to its original formwhen itwasgiventoJoseph
Smith from the very mouth of God. I will deal with the
new Mormon doctrine of progressive revelation more
fully inanother chapter, but as briefly noted earlier, it is
the quasi doctrine of concession that states that the
revelations of any living prophet can supersede the
revelationsofanyformer prophet.What an open door to
heresieswithinheresies!
The Details
When news of the Temple changes came, the specifics
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numberofcallscamefromfarandwideaboutthechanges.
Theexactdetailssurfacedwhenafriendofafriendpassed
the details of the changes to a Mormon ministry in Salt
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chestrippedopenandoneshearttornout.
C.Runningtherightthumbacrosstheabdomen,
signifying having ones body cut asunder and
onesvitalsandbowelsgushout.
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theNail.
Theembraceisout,butitislikelythattheincan
tation associated with it is still in.Apparently initi
ates will still be required to repeat back to the
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accomplishthisvitalfunctionspirituallybondingthe
initiatestoLDSPriesthoodpower?
5. Womenwillnolongerberequiredtoveiltheirfaces
during the prayer in the Endowment prayer circle.
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HowmanyworthyPriesthoodleaderswillbecome
indif ferent or lazy due to this major doctrinal
change? We will have to watch and discern the
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Oneofthemoreinterestingasidestothisstoryofthe
temple ritual change was the removal of the words of the
chant,Pay LayAle,PayLayAle,PayLayAle.Anumber
ofyears ago,theSacketts showedthatthewordswerea
quicksteptothesidefromwordsinHebrewthatmimic,in
their harshest translation, O Marvelous Lucifer.In a far
more conservative translation, the words read, O
marvelousgod with the god being definedas that one to
whom thewordswerespoken.Usingthatapproach,onecan
seeintheritual that the words had to refer to Lucifer,
who was theone who responded when Adam cried out
these words intheLoneandDrearyWorld.6 Theirreporton
Pay LayAlebecameanissueofdebateevenwithinafew
of the minis tries to Mormons. Surely, exMormon
theoristscouldarguethe points until the end of time. But
in the Temple, whenAdamcalledoutthosewords,Lucifer
was the only god who answered. Most importantly, the
Church responded to that charge by pulling the entire
sequence containing the Pay Lay Ale chant from the
ritual. There is no way of proving that the chant was
removed because of the Sacketts observations, but why
else wouldsucha critical portion oftheoriginalritualbe
dropped?
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OneofthenewsreporterswhointerviewedmeinSalt
Lake City, during the premier showings of the film,The
GodMakers II, wanted toknow why wehad portrayed
examplesoftheoldtempleritualinit.Itoldhimthatwedid
it because we didnt want the Mormon hierarchy to get
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withsecretlyremovingkeyportionsofwhattheyclaimed
wasasacredritualrestoredtothepurityofitsfirstcentury
order by the holy power of God.The theology of godly
restorationism cannot allow you to change something that
hasalreadybeenrestoredtoitsoriginalperfection.
Thealterations in theTempleceremony madeheadline
newsacrossthecounty.OnereportintheArizonaRepublic
particularlycaughtthe flavorofthemanyfacetsofchange
involved.
Revolutionarychangesintempleceremony...are
seen as amovetobring thesecret ceremonycloser
to mainstream Christianity.... The changes are the
mostdrasticrevisionsofthecentury,rivaledonlyby
thechurchsremovalattheturnofthecenturyofan
oath to avenge the killers of church founder Joe
Smith,according to Mormon insiders. The (asking
to remain anonymous) member said, They are
substantive, I would say, in the cosmetics of the
thing rather than insubstance.Aformer member
said...the climax hasbeen eliminated. Removal of
that part of the ritualistheequivalentoftakingthe
EucharistoutoftheRomanCatholicmass.
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NotallMormonsarehappywiththeceremony
changes.IhaveMormonfriendswhowillseeitas
asteptowardapostasyandanaccommodationtothe
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MostMormonChurchmembersquotedinnewsstories
about revisions in the Churchs confidential temple
ceremonywerequicklysummonedforinterviewsbychurch
officials.... The sacred confidentiality of the temples was
reemphasizedby the public communications office of the
Church. JohnDart, a religion editor, noted this in a Los
AngelesTimesnewsstory:
Whenthe[Mormons]leavethehouseoftheLord,
theyareunderobligationtobetruetoasacredtrust
not to speak of that which is holy and sanctified;
therefore,itisappropriatethatchurchleadersvisit
withmemberswhencommentsaboutthetempleor
othersacredmattersaremadepublicandareattrib
uted to them in the news media. Ron Priddis
[onetime editor of the SeventhEastPress]said
he was reprimanded during his interview with
a church authority (for talking to the press) and
called the revisions the most significant change
inthechurchsinceBlacksreceivedthepriesthood
in1978....Inachurchthatissopatriarchal,thats
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ChurchleadersisonewaytheMormonChurchcontrolsits
members.Asyouwillsee,noteverymemberwhodisagrees
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Oneofthemostawkwardandoftendemeaningportions
of the LDSTemple Ritual takes place during theWashing
and Anointing procedure where temple workers wash and
anointwithoilcertainpartsofthehumananatomy.Many
former Mormons,most ofthem women, have talked about
thestrangefeelingstheyhadduringthisportionofthe
ritual.
Itisespeciallyunnervingtothefirsttimepatronwho
alsoreceiveshis/hernewnameandthesacredGarmentof
thePriesthoodfollowingtheir washingandanointing.This
procedure was first revealed to the world in the Saints
Alive/ Jeremiah film The Temple of the God Makers.
Literally,thousandsofMormonsrespondedtotheexposure
ofthisculticpracticebyleavingthechurch.
Again, the Eternal,DivinelyRestoredLDSTemple
Rituals Change
One would think that, having a direct line to God
throughaholyprophet,theabovecorrectionstotheeternal
temple ritual would have been complete for this
generation, butinthespringof2005,TheBrethrenfeltthe
need to (very) quietly make further corrections to their
earliercorrections.
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informationregarding thischange.Ifeelbadforthe
oldpeoplewhospendsomuchtimetryingtomemo
rizethisstuff.AtleastformeIcanquicklylearn the
stuff.ButI wanted to let youknowofthe changes.
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CHAPTER SIX
Mormonism,theAmericanIslam
,
There isnothing newunderthe sun.The astonishing
parallelsofMormonismand Islam.
ASecondMohammed
fewyearsback,Ireturnedtothecollege(nowa
university)whereIwenttoschoolinLogan,Utah.
TheUtah
StateSpecialCollectionsLibrarytherehasalltherecordsof
myministrythatIhavegatheredoverthelast30plusyears
and have cataloged it in the Ed Decker Manuscript
Collection (MSS 210). Utah State is where I discovered
Mormonismandafittingplaceformyarchives.
However, this time I was there to lecture on
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theMormonswouldbequiteupsetatthecomparison,the
Muslimswerealmostclimbingupontothestagetostopme
fromdefilingAllah,MohammedandtheKoran,bymaking
anycomparisonswiththeLDSChurchthattheyconsidered
to be a pagan, multigod and ancestorworship cult. I felt
thatifIhadnotarrangedforverytightandvisiblesecurity,
themeetingwouldhaveendedinviolence.
I drew a strong comparison between the amazingly
similarclaimsofMohammedandJosephSmith:visitations
ofanangeloflight,theclaimasGodslastandgreatest
prophet,theKoranandTheBookofMormon.
IcomparedtheirsimilardoctrinesofthenatureofGod,
personalsalvationandtheafterlifewiththoseoforthodox
Christianity.Theauditoriumbecametoosmallforthelarge
gathering, and we filled the large commons area of the
StudentUnionbeyond capacityandoverflowedthroughout
thelargestudentcenterandentrance.
Utah State University had certainly grown from that
small agricultural college I attended in the early 1950s.
Becauseithas been a longtime Land Grant school, many
Muslimsliveandstudythere.Themeetingwaspackedwith
Muslims and Islamic clerics, extremely offended at any
referencetoanycomparisonasMormonism.
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Duringthepresentationofmyevidence,therewasmuch
murmuring and shouting. When I opened the floorfor the
Question and Answer time, I faced a number of very
agitatedandverballyabusiveMuslims.Infact,theMuslim
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MohammedandJosephSmithbothhadhumblebegin
nings. Neither had formal religious connections or
upbringing, and both were relatively uneducated. Both
foundednewreligionsbycreatingtheirownscriptures.In
fact,followersofbothprophetsclaimthesescripturesare
miracles since their authors were the most simple and
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Bothprophetsclaimofhavingangelicvisitationsandof
receiving divine revelation to restore pure religion to the
earth again. Mohammed was told that both Jews and
Christians had long since corrupted their scriptures and
religion. In likemanner,JosephSmithwastoldthatallof
Christianityhadbecomecorrupt,andthatconsequentlythe
Bible itself was no longer reliable. In both cases, this
corruptionrequiredacompleterestorationofbothscripture
andreligion.Nothingwhichprecededeitherprophetcould
berelieduponanylonger. Both prophets claim they were
usedofGodtorestoreeternaltruthswhichonceexistedon
earth,buthadbeenlostduetohumancorruption.
Both prophets created new scripture which borrowed
heavilyfromtheBible,butwithasubstantiallynewspin.
InhisKoran,MohammedappropriatesanumberofBiblical
themes and charactersbut he changes the complete sense
of many passages, claiming to correct the Bible. In so
doing hechanges many doctrines, introducing his own in
theirplace.
In like manner, Joseph Smith created The Book of
Mormon, much of which is plagiarized directly from the
KingJames Bible. Interestingly, he claims that this same
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onlytotheextentthatitagreeswiththeirprophetsown
superiorrevelation.
Both Mohammed and Joseph Smith taught that true
salvationwastobefoundonlyintheirrespectivereligions.
Thosewhowouldnotaccepttheirmessagewereconsidered
infidels,pagans or Gentiles. In so doing, both prophets
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newleader;whereastheminority,ShiiteMuslims,believe
Mohammedssonwastobetheirnextleader.
Similarly,themajorityofJosephSmithsfollowers
(Mormons)believedtheirnextprophetshouldhavebeenthe
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existingleaderoftheirquorumoftwelveapostles,whereas
theminority,TheReorganizedChurchortheRLDS(now
called The Community of Christ, to further distance
itself from the Utah Mormons) believed Joseph Smiths
ownsonshould have beentheir next prophet.Differences
on this issue, and many others, have created substantial
tensionbetweentheserivalgroupsofeachprophet.
MohammedtaughtthatJesuswasjustanotherofalong
lineofhumanprophets,ofwhichhewasthelast.Hetaught
thathewassuperiortoChrist,andwhenJesustalkedabout
another tocome (The HolySpirit), Mohammed said that
Jesuswasforetellingofhisrisetoprophethood.Incompar
ison,JosephSmithmadethisfollowingclaim.
I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am
theonlymanthathaseverbeenabletokeepawholechurch
together since the days of Adam. A large majority of the
whole have stood by me. Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor
Jesuseverdidit.Iboastthatnomaneverdidsuchawork
as I. ThefollowersofJesusranawayfromHim,butthe
LatterdaySaintsneverranawayfrommeyet.4
Inlightoftheseparallels,perhapsJosephSmithsclaim
to be a secondMohammed unwittingly became his most
genuineprophecyofall.
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Itisironicthatbackin1899,SirWinstonChurchill,in
definingthe darkness of Islam also definedMormonism in
itskinshiptotheIshmaelites:
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firstedition,Vol.II,pp.24850)
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LetsBeChristiansabout this
,
The reasonsbehind the Mormon zealtoconvert the
world.
Every MemberaMissionary
neofthevoicesyouhearasTheGodMakersII
filmopensisthefrustratedvoiceofayoungex
Mormon
namedLisa,asshesays,Thebiggestdanger wasthatthey
tookmein, and I was thinkingit was a Christian church,
and it wasnt a Christian church; it was a cult. Lisa had
bought the lie. She fell victim to that seductive spirit of
Mormonism,anditwasntuntilshehadbeeninthesystem
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Lisaisntalone.Sheisinafellowshipthatspansthe
globe. The word cult conjures up images of Charles
MansonorsaffronrobedHareKrishnaswithshavenheads
bobbing up and down in mindless repetitions. We can all
vividly remember when the whole world watched as FBI
andATFagentswaitedoutsideaheavilyarmedcompound
near Waco, Texas, while polygamist cult leader David
KoreshwaitedforthedivinewordfromGodtotorchthe
placeandturnitintoanotherJonestown.
Mysolution wouldhavebeentoputasecurity fence
around the perimeter of the property and put them under
safe and secure house arrest until Koresh came out and
surrendered.Or,perhapstheycouldhavejustpickedhim
upintownanyMondaynightwhilehewatchedMonday
NightFootballatalocaltavern.
Therearethousandsofcultsworldwide,andinlightof
suchdivergentcultforms,letmedefinewhatImeanbythe
wordcult.
DefiningaCult
BillyGrahamcharacterizedcults this way:
In general, I would say a cult is a group that
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followsreligiousideas(usuallytaughtbyastrong
leader)whicharenotinaccordancewiththeBible.
Sometimescultswillhavecertainwritingsforwhich
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theyclaimsupernaturalauthorityinadditiontothe
Bible.Oftentheleaderofthecultwilldemandtotal,
blindobediencetohiswordandmayevenseparate
childrenfromparents.
Whilecultsdiffergreatlywitheachother,they
haveincommononething:theyrejectJesusChrist
andtheBibleastheirauthoritiesandthereforereject
faith in Jesus Christ as Gods way of salvation.
Often,theyattempttodisguisethisbytalkingagreat
dealaboutJesus.Butfrequently,thetestofacultis
foundintheiranswertothisquestion:HowcanIbe
saved?Iftheanswerisanythingotherthantrusting
JesusChrist, then the group may be a cult. This is
particu larly true ifthey saytheyalone have the
truthandsalvationisfoundbyjoiningtheirgroup.1
Mormonism surely fitsthat definition,having added to
theWordofGod,withTheBookofMormon,TheDoctrine
and Covenants and The Pearlof GreatPrice. They have
detractedfromtheBiblesauthoritywiththeirholyscrip
tures, the final authority of their holy priesthood and the
doctrine that God must have a holy prophet in place
directingHis church. Full salvation can only be found in
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weusethetermculttodesignateareligiousgroupwhich
claimsauthorizationbyChristandtheBiblebutneglectsor
distortsthegospel,thecentralmessageoftheSaviorandthe
Scriptures.2
Nomatterhowniceagroupcanappear,niceisnoton
thelistofcriteriafordeterminingorthodoxy.Thatstandard
Mormontest for truth, the warm burning in the bosom,
isntonthelisteither.Inspiteofthat,theLatterdaySaints
arestilltryingtoselltheburningbosomsoftnessofmodern
Mormonism to the world as evidence of orthodoxy. The
frighteningthingisthatitappearstobeworking.Ithasbeen
statedthat60%80%ofallconvertstoMormonismcome
from evangelical Christian backgrounds. These are the
peoplewhosedoorstheMormonMissionariesknockon.3
Its certainly a lot easier for someone to move from
oneChristianchurchtoanotherthanitistomovefroman
orthodoxChristianchurchtoMormonism.First,onedoesnt
have to renounce ones profession of faith to walk across
thestreettothatotherneighborhoodchurch,butleaping
over into Mormonism is a jump over a high wall. The
Mormon Church of today is putting all its efforts into
motivatingpeopletogetoverthatwall.
Inaseriesofmeetingsthesummerof2007,inUtah,I
discoveredthatmanyoftheevangelical churchesofUtah
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havestoppedwhattheycallapologeticsevangelism.
Instead,theyhaveloweredthewalloftheologicaldivi
sion, entered into friendshipping relationships with their
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thesheepfold,butclimbethupsomeotherway,thesameis
athiefandarobber (John10:1,KJV).
IntheLatterDaySentinel, anowdefunctMormon
Newspaper,theMormonsboastedthat:
A recent study by the Southern Baptists revealed
thatanaverageof282membersoftheirchurchjoin
the LDS church each week. Coincidentally, the
average Southern Baptist congregation has 283
members....TheBaptistslose52congregationseach
yeartotheMormons.4
When you read this kind of report, its hard to
understandhowanyChristianministercancomfortablysit
down for a casual goodbuddies lunch with the Mormon
bishopdownthestreetandnotbealittlebitnervous;yetin
the politically correct ecumenicalism of today, it would
seem rude for him not to fellowship with the Mormon
bishop.
Inthemid80s,Iacceptedaninvitationtovisitalocal
Baptist minister at his church officeand answer his many
questions regarding Mormonism. We had a long talk. His
name was Walford Erickson, and he wrote a religion
column every now and then for the Journal American
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Oneday,Ericksonputoutacolumnthatgavemesome
insight to the losses his denomination had been having to
the Mormons. In an article entitled, Mormon Tries to
Reach Outto Other Faiths, he reportedabout a Mormon
businessman/local missionary who had visited one of his
minister friends. This Mormon, Darl Anderson, only
wanted to make friends with the pastor. Erickson was
smittenwiththeideathatthisMormonnotonlywantedto
reachoutandengagefriendlydialoguewithnonMormon
clergy,buthadthebackingoftheLDSchurchtoencourage
andtrainuptheareabishopstodothesame.
WhileWallyEricksonwasafineman,itwouldseemhe
lackeddiscernmentinthisarea,sincehewrotethatheand
afewofhispastorfriendsaroundBellevuetookdelightin
drawingDarlintotheirinnercircle.5
In a local letter to the Editor, I responded that Darl
Andersons attention to Walford and his friends was no
acci dental experience, but part of an LDS program to
neutralize ministers and civic leaders to the covert,
predatory program of the Mormon Church. Darl and his
missionarybuddiesstealsheepfortheirchurch!Thatstheir
job....6
DarlAndersonconductedaninhouseLDSlecture
serieshecalledWinaMinisterandInfluenceaThousand
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cationswastopromotepublicgoodwillandpositiveatti
tudes [towards Mormonism] so that people will be more
receptive to the blessings of the glorious Restoration. In
other words, he wanted local Mormon leaders to conduct
themselvesamongChristiansinawaywhichwouldmake
itpossibletoproselytizepeoplewhoalreadyaremembers
ofChristianchurches.Hewantedthefencesloweredinthe
pastures.
Andersondevotedthebooktowaysofdialoguingwith
Christian ministers inanattempt togetthemtoperceive
Mormonsassomethingotherthanathreat.Herelated
that atfirst,whenhebegantodevelopthisapproach,local
ministerswereopenlyhostiletohim,butafterawhilethey
warmedtohisgentlefellowshipping.Hetoldhowheeven
tuallypersuadedthemtolethimjointhelocalministerial
association.7
Thefact was thatDarlAnderson had been called and
setapart,withtheofficialbackingoftheMormonChurch
tolowerbarriers betweenMormonsandpeopleofother
churches.The purpose of the discussions of friend ship
pingwastodrawattentiontothosepointsthatpastorsand
Mormonscanagreeon.
Thedesignof such strategy ultimately swaysthenaive
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ChurchinSaltLakeCitysince1979wrotealettertoJohn
L.SmithofUtahMinistries(aministrytoMormons).Init,
Warneketoldofsomeofthefrustrationthatcameafterabit
ofaconfrontationwiththeMormons.
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...thenextSunday,theLDSchurchsentmanycar
loads of missionaries to our church.They went in
andoutoftheservices,todisturbus.Fourorfive
wouldcomeinforfiveminutesandthengetupand
leave, slamming the doors as they went out.They
keptthisupthroughSundaySchoolandthemorning
worshipservice.
Thiswasnotunexpected,thepastorexplains:
Upon moving to our neighborhood and buying
our current home, upon findingout I was a Baptist
teacher, the Mormons pulled out the trees in our
yardandeggedourhousewithrotteneggs.Sincewe
builtourchurchwehavebeenrobbedeighttimesin
eightyears.Thewindowshavebeenknockedoutof
our bus three times, and weve been vandalized
manytimes. Our boys play baseball....It is nothing
to see a Mormon kid with a 200 batting average
picked to play over a nonMormon with a 600
battingaverage.9
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OncetheMormonChurchopenlyandclearlypositioned
itself outside the realm of mainstream Christianity. Today
itisveryconciliatory.Effortstomakelovingcontactwith
local area pastors take the position that Mormonism and
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otherstreamsofChristianityhavemoreincommonthan
not.Throughoutthecountry,Mormonleadersaresoliciting
thefriendshipofChristianclergyandinsomecaseseven
applying for membership in the local ministerial
associations.Books such as We Are Christians Too! and
Are Mormons Christian? are arguing that Mormons and
ChristiansarebrothersintheChristianfaith.
Arecent additiontothesepublicationsistheRobert L.
Millet book, ADifferentJesus?It was published in 2005
byEerdmans,aChristianpublisher.Tomakemattersmore
difficult,it has a Foreword andAfterword by Richard J.
Mouw,presidentofFullerseminary.Itisveryobviousthat
Mouw has little understanding of Mormon doctrine and
littleconcern for Christian Orthodoxyas he travelsaround
sharingthespotlightwithhisMormonfriends.
In the Mormon Tabernacle in Salt Lake City on Nov.
14, 2004 Mouw apologized from the pulpit there to the
Mormonsforthemanyliesevangelicalslikemehavetold
aboutMormonsnotbeingtrueChristians.Mouwmayget
the applause from the deceivers and the deceived, but he
willhavetoanswertoGodforhisungodlybehaviorasa
supposedChristianleader.
And the Mormons arent waiting for Christian pastors
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Christian?Cardsarticletookthewalloftheologicalsepa
ration between Mormonism and Orthodox Christianity
andsmootheditdowntoChristianitywithoutadefinitive
edge.11
OnJuly5,2007,Dr.R.AlbertMohler,presidentofthe
Southern Baptist Theological seminary, gave as good a
responseasIhaveeverread.Hesaid,inpart:
Mormonism uses the language of Christian
theologyandmakesmanyreferencestoChrist.Mr.
CardwantstodefineChristianityinamostminimal
way,theologically speaking.IfIwerearguingthe
othersideofthisquestion,Iwouldattemptthesame.
ButChristianity hasnever been definedin terms of
merely thinking well of Jesus. Mormonism claims
toaffirmtheNewTestamentteachingsaboutJesus,
butactuallypresentsaverydifferentJesusfromthe
onset. A reading of Mormonisms authoritative
documentsmakesthisclear.
All these things point back to the reason the
ques tion is so important in our contemporary
context.Mormonswanttheirreligiontobeseenas
another formof Christianity.In other words, they
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wanttoidentifywithwhatfromtheirinceptionthey
soughttodeny.ThereareadvantagestoMormonism
on this score, but this surely places them in an
awkwardposition.
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rejects Mormonism.Fairenough.ButMormonism
rejects historic Christianity as it makes it own
centralclaimtobetheonlytruechurch,restored
onearthinthelatterdays.12
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InterfaithRelations
InanAssociatedPressRelease thatcame out of
Salt Lake City, the writer reported on how the Mormon
Church was trying to smooth its relations with other
denominations.
Theissueofinterfaithrelationswiththe
MormonChurchwasbroughttotheforefrontbythe
PresbyterianChurch(USA),whichhelditsGeneral
Assemblyinearly Juneinaland whereMormons
outnumber Presbyterians more than 200to1. In
response,Mormonleadersissuedanappealtosetup
informal meetings with Presbyterian officials, and
thedenominationsTheologyandWorshipMinistry
UnitandUtahPresbyterybothsubmittedreportson
MormonPresbyterianrelations.
Even as the Mormon Church seeks improved
relationswithotherreligiousgroups,manygentiles
in theMormonheartland saytheyface economic,
political and social sanctionsor simply feel
shunned.
Signs of change exist: a recently revised
[temple] ritual no longer portrays nonMormon
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sionofwalkingtheStationsoftheCross,whichwouldtake
placeinvariousdowntownlocations.
Ourhomechurchsatontheedgeofthatarea,andthey
weretherefore invited toparticipate. Iwasshockedtosee
theMormonChurchlistedashavingalreadybeenassigned
one Station where theywould have the responsibility of
leading the prayers and singing. I knew that they would
havefullfreedomtoleadtheparticipantsinMormonprayer
andsinging.IhadbeenpresentatanumberofLDSManti
summerPageantsinManti,Utah,wherethecrossofJesusis
mocked in each performance, and this was just
unacceptable.
I was provoked by such antiBiblical compromise to
directlychallengetheorganizingpastor,sayinginpart,
ItiswithutterdismaythatIhaveheardofyourplansto
haveajointcelebrationofGoodFridayandEasterwiththe
Mormon Church. I wonder if you really understand that
whiletheLDSChurchmaycertainlyhaveaChristianethic
and use Christian terminology, they do not have an
orthodoxChristiantheology.14
Afterfewtenseconversations,theMormonspulledout.
Itwascertainlyanexampleofwhataneducated,motivated
Christian could do to stop the Mormon infiltration into
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orthodoxy.
In another development, Mormon leaders in eastern
IdahoaskedtobepartoftheNationalDayofPrayergath
ering. Not only were they invited, but one evangelical
pastor, speaking not for men, but for God, asked for
forgiveness,not
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fordoctrine,butfornotrespondingtotheLDSpeoplein
Christiancharacter.
Dr. Rulon Robison, LDS Regional Representative for
thearea,welcomedthecallforfencemending,saying,We
have long desired to break down these walls and build
bridgesoffriendshipandunderstandingandlove.15
To the general public, these episodes might slip by as
some sort of an oh, well,howcould it hurt to have them
prayingwitha crowdofChristians?However,itishighly
significant toexMormonswhohavespentyearsinthe
LDSchurch listening to speakers lifting up the Church as
Gods only true voice among the other churches in town,
thewhoresofalltheearth.16
One writer, trying to explain the deep quagmire into
which
thiskindlogichasplacedtheMormonChurch,stated:
Mormons believe Christian churches are apos
tate, but the LDSchurch is Christian, therefore the
LDS[church]isapostate....MormonssayChristian
churchesareapostate, [and]theLDSchurchisnot
apostate,thereforetheLDSchurchisnotChristian.
Mormonism assumes that the LDS church is
Christian,while at the same time assuming that
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Mormonshavealreadyshowntheirhandatpoliticaland
religious integration on many fronts.OneAssociatedPress
articleexplainedtheirapproach:
In 1986, Mormons became part of the Religious
Alliance Against Pornography, a wide ecumenical
crosssection. In 1984, they affiliatedwith Religion
inAmericanLife,involvingmostmajorUSdenomi
nationsinseekingtostimulateweeklyworship.
