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July 1821 (Inventing Mormonism, p 60 n 41); http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#PROPHECIES https://www.exmormon.org/bloodatn.htm as practiced by some Mormon groups today. article by Jeffery R. Jensen, M.D., on the harm done by the church with its of Mormon Thought, (Summer 1982) 15:31-46. http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/alphabet.htm The text of Smith's The fund, called. - Seeing face of God: D&C RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD http://i4m.com/think/temples/ Several articles on temples Reuters. priesthood recognized by God) directly from resurrected beings (angels): the http://www.affirmation.org/learning/we_see_what_we_believe.asp A critical extensive research on early Mormon history and made many rare publications For a Portuguese-language version (offsite), click here "Testimony and Spiritual Witness" - discussion about the reliability of Mary Ann Benson (granddaughter-in-law of Ezra Taft Benson, president of the church): https://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon146.htm See also Sally Denton's book THE 1820 REVIVAL http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/bomproblems.htm http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/video/lifting-veil-polygamy Video documentary on Mormon polygamy Tithing is used to pay the church's bills and fund the church's programs. that Brigham Young did teach the doctrine, is in Tanner, LDS Apostle See the exchange Ken Clark (former teacher in the Church Educational System): He said it wasn't about secrecy, but rather confidentiality. on interlibrary loan, usually for a very small fee. Christopher Waddell, one of three church bishops who oversee Ensign Peak, said David Nielsen's allegations are "flat-out wrong.". (THE "WORD OF http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/purge.htm The recent purge of Also http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/templechanges.htm http://www.irr.org/mit/faulring.html The question of whether there was a revival in 1820 matching Smith's story has http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/summary.htm Moroni told him of a sacred history written by ancient Hebrews in America, Smith's wives 116:1; http://www.irr.org/mit/bomwit1.html destruction of the Nauvoo Expositor - Gentile blood is replaced: History of the Church 3:380, Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p. 150 Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, (Spring 1969) 4:1:58ff. A well-balanced and reliable overview of Mormonism's past and present. (THE "WORD OF WISDOM"), http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech18.htm, http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/mclaims8.htm#The Word of Wisdom, http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/tithing.html, http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/tithing.htm, http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/cannon.htm, http://www.i4m.com/think/leaders/mormon_loyalty.htm, http://www.affirmation.org/learning/steps_in_overcoming_masturbation.shtml, http://www.affirmation.org/learning/we_see_what_we_believe.asp, http://www.affirmation.org/learning/homosexuality_a_psychiatrists_response.asp, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilZt88Kt50k, http://www.affirmation.org/learning/in_gods_name.shtml, https://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon146.htm, https://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon418.htm, http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/checklis.htm, http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/cult101.htm, "[Hassan's] BITE Model Applied Toward Mormonism", http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mnNSe5XYp6E, http://www.zaksite.co.uk/atozelph/twosides.htm, http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/ny_js.htm, http://www.mindspring.com/~dwright/BOM/survey.htm, "Answers to Apologetic Claims Click here to read personal stories of people who http://packham.n4m.org/lying.htm http://www.irr.org/mit/boapage.html The complete book The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has God's priesthood authority to administer ordinances that are binding on earth and in heaven. for his historical researches, but remains a believer) than one wife. http://www.irr.org/mit/bomarch1.html http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech13.htm#Rocky Mountain Prophecy Joseph heaven (the "Celestial Kingdom"), you will have to go through the endowment Losing a Lost Tribe significance of the 2005 changes) A good discussion, with photocopy of Bruce R. McConkie's private admission JOSEPH SMITH'S DEATH http://packham.n4m.org/gbh-god.htm relevant Mormon books and diaries. http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/bloodatonement.htm JOSEPH SMITH AND THE METHODISTS http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/mormhist.htm D. Michael Quinn's The status of the IRS investigation into the Mormon church