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ERRORS OF MORMONISM
by Keith Piper
Introduction.
This is considered to be possibly the best refutation of the claims of Mormonism on the internet and it is extensively researched. Readers should note that the article sometimes quotes secular sources and the article also contains many historical evidences which UK Apologetics has not independently researched. The article follows...
Robin A. Brace.
"But though we, or an angel from heaven,
preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached
unto you, let him be accursed." Galatians 1:8
Challenge: There are 6 million Mormons in 1995. They hope to
double by 2000 AD. We should aim to win them to Christ.
Background: Joseph Smith, the founder of Mormonism, was born on
Dec. 23, 1805 in Vermont, USA. In 1820 (aged 15 years) he
allegedly received a vision:
"... I asked the personages (demons?) who stood above me in the
light, which of all the sects was right- and which I should join.
I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all
wrong; and the personage (demon?) who addressed me said that all
their creeds were an abomination in his sight ..." Pearl of Great
Price 2:18-19.
He claims a second vision on Sept. 21, 1823 where "a personage
(demon?) appeared at my bedside" to inform him of the location of
a box containing golden plates buried at Manchester, New York. In
1827 Smith claimed to receive the golden plates upon which the
Book of Mormon is alleged to have been written. He claimed to
have finished translating the plates on March 26, 1830.
On April 6, 1830, at Fayette, New York, the Mormon church was
organized, with 6 members. They then moved to Kirtland
(Cleveland), Ohio, publishing the book "Doctrines and Covenants".
Smith was imprisoned in Far West, Missouri, for fighting. After
escaping, he and his people fled to Nauvoo, Illinois, where he
organized a small army. When a local paper, the "Nauvoo
Expositor", published anti-Mormon material, Smith ordered the
press destroyed and the paper burned. This act of destruction led
to Smith's arrest and imprisonment. He was sent to a jail in
Carthage, Illinois, with his brother Hyrum. On June 27, 1844, a
mob of 200 people stormed the jail, shooting and killing Joseph
and Hyrum Smith. The Mormons consider him a martyr.
Brigham Young then took over the leadership. He led the group
westward to found Salt Lake City, Utah, on July 24, 1847, which
became their headquarters. When Young died in 1877, they had 150,
000 members.
Notice 6 basic errors in Mormonism:
Error 1
Walter Martin writes: "With one special revelation, the Mormon
church expects its intended converts to accept the unsupported
testimony of an undiscerning 15 year old boy, saying that nobody
ever preached the gospel of Christ from 96 AD to 1820." He did
not even know the gospel definition in I Corinthians 15:1-4, that
"Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures, was
buried, and rose again the third day". This is the gospel. How
much discernment and in-depth Bible knowledge did Joseph Smith
have at age 15 to allow him to recognize truth from error?
Error 2 Brigham Young ordered the massacre of 150 non- Mormon
immigrants. This became known as the Mountain Meadows massacre.
Young ordered Bishop John D. Lee in 1877 to murder a wagon train
of helpless immigrants. 20 years later Lee was tried, convicted
and executed for their murder by the U.S. government. In his book
"The Confessions of John D. Lee", Lee confessed his murders, but
charged that he was acting on the orders of Brigham Young. This
was supported by other lieutenants in the massacre.
Error 3: The bad personal life of Joseph Smith:
i) Smith and his father regularly dug for treasure, using "peep
stones" and "divining rods".
ii) Many Mormon people testified to the outright immorality and
polygamy of Joseph Smith. These are in the Berrian collection in
the New York Public Library.
iii) "Joseph Smith was known for his habits of exaggeration and
untruthfulness".
P. Tucker, in "The Origin, Rise and Progress of Mormonism"
(1867), quoting duly sworn statements of Smith's neighbors.
iv) E.D. Howe quoted statements of 62 residents of Palmyra, New
York, who knew the Smith family personally. They testify as
follows:
"We, the undersigned, have been acquainted with the Smith family
... and have no hesitation in saying that we consider them
destitute of that moral character which ought to entitle them to
the confidence of any community. Both Joseph Sr. and Joseph Jr.
were considered entirely destitute of moral character, and
addicted to vicious habits". "Mormonism Unveiled", Zanesville,
Ohio, 1834, p.261
Note: There have been no statements from any reliable and
informed source who knew Joseph Smith and his family intimately,
to support his character.
The Story of the Book of Mormon.
The Book of Mormon claims to be the history of 2 ancient
civilizations on the American continent.
The first group left the Tower of Babel about 2250 BC, crossing
to Europe and sailing to Central America. They were totally
destroyed because of "corruption".
The second group allegedly left Jerusalem around 600 BC, before
the Babylonian destruction and captivity. They sailed to Peru.
These supposedly were righteous Jews, led by Nephi. The Mormon
record claimed that Christ appeared to the Nephites, to preach
the gospel to them, to institute baptism, the communion service,
the priesthood and other mystical ceremonies. They supposedly
later on split into two warring camps, the Nephites and the
Lamanites (American Indians). The Lamanites allegedly wiped out
the Nephites completely in a battle in Palmyra, New York, in 428
AD. The Lamanites supposedly were cursed with dark skin for their
evil deeds.
Joseph Smith in 1827, claimed to dig up golden plates written in
"reformed Egyptian hieroglyphics", and by using Urim and Thummim
spectacles, translated them into English in 1830 as the Book of
Mormon. No Egyptologist has ever unearthed a "reformed Egyptian"
language. It has Roman letters inverted or placed sideways, mixed
with Greek and Hebrew letters.
Error 4: How could a language written by people leaving Europe
in 600 BC use Roman letters, which were not used widely until 67
BC, when Rome became a world empire?
The Mormons wrongly claim that the "other sheep" of John 10:16
refer to the appearance of Christ to the Nephites. It, however,
refers to the Gentiles, who would be saved, joining the saved
Jews in the Church, the body of Christ, the one fold, with one
Shepherd (Christ).
Error 5: Joseph Smith, in an effort to prove the Book of Mormon,
claimed in the "Pearl of Great Price" Section 2, verses 62, 63,
64, that Professor Charles Anthon verified the "reformed Egyptian
language". Smith allegedly quotes Professor Anthon as
follows:
"Professor Anthon stated that the translation was correct, more
so than any he had before seen translated from the Egyptian. I
then showed him those which were not yet translated, and he said
that they were Egyptian, Chaldaic, Assyriac and Arabic and he
said that they were true characters".
