General Conference, “The Power of the Book of Mormon,” April 2017; “My dear associates in the work of the Lord, I implore each of us to prayerfully study and ponder the Book of Mormon each day. As we do so, we will be in a position to hear the voice of the Spirit, to resist […]
Today we’re giving an update about our website and blog! Because of the number of articles concerning the topic of women, we’ve rearranged several of them and they’re now housed in one easily accessible page. Yay! We’ve listed all the references below, and you can access it for later use at Women and Mormonism. We […]
1 John 4:20-21 “If a man say, I love God, and hateth his brother, he is a liar: for he that loveth not his brother whom he hath seen, how can he love God whom he hath not seen? 21 And this commandment have we from him, That he who loveth God love his brother […]
Isaiah 40:8; “The grass withereth, the flower fadeth: but the word of our God shall stand for ever.” As promised, here are some of the outrageous things LDS Authorities have said about various subject matters, and today we’re looking at how the Mormon Church regards the Holy Bible. For the life of me, I cannot […]
Journal of Discourses 1:40-41; “Joseph Smith was not killed because he was deserving of it, nor because he was a wicked man; but because he was a virtuous man. I know that to be so, as well as I know that the sun now shines. … Joseph Smith was the subject of forty-eight lawsuits, and […]
If you run a search on the internet for the characteristics of true Christianity, you’ll find a plethora of opinions! One recurring theme I kept seeing is a list of four main characteristics the majority of the body of Christ agrees upon, thus identifying them as a traditional (‘orthodox’) Christian. It should come as […]
What the Church Teaches about the Bible in 2016 “…In 1979, after years of careful work under the direction of the First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve, the Churchpublished a Latter-day Saint edition of the Bible. This edition of the Bible has the same text as the King James Version, but it includes […]
It’s been said that looking at pictures of the General Authorities in Mormonism is like looking at family reunion photos – not your family mind you, but of a family you probably don’t belong to. As time has waned on over the years, not much has changed in the Church’s selection of who’s next to […]
From the inception of Mormonism itself, there’s been controversy. Joe Smith’s unconventional lifestyle was laden with numerous events the majority of people either never thought of before, or outright shunned. Ignoring or shunning Smith always brought the same reaction; outrage. If you weren’t supportive of his antics, you were labeled a heretic, or an ‘anti’. Fast […]
Oh the tangled web they weave… As time has waned on for the Church, they’ve made a strict practice of not giving heed to many of their past proclamations. In Mormonism, there are no hard and fast rules, and our example today is a classic display of how they operate. Joseph Smith emphatically preached that […]
