False Teachings of Brigham Young
Will You Kill Your Neighbor to Save Them?
Journal of Discourses 4:220; “Will you love your brothers or sisters likewise, when they have committed a sin that cannot be atoned for without the shedding of their blood? Will you love that man or woman well enough to shed their blood? That is what Jesus Christ meant. He never told a man or woman to love their enemies in their wickedness, never.”
Just wait…it gets worse…
“This is loving our neighbour as ourselves; if he needs help, help him; and if he wants salvation and it is necessary to spill his blood on the earth in order that he may be saved, spill it. Any of you who understand the principles of eternity, if you have sinned a sin requiring the shedding of blood, except the sin unto death, would not be satisfied nor rest until your blood should be spilled, that you might gain that salvation you desire. That is the way to love mankind.” – Brigham Young, Salt Lake City, February 8, 1857
Does this sound like the words of an inspired prophet of God?
First of all your blood will never atone for your sin. If you didn’t live in the OT time period and take sacrifices to the temple for the priest to offer on the altar for you then your only other option is to believe in Christ Jesus’ blood! There is absolutely nothing you can do to atone for your sin!!!
If you “spill someone’s blood” this is nothing short of murder and punishable by the laws of the land. It’s not only against the laws of God but the laws of the country you live in. Why would you think this is acceptable and where is God in your life to think this way???
Are these the words of an inspired prophet or a deranged man?
Killing people is not loving them! Besides all that there is nothing short of blaspheming the Holy Ghost that Jesus won’t forgive you for! Jesus would never tell you to shed someone’s blood – never. And Jesus did tell us to love our enemies. (Matt. 5:43-45) Their wickedness is no business of yours. It’s one thing to identify that someone is sinning or living an ungodly lifestyle. You live in the world but are not of the world! (1 John 2:15, Romans 12:2) If someone you know is totally abandoning God, you don’t have to associate yourself with them. It’s quite another to mock the words of Jesus and mislead people by telling them Jesus didn’t tell you to love your enemies.
This is unbelievable! Do Mormons today even have access to these books or have they banned the teachings of their own “Prophets”?
Well to answer your question the answer is yes and no. Many of the books they’ve banned but you can access all of their writings via the internet – for free.
A few years back the Church highly encouraged members to buy a set of books called Work and Glory. These books were about 5″ thick and there were 6 or 7 of them in the set. They contained some of the most heretical writings and thoughts by past prophets you could ever imagine. My mother bought them because she was told to do so yet she hasn’t read any of them. This is typical of most Mormons.
With all that being said there’s another side to all this. I was in the Church for 30 years and had never heard of most of the stuff I write about now. I had no idea it even existed, nor did it ever cross my mind that my beloved prophets would ever say such things. I spent the first 5 years after I left face down on the floor bawling because of the guilt I felt that I had followed such wicked men. Just when I thought I had found the most outrageous, heretical thing they could say another would rear its ugly head to reveal itself.
I’ve been out for 19 years (this month!) and they’ll never cease to amaze me at the level of how low they can go.
Michelle
Thank you Michelle. I look forward to everything you post.
Happy Anniversary! 19 years and counting…!!!
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Yeah it was on Palm Sunday of ’93. After judging how ungodly everyone was behaving in their jeans, drinking coffee and allowing the children to talk inside the building I walked into the sanctuary and found the aisles lined in palm branches and couldn’t figure out why they’d do such a thing…little did I know!
God has been abundantly patient with me and I praise Him for all He’s done and given to me!!
I’m humbled now that He uses me and can’t believe He’d allow me of all people to do the things I do. Isn’t life funny? 🙂
I remember when an “outsider” showed up at our LDS Ward one Sunday wearing Levi’s and tennis shoes… That was the “talk of the town” the rest of the day… we judged that guy, because we were wearing our 3-piece suits. I hadn’t been exposed to verses like, “Man looks on the outside appearance, but God looks at the heart”. It is terrible to judge somebody on what they are wearing. We don’t know their background or the situation.
I tell people that like to judge how we dress on Sundays…
What did Jesus wear to the synagouge? What did he wear to the cross?
But enough about “Fashion”… God is GREAT!!! He has done so much and given so much to me and my family. We are truly blessed beyond words.
Thank you! Thank you! Thank you!
El Shaddai, Erkamka na Adonai
May God continue to bless you ministries, Michelle and Camden (and all others who minister o Mormons). What a wondeful testimony to the Lord Jesus!