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Ho Hum...there have been numerous FR threads daily listing the same accusations you make against Obama...all the colored fonts and graphics will not change the fact that the mormon church has taught for 180 years that mormonism will take over the world and govern it.

“What the world calls ‘Mormonism’ will rule every nation...God has decreed it, and his own right arm will accomplish it. This will make the heathen rage.” (Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 53)

Ho Hum...there have been numerous FR threads daily listing the same accusations you make against Obama...all the colored fonts and graphics will not change the fact that the mormon church has taught for 180 years that mormonism will take over the world and govern it.

“What the world calls ‘Mormonism’ will rule every nation...God has decreed it, and his own right arm will accomplish it. This will make the heathen rage.” (Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p. 53)

Is that right?

OK, what say you about the following:

The Journal of Discourses (often abbreviated J.D.) is a 26-volume collection of public sermons by early leaders of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church). The first editions of the Journal were published in England by George D. Watt, the stenographer of Brigham Young. Publication began in 1854, with the endorsement of the church's First Presidency, and ended in 1886. The Journal is one of the richest sources of early Mormon theology and thinking. It includes 1,438 sermons given by 55 church leaders, including most numerously Brigham Young, John Taylor, Orson Pratt, Heber C. Kimball, and George Q. Cannon.

Reservations about the Journal can be found in official LDS publications as early as 1978. Following is the CURRENT, OFFICIAL, POSITION of the church on the issue:

"THE JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES IS NOT AN OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST OF LATTER-DAY SAINTS. It is a compilation of sermons and other materials from the early years of the Church, which were transcribed and then published. It included some doctrinal instruction but also practical teaching, some of which is speculative in nature and some of which is only of historical interest. ... Questions have been raised about the accuracy of some transcriptions. Modern technology and processes were not available for verifying the accuracy of transcriptions, and some significant mistakes have been documented. The Journal of Discourses includes interesting and insightful teachings by early Church leaders; however, by itself it is not an authoritative source of Church doctrine."

Gee, I guess its back to the drawing board right?

Better luck (and better EXAMPLES) next time!

'Mormonism' will rule every nation...