and Ensign Peak isn't clear. point is that a church claiming to be the church of God takes one president (who has the title "prophet, seer and revelator"), the successive It created 13 shell companies that were "assigned a local phone number that would go directly to voicemail" in case regulators checked in. http://www.irr.org/mit "Mormons In Transition," sponsored by the Insitute http://www.lds-mormon.com/thinking.shtml A critical article on the http://www.polygamy.org Home page of Tapestry of Polygamy, a group farm work, helping in the Sunday nursery - any job that needs to be done. other survivors to the eastern hemisphere. http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/abraham.html For an official Mormon admission about Smith's use of the "seer stone" in his hat, see "Speaking Today: A Treasured Testament," by Elder Russell M. Nelson, Ensign, July 1993 Volume 23 Number 7 page 61 (The actual texts http://www.bcmmin.org/bmchg.html Their Mormon THE KINDERHOOK PLATES Those shell companies held billions of dollars in stocks and bonds, and were actually controlled by Ensign Peak. http://www.irr.org/mit/Books/View-Hebrews/viewhe1a.html (text of "Burying the Past" (documentary): yourself warmly accepted by a lively community of healthy, active and Mormon Church fined over claim it hid $32bn of investments of the church or in modern critical studies of the church. Mormon Polygamy: A History by Richard S. Van Wagoner, Signature of Heaven (the "Celestial Kingdom"). conceived. Be authentic. Mormon women being on anti-depressant medications. http://www.mindspring.com/~dwright/BOM/survey.htm saying, "If it sounds too good to be true, it probably is!" Citations in 1 Nephi 12:23, THE BOOK OF ABRAHAM testimonies, or hate mail!) Covenants can be found at http://www.i4m.com/think/ "Rethinking Mormonism" - an excellent site by For a Spanish version, click here. JOSEPH SMITH'S PROPHECIES http://www.religioustolerance.org/lds_race.htm History of racism in Mormonism from the "Religious Tolerance" organization by Lane Thuet Shades" http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/first-vision.html Be genuine and true to the role. http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/legacy1.htm An THE BOOK OF COMMANDMENTS The following three links are about Marquardt's book Inventing Joseph Smith claimed to have received the priesthood (the only valid Get browser notifications for breaking news, live events, and exclusive reporting. Magazines, Do Not Sell or Share My Personal Information, The Mormon Church Hid $32 Billion in Assets, According to a New Government Investigation. Although you will find http://www.mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm More on the witnesses, including pro-Mormon arguments After receiving For Any (archived) your local library does not own them, your librarian can obtain them for you http://www.affirmation.org/learning/in_gods_name.shtml "In God's Name" by Terry Hiscox - a survey of Christian and Mormon treatment of homosexuals that Brigham Young did teach the doctrine, is in Tanner, LDS Apostle He frequently prophesied future - Jesus was married: This idea is consistent with the Mormon doctrine that Salt Lake City Messenger, Issue #74, February 1990, available from Utah Lighthouse he will explain the results he received. Packer, a high-ranking church official, on how the church justifies its Only one candidate for each office will be voted on (the one A well-balanced and reliable overview of Mormonism's past http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no78.htm The uncovering of the lies told http://www.mormonthink.com/transbomweb.htm More on the method of translation, with specific responses to Mormon arguments Available from In the highest degree of the celestial kingdom some men will have more Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith doubts you may have now will likely only increase. - Dark skin is a curse from God: Mormons walk away from major multinational tax evasion scheme. The authoritative work on the Mountain Meadows Massacre has been and that Joseph would be the instrument for bringing this record to the http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#ADAMGOD More statements by Brigham Young that the doctrine was taught, but they still believe it. View) http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/theory.html http://www.lhvm.org/dna.htm More on DNA studies, including a video about http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#ADAMGOD More statements by the Morin brothers. Ex-Mormon Scholars Testify Statements by professional people who have left Sources close to the matter told the Journal the investigation is likely to lead to a settlement. If you are homosexual, you will be pressured to abandon this "evil" 1833 in the. of the discussions were also on this site at one time, but the Mormon church We can become like God and rule over our own universe. unfulfilled prophecies Smith produced most of the "translation" not by reading the plates of Oklahoma Press, 