Also,inthemid80sMormonsenteredintointer
religiousreliefwork,includingaidtothehomeless.
Theycontributedabout$5milliontoreliefeffortsin
famineravaged central Africa, much of it through
Catholic Relief Services and the American Red
Cross.18
We know that these are very worthwhile social efforts
and should be applauded as such, but it is important to
recognizethatthisisallpartofaconditioningprocessthat
the Mormonshaveimplementedintheireffortstobecome
an acceptable part of the ecumenical body of general
Christianity.In this same article, some other points were
clearlylaidout:
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formerpastorRogerKeller,nowofBrighamYoung
UniversityinProvo,Utah.Someoftheothersare
suspiciousofMormons.Butwevebeguntobreak
throughtheshellofisolation.
Asmisconceptions andscurrilousnotionsabout
each other are diminished, more interchange
becomespossible,hesaid.Ihopewearestanding
atthecrossroadsofgenuinedialogue.
LetmebreakinheretosayagainthatRogerKeller,who
wasjustquoted,isthePresbyterianministerwetoldyou
about earlier in this chapter, who was seduced away from
his church congregation in Mesa, Arizona, through the
effortsofDarlAnderson.
Such dialogue has flourished for years among
Protestant, Roman Catholic, Anglican, Eastern
Orthodox and Jewish groups, reducing old preju
dices anddistortions.Nevertheless,Mormons who
weredenounced,persecutedanddrivenwestwardin
theirearlyyears,generallyhavestayedapartfrom
that interreligious companionship and teamwork
until recently. Dallin Oaks, a member of the
Churchs ruling Council of 12, said, I think the
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outlookforourbeinginvolvedwithothersisgood....
AndIthinkothergroupsneedus,andweneedother
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presentationonthesubject,tobefollowedbyanopenQ&A
timeaswellasrefreshments.Iarrived,asdidanumberof
otherformerMormons,toaveryupbeatandcrowdedWard
buildingfilledwithabout300people.Itcameasnosurprise
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that,exceptforafewotherswhowerenotexMormons,the
placewasfilledwiththefaithful,wholaughedandchuckled
ateveryMormoninsidejokefromthepodium.
The interesting thing we immediately noted was the
Mormonswerenotdressedinthefashiontheywoulddress
inchurch.Forexample,mostofthemenwerenotwearing
jackets, something I had never seen in an LDS church
meeting before. It was apparent they were told to dress
down. And that was fine. It was a considerate thing,
knowingthattheirneighborswouldbealittleuneasysitting
thereinLevisandslacks.
Thespeakerdidafinejobofsharinghispassionforthe
gospel,forJesus,forthechurch.Hestayedtotallywithin
those areas of practice and theology where the Mormons
arecompatiblewithorthodoxy.Except,thesamewordshe
used had different meanings to the true Mormon and the
trueChristian,soweexMormonswerefrustratedthatthere
wasnoopportunitytosetanygroundrulesbeforehegave
hisexcellentspeech.
He never discussed the things that made the world
wonder if they really were Christians. No talk about
becominggodsandgoddesses,nothingabouttherestofthe
world being the whore of Babylon or the LDS church
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havingtheonlytrueauthoritytobaptizeandsoon....
Whenhefinisheditwasopeneduptoquestionswiththe
speaker,theStakePresidentandtheStakeReliefSociety
President,acting asapanel. But whena few exMormons
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askedkeyquestions,theyquicklydancedawaybacktothe
warmand fuzzies. I stood duringthe Q&Aand introduced
myself to the meeting.Amid the loud rumbling sounds of
discovery, the great antiMormonthe son of perdition,
himselfwasintheirmidst.
Ithankedthemfortheeffortbutcommented thatthe
meetingcouldnevercoverthevastareasof differenceand
it would be good to meet more times and in private with
thetrueseekers.Inonecase,theStakePresidentwasasked
directly about the priesthood authority and the only true
authoritytoactforGodonearth,andhesatthere,refusing
togiveanhonestanswer.
Attheend,theyaskedpeopletocontactthemforfurther
dialogue, andIfollowed upwithanemail toBishopMike
Murray,whoseemedawonderful,warmandcaringperson.
I wrote them an email, asking for a private meeting to
discussareasofreconciliationwherebytheMormonChurch
couldstepintofellowshipwithChristianity.Init,Iwrote,in
part:
In myheart there is an urgency for reconcilia
tionoftheChurch and Christian orthodoxyand Ed
Decker. I would like to quietly and privately
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laydowneverythinginthatgoal.Ihavenoagenda,
other than to sit and talk and pray for each other
andperhaps come to aplaceof trustwhere we
can talk about things that the Lord wouldhave us
discuss.(Edecker@nwlink.co
mtoM.MurrayJune
6,2005)
BishopMurrayrepliedonJune27,2005,andinavery
warmandsincereresponse,stated,inpart:
Dear Ed,Thankyouforthisgoodemailand for
yourattendance attheLDSForuminRedmond.Im
glad you came up after the eventand introduced
yourselftome.Ienjoyedourshortvisit.
Ihavereviewedyouremailcarefullyandappre
ciatethespiritinwhichitiswritten.
Idonothavetheauthoritytospeakonthetopic
ofreconciliationbetweentheLDSChurchand,using
your term, Christian orthodoxy.Suchdialogue will
have to be pursued directly by you with the First
PresidencyoftheChurch.
Reconciliation,bydefinition,mostoftenrequires
compromise as parties seek the lowest common
denominator of agreement. In my mind such an
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outcomeisneitherspirituallynorintellectuallysatis
fyingasoneisforcedtotamperwithhisdefinitionof
truth.Ontheotherhand, ifwhatyouare seekingis
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letting bygonesbebygones,thenIwouldsuggest
thatyougettogetherwithyourlocalbishop.
I feelinmyheartthattheaverageMormonsare trying
tosincerelyfindthatpaththatwilldrawthemintothemain
streamoftrueChristianity.But,BishopMurraysaiditbest:
Inmymindsuchanoutcomeisneitherspirituallynorintel
lectually satisfying as one is forced to tamper with his
definitionoftruth.
Therein istherub.Oneformerpresident oftheUnited
Statessaidsomethinglikethis:Italldependsonwhatyour
definitionoftheword,ISis.
TheMormonleadershipwillnottamperwiththedefini
tionsthathaveseparatedthemfromOrthodoxyforover170
years.TheywillspendtheirtimetryingtolookasChristian
aspossiblesothattheycandrawintheconvertsneededto
keepthegreatcaravanrolling,howevercrookeditspath.
The OnlyTrue Jews
The Mormons arent just interested in stepping into
mainstreamChristianity;theyhavetheirothereyeonIsrael.
ItistheMormonssecretclaimtobethetrueIsrael.Even
nowtheMormonChurchisreachingoutforwhatitbelieves
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isitsinheritanceinIsrael.
ChuckSackettistheformerMormonwhoauthored
the book, Whats Going On in There?, which details the
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actualLDSTempleritual.ChuckwasvisitinginJerusalem
at the same time Jeremiah Films was there and agreed to
aninterviewatthesiteoftheextremelycontroversialBYU
ExtensiononMountScopus.
I had been invited to Israel during the Extensions
constructiontoexplaintheLDSdoctrinestoleadersatthe
Knesset.Thesesecularleaderswereshockedtofindoutthat
thegodofMormonismwasanexaltedman.Itwasequally
shocking to the religious leaders of Israel. But political
expe diency overcame the very vocal objections of the
conserva tive minority, and the Mormons were able to
completetheproject.
Former Mormon Chuck Sackett, standing in front of
theLDSbuilding,inactualMormonTempleclothesforthe
filming,describedthesituationforus:
Im standing here in beautiful Jerusalem.This impres
sivestructureisbuiltonthesacredsiteofMountScopusby
theChurchofJesusChristofLatterdaySaints,asanexten
sion to BrighamYoung University. I believe that its very
importantfortheJewishpeopletoknowaboutthedecep
tionandmisrepresentation that wasemployed inbuilding
this Mormon edifice.Mormons used political intrigue and
greatsumsofmoneyinordertocoveruptheirtrueintentto
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proselytizeJewsandconvertthemtoMormonism.Mostof
thereligiousJewsofJerusalemconsiderthisMormonstruc
tureanabominationandsacrilegeofholygroundandare
outragedbyitspresence.
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SaintscameheretoJerusalemunderthebannerof
Christianity to establish this edifice and to estab
lishtheirpresenceherewhentheyarenomoretrue
ChristiansthantheyaretrueJews.21
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CHAPTEREIGHT
,
The core testimony ofevery Mormon isthat Joseph
Smith wasaholyprophet.Butwasheatrue prophetor
afalseprophet?
heveryexistenceofMormonismhingesonitscentral
tenetthatitwasfoundedbyJosephSmith,who
claimed
claimsofhavingseenGodandChristandtohavereceived
hisprophethoodandauthorityfromthemreallyweretrue,
twoveryimportantthingswouldfollow.
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First,theChristianworldwouldhavetorecognizethat
the New Testament era was over and a new era had
begun.Tounderstandthisconceptoneneedstounderstand
theplaceoftheofficeofprophet.ThecallingoftheOld
Testamentprophetwasonetowhomandthroughwhom
God spoke. Their messages were very largely the
proclamationoftheDivinepurposesofsalvationandglory
tobeaccomplishedinthe future.1 The prophetsandtheir
messageswerethepointerstoJesus!
InLuke16:16(KJV),theLordclearlystated,The
Lawand the Prophets wereuntilJohn: Sincethat timethe
KingdomofGod ispreached, and everymanpresseth into
it. ThetimefordeclaringtheforthcomingoftheKingdom
wasover;thekingdomitselfwasnowtobedeclaredbythe
Sonhimself!
Hebrews1:12(KJV)makesitevenclearer.God, who
at sundry times and in divers manners spake unto the
fathersbytheprophets,hathintheselastdaysspokenunto
usbyHisSon,whomHe hath appointed heir ofall things,
bywhomalsoHemadetheworlds.
ThiswassaidafterChristhadrisenandthechurchwas
in operation. No prophet was appointed to be the head of
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emptyofficeinHisownrightwhenhesaid,Itisfinished.
Yet as we read in 1 Corinthians, the giftofprophecy was
activeinthebodyoftheChurch,notsomethingfoundonly
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So,ifJosephSmithwasthespokesmanthroughwhom
GodwouldnowissueHisorders,thentheestablishedorder
ofNewTestamentgovernmentwouldhavetobeended,and
the church would step into a new covenant that was not
foretoldbyChrist,bywhomGodwastospeaktousin
NewTestamenttimes.
Second, if Smiths claims of having restored Christs
true church on earth were true, then we could step back
fromtheresponsibility ofhaving every manpresseth into
it andsimplylistentotheinstructionandcounselofthe
Mormonprophet,trustingandobeyingthewordsfromhis
mouthastheycamedirectlyfromGod.
However, before we take that step of obedience, it
wouldbewiseforustochecktheBiblicaltestsofaprophet,
asgiven in the Bible, and put this newera prophet to
the same simple tests by which every Old Testament
prophet was judged. We need to do that with Joseph
Smith. Afterall, Christ fulfilledover 300 exact prophecies
in His birth, life, death and resurrection. Some of these
prophecieswereforetoldover900yearsbeforeHisbirth.
Prophetscanbecheckedoutforaccuracy.
One would think that any member of a restoration
churchwhichbasesitsveryexistenceonitsownpersonal
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latterdayprophetwouldbeabletogiveanywillinglistener
a long litany of true prophecies. At least the earnest
seeker would expect to find dusty volumes of such
prophecies abounding in church libraries throughout the
newkingdom.
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Inactuality,JosephSmithmeetsthetestofScriptureas
oneoftheforetoldfalseprophetswhowouldcomeinthe
last days. A number of the prophecies of Joseph Smith,
some of which were buried deep inside the LDS closet,
certainlyfailed to come to pass. Judge them for yourself.
Letmelistafew:
The False PropheciesofJoseph Smith
Remember,asyoureadthefollowinglist,thataccording
toDeuteronomy18:2022,itonlytakesonefalseprophecy
tomakeaprophetfalse,justasitonlytakesonemurderto
make a person a murderer. As you read the many false
propheciesofJosephSmith,keepthisBiblicalteachingin
mind.
TheAbridgmentofD&C137
AlthoughthereareactuallydozensoffalsepropheciesI
couldbeginwith,Ichoseonewhichhascometonewfound
prominence in recent years. In 1976, Section 137 of
Doctrine
& Covenants was submitted to the General Conference of
theChurchofJesusChristofLatterdaySaintsforavoteto
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theHistoryoftheChurchhadbeenconvenientlyleftoutof
theversiontobeincludedintheD&C.Thereasonforthese
omissions was that four obviously false prophecies were
contained in the part of the revelation that was censored
out.These were prophecies soblatantly false thateventhe
averageMormonreaderwouldpickuponthem.Therefore
they went down that ever widening and deepening black
holeofMormonhistory.
What exactly did these missing parts contain? If you
go to the official History of the Church published by the
churchs own publishing company, you will easily be able
tofindthe missing prophecies.2 Here is what is not in the
newD&C137:
[JosephSmith:]...IsawtheTwelveApostlesof
the Lamb, who are now upon the earth, who hold
the keys of this last ministry, in foreign lands,
standing together in a circle, much fatigued, with
their clothes tattered and their feet swollen, with
theireyescastdownward,andJesusstandingintheir
midst, and they did not behold him. The Saviour
lookeduponthemandwept.
I also beheld Elder MLellin in the south,
standinguponahill,surroundedbyavastmultitude,
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preachingtothem,andalamemanstandingbefore
himsupportedbyhiscrutches;hethrewthemdown
at his word and leaped as a hart, by the mighty
powerofGod.
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Now,ifthisprophecyweretrue,itwouldhavebeena
truly inspiring and wonderful declaration! Unfortunately,
fortheMormonfaithful,ashortlookatthesemissingparts
revealsthefalsepropheciescontainedtherein.
ThemoststrikingoftheseisthatSmithclaimedtosee
hisoriginalTwelveapostlesallinthecelestialkingdom.3
This is difficult to imagine, since there was already divi
sionbetweenSmithandthemajorityoftheapostles,begin
ning with discord in Kirtland, Ohio. The first portion of
themissingpartsshowshislessthansubtlerebukeoftheir
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resistancetohiswill....fatigued...tattered...eyes castdown
ward.... The Saviour lookedupon them and wept. Smith
wascallingthemtogetintolineandsubmitthemselvesto
his full authority. Thats the carrot offered in the last
portion,
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I finallysawtheTwelveintheCelestialKingdomofGod.
[Allemphasisadded.]
However,histhussaiththeLordmusthavehad
little effect on these men, because at least seven of the
twelveweresoonexcommunicatedorapostatizedfrom
thechurch:JohnF.BoyntonandLukeS.Johnson(1837),4
Lyman Johnson (1838),5William E. MLellin (c.1838),6
Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde (1838),7 and William
Smith(1845).8
Howcouldtheyhaveeverattainedthecelestialkingdom
underthoseconditions?Theycouldnt!Theywerenotonly
accursedbytheirveryactsofapostasyorexcommunication,
but fell victim to the LDS Churchs own scriptural
denunciation.D&C84.4041clearlystates:
Therefore, all those who receive the priesthood,
receive this oath and covenant of my father, which
hecannotbreak,neithercanitbemoved.Butwhoso
breakeththiscovenantafterhehathreceivedit,and
altogetherturneththerefrom,shallnothaveforgive
nessofsinsinthisworldnorintheworldtocome.
Although a few of these men later returned to the
church,none of them were even close to the standards
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couldnotbetrue.Itwouldhavebeenfalseevenifonlyone
Apostleremainedoutsidethefold.
In addition, the vision of MLellin preaching and
workingmiracles in the south never came true because he
apostatizedfromthechurchwithouteverdoingit!
BrighamYoungdidbringtheMormonswestandwasa
greatcolonizerandorator,butthevisionofBrighamYoung
preachingtomenofcolorintheirownlanguage,insome
strangeandfarawayplaceinthesouthwestnevertookplace
eitheroratleastthereisnotraceofitintheverydetailed
recordsanddiariesconcerninghisreignasprophet.
Finally, Zion (Independence, Missouri) was never
redeemed,hasneverbeenredeemedinthe165+years
since the prophecy was made. Is it any wonder thatThe
Brethrenchosetoremovewholechunksofthisinspired
revelation?
Was Emma Smith Destroyed?
One of the most significant sections of the Doctrine
andCovenantsisSection#132,whichdealswiththeplural
marriage (polygamy)revelation. However,italsocontains
manyfalseprophecies!
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receivethafulnesstheremustandshallabidethelaw,
orheshallbedamned,saiththeLordGod...(v.6).
Letminehandmaid,EmmaSmith[Josephsfirst
wife]receiveallthose[wives]thathavebeengiven
untomyservantJoseph,andwhoarevirtuousand
pure before me; and those who are not pure and
have said they were pure shall be destroyed, saith
theLordGod.AndIgiveuntomyservantJoseph
thatheshallberulerovermanythings;forhehath
beenfaithfuloverafewthings,andfromhenceforth
I will strengthen him. And I command my
handmaid,EmmaSmithtoabideandcleaveuntomy
servantJoseph, and to none else. But if she will
not abide this commandment [of plural marriage]
she shall bedestroyed,saith theLord; forIamthe
LordthyGod,and willdestroyher ifshe abide not
in mylaw (v.
5254).
And if he have ten virgins given unto him by
thislaw,hecannotcommitadultery,fortheybelong
tohim,andtheyaregivenuntohim;thereforeheis
justified(v.62).[Allemphasisadded.]
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Wheredowebegin?Firstofall,pluralmarriagewasan
everlasting covenant that only lasted about 50 years. It
wasofficiallydoneawaywithin1890.9 Howcansomething
thatisordainedbyGodaseverlastingeverstop?Second,
according to verse 6, everyone who is not living in plural
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bearuptoclosescrutiny.InD&C87:18,weread:
Verily,thus saith the Lord concerning the wars
thatwillshortlycometopass,beginningatthe
rebel
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lionofSouthCarolina,whichwilleventuallytermi
nateinthedeathandmiseryofmanysouls;Andthe
time will come that war will be poured out upon
allnations,beginningatthisplace.Forbehold,the
Southern States shall be divided against the
NorthernStates,andtheSouthernStateswillcallon
othernations,eventhenationofGreatBritainand
theyshallalsocalluponothernations,inorderto
defend themselves against other nations; and then
warshallbepouredoutuponallnations.
Anditshallcometopass,aftermanydays,
slavesshallriseupagainsttheirmasters,whoshall
be marshaled and disciplined for war. And it shall
come to passalsothattheremnantswhoareleftof
theland willmarshalthemselves,andshallbecome
exceedinglyangry,andshallvextheGentileswitha
sorevexation.
Andthus,withtheswordandbybloodshedthe
inhabitants of the earth shall mourn; and with
famine,andplague,andearthquake,andthethunder
ofheaven, and the fierce and vivid lightning also,
shalltheinhabitantsoftheearthbemadetofeelthe
wrath and indignation, and chastening hand of an
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AlmightyGoduntiltheconsumptiondecreedhath
madeafullendofallnations.
Thatthecryofthesaints,andthebloodofthe
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balance.Injustoneitem,theprophecystatesthatwarwould
beginlocallyandpouroutuponallnationsandshallbethe
directcause of an international global war. Even the great
World
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JosephSmithmadethisreferencetotheSecondComing
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WereIgoingtoprophesy,Iwouldsaytheend[ofthe
world]wouldnotcomein1844,5or6,orinfortyyears.
Therearethoseoftherisinggenerationwhoshall nottaste
deathtillChristcomes.
I wasonceprayingearnestlyupon this subject,and
avoicesaiduntome,Myson,ifthoulivestuntil
thou art eightyfiveyears of age, thou shalt see the
faceoftheSonofMan.Iwaslefttodrawmyown
conclusions concerning this, and I took the liberty
toconcludethatifIdidlivetothattime,Hewould
makeHisappearance.ButIdonotsaywhetherHe
willmakeHisappearanceorIshallgowhereHeis.
IprophesyinthenameoftheLordGod,andletitbe
writtentheSonofManwillnotcomeintheclouds
of heaven till I am eightyfive years old. (48 years
henceorabout1890)14 [Allemphasisadded.]
Interestinglyenough,thispassageistakenfromSmiths
diary; and modern LDS historians have removed the
phrase48yearshenceorabout1890becauseitsoclearly
demonstratedthefalsityoftheprophecy.
NoneoftherisinggenerationeversawJesuscoming.
Jesus certainly did not come in about 1890. Over a
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centuryhaspassedsincethatdate;andSmithsprophecy
lies dead and buried along with him and that rising
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The PotsherdProphecy
Although Mormons like to exhibit their patriotism,
JosephSmithwasnotoverlyfondoftheUSgovernment.
This isone ofSmiths prophecies thatyou willnot hear
Mitt Romney speak about. In1843,Smithdeclared:
if the government, which received into its coffers
themoneyofcitizensforitspublictreasury,cannot
protectsuchcitizensintheirlivesandproperty,itis
anold granny anyhow;and Iprophesyin the name
ofthe Lord God ofIsrael, unless the United States
redressthewrongscommittedupontheSaintsinthe
stateofMissouriandpunishthecrimescommitted
by her officers,that in a fewyears the government
will be utterly overthrown and wasted, and there
will not be so much as a potsherd left...15 [All
emphasisadded.]
CongressfailedtocomplywithSmithsdemands.Itdid
notprotecttheMormons,anddidnotredressthewrongs
doneagainst them.Inspiteofthis,thecongresswasnever
overthrown, and the U.S. government has never been
destroyed,overthrownorwasted.Afterover160years,the
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Myson,peacebeuntothysoul;thineadver
sity and thine afflictions shall be but a small
moment;Andthen,ifthouendureitwell,Godshall
exalttheeon high; thou shalt triumph over all thy
foesAndalsothatGodhathsethishandandseal
to change thetimes and seasons,and to blind their
minds,thattheymightnotunderstandhismarvelous
workings;andtakethemintheirowncraftiness
And not many years hence, that they and their
posterity shall beswept from under heaven, saith
God, that not one ofthem is left tostand by the
wall.[Allemphasisadded.]
This prophecy promises that Smith and his
Churchwouldtriumphoveralltheirfoes.Thisnever
happened. They had just been driven out of their
ZioninIndependence,Missouri.Smithwastodie
bythehandsofhisfoes,aboutfiveyearslater.The
entire church wasrunoutofthe state about eight
years later and had to flee to Utah! And Joseph
Smith was dead in Carthage, Illinois. Can this be
triumphingoveryourenemies?
EveninUtah,thepowerofthechurchwasultimately
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brokenbythefederalgovernment,whichforcedthechurch
leaderstosubmittogovernmentauthorityandtodoaway
with their cherished doctrine of plural marriage. More
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sureagainandchangeitsracistpositionontheblacksor
elseloseitstaxexemptstatus.Isthistriumph?
We need to ask: When did God change the times and
seasons on us?When did he blind the minds of Smiths
enemies?WhenwereeveryoneofSmithsenemiesswept
fromunderheaven?Infact,mostofthemlongoutlived
him!
Boastful Prophets
In the Doctrine and Covenants 3, verse 4 (given in
1828),wefindthis:
For although a man may have many revelations,
andhavepowertodomanymightyworks,yetifhe
boasts in his own strength, and sets at naught the
counselsofGod,andfollowsafterthedictatesofhis
own will and carnal desires, he mustfall and incur
the vengeance of a just God upon him. [All
emphasisadded.]
Bear this prophecy in mind, aswemove ahead several
yearsto1844.InMayofthatyear,Smithproclaimedthis:
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He[Satan]winsagreatvictorywhenhecanget
membersoftheChurchtospeakagainsttheirleaders
and do their own thinking.... When our leaders
speak, the thinking has been done. When they
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itisGodsplan.Whentheypointtheway,thereis
nootherwhichissafe.Whentheygivedirection,it
should mark the end of controversy. God works in
no other way. To think otherwise, without
immediaterepentance, maycost one his faith, may
destroyhistestimonyandleavehimastranger tothe
kingdomofGod.20 [Emphasisadded.]
Havingmadesuchastrongaffirmation,one
wouldthinkthatthediehadbeencastandthewords
of Joseph Smith would live on in the hearts and
mindsoftheMormonpeopleforeternity,butitisnt
so. When the church changed the doctrine on
African Americans being allowed to hold the
priesthood and go to the temple, these bedrock
doctrinesofJosephSmithandBrighamYoungwere
shatteredandanewtheologyemerged.
TheBrethrenhadalreadybeenatwork,preparingthe
Saints for several decades of enormous change.At a BYU
StakefiresidemeetingonMay5,1974,GeneralAuthority,
S. Dilworth Young had already warned the students about
modern revelation. That is modern revelation, he said.
MayIrepeat?ModernrevelationiswhatPresidentJoseph
Smith said, unless [then] President Spencer W. Kimball
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saysdifferently.
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temple,morerevelationknowledgewasgiventothepeople.
OnFebruary26,1980,alandmarkspeechwasgivenbefore
thestudentbodyofBrighamYoungUniversitybyEzraTaft
Benson, whowasatthat time the President ofthe Council
of Twelve, and soon to ascend to the presidency of the
churchuponthedeathofSpencerW.Kimball.Hismessage,
The 14 Fundamentalsof Following the Prophetlisted
thosethingsthatsettheLDSprophetapartfromtherestof
mankind.Letussummarizethisgrandkey,theseFourteen
Fundamentals in Following the Prophet,for our salvation
hangsonthem.Amongthethingshelistedwere:
First: Theprophetistheonlymanwhospeaksfor
theLordineverything.
Second: Thelivingprophetismorevitaltousthan
thestandardworks.
Third:The living prophet is more important to us
thanadeadprophet.
Fourth: The prophet will never lead the Church
astray.
Fifth: The prophet is not required to have any
partic ular earthly training or credentials to
speakonanysubjectoractonanymatteratany
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time.
Sixth: TheprophetdoesnothavetosayThussaith
theLordtogiveusscripture.
Seventh: The prophet tells us what we need to
know,notalwayswhatwewanttoknow.
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their fate. How can they ever give him up or doubt his
words? LDS General Authorities themselves can only
acclaimtheprophetwithunmaskedadulation:
We can all be blessed by the words of the prophets of
theLordifwewillonlylistenandfollowtheircounsel.
How fortunate we are that the living God has restored
hisliving Churchwithliving prophetsandadditional
livingscriptures.
Having a living prophet on the earth today is
evidencethatGodlovesusandisinterestedinus.