This later proved to be a total lie, as Professor Anthon wrote
in a letter to E.D. Howe, that he never said any such thing.
Mormons have never been able to refute this letter or any of
Howe's research. An excerpt from Professor Anthon's letter of
rebuttal is as follows:
New York, N.Y., Feb. 17, 1834
Mr E.D. Howe
Painseville, Ohio
Dear Sir,
... The whole story about my having pronounced the Mormonite
inscription to be "reformed Egyptian hieroglyphics" is perfectly
false ...
Yours respectfully,
Charles Anthon, LL.D.
Columbia University
All reputable linguists who have examined the Mormon evidence
have rejected it as mythical.
Error 6: Mormon misunderstanding of the Sticks of Joseph and
Judah in Ezekiel 37:15-23
Mormons claim that the "stick of Judah" refers to the Bible, and
the "stick of Ephraim" refers to the Book of Mormon. They claim
that the joining of the 2 sticks refers to the union of the Bible
and the Book of Mormon as an addition to the Word of God.
Answer: The subject under discussion is not books, but people
and nations. It refers to the then divided nation of Israel (587
BC) of the northern and southern kingdoms becoming reunited as
one nation in the land, just before and after Christ's second
coming.
"These bones are the whole house of Israel". Ezekiel
37:11.
The 2 sticks becoming one stick in Ezekiel's hand represent
Judah (2 1/2 tribes) and Israel (9 1/2 tribes) being united in
the end days.
"I will take the children of Israel from among the heathen, ...
and bring them into their own land: I will make them one nation
in the land upon the mountains of Israel, ... they shall be no
more 2 nations". Ezekiel 37:21, 22.
The Mormon view completely ignores the context, hoping that no
one will read the passage too carefully.
I. MISTAKES IN THE BOOK OF MORMON
1. Nephi wrote in the wrong language.
A pious Jew would never record scripture in the Egyptian
language. He would always only use Hebrew. Nephi, son of Lehi, a
devout Jew who had lived in Jerusalem all his life, claimed to
record events "in the language of his father (Lehi), which
consists of the learning of the Jews and the language of the
Egyptians."
I Nephi 1:2.
An apostate Jew might use Egyptian, but a devout Jew, even if he
knew Egyptian, would never use it to write a 'holy' book. He
would only use Hebrew.
Note: A devout Jew would NEVER write God's sacred name "YHWH" in
Egyptian. This would be an unthinkable abomination and sacrilege.
Joseph Smith never knew this. e.g. "The Lord commanded ..." I
Nephi 2:2.
2. The Book of Mormon , describing the safe escape of Nephi from
Jerusalem, is contradicted by Jeremiah, who said that the ONLY
safety lay in surrendering to Nebuchadnezzar. There was no other
safe way of escape.
"If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's
princes, then thy soul shall live ...
But if thou wilt not go forth to the King of Babylon's princes,
then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and
they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of
their hand." Jeremiah 38:18, 19.
The only safety for the people of Jerusalem was to give
themselves up to the invading Babylonians. The Book of Mormon is
ignorant of Jeremiah 38, 39, when it gives the false message in I
Nephi 2:2: "The Lord commanded my father, even in a dream, that
he should take his family and depart into the wilderness."
Q: Does God contradict himself? No.
Q: Is Nephi a greater prophet than Jeremiah? No.
3. There are no rivers emptying into the Red Sea
"... When he had traveled three days in the wilderness, he
pitched his tent in a valley by the side of a river of
water.
... He called the name of the river Laman, and it emptied into
the Red Sea; and the valley was in the border near the mouth
thereof." I Nephi 2:4-9.
a) It would have been impossible for an old man (Lehi), women
and children to travel the 175 mile journey from Jerusalem to the
Red Sea in 3 days.
Q: Could you walk 58 miles per day for 3 days?
Traveling 3 miles per hour, you would need to travel for 20
hours each day non-stop for 3 days. This would have been quite
impossible.
b) There are no rivers running into the Red Sea along their
route, the eastern shore of the Gulf of Aqaba, at this or any
other point. There are not even any traceable ancient river
systems in this part of Arabia. This part of the world was well
known and well traveled in 600 BC. Had there been a river as
Nephi describes, the area would have been one of the best known
in the world of its day. It would have supported a sizably
populated civilization, as always happened where fresh water was
scarce. The mouth of such a river would have been a
world-renowned port, if not a capital city, in 600 BC.
c) These 6 people then cross 1400 miles of the Arabian
peninsula, 400 miles being rugged mountains and 1000 miles of
desert.
d) They find a bountiful, fruitful land on the Persian Gulf.
Alexander's troops in 330 BC avoided this as desert area.
e) They then built a ship sufficiently seaworthy to carry them
2/3 around the world in rough seas to the west coast of America,
now known as Peru.
4. American Indians are Mongoloids from East Asia, not Semites
from Jerusalem as the Book of Mormon claims
For 200 years before 1820, many philosophers thought that the
American Indians were the lost tribes of Israel. The dark skin of
the Indians is not caused by their bad morals, as the Book of
Mormon claims, but by genetics.
American Indians are Mongoloid, not Jewish, because:
a) Mongoloids lack face and body hair, (growing at most 3 inches
of beard in a lifetime), but Jews have much face and body
hair.
b) Mongoloid hair is coarse, black and straight, but Jewish
Semite hair is moderately fine, wavy and brown.
c) Mongoloids have reddish skin pigmentation, but Jewish Semites
have an olive-gray pigmentation.
d) Mongoloids have prominent cheek bones, not like
Semites.
e) Mongoloids appear slant-eyed, but Semites have deep seated
eyes.
f) Mongoloid babies have a Mongolian spot on their backs. This
is a slate-blue round pigment spot that disappears after a few
months or years. It is not present on the backs of Jewish or
Semite babies.
Hence American Indians could not descend from Jews. Mormons must
defend their prophet even if they have to close their eyes to do
so.
5. The Book of Mormon predicts that the Lamanites (American
Indians) would soon change to white skin color
"Many generations shall not pass away among them, save they shall
be a white and delightsome people". I Nephi 30:6.
Dark skinned Mormon Indians have never become lightened due to
their holding Mormon doctrines. Indian murals show Indians of 4
skin colors, all living peaceably.
Q: If the light skinned Nephites were wiped out in 421 AD as the
Book of Mormon claims, why are both light and dark skinned
Indians portrayed in wall paintings at Bonampak and
Chichen-Itza?
