If the Mormon concept of the heavens was a Saturday Night Live sketch… Forget those pearly gates and harp-playing angels. We Mormons are all about options! That’s right, folks. In our celestial real estate portfolio, we’ve got not one, not two, but THREE different levels of heaven. It’s like choosing between a cozy cabin, a…
Category: Mormonism
The Mormon Conundrum: A constant state of being at odds with the Biblical admonition, “Live peaceably with all men.”
One of the central tenets of the Christian faith is the call to peacemaking and living harmoniously with others. The Apostle Paul, in his letters to the Romans and in the book of Hebrews, exhorts followers of Christ to “live peaceably with all men” and “make every effort to live in peace with everyone.” These…
Embracing the Cross: A Challenge to the LDS Church’s Symbolic Reluctance.
The crucified Jesus is Christians’ central symbol of redemption, forgiveness, and eternal life. However, the stark contrast between the brutality of the crucifixion and the message of redemption it represents raises a compelling question. Since early Christianity, the Church has grappled with this seeming contradiction. The adoption of the cross, the instrument of Jesus’ death,…
10% of My Income, 100% of My Choice? Unveiling the Mormon Tithe.
Y’ALL ARE DOING MALACHI ALL WRONG! A key Old Testament reference used by the LDS Church for tithing is Malachi 3:10-12: Blessings of Paying an Honest Tithe. Malachi 3:10–12 teaches us the following principle: If we return to God and pay our tithes and offerings, then the Lord will pour out blessings upon us. The…
Unveiling the Controversies: Joseph Smith and the Enigmatic Kinderhook Plates.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) centers its history on the revelations received by Joseph Smith, particularly his translation of the golden plates that became the Book of Mormon. However, lesser-known episodes challenge the narrative of Smith’s consistent prophetic abilities. One such case involves the Kinderhook Plates, a set of allegedly…
The Unraveling Faith: When Latter-day Saints Leave the Church
For many members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), faith is a carefully constructed edifice. Beliefs are meticulously placed upon a mental shelf, each one bolstering the others. But what happens when troubling questions begin to accumulate, threatening the stability of the entire structure? This is the essence of the…
LDS Church Sweeps Racism of False Prophet Under The Carpet.
Who is this guy? From “Got Questions:” Brigham Young (1801 – 1877) was the second president and prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS or Mormon) and a pioneer in the western United States. He has been nicknamed the “American Moses” or the “Mormon Moses.” Born and raised on a frontier…
Mark Hofmann and the Mormon Murders
Mark William Hofmann A summary from Jon Krakauer’s “Under The Banner of Heaven: A true story of violent faith.” In 1979, Hofmann announced he had discovered a document written in 1828 by a close associate of Joseph Smith, the founding prophet of the Latter-day Saints. According to an eminent religious scholar who examined the document, known…
The Book of Mormon … fake or “Restored Gospel?”
The history of Mormons, more accurately known as the Latter-day Saints, has faced numerous challenges, including controversies surrounding its founder, doctrinal inconsistencies, and attempts to present a sanitized version of its past. This pattern of historical revisionism has provided ample fuel for its critics, highlighting numerous credibility gaps and inconsistencies. Since its inception, the faith…
The Book of Mormon’s Missing 116 pages … “The fly in the ointment.”
From Wikipedia: The “lost 116 pages” were the original manuscript pages of what Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter Day Saint movement, said was the translation of the Book of Lehi, the first portion of the golden plates revealed to him by an angel in 1827. These pages, which had not been copied, were lost…