WhenwespeakoftheprophetoftheChurch,we
mean the President of the Church who is president
of the High Priesthood. He is sustained by the
membershipoftheChurchasprophet,seer,and
revelator.Heholdsthekeysofthekingdom
(seeD&C
107:9192).The prophet and his counselors consti
tute the First Presidency of the Church.We sustain
the First Presidency and the Council of the Twelve
asprophets,seers,andrevelators.23
AsElderBruceR.McConkieexplained,Those
called to preside over quorums, wards, stakes, or
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otherorganizationsintheChurchshouldbeprophets
tothoseoverwhomtheypreside.Hepointedout
thattheFirstPresidencypresidesoverallthepresi
dencies in the Church and that they do so because
oftheirapostolicauthority,holdingboththefulness
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ofthepriesthoodandallofthekeysofthekingdom
ofGodonearth.ThePresidentoftheChurchserves
inthathighandexaltedpositionbecauseheisthe
senior apostle of God on earth.... (He) is the
presidingprophet on earth and as such is the one
through whom revelation is sent forth to the
world.24
TheprophetissovitaltoMormonismthathiswritings
andspeechesareconsideredbytheLDSChurchasdirect
revelation from God.Theonlyproblem isthatbythetime
amanworkshiswaythroughthetangledhierarchyofthe
Mormon Church to the top spot, he is often too old to be
more than a figurehead prophet. During much of his
presidency, and in 1993 when the following report was
published,Ezra TaftBensonhadbeensofrailthathewas
nonfunctional.
Ezra Taft Benson, the 93 year old president of the
ChurchofJesusChristofLatterDaySaints,brokeground
on the gleaming, $24 Million San Diego Temple in 1988,
but is too sick to attend its open house, which begins
today. It isanironythathas not goneunnoticedbysome
Mormons who fear Benson is no longer able to receive
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divineinspirationtoleadthe8.5millionmemberworldwide
church.
Mormon historian D. Michael Quinn, who is under
investigationbychurchleadersforapostasy,hasdescribed
Benson as mentally diminished. And Mario De Pillis,
incomingpresidentoftheMormonHistoryAssociation,has
gonesofarastosayBensonissenile.25
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Thedecisionmakingprocedure,Brownexplained,
generallyworkedlikethis:
An idea is submitted to the First Presidency and
Twelve, thrashed out, discussed and rediscussed
until it seems right. Then, kneeling together in a
circle inthetemple,theyseekdivineguidanceand
thepresidentsays,Ifeeltosaythisisthewillof
theLord.Thatbecomesarevelation. Itisusually
notthoughtnecessary to publish or proclaim it as
such,butthisisthewayithappens.27
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AMassiveMessofScripture
,
Mormonsbelievethat the Bibleisthe weakest link in
scripturesand place their fullfaith inthree other books
that contain their fullnessoftruth.Butdothey believe
invain?
ryingtosortoutthemassivecomplexitiesofthe
Mormon scriptures is somewhat akin to the frustra
tiononemightfeeltryingtorewindapickuploadoftangled
fishingline.Everytimeyoufeellikeyouhavemadesome
headway, another mess pops up. It would be easier to just
cutthelineandclearuplittlesectionsatatime,butthats
thebasicproblem!
Mormonscriptureiscomprisedoffourdocuments:the
Bible, TheBookofMormon,the Doctrine and Covenants
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theBible.First,manyofitsbooksaremissing,soitisonly
anincompletecompilationatbest.Second,wearetoldthat
manyplainandpreciousthingsweretakenawayfromthe
Biblebythatgreatandabominablechurch,asrecordedin
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TheBookofMormon.TheverydocumentrequiringBiblical
testingdiscreditsitsonlycrediblewitness!
24AndtheangeloftheLordsaiduntome:Thou
hastbeheldthatthebookproceededforthfromthe
mouthofaJew;andwhenitproceededforthfrom
themouthofaJewitcontainedthefulnessofthe
gospel of the Lord, of whom the twelve apostles
bearrecord;andtheybearrecordaccordingtothe
truthwhichisintheLambofGod.
25 Wherefore, these things go forth from the
Jews inpurity untotheGentiles, according to the
truthwhichisinGod.
26 And after they go forth by the hand of the
twelveapostlesoftheLamb,fromtheJewsuntothe
Gentiles,thouseesttheformationofthatgreatand
abominable church, which is most abominable
aboveallotherchurches;forbehold,theyhavetaken
awayfromthegospeloftheLambmanypartswhich
are plain and most precious; and also many
covenantsoftheLordhavetheytakenaway.
27And all this have they done that they might
perverttherightwaysoftheLord,thattheymight
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blindtheeyesandhardentheheartsofthechildren
ofmen.
28Wherefore,thouseestthatafterthebookhath
goneforththroughthehandsofthegreatandabomi
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nablechurch,thattherearemanyplainandprecious
thingstakenawayfromthebook,whichisthebook
oftheLambofGod.(TheBookofMormon,INephi
13:2428)
The final severance from biblical accountability is the
continuedLDSteachingthatwhatwasleftoftheScriptures
hasbeensooftenandbadlytranslatedthatourpresentBible
is of almost no stand alone value. Apostle Orson Pratt,
anearlyMormontheologian,summeduptheLDSposition
whenhestated:
...and who, in his right mind, could for one
moment,supposetheBibleinitspresentformtobe
aperfectguide?Whoknowsthatevenoneverseof
the whole Bible has escaped pollution, so as to
convey the same sense now that it did in the
original?2
Joseph Smith taught, I believe the Bible as it
read when it came from the pen of the original
writers.Ignoranttranslators,carelesstranscribers,or
designingandcorruptpriestshavecommittedmany
errors.3
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andbelieveit.ItsjustaticketintheChristiansdoorsforthe
Mormons.
WhattheMormonsendupwithisasetofspirituallaws
thatforcethemtojudgetheirscriptureasperfect,bytheir
ownmeasureoffaithandnotbyanyobjectivecriteria.If
thereisanobviouscontradictionwiththeLDSscriptureand
whatthepresentprophetisteaching, theMormonscannot
judgeortesttheprophetbythescripture,historyorfact.
AccordingtothelatePresidentandProphetofthechurch,
EzraTaftBenson,thecurrentLDSdoctrineisthattheliving
prophetisabovescripture.Thereisabsolutelynowayout.
Burninginthe Bosom
ThefinalityoftheMormontheologyisnotbasedupon
evaluationbyscripturalevidence,butbasedentirelyupona
burninginthebosom.Again,LDSScripturedemandsthis
finalproof of itself and tells its members that this experi
ence is what they must seek. Oliver Cowdery was the
secondeldertoJosephSmithinthefoundingofthechurch
andinthetranslationofTheBookofMormon.Inawordof
admonition to him during the translation of The Book of
Mormon,theMormongoddeclaredthroughJosephSmith:
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withinyou;thereforeyoushallfeelthatitisright.
Butifitbenotrightyoushallhavenosuchfeelings,
but you shall have a stupor of thought that shall
causeyoutoforgetthethingwhichiswrong....4
WhentheMormonmissionariescomeintoahome,they
will talk about their first prophet, Joseph Smith and The
Book of Mormon and will instruct the investigator to
read TheBookofMormonand to pray about it.They will
encourage the reader to seek that divine burning in the
bosomwhichwillprovethatJosephSmithisaprophetof
GodandThe Book of Mormon is really scripture. Moroni
10:4[TheBookofMormon]willbequoted:
Andwhenyouhavereceivedthesethings,Iwould
exhortyouthatyewouldaskGod,theeternalfather,
in the name of Christ, if these things are not true;
andif ye ask with a sincere heart, with real intent,
havingfaithinChrist,hewillmanifestthetruthofit
untoyoubythepoweroftheHolyGhost.
The missionaries use this quote to put the burden of
proofontheinvestigatorssincereheart,hisrealintentand
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tobetested.Infact,noneoftherealheresiesofMormonism
willhavebeensharedwiththeinvestigatoratthisstageof
conversion,sotheinvestigatorisprayingaboutthetasteof
theicingonanunknowncake.
The Biblical knowledge and The Book of Mormon
knowledgeoftheinvestigatorarenottobetested.Theyare
tojustpraysincerely,andthisdivineburninginthebosom
willbetheproofthatthemissionariesaredeliveringdivine
truthdirectlyfromGod.
MyOwn PersonalExperience
Ivividlyrecallmyownexperiencewiththeburningin
thebosom.Icanclearlyrememberlyingonmybedforthe
betterpartofawholenight,cryingouttoGodforaburning
in my bosom so that I would know the church was true.
HourafterhourIlaythere,withmybreastliftedupward,as
thoughit were on an altar of sacrifice, pleading for the
evidence of this eternal truth. I knew that my heart was
sincere, and yet the guilt of my not experiencing the
manifestationwasalmostmorethanIcouldbear.
Finally, many hours into my vigil, that burning came.
Ifelt an actual, physical burning sensation in my breast. I
wouldlatertestifythatitwasasthoughIhadariseof7or8
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degreesinbodyheat.Mychestwasatahighfevertempera
ture.Irejoicedinthecertaintyofmyfaith.Iknewthatthe
churchwastrue,thatJosephSmithwasatrueprophetand
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thatTheBookofMormonwasthepure,truewordofGod.
Yet, in retrospect, I never checked one single teaching of
themissionariesagainsttheHolyBibletoseeifitmatched
up.
It is kind of interesting that when, as a born again
believer,mywife,Carol,prayedthatsameprayerofMoroni
10:4asshereadTheBookofMormon,seekingtoknowof
itstruth, she would fall asleep and experience that stupor
OliverCowderywastoldwouldbetheevidenceofuntruth.
PerhapsshewasprayingtothewrongGod.WhenIprayed
it, not being bornagain, I prayed as instructed by the
missionaries. I received one answer, and she received a
totallydifferentone.Yet, we were both sincere. What was
the difference?ThedifferencewasthatCarolhadbecome
bornagainandhadtherealHolySpirittoguideher.
An
Version?
Inspired
MormonsuseonlytheKingJamesVersionoftheBible.
ItisalsointerestingtonotethattheLDSChurchpublishes
itsowneditionoftheKingJamesBible.Anarticle,Church
Publishes First LDS Edition ofThe Bible, by Lavina F.
Anderson,appearedintheOctober1979editionoftheLDS
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anyLatterdaySaintscripture.Iaskedherifthesecurses
wouldbeineffectifanyonehaddaredtoalterjusttheBook
of Revelation in any way. She replied that this was
obviouslyso.
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IthenshowedherthatintheJosephSmithTranslation,
Smith had added to, or subtracted from, the Book of
Revelation over 85 times.6 Even in the smallest context
ofthewarning,JosephSmithstandscondemnedasafalse
prophet,Ideclared.Shestaredinshock.Later,alocalLDS
leadercameuptomeafterthemeetingandquietlywhis
pered,Itdoesntmatter;hewasjustadjustingtheincorrect
parts.Iknowthatheisatrueprophet!
The Jesus ofTheBookofMormon
Is The Bookof Mormon Another Testament of Jesus
Christ, as the Mormons claim? Or is it a testament of
anotherJesusChrist?Letscheckitwithonesimpletest,
comparingwhat happened when Jesus went to Calvary in
theBibleandwhenhewentinTheBookofMormon.Ifthey
aretestifyingofthesameJesusChrist,thetestamentshould
bethesame!
The various New Testament writers in the Bible
describetheeventsthisway:
Jesus,whenhehadcriedagainwithaloudvoice,
yielded up the ghost. And, behold, the veil of the
templewasrentintwainfromthetoptothebottom;
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gaveuptheghost.(John19:30)
The word earthquake is used in the verses from
Matthew27tostatethattheearthshook.Itmustnothave
beensevere,sinceJohndoesntevenmentionit.Lukeindi
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catesthatpeoplestoodbyastheearthshookandthesun
went into eclipse for three hours.There is one clear thing.
Nooneismentionedashavingdiedfromtheearthquake.At
Hisresurrectiononthethirdday,graveswereopenedand
somesaintswereresurrectedtowalkintothecity.
In the end of the Sabbath, as it began to dawn
toward the first day of the week, came Mary
MagdaleneandtheotherMarytoseethesepulchre.
And,behold,therewas a great earthquake:for the
angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and
came and rolled backthe stone fromthe door, and
sat upon it. His countenance was like lightning,
and hisraiment whiteassnow:Andforfearofhim
the keepers did shake, and became as dead men.
Andthe angel answered andsaid untothewomen,
Fear notye:forI know that yeseek Jesus, which
was crucified. He is not here: forheisrisen,ashe
said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.
(Matthew28:16)
Again,thewordearthquakeisnotusedinthedestruc
tivesense.Theearthshookandthestonerolledawayfrom
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Laman,
Josh,
Gad,
and
Kishkumen(a totalof
16majorcities).
WhodidallthiskillingtotestifyoftheLordsatone
mentonCalvary?ThirdNephi9:15revealsthemurdererof
approximately2millioninnocentinhabitantsofTheBookof
Mormonlands:
Behold,IamJesusChristthesonofGod.Icreated
theheavensandtheearth andallthingsthatinthem
are.He adds (inverse 21),Behold, I have come
untotheworldtobringredemptionuntotheworldto
savetheworldfromsin.
Itappearsthattheeasiestwaytobringredemptionwas
to kill the vast majority of the people in those lands, the
very people Mormons believe are Jesus other
sheep...which are not of this fold, referred to in John
10:16. This MormonJesuswasagodofwrath.Couldthis
trulybetheactoftheOne Who was supposed to be the
endofthelaw(Romans
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10:4)?
ComparethatMormonChristtotheBiblicalJesuswho
compassionately cried out to His Father,Father, forgive
them, for they do not knowwhat they aredoing(Luke
23:34).
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SecondCorinthians 11:15tellsusthattherewillbethose
whowouldteachadifferentChrist.Paulsaysofthem,For
such menare false apostles, deceitfulworkmen,masquer
adingasapostlesofChrist (2Corinthians11:13).Thereis
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abiblicalwarningaboutthosewhowouldbringthedoctrine
ofanotherJesus,plusasimpletest.DotheMormonsand
TheBookofMormonpass that test? No, they do not and
neverwill.
Power inthe Blood
TheMormonshaveadifficulttimeunderstandingwhat
actuallyhappenedatCalvary.IntheLDSpamphlet,What
theMormonsThinkofChrist,weseetheproblem.Inthe
section,TheBloodofChrist(page22inthe1976edition),
itreads:
ChristiansspeakoftenofthebloodofChristand
its cleansing power. Much that is believed and
taught on this subject, however, is such utter
nonsenseandsopalpablyfalsethattobelieveitisto
loseonessalvation.Forinstance,manybelieveor
pretendtobelievethatifweconfessChristwithour
lips andavowthatweaccepthimasourpersonal
savior, we are thereby saved. They say that his
blood,withoutanyotheractthanmerebelief,makes
usclean.
WhatisthetruedoctrineofthebloodofChrist?
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Salvationcomesbecauseoftheatonement,andthe
atonementwaswroughtthroughthesheddingofthe
bloodofChrist.InGethsemaneChristsweatgreat
dropsofbloodfromeveryporewhenhecondition
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ButnowinChrist Jesusyewhosometimeswere
far offaremade nigh by the blood of Christ. For
heisour peace, whohath madebothone,and hath
broken downthe middle wall of partitionbetween
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us;Havingabolishedinhisfleshtheenmity,eventhe
lawofcommandmentscontained inordinances; for
tomakeinhimselfoftwainonenewman,somaking
peace; Andthat he mightreconcile both unto God
in one body by the cross, having slain the enmity
thereby:Andcameandpreachedpeacetoyouwhich
were afar off, and to them that were nigh.
(Colossians
2:1317)
IntheearlyLDSchurch,amoreorthodoxChristwas
preached.ButwhenJosephSmithbegantoteachthestrange
doctrinesofthisdifferentChrist,thechurchcouldnolonger
embrace the reality of the blood of Calvary and its full
redemptive work. That was when the church removed the
redwinefromthecommuniontableandbeganusingwater.
Thisactliterallywashedawaytherealityofthebloodfrom
itsChristianconverts.Thesameholdstruetoday.Thecross
andthebloodhavebecomestrangerstotheMormons.The
CrossofChristisabsentfromeverysingleoneofthemany
thousands of Mormon Churches.And so is the Christ who
wenttoitwillinglyforusall.
IrememberthedayofmyownsalvationinJanuaryof
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1975,whenthelittlechurchmywifeandIwerevisiting
served Christian communion. I held the elements of that
communioninmyhandsandlookeddownattheredgrape
juice.Iknewitrepresentedthebloodthatwasshedforme,
andasItookittomylips,Iwept,knowingthatIwaslost
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InarecentcomparisonofthepapyritoJosephsnotes,
it was apparent that the thirteenth and fourteenth verses
of Abraham 1 were translated from one single character
resemblingabackwardE.Yet,infact,JosephSmithtrans
latedthisinto76words,withninepropernamesandeight
other nouns. The character for the Egyptian god, Khonso,
wastranslatedbyJosephSmithinto177wordsinAbraham
1:1619.
16 And his voice was unto me: Abraham,
Abraham,behold,mynameisJehovah,andIhave
heard thee, and have come down to deliver thee,
andtotaketheeawayfromthyfathershouse,and
fromallthykinsfolk,intoastrangelandwhichthou
knowestnotof;
17 And this because they have turned their
hearts away from me, to worship the god of
Elkenah, and the god of Libnah, and the god of
Mahmackrah, andthe god of Korash, and the god
of Pharaoh, king ofEgypt; thereforeI have come
down to visit them,and to destroy him who hath
lifteduphishandagainst thee, Abraham, my son,
to take away thylife.
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19AsitwaswithNoahsoshallitbewiththee;
butthroughthyministrymynameshallbeknownin
theearthforever,forIamthyGod.
One wellknown scene, copied from the Osiris
mysteries,showsAnubis,thejackalheadedgodontheleft,
ministering to the dead Osiris on the bier. The penciled
restoration (by Smith) is incorrect. Anubis should be
jackalheaded. TheleftarmofOsirisisinrealitylyingat
hissideunderhim.Theapparentupperhandispartofa
second bird which is hovering over the erect phallus of
Osiris(nowbrokenaway).The second bird is Isis and she
is magically impregnatedbythedeadOsirisandthenlater
givesbirthtoHorus,whoavengeshisfatherandtakesover
hisinheritance.7
Egyptologist Klaus Baer basically repeated the same
descriptioninhistranslationofthepapyriastheBreathing
PermitofHor.Hestated:
The vignette of P. JS I [Joseph Smith papyri] is
unusual, but parallels exist on the walls of the
Ptolemaic temples of Egypt, the closest being the
scenes in the Osiris chapels on the roof of the
TempleofDendera.
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Therearesomeproblemsabout[Smith]restoringthe
missingpartsofthebodyofOsiris.Hewasalmost
certainlyrepresentedasithyphallic,readytobeget
Horus,asinmanyofthescenesatDendera.8
In other words, the picture was a known pagan image.
Itmeant something. Itwasntevenremotely closetowhat
Joseph Smith claimed in his Father Abraham fraud. All
threeEgyptologistsconfirmedthattheJosephSmithpapyri
dealt exclusively with pagan rituals, pagan gods and the
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FundamentallyMormons
,
Whythe Mormon Fundamentalistsare livingoutthe
realLDSDoctrines.
divinerevelationtolegitimizehispolygamousmarriagesto
many wives at the same time. He spiritualized the immo
ralityofhispluralmarriagesanddeclaredittobeaNew
andeverlastingCovenant;andifyeabidenotthatcovenant
thenareyedamned;fornoonecanrejectthiscovenantand
bepermittedtoenterintomyglory.1
Polygamy was an essential doctrine of the young
Mormon religion and still remains a requirement for
godhood. The promise of eternal increase and glory still
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...theyshallpassbytheangels,andthegods,which
are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all
things,ashathbeensealedupontheirheads,which
glory shall bea fulness andacontinuation ofthe
seeds forever and ever. Then shall they be gods,
becausethey havenoend;therefore shalltheybe
from ever lasting to everlasting, because they
continue;thenshall they be above all, because all
things are subject unto them. Then shall they be
gods,becausetheyhaveallpower,andtheangels
aresubjecttothem. Verily, verily, I say unto you,
exceptyeabidemylawyecannotattainthisglory.2
In addition to his first wife Emma, Joseph Smith
appears to have actively enjoyed numerous other wives,
ranginginagefrom15yearoldHelenMarKimballto59
yearoldRhodaRichards.WriterFawnBrodie(whileatthe
time, stilla member of the Mormon Church) counted 49
women,mostofwhomhemarriedduring1843and1844.
Ofthatlist,atleasttwelveweremarriedwomenwithliving
husbands.3 HisfirstpluralwifewasFannieAlger,abarely
pubescent teenager who was living in the Smith home at
thetime.4
BrighamYoung,successortoJosephSmith,andsecond
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prophetoftheMormonChurch,vigorouslyproclaimedthat
theonlymenwhobecomegods,eventhesonsofGod,are
thosewhoenterintopolygamy.5 BrighamYoungtookhis
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ownwordsenthusiasticallytoheartandmaintainedapolyg
amoushouseholdofoverseveraldozenwives.
TheGodofJudeoChristianityisclearlyopposedtothe
taking of more than one wife. Yet, todays social climate
is inclining moreandmoretowardspermitting groups of
differentculturalandreligiouspersuasionstohavefreedom
to exercise their various beliefs. Laws restricting plural
marriagetodaymaysoonchangeiftheyarechallengedin
ourliberalcourts,therebyaccommodatingthemultinational
influx of polygamous religions and cultures that currently
existinAmerica.
In Utah, numerous polygamous offshoots of the LDS
church still live The Principle(of plural marriage) with
impunity. Mormons are not the only group with this kind
of doctrine.There are now millions of Muslims living in
America alone, many of whom currently consider plural
marriageasanorthodoxrightoftheirfaith.
In1890,underorthodoxChristianandgovernmentpres
sure, the Mormon Church was forced to reevaluate the
divinecommandmentofpolygamy.Fightingforstatehood,
Utahwasconfrontedwiththeneedtoshedthisdoctrine,
whichtherestofthecountryviewedonaparwithwhite
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ManyMormonswhohadembracedthiseternalpromise
of glory rebelled. To deny The Principle would be to
rejectthe very structure and function of their family units
andtheirspiritual lives. After all, Brother Joseph warned
them thatif they did not live the Covenant, they would
be damned.Many of the polygamists fled to Mexico and
Canada.Others,lessaffluent, removedthemselvestothe
outer edges of the Mormon kingdom, settling in such
places as Southern Utah, Idaho and Northern Arizona.
Many others consideredPresident Woodruffs action such
an evil act of political expe diency that it caused the
anointing of God to be lifted from the Church. They
defected,formingtheirownoffshootsofMormonism.False
leaders in SaltLakeCitywouldnotdrawthemawayfrom
thetruefaith.
Todays Fundamentalists
Generally known as Fundamentalists, many of these
groups function today, still believing that the doctrines
taughtby Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were divine
truth, still holding to The Book of Mormon, the
Melchizedek priest hood, Temple garments and other
evidences of their faith. They stand convinced that the
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PolygamyinUtahisanembarrassmenttotheMormon
Church, especially at a time when they want to quietly
sidestep into the general ranks of ecumenical Christianity.
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whenhesaid,Thosewhotaketheirreligionmostseriously
returntopolygamy,becauseithasnotbeenexpungedfrom
Mormonscripture.Infact, if a Mormonisvery honest, he
probablyneeds to be a polygamist. However, he added,
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isahorror.Thehistoryofpolygamyisa historyofwomen
whoshared theirmen.Anditsahistoryofpower,abuseof
womenandchildren,andspiritualmanipulation.9
The late Thelma Granny Geer was an exMormon
whohad an LDSfamilytreethatwentback to thepioneer
days in Utah. She was a descendant of John D. Lee, a
Mormon Bishop who was involved in the infamous
Mountain Meadow Massacre near St. George, Utah, in
1857,inwhichmorethan120emigrantswereambushed
andslain.10
On August 14, 2007, the movie September Dawn
opened
to wild reviews as it revealed the brutal slayings there in
St.Georgeof120innocentmen,womenandchildrenatthe
handsoftheLDSChurch,undertheordersoftheprophet,
BrighamYoung. The filmis a brutally honest rendition of
truehistoricfactstheLDSChurchhastriedunsuccessfully
toseparateitselffrom.
Lee was eventually executed for his part in the
massacre.Granny was the author of the bestselling book
Mormonism, Mama and Me. She was also a dedicated
Christian witness to untold thousands of Mormons. She
shared her thoughts about polygamy in an interview for
TheGodMakersIIfilm.
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Lillians Story
Lillian Chynoweth, an attractive tall, darkhaired
woman,cautiously approached Jeremiah Films late in the
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largeFundamentalistgroupcalledTheChurchoftheLamb
ofGod.TheLeBaronfamily hadbeenpolygamists fora
numberofgenerations.
After the 1890 manifesto which outlawed polygamy,
Lillians grandparents left the state of Utah for Mexico to
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thecult,Iwassubjectedtoalotofsufferingbecause
we were sometimes undernour ished, we didnt
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Becauseofherpromisetoherself,Lillianchoseherown
husband, Mark Chynoweth, and they were married.
However, after their marriage, Lillians father was
continually after Mark to take on more wives, because,
Lilliancontends:
that was one way that he, my father, could
control men,butmyhusbandnevertookthebait.
Myfatherofferedhimalotofmysisters,overand
over.Hetoldhimtojustsleepwiththem;finallyhe
offeredhimmyelevenyearoldsistertowife,atthat
age.ThatswhenIstoodupandsaid,No,thatis
sick!
Lillian and her husband left her fathers group when
they refused to bring another wife into the marriage.
They left theareaandstartedanewlifeforthemselves,
hoping and praying that her father would not seek
retribution for their socalled apostasy, under the
FundamentalistdoctrineofBloodAtonement.
Lillian and Mark had a very loving relationship for
fifteenyearsuntilhewasmurdered,inLillianswords,by
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processknownasbloodatonement.
ABloodyDoctrine
This doctrine is the second side of the grotesque
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whateverforexaltation,butiftheirbloodhadbeen
spilled,itwouldhavebeenbetterforthem....Thisis
loving our neighbours as ourselves; if he needs
help, help him;and if he wants salvation and it is
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hisbloodontheearthinorderthathemaybesaved,
spillit.(Emphasisadded.)16
ThesearenotradicalFundamentalistsprophetlikeErvil
LeBaronspeaking.Thesewordscomefromthemouths
oftwoofMormonismsleaders: J.M.GrantandBrigham
Young. How can Mormon Church leaders pretend to be
separatefromtheevilsofbloodatonement?Howcanthey
denyit?Itsallaroundthem.Untilrecently,eventhedeath
penaltyinUtahwasbyfiringsquadsoamurderersblood
wouldbespilledandthesinatonedforproperly.