6. There is not the slightest resemblance between the Mayan
characters, and those supposed to be copied by Smith, as
'Reformed Egyptian'
7. The Book of Mormon is wrong on Indian warfare
It is mostly a book of wars, oppression, slavery, treachery,
bloodshed. The writer has an obsession with warfare and killing,
with killings starting from Chapter 4. Weapons used from 544 BC
to 52 BC (p107-359) are listed as bows and arrows, steel swords,
axes, brass and copper breastplates, shields, horses and
chariots, and scimitars.
Q: What is wrong with this picture? Almost everything.
The author knew almost nothing about early American life, lack
of warfare, and politics. Early Americans from 600 BC to 421 AD
had very little interest in war, and had no occasion for war
because:
i) They spent most of their time farming.
ii) They had no great cities of great population as are
mentioned in the Book of Mormon.
iii) Mongoloids have a different philosophy of life and war than
Europeans and Semites.
iv) Early Americans knew nothing of iron and steel for swords,
until the Spaniards came.
v) Scimitars were curved swords used by Persians, Arabs and
Turks, only appearing 1000 years later (1400 AD).
vi) Breastplates of brass and copper were unknown then.
vii) Arm shield and axes of metal were not yet invented in
America.
viii) The earliest metals in America were gold beads dated 600
AD. Copper, bronze, and silver came much later, when smelting was
invented.
ix) Horses and chariots were not used in America before the
Spanish conquest.
x) The wheel was never used in America before the Europeans
came. Roads were pedestrian roads approaching the temples, and
were not built in the Book of Mormon period
xi) The sinewed bow and arrow of the American Indians came 600
years too late, after 421 AD. They instead used an atlatl, or
throwing stick.
xii) Wars of conquest were unknown because the gaining of new
territory for occupation was unnecessary, as there was plenty of
room for all Indians.
8. No coinage system was ever developed in ancient America
If the alleged 'Nephites' were descended from Jews raised in
Jerusalem, their coinage and money values would have survived to
the New World. Hence Joseph Smith created a system of coinage for
people of the Book of Mormon in America. It seems strange that
Smith did not continue using Jewish shekels and talents, but that
he devised coins such as senines, seons, shums and limnals of
gold.
Unfortunately for Smith, while his guess was logical, it was
completely wrong. No system of coinage was ever developed by
ancient Americans.
The Mayans who traded had:
i) No money transactions in their records.
ii) Their coins would have been discovered in their graves and
homes.
iii) No coins were found in sacred wells, where so many valuable
ornaments and jewels were thrown as offerings to their
gods.
iv) All the known Mayan media of exchange have been identified,
both of their own land, and also along the ancient trade routes
of Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean Sea, but never have
they found metallic money.
v) Columbus was told by a Mayan chieftain in 1502 that all
transactions were by barter.
vi) Interregional markets were found at Xicalenco, a market town
between Aztec and Mayan populations, where Aztec, Mayan, Toltec,
Mixtec and Totocan peoples met. Surely if there had been a coined
money system it would have been found here.
vii) Cacao beans came closest to a standardized medium of
exchange for uneven barter.
viii) Taxation had no metal coinage, but was a work
service.
Q: Why did they have no coinage?
Answer: Because they had no metal until gold was discovered
after 600 AD. Gold was used only for ornamentation. Silver was
discovered around 900 AD.
There never was an iron age in America before Columbus. In spite
of this, Joseph Smith had his ancient Nephites and Lamanites
using iron and steel swords. Iron was the scarcest and most
valuable metal. Gold was the most plentiful and cheapest
metal.
9. Silk and fine linen have never been successfully grown in
America
Joseph Smith has Alma, a judge of the Nephites in 100 BC,
stating that his people possessed "an abundance of silk and fine
twined linen, and all manner of good homely cloth" Alma
1:29.
Smith was wrong here because:
i) Silk was unknown in the Americas until the Europeans came,
and that it has never been successfully introduced since
then.
ii) Cortez tried to grow silk in Mexico in 1522, but the
industry died out 75 years later. Encyclopaedia Brittanica, 1959
ed. XX, 664.
iii) James I of England in 1609 tried to introduce silk culture
in the American colonies, but failed.
iv) Silk still has to be imported to the US from the
Orient.
v) In Alma 17:25-33, Ammon protects King Lamoni's flocks from
attackers. This is wrong because there were no domestic sheep in
America before the Spanish came (Morley, The Ancient Maya,
p408).
vi) Central America and southern Mexico never have been suitable
for raising sheep. Sheep could not thrive in jungle
country.
Indians wore fabric of rabbit hair, birds' feathers, Kapok tree,
etc.. Joseph Smith's failure to mention these, and his mention of
materials totally unknown in any early American period, proves
that the Book of Mormon was written by a completely uninformed
scribe who knew nothing of life in Ancient America.
10. Impossibility of churches, temples and synagogues in America
from 539 BC to 34 AD
i) The Book of Mormon mentions "synagogues" at least 12 times.
Alma 16:13 speaks of synagogues "built after the manner of the
Jews". They date synagogues from 559 BC to 34 AD. Nephi and his
successors in America could have known nothing of synagogues.
Why?
Because synagogues were founded after the Temple's destruction
in 586 BC, when Temple worship was an impossibility because Jews
were in Babylonian exile. Nephi would never have seen a synagogue
in Israel.
ii) II Nephi 5:16 tells us that Nephi built a temple "after the
manner of the temple of Solomon", not more than 20 year after the
migrant party landed in America between 588-570 BC. What is wrong
with this?
a) They didn't have enough workers. In I Kings 5:13-18 Solomon
needed 183 300 workers (made up of 70,000 laborers + 80,000 stone
quarries, 3300 supervisors + 30,000 loggers) over 7 1/2 years, to
build his temple. Yet Nephi had only about 12 adults, because
half the company had apostatized. five couples could not produce
more than 50 children in 20 years. It would have been impossible
for Nephi, with 5 men's help, to construct a building requiring
many specialized skills.
b) There could be no practical use for it, because the
population was so small (about 20). Solomon's temple served a
nation of several million worshippers.
c) II Nephi 5:15 says that materials "were in great abundance".
This contradicts v.16 which says that the materials were 'not to
be found upon the land'.
"And I, Nephi, did build a temple; ... after the manner of the
temple of Solomon, save it were not built of so many precious
things; for they were not to be found upon the land ..."
v.16.
