.:CONTRADICTIONS IN MORMONISM
—WHO ARE WE TO BELIEVE?
“The Lord will never allow the President
of the Church to lead us astray.” —Gospel
Principles, 1995, p. 50
Is it true that the Presidents of the LDS
Church have never led Mormons astray? You be the judge:
Do
Babies Who Die Grow in the Spirit World?
Has
God Always Existed, Unchangeable from all Eternity?
Does
God Dwell in the Heart of the Righteous?
Is
God the Father a Personage of “Spirit” or an
Exalted “Man”?
Are
There Two or Three Personages Governing the Universe?
Should
We Pray to Jesus Christ?
Should
We Worship Jesus Christ?
Does
God Forgive Us for Murder?
Do Babies Who Die Grow in the Spirit
World?
PROPHET
JOSEPH SMITH: NO |
JOSEPH
F SMITH: YES |
“But
as the child dies, so shall it rise from the dead....It
will never grow: it will still
be the child, in the same precise form
as it appeared before it died out of its mother's
arms....Eternity is full of thrones, upon which
dwell thousands of children reigning on
thrones of glory, will not one cubit
added to their stature.”—Joseph Smith,
1844, Journal of Discourses, vol. 6,
p. 10 |
“All
spirits are in adult form. They were
adults before their mortal existence, and they
are in adult form after death, even
if they die as infants or children (see
Joseph F Smith, Gospel Doctrine, p. 455).”—Gospel
Principles, 1992, p 290 |
Has God Always Existed, Unchangeable
from all Eternity?
BOOK
OF MORMON: YES |
PROPHET
JOSEPH SMITH: NO |
“For I know that God is not a partial
God, neither a changeable being; but he
is unchangeable from all eternity to all eternity.”—Moroni
8:18
“...the Lord Omnipotent who reigneth,
who was, and is from all eternity to
all eternity...”—Mosiah
3:5
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“We have
imagined and supposed that God was God
from all eternity. I will refute
that idea,...he was once a man
like us....”—Teachings
of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 345-346 |
Does God Dwell in the Heart of the Righteous?
BOOK OF
MORMON: YES |
DOCTRINE
& COVENANTS: NO |
“…because
the Lord hath said he dwelleth not in unholy temples,
but in the hearts of the righteous doth
he dwell….”—Alma 34:36 |
“…the
idea that the Father and the Son dwell in a man’s
heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false.” —Doctrine
and Covenants 130:3 |
Is God the Father a Personage of “Spirit” or
an Exalted “Man”?
LECTURES
OF FAITH and BOOK OF MORMON = “SPIRIT” |
DOCTRINE
& COVENANTS and JOSEPH SMITH, JR. = “MAN” |
“...The Father being a personage
of spirit, glory and power: possessing
all perfection and fulness…”— Doctrine and Covenants, 1935 edition, Lectures Fifth of Faith, Section V,
p. 52-53 (Note: In 1921, The Lectures of Faith
section was removed from Doctrine and Covenants)
“Holy, holy God; we believe that thou
art God...that thou art a spirit,
and that thou wilt be a spirit forever.”—Alma
31:15, Book of Mormon
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“The Father has a body of flesh
and bones as tangible as man’s....” —Doctrine and Covenants, 130:22
“God himself was once as we are
now, and is an exalted Man,
and sits enthroned in yonder heavens... I say,
if you were to see him to-day, you would see
him like a man in form--like
yourselves, in all the person, image, and very
form as a man.” —Teachings of
the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345
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Are There Two or Three Personages Governing
the Universe?
LECTURES
OF FAITH = TWO |
JOSEPH
SMITH, JR = THREE |
“We
shall, in this lecture speak of the Godhead: we
mean the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. There are two personages who constitute
the great, matchless, governing and supreme power
over all things….They are the Father
and the Son: The Father being a personage
of spirit... The Son, who was in the bosom of
the Father, is a personage of
tabernacle…And he being the only begotten
of the Father...received a fulness of the glory
of the Father—possessing the same mind with
the Father, which mind is the Holy Spirit.”
—Doctrine and Covenants, 1935 edition, Lectures Fifth of Faith, Section V, p.
52-53 (Note: In 1921, This Lectures of Faith section
was removed from Doctrine and Covenants) |
“I will preach on the plurality
of Gods...I have always declared God
to be a distinct personage, Jesus Christ a separate
and distinct personage from God the Father,
and that the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage
and a Spirit: and these three constitute
three distinct personages and three Gods.”
—Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 370
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Should
We Pray to Jesus Christ?
BOOK
OF MORMON: YES |
LDS CHURCH:
NO |
“...Jesus came and stood in the midst...he
spake unto the multitude, and commanded
them that they should kneel down again
upon the earth, and also that his disciples
should kneel down upon the earth. And it came
to pass that when they had all knelt down upon
the earth, he commanded his disciples
that they should pray. And behold,
they began to pray; and they did pray
unto Jesus, calling him their Lord
and their God.”—3 Nephi 19:15-18
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“Elder
Bruce R. McConkie clearly explained what our relationship
with each member of the Godhead should be, pointing
out that some misguided members
of the Church may ‘begin to pray
directly to Christ because of some special
friendship they feel has been developed’
with him. This is wrong, said
Elder McConkie. We should pray directly
to the Father...”—The
Ensign, June 1998, p. 59 |
Should
We Worship Jesus Christ?
BOOK
OF MORMON: YES |
LDS CHURCH:
NO |
“And now behold, I say unto you that the right way is to believe in Christ... wherefore ye must bow down before him,
and worship him with all your might,
mind, and strength, and your whole soul; and
if ye do this ye shall in nowise be cast out.”—2
Nephi 25:29
“...I beheld the Son of God going forth
among the children of men; and I saw many
fall down at his feet and worship
him.”—1 Nephi 11:24
“Hosanna! Blessed be the name of the
Most High God! And they did fall down
at the feet of Jesus, and did worship
him.”—3 Nephi 11:17
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“We Worship
the Father... In an official interpretation of
Moses 1:6, the First Presidency (Joseph F. Smith,
Anthon H. Lund, And Charles W. Penrose) said:
‘But the sole object of worship,
God the eternal Father, stands supreme
and alone...’ Who is the sole object
of worship?... President George Q. Cannon
taught: ‘...We know also that our Father
in Heaven should be the object of our
worship... He will not have any divided
worship. We are commanded to worship
Him, and Him only.’
(Gospel Truth, 1:135)” —Come
Unto Christ —Melchizedek Priesthood Personal
Study Guide, 1986, p. 46-47 |
Does
God Forgive Us for Murder?
BOOK OF
MORMON: YES |
DOCTRINE
& COVENANTS: NO |
“…And
I shall also thank my God, yea, my great God,
that he hath granted unto us that we might repent
of these things, and also that he hath
forgiven us of those our many sins and murders
which we have commited, and taken away
the guilt from our hearts, through the merits
of his Son.”—Alma 24:10 |
“…And
it shall come to pass, that if any persons
among you shall kill they shall be delivered
up and dealt with acccording to the laws of the
land; for remember that he hath no forgiveness;
and it shall be proved according to the laws of
the land.” —Doctrine and Covenants 42:79 |
For more contradictions in LDS Scripture see:
Book of Mormon
vs. the Bible and LDS Scripture
Significant Changes in the revelations of Doctrine and Covenants
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