MormonChurchofficialsareconcernedthattheconcept
of blood atonement is perceived by many Utahans as
officialchurchdoctrine.Notingthatthechurchsstanceon
bloodatonement andcapital punishment haschanged over
the years, Buckley Jensen, an anticapital punishment
activist, said, Church officials did promote blood
atonement as lateas 1961. And in 1978, the church stood
behindcapitalpunishment,butnotbloodatonement.Now,
thechurchisneitherfornoragainstthedeathpenaltyandis
definitelyopposedtotheideaofbloodatonement.
Ina1954writing,thelateMormonChurchPresident
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wasadvocatedbythechurchonlywithinthesettingofa
theocracy.17
Ofcourse,McConkieknewthatthepropheticgoalof
Mormonism is that someday this country will become a
Mormon theocracy, operating under a Mormon prophet.
Then, all these spiritual laws such as polygamy and blood
atonement will be openly reinstated for the good of the
Kingdom. Do you wonder now where these strange,
brutaldoctrinesoftheLeBaronscomefrom?
Duringourvideotapedinterview,Lilliansfaceradiated
withjoyinherrelationshipwithaGodwhomsheknewand
loved. She spoke with enthusiasm of future expectations,
herlongingsforherchildren,andheraspirationstoleadher
entire extended family to the truth of real Christianity.All
thestatementsbyLilliancomefromthatvideosession.18
ThecameraswererollingasLillianrecountedshocking
storiesofthepast,andathrillingstoryofthepresent.She
had nowfound a precious relationship with the real Lord
JesusChristandwaslearningdailyfromGodstrueWord,
theHolyBible.Shehadapassionatezealtospreadhernew
messageofhopetoallherfamilyandparticularlyhopedher
wordswouldreach those many other innocent victims still
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naiveaboutthemalevolentphysicalandspiritualdangers
that surroundedhermission. She spoke openlyabout the
arsenalofsophisticatedweaponsthatwerestashedawayin
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TheydoalotoftradingwiththeMexicangovernment.
They steal vehicles from the US and trade them for
weapons, and protection in Mexico, to the Mexican
government. Even the nine year olds are trained to kill.
Theyaretobefeared...theyarefearless.
Atthatpoint,Lillianlookedintothecameraintentlyand
said:
I would just like you to know that if anything
happens to me...ever, or to my children, I believe
that the Mormon Church, in general, will be
responsible. Because the very doctrine of blood
atonement,thedoctrinethatrequiresthatourblood
mightbeshed,sothatwemightobtainsalvationin
thehereafter,stemsfromMormonism.
Itwassoberingtothinkthattherereallywerepeople
somewhere out there convinced that they were bound by
bloodoathtoexecutetheholyordersofadeadman,tokill
that mans own flesh, his own daughter. Yet, our own
thoughtsonthatbalmysummerdaycouldnotfocusonthat
reality; we could not comprehend the seriousness of
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SidesteppingResponsibility
ItmaybeeasytodismisstheaccusationsofLillian,who
placed the general responsibility for all the death and
destruc tion in her family at the door of the Mormon
Church. Critics and Mormons alike may claim that
Mormonismnolongerofficially practices such atrocities.
But, while the MormonChurchmaynolongersanctionor
approve JosephSmithsoriginalcommandmenttopractice
pluralmarriage,theydostill hold him, and his successor
Brigham Young, in high andworshipful regard. They still
consider these men to have beenthe mouthpieces of God.
TheverySectionofTheDoctrinesandCovenantsthatlays
outtheliteralrequirementtoenterintopluralmarriageorbe
damned is still there today and still received as holy
scripturebyeveryMormonbeliever.19
Infact,LDSPriesthoodQuorumsarestillbeingtaught
that JosephSmith holdsthe full authority and all spiritual
keys to this last dispensation of times.20 It goes without
saying that there are millions of people out there who
believe this with all the fibers of their being. There are
obviously somewhowillnotletlaterchurchleaderswash
out Gods eternal commandment for what was obvious
politicalexpediency.
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thingthatwedid,asmuchashecould.AndIcame
to find out what a perverted thing he was really
involvedin. He would actually take several of his
wives to bedat once. And he was very involved in
marryingothermenswives.So,thepressurewason
alwaysformentomarryseveralwomen.
Theyoungestgirlswerereservedexclusivelyfor
the older men who would have a harder time
securingmore wives, sothatshowthey worked it.
Andmyfather,hegotmostofhiswivesbybribing
othermenwithhisdaughters.Iwasoneoftheones
that refusedtofallintothat,andIchosemyown
husband, and married, and had a very loving
relationship for fifteen yearsuntil I lost him,
throughthisbloodatonementprocess.
Whenwefinishedwiththevideotaping,weknew
that we had been in the presence of someone who was
trulylivinginthecenterofthe23rdPsalm.Therewasan
anointingonLillianslifeandastrengthshedemonstrated
thatcamefromknowingthatshewaswillingtolaydown
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Shocking News
Notlongafterthat,Lillianreturnedtoherhomein
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returnedherchildrentowhatshehopedwouldbeanormal
lifeagain.Thingsquieteddown.
Then, four months later, came the shocking news.On
January28,1989,LillianChynowethwasfounddead.One
ofthechildrenfoundtheirmotherlyingdeadonthefloorof
theden,arevolveratherside.Theofficialpolicereportsaid
thatitwassuicide.Othersdeeplyquestionedthat,knowing
thatLillianfeltshehadworktodobeforeherfamilycaught
upwithher,knowingitwouldhavebeenasmallmatterfor
herbrotherstogainaccesstoherhomeandexecuteherina
waymadetolooklikesuicide.
Didseveral ofher brothers come to the houseand did
sheletthemin?Or,didLillianreallycommitsuicide?Only
theLordcananswerthosequestions.Wewouldneverknow
until heaven, unless some LeBaron clan member would
claimresponsibilityforit.
WhatwedidknowwasthatLillianwasdead,herchil
dren left behind without a mother or father. A sparkling
light had been extinguished. The intrigue and police
investiga tions that encompass that polygamous sect
continued.
On January 20, 1993, three members of the LeBaron
clanwereconvictedintheslayings,onthetestimonyofa
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fourthmemberwhoturnedStatesevidenceagainstthem.
Threemembersofapolygamistsectwereconvictedof
civilrightsviolationsintheslayingsofachildandthree
formeradherentswhoprosecutorssaidwereshotforleaving
the church. The jury was to continue deliberating today
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onconspiracyandmurderforhirecharges.Theverdict
WednesdaymeansthedefendantsWilliamHeberLeBaron,
28; Patricia LeBaron, 27; and Douglas Lee Barlow, 31
couldreceivelifeinprisonwithoutparole,plus25years.22
Deeper into the Dark Pit ofBloodAtonement
I know that this doctrine of Blood Atonement sounds
justtoostrangetobetrue.Couldpeoplereallykillfamily
members under some delusion that God was blessing it as
an act of spiritual love? Its impossible for reasonable
peopletocomprehend.Yet,itwastruewiththeLeBarons.
Lilliangaveusaspecialinsightintotheunderbellyof
bloodatonement.
Atthesametime[sheandMarkleftthecult],our
nameswereonthelisttobeatonedfor.Myfather
believed that we were traitors to Gods cause and
thatour blood must be shed to atone for the sin of
turning against light and knowledge, as he
supposed. Andsohesetabouthavingmanykilled.
Twentyseven,mostly ourfamily,havebeen killed,
since 1972. YetI dont regretit all. My hope and
prayeristhatmanywillcometotheTrueknowledge
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of theLordsgoodness,andwill notbedeceived;
thatmy testimonywill be used primarily to help
the Mormon people to realize the deception that
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becausemyfathersteachingsaredirectlyconnected
withwhatMormonsbelieveascoredoctrine.
Asachild,Lillianknewofthesecretgoingsoninmeet
ings because they took place in her home.Sometimes she
wasallowedtocomeintomeetingsandlisten.Shebelieved
thatthevowstakenwereholy,
consideredtobeverysacred;namely,thecove
nant of blood atonement, which is a ritual they go
through if someone turns against the light and
knowledge the gospel that Joseph Smith taught.
They make specific signs, and ask that their blood
mightbeshed,thattheymayhavesalvationinthe
hereafter.
WeaskedLillian todescribeherexperiences withthe
doctrineofbloodatonement,anditwasasthoughwehad
openedadarkdoortothepast.
My father was the patriarch of the church of the
FirstBorn of the Fullness of Times, and my uncle
Joel wasthe prophet and grand head of that same
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Duringherinterview,Lillianwasconvincedthat:
thisbloodatonementprocessisstillgoingonin
the Mormon Church, and my father practiced it
openly. He felt that the Mormons were real
hypocrites. He exposed Mormons all the time for
beinghypocritesbecausetheyhidthetruebeliefsof
Mormonism. I amconvinced beyond a shadow of
doubt,thatmyfatherwasmurderedintheUtahstate
prison(in1981)bytheMormonChurch.Hewasa
very charismatic man, and had control of his
cellblock.Hehadmostpeopleworkingforhim,and
theMormonsfearedhimgreatly,soIbelievethat
theykilledhim.
Did the Mormon Church have a vendetta with the
LeBarons? Lillians brother, Isaac, paid his tithes to the
offi cial LDS church and attempted to redeem his
generationbyreturningtothetruechurch,buttheMormon
Church wouldnt allow him to repent; it wouldnt even
showhimforgiveness.InLillianswords,
My brother Isaac LeBaron was a devout
Mormon.Hisfriendsknewhimasoneofthemost
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Christlikepeopletheydeverknown.Heverymuch
wantedtohavethepriesthood.Hedideverythinghe
couldtoqualifytoreceive hisordinances.Hewent
beforethe bishop in Houston,Texas, to try to gain
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The ones that murdered my husband and my
family, my brother and my sister, I forgive them
entirely.Ilovethem,theyaremyownfamily.And
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Whatatragedy!Whatawasteofpreciouslife!Whata
mockeryofChristandHisredemptiveactofsacrificiallove
atCalvary!Mormonismwillnevershakethefruitfromthis
vine.Thisdoctrineisstillsoentwinedintheirtheologythat
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theywillneverescapeitstentacles.Theymaydenyitloudly
inonebreath,butintheverynext,breatheitbackintotheir
corporatesoul.
For example, the late Mormon apostle Bruce R.
McConkie, in his definitive book on LDS theology,
MormonDoctrine, deniedthatthechurcheverpracticedor
taughtbloodatonement.Yet,onthesamepage,statedthat
because the blood of Christ is not sufficient to forgive
certainsins,theMormongodrequiresmantohavehisown
bloodspilled.23
ArtBuella,thepolygamistFundamentalistleaderwe
metinSaltLakeCity,explaineditthisway:
Blood atonement is, that if you have charity
enoughforsomeonetosavethem,thesheddingof
theirbloodistheonlywaythattheycanatonefor
certain sins. Jesus shed His blood as an infinite
sacrifice,buttherearesomesinsthatthebloodof
Jesuscannotatonefor,andthereforeitrequiresthe
sheddingofthatmansbloodtoatone.24
Adultery,apostasy,marriagetoaNegro,fornot
receivingthegospel,forlying,foranyoftheother
offenses,theywouldhavetohavetheirownblood
shed to have forgiveness of sins added Thelma
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GrannyGeer.
Peoplereallythoughttheyweredoingafavor,
in my great grandfathers day, to shed the blood
andsavetheirsoul,anditsstilltakingplacetoday.
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makeitlookasifthefamilyistempleworthy,even
whiletheinsidemaybeadisaster.Iwantedsobadly
tofitintothegroupthathadtempleworthyparents,
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butthatwasnevermeanttobe,soIresolutelymade
the decision to be worthy alone.The bishop would
drive me to do baptisms for the dead on my
appointedSaturdaymorningsattheOgdenTemple.
BecausemyfamilyhadbelongedtotheChurchfor
fourtosixgenerationsoneitherside,therewereno
moredeadrelatives tobebaptized forbythemid
seventies. I ended up being baptized for people I
didntknowandoftenwonderedifmyworkwould
beinvain.
IsupposebeingafemaleinUtahintheseventies
wasntmuchdifferentthanitwaswhenmygrand
mother went through her rites of passage in the
forties. By the time I was in junior high, I had
plannedtobemarriedinthetempletoareturned
missionary, have seven to ten babies and be my
husbands first wife. I often wondered whom he
wouldchoose one day toshareeternitywithusor
whatcolorofhairshe/theymighthave.
Itwasunderstoodfromtheteachingsatchurch
thattheeverlastingcovenantwouldonedayreturn.
Fornow,itwassuspendedbecauseoftheGentiles
decisiontomakeitillegal, sowefoundcomfortin
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knowingwewouldonedayinstituteourHeavenly
Fathers divine law again. I can remember my
grandmothers and aunts reciting stories of what
it waslike back inthe goodolddays.Storiesof
the sister wives, how wonderful it was to have a
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childrenrunningunderfootandthewayeveryone
wouldjoinforcestogetthingsdone.
For many years, it seemed ideal. I would
imaginethatnoonewouldeverbelonelyandwed
all sit by the fire listening to the heroic battles
spoken of inTheBook of Mormon. In reality, the
descendants of the everlasting covenant could
only romanticizewhatitmusthavebeenlikeaswe
worked and argued in the orchards to gather the
harvest and prepare the jams for the upcoming
winter. It never occurred to me there would
probably be more infightingthanwhatwasalready
athand!
Oneofmyfavoriteactivitieswhilegrowingup
was to attend family reunions after harvest time.
If I were to go to my fathers family reunions, I
couldcountonvisitingwithanywherefromoneto
twohundredpeople.Ifitwasmymothersside,it
wasatleastdoublethosefigures.Mymothersside
of the family held a longer pedigreechart with the
true Mormonheritage. In other words, they were
polygamists.Whilepolygamywasoutlawedin1890
throughtheEdmundsTuckerAct,itdidnotseemto
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havemuchinfluenceuponaportionofmymothers
familyuntiltheearlytwentiethcentury.
Mygreatgreatgrandfatherwasthelastpolyga
mistinmyfamily.Fromwhatmypedigree charts
say, he married two sisters from England, and had
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threeotherwives,oneofwhichwasmygreatgreat
grandmother.
Atthe home ofoneofmyaunts,awall housed
dozens of large framed pictures of relatives. In
additiontothepictures,shehadmadelittle frames
betweeneachgenerationthatexplainedthenumer
ical place of order for that wife.For example, my
greatgreatgrandfatherhadfivewives.
His firstwife was my grandmother, but we still
paidhomagetotheotherwivesbecauseofthechil
drenwhowouldbesiblingstomyauntsanduncles.
Two of those extra wives were sisters though, and
it can get a little confusing!The wives were both
havingchildrenwithhimatthesametime,sodothe
childrenbecomesiblingsorcousinstoeachother?
They are suddenly related to themselves with this
scenario.
Ihadalwayswonderedatthereunionswhywe
wouldwearournametags withourgrandmothers
nameonit,insteadofourgrandfathersname.Itwas
notuntilafterIgotoutoftheChurchwhenanex
polygamistansweredmyquestion! Weallhadthe
same grandfather; the only way to distinguish the
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bloodlinewasthroughthegrandmother!
It took lots of intense prayer and Bible study
afterI got out of the Church before I felt totally
healed from the destruction of my polygamous
heritage.
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ThemainlessonIgotfromtheteachingsonthat
subjectwashowtoprostitutemyselfforthethingsI
deemednecessitieswhilehereonearth.Whatdiffer
ence did it make in the long run anyway? I was
onlygoingtobeoneoutofhundredsofwomenmy
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wasalreadymarried!Inotherwords,formymother,
it wascomforting toknowthat inheaven youasa
womanwouldbepromisedthatyoudbesavedby
beingoneofmanywivesinyournewheaven.
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Theeffectofpolygamywhetheritbeaphysical
polygamy or spiritual is devastating to everyone
involved,notjustthefemales. Itproducesatheo
cratic vacuum that sucks in any new idea to be
incorporatedatpersonalwill,whileeatingawayat
your soul, creating disaster in all areas: spiritual,
physical, emotional, financial, and mental. It is
abusive, encouragessexualperversionsandholds
themembersinadeathgripoffear.
There is no sense of who you really are, how
youreallybecameahumanbeingonearthorwhat
yourpurposeisforlife.Andallthatwithouteven
mentioningthefactthatnothingintheirdoctrineis
correctabouttheGodoftheBible!
By the grace and endless mercy of the Lord
Jesus, I have been healed from the destruction of
polygamy.HeshowedmethroughthestoryofRuth
howJesusbecamemyKinsmanRedeemer,howHe
purchased me and gave me a new heritage!
Ironically enough, Ruth being from the tribe of
Moabites was in a similar situation thousands of
years ago when her kinsman redeemer purchased
her.Boazredeemedherfromherincestuouslineage
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totakeacloserlookunderthefacadeoftheaverage
UtahMormonandtheevidenceofhowdestructive
polygamy was and still is an unhealed abscess of
evil.27
The ElizabethSmart Affair
The world was thrilled knowing that Elizabeth Smart
beattheodds and wasactuallyreturnedtoherfamily.The
movie, The Elizabeth Smart Story, about her kidnapping
and returnshown on TV, November 9, 2003, had little in
common withthe actual facts in the case.I am convinced
thattheLDSChurchexercisedsomeinfluenceonthescript.
Someone hadto,becauseitwasprettyhardtopickupthe
realfacts.Youhadtoreadbetweenthelinestounderstand
thatthiskidnappinghadanythingtodowiththeMormon
Church,itstaintedhistoryanditsveryactivemurkysecret
ofpolygamy.
The filmshows Brian David Mitchell walking through
thehousewitha flashlight,stoppingtotalktogodinthe
entryarea,inferringthatheissomedelusionalmessiah
godfigure.HekidnapsElizabeth,flashingthelightaround
herroom,hersistersleepingathersideandtakesheraway
tobehisfollower.Nowheredidwelearnthathesexually
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abusedherduringtheninemonthsofcaptivity.
Nowhere did wesee thattheir attire drewlittle interest
astheywalkedamongthepredominately Mormonpopula
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amonghundredsofothersjustlikethemroamingthestreets
ofUtahanygivenday.
Nowheredidwelearn that hewasaformer Mormon
Bishop,thathedidnotbelievehewasgodorthemessiah,
butbelievedhewastheprophesiedonemightyandstrong
and the true Mormon prophet who was to take other
wivesinthefundamentalLDSmanner.
NowheredidyouseetheparalleltoBrighamYoungand
JosephSmithandtheirtakingofmanypolygamouswives.
Nowheredoweseethatthe40,000ormorepeopleinUtah
freelyinvolvedtodayinpolygamydosousingLDSscrip
tureanddoctrinetosupporttheirlifestylethatfeedsoffthe
sexualabuseofyounggirls.
NowheredidwelearnthatElizabethwasjustoneofover
1,000 such younggirls taken over byso manyother Brian
David Mitchells each year in the many Mormonbred
polygamousgroups. Mostofthemaregiventothesemen
bytheirownfathers,whointurntakeothermenschildren
totheirbeds.
Thefactisthatthesemenaretheologicallyjustifiedby
current LDS scripture to violate these young girls. It is in
thecurrent editionoftheLDSScripture,TheDoctrinesand
Covenants.Ihavecopiedafewofthepolygamyversesfor
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youbelow.Readthemverycarefully.LDSScriptureclearly
saysthat thosewhodonotabide initare damnedand any
wifethat doesnotagree toitshall bedestroyed.TheLDS
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happenedtoElizabethSmart,buttheystandcondemnedby
theirhistoryandownscripture:
The Law ofthe Priesthood:Polygamy
DoctrineandCovenants132:
4Forbehold,Irevealuntoyouanewandan
everlastingcovenant;andifyeabidenotthatcove
nant,thenareyedamned;fornoonecanrejectthis
covenantandbepermittedtoenterintomyglory.
61And again, as pertaining to the law of the
priesthoodifanymanespouseavirgin,anddesire
to espouse another, and the first give her consent,
andifheespousethesecond,andtheyarevirgins,
and have vowed to no other man, then is he
justified; he cannot commit adultery for they are
givenuntohim;forhecannotcommitadulterywith
thatthatbelongethuntohimandtonooneelse.
62Andifhehavetenvirginsgivenuntohimby
thislaw,hecannotcommitadultery,fortheybelong
tohim,andtheyaregivenuntohim;thereforeishe
justified.
63 But if one or either of the ten virgins, after
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sheisespoused,shallbewithanotherman,shehas
committedadultery,andshallbedestroyed;forthey
are given unto him to multiply and replenish the
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earth,accordingtomycommandment,andtofulfil
the promise which wasgiven bymy Father before
thefoundationoftheworld,andfortheirexaltation
intheeternalworlds,thattheymaybearthesoulsof
men;forhereinistheworkofmyFathercontinued,
thathemaybeglorified.
64 And again, verily, verily, I say unto you, if
anymanhaveawife,whoholdsthekeys ofthis
power, and he teaches unto her the law of my
priesthood,aspertaining tothesethings,thenshall
shebelieveandadministeruntohim,orsheshallbe
destroyed, saith the Lord your God; for I will
destroyher;forIwillmagnifymynameuponall
thosewhoreceiveandabideinmylaw.
Eventhe Secular Press KnewtheTruthAbout the
Smart Affair
In his November 7, 2003, TV review article, Two
movies show how low TV, and viewers, have sunk,
Philadelphia Inquirer writer Johnathan Storm wrote, in
part:
Its a stunning moment in TVvulgarity. Afake
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Story.NoristhefactthattheSmartsareMormons,
as members of that faith are known, though they
are faithful church members, and that the alleged
kidnapper,BrianDavidMitchell,hasclaimedheis
the one mighty and strong who church founder
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JosephSmithsaidGodtoldhimwouldbesentlater
tosetinorderthehouseofGod.
The List ofAbusesNeverSeemstoEnd
In an article, Utah Remains Haven for Older Men
SeekingTeenBrides,writerGregBurtonreportedabouta
younggirlnamedSherrie:
ThepigtailedgirlwalkedintoSherrieSwensens
office three days after snuffing the candles on her
14thbirthday cake. On one side was her smiling
mother
who gave the obligatory parental consent.Onthe
otherwas a 56yearoldTexan, fourtimesdivorced
andeagertoremarry.
Thegirlstoodthereandhungherhead,says
Swensen, who took office as clerk of Salt Lake
County two months before the 1991 nuptials. I
couldnt even do a regular ceremony. My God, I
thought,thischildwasbeingsold.
The marriage so upset Swensen she urged
lawmakers to change the law and in 1992 Utah
adoptedaprovisionrequiringthereviewofajuve
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nilecourtjudge,alongwithparentalconsent,before
14and15yearoldscouldmarry.
But while judicial review allowed Utah to
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townlechery,homegrownteensmostlyfemales
continuetowedatalarmingrates.
Last year alone, nearly 1,000 teenagers 14 to
17 years of age were married in Utah, including a
14yearold girl who slipped a wedding ringon a
manof37andthemarriageofa15yearoldgirlto
a groom older than 45. Of the girls ages 14 to 17,
37percentmarriedmenwhowereatleastfouryears
theirsenior.
Statistics show Utah girls under 16 long have
beenmorelikelytomarrythanboys.Adecadeago,
only 39 boys ages 15 and 16 took brides. One
married a 29yearold woman. That same year,
however, 431 girls ages 16 and younger married.
Fiftysixofthegirlswerenotyet15yearsold,and
one14yearoldmarrieda44yearoldman.
State statutesarefailingtoprotectthehundreds
of children who marry because of the strict
limitations on what a judge can consider, say a
growingnumberofcountyclerksandjudges.Clerks
are responsible for granting marriage licenses and
alsocanperformmarriageceremonies.
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permitsitandyouhavethepermissionofthecourt
toconsidermarriageofyourownfreewill.
ThesituationinUtahwasquestionedearlierthis
month when state Rep. Carl Saunders, ROgden,
proposedandthenwithdrewabillthatwouldraise
theminimumagetomarryfrom14to16.Saunders
saidrequiringteenstowaituntilage16wouldhelp
reducepromiscuityastayoutofthesackoryou
willbeasingleparentwarning.
Hebackedaway,hesays,afterlearningchildren
youngerthan16neededacourtordertobemarried.
But,now,weeksbeforethe1998legislativesession,
Saunderssayshemayyetdraftthebill.
Theres a lot of us that would like to see [the
age]raisedto18,hesays.Butwhoknowswhatis
practical and possible?I gather most of the judges
would like to see the changes, but even agreater
problemexists:Ifthesekidsdontgetmarried,they
justgooutandcohabitateanyway.
Whatshouldbemoretroubling,clerkSwensen
says, is kids falling into the hands of older,
manipulativespouses.
Ill never forget watching one girl skip down
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thehallinherweddinggownliterally skipping,
she says. Something is wrong with this picture.
Whats wrong, says Don Strassberg, professor of
psychology at the University of Utah, is that most
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youngteenshavearomanticnotion,notarealistic
notion,ofmarriage.
Theyseemarriageasawaytosolveotherproblems
unplannedpregnancy,troubleatschoolorhome,
hesays.Theydontknowwhattheyregettinginto,
they dont realistically know what they want in a
partner and theyre really doing it for the wrong
reason.
Priorto1992,Utahwasoneofonlythreestates
where14and15yearoldscouldmarrywithouta
courtorder.Thejudicialprovisionclearlydecreased
thenumberofchildbrides.Lastyear,258girlsand
33boysages14,15and16marriedinUtah.
But now we see more of these girls are
coached,theirmothersaresittingoutsidetheoffice,
Swensen says. Ive got so many stories of these
kidsbeingsoldorbarteredorwhateverIguessits
hardtobelieveamotherorfatherwouldsignoffon
thatbuttheydo.Indeed.
InApril, a 13yearold girl described to a Utah
jurythehorrorofherfathermarryingherofftoa48
yearoldman,whenaprosecutoraskedifshecould
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Theresnowaymyimaginationcouldmakeup
whatIwentthrough,sheanswered,whileclutching
ateddybear.
Her father, John Perry Chaney, who impreg
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things,Utahslawforbiddinggirlsyoungerthan14
tomarry.
IfUtahcontinuestoallow14and15yearolds
tomarry,Swensenbelievesthejudiciaryshouldat
least considertheappropriateness ofthemarriage.