Here Joseph Smith tripped badly, because he has Nephi saying in
the previous verse:
"And I did teach my people to build buildings, and to work in
all manner of wood, and of iron, and of copper, and of brass, and
of steel, and of gold, and of silver, and of precious ores which
were in great abundance." II Nephi 5:15.
At this same time Smith has Nephi making swords of steel, long
before the invention of steel anywhere in the world, to arm his
soldiers against about 40 of his apostate brother's people.
11. Mormons falsely equate Jesus Christ with Quetzalcoatl 'The
Feathered Serpent"
The problems with this are:
i) Jesus Christ is never pictured as a serpent. This is Satan's
symbol (Genesis 3:1).
ii) He appeared at least 1000 years after Christ's birth (1032
AD). This is too late to equate him with the historic Jesus.
There is no evidence that Jesus ever came to the American
continent after His resurrection. If He did, it would have been
widely recorded.
12. Darkness covered the whole earth at Christ's crucifixion for
3 hours (Matthew 27:45 and Mark 15:33), but the Book of Mormon
mistakes it to be 3 days (Helamen 14:20,27)
Many earthquakes with great destruction and loss of life
supposedly accompanied Christ's death, to show God's displeasure.
Mormons claim that this took place in Yucatan in Mexico. This is
an area of flat jungle on limestone, which has been free from
earthquakes. Ruins here date from 150 AD or later, not before.
What is wrong with this passage?
i) Jesus rebuked James and John for wanting to call down fire
from heaven to destroy the scoffing Samaritans.
ii) The inhabitants of America were no greater sinners than the
chief priests who demanded Christ's death. Christ did not curse
them, but prayed for their forgiveness.
iii) Calvary was an act of mercy, not of destruction. No one
died in the Jerusalem earthquake, nor when the temple veil was
torn. So why should many people die in America who were not
responsible for Christ's death? 3 Nephi 8:1-24.
iv) Christ came to save men's lives, not destroy them. Smith
never understood God's mercy and grace to man at Calvary.
13. The Book of Mormon forgets that glass windows were not
invented in 2200 BC at the Tower of Babel
Jared and others supposedly migrate from Mesopotamia to America
when the Tower of Babel was built. For light in their boats, God
was supposed to have given them luminous stones.
"For, behold, ye cannot have windows, for they will be dashed in
pieces." Ether 2:23
Smith did not know that the Phoenicians had not yet invented
glass.
Amazingly, 50-80 people sailed for 344 days, without any loss of
life, or running short of food.
14. Smith thought that Elijah (O.T.) and Elias (N.T. spelling)
were different people.
They are the same person. Elijah is the Old Testament name, and
Elias is the New Testament name. This is found in Section 109 and
110:11-13, "Doctrines and Covenants", which is devoted to a
prayer offered at the dedication of the temple in Kirtland, Ohio,
March 27, 1836, and where Smith states:
"The Lord appeared, ... Moses appeared before us ... Elias
appeared ... After this vision was closed another great and
glorious vision burst upon us; for Elijah the prophet, who was
taken to heaven without tasting death, stood before us."
Elijah and Elias are the same person. What a blunder! Elijah and
Elisha are distinguished correctly in Luke 4:25,26:
"Many widows were in Israel in the days of Elias (Elijah) ...
Many lepers were in Israel in the time of Eliseus (Elisha) the
prophet; and none of them was cleansed saving Naaman the
Syrian."
Once this revelation was presented as the word of the Lord,
there was no comfortable way of correcting this mistake.
15. Jesus Christ was born at Bethlehem, not at Jerusalem (Luke
2:4 and Micah 5:2)
"The Son of God cometh upon the face of the earth. And behold,
he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem". Alma 7:9,10.
Everyone knows that Jesus was born at Bethlehem, except Joseph
Smith and Mormons who wish to be ignorant.
16. How can Helaman 12:26, supposedly written in 6 BC, quote John
5:29 which was not yet written until 85 AD?
You cannot quote something that is not yet written.
"... fulfilling the words which say: They that have done good
shall receive everlasting life; and they that have done evil
shall have everlasting damnation." Helaman 12:26, in 6 BC.
It is obvious that this is a great mistake, proving the Book of
Mormon to be a fake, made up by someone who did not know his
facts, and who was given to lying. John 5:29 quotes: "And shall
come forth: they that have done good, unto the resurrection of
life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of
damnation."
Q: Does this verse teach salvation by good works?
Answer: No, because John's theology forbids this (3:17-21;
6:28,29). It states that those who are truly born again do live a
life of good works after salvation. They obey Christ (14:15),
they abide in Christ (15:5-7), and they walk in the light (John
8:12). Damnation is because of rejecting Christ (John
3:36).
17. How can parts of the Book of Mormon allegedly written in 570
BC quote Bible passages (word for word) that were not yet
written?
Book of Mormon KJV
i) I Nephi 22:15 (570 BC) Malachi 4:1 (397 BC)
"For the day soon cometh that "For behold, the day cometh that
shall
all the proud and they who do burn as an oven; and all the
proud, yea,
wickedly shall be as stubble, and all that do wickedly, shall be
as
and the day cometh that they stubble: and the day that cometh
shall
must be burned." burn them up ..."
ii) II Nephi 26:9 (545 BC) Malachi 4:2 (397 BC)
"But the Son of "But unto you that fear my name shall
righteousness shall appear the Sun of righteousness arise
with
unto them; and he shall healing in his wings ..."
heal them ..."
Answer: The Book of Mormon was not written in 570 BC, but was
copied from the King James Bible around 1820 AD. The writer
misquoted "Son" for "Sun".
18. How can the Book of Mormon, allegedly written around 570 BC,
quote word for word from the New Testament of the King James
Bible, not written until 1611 AD? (2200 years later)
Book of Mormon KJV
i) I Nephi 4:13 (592 BC) John 11:50 (33 AD, 1611 AD)
"That one man should perish "That one man should die for
the
than that a nation should people, and that the whole
nation
dwindle and perish ... " perish not"
ii) I Nephi 10:8 John 1:27
"Whose shoe's latchet "Whose shoe's latchet
I am not worthy to unloose." I am not worthy to unloose."
iii) I Nephi 10:9 John 1:28
"He should baptize in "In Bethabara beyond Jordan,
Bethabara, beyond Jordan.." where John was baptizing."
iv) I Nephi 11:22 Romans 5:5
v) I Nephi 11:27 Luke 3:22
vi) I Nephi 14:11 Revelation 17:1,15
Jerald and Sandra Tanner list 400 clear examples in their book
"The Case against Mormonism" (Vol. 2, Salt Lake City, 1967,
p.87-102) to prove beyond doubt that the author of the Book of
Mormon was well acquainted with the King James New Testament of
1611.
vii) At least 17 full chapters of the Book of Isaiah are quoted
word for word from the King James Version of 1611, allegedly in
570 BC, 2200 years before the KJV was published. This is a clear
case of plagiarism, with no other purpose than adding volume to
the book of Mormon without too much effort.
