Journal of Discourses 10:281; “We have been dug out of the mire, been born in sin and shapen in iniquity, as it were, we have been clothed in corruption and mixed up in the abominations of the world, we have come out from a people that did not acknowledge God, and are dishonest in their acts, […]
Tag Archives: original sin
Names of Adam and Eve More Sacred than Christ
The Women of Mormondom, p. 200; “Who shall number the blasphemies of the sectarian churches against our first grand parents? Ten thousand priests of the serpent have thundered anathemas upon the head of “accursed Adam.” Appalling, oftentimes, their pious rage. And Eve the holiest, grandest of Mothers has been made a very by-word to offset […]
Definition of Foreordain
February 1840 Discourse, Washington, DC Encyclopedia of Joseph Smith’s Teachings, p. 237;“Fall of Adam and Eve. I believe in the fall of man, as recorded in the Bible; I believe that God foreknew everything, but did not foreordain everything; I deny that foreordain and foreknow is the same thing. He foreordained the fall of man; […]
Contradictions in Joseph Smith’s Revelations about Adam
D&C 1:31; “For I the Lord cannot look upon sin with the least degree of allowance.” Doctrines of Salvation 1:121; “By many he has been severely criticized because of his fall, but Latter-day Saints, through modern revelation, have learned that such was necessary in order that man should have his agency and, through the various vicissitudes he has to pass, […]
The Mormon’s Understanding of Evil
While organizing my endless list of quotes I came across our entry on Witchcraft which got me to thinking… Why do Mormons accept and applaud Adam and Eve’s rejection of God while at the same time teach that behaving inappropriately isn’t acceptable? Adam and Eve clearly disobeyed God in the Garden of Eden by partaking […]
Tip of the Day, July 26
July 26 – Matthew 19:14 says; “Suffer little children, and forbid them not, to come unto me: for of such is the kingdom of heaven.”
Mormon Dilemma 323
Lies from the “Prophet” Moroni Moroni 8:12; “But little children are alive in Christ, even from the foundation of the world; if not so, God is a partial God, and also a changeable God, and a respecter to persons; for how many little children have died without baptism!”
Mormon Dilemma 310
Conflicting Messages 2 Nephi 2:22-23; “And now, behold, if Adam had not transgressed he would not have fallen, but he would have remained in the garden of Eden. And all things which were created must have remained in the same state in which they were after they were created; and they must have remained forever, […]
Tip of the Day, June 27
June 27 – Gen. 1:28; “And God blessed them, and God said unto them, Be fruitful and multiply, and replenish the earth, and subdue it: and have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over every living thing that moveth upon the earth.”
Mormon Dilemma 289
Contradiction in LDS Teachings Moroni 7:14; “Wherefore, take heed, my beloved brethren, that ye do not judge that which is evil to be of God, or that which is good and of God to be of the devil.” Moses 5:11; “And Eve, his wife, heard all these things and was glad, saying: Were it not […]