ButRep.GeneDavis,(D)SaltLakeCity,resiststhe
urgetothrustajudgeintothemarriagecontract.
There are a lot of reasons youngsters get
married, some of them are genuinely in love a
number of child brides and grooms have had
successfulmarriages,says Davis, who introduced
the 1992 judicialreviewbill. We fixed the law in
1992ofpeoplecomingintothestateandIthinkthe
law is tight enough right now. We arent going to
stop teen pregnancy by preventing them from
gettingmarried.
Rep. Bill Wright, (R) Elberta, one of only five
representatives who voted against the 1992 bill,
believes themajority ofmarriedteens havefound
bliss,notburden.
I would be opposed to raising the age, its
totallyunnecessary,hesays.Icanthinkoftwoor
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threeofthebestfamiliesIknowthatmarriedwhen
theywere
15. So a young man or young woman makes a
mistake, youre going to condemn the whole
society? Wright says the vast majority of teen
marriagesarelifestylechoices.
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Canyon.Allsaidtheyeitherwereexcommunicatedfromthe
churchorpressuredintoleaving byWarren Jeffs, the self
proclaimedprophetandunchallengedruleroftheFLDS.
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Theystressedtheywerebutafractionofmorethan400
malesages13andolderwhohavebeenbanishedfromthe
communities since Jeffs gained supreme power.All have
littleeducationandnopreparationtosurviveintheoutside
world.
Wejustwanteveryonetobecomeawarethisisreally
happening in the United States, Richard Gilbert, 19, said.
IwasexcommunicatedbytheprophetWarrenJeffsatthe
age of 16 because I decided I wanted to go to public
school.
InJuly2000,whilecontrollingthechurchforhisdying
father,JeffsorderedallFLDSdisciplestopulltheirchil
dren out of the Colorado City UnifiedDistrict schools and
educatethemathome.
Gilbertsdesiretoattendpublicschoolwassinenough
to get him kicked out of church and community. But it
couldhavebeenamillionotherthings:fromplayinggames
towatchingTVoroglinggirls.
IwasexcommunicatedbytheprophetWarrenS.Jeffs
approximately two years ago (for) associating with non
members of the church and watching three different
movies,TommySteed,19,said.
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clothing,usuallyacollarshirtandpants,anddonot
have any tattoos or body piercings. In Colorado
City, Arizona, women and girls usually wear
homemadedressesandlongstockings,keepingtheir
haircoiffed.
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Brethrenstandupandtakeresponsibilityforits creation,
preservationandtrulyforceitsdemise,openlyandpublicly,
ashonestmenshould.
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CHAPTERELEVEN
,
Satan has hisclawsentwined throughoutthe doctrines
and practices ofMormonism,especiallythroughoutthe
temple ritualand evensewninto the temple garments.
nOctober25,1991,justintimetospoilHalloween,
asecret,internalreportfromthePresidingBishopric
oftheLDSChurchsurfaced.Itallegedthatsatanicritual
childabuse(knownasSRA)wasbeingperpetratedbyboth
membersandleadersoftheMormonChurchinUtah,Idaho,
California,Mexicoandelsewhere.
SRA is defined as abusive acts of emotional, psycho
logical,sexualorphysicalbatteringdoneinareligiousor
occult context. These acts are designed to subjugate the
chil dren involved and brainwash them into a satanic
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inthesadlymisguidedhopeofgainingoccultpowerfrom
Satan.
According to the Salt LakeTribune, the report by LDS
Bishop Glenn L. Pace stated that members and officialsof
theChurchweredeeplyinvolvedinsuchabuse.Eventemple
workers and Tabernacle choir members stood implicated of
SRA in Church meetinghouses and possibly even in the
temples.
In the report,Pace testifiedthat:
I have met with sixty victims. That number could
be twiceor three timesas manyif I did not disci
plinemyselftoonlyonemeetingperweek.Idont
pretendto know how prevalentthe problem is.
Assuming each [victim] comesfroma covenof13,
weare talking about the involvementof800 or so
right here in the Wasatch Front. Obviously,I have
seenonlythosecomingforthtogethelp.1
My ministry, SaintsAlive, had received a copy of the
reportinlatesummer.Weoptedtorefrainfrompublishing
itwithoutfurthersubstantiation,sinceitwouldbedifficult
tobelieveonitsownmerit.(SaintsAlivehasbeenaccused,
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church,thiswasthefirsttimetheChurchitselfhadinany
wayacknowledgeditsexistence.
At the 1990Capstone Conference, in Salt Lake City,
JeremiahFilmsshowedvideopreviewclipsofsomeofthe
footage they had taken for the film,The GodMakers II.
Theseclipsincludedaninterviewwithonemanwhotesti
fied that he was involved with others in satanic rituals
withinthe LDS Church and on LDS property.The stories
they hadbeengatheringcloselymatchedthosereportedby
BishopPaceayearlater.Infact,IsuspectthattheChurch
interviewedseveralofthesamepeople.
Thatwasnotthefirsttimewereportedonthediabolical
coreoftheLDStheology.WeexposedtheChurchssatanic
roots three years earlier with my teaching, The Sure Sign
oftheNail,inSaltLakeCityin1987.2ThelateDr.Walter
Martinhappenedtobeministeringwithmethatnight,and
hecommentedthatIhadbetterbepreparedfortheheatI
wasgoingtotakefromallsidesforopeningupthatbagof
demons.Itwasastrongpropheticword.
Even before that meeting, Saints Alive had published
information from a former Satanist and temple Mormon,
BillSchnoebelen, who had joinedthestaffatSaintsAlive.
Bill testified that he had converted to the LDS Church
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under thedirectionofhisoccultleaderandcomparedthe
numerous parallels between witchcraft and LDS temple
rituals.
Histestimonylaterevolvedintothebooks,Mormonisms
Templeof Doom and WhitedSepulchers: the Hidden
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Sometimelatethatnight,thephoneinmyhotel
room rang. It was Walter. He said, Send me a
hundred of those books and give me your best
price!HesaidhehadtalkedtoagroupofBaptists
thateveningandwantedtogetthemsomecopies.
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y
.com.
Inthemidstofallthiswrangling,IcalledDr.
Martin and asked him to set the record straight. I
toldhimIwouldprinthisfinalwordonthesubject
insidethe front cover of the book.The text of his
lettertomeisreprintedtheretothisday.
WalterMartinconfirmedhisendorsementinwritingto
authorJimSpenceronJanuary6,1989,stating:
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portrayedbysomeasbeingvictimizedbyevilSatanistswho
hadinfiltrateditsranksanddefileditschildren.
Additionally,theLDSChurchissuedthefollowingoffi
cialstatement:
Satanic worship and ritualistic abuse are prob
lems that have been aroundfor centuries and are
international inscope.Whiletheyare, numerically,
notaproblemofmajorproportionsamongmembers
ofthe Church ofJesus Christ ofLatterday Saints,
forthosewhomaybeinvolvedtheyare serious.
Thatstatementcouldreceivearewardofsome
sort as the bland understatement of the year! If a
highlevelLDS leaderreportedover800Satanists
who are active Mormons in just the Wasatch
Frontandbetween60to180victims;thatisavery
real problem of major proportionsat least
anywhereelsebutinMormonUtah.
Ihaveprayedwithandcounseledscoresofpeoplewho
aresurvivorsofonesortofcultactivityoranother.Eachof
themis a precious human being who has had incalculable
damagedonetohimorherbythissortofevil.Withoutthe
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powerofthebloodofJesusChrist,suchpeoplewouldhave
little hope at all. Their personal plights cannot be
trivialized.
Beyond that, it is historically difficult to characterize
theLDSChurchasaninnocentchurchwhichjusthappened
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conjureupademonspiritthroughmagicandnecromancy.7
Thereisstrongevidencethatin1824heactuallyhadtodig
upthebodyofhisdeadbrother,Alvin,andbringpartofthat
bodywithhimtothehilltogainthegoldplates!8
JosephSmithwasalsowellknowninhiscommunityfor
using blood sacrifices in his magic rituals to find hidden
treasure.Onereportsaidthat:
Jo [sic]Smiththe prophet, told myuncle William
Stafford, he wanted a fat black sheep. He said he
wantedtocutitsthroat andmakeitwalkina circle
threetimes aroundand it would prevent a pot of
moneyfromleaving.9
Smithsparticipationinthiskindofoccultritualisborn
out by several other testimonies.10 Additionally, after his
death,Smithwasfoundtobecarryingamagictalismanon
his person sacred to Jupiter, and designed to bring him
powerandsuccessinseducingwomen.11
Withunbiblicalpracticeslikethatatitsroots,howcould
the tree of Mormonism be anything else but sinful and
occult?As has been frequently shown, the sacred Temple
ritualsoftheLDSChurcharegroundedinpracticesfamiliar
to those involved in both Masonry and Witchcraft. Even
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manyoftheiconsontheoutsidewallsofolderTemplesare
textbookexamplesrightfromwitchcraft.Thisdemoniccore
ofMormonismishardlyhiddenfromview.12
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whothinktheyrecognizedsomeone,butfromthose
who have been abused by people they know, in
many cases their own family members.... We are
disturbedtoreceivereportsthatascoutmasterhas
abusedtheboysinhistroop....Notonlydosomeof
the perpetra tors represent a cross section of the
Mormonculture,butsometimestheabusehastaken
placeinourownmeetinghouses.13
Additionally,Mormonsbelievethatthetemples them
selvesarewatchedbyangels;andthatnounworthyperson
(even ifheorsheholds a validtemple recommend) can
enter.Eitherthehumantempleworkeratthegatewouldbe
told bytheHolyGhost torefusethementryortheangel
would stop him or her. How much more so would these
sentinelsstandagainsttheentryofthoseinvolvedinactual
evil rituals, unless they themselves were evil angels?
Remember, Pace said that some of the perpetrators were
actuallytempleworkers!
In speaking of these Satanists, we are talking about
people who torture children and kill people! If such
pervertscanpassundetectedbyalltheprotectivepowerof
thepriesthoodauthorityoftheLDSChurchandparticipate
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intheirsacredTemplerites,thenwhatgoodisthereinsuch
ablindandtoothlessMormonpriesthood?
Mormons quote Amos 3:7, Surely the Lord God will
donothing,butherevealethhissecretuntohisservantsthe
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Imsorrytosaythatmanyofthevictimshavehad
their firstflashbackswhile attending the temple for
the firsttime. Theoccult along the Wasatch Front
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hadbeenpresentinwitchcraftandFreemasonrylongbefore
JosephSmithwasborn!
Whether these modern Satanists andwitches stole the
ritesfromtheLDStemple(asthePacereportandothers
suggest) or whether both the Satanists and the Mormons
wereusing portions of the same ceremonies separately
cannotbeproven.Thesamecoreofspiritualevilpermeates
both.However, along the Wasatch Front, most likely the
numerousLDSTemplerecommendholders,whohavebeen
among theperpetrators, brought much of the temple ritual
intothemoreenlightenedliturgyofthedarkarts.Ifthisis
thecase,asPacesuggests,andtheLDSTempleceremonies
can be that easilyand effortless adapted to witchcraft and
Satanismsothatthevictim goes to theTemple and hears
the exact words..., it plainly shows that the Mormon
Templeritualsarealreadyrepletewithdark,paganandanti
biblicalelements.
According to what we read into the Pace report, the
rituals apparently only need minor tinkering to be
completely compatible with diabolical theology! As my
friend Jim Spencer has said, When the devil starts
preaching my sermons, Id better start asking myself
whereI am gettingmymaterial.
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DoYouThink WellGetanApology?
Since Jeremiah Films and SaintsAlive began speaking
outon theseissues ofthe occult andsataniccoreelements
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position.NowLDSleadersandnewsmediaarespeaking
openlyofthesamesatanicconspiracywithinMormonism,
andIwonderifwewillhearanyapologiesfromthosewho
attackedus.Ironically,oneministrythatwasattheforefront
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wolves.
TheBrethrenwoulddowelltospendalittlemoretime
using their revelatory powers and openly casting out the
satanicelementintheChurchandalittlelesstimeworrying
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abouttheHomeSchoolersandBoGritzgroupies.Thetruth
istheywontbecausetheycant.
The JuggernautofSin!
Theallegedmultigenerationalcharacterofthesesatanic
groups within Mormonism brings into stark relief the
broaderproblemwithintheLDSChurchthesinproblem!
MormonismdeniestheBiblicaldoctrineoforiginalsin.
MormonsdonotbelievetheBiblewhenitsaysallhave
sinned, and come short of the glory of God (Romans
3:23),or There is none righteous, no, not one (Romans
3:10).TheyrefusetoacceptthewordsofthePsalmistwhen
hedeclared; Behold, I was shaped in iniquity,and in sin
didmymotherconceiveme(Psalm51:5).
Mormons, in keeping with todays prevalent NewAge
worldview,wouldprefertothinkthathumanityisessen
tially good. This same philosophy is the foundation of all
Eastern mysticism. They do not believe the Word of God
whichteachesusthepainfultruththattheheartisdeceitful
aboveallthings,anddesperatelywicked:whocanknowit?
(Jeremiah17:9)TheyhavedepartedfromtherevealedTruth
of God! Therefore, they cannot understand nor appreciate
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livesoftheirfellowmenandwomen.
Because of this, the Mormons begin with a faulty
premise. They believe that they can, through an effort of
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personalhumanwill,achievevictoryoverthesinintheir
liveswithoutthebloodorthecrossofJesusChrist.
ThelateDr.DavidBreesewasthePresidentofChristian
Destiny and a renowned author of many books, including
thebestsellingKnowtheMarksofa Cult.Inhisinterview
with Jeremiah Films, he responded to this type of anti
biblicalteaching.
TheBiblesays,Notbyworksofrighteousnesswhich
wehavedone,butaccording toHis mercy Hesavesus
(Titus3:5).Howthenarewesaved?Onwhatbasisdowe
gotoheaven?WhenyoubelievethatJesusChrististheSon
ofGod,thatHediedforyoursinsonCalvaryscross,and
thatsacrificeisthesufficientpaymentforyoursins,youare
instantlyandeternallysaved,bythegraceofGod.19
Mormonshaveturnedtheir backs on the only solution
tosinwhichGodprovides.Theydonotunderstandthatin
theirlives,asinthelivesofallunregeneratepeople(people
whohavenotbeenbornagain),thereisspiritualentropyat
work.
Entropyisthethermodynamiclawwhichstatesthatall
elementstendtobreakdownanddegenerateovertime.If
anything,thisiseventruerinthespiritualsensethaninthe
natural.Sinnaturewhetherinaperson,family,orinstitu
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tionjustdoesntgetbetter.Overtheyearsittendstoget
worse, unless the completed works of the cross and the
bloodofJesusChristareapplied.Asthedrugaddictneeds
moreandmoreofadoseeachtimetoreachthatpoweredge
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experience,soalsodoesthesinnerneedtoreachdeeperinto
sintoattainthatsamepoweredgeofthesinnature.
Anyoneformerly entrapped in sin,whether it isdrugs,
drunkenness,fornication,pornographyorfalsereligion,will
readilytestifytotheimplacablepowerofthatparticularsin
overhisorherlife!Itisadownwardspiralofevilthatcan
even spread into their children and grandchildren. It is a
spiral from which they were powerless to escape without
thegraceofJesusChrist.
ThesinproblemintheLDSChurchandinthelivesof
individualMormonscannotevergetbetteruntiltheChurch
corporatelyandMormonsindividually repentoftheir idol
atryandcometothecross.
Mormonsinvolvedintheoccultpracticesfoundin
the standard LDS Temple rites are dabbling in true occult
rituals.Nowondertheycanbedrawninsuchnumbersinto
thedeeper,darkerpracticesdescribedinthePacereport.
YoucanlookbackacenturyandahalfandseeJoseph
Smithpracticingnecromancyandfornicatingwithunderage
girls, committing wholesale adultery.You should not then
besurprisedtofind hisspiritualdescendantstrappedin
thesameandevenworseformsofsin.IfJosephpracticed
sorceryandanimalsacrifice,whyshouldyoubeshockedif
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someMormonstodaypracticesorceryandhumansacrifice,
asthePacereportdocumented?
Onlypeoplewhohavecometotermswiththeirownsin
naturecouldbeapologeticaboutthegrowingmomentumof
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evil growingwithintheLDSChurch.TheresponseofThe
BrethrenhasbeentoturnBishopPaceintoaninvisibleman
andactlikenothingwasoutofbalanceinhavinghundreds
of Satanists running around the heart of Utah and the
Church.
TheMormonsaresimply following inthe footstepsof
theirprophets.Itisapathofdestructionfromwhichthey
must flee for their very lives. The Bible leaps out in this
matter. Forthe leaders ofthis people cause themto err;
andtheythatare ledofthemare destroyed.(Isaiah9:16)
In the words of Jeremiah, For my people have
committedtwoevils;theyhaveforsakenmethefountainof
livingwaters,andhewedthemoutcisterns,brokencisterns,
thatcanholdnowater (Jeremiah2:13).
AsMormon AstheTabernacleChoir
Thesesinsthathavecometolightarejustthelogical
progressionofthechainofeventsstartedbyJosephSmith
andBrighamYoung.ManyLDSapologistsandevenafew
inministriestotheMormonswanttoportraythesealleged
crimesasabizarreaberration.Theypresentitastheresult
of evil devil worshippers somehow sneaking in and
infiltratingthenobleLDSChurch.Yet,thespiritualreality
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occult,isthatsamegodwhohasblindedthemindsofthe
unbelieverswhoenterthoseTempledoors.
The only hope for Mormonism is Jesus Christ, God
come in the flesh. I praise God that many thousands of
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continuetobesetfreefromthepowerofthepriestcraftthat
controls the Mormon Church and its downward spiral of
evil.I praise God that these things of darkness have been
exposedto the light of truth. We need to pray that these
newrevelationswillcausemanymoresincereLDSpeople
to begin to question the roots of their faith and look to
ChristinsteadofJosephSmith!
Happy Halloween!
WhiletheinnercircleoftheLDSpeopleandleaders
whoareenlightenedbythepoweroftheoccultoperatetheir
craft within the shadows of the Holy of Holies, the
regular,unenlightenedones,intheoutercourtsofthelocal
wards,aregiventhetasteoftheoccultonceayearinthe
galafestivalsoftheHalloweennight.
InanOctober24,2006,emailfromLDSLiving/Desert
Books, they featured the book, Halloween Family
TraditionsbyKimberlyBythewayandDianeH.Loveridge,
whichpromisedthat:
Theres something exciting and even liberating about
dressing up, playing games, and eating sweets on this
favorite holiday! When we celebrate the time as a family,
we learn that sharing that fun and excitement brings us
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CHAPTERTWELVE
,
The very ethosofthe Mormon faith isbuilt aroundthe
anticipatedreturnofJesus toIndependence,Missouri,
forhisthousandyearmillennial reign.It ishere that he
willassign godhood tothe worthy. However,itcannot
take placeuntil the U.S.Constitutionfalters and is
savedbythe LDSchurch. The nation willbecomea
Mormon theocracy.Mitt Romney has raised Mormon
speculationthat thismay bethe time and that hemay
bethe onetoleadthe wayasboth U.S.Presidentand
LDShigh priest.
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lmost30yearsago,thelateBYUProfessorandLDS
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Theactualbackgroundforallthesewhisperedconver
sationscamefrommuchofthehistoricaldocumentsof
thechurchandthespeechesofmanyoftheearlychurch
authorities.They are being resurrected again, and gaining
momentumashissonMittappearstobeinlineforthenext
GOPcandidateforthepresidency.
The prophetic plan for an American theocracy goes
somethinglikethis:JosephSmithimplementedaprogram
called the United Order in the church. It was a plan of
sharingeverything incommonall properties andwealth
turnedoverandownedbythechurchanddispersedbythe
Brethren to the people on an asneeded basis with a
requirementforgoodstewardshiporlossofuse.
The Kingdom ofGod
It was called the Kingdom of God. It was people
livingasGodordainedundertheUnitedOrder.However,it
failed.Itwaslaterdeterminedthatitcouldonlyworkwhen
boththesecularandecclesiasticfunctionsoperatedunder
oneauthority,withanLDSprophetrulingoveratheocratic
government whereeternal commandments like theUnited
Orderandpluralmarriageandbloodatonementwouldfunc
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usheringinTheKingdomofGod,theprophesiedMormon
theocracy.
OnDecember7,1968,ElderHughB.Brownpresided
over the groundbreaking of the LDS Washington D.C.
Temple.ItwasdedicatedinNovember1974bytheprophet,
SpencerW.Kimball.
The unique thing about this temple that struck me as
singularly important was the design and furnishing of a
largeroom on the upper floor.Aphotograph of this room
is inthe film, The God Makers. It was set to house a
presidinggoverningbody,ledbytheprophet.
Itismyownpersonalbeliefthatitwasdesignedasthe
place where the theocratic government of God would
conduct its business, with the prophet in His place of
authority.
Now we jump ahead 40 years to 2007and the 2008
Presidential election. A whole generation has passed, and
the son of George Romney has risen to the top of the list
ofMormonswhowouldqualifytotakethatrunattheOval
OfficeandperhapsbeintherightplaceasPresidentorVice
PresidentastheConstitutionhangsbythatforetoldthread
andbetheretocallupontheelders(TheBrethren)tosave
thenationandsoonusherintheKingdomofGod.
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religion.TheConstitutionandtheruleoflawarethe
highestpromisesIwouldmakeintakingtheoathof
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placidsurfaceofpublicMormonism.ItisthisLDS
Kingdom of God that former Governor Mitt
Romney has sworn blood oaths of obedience to in
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powerandpriesthood.
MittRomneystempleexperiencewasnodifferentthan
thiswhenhefirstreceivedhisendowmentsinpreparation
forhisserviceasanLDSMissionary.Fromhissecretname
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tohisbloodoathsandsacredgarmentswithLucifersmarks
sewnin, his templeexperiences havebeenthepathhehas
choseninhisquestforgodhood.
The Law ofSacrifice
OneofseveraltempleoathswasRomneysoathof
ObediencetotheLawofSacrifice,inwhichhevowed:
As Jesus Christ has laid down his life for the
redemption ofmankind,so weshould covenant to
sacrificeall that we [I] possess, even our [my]
own lives [life] if necessary, in sustaining and
defendingtheKingdomofGod.3
Theexecutionofthepenaltyfordisobedienceatthe
timeMittRomneytookouthistempleEndowmentswas
demonstratedby:
...placing the thumb under the left ear, the palm of
thehand down, and by drawing the thumb quickly
acrossthethroat totheright ear, and dropping the
handtotheside.4
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ItishardtoimaginethatwelleducatedMormonmenof
suchpoliticalstaturelikeformerMassachusettsGov.Mitt
Romney, Utah Senator Orrin Hatch of Utah, or Senator
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ofelder MittRomneybeginningonthatfirstdayandrein
forcedwitheverytemplevisitthereafteruntilithasbeen
groundintohisveryDNA.
LetsgobacktoChapter16ofmybook,The God
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MormonwriterJohnJ.Stewarthassaid:
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hadanytroubleplacinganyonewhohasappliedto
theCIA.Everyyeartheytakealmostanybodywho
applies.9
Healsoadmittedthatthishascreatedprob
lemswithanumberofforeigncountries,whohave
complained about the pretty good dose of
[Mormon] missionaries whove gone back to the
countries they were in as Central Intelligence
agents.10
This may at least partially explain the reported
close tie between the Mormon Church and the
CIA.11
A disproportionate number of Mormons arrive at
thehigherlevels oftheCIA,FBI,militaryintelli
gence,armedforces,andalllevelsofcity,state,and
federal
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SaltLakeCity.Ialsopublisheditasanopenletterin
TheSaltLakeTribune.
The Mormon Oath ofVengeanceAgainst This Nation
Anopenletterto:
ThePresident,FirstPresidencyandmembersofthe
GeneralAuthoritiesoftheChurchofJesusChristof
LatterdaySaints.
August21,1980
Gentlemen:
Iwasrecentlyreflectingthatalthoughtheactual
bloodoathandtheoathofvengeancewereremoved
from the Temple ceremonies sometime after 1930,
you gentlemen [listing ten of the above] are of an
agetohavereceivedyourownendowmentspriorto
their removal, and therefore, are still under these
oaths.
I am particularly interested in your personal
posi tion on your oath of vengeance against the
UnitedStates of America. As you recall, the oath
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wasbasicallyasfollows:
Youandeachofyoudosolemnlypromiseandvow
thatyouwillprayandneverceasetoimportune
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highheaventoAVENGETHEBLOODOFTHE
PROPHETS(JosephandHiramSmith)ONTHIS
NATION,andthatyouwillteachthistoyourchil
drenandyourchildrenschildrenuntothethirdand
fourthgeneration.
Haveyou officiallyrenounced thisoath?Orare
youstillboundbyit?
If you have not renounced it, how can you
presumetoleadfourandonehalf[nowoversixand
a half million Americans] million people [US citi
zens] under item 12 of your Articles of Faith and
still be boundtocall uponheaven toheap curses
uponournation?(Webelieveinbeingsubjectto
Kings, Presidents, Rulers and Magistrates, in
obeying,honoring,andsustainingthelaw.)
Ifyouhaverenouncedit,howcanyoujustify
havingswornsuchanoathinthemostholyofholy
placesonthisearth,beforethesacredaltarofyour
omnipotent God, and then renounce it? Gentlemen,
Icall uponyoutorepentofthis abomination and
proclaim to both the Mormon people and to the
people of the United States of America that you
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renouncethatoathandallitrepresents.
I also call upon all members of the Mormon
Churchwhoholdofficeinourgovernment,servein
theArmedServices,workfortheFBIandCIAwho
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ERAaspoliticalissuesaffectedbythepowerofthe
Church.Forexample,whentheChurchopposedthe
MXforUtah,thoseplanswereimmediatelydropped
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swing toward
conventional
morality
and
conservatismthataMormoncouldonedaybecome
at least a Republican VicePresidential nominee.
Yet,Romneysincreasing
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financialsupportandhisheadliningpollfigures
havehimlookingstraightattheOvalOffice.
This is especially true when one considers
the growing cooperating between Mormons and
Christian leaders like [the now deceased] Jerry
Falwell and groups like the Moral Majority. With
thepower,wealth,wideinfluence,numeroushighly
placedMormons,andlargevotingblockundertheir
virtual control, The Brethren have a great deal to
offer a Republican Presidential candidate. Lets
assume that a Mormon VicePresidential candidate
isonthewinningticket,andthereafterthePresident
diesinofficeorisassassinated,causingtheMormon
tosucceedhimasPresidentoftheUnitedStates.