Book of Mormon: I Nephi 20 21 II Nephi 7 8 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
19 20 21 22 23 24
Isaiah: 48 49 50 51;52:1,2 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14
19. The Book of Abraham Fraud
This is found in the Mormon scripture known as "The Pearl of
Great Price". Joseph Smith in 1835 purchased an ancient Egyptian
papyrus found in mummy wrapping acquired by Michael H. Chandler.
Smith, believing that he had the gift of interpreting ancient
Egyptian, claimed that the rolls contained the writings of
Abraham himself, signed personally by Abraham.
In 1842, Smith published his translation under the title "The
Book of Abraham" in "Times and Seasons". He claimed that a
picture in it was Abraham sitting on Pharaoh's throne.
These papyri were lost for many years, but they turned up and
were presented to the Mormon Church by the Metropolitan Art
Museum of New York on November 27, 1967.
When translated, they found that not a single word of Joseph
Smith's translation was correct. The text had nothing to do with
Abraham, but described magical spells to open the mouth of the
dead to prepare him for his audience with Osiris to be judged.
Hence Joseph Smith's translation of Egyptian is proved
false.
20. The Book of Mormon has undergone nearly 4,000 changes from
the 1830 edition to the modern edition
1830 edition Modern edition
"King Benjamin had a gift "King Mosiah had a gift from
God,
from God, whereby he could whereby he could interpret such
interpret such engravings."p.176, verse 28.
engravings." p.200
"Behold the virgin which "Behold the virgin whom thou
seest
thou seest, is the Mother of is the mother of the Son of
God."
God." p.25 I Nephi 11:18
".. that the Lamb of God is " ... that the Lamb of God is the
Son
the eternal Father ..." p.32 of the Eternal Father ..." I Nephi
13:40
21. Of the 38 cities in the Book of Mormon, leading
archaeologists have not found any remains of any of these alleged
cities.
The Smithsonian Institute in Washington states:
"There is no correspondence whatever between archaeological
sites and cultures as revealed by scientific investigations, and
as recorded in the Book of Mormon ... Thus far no iron, steel,
brass, gold and silver coins, metal, swords, breastplates, arm
shields, armour, horses and chariots, or silk have ever been
found in pre-colonial archaeological sites." Kingdom of the
Cults, W. Martin, p.162.
22. The testimony of the 3 witnesses which appears at the front
of the Book of Mormon (Oliver Cowdery, David Whitmer, and Martin
Harris)
declares that:
"an angel of God came down from heaven, and he brought and laid
before our eyes, that we beheld and saw the plates, and the
engraving thereon ..."
Martin Harris denied to Professor Anthon that he had actually
seen the plates, but that he only saw them "with the eye of
faith".
Note: All three of these witnesses later apostatized from the
Mormon faith, and were described by Mormon contemporaries as
thieves and counterfeiters.
23. Polygamy is forbidden by God in Jacob 2:27, yet it was
practiced by Smith and Brigham Young, and permitted by "Doctrines
and Covenants", section 132, v. 32, 34
"... hearken to the word of the Lord: For there shall not any
man among you have save it be one wife; and concubines he shall
have none." Jacob 2:27.
Conclusion:
Thurlow Weed, who was the editor of the "Rochester Telegram"
newspaper, wrote that Smith approached him in 1825, two years
before the supposed possession of the golden plates, with a view
to publishing the Book of Mormon. At this time he claimed to have
the first chapter written.
Q: Why do Mormons continue to circulate the discredited Book of
Mormon?
Answer: Joseph Smith, to the Mormons, is the prophet of God, and
the Book of Mormon is his symbol. Discredit the Book, and you
discredit Joseph Smith. Mormons' authoritative scripture consists
of:
a) The King James Bible "insofar as it is correctly
translated".
b) Doctrine and Covenants.
c) The Pearl of Great Price.
d) The Book of Mormon.
Mormons must be willing to face the facts, admit that they have
been deceived, and leave the Mormon church. Truth and one's
eternal salvation are more important than remaining loyal to a
lying prophet and to a false church. Mormons, pluck up the
courage to honestly seek the truth in the Bible with your mind
and not with your feelings. Swallow your pride and come to Jesus
Christ alone for salvation, not trusting your baptism or good
works or the Mormon religion.
Reject Mormon revelations of:
a) The acceptance of new scripture. The Bible is able to make
"the man of God perfect (complete), thoroughly furnished unto all
good works." II Timothy 3:16, 17. See II Peter 1:3, 4.
b) Individual, personal, supernatural revelations: "Woe unto the
foolish prophets, that follow their own spirit, and have seen
nothing." Ezekiel 13:3.
"... that prophesy lies in my name ... they are the prophets of
the deceit of their own heart" Jeremiah 23:25, 26.
"... they prophesy unto you a false vision and divination, and a
thing of naught, and the deceit of their heart." Jeremiah
14:14.
Q: Mormons, when you prophesy, can you prove that you are
speaking from God, or does it come from your heart, or from the
devil?
Q: If you can make up prophecies, so can everybody. Where does
this lead you to? Confusion.
II. FALSE PROPHECIES OF JOSEPH SMITH.
A cultist looks to his leader to decide truth for him. Joseph
Smith is the Mormon's only basis of religious authority. They
believe that he is a prophet of God.
The only issue which Mormons are not well-prepared to discuss,
is the issue of Joseph Smith's claim to be a true prophet of God.
This issue is not in their manual.
A Mormon missionary is trained to give a testimony in which he
states:
"I testify by the Spirit of God that I know that Joseph Smith
was a prophet of God, and that the Book of Mormon is the Word of
God."
Q1: How do you know that he was a prophet of God?
Mormon: Because God spoke to him.
Q2: How do you know that God spoke to him?
Mormon: Because he was a prophet of God.
Q3: This is circular reasoning, which is not valid. How do you
know that he was a prophet to whom God spoke?