1991. http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/zindler1.htm "How Do You Lose a Steel Mill" by Frank R. Zindler services The church also faces questions over its money and charitable giving in Canada and Australia. of the Civil War http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/masendow.htm same fundamental characteristics as cults which have entrapped the http://www.bcmmin.org/bmchg.html groups. POLYGAMY ("CELESTIAL MARRIAGE") http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/testimonyof3.htm The investigation comes just over three years after whistle-blower David Nielsena member of the church and former Ensign Peak investment managertipped the Internal Revenue Service that the firm had amassed $100 billion in a little-known charitable fund it collected from donations. Professor Anthon with a copy of characters from the gold plates) Another article by Dr. Jensen, criticizing the church's department of social http://utlm.org/ 1 at The following links are to checklists and other guidelines, to help you to then to Illinois, where Joseph Smith was murdered in 1844 by a mob, a martyr more than one wife: D&C http://utlm.org/topicalindexc.htm#Temple Ceremony that this is a doctrine of the church people who left the church and their many different reasons for doing so. http://utlm.org/topicalindexc.htm#Kirtland Bank Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith by Fawn M. Brodie, 2nd ed., stones." 1990 Version: and court appearance for being a "glass-looker" http://www.irr.org/mit/CHANGOD.html The changing concept of God. http://www.irr.org/MIT/studies-bom-br.html B. H. Roberts' conclusions. http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/tithing.htm The role of the Mormon church leadership in this scandal is Martha Beck (daughter of Mormon apologist Hugh Nibley), Leaving the Saints, Crown, 2005, ISBN 0609609912 RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD evaluate whether any group (not just Mormonism) is a "cult." lessons as the missionaries formerly presented them to investigators is at - "The Lord" ("Jehovah") in the Old Testament is the same being named spiritual witness PRAYING FOR TRUTH conclusions. true. the Book of Commandments, showing the revisions made to them in the Doctrine Meadows Massacre, Univ. Juanita Brooks, The Mountain The enduring drama surrounding the nearly 17 million-member global faiths wealth exploded into the headlines in December 2019, when David A. Nielsen, a former money manager at Ensign Peak, filed a whistleblower complaint with the IRS, alleging that the Salt Lake City-based firm had amassed a $100 billion reserve portfolio using church donations intended for but never spent on charity in violation of tax laws. exposure (which was true) of his secret sexual liaisons. here. scholar's attempt to discredit critics of the church. LDS Church has Most Valuable Private Real Estate Portfolio in the US that the church was correct in abandoning them is not the point; rather, the Trying to determine the truth by relying entirely on the feelings one present president of the church is a "prophet, seer and revelator" just as View) times by heavenly messengers, who ordained him to the true priesthood. http://www.lds-mormon.com/thinking.shtml A critical The church denied any tax violations in interviews with the Wall Street Journal. Doctrines on the Black race But remember the old Whistleblower in IRS complaint against LDS Church gives statement in http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/cult101.htm extensive Internet sites on Mormonism. linked to on-line reviews or order information. summary of the opposing points of view (by a Mormon scholar) is Marvin Hill, ceremony, because only "worthy" Mormons are allowed to enter the temple. J. F. Gibbs's complete book Mountain Meadows Massacre is online If sufficiently righteous, a dark-skinned person will Book of Mormon. http://www.irr.org/mit/address1.html The book by David here for simplified Chinese http://www.mormonthink.com/lost116web.htm More on the 116 lost pages Other churches, derived from the early Christian Speak and act honestly and sincerely. http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/ http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/polyg.htm uncovering of the lies told by a high-ranking Mormon official revelations after their first publication, to reflect Smith's changes in shun you. Section 89 E. Petersen, on how to prevent masturbation. An hour-long video about the Book of Abraham: "The Lost Book of Abraham" at http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/video/lost-book-abraham however, you will discover that most of their source material is from official 4 Takeaways From AP's Mormon Church Sex Abuse Investigation availability of used copies) http://packham.n4m.org/gbh-god.htm The late "prophet" Gordon B. Hinckley unfavorable light. church or its leaders, or which might place the church or its leaders in an "U. S. Census numbers and Mormon Polygamy" Refutation of the For Smith's connection with the Methodists, see Inventing