As an aside to what I wrote in The God Makers, It
drives me into a state of severe disbelief and utter
frustration toseesomanyChristianleadersleapingintothe
Mitt Romney camp. Pat Robertson, who had him as the
mainspeakeratRegentUniversitygraduationthisyear,Jay
Sekulow,headoftheACLJ,endorsedRomneyandsaidthat
Romney wouldappoint constructionist judges,andthat he
(Sekulow) had the opportunity to observe Romney and
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knowthatheisforreal.
Lou Sheldon, a wellknown evangelical Presbyterian
minister and conservative lobbyist in Washington, is
endorsingformerMassachusettsGovernorMittRomneyfor
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the2008Republicanpresidentialnomination.Sheldon,the
outspokenchairmanoftheTraditionalValuesCoalition,has
agreedtoserveasoneofthecochairsoftheRomneyfor
PresidentFaithandValuesSteeringCommittee.
Mark DeMoss is president of the DeMoss Group (an
Atlantabasedpublicrelationsfirm thatworksprimarily
withevangelicalorganizations)andtheauthorofTheLittle
RedBookofWisdom.He also has endorsed Gov. Romney
forPresidentoftheUnitedStates.DeMosshasbecomea
national, unpaid emissary for Romney, making his case
beforeSouthernBaptistsandotherevangelicals. Heorga
nized an introductory meeting last October that included
Jerry Falwell and Franklin Graham. Last month, he put
Romneyinfrontof100attendeesattheNationalReligious
BroadcastersconventioninOrlando.
ContinuedfromTheGodMakers:
There is every reason to believe that the new
Presidentwouldimmediatelybegintogatheraround
him increasing numbers of zealous Temple
Mormonsinstrategicplacesatthehighestlevelsof
government. A crisis similar to the one which
Mormon prophecies foretold occurs, in which
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theConstitutionalprohibitionagainsttheestablish
mentofastatechurchwouldnolongerbeenforce
able. Mormon prophecies and the curse upon the
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ofJosephandHyrumSmithwouldseeminglyhave
beenfulfilled. Ineffect,theUnitedStateswould
havebecomeatheocracyexactlyasplannedbyThe
Brethren, completing the first step in the Mormon
takeover of the world. LDS President John Taylor
boastedofit100yearsago:
Let us now notice our political position in the
world. Whatare wegoing to do? Weare going to
possessthe earth... and reign over it for ever and
ever.Now, ye Kingsand Emperors helpyourselves
ifyoucan.Thisisthetruthanditmayaswellbetold
at this time as at any other. Theres a good time
coming,Saints,agoodtimecoming!17
AMore LikelyScenario
While the above presents an extremely
disturbing possibility, it may seem highly
speculative and improbable. There is another
scenario, however,whichisequallydisturbingand
much more likely. It arises from the fact that
Mormonismisactualpartofsomethingmuchlarger.
Wehavealreadynotedthattherevelationsthat
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rationofthetruegovernmentofGodcommenced.
ThroughthischurchandKingdom,aframeworkhas
beenbuiltthroughwhichthefullgovernmentofGod
will eventually operate....The present ecclesiastical
kingdomwillbeexpandedintoapoliticalkingdom
also, and then both civil and ecclesiastical affairs
willbeadministeredthroughit.22
BrighamYoungconfirmedthatwhentheLDSKingdom
of God was in control, theAmerican flagwould flyabove
us.
WhenthedaycomesinwhichtheKingdomofGod
will bear rule, the flag of the United States will
proudly flutter unsullied on the flag staff of liberty
and equal rights, without a spot to sully its fair
surface; the glorious flag our fathers have
bequeathedtouswillthenbeunfurledtothebreeze
bythosewhohavepowertohoistitaloftanddefend
itssanctity.23
The Mormonswillpossessthe wholeearthand reign
over it.Asthe Civil and Religious laws become one, the
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commandedtobeorganizedandestablished,tobea
unitedorder, andaneverlastingorder forthebenefit
of mychurch, and for the salvation of menuntil I
come24
The poor willbeexalted and the rich made low.
Allproperty,includingliquidassets,willbedeededtothe
kingdom(Church),allmoneyturnedin.Someproperty
willbeconditionallydeededbackforustomanageasis
deemednecessaryforeachman.
ThisisspelledoutintheDoctrine&Covenants42:
28 Thou knowest my laws concerning these
thingsaregiveninmyscriptures; hethatsinnethand
repentethnotshallbecastout.
29 If thou lovest me thou shalt serve me and
keepallmycommandments.
30 And behold, thou wilt remember the poor,
andconsecrateof thy properties for their support
that which thou hast to impart unto them, with a
covenantandadeedwhichcannotbebroken.
31Andinasmuchasyeimpartofyoursubstance
untothe poor, yewilldoituntome;and theyshall
belaidbeforethebishopofmychurchandhiscoun
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it.EveryMormonintheworldswearsanoathofobedience
totheLawofConsecrationandtheLawofSacrifice...inthe
Templerites.Theyareboundbybloodoathtohonortheir
word.
LetslookattheportionoftheRevelation,Doctrines&
Covenants 104, given to Joseph Smith the Prophet, April
23,1834,concerningtheUnitedOrder,whichsetthisinits
spiritualplace:
1VERILYIsayuntoyou,myfriends,Igiveunto
you counsel, and a commandment, concerning all
the properties whichbelong to the order whichI
commandedtobeorganizedandestablished,tobea
unitedorder, andaneverlastingorder forthebenefit
of mychurch, and for the salvation of menuntil I
come
2 With promise immutable andunchangeable,
that inasmuch as those whom I commanded were
faithfultheyshouldbeblessedwithamultiplicityof
blessings;
3 But inasmuch as they were not faithful they
werenighuntocursing.
4 Therefore, inasmuch as some of myservants
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powertobringeviluponyou.
11 It is wisdom in me; therefore, a
commandmentIgiveuntoyou,thatyeshallorganize
yourselvesandappointeverymanhisstewardship;
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12Thateverymanmaygiveanaccountuntome
ofthestewardshipwhichisappointeduntohim.
13 Forit is expedient that I, the Lord, should
make every man accountable, as a steward over
earthly blessings, whichI have made and prepared
formycreatures.
14I,the Lord,stretched outthe heavens, and
built the earth, myveryhandiwork; and all things
thereinare mine.
15Anditismypurposetoprovideformysaints,
forallthingsare mine.
16Butitmustneedsbedoneinmineownway;
and behold this is the waythat I, the Lord, have
decreedtoprovideformysaints,thatthepoorshall
beexalted,inthattherichare madelow.
17For theearth isfull,andthereisenoughand
tospare; yea, Iprepared all things, and have given
unto the children of men to be agents unto
themselves.
18Therefore,ifanymanshall takeoftheabun
dance which I have made, and impart not his
portion,according tothelawofmygospel,untothe
poorandtheneedy,heshall,withthewicked,liftup
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twocardinalprinciples:(1)consecrationand(2)
stewardship.
To enter the United Order, when it was being
tried,one consecrated all his possessions to the
Churchbyacovenantandadeedwhichcouldnot
be broken.27
himselfofallofhispropertybyconveyingittothe
Church.
Havingthusvoluntarilydivestedhimselfof
title to all his property, the consecrator received
from the Churcha stewardship bya like convey
ance. This stewardship could be more or less
than his original consecration, the object being to
make every man equal according to his family,
according to his circumstances and his wants and
needs. 28
Thisprocedurepreservedineverymantheright
toprivateownershipandmanagementofhisprop
erty.Athisown optionhecouldalienateitorkeep
andoperateitandpassitontohisheirs.
Theintent was,however,forhimtosooperate
hispropertyastoproducealivingforhimselfand
hisdependents.Solongasheremainedintheorder,
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...hisMormonbeliefswouldnothandicaphisrun
fortheRepublicanpresidentialnomination.
Im not running for pastor in chief, Romney
told ABC
NewsThisWeek
Stephanopoulos Sunday.
Im
with
George
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byalifelongpolitician.31
Yet,hisTheocraticmindsetrevealsitselfwhenhetalks
aboutsomethings.Recently,Romneysaidthatthe
Hezbollah
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shouldbearolemodelforU.S.andurgedemulating
welfareprojectsusedbyterrorgroupagainstIsrael.
JERUSALEMRepublicanpresidentialcandidate
Gov.MittRomneycitedthesocialwelfarenetworkofthe
LebaneseHezbollahterrorgroupasarolemodeltheU.S.
should copy to help promote goodness and freedom
aroundtheworld.
Sections of Hezbollahs social welfare network,
includingschoolsandcamps,areroutinelyusedbytheterror
group to indoctrinate students in antiIsrael propaganda,
instruct in mili tary tactics and promote Shiite Islamic
beliefs, including thewaging of a final, apocalyptic world
battleagainstevil.32
Remember,MormonismTeaches That...
Whenourleadersspeak,thethinkinghasbeen
done.Satangetsagreatvictorywhenwedisagreeor
doourownthinking.33
TheChurchProphethastherighttoidentify
how the Lord would have us vote and who
woulddaredisobey?
Now,does the office ofthe President ofthe
Church embrace the right to identify for the
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Whentheprophetspeaks,thedebateisover.35
AllLDSadministrationisdonebydirect
RevelationfromGod.36
WhentheMormonleadersspeak,wearetoobey
and believe, even if our scientific knowledge says
otherwise.37
Godcan(andoftendoes)changehismindfrom
revelationtorevelation.
That is modern revelation. May I repeat?
Modern revelation is what President Joseph
Smithsaid, unless [then] President Spencer W.
Kimballsaysdifferently.38
Ifyouaretoldbyyourleadertodoathing,DO
IT!Noneofyourbusinessifitisrightorwrong.39
LDSProphet(from1985to1994),EzraT.Benson
proclaimed:
a. The Prophet rightly should be in politicsafter all,
wedoneedGodinGovernment.
b. The Prophet is above all humanity, above all scrip
ture, above all the other prophets, above scientific
knowledgeandMustBeObeyed.
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Sometimes,inAmericanpolitics,weareaskedtofocus
more on the platform than the candidate, because we can
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trustthepartyandthecandidatesadvisorstokeepthe
candidateonthestraightandnarrowasbesttheycan.
In Mitt Romneys case, his oath of office has already
beensworninasacredLDSTempleceremony.Thatoathis
totheMormonPlanforAmerica,anditwillsupersedeany
oathofofficeasPresident.
AnditdoesntreallymatterintheLDSschemeofthings
ifMittRomneydoesnotmakeittotheOvalOffice,oreven
theofficeofVicePresident.ThisMormonPlanforAmerica
has been in the shadows for over 160 years.The Brethren
believeitistheirbirthright,theirpurpose,theirdestinyto
usherinthepurificationoftheearthforChristsreturn.
TheydidnotgiveupontheplanwhenJosephSmith
failed in his bid for the Presidency, nor did they give up
whenGeorge Romney withdrew his bid.They will rejoice
if Mittmakesit,butifnot,theywillmerelylookaheadto
theonewhowillusherintheKingdomofGodinthesoon
coming future. Meanwhile, they will continue to prompt
their peopleto file for every level of public office, to be
readywhenthewonderfulfulfillmentofprophecycomes.
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The KingdomofGod has becomeacashcow
kingdom. The where and the whyofthe great wealth.
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AFortune500Church?
Thearticlesconservativelyestimatedthatatthetimeof
the1991report,theLDSChurchcollectedabout4.3billion
a year through tithing, plus $400 million from its many
ecclesiastical (churchrelated) enterprises. That comes out
intithingreceiptsalone,to$11,780,822aday!
According to theAugust 1997 Timearticle, Kingdom
Come, they had, by then, reached 5.2 billion, or over14
milliondollars aday.Iwouldassumethatwiththegrowth
ofthechurch,by2007,itisnowwellover$16,000,000a
day.
Acomparison of the 1991 Churchs 4.7 billion tithing
collections with the sales of publicly traded companies
placedit110thontheFortune500.Itsrevenueswerelarger
than Maytag, Hershey Foods orAvon, and the church has
amuchlowercostofsalesthananyoftheregularbusi
nesses.Itissellingpersonalexaltationandgodhood.
In1991,theChurchsbusinesssubsidiariesgeneratedan
additional$4billionayearinsaleswhich,ifcountedinthe
total,wouldmaketheLDSChurchan$8.7billioncorpora
tion, between 54th and 55th place onthe Fortune 500and
largerthanHoneywell,GeneralMillsorCampbellSoup.
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Timestatedthatin1997:
Itscurrentassetstotalaminimumof$30billion.
Ifitwereacorporation,itsestimatedgrossincome
wouldplaceitmidwaythroughtheFORTUNE500,
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alittlebelowUnionCarbideandthePaineWebber
GroupbutbiggerthanNikeandtheGap.
The top beef ranch in the world is not the
King Ranch in Texas. It is the Deseret Cattle &
CitrusRanchoutsideOrlando,Fla.Itcovers312,000
acres;itsvalueasrealestatealoneisestimatedat
$858million. ItisownedentirelybytheMormons.
The largest producer of nuts in America,
AgReserves, Inc., in Salt Lake City, is Mormon
owned. So are the Bonneville International Corp.,
the countrys 14th largest radio chain, and the
Beneficial Life Insurance Co., with assets of $1.6
billion.1
TheTimearticlewentontosay:
So great is the tithe flow that scholars have
suggested it constitutes practically the intermoun
tainstatesonlylocalcounterbalanceinaneconomy
otherwisedominated bycapital fromtheEastand
Westcoasts.
...Butwhereotherchurchesspendmostofwhat
theyreceiveinagivenyear,theLatterdaySaints
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TIMEestimatedtobeatleast$6billionstrong.Even
more unusual, most of this money is not in bonds
orstockinotherpeoplescompaniesbutisinvested
directlyinchurchowned,forprofit concerns,the
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TheArizonaRepublicreportedthatLDSofficialsrefused
its reporters requests for access to tax returns. They
releasedthe information only when the paper stood firmly
on IRS regulations that permit public inspection of such
documents.TheRepublicadmitsthatitwasnotabletoget
a complete, uptodate listing, but it concluded that, in
1991,theLDSChurch:
Controlledatleast100companiesthatgeneratedabout
400 million a year for the church through contributions,
dividendsortrusts.
Never borrowed money to financeits acquisitions. It
paid cash, using portions of its memberstithing and
itsbusinessincome.
Hadbecomeoneofthenationslargestlandowners.
Hadinvestmentsinexcessof$1billion.3
Thearticlesservedtosquelchoneofthemostcommon
rumors, even among Mormons.The paper claimed that it
couldfindnorecordoftheChurchhavingeverowningpart
ofCocaCola.Theclosestitcouldcome wastheapparent
fact thatMormonssoldsugartoCokeforuseinits soft
drinksatonetime.
Inpursuingthis,itisalsoimportanttonotetwothings:
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1)financialinformationabouttheLDSChurchiscertainly
incompleteand always out of date; and 2) there is a big
difference between businesses or corporations owned
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PlazainTucsonanda$10millionshoppingmallinOrange
County,CA.
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ZCMIDepartmentstores($124millioninassets)
PropertyReserveofArizona($117million)
Columbia(Washington)RidgeFarms($26.7million)
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million)
KOITAM/FMRadio(SanFrancisco)
KSL(SaltLakeCity)
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KTMXFMRadio(Chicago)
WNSRFM(NewYorkCity)(sales,$1.1million)
Additionally, the LDS Church owns the two most
powerfuldailynewspapersinUtah,TheDeseret Newsand
The Salt Lake Tribune, as well as its own publishing
company, Deseret Books. The radio, TV and newspaper
outletsinSaltLake can be counted on to virtually ignore
anystorywhichshowsanyunpleasanttruthsabouttheLDS
Church. DeseretBooks owns a chain of stores which sell
about $50 millioninfaithpromotingproductseachyear.
Only the Sunday School Board of the Southern Baptist
Conventionsellsmore.
Youcanimaginethatwiththatsortofmediainfluence,
whentheChurchtalks(orforbidsothersfromtalking),the
networkslisten.Ihaveoftenrunintostrong,unreason
ableoppositioninmediaagainstrunninganystoriesonthe
Churchwhichplaceitinanegativelight.
ThecasualvisitortoSaltLakeCity,Utah,cannothelp
butbeoverpoweredbythegranitelikestrengthandpower
oftheMormonempire.Standingamongthetoweringfoun
tainsandgardensinfrontoftheChurchOfficeBuildingand
lookingdowntoTempleSquare,youhavetothinkthatthis
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isthewayGodshomeofficewouldlookifTheKingdom
ofGodwaslistedontheNewYorkStockExchange.
The details of this vast financial core of the LDS
Kingdom are known within the LDS Church by a very
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fewoftheleaders,andevenonlyonaneedtoknowbasis.
Thecomplexnetworkofcorporations withincorporations
has spread out the controls and lines of authority so that
evenmostoftheLDSChurchsbusinessmanagerscanonly
seewhat The Brethren want them to see on a very tight
needto know basis. Most employees within the LDS
business empirewould need a road map to get to the top.
TheBrethrenwantitthatway.
NoAccountability
Although elevated to the officeof spiritual leaders, the
majority of The Brethren were successful businessmen
beforetheywerecalledbyrevelationtojointheranksof
theLDShierarchy.
Unlikemembers ofotherchurches,LatterDaySaints,
including those in lower levels of leadership (such as
Bishops and Stake Presidents) who have faithfully and
sacrificiallycontributedtheirtithesandofferings,theirtime
andenergies,andgiventheirwholeidentitiestotheChurch,
arepowerlesstocallforanaccountingorparticipateonany
regularcorporatedecision.Theyfaithfullysubmittoevery
decisionfromthetop.
For a Mormon to ask for a financial accounting from
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anindividualstestimonyofthetruthfulnessoftheMormon
Church and a fatal first step into the downhill spiral to
apostasy!
JohnHeinerman,theMormonauthorofthebook,The
MormonCorporate Empire, was askedwhathethoughtof
the wealth and power base of Mormonism. His response
wasquiterevealing:
Ihavealwaysbeenfascinatedwiththegreatwealthand
power the Church of Jesus Christ of Latterday Saints
wields nationally and internationally. The Mormon
corporateempire, in terms of dollars and cents is rather
impressive,for several reasons. Number one, in the book
[TheMormonCorporate Empire], we take a conservative
figureofabout
8billiondollarsthattheempireisworthandweofcourse
havefootnotes inthebackofthebookshowinghowwe
arrivedatthosefigures.Butreally,withalltheresearchthat
we have done, the figure is closer to 11 to 12 billion
dollars,worldwide,[for]alloftheirinvestmentandholding.
Now,theseinvestmentsandholdingsprimarilyfall
into real estate, such as temples, meeting houses,
seminaries,religiousinstitutes,whichcomprise
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ofitcamefromcomputerprintoutsfromtheChurch
FinanceDepartment, thatwasgiventomein1982
and 83, which formed the heart and core of the
book.4
Asthismanpouredoutthisimmensestorehouseofdata
regarding the affluenceand might ofhis church, there was
nodoubtinmymindthatJohnHeinermanwasawellspring
ofhiddenknowledgeandenthusiasm.Hecontinued:
TheonethingthatIwasamazedat,wasthatthe
LDSChurchrollsovereveryyearbetween1
and 2 billion dollars just in its investment port
folios. Theyre into everything from agricultural
futureslikesoybeans,porkbellies,tocattle.Theyve
invested heavily into power companies.They have
one portfolio called the BondSubstitute Portfolio.
And they have a little over a quarter of a billion
dollarsjustinthat.
Someoftheseinvestmentportfoliosbringhuge
dividends and returns, and others lose millions of
dollars. For instance, in the Bond Substitute
Portfolio, which has investments in a number of
power companiesaroundthecountry,inthattwo
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companiestowherenowthepowercompanieshave
invested in basically white dinosaurs.The result is,
thestocksofmanyofthesepowercompanieshave
plummeted.
TheChurchhastakenaprettygoodbeatingin
this direction.When there was the collapse of the
stockmarket herelastfall,someoneaskedmehow
muchIthoughttheLDSChurchhadlost.AndIsaid,
justbasedonwhatIwasfamiliarwithin1984and
85,Isaidthatitwasprobablyintheneighborhood
at 11 to 15 million dollars in that.And someone I
talkedwithfromthefinancedepartmentsomeyears
ago said, When we make investments, we dont
praytoGod,andwedontgobyrevelation,wedoit
justliketheworlddoes.Andsoofcourse,youwin
some,youlosesome.
WhenhegotdowntothequestionofwhattheMormon
Churchdoeswithallthiswealthandpower,Heinermanwas
refreshinglycandidaboutit.
The LDS Church uses this wealth to go and help
increaseitsmembership,togoandpromoteandproselytize
thegospelthat itisadvocatingworldwide.Thechurchhas
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beenfortunatetohaveanumberofitspeopleinprominent
positionsaroundthecountryinpoliticalauthority:senators,
congressmen,peopleintheReagancabinet,peopleinthe
CIAandtheFBI.AttimestheChurchhascalleduponthem
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togoanddoafavorfortheChurch,getthechurchoutofa
jam,orusetheirpoliticalcloutinbehalfoftheChurch.
One thing I think is important to point out, most
peopledonotrealizethefullextentandpowerofthe
LDS Church. Two examples very quickly. One,
when I was doing research for The Mormon
Corporate Empire, I had a runin with the LDS
ChurchSecurity.Tomakealongstoryshort...Iwas
sittinginaChurchofficebuilding,inJuly1983,and
theChurchattorneys were being located. They
wantedtointerviewmeandtrytofindouthowIhad
gottenmyinformation.
Heinerman related his discovery of confidentialpolice
andFBIdocumentswhilewaitingforhisinterview.
Iwassittingintheofficealone,andIhappened
tonoticeonaparticulardeskinfrontofme,several
documents.AndsoIlookedaround,andnoonewas
there,andIturnedthemaround,andonthefirstone
there was a name of an individual that Ive
forgotten, but it said, Salt Lake City Police
Department, Police Record. I slid the document
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Thesecretarycamebackintotheroom,tookthe
documents,puttheminthetopdrawerofherdesk,
locked it, and then proceeded to give me a mild
tongue lashing, saying, You know, you shouldnt
be snooping around in there. I said, Well, you
shouldntbeleavingdocumentslayingaround.You
know, I said, this a police report and an FBI
report, and I thought those things were
confidential. And she said, Listen, we can get
anything wewant,onanyonewewant,atanytime
wewant.
John Heinerman added a little more about Church
Security.Hesmiledproudlyashesaid,
NowtheprofileofLDSchurchsecurity!ThefellowthatI
had first run into was with Air Force Counterintelligence
for
26years.AnotherfellowwaswiththeLosAngelesCounty
Sheriffs Department. The head of Church Security, who
recentlydied,wasatopFBImanunderJ.EdgarHoover.
TheyhaveretiredCIA menworking,theyhavepeople
fromtheNavycounterintelligence.Andsothechurchhas
amassedanincredible amount ofsecurity personnelfrom
differentlawprofessionsandthatgivesitsomeofthebest
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securityofanyreligiononthefaceoftheearth.5
WhywouldanyChristianchurchrequireoneofthecoun
tryslargest,mosthighlytrainedsecurityforceseverfound
inanyportionofthiscountrysprivatesector?Certainly,no
otherchurchhassuchaforceinplace.Theconceptstaggers
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themind,exceptwhenyourealize thatTheBrethrenhave
thesecurityforcetherebecauseitisneeded.
Having said all this, I can only summarize by saying
thatthe MormonChurch and the Brethren whocontrol it
have ahuge,powerfulmoneymachineintheirhandsand
willuseeveryunitpartwithinittofurthertheirgoals.
TheirgoalsarenotjustlimitedtobringingtheMormon
gospel to the ends of the world, but include the
implementationoftheMormonPlanforAmerica,theend
timestheocracytheywillcontroltopreparetheworldfor
the return ofChrist and Histhousandyear reign managed
bytheLDSBrethren.
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TheBookofMormon:
FoundationofFaith
,
Aquick summaryofthe rootheresies ofMormonism
and howweare todeal with them.
conversationwithyouisofferyouafreecopyofTheBook
ofMormon,AnotherTestamentofChrist.Millionsare
givenouteveryyearinmanylanguagesacrosstheworld.
Everypersonwhoacceptsoneisaskedtoreaditandpray
aboutitandaretoldthatGodwillspirituallyrevealthe
truthofittoyoubypersonalrevelation.Nooneisasked
toreaditand
compareittoBiblicaldoctrineorhistoricity.
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SettingasidealltheMormonclaimsofdivineillumina
tionforthemoment,letsseriouslyconsiderTheBookof
Mormononitsownmerit.InanundatedLDStract,entitled,
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Lehi,havingdweltatJerusaleminallhisdays);andinthat
sameyeartherecamemanyprophets,prophesyinguntothe
people that they must repent, orthe great city Jerusalem
mustbedestroyed.
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Jeremiah2:8...andtheprophetsprophesiedby
Baal.
Jeremiah 5:31 ...and the prophets prophesy
falsely.
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Jeremiah6:13...andfromtheprophetevenunto
thepriesteveryonedealethfalsely.
Jeremiah8:10everyonedealethfalsely.
Jeremiah 14:14 the prophets prophesy lies in
myname:Isentthemnot....Theyprophesyuntoyou
afalsevisionanddivination.
Jeremiah 23:16Hearkennotuntothewordsof
theprophetsthatprophesyuntoyou.
Jeremiah23:21Ihavenotsenttheseprophets,
yettheyran:Ihavenotspokenuntothemyetthey
prophesied.
Jeremiah 27:1417Therefore hearkennotunto
the words of the prophets that speak unto you,
saying,yeshallservenottheKingofBabylon:for
they prophesy a lie unto you...hearken not to the
words of your prophets that prophesy unto
you...hearken not unto them; serve the King of
Babylonandlive.
Jeremiah29:89Letnotyourprophetsandyour
diviners,thatbeinthemidstofyoudeceiveyou...for
theyprophesyfalselyuntoyouinmyname:Ihave
notsentthem,saiththeLord.(AllScripturesabove
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Thesepassagesclearlywarnthepeoplenottolistento
anyoftheotherprophetsbecausetheywereallfalseand
spokelies.ItisquiteclearthatthewordsJeremiahspoke
(especially Jeremiah 27:1417) would certainly include
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12NowthewordoftheLordcametoJeremiah,
after Hananiah the prophet had broken the yoke
fromthe neck of the prophet Jeremiah,saying, 13
GoandtellHananiah, saying,ThussaystheLord:
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havebrokentheyokesofwood,butyouhavemade
in their place yokesofiron.14 For thus says the
Lordofhosts,theGodofIsrael: I haveputayoke
of iron on the neck of all these nations, that they
may serve Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon; and
theyshall serve him. I have given him the beasts
ofthefieldalso.