Mormon: I got on my knees and prayed for God to show me if
Joseph Smith was His prophet, and if the Book of Mormon was
inspired. Now I have a burning feeling in my heart that these
things are true."
Q4: You don't determine truth by a burning feeling in your
heart, but by the Word of God, the Bible says.
Mormon: What do you feel about the Book of Mormon?
Note: They try to direct you to your feelings in order to keep
you from thinking about the issues.
"He that trusteth in his own heart is a fool" Proverbs
28:26.
"The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately
wicked: who can know it?" Jeremiah 17:9.
Q5: We can test Joseph Smith's claim to be a prophet of God by
testing if his prophecies all came true. Deuteronomy 18:20-22
states that if someone claims to be a prophet of God, but his
predictions fail to happen, then this person is a false
prophet.
Repeat this logic to the Mormon until he understands it.
Q6: When the prophecies of Joseph Smith are examined, it can be
proven that he was a false prophet.
Note: Mormons are never trained to deal with Smith's prophecies.
Mormon leaders discourage members from studying his false
prophecies. Keep to this subject.
Smith's false prophecies are not mistakes. We all make mistakes,
but most of us never claim to be a "prophet of God" who speaks
"inspired revelations". Be prepared for the Mormons' "pat
answers".
i) Mormon: Smith never made any prophecies.
You: Doctrines and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price record
many of his prophecies.
ii) Mormon: Smith was only giving his personal opinion. He
wasn't speaking as a prophet.
You: Each prophecy in Doctrines and Covenants is a numbered and
dated revelation from God. Smith's predicitons begin with "Thus
says the Lord", and full inspiration is claimed for each
one.
iii) Mormon: If Smith was a false prophet, so was Moses. Didn't
he predict he would lead Israel into the Promised Land? Yet he
died beforehand.
You: Moses never prophesied that he would enter the land.
We aim to convert Mormons to Christ, and to prevent people from
becoming Mormons. Therefore, just one false prophecy would reveal
Smith to be a false prophet, because God's prophets never give
false prophecies. Smith was either a prophet of God, or one of
the biggest frauds this world has ever seen.
Consider these 11 false prophecies of Joseph Smith, showing him
to be a false prophet:
False Prophecy 1: New York, Albany and Boston have not been
destroyed for rejecting the Mormon message
Doctrines and Covenants 84, p.141-142.
114: "Nevertheless, let the bishop go unto the city of New York,
also to the city of Albany, and also to the city of Boston, and
warn the people of those cities with the sound of the gospel,
with a loud voice, of the desolation and utter abolishment which
await them if they do reject these things." 115. "For if they do
reject these things the hour of their judgment is near, and their
house shall be left unto them desolate."
This false prophecy was given in 1832 that these cities
desolation and utter abolishment was near. 160 years have passed
and these cities remain unharmed. This makes Joseph Smith a false
prophet. Reject him.
False prophecy 2: The earth did not reel to and fro like a
drunken man "not many days" after Dec. 27, 1832.
Doctrines and Covenants 88, p150:
87: "For not many days hence and the earth shall tremble and
reel to and fro as a drunken man: and the sun shall hide his
face, and shall refuse to give light; and the moon shall be
bathed in blood; and the stars shall become exceeding angry; and
shall cast themselves down as a fig that falleth from off a fig
tree."
From 1832 to 1995 are 59,170 days. Many days have indeed elapsed
since 1832 and these events prophesied by Smith have not yet
happened. The phrase "not many days hence" makes Smith a false
prophet.
False Prophecy 3: Bloodshed in South Carolina did not lead to
Christ's Second Coming (v12)
Christ did not come in 1890, when Smith would have been 85.
(v.15, 17)
Doctrines and Covenants 130, p.238.
12. "I prophesy, in the name of the Lord God, that the
commencement of the difficulties which will cause much bloodshed
previous to the coming of the Son of Man, will be in South
Carolina." 15. "Joseph, my son, if thou livest until thou art 85
years old, thou shalt see the face of the Son of Man ..."
False prophecy 4: The wicked of this generation were not swept
away violently. Nor did the lost tribes of Israel return from the
north country down to America.
History of the Church, 1833, p.315.
"And now I am prepared to say by the authority of Jesus Christ
that not many years shall pass away before the United States
shall present such a scene of bloodshed as has not a parallel in
the history of our nation; pestilence, hail, famine, and
earthquake will sweep the wicked of this generation from off the
face of the land, to open and prepare the way for the return of
the lost tribes of Israel from the north country. The people of
the Lord, those who have complied with the ... ... and flee to
Zion, before the overflowing scourge overtake you, for there are
those now living upon the earth whose eyes shall not be closed in
death until they see all these things, which I have spoken,
fulfilled. Remember these things: call upon the Lord while He is
near, and seek Him while He may be found, is the exhortation of
your unworthy servant.
[Signed] JOSEPH SMITH, JUN."
Q: Did those living in 1833 see with their own eyes the
destruction of the wicked, and the return of the lost tribes of
Israel from the North Country? No.
False Prophecy 5: Smith prophesied in 1835 that Christ's return
would be in 56 years. Did Christ return in 1891?
"On the 14th of Feb. 1835, Joseph Smith said that God had
revealed to him that the coming of Christ would be within 56
years, which being added to 1835 shows that before 1891 and the
14th of Feb., the Saviour of the world would make his appearance
again upon the earth and the winding up scene take place. In
connection with this event, was related by my brother Dimick
Huntington, the fact that when Joseph and Hyrum Smith submitted
in their feelings to consent to give themselves up to the state
mob at Nauvoo, Illinois, after they had passed the Mississippi
River. Joseph said "If they shed my blood it shall shorten this
work 10 years". That taken from 1891 would reduce the time to
1881, which if the true time within which the Saviour should come
much must be crowded into 6 years."
This excerpt is taken from the Journal of O.B. Huntington (Vol.
2, p.129).
What does this false prophecy make Joseph Smith?
Note: When S.D.A. William Miller predicted that on 3rd April,
1843, Christ would come in glory, and the end of the world would
come, what did Joseph Smith accuse Miller of being, when it did
not happen?
Joseph Smith says of Miller in History of the Church, 3 April
1843:
"Monday, April 3- Miller's day of judgment has arrived, but it
is too pleasant for false prophets."
Smith said " I prophesy in the name of the Lord God, and let it
be written- the Son of Man will not come in the clouds of heaven
till I am 85 years old."
