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Mormons, LDS Scripture and Plural Marraige

 The LDS church has 4 sets of scripture, two of which are the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants.  Here is an interesting comparison on the subject of plural wives from each of those two.

First, from the Book of Mormon, Jacob 2:23-24:

23“For behold, thus saith the Lord:
This people begin to wax in
INIQUITY; they understand NOT
the scriptures, for they seek to
excuse them- selves in committing
WHORE- DOMS, because of the
things which were written concern
ing David, and Solomon his son.
24“Behold, David and Solomon truly
had many wives and concubines,
which thing was ABOMINABLE
BEFORE ME, saith the Lord.”

And, second, from the D&C, Sec.132

1 “Verily, thus saith the Lord…you
have inquired of my hand to know
and understand wherein I, the Lord,
justified my servants…David
and Solomon,…as touching the
principle and doctrine of - having
many wives and
concubines . . . 39 David’s wives
and concubines were given unto
him of me,…”

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Non-Christian Nature of the Mormon Church

 Is the Mormon church a Christian church?

First, lets be clear on the name of the church we are talking about. It is The Church Of Jesus Christ Of Latter-day Saints, sometimes referred to as LDS, and sometimes as Mormon.
A young Boy named Joseph Smith tells of a vision he had (see notes at end). This vision came, he said, as a result of his being unable to determine which of the various churches to join. There was a revival in his neighborhood with several of the sects setting up their tents and preaching for converts. Joseph Smith was confused by what he saw as differences in what they each required for salvation. His first mistake was in thinking that the true church must be only one of the denominations (as opposed to the church being the people of all of the denominations). His second error was not recognizing that virtually all of the segments of mainline Christianity agree on the the requirement of salvation. In any event, he went into the woods to pray for an answer to which, of all these, he should join.
Smith reports that as he prayed a force of evil came over him which he could not resist, and as he was about to succumb to this force a shaft of light shone down from above. He was released from the force, and looking, he saw two personages standing above the ground and within the shaft of light. (A personage is defined as a person, especially one of high rank or one who can strongly influence the course of events). One said of the other, "This is my beloved son. Hear him!"
What he was told in answer to his inquiry was to ". . . join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors [of these creeds] were all corrupt;. . ." (Pearl of Great Price, Joseph Smith History--this is one of the Mormons' "Standard Works" of scripture.)
Note three things especially. Smith says that the Son of God told him that 1) All of our churches are wrong, 2) all of our creeds are abominable, and 3) all of us who profess them are corrupt.
Now, it must be understood that the LDS church is firmly planted and stands solidly on that vision of Smith's. Without that vision there is no reason or excuse for the Mormon church to exist. Take away that vision and Mormonism collapses in a heap of ruin. But, of course, it stands today, still perpetuating that lie, and all those other untruth's that stem from it. Take a closer look.
What do we learn from the reported vision of Smith. To start with we are told that God and Jesus are two completely separate and individual persons. Each with his own body, even God, who the Bible tells us is pure spirit. This is a direct contradiction of our Christian creeds and beliefs. Then we are told that these creeds are an abomination. And finally, that those of us who believe them are corrupt.
Whatever Christian church you belong to, it accepts as doctrine the Apostles creed, the Nicene creed, or some form of one of them which probably doesn't differ in any important respect; especially in the view that the Trinity is one God and eternally consists of the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, all as one substance. This is admittedly a difficult concept, this 3 in 1 God, and many people give up on trying to understand it. But is is clearly supported by the Bible. That much every Christian should understand. Not coming to terms with who and what God says He is, is one reason people fall for the Mormon deception. You see, from a position of purely worldly logic, Smith's description may seem to humans to be acceptable, even preferable.
We can conclude from our discussion so far that given Smith's reported vision we Christians are apostate (something that he later says, using exactly that word). We are heretics. That conclusion, if Smith were right, is inescapable. Of course, the opposite is true. That is, the Mormon church takes heretical views of God and Christ. These views of theirs are such that the Mormons cannot be considered merely as Christians whose doctrines have gone a little astray. They are not Christian. They are not Christian because they do not hold Christian beliefs about God, Jesus, and the Holy Spirit.
But, they say, His name, Jesus, is even in the name of our church. Well, so what. I once knew a man named Blacksmith. Does that make him a black smith? What was it Shakespeare said, "a rose by any other same would smell as sweet." What's in a name. in Biblical times, a lot, but in our modern time a name is simply a handle to go by. A way of identifying one as apart from being someone else. Simply putting the name Jesus in the name of their church doesn't make them Christian.

NOTES

I have shortened Joseph Smith's telling of this story somewhat by paraphrasing, but you can confirm my accuracy at Smith history where You can read the official account of this vision in the Pearl Of Great Price. <<Here>>
Here is a working definition of a cult: They change the Bible and/or add more "scripture." The Mormons have done both. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a cult.

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The Evil Results of Nonthougt

 

From Maverick News Media comes this jewel byYaacov Ben Moshe.

"The dominant kitsch of our age in the west are surely the fetishes of the left. They are the very means by which the left attempts to analyze and solve every problem by fitting them into “what they already know” rather than understanding them on their own terms. Hence, the persistent and obdurate refusal to believe in the threat posed by the bloody and brutal Caliphate Islamists. Because, for instance, they already “know” that multiculturalism is a universal and that according to its dictates “all people are brothers”, they cannot see that this sweet but dangerously mistaken belief is not shared by many other cultures. They also already know that all of humanity are brothers and that if you treat your enemy with dignity and resolve your problems by talking them out there is never any need to have a war. These seem like nice principals but they are deeply flawed and not universally shared, in fact, the Islamists view them as a fatal weakness to be exploited.
The pathetic retreat into these bland (and blind)assertions without testing in reality are what Kettering calls “…a system whereby one may go wrong with confidence”, Kundera calls “nonthought”. Here is Kundera:"

“Nonthought. This cannot be translated by “absence of thought”…We cannot say that an absence is aggressive, or that it is spreading. “Nonthought,” on the other hand, describes a reality, a force; I can therefore say, “pervasive nonthought”, the “nonthought of received ideas”; “the mass media’s nonthought”; etc.”

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