15Thentheprophet Jeremiah said toHananiah
theprophet,Hear now,Hananiah, theLordhasnot
sentyou,butyoumakethispeopletrust ina lie.16
Therefore thus says the Lord: Behold, I will cast
youfromthe face ofthe earth. Thisyear youshall
die, because you have taught rebellion against the
Lord. 17SoHananiah theprophet diedthe same
yearintheseventhmonth.
If the judgment of the Lord against Hananiah
was death, why would God call and send forth
another prophet, Lehi, with the same rebellious
opposition to the Lords message given through
Jeremiahandhavehimspeakthisfalsethingtothe
verysamepeopleandhavecallhimatrueprophet?
Impossible! If The Book of Mormon were true
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disobediencetoGodinleavingJerusalemtoescape
captureandbondageinBabylon.
So,comingbacktopage1ofTheBookofMormon,it
immediatelyfailsthebasictest.Itdoesnotfitintoitstime
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framecorrectlyastruescripture.Oneneednotgoapage
further to know that we are dealing with a false prophet.
Yes, Lehi does fit into the Biblical picture, but only as a
falseprophet!ThewisereaderwouldputdownTheBookof
Mormonafterreadingjustonepage.
Out ofthe Dust
Lets look at it from another angle.The late LeGrand
RichardswasoftencalledtheGentleApostle.Inhisfamous
missionary book, A Marvelous Work and Wonder, which
has been givenawayto investigators bythe hundreds of
thousands, he described the biblical prophecies fulfilled
by The Book of Mormon. He uses Isaiah 29:4 as a proof
textforthecomingforthofTheBookofMormon:
Andthoushaltbebroughtdown,andshaltspeakoutof
theground,andthyspeechshallbelowoutofthedust,and
thyvoice shallbe, asonethathathafamiliarspirit,outof
theground,andthyspeechshallwhisperoutofthedust.
Richardsscomments:
Now, obviously, the only way a dead people could
speakoutofthegroundoroutofthedustwouldbeby
thewritten word and this was done through The Book of
Mormon. Truly,ithasafamiliarspirit,foritcontainsthe
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wordsoftheprophetsoftheGodofIsrael.2
UnfortunatelyforBook ofMormonscholarship,the
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theword,Ob,whichistranslatedintheKingJamesBibleas
Familiar Spirit. In the Hebrew, the word means
necromancer, or a spirit of witchcraft. There are 15 Old
Testamentreferencestofamiliarspirits,andallofthemdeal
withwitchcraft.
The apostle LeGrand Richards and the hundreds of
thou sands of Mormons who have used his words as
evidencethatTheBookofMormonhasthissamefamiliar
spirit tie their scripture solidly to witchcraft. They are
heartilywelcometothelabel.Again,withoutravingshouts,
TheBookofMormonfailsitsownchallenge.
Sticksand Scrolls
Oftheseveralotherbiblicalpropheciesusedtosubstan
tiateTheBookofMormon,oneotherstandsoutasthemost
common ofall LDS proofscriptures. Itis usedalmost
everytimethemissionariesteachonTheBookofMormon.
Ezekiel37:1517reads:
TheWordoftheLordcameagainuntome,saying,
moreover,thousonofman,taketheeonestick,and
write upon it, For Judah, and for the children of
Israelhiscompanions:thentakeanotherstick,and
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writeuponit,ForJoseph,thestickofEphraim,and
forallthe houseofIsraelhiscompanions: andjoin
themonetoanotherintoonestick;andtheyshall
becomeoneinthinehand.
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justasyouwouldstudyanyhistoricalbook.
WhenIstudytheBible,Icanapproachitasatotal
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PresidentGoodmanisawarethatMormonmission
aries throughout the world are converting people to the
MormonChurchbyexplainingtothemthatarchaeologyhas
provedTheBookofMormontobetrue.Slidepresentations,
specialfiresidemeetings,andfilmstripsareusedalongwith
volumesofspecialtybooksonthesubject,available wher
everMormonbooksaresold.
Where are all these so called evidences so readily
available as proof? Either they exist as presented by the
Mormonsortheydont.Wecantplaygameswithhistorical
facts.
In LDS Visitors Centers throughout the world, a
paintingby the artist John Scott is displayed. Copies are
availablein great abundance wherever LDS materials are
sold. Thepainting is called, TheResurrected Christ in
America.Whatissoimportantaboutthispainting?It
representsChriststandingbeforethemultitudesinfrontof
severalofthetemplesinMesoAmerica,graphicallytying
in,forthemillionswhohaveviewedthispaintingofJesus,
The Book of Mormon and the temples of these early
civilizations.Whatiswrong?Neithertempledepictedinthe
paintingexisteduntil about 1000 AD, almost ten centuries
afterthesupposedappearanceoftheMormonChristinthe
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Americas!
Thetwotemplesareactuallyverywellknown;theyare
ElCastilloandElCaracol.Theyarealsousedinoneofthe
wellknown LDS proof works, The Trial of the Stick of
Joseph,byLDSBishopJackWest.Inbothrepresentations,
their use can only be out of blind ignorance or blatant
deception.
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Thefactthatthepaintingisanartistsrenditionisnot
important.Itisimportantthatthechurchasanexpressionof
impliedfactpublishesitwidely.Thesamepaintingisused,
in part, as the cover of an LDS pamphlet, Christ in
America, written by Apostle Mark. E. Petersen and
published in 1983. Jack Wests representation may be
waved away as the workofan individual, yet it is used
widelytoconvertpeopleoutoftheChristianbodythrough
theuseofopendeception.
Could the church and people like Jack West be just
blindtothe facts? Wethinknot. A friend,JackSande,
wrotetoJohnL.Sorenson,ChairmanoftheDepartmentof
AnthropologyatBrighamYoungUniversity,andaskedhim
aboutthisproblemafterreceivingacopyoftheWestbook
fromaMormonBishop.
LDSProblems withTheir OwnProfessionals
InalettertoJack,datedOctober5,1981,JohnSorenson
replied:
Iunderstandthatpeoplewhohavenothadeducational
experiences concerning archaeology could be enthusiastic
about books like these of West or Farnsworth when they
seetheseassupportingtheBookofMormoninwhichthey
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stronglybelieve.IpresumetheBishopwhogaveyouthe
Westvolumewouldfallintothatclassovercomebyzeal.
Nevertheless,thefactremainsthatthosebooksareworse
than useless, because they are not reasonably close to the
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truth.Iwishthezealoushadotheroptionsopentothemin
thewayoftruthfulbooks,butatthemoment,thatisa
problem.
John Sorenson sounded like a pretty upfront scholar.
We went to a book of his, dated 1980, and found that he
had made a couple of very significant observations. First,
regardingtheBible,Sorensonsaid:
Learning about context seems unimportant to some
readersofthebook[TheBookofMormon]; othersconsider
itimpossible. To me the Bible is a model in this regard.
Biblical scholarship has illuminated certain unobvious
meanings of that scriptural text showing the complex
interplay between human and divine influences and
establishing the Bible asarecordallthemoreprofound,
becauseitisanchoredinacomplex reality oftime, space
and behavior. I have wanted that same illumination for
Lehispeopleandtheirbook.
Andwhatofthatbook,TheBookofMormon?Hemade
noevasiveapologies,buthitdirectlyhomewithhispoint:
Afternearly150yearssincetheNephiterecordwasfirst
publishedbyJosephSmith,weMormonshavebeenunable
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JohnSorensonisnottheonlyMormonscholarwhoisa
realist in this matter. Dr. Ross T. Christensen, BYU
professor and head of the Society for Early Historic
Archeology,standsbyhisside.Overtwentyyearsearlier,in
an article for the University Archaeological Society, Dr.
Christensenwrote:
In the first place, the statement that The Book of
Mormonhasalreadybeenprovedbyarchaeologyis
misleading. The truth of the matter is that we are
only beginning to see even the outlines of the
archaeological timeperiods which could compare
withthoseofTheBookofMormon. How,then,can
thematterhavebeensettledonceandforall?
Christensencontinued:
Thatsuchanideacouldexistindicatestheignorance
ofmanyofourpeoplewithregardtowhatisgoing
on in the historical and anthropological sciences.
With the exception of Latterday Saint archaeolo
gists,membersofthearchaeologicalprofessiondo
not[espouse]andneverhaveespousedTheBookof
MormoninanysenseofwhichIamaware.
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Headded:
As for the notion that The Book of Mormon has
alreadybeenprovedbyarchaeology,Imustsaywith
Shakespeare,Laynotthatflatteringunctiontoyour
soul.(HamletIII,iv)6
AnotherhonestMormonscholar,DeeF.Green,asserts,
The first myth we need to eliminate is that Book of
Mormonarchaeologyexists.HehastermedtheChurchs
current approach to Mormon archaeology as a backdoor
one,andheisright.7
In the January/February 1981 Sunstone Magazine,
MartinRaish,adoctoralcandidateandteacherofarthistory
at BYU, wrote one of the best scholarly reports we have
read on this subject of amateur attempts to prove The
BookofMormonthroughhistoricevidence.
HegoesthroughtheworksofsuchwellknownMormon
men as Jack West, Dewey Farnsworth, Paul Cheeseman
andWayneHamby,showingtheexactmannerinwhichthe
readeroftheirworksismanipulatedwithsweepingassump
tions, questionable artifacts, misdated archaeology and
mismatched scriptures and pictures, all designed to assure
thereaderthatTheBookofMormonisfact.Raishcautions
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IdonotthinkthatwewilleverprovetheBookof
Mormontobetruethrougharchaeologicalevidences
any more than we can yet prove the date of the
Creationthroughscientificmeansalone.8
ALeap ofFaith
Sowefall back again onthe pamphlet, Challenge the
BookofMormonMakestotheWorld,whichwespokeof
earlier.Itspremisewasthatanauthentichistoricaltexthas
tofit the time frame of which it speaks. This is not only
reasonable,butalsoimperative.Yet,whileitistheproven
standardfor the Bible, it appears to be impossible for The
BookofMormon.
Dr. Charles Crane has spent most of his lifetime
studyingthe Bible and also the LDS scriptures. He is an
activestudentofbothBibleandMormonArchaeology.He
emphasized the differences to us. The simple facts, he
said, are that the truth does not match the LDS stories.
While the accuracy ofthe Bible has been vindicated time
and again, we have yet tofind the first Book of Mormon
City. Not one city as named inThe Book of Mormon has
everbeenfound...notone.9
The Mormon nonscholars keep trying to associate
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Hellmuth.Hissubject:TheHumanSacrificialPracticesof
theMaya.IftheMormonswanttoassociatewithbutchers
who killed innocent people in their religious ceremonies,
they are free to do that, but then to say that restored
Christianitysprangfromthatwellisludicrous!
In the May 25, 1980 Salt Lake Tribune, an article
authored by New York Times writer, Boyce Rensberger,
listed archaeological findings that push back the Mayan
originsto
9000BCLehiandhispeoplesupposedlyarrivedinMeso
America around 600 BC, over 8,000 years off schedule.
ThatcertainlystretchesthatBookofMormontimeframe.
Jesus, the FeatheredSerpent
In hisbook, Christ inAncientAmerica,VolumeII, Dr.
MiltonR.Hunter,thenamemberoftheFirstCouncilofthe
Seventy,describedQuetzalcoatl,godoftheAztecsandthe
OlmecsasJesus.Hestates:
QuetzalcoatlcouldhavebeennoneotherthanJesus
the Christ,the LordandGodofthisearth, andthe
Savior of the human family.Thus Jesus Christ and
Quetzalcoatlareidentical.
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HefurtherquotesLDSPresidentandProphetJohn
Taylor,whoin1882stated:
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bloodyidolduringthesocalledBookofMormonyears.
That serpent is a bloodthirsty demon, not the Jesus Christ
oftheBible.
It wasnt until many hundreds of years beyond The
Bookof Mormon era that a Toltec king namedCe Acatal
Topiltzin ascended the throne and took the name of
Quetzalcoatlandsought to reestablish the gentle theology
of the original god as the principle deity of the Toltec
nation. This took placeinAD968.Thebloodthirstypriests
disgraced and banishedhim from the nation. This gentle
king promised to return inaonereedyear(accordingto
theMayanCalendar),andhencethelegendofthereturnof
Quetzalcoatl. By the way, the Spanish explorer, Cortez
landed in 1519, a one reed year, which is one of the
reasons the native people accepted him with such open
arms.12
ReturningagaintothedifficulttaskoftryingtofitThe
BookofMormoninto its own background and time frame,
letslookatanotherofliterallyhundredsofconditionsthat
makeitimpossible.Rememberourearliertest:toexamine
TheBookof Mormonin the light of the origin and back
groundthatisclaimedforit.Ifitfitsintothatbackground,
thereisnoneedtolookanyfarthersincehistoricalforgery
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isvirtuallyimpossibleandifitdoesntfitin,itissimplya
forgery.
AssumingthatLehiwasrightandJeremiahwrong,and
assumingthatthesetravelerstrulydidlandonthewestern
shoresoftheAmericassomewhere,thenletsevaluateone
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Likewise,iftheBookofMormonweretrue,wewouldsee
thissamedeterminationintheJewishpeopleofTheBookof
Mormon.
OnethingforwhichtheJewishpeoplearenotedistheir
tenacityovercenturiesoftimetomaintaintheirowniden
tity. Yet, this is not represented by a single shred of
evidenceanywhere in the Americas of a Jewish influx as
described in The Book of Mormon. Another unmovable
Jewish trait isthe utter inability of anyone to destroy the
Hebrew language throughout centuries of time. We are
asked to believe that devout Jewish scholars would
transcribe their most sacred scriptures in reformed
Egyptian. Bear in mind that the Hebrew people were
forbiddentodealwithanythingEgyptian. To do so would
defilethepriesthoodofGod!(Nehemiah13:2331)
Check the Calendar
Lastly, if we were to embark on such a journey, we
wouldtake our calendar! This is the final flaw in their
mimicry.Jewish people who fledacross a perilous ocean
rather thansubmittoaBabylonianKingwhowouldnotlet
them worship as Jews are not going to give up their
calendarandholydays.Theywoulddiefirst.
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daycalendar?Didtheirmonthsandholidaysbearanyname
resemblance?Ifnot,theycouldnothavebeenJewish!
In actuality, approximately three thousand years ago,
on the coastal plain of southern Mexico, a priest received
arevelationfromtheSunGodthatnotonlydeterminedthe
courseofhistoryforMesoAmerica,butalsodestroyedthe
remotest possibility oftheBookofMormonbeingatrue
historyofthesepeople.
AtpreciselynoononthedatewecallAugust13,prob
ablyintheyear1358BC,thepriestnoticedthatnotree,
pillarorpostcastashadow.Countingthedaystothenext
such experience, he finally was rewarded 260 days later,
andagainafteranother105days,onthenextAugust13th,it
occurredagain.
These events took place at Izapa, a ceremonial center
ontheMexicoGuatemalanborder.Andherebeganasacred
calendar of a 13unit cycle with 20 day names, known as
theTzolkinorTonalamatl.Onceinplace,thisalmanac
becamethebasisofallreligions,artandscienceinthecivi
lizationsthatfollowedonthispartofthecontinent.
The Izapans used the sacred calendar names toname
their chiefs and nobles.These names were designated by
oneof20 animalsimportanttothe local mythology,such
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stancecouldsuchacomplexcalendarexistandextendits
influence out across the many centuries if the advanced
civilizationofthe1000yearBookofMormoneraever
existed.13
TheTruthand Proof isinthe DNA
Are The Book of Mormon Lamanites, the American,
MesoAmerican and South American Indians really the
descendants of Israelites who came to the Americas? The
LDSChurchclaimstheyare,andthevalidityofTheBook
ofMormonrequiresthattheymustbeIsraelitestomakethe
bookcorrectinanyregard.
Now, finally, incontrovertible scientific evidence has
arisen that proves that The Bookof Mormon, the founda
tionoftheLDSfaith,isafabricatedtaleandtheclaimsof
Mormonism false. After over six years of interviews and
studies, the issue of DNA and The Bookof Mormon has
finally proven conclusively that the People of Lehi, the
Nephites, and Lamanites have absolutely no Jewish DNA
in their system and the whole BookofMormonstory is a
fraudandMormonismisafaithbuiltupononefraudafter
another.
You would expect public confessions and apologies
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buildingstoriesandgetdowntothescientificfactsthatcan
putanendto175yearsofcontroversy.Thefactsarein,but
I wantedyou to read part of a letter I received at the
beginning oftheproject.Everythingthispastorresearched
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sofar[nowthefinished product].Thisexplains
what The Book of Mormon teaches in regards to
Native Americans having a Hebrew origin and it
shares the first interview we conducted with DNA
Anthropologist, Dr. Stephen L. Whittington at the
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UniversityofMaine.HisareaofexpertiseisDNA
testingancientskeletonsfromtheMayacivilization,
which of course is where Lehis family is said to
have landed. We have four more interviews with
DNAspecialists coming up, three in August and
one in October. Two are involved with studying
mummiesandskeletonsofNativeAmericansbefore
the coming of the Europeans in 1492. One is
involved with DNA testing of living Native
Americans.Todateover5,000
Native Americans from more than 140 tribes from
AlaskatothetipofSouthAmericahavebeenDNA
tested.Theresearchshowsthat96.5%ofthemshow
an Asian origin, having migrated to the American
continents across the Bering Strait. The 3.5%
discrep ancy shows a European origin (mostly
Spanish) that emerged after Columbus opened up
the Americas to European trade and colonization.
Researchers know this because the discrepancy
occursmostfrequentlyin areas that had high post
Columbus activity. Also, all ancient bones tested
show a 100% Asian origin for preColumbus
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linked toevenoneNativeAmerican.
The fourth interview we have scheduled for
October is with Senior DNAScientist Dr. Simon
Southerton. He was a Mormon Bishop when he
discovered through his work the DNA evidence
againstTheBookofMormon.
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HealsopleadswiththeLDSpeopleandleadership
to come clean in these areas. The interview was
discovered, arranged andconducted in such a way
that there is nothing that wecantakecreditfor.It
wasallGod!PraiseJesus!
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CHAPTERFIFTEEN
Finally, Brethren
hebasicdoctrinalcorebeliefofMormonismhasbeen
summedup inthereligionskey theological position
is,Manmaybecome.1ItistheMormonquestforGodhood.
ItisthegreatsecretoftheMormonfaith,thattheycan
becomegods
andgoddesses,rulersovertheirveryownkingdoms.
The Law of Eternal Progression teaches that you and
we,allofthehumanrace,weresentherefromthatplaceto
gainphysicalbodiesliketheMormongodElohimdid,and
togothroughatimeoftestingandlearningasElohimdid
beforeus.
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priesthood
and
eventually
become
polygamousMormongods(andbecomewhite).
When it came time for Jesus to take on flesh,Elohim
came to earth physically, and had sexual relations with
Mary, one of his daughters from Kolob, to beget Jesus.
Remember,Elohimisanexaltedmantotallyphysicalin
nature.4
TheMormonJesuswasmarriedtoatleastthreeidentified
women: the two sisters of Lazarus, and Mary Magdalene.
He converted water into wine at one of his own weddings
atCana.OneMormonapostletaughtthatthereasonJesus
wassopersecutedwasbecausehehadsomanywivesand
concubines.OtherteacherstaughtthatJesuswasafatherof
manychildren.5
TheMormonJesusdiedonacrosstoatoneforAdams
transgressionwhichwasanactualblessingthatallowedus
to gain physical bodies and mortality. Without this
transgressionwecouldnotgainthephysicalattributeswe
needed in our own journey to godhood, because it was
throughthetransgressionthatweknewhowtoprocreate
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andbecomegods.
Adams act brought mortality and physical death into
the world. Jesusdeath on Calvary brought us only phys
ical resurrection and immortality. This atonement assured
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allmankindofonlyphysicalresurrection;afterthatwewill
eachbejudgedaccordingtoourworks,andblessedforour
ownworksorpunishedforourownsins.6
The Mormon doctrine teaches that the Christian
emphasison the Cross is pagan and of the devil. There is
no cross displayed in any Mormon building anywhere.
Even its use in the home or as a piece of jewelry is
forbidden!TheCross,astheplacewhereJesusbecameour
sinoffering,isvehementlylabeledasheresy.
Likewise,thedoctrineofHisshedbloodisrejected.The
MormonsuseonlybreadandwaterintheirSacrament.The
truedoctrine,accordingtoMormonism,isthatJesussweat
bloodforoursinsinGethsemane,ontheconditionthatwe
areobedienttoallthelawsandordinancesoftheMormon
gospel.7 Thebloodandthecrossonlygivetheworldphys
icalresurrectionsothateachpersonwhohaseverlivedon
earthcanbejudgedforhisorherworks.
The Real Story behind the SacramentBread
WeneedtotakeamomentandthinkabouttheMormon
formof Communion.Theydontcall it Communion.They
call it The Sacrament. It doesnt fit the normal definition
forsacrament,whichisthetermforaformalchurchritual
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frequentlydescribedasanoutwardandvisiblesignofan
internalandspiritualgrace.MostProtestantdenominations
only recognize two: Baptism and Communion. Some
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Ordination.TheMormonsbaptizeandordain,buttheycall
CommunionTheSacrament.
AsIsaidearlier,MormonSacramentconsistsofwater
and regular white bread, such as Wonder Bread. Since I
became a bornagain Christian and began taking
Communion,IclearlyfeltthattheLDSSacramenthad,in
myLDSlife,washedawaytherealityofChristsshedblood
onCalvarywithwater,dilutingHisgiftoftruesalvationfor
everybeliever,hisshedbloodleavingmewithjustworksin
itsplace.
While most churches use unleavened wafer types of
bread,theMormonsuseleavenedbread.WhileIdont
thinkitsnecessarilywrongifyouhaveusedleavenedbread
for your communion, I realize that the Biblical warnings
aboutleavenedbreadweretiedtofalseteachersandfalse
doctrines.
InMatthew,Jesuswarnedhisdisciples tobewarethe
leaven of the Pharisees (Matthew 16:612). They finally
understoodthatHedidnottellthemtobewareoftheleaven
ofbread,butofthedoctrineofthePhariseesandSadducees
(verse12).
In Mark 8:15, He charged them, saying, Take heed,
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unleavened.ForindeedChrist,ourPassover,wassacrificed
forus.AstudyofExodusshowsthattherewasapurpose
for the Feast of Unleavened Bread that sanctified the
people,asanEverlastingOrdinance(Exodus12:17).
It is no wonder the Mormon leaders removed the
Biblicalreasoning behind the useof unleavened bread and
replaceditwithregularwhitebread.Itistherepresentation
oftheirfalsedoctrinesthatcontinues,ineveryway,toshut
theirpeoplewayfromthesimpleactofChristsdeathon
theCrossforthelost,forthem.TheMormonswillnotfind
it in the Cross, because it has been removed from their
sight,andtheywillneverfinditintheirsacramentofwater
andWonderBread.
BecomingGodsand Goddesses
If we are thus committed and also go through the
MormonTempleCeremony,ifweareobedienttotheend,
andifthejudgmentonourpersonalworksofobedienceare
sufficient tocover the personal sin in our lives, we can be
judged worthy to enter into the Celestial Kingdom, the
highestdegreeofglory,beexaltedandbecomegodsand
goddesses!8
Eachexaltedmanwillbegivenmanywivestotaketo
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hisnewkingdom,andwillbesentouttosomeoutergalaxy,
some new planet to prepare for his new earth, even as
Elohim was sent out before him! There the process will
beginanew.Finally,inordertogointotheCelestialglory,
wemusteachpassbybrotherJosephandreceivehisfinal
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WhiletheMormonChurchteachesthatwewillgoforth
inthefamilyunit,withallourworthyfamilymembers,the
actualdoctrineisthatwhentheworthymangoesforth,only
hiswifewillaccompanyhim,andsheonlyasthefirstwife
ofmany.Eachworthysonwillgoforthasagodoverhis
ownkingdom.Eachworthydaughterwillbegivenasawife
tosomeworthygodelsewhere.
Whateverelseyoumaythinkaboutthatneighbor,friend
orlovedonewhoisaMormon,youneedtorememberthat
each and every Mormon you know is committed to this
great planandis strugglingsomewhereontherungofa
ladderintheirownpersonalprogression,theirownpersonal
KingdomofGod.
To challenge their belief in this doctrine would be to
rein force their teaching that the True Faith will be
persecuted.Mormons must be approached with prayer and
love. Yourattitude ismostimportant. Scripturesays that
JesustoldthefoolishandblindofHisdaythattheywould
notseeHimuntiltheysay,Blessedishethatcomethinthe
nameoftheLord(Matthew23:39).Itislikewisetruethat
theMormonpeoplewillopentheirblindedeyesandseethe
Lord when they trulyfeelthatyouarethere,withlove,in
HisHolyname.
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TheAntidote forFalsehood
The many times that Jesus was confronted with false
doctrine,HespokeoftheTrueWordofGod.Ineveryarea
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falsedoctrinewithMormonism,theTrueWordofGodcan
be given as the antidote. Lets compare the Mormon
doctrine of The Law of Eternal Progression with the
WordofGod.
First,letsexplorethedoctrinethatgod/Elohimisapart
of a multigeneration family of gods.The Biblical God of
Christianitysays:
...before methere was no God formed; neither
shalltherebeafterme.(Isaiah43:10)
Iamthefirst,and Iamthelast; and besideme
thereisnoGod!(Isaiah44:6)
Ye are mywitnesses.Isthere a Godbesideme?
Yea,thereisnoGod;Iknownotany!(Isaiah44:8)
OurGodsaysthatHehadnofatherormother,orgods
aboveHim.Hehasnobrothersorsisterswhoaregods,and
therewillneverbeanygodafterhim.Itisprettyclearthat
God knew what He was talking about!When He blessed
Abraham, He swore by Himself, because He knew none
greater(Hebrews6:13).TheScripturesaysthatitisimpos
sible for God to lie (Hebrews 6:18). Lets believe God!
WhowoulddaretakeJosephSmithswordoverthevery
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WordofGod?
OurGoddeniesthatHegrewuponanotherplanet.He
deniesthatHebecameagodthroughthejudgmentofsome
otherGod.Heinhabitseternity(Isaiah57:15).Hedoesnot
change (Malachi 3:6); In Him there is no variableness or
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shadowofturning(James1:17).HewasalwaysGodeven
beforetimeevenexisted(John1:2).