History of the Church, April 1843, p.336.
False Prophecy 6: Smith prophesied that the lost ten tribes have
lived for 2500 years in the Arctic regions
Journal of Discourses, p.68:
"I do not know how much before the ten tribes will come from the
north; but after Zion is built in Jackson County, and after the
Temple is built upon that spot of ground where the corner stone
was laid in 1831; after the glory of God in the form of a cloud
by day shall rest upon that Temple, and by night the shining of a
flaming fire will fill the whole heavens round about; after every
dwelling place upon Mount Zion shall be clothed upon as with a
pillar of fire by night, and a cloud by day, about that period of
time, the ten tribes will be heard of, away in the north, a great
company, as Jeremiah says, coming down from the northern regions,
coming to sing in the height of the latter day Zion. Their souls
will be as a watered garden, and they will not sorrow any more at
all, as they have been doing during the twenty-five hundred long
years they have dwelt in the Arctic regions."
Is there any scientific or archaeological evidence to indicate
that the lost ten tribes of Israel have been living in the Arctic
for the last 2500 years? No. What does this make Joseph
Smith?
False Prophecy 7: England and all nations did not become involved
against the United States during the Civil War
Smith declared in Doctrines and Covenants, section 87, Mormon
p.144, v.1-3:
"At the rebellion of South Carolina ... the Southern states will
call on other nations, even the nation of Great Britain, ... and
then war shall be poured out upon all nations ... slaves shall
rise up against their masters ... and that the remnants (Indians)
... shall vex the Gentiles with a sore vexation."
Notice five false prophecies given here by Joseph Smith:
i)England did not become involved in the Civil War or any war
against the United States.
ii) "All nations" were not involved in the Civil War or any war
against the United States.
iii) The slaves did not rise up against their masters.
iv) The remnants (Indians) were themselves vexed by the
Gentiles, being defeated in war and confined to
reservations.
v) Joseph Smith did not possess the house he built at Nauvoo
"for ever and ever". Doctrines and Covenants Section 124, v22
,23, 59. It was destroyed after Smith's death, and Mormons moved
to Utah.
False Prophecy 8: The Moon is not inhabited by 6 foot high men
dressing like Quakers.
The Young Woman's Journal, p.263, 4. O.B. Huntington quotes
Smith:
"... to prove Joseph Smith to be a prophet. As far back as 1837,
I know that he said the moon was inhabited by men and women the
same as this earth ... and that they live generally to near the
age of 1000 years. He described the men as averaging near six
feet in height, and dressing quite uniformly in something near
the Quaker style ... I was told that I should preach the gospel
to the inhabitants of the moon."
Q: Mormon, do you really believe that people like Quakers live
on the moon?
"Every star that we see is a world and is inhabited as this
world is peopled. The Sun, Moon and stars are inhabited." Hyrum
Smith, April 27, 1843.
From "George Leub's Nauvoo Journal", BYU Studies, Vol. 18, No.
2, winter 1978.
Brigham Young claimed that the Sun was inhabited:
"So it is with regard to the inhabitants of the Sun. Do you
think it is inhabited? I rather think it is. Do you think there
is any life there? No question of it, it was not made in vain."
Journal of Discourses, Vol. XIII, p.271.
Prophecy 9: Joseph Smith said that a Mormon temple and city would
be built in Independence (Zion), Missouri, in his own generation
in 1832.
This lot is marked by a plaque. If there is no temple on this
temple lot, and the 1832 generation has passed away, what does
this make Joseph Smith to be? A false prophet.
v3: "... which city shall be built, beginning at the temple lot,
which is appointed by the finger of the Lord, in the western
boundaries of the State of Missouri, and dedicated by the Lord of
Joseph Smith, Jr. v4: "... which temple shall be reared in this
generation." Doctrines and Covenants , Section 84, p135, v.3,
4.
Q: Is there a Mormon city and temple in Independence, Missouri?
No.
Has the 1832 generation passed away? Yes.
Does this make Joseph Smith a false prophet? Yes.
Prophecy 10: Smith prophesied in 1838 that David Patten would go
on a missionary tour with himself and 12 others in 1839.
The only problem with this prophecy is that Patten was shot and
killed in October 1838, thus falsifying Smith's prophecy. What
does this make Smith? A false prophet. Doctrines and Covenants,
Section 114, p208.
SECTION 114
"Revelation given to Joseph Smith the Prophet, at Far West,
Missouri, April 17, 1838. Directions to David W. Patten-
Positions occupied by the unfaithful to be given to others. 1.
Verily thus saith the Lord: It is wisdom in my servant David W.
Patten, that he settle up all his business as soon as he possibly
can, and make a disposition of his merchandise, that he may
perform a mission unto me next spring, in company with others,
even twelve including myself, to testify of my name and bear glad
tidings unto all the world."
Patten's death is recorded as follows:
"In the pursuit, one of the mob fled from behind a tree,
wheeled, and shot Captain Patten, who instantly fell, mortally
wounded, having received a large ball in his bowels."
History of the Church, Oct. 1838, p.171.
Mormons claim that Patten fulfilled Smith's prophecy by being a
missionary to the spirit world. This is wrong because Patten was
to go with Smith and other human companions. Patten's companions
did not go with him to the spirit world that Spring in
1839.
Prophecy 11: II Nephi 10:7 says that Jews will first believe in
Christ, then get restored to the land of Israel.
"When the day cometh that they shall believe in me, that I am
Christ, THEN have I covenanted with their fathers that they shall
be restored in the flesh, upon the earth, unto the lands of their
inheritance."
This is a false prophecy, because today the Jews are back in
their land, but they still do not believe in Jesus Christ.
Conclusion:
Just one false prophecy is enough to identify Joseph Smith as a
false prophet. We have seen 11 out of over 60 false prophecies
that he made proving that he was not a prophet of God.
Since Smith is a fraud, fake and liar, then the whole Mormon
religion is proven to be false.
Q: What should the Mormon do?
Answer: Renounce all Mormon doctrines, baptisms, priesthoods,
and relationships. Reject the Book of Mormon, Pearl of Great
Price, and Doctrines and Covenants as false. Turn to the Bible
alone as the final authority. Once all reliance on Joseph Smith
is abandoned, receive and rely totally on Jesus Christ alone for
salvation. Deuteronomy 13:1-5 states that false prophets must be
put to death. God allows Mormon false doctrines to test people to
prove if they love God with all their heart and soul. See also
Deut. 18:20-22: "That prophet shall die".