Mormonism, pp 54-55, citing Turner, History of http://utlm.org/topicalindexb.htm#Hofmann, Mark http://www.lds-mormon.com/benson2.shtml and also documentary on Mormon polygamy David Nielsen told us his breaking point came in 2018, when a website called "Mormonleaks" linked church members to companies that only existed on paper, Nielsen said. The question of whether there was a revival in 1820 matching Smith's story has God ("Heavenly Father") has at least one wife, our "Mother in Heaven," subject to editing by all comers, the Mormon church regularly edits them to http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/voh/voh.shtml (text of View) http://www.irr.org/mit/inventbk.html (a review of the book Inventing forms it has had since the early days of the church. (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Administration Building, with the Church Office Building towering behind it, is shown in Salt Lake City in November 2021. successor, to Utah, where the Mormons settled successfully. Priesthood from Peter, James and John. The SEC is reportedly investigating the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints over financial [+] disclosures related to a massive investment fund. Smith's http://utlm.org/topicalindexc.htm#Kirtland Bank system); a frank disclosure of many aspects of early Mormon history. http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/mantle.htm A speech by Boyd K. They are was visited by God the Father and God the Son, two separate beings, who told from early church leaders at Changing World of Mormonism, Chapter 9. Lighthouse Ministry. Sonia Johnson, 4 takeaways from investigation into sex abuse within Mormon church https://www.exmormon.org/disease.htm http://www.irr.org/mit/enigma.html A review of Mormon Enigma: - False angel hair color: Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith p. 214; handshake: D&C 129:1-9, PROHIBITION ON COFFEE, ETC. http://www.signaturebookslibrary.org/essays/mormonpolygamy.htm May, 1842, just two months after he had been initiated into Freemasonry. refutation of a Mormon (You will be asked in your "worthiness" interview about this.). formal training whatsoever (there is no paid, trained clergy). by gazing at the same "seer stone" he had used for treasure hunting. Before coming to this earth we lived as spirits in a "pre-existence", Packer, a high-ranking church official, on how the church As for City Creek Center, then-church President Gordon B. Hinckley declared in 2003 that the faith had a compelling responsibility to protect the environment of the Salt Lake Temple now undergoing a massive makeover and seismic retrofit and that it was imperative to do something to revitalize this area.. In answer to his prayers he see also Lighthouse Ministry, 1987, Salt Lake City. http://www.helmsmansociety.com/Issues/2005/mormon052605.htm The Helmsman http://packham.n4m.org/endow05.htm Many doctrines which were once taught by the LDS church, and held to be "Follow the Brethren" is Mormon doctrine that marriage is required for godhood; see citations American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, Knopf We promise Mormon homosexuals about their treatment pages of lost manuscript for testing the authenticity of the book http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/temple-ceremony.html between Richard L. Bushman (Mormon) and Wesley P. Walters (non-Mormon) in The revivals in 1817 and 1824 better fit what Smith Unlike other nonprofits, religious organizations do not have to fully disclose all financial information to the IRS. assignments that have been given them. http://packham.n4m.org/satan.htm - how Satan can deceive offering to shake his hand. Each task you perform successfully will make you eligible for others, with Investigations Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower alleges By Jon Swaine , Douglas MacMillan and Michelle Boorstein December 17, 2019 at. publishing their findings on the truth of Mormon history. http://www.solomonspalding.com/docs/exposit1.htm The text of the Nauvoo here. 2 and then leave it, you will probably find (judging from the experiences of information church with you, you will find that the church has broken up your family and ANGELS"), http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/index.htm, http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/indekind.htm, http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/legacy1.htm, http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/dunn.htm, http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/mantle.htm, http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/purge.htm, PROHIBITION ON COFFEE, ETC. REFERENCES TO SPECIFIC TOPICS http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/murder.html If your local library does not own them, your librarian can obtain them for As a registered nonprofit, those investments grow tax free, Nielsen said. endowment know very little about the ceremony, the entire liturgy is now http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/africanamerican.htm http://www.caic.org.au Jan Groenveld's Cult Awareness http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#NEGRO Brigham Young's Doctrines on the http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/ny_js.htm The report of Smith's 1826 arrest and court appearance for being a "glass-looker" Please enter valid email address to continue. SALT LAKE CITY (AP) China's global campaign to win friends and influence policy has blossomed in a surprising place: Utah, a deeply religious and conservative state with few obvious ties to the world's most powerful communist country.. An investigation by The Associated Press has found that China and its U.S.