TheMormondoctrinehasturnedpeopleawayfromthe
Living God into a fable of vain imagination.Their foolish
hearts have been darkened. Professing themselves to be
wise,theyhavebecomefools!Why?
[They]havechangedthegloryof theincorrupt
ible God into an image made likecorruptible man!
[Theyhave]changedthetruth ofGodintoa lieand
worshiped and served the creature more than the
Creator, whoisblessedforever!(Romans1:2125)
Unlikely Brothers
Diggingthroughthefablethatmenwillbecomegods,
have goddesses for wives, propagate societies of spirit
chil dren, I must pause at another startling heresy: the
doctrinethatJesusandLuciferarebrothers!
We are told in Scripture that the great Son of the
Morning,Lucifer,wascuttothegroundandbroughtdown
tohell,becausehesoughttoexalthisthroneabovethestars
ofGod(Isaiah14:12).Hewasananointedcheruborangel
ofGod,butwasacreated being(Ezekiel28:1415).Yetit
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wasJesuswhocreated theveryangeltheMormonsclaim
wasHisphysicalbrother(Hebrews2:11).Finally,Christs
position,andthat of anyangel ismade crystalclear. Jesus
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Godfarbetterthantheangels:Untowhichoftheangels
saidhe[God]atanytime,ThouartmySon;thisdayhaveI
begottenThee(Hebrews1:45).None!
Begotten orElected?
According to the Mormon gospel, Jesus became our
Savior through a vote of a council of gods, because he
hadabetterplanthanLucifer.TheScriptureagaindeclares
thatJesusalwayswasGodand waswith Godfrom before
timeexisted(John1:15).IntheGreek,John1:18declares
thatHe is the only begotten Theos or, the onlybegotten
Godwithoutbeginning.Hisgoingsforthhavebeenfromof
old,from everlasting (Micah 5:2). He told the world that
beforeAbrahamwas,IAM(John8:58).OurJesusisthe
AlphaandOmega,thebeginningandtheend,thefirstand
thelast(Revelation22:13).ToreduceHimtoanythingless
istodenyHisverydivinity,theveryreasononlyHecould
bethesinofferingtoendallsinofferings!(Hebrews9:12
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Kolobwiththeworkofprocreation,itmustalsobethathe
had physical relations with Mary, to purposely beget
Jesus. The prophet Brigham Young said that the Holy
Ghostcouldnotbeinvolved;otherwiseitwouldnotbesafe
tolayhands
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ontheyoungwomenofthechurchforthereceivingofthe
HolyGhostbecausetheHolyGhostwouldmakethempreg
nant,andbringgreatshametotheEldersoftheChurch.10
TheWordofGodclearlydestroysthisblasphemy.Mary
was with child of the Holy Ghost (Matthew 1:18; Luke
1:34
35).ItwasprophesiedthatHewouldbebornoftheseedof
woman(Genesis3:15)andHewouldbebornofavirgin
(Isaiah7:14).
The GravestHeresy ofAll
The gravest heresy among so many is the Mormon
doctrineofJesusChrist,asonofonegodofmanygods,our
elder brother and a polygamist, whose death on Calvary
givesallmankindphysicalresurrectionsothatwecanbe
judged for our sins and pay the penalties for all sin not
coveredbyour works! To believe this would require the
removal of themajor portion of the New Testament and a
good amountoftheOldTestament.Itwouldneedalatter
day prophet whose words would even supersede the
Mighty Word of God. ItwouldneedaJosephSmithanda
people who would believe the lie the Mormons call The
LawofEternalProgression.
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TheWay ofEscape
TheMormonmustcometounderstandthatweallsin
and come short of Gods best for us (Romans 3:23). But
God
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lovedus,eventhoughweseparatedourselvesfromHimso
very long ago. He sent His Son to reconcile us with Him.
Hebecamesinforus(2Corinthians5:21).Hebecameour
Passover Lamb (1 Corinthians 5:7). For while we were
enemies of God, we were restored through Calvary
(Romans
5:810).We, in Christ,areredeemed fromthecurseofthe
law (Galatians 3:13). Through the shedding of His blood,
wehavetheforgivenessofsin(Ephesians1:67)andhave
beenaccepted byGod,raisedup,andseatedtogether with
ChristinHeavenlyplaces(Ephesians2:6).
This reconciliation is not of our works of righ
teousness,butthrough Hisdeath at Calvary. It
is our acceptanceof this fact that makes us holy
and unblameable and unreprovable in His sight.
(Colossians1:2122)
Thelawsandordinancesthatwereagainstus(andstill
against the Mormon people) were moved out of the way
2000 years ago by Christ, who nailed them to the Cross
(Colossians2:14).
The Mormon leaders have removed the one true sin
offeringthe only one possible! Whata grievous error!
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Donotbuythelie.MittRomneysrunfortheOvalOffice
andthealignmentofsomanyChristianleaderswillhave
thissubjectattheforefrontofAmericansocietythroughthe
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sooncomingGeneralelectionsandforyearstocomeifMitt
Romney is elected and if the present Hate Crimes Bill
before Congress gets past, when speaking unkindly of a
MormonPresidentsreligionmaylandoneinjail.
Christians must realize that the Mormon hope of
outwardly appearing Christian is not reflected in their
foun dational teaching. Mormons still believe that all
Christian pastors are part of the great whore of all the
earth. They still have the hope of becoming gods and
goddesses. The Mormon Jesus is still the brother of
Lucifer. They still teach that our holy God was once a
man, and has a body. Their Jesus was still begotten
thorougha sexual relation ship between the Father and
Mary.Theystillbelievethatthe Garden of Eden was in
Missouri. They still believe the Bible is missing many
plain and precious partsthat The Book of Mormon is
still the most correct of any book on earth. They still
believepluralmarriageisaholyprinciple.
Theystillfollowtheteachingsofafalseprophet.They
still usurp the holy priesthood of Christ.They still baptize
forthedead.TheystillwearoccultunderwearwithMasonic
markings.Theystillbelievetheymustofferupsecrethand
shakesandsecretnamestoenterintoGodspresence.They
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stillteachthatalltheChristiancreedsareanabominationin
Godssight.
ButGodsWordisstillreliable,anditdoesntvacillate,
and Mormonism is still in direct violation of the Word of
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Theauthor,RobertHoulihan,sharedhisdismayas
hevisitedtheBuddhistShwedagonPagodainYangon,
Myanmar.
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Whywouldanyoneworshipsuchidols?Whywould
peoplepaymoneytopourwateroverstonegodsthat
are eroded from years of usage?Why would they
teachtheirchildrentobowbeforegodsthatlooklike
devils,shownocompassionandhavethevilenature
ofhumanity?
Inhisarticle,Houlihansharedhiszealforbringingthe
glorious message of Jesus Christ to the 300 million souls
inover1000peoplegroupswhoareboundbythepowerof
Buddhism.
In a followup article titled Warfare in the Temple,
anunidentifiedmissionaryspeaksofthespiritualbattlefor
soulslosttothedemonicpowersofBuddhism:
I stood in the temple doorway and stared at the
Buddha. All around me pilgrims prostrated
themselves beforethe idol. Onlyoil lamps lighted
thetemple.Hotair,ladenwiththestenchofsweaty
bodies and rancid oil,hungoverme.InmyspiritI
felt the heavy bondage of the worshippers. This
temple was a stronghold of the devil, and these
people werehiscaptives.Icomehereinthename
12
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MyownheartracedasIreadthosewords.Justgetting
a church to even agree to hear a message on the tragedy
ofthemillions ofpeoplelosttothespiritual darknessof
Mormonismisinitselfavictorythesedays.
PeopleinchurchesliketheoneIwassittingineasily
understoodthemightybattlewhenitcametoBuddhism,but
experience had taught me that I was going to have a
difficult time stirring their hearts to engage in spiritual
battle forthesouls oftheir friends andneighbors lostin
Mormonism.
Something SpecialintheAir
Thechurchhadmiraculouslyfilledbynow,andIwent
forwardtositwiththepastor,sayingmyhellosasIworked
mywaytothefrontandclimbedthefewstairstositathis
sideinfrontofthechoir.Theservicequicklygotunderway,
butmyownthoughtsdriftedbacktoatimewhenmygood
friend,Dr.RonCarlsonandIspokeataseriesofmeetings
throughoutthePhilippineIslands.
One morning our host took us to a Buddhist temple
outsidethe city we were visiting. I remembered the ornate
structure, the giant statue of Buddha, and the prostrate
pilgrims.Thesmellsoftheplacehadbeenburnedindelibly
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inmymind,andtheyreturnedtomeinthemiddleofthis
church service as fresh as though I had just experienced
them.Iremembered how Ron and I both felt the intense
heaviness of spiritual darkness in the air of that place
and how it remained
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theplace.Muchlikethemissionaryinthemagazinearticle,
IkeptprayingthatGodwouldbreakthespiritualstrangle
holdthedevilheldoverthesepeople,inthemightynameof
Jesus!
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mysoul. I knew that the battle was not against flesh and
blood,butagainstprincipalities,againstpowers,againstthe
rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual
wickednessinhighplaces(Ephesians6:12).
I finallystepped back into the hallway and, rounding a
corner,headedforanescalatorthatwouldreturnmetothe
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inthePhilippines.Ithasthesameweight,thesame
aroma.Myheartbrokeforthoselostinthat terrible
darknessbecausetherewasnotashredofdoubtin
my mind that temple was truly a stronghold of the
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devil.Iamsorry,butIamconvincedthatitholds
trueofthisplaceaswell.
Looking down at the dead escalator, I added, I think
theLordwantedyoutoknowthatandthathelovesyouas
apreciousdaughter.Theladylookedatmeforamoment,
and then I saw the silent tears falling from her eyes. The
escalatormysteriouslystartedagainatjustthatmoment,and
Isilentlyroseawayfromherview.
181
Footnotes:
,
ChapterOne:
1
HistoryoftheChurch[HC]Vol.6,JosephSmith,p.306
AchievingCelestialMarriageManual[abbreviatedACCM],p.3
Ibid,p.203
Ibid,128:15
Ibid,131:13
JosephSmith,ThePearl ofGreatPrice:Moses1:39(consideredLDS
scripture)
D&C76:5358,70
10
Ibid,132:1920
11
ACMM,pp.131132
12
D&C,132:16;6164
163
13
MD,pp.529530
164
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14
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heavenly_Mother_(Latter_Day_Saints)
ChapterTwo
1
EncyclopediaofMormonism,Vol.3,pp.13631364
Ibid
ChuckSackett,WhatsGoingOnInThere?, p.62.Letterrescinding
oath,ApostleGeorge.F.Richards,February15,1927
Ibid
MD,p.538
TheEncyclopediaofMormonism,Vol.1,p.423
JosephSmith,HistoryofTheChurch,Vol.5,pp.218219
BrighamYoung,Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.7,pp.290291
Ibid,Vol.10,p.110
10
JohnTaylor,Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.22,p.304
11
JosephFieldingSmith,TheWayToPerfection,pp.101102
12
JosephFieldingSmith,LookMagazine,October22,1963
13
MD,10thprinting,pp.527528
14
MD,p.616
15
MD,p.109
16
MD,p.343
17
MD,p.114
18
JohnHeinermanandAnsonShupe,TheMormonCorporateEmpire,
TheMormonPublicRelationsQuest,pp.7071
19
Ibid,pp.7172
165
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20
166
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21
Ibid,p.77
22
USNewsandWorldReport,May14,1990,p.14
23
24
Ibid
25
ElderBoydK.Packer,oftheCounciloftheTwelveApostles,during
a Priesthood Restoration fireside, May 1989. Provo Daily Herald,
December25,1992,p.A11
26
Ezra Taft Benson, Dont Limit Family Size, Salt Lake Tribune,
February23,1987
27
EzraTaftBenson,ChurchNews,February28,1987,Bensonaffirms
homeisheartofgospel,p.3
28
RockyMountainNews,May26,1990,p.32
ChapterThree
1
Ibid,JosephSmith2:3035
D&C,Section135
DavidBreese,videointerview,1992,onfile,JeremiahFilms
NauvooExpositor,June7,1844
167
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7
HistoryoftheChurch,Vol.6,pp.616619
Ibid,Vol.6,p.408
168
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10
D&C130:22(Joseph)
11
PGP: JS2:20
ChapterFour
1
TheEvangel,MayJune1992,p.10,quotingTheSaltLakeTribune,
February13,1992
BillSchnoebelen,Videointerview,onfile,JeremiahFilms
JohnHeinerman,Videointerview,February27,1988,onfile,Jeremiah
Films
Ibid
Ibid
http://www
.pinknews.co.uk/news/articles/20055226.html
DawnHouse,EvergreenHoldsPrivateMeetforLDSBishops,
Gays,SaltLakeTribune,May7,1990,page2B
10
11
TheInnerCircle.Vol.IX.JULY1992#7.ChildAbuseandNeglect
169
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Jump20%,pg1citestheUtahDivisionofFamilyServicesReport
1991
170
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12
Saints AliveNewsletterUpdateReport,ZionGoingDownhill,
JuneJuly1992,p.3,citesSaltLakeRapeCrisisCenter
13
SaintsAliveNewsletterUpdateReport,May1990,UtahHighinChild
LaborlawViolationscitesTheSaltLakeTribune,April24,1990
14
15
ProvoHerald, May24,1990Utahranksfourthforitsprison
population
16
UtahCriminalCode#765406.5
17
18
TheSaltLakeTribune,February16,1989
19
20
PaulRolly,DidGodInfluenceJury?,SaltLakeTribune,March17,
1988,p.4B
21
FAXonfileatSaintsAlive
22
23
MyKingdom Come
pp.A1,A2
24
HeroturnedHeretic?GritzMayBeLeadingLDSFlockinto
Wilderness,TheSaltLakeTribune,November29,1992,p.A5
172
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25
UltraconservativeGritzRemainsAsBoldAsEver,TheSaltLake
Tribune,December7,1992,p.B1
26
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Gri
27
28
29
Ibid
30
VernAnderson,AP,BYUBansStudentsWhoQuitLDSChurch,
TheSaltLakeTribune,March20,1993,p.C1
31
32
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bo_Gri
Chapter Five:
1
ThroughTheMazeMinistries,POBox8656,Boise,ID83707
3
SandraTanner,EvolutionofTheMormonTempleCeremony:1842
173
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1990,UtahLighthouse,SLC,UT.,1990
5
Sackett,ShockingNews...
174
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Ministries,Inc.,ThousandOaks,CA,1982,p.33
7
KimSueLiaPerkes,MormonTempleRitegetsMajorRevision
The
ArizonaRepublic,April28,1990(KimisReligionEditor.)
8
JohnDart,MormonsSummonThoseWhoSpoketoMediaof
Temple
Rites,L.A.Times, June2.1990(DartisTimesReligionWriter)
ChapterSix:
1
JohnAnkerberg&JohnWeldon,TheFacts onIslam,Harvest
House Publishers, 1998, pp.89 and Eric Johnson, Joseph Smith&
Muhammed,MormonismResearchMinistry,1998,pp.67
JosephSmith,DocumentaryHistoryofthe[Mormon]Church,Vol.4,
pp.461
JosephSmith,HistoryoftheChurch,Vol.6,pp.408409
Chapter Seven:
1
BillyGraham,column,SeattlePostIntelligencer,circa1985
175
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2
GordonR.Lewis.ConfrontingtheCults,PresbyterianandReformed
PublishingCo.,PhilipsburgNJ,1966,p.3
ConcernedChristians&FormerMormonsnewsletter,July1992,p.3
176
MyKingdom Come
ABaptistwardeachweek,TheLatterDaySentinelApril2,1988,
ChurchDigestSection
Decker,PerilToChurches,Journal American,Bellevue,WA,June
4,1988,LetterToEditorColumn
LDSSentinel,Phoenix,AZ,August10,1986
10
DonandBrennanKingsland,DearPastor,PlatenPublicationsform
letter,August11,1987
11
http://blog.beliefnet.com/blogalogue/2007/06/whogetstodefine
christian.html
12
http://blog.beliefnet.com/blogalogue/2007/07/thechurchofthe
devil.html
13
DavidBriggs,Mormonssmoothrelationswithotherdenomina
tions,Journal American,June16,1990,Religionpage
14
EdDecker,lettertoRev.HarryApplewhite,Pastor,FirstCongregational
Church,Bellevue,WA,January19,1989
15
TheInnerCircle,Marlow,OK,July1992,p.1
16
TheBookofMormon,INephi14:10
17
RobertMcKay,TheEvangel,JulyAugust1992,p.6
18
MormonsforgelinkswithotherfaithsTheOrangeCounty
177
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Register,October20,1990,p.E11Religion
19
Ibid
178
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20
ChuckSackett,videoInterview,November7,1991,onfile,Jeremiah
Films
21
Ibid
ChapterEight:
1
VinesExpositoryDictionary,p.904
History ofthe Church, Deseret Books, Salt Lake City, UT., 1978,
2:38081
Seeibid,2:187foralistoftheTwelveApostleschosen
Ibid,2:528
Ibid,3:20
Ibid,pp.3132
Ibid,pp.166167
Ibid,7:483
10
LarryS.Jonas,MormonismClaimsExamined,BakerBooks,Grand
Rapids,MI.,1961,p.52
11
TheEveningandMorningStar,Vol.1,issue8
12
LetterfromDick&PattyBaer,datedOctober10,1981,p.9
13
History of the Church, Deseret Books, Salt Lake City, UT., 1978,
1:31516
14
History of the Church, Deseret Books, Salt Lake City, UT., 1978,
5:336.
179
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15
Ibid,p.394
16
DocumentaryHistoryofthe[Mormon]Church,Vol.6,pp.408409
180
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17
Doctrine&Covenants,Chapter135:12
18
TeachingsoftheProphet JosephSmith,compiledbyJosephFielding
Smith,DeseretBooks,1972,p.368#46
19
Ibid,Vol.6,p.350
20
MormonWardTeachersMessage,DeseretNews,May26,1945,#47
21
S.DilworthYoung,BYUStakefiresidemeetingonMay5,1974
22
23
24
ANewWitness fortheArticlesofFaith,SaltLakeCity:DeseretBook
Co.,1985,pp.34850
25
26
WendyOgata,Bensontoofrailtoattend[GeneralConference]See
picture accompanying article, Ogden StandardExaminer, Religion
page,October4,1992
27
LDSApostlewroteofRevelationsTheSaltLakeTribune,Sunday,
December4,1988,p.B15
ChapterNine
1
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2
182
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D&C,Section9:89
EnsignMagazine,October1979,p.18
RichardA.Parker,TheJosephSmithPapyri,APreliminaryReport,
DialogueJournal, Summer1968,p.86
KlausBaer,TheBreathingPermitofHor,DialogueJournal,
Summer1968,pp.109110,119
Dr.EdwardH.Ashment,TheFacsimilesoftheBookofAbraham,
Sunstone,Vol.4,Numbers5and6,pp.3348
ChapterTen
1
D&C,Chapter135:14
Ibid,verses20,21
FawnM.Brodie,NoManKnows MyHistory,1945,pp.335336
Ibid,pp.458459
BrighamYoung,Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.11,p.269
D&C,OfficialDeclaration1.Also,seeHeinerman,MormonCorporate
Empire,p.10
JaneZhang,Polygamy,awayoflifeinsmallUtah,Arizona,The
DesertSun,May23,2003,p.A32
183
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8
MargarettaSpencer,TheGodMakersIIVideo[abbreviatedGMII]
interview,July22,1988,onfile,JeremiahFilms
184
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JamesSpencer,GMIIVideointerview,July22,1988,onfile,Jeremiah
Films
10
11
ThelmaGeer,GMIIinterview,September7,1988,onfile,Jeremiah
Films
12
13
14
EvanMoore,DeadCultLeadersdoctrinestillleavingtrailblood,
Hustone Chronical, June 28, 1988, section 1, p.11. Also see
Hanson/ Liebrum, Four Killings tied to LeBaron cultists, same
paperandday,section1,p.1
15
PresidentJ.M.Grant,Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.4,p.51
16
PresidentBrighamYoung,Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.4,p.220
17
APReport,BloodAtonementconcernschurch,DailyHerald, Provo,
Utah,April30,1989,p.A5
18
19
D&C,Section132
20
21
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JeremiahFilms
22
APReport,Houston,Texas,January21,1993
186
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23
BruceR.McConkie,MormonDoctrine,p.92
24
ArtBuella,GMIIVideointerview,October14,1988,onfile,Jeremiah
Films
25
JeremiahFilms.AlsoseeThelmaGeer,Mormonism,MamaandMe,
1983,CalvaryMissionaryPress,Tucson,AZ,pp.119123
26
ArtBuella,GMIIVideointerview,October14,1988,onfile,Jeremiah
Films
27
LettertoEdDeckerNovember25,2003,onfileatSaintsaliveoffice
28
29
AssociatedPress,SaltLakeCity,August20,2006
30
www.azcentral.com,originallypublishedAugust1,2004
31
php?storyId=4629320
32
33
http://en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Fundamentalist_Church_of_Jesus_
Christ_of_Latter_Day_Saints
Chapter Eleven
187
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1
BishopGlennL.Pace,Memorandum:July19,1990,Strengthening
ChurchMembersCommittee:RitualisticChildAbuse,pp.1,5
188
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EdDecker,TheSureSignoftheNail,SaintsAliveJournal, Spring,
1987,pp.910
ChuckSackett,WhatsGoingoninThere?,p.57
SwornaffidavitbyRev.WesleyP.Walters,October28,1971
View,SignatureBooks,1987,pp.118132
8
GuinnWilliams,ANecromanticIncidentinPalmyra,N.Y.,Saints
AliveJournal, 1989,pp.212
10
11
12
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13
BishopGlennL.Pace,Memorandum:July19,1990,Strengthening
ChurchMembersCommittee:RitualisticChildAbuse,p.5
14
Ibid,p.4
190
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15
Ibid
16
EdDecker,TempleoftheGodMakers,SaintsAliveinJesus,1985.
Tanner,TheLuciferGodDoctrine,November,1987
17
18
Decker,Schnoebelen,LuciferGodDoctrine,ShadoworReality?,
SaintsAlive,December20,1987,[60pagesplus,response]
19
Dr.DavidBreese,Videointerview,1992,onfile,JeremiahFilms
ChapterTwelve
1
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_W
._Romney
HarvestHousePublishers;Revised,Updatededition,November15,
1997
http://www
.saintsalive.com/mormonism/temple_ritual.htm
Ibid
andtheCouncilofFiftyinMormonHistory,pp.5556
6
JohnJ.Stewart,op.cit.,p.204
LosAngelesTimes,April5,1980,Part1:1,p.1
Kostmanetal,op.cit
SaltLakeCityTribune,October1,1981
191
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10
Ibid
11
Kostmanetal,op.cit
192
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12
TheWallStreetJournal, November9,1983,p.16
13
Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.7,p.15
14
HyrumL.Andrus,JosephSmith,theManandSeer,p.5
15
JohnJ.Stewart,op.cit.,p.209;HyrumL.Andrus,JosephSmithand
WorldGovernment,op.cit.,p.54
16
TheEnsign,January1979,ToPrepareaPeople,p.18
17
BrighamYoung,Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.1,p.230
18
EndofquotefromTheGodMakers,Chapter16
19
BrighamYoung,Journal ofDiscourses[JOD]Vol.7,p.150
20
BrighamYoung,Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.2,p.317
21
GeorgeQ.Cannon,JOD,Vol.23,p.104
22
GeorgeQ.Cannon,JOD,Vol.23,p.104
23
BrighamYoungJOD,Vol.2,p.317
4D&C104,verse1
25
D&C104:1416
26
D&C42
27
D&C42:30
28
D&C51:3
29
DocumentaryHistoryoftheChurch,Vol.7,pp.41241330UPI
Staff,UnitedPressInternational,February19,2007WASHINGTON
31RomneysCampaignOfTransformation,J.Pinkerton,Newsday,
February15,2007
32
Posted:August2,2007byAaronKlein2007WorldNetDaily.com
33
ImprovementEra (OfficialLDSchurchmagazine),June1945,p.345
34
LDSStakeBulletin,RentonWashingtonStake,Fall,1976
193
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35
PresidentN.EldonTanner[1stCounselortotheProphet,The
Debateisover,TheEnsign,August1979,FirstpresidencyMessage
194
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36
Ensign,May1978,p.64
37
ElderWilfordWoodruff,Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.5,p.83
38
ElderS.DilworthYoung,BYUFireside,May5,1974
39
PresidentHeberC.Kimball,Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.6,p.32
ChapterThirteen
1
DavidBiema,KingdomCome,TIMEMagazine,August1997
Ibid
Mormon,Inc.,FinancesandFaitha4partseries,ArizonaRepublic
Newspaper,Phoenix,AZ,beginningonJune30,1991
JohnHeinerman,videointerview,February27,1988,onfile,Jeremiah
Films
Ibid
ChapterFourteen
1
JosephFieldingSmith,TeachingsoftheProphet JosephSmith,p.194
LeGrandRichards,AMarvelousWorkandWonder,p.69
SandraTanner,TheGodMakers,video,1982,JeremiahFilms
HaroldGoodman,TheGodMakersvideo,1982Jeremiahfilms
Dr.RossT.Christensen,TheUniversityArchaeologicalSociety
Report,Number19,December,1960,pp.89
195
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7
196
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MartinRaish,AllThatGlitters:UncoveringFoolsGoldinBookof
MormonArchaeology,Sunstone,Vol.Six,NumberOne,pp.1015
10
MiltonR.Hunter,ChristinAncientAmerica,Vol.II,pp.5153
11
Ibid,p.121
12
13
Chapter Fifteen
1
Ensign,May1977,p.49
MormonDoctrine,byLDSApostleBruceR.McConkie,p.828;D&C
29:3641
MormonDoctrine,McConkie,pp.526528;ThePearl ofGreatPrice,
Moses5:1641,7:822
MormonDoctrine,McConkie;pp.547742
Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.2,p.82
HistoryofChurchVol.4,pp.535541
LDSpamphlet,WhattheMormonsThinkofChrist,p.22
LDSpamphlet,WhattheMormonsThinkofChrist,p.22
197
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10
Journal ofDiscourses,Vol.1:5152,AnswerstoGospelQuestions,
JosephFieldingSmith,Vol.5p.128
198
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11
RobertHoulihan,MountainMovers,November,1992,Assembliesof
GodMissionsmagazine,Springfield,MO.pp.79
12
Ibid
199