III. FALSE MORMON DEFINITIONS OF BIBLE TERMS
When Mormons use a Christian term, they reject the Biblical
definition of that term, and they substitute a false,
non-Christian definition in its place.
Consider these false Mormon redefinitions:
1. Christianity: a false, damnable, apostate religion.
2. God: one of many self-progressing bodily deities. He was
formerly a man, a finite creature.
Bible refutation:
i) "Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be
after me." Isaiah 43:10.
"I am the first, and I am the last, and beside me there is no
God. Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no God; I know not
any." Isaiah 44:6,8.
"I am the Lord, and there is none else, there is no God beside
me." v.5 "There is none beside me. I am the Lord, and there is
none else." v.6
"There is no God else beside me;" v.21. Isaiah 45:5, 6,
21.
ii) Mormons teach that each god is evolving:
"For I am the Lord, I change not" Malachi 3:6.
3. Jesus Christ: a self- progressing deity (Jehovah of Old
Testament) and the first spirit child of Elohim and his wife,
Mary.
Mormon Christ Biblical Jesus Christ
i) A created being, Uncreated God
the brother of Lucifer. (John 1:1, 3; Micah 5:2, I Timothy 6:14,
15)
ii) Earned his own Requires no salvation
salvation by good works. (II Corinthians 5:21- who knew no
sin)
iii) One of many gods Second person of the one Godhead
(Exodus 20:3- no other gods)
iv) Conceived by physical Conceived by the Holy Spirit
sex with Mary (Matthew 1:23 overshadowing Mary
a virgin shall be with child)
v) A married polygamist Unmarried
4. Holy Ghost: A man with a spiritual body of matter.
"He shall give you another Comforter, that he may abide with you
for ever.. and shall be in you" John 14:16, 17.
5. Trinity: Tritheistic. Father, Son and Holy Spirit are 3
separate deities.
"Baptizing them in the NAME (not names) of the Father, and of
the Son, and of the Holy Spirit." Matthew 28:19
6. The Gospel: Mormon theology.
"I declare unto you the gospel ... Christ died for our sins ...
He was buried, and He rose again the third day" I Corinthians
15:1-4
7. Born again: Water baptism into Mormonism.
"But as many as received him, to them gave he power to become
the sons of God ..." John 1:12.
See chapter on "Baptismal regeneration error".
We are born again by receiving Christ as our Savior, without any
good works.
8. Atonement: God's provision for an individual to earn their
true salvation "by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the
Gospel" (Articles of Faith, 3).
"Not of works, lest any man should boast" Ephesians 2:9.
See chapter on "Salvation is not by good works".
9. True salvation, eternal life, redemption: Exaltation to
Godhead in the highest part of the celestial kingdom is based on
individual good works and personal merit. Exaltation involves
ruling and sexual procreation of spirit children.
Reply: Satan's third lie to Eve was "ye shall be as gods"
Genesis 3:5. Becoming a god appealed to Eve's pride and also to
Mormons' pride. We will never become a god, but will always be
human, yes glorified humans in heaven.
10. The Fall: A spiritual step upward permitting physical bodies
of children to be procreated. This is false, because it was
already God's plan for man to reproduce "after their own
kind".
11. Heaven: 3 kingdoms of glory. This is false because the 3
heavens are the atmosphere, space, and God's throne. II
Corinthians 12:2.
12. Hell: generally like purgatory; possibly eternal for a very
few such as apostate Mormons.
False, because Christ "purged our sins" Hebrews 1:3.
13. The Scriptures: The Book of Mormon, Doctrines and Covenants,
the Pearl of Great Price; the King James Bible as far as it is
translated correctly. (Articles of Faith, 8).
False, because of mistakes in Book of Mormon, Doctrines and
Covenants, and the Pearl of Great Price.
Q: How did Mormons reach these false definitions?
Answer: Because they did not rely on the Bible to define its
terms. They relied on revelations from the spirit world of
demons.
Questions for Mormons:
Q1: Why, after 25 years, has the Mormon church never responded or
answered to Jerald and Sandra Tanner's research?
Write to them at: Utah Lighthouse ministry, Box 1884, Salt Lake
City, Utah, 84110.
Q2: How do you explain plagiarisms in the Book of Mormon taken
from Ethan Smith's "View of the Hebrews (1823), a book that was
available to Joseph Smith?
Q3: How do you explain the 27, 000 words plagiarized from the
King James Bible into the Book of Mormon?
Q4: Does it worry you that the Book of Mormon was translated by
occult means? Emma Smith, one of Joseph's many wives,
confesses:
"I frequently wrote day after day ... he sitting with his face
buried in his hat, with a stone in it, and dictating hour after
hour."
Q5: Why has no archaeological evidence ever been found to
support the Book of Mormon's alleged cities, persons, silk,
coins, metals, wars, weapons, kings or palaces in North or South
America?
"The Smithsonian Institute has never used the Book of Mormon in
any way as a scientific guide".
This is a quote from a standard Smithsonian letter sent out to
Mormon enquirers.
The Bureau of American Ethnology writes: "There is no evidence
whatever of any migration from Israel to America, and likewise no
evidence that pre-Columbian Indians had any knowledge of
Christianity and the Bible".
Prominent Mormon Archaeologist, Thomas Stewart Ferguson, quit
the Mormon church, and repudiated Joseph Smith because of the
weight of archaeological evidence against Mormonism.
Q6: Why does the Book of Mormon conflict with hundreds of truths
in the Bible?
Q7: Does it worry you that a supposed perfect Book of Mormon
should require many major changes and 3,000 minor changes from
the original 1830 edition?
Q8: What does your conscience and common sense tell you when you
understand the 23 mistakes in the Book of Mormon discussed
earlier?
Q9: How can Joseph Smith be a true prophet of God when he fails
the test of a true prophet in Deuteronomy 13:1-5, 18:20-22, by
making 11 clear false prophecies?
Q10: How can early Mormon prophets deny and contradict modern
Mormon prophets, and vice versa?
Q11 Why is it that even the highest Mormons do not know for
certain where they are going when they die?
Q12: If you died tonight, do you know 100% for sure that you
would go to live with Jesus Christ forever in heaven?
Would you like to be sure? Then read the article, What Must I Do
to Be Saved?. Find out how to receive Jesus Christ as your only
Savior and renounce all your Mormon beliefs. GET OUT OF THE
MORMON CHURCH TODAY!
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