Question: Are interracial marriages still a grievous sin in the eyes of the Mormon god? Juvenile Instructor, Volume 3, Number 21, November 1, 1868, p. 165; “…we believe it to be a great sin in the eyes of our Heavenly Father for a white person to marry a black one. And further, that it is […]
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Bible is Reliable Scripture Database
2 Timothy 2:13; “If we believe not, yet he abideth faithful: he cannot deny himself.” Ah, the Bible. Where would we be without it? Of equal import, where have you been with it? All true believers know our Bibles are part of our daily existence, and because of that we’ve compiled a go-to list of verses you […]
Contradictions in Mormon Canon: Did Joseph Smith Write, or Translate the Book of Mormon?
Doctrine and Covenants 24:1; “Behold, thou wast called and chosen to write the Book of Mormon, and to my ministry; and I have lifted thee up out of thine afflictions, and have counseled thee, that thou hast been delivered from all thine enemies, and thou hast been delivered from the powers of Satan and from […]
Significant Book of Mormon Changes: Chinese Word for ‘Mormon’, and Lamanite Ancestry
History of the Church, 4:461 (28 November 1841); “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.” – Joseph Smith, Jr. [emp. mine] Just […]
Joseph Smith’s Confusion about Miracles at Calvary II
Haggai 2:6 “For thus saith the Lord of hosts; Yet once, it is a little while, And I will shake the heavens, and the earth, and the sea, and the dry land.” – BC 520, Haggai Psalm 31:5 “Into thine hand I commit my spirit: Thou hast redeemed me, O Lord God of truth.” – BC 1060, King David Psalms 69:12 “They that sit […]
Joseph Smith’s Confusion about Miracles at Calvary
Ezekiel 13:6-9 “They have seen vanity and lying divination, saying, The LORD saith: and the LORD hath not sent them: and they have made others to hope that they would confirm the word. 7 Have ye not seen a vain vision, and have ye not spoken a lying divination, whereas ye say, The LORD saith […]
Joseph’s Hat of Spiritual Depravity
Ensign, “A Treasured Testament,” July 1993, 61; “The details of this miraculous method of translation are still not fully known. Yet we do have a few precious insights. David Whitmer wrote: “Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to […]
Definition of Zif
Ecclesiastes 1:9; “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun.” Mosiah 11:3; “And he laid a tax of one fifth part of all they possessed, a fifth part of their gold and of their silver, and a fifth part of their ziff, and […]
What are the Mysteries of God?
Mosiah 1:3; “And he also taught them concerning the records which were engraven on the plates of brass, saying: My sons, I would that ye should remember that were it not for these plates, which contain these records and these commandments, we must have suffered in ignorance, even at this present time, not knowing the mysteries of […]
Noah’s Ark and Nephi’s Ship Compared
1 Nephi 18:1-4; “And it came to pass that they did worship the Lord, and did go forth with me; and we did work timbers of curious workmanship. And the Lord did show me from time to time after what manner I should work the timbers of the ship. 2 Now I, Nephi, did not […]