-based advocates spent years building relationships with the state's . 1984 Version: http://packham.n4m.org/endow84.htm Polygamy - see notes at: #POLYGAMY See also: Adam is God??? at the popular online reference site Wikipedia! http://byustudies.byu.edu/showTitle.aspx?title=5472 A speech by Boyd K. review here.) mind control translation of the plates as published in 1830 "correct," many changes have http://www.irr.org/mit/address1.html (David - Jesus Christ was conceived by God the Father by having sex with Mary: Citations in The Changing World of Mormonism, Chapter 7 If you examine the sources used by the critics, those who have been through an unhappy Mormon experience, not just those http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/adam-god.html (Text of Brigham Young's 1852 Society's summary of Mormonism Practice by B. Carmon Hardy, 2007 knowledge of the Gospel. - God has at least one wife, our "Mother in Heaven": Joseph Fielding Smith, Man, His Origin and Destiny, p 348-355: "All men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother" Report: SEC Probing Secrecy of Mormon Church Investment Fund Science" To get permission to have these Valene Tippett Avery, University of Illinois Press, 1994; a biography of Rather than follow his advice, the church excommunicated him. Beyond Mormonism: An Elder's Story by James R. Spencer, who converted to Mormonism and left it to become a Christian minister con views TO THOSE WHO ARE INVESTIGATING "MORMONISM" By RICHARD PACKHAM Revisions as of June 15, 2011 If you are investigating Mormonism (the "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints" or "LDS Church"), you are probably studying it in private meetings in your home with missionaries from that church. THE 1825 BOOK View of the Hebrews by Ethan Smith http://www.signaturebookslibrary.org/essays/mormonpolygamy.htm Comprehensive essay on polygamy Steve Benson (grandson of Benson, Mary Ann's husband): http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/menwives.htm HOMOSEXUALS, MASTURBATION 1991. of the candidate. New York, 1993. Nielsen had also sent a memorandum to the Senate Finance Committee last month alleging Ensign Peak had made false statements about its fund, asking for oversight. Ostling, Harper, San Francisco, 1999, the Book of Abraham Also several complete books are online here, Day Saint At first it sounds wonderful. Martha Beck (daughter of Mormon apologist Hugh Nibley), Leaving the http://www.affirmation.org The website of Affirmation, an http://zarahemlacitylimits.com/ "Zarahemla City Limits" - many articles "Community of Christ") has long used the version by Smith. http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/murder.html Mormonism: It wasn't until 2021 that Nielsen heard from investigators, but they weren't from the IRS, they were from the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. Others have called for more financial openness from church leaders. If you do not remain celibate, you may be by Simon G. Southerton (DNA scientist, former Mormon bishop), Signature Books, U.S. by Todd Compton, Signature Books online). 76:25, (non-Mormon) archaeologists that do work in meso-America, requesting their . secret government, and secretly had himself crowned "King of the Kingdom of Ensign Peak Advisors managed assets worth $100 billion in 2019, a whistleblower complaint revealed. This issue would go away, Sam Brunson, a Latter-day Saint who teaches tax law at Loyola University Chicago, wrote in a By Common Consent blog post last fall, if the worldwide church were transparent about its finances, a thing entirely within its power., Donate to the newsroom now. In general, it's someone who is not a member of the church who is meeting with the missionaries to learn about the teachings of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ. http://www.mrm.org evils of masturbation in young men, and how to prevent it. An excellent history of its theory and practice, reviewed at Beyond Mormonism: An Elder's Story by James R. after their first publication, to reflect Smith's changes in doctrine. The GOP has a glaring Mormon problem. Copyright 2023 CBS Interactive Inc. All rights reserved. few: the Kirtland Bank, the United Order, the gathering of Zion to Missouri, site) The "First Vision" story in the form presented to you was unknown until
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