Top 10 Embarrassments of the Mormon Religion

ListVerse.com ^ | Oct. 5, 2012 | Zabrina

[Colofornian]

From the commentary:

10 False Book

Embarrassment: Book of Abraham

9 Martyr or Coward?

Embarrassment: Smith’s death – suicide, heroic, or somewhere in between?

8 Missing History

Embarrassment: No archaeological evidence

7 Plagiarism

Embarrassment: Plagiarism of the King James Bible

6 Mormon Underwear

Embarrassment: Magical underpants

5 Polygamy

Embarrassment: Polygamy – now it’s valid, now it isn’t?

4 Lost Text

Embarrassment: First translation mysteriously lost

3 False Witnesses

Embarrassment: Witnesses were excommunicated

2 Stolen Rituals

Embarrassment: Stolen temple rituals

1 Slaughter of Innocents

Embarrassment: Mountain Meadows Massacre

[CodeToad]

Re-writing the Bible worked for Mad Mo when the child-molester, polygamist created Islam so why not for the Mormons. Want to have sex with children and multiple women, create a religion and call yourself a prophet.

[al_c]

#1 should be Mitt Romney’s presidential campaign. ;-)

[Sophia777]

Interesting,
I bought a book years ago at a garage sale, I only had to read a few passages to know it was false.

[Alex Murphy]

Embarrassment: First translation mysteriously lost

The "sealed pages" supposedly found by Christopher Nemelka:
Didn't Do Your Homework
Sealed Fate (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints)
True Believer: A fabled portion of...Book of Mormon made a one-time believer of Christine Marie...

[txrefugee]

Scientology proves that people will believe anything.

[Colofornian]

I would much rather prefer to have a Mormon family as a neighbor living next door then an anti-Mormon person.

I, on the other hand, would much rather having a neighbor willing to tell the truth than one who goes about enabling others in their hurtful lies.

"Love REJOICES in the truth." (1 Corinthians 13:6)

[Graybeard58]

I would much rather prefer to have a Mormon family as a neighbor living next door then an anti-Mormon person.

I welcome all anti mormonism people to my neighborhood.

[Colofornian]

See...and then somebody can come on board and repeat what I just said to you ... and then it’ll go on and on and on...

[IronJack]

Aside from antagonizing Mormons, which would seem to be a petty personal goal, is there any purpose to this thread? Are you attempting to illuminate the peculiarities of Mormonism? Or are you trying to discredit it because you don’t consider it a valid religion?

[montag813]

No...the #1 embarrassment of the Church of Latter Day Saints is its blanket support for illegal alien amnesty.

From the top bishops to Mormon Judges like Murray Snow who has declared war of Sheriff Joe Arpaio - Mormons have become traitors within by pushing hard, with mucho dollars to support massive amnesty for tens of millions of foreign invaders. DAMN THEM!

[Colofornian]

It's real simple:

1. Jesus comforted the afflicted; and He afflicted the comfortable (the legalistic Pharisees). The Good News of the Gospel comforts the spiritually afflicted; and truth -- including the Law -- unsettles the religiously comfortable...depicting their need for something beyond mere religiosity.

2. Many cults essentially concede their extreme positions -- and don't try to masquerade as Christianity. Mormonism is the opposite. It acts as a counterfeit. And I don't see you trying to dissuade our government to stop exposing counterfeit passing of bills, counterfeit frauds attempting to scan others, etc.

3. Mormonism regards ALL Christian denominations as "apostate"..."the church of the devil"...ALL of its creeds as an 'abomination'...ALL of its professing believers as "corrupt"...

Let's see, then, you're consistency is asking the Mormon church why it "antagonizes" orthodox, Protestant, and Catholic denominations by labeling itself to be "the ONLY true and living church on the face of the earth." (Lds "scriptures" -- Doctrine & Covenants 1:30)

[Zakeet]

Here are a few more to consider ...

1. The Book of Mormon: the "most correct of any book on earth" with more than 3,913 changes, still containing stories of mass migrations in submarine barges, snakes herding cattle, American Indians smelting steel and living in cement houses and riding about in horse drawn chariots, and so much, much more.

2. The Book of Abraham: Joseph's translation completely debunked by Egyptologists. The poor guy missed the author of the document, the purpose for the document, and every single word contained in the document.

3. The Failed Prophesies: dozens to choose from including such gems as the violent overthrow of the United States in the 1830's, to the second coming of Christ sometime before 1891, to the discovery of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel living in cement houses in a valley near the North Pole, to the finding the moon is inhabited by men dressed like Quakers, to the prediction the earth has knobs on each end. Joseph wasn't afraid go for broke. And he got there time and time again.

4. The First Vision: or more specifically, the nine different versions of the first vision; or ten if you include the Salamander account pronounced genuine by LDS Church leadership.

5. The 1826 Bainbridge Conviction for Fraud: the Conquistador's gold was really down there on that farm in Northern Pennsylvania. It wasn't Joseph's fault the farmer dug so slowly the ground opened up and kept swallowing the treasure.

6. The Book of Commandments / Doctrine and Covenants: supposedly dictated to the prophet by Mormonism's god, but changed thousands of times and still replete with examples of false statements and contradictions with other Mormon scripture.

7. The Kirtland Safety Society: Joseph preceded the Enron scandal by 170 years with what was for a long time the largest financial fraud in U.S. history (and still one of the most blatant). This happened shortly after Mormonism's god promised the banking institution, "like Aaron's rod shall swallow up all other banks … and grow and flourish and spread from the rivers to the ends of the earth, and survive when all others should be laid in ruins."

8. The United Order: Rigdon talked Smith into trying communism about 30 years or so before Marx and Engels. The Saints got the same economic results as other “workers’ paradises” such as the Soviet Union, Cuba and North Korea. The Saints eventually abandoned this commandment in favor of “the law of tithing” even though the United Order was proclaimed to be “an everlasting order for the benefit of my church, and for the salvation of men until I [Jesus] come.”

9. The Garden of Eden located in Independence, Missouri: This was the place where Adam and Eve were given Sacred Temple Garments (long johns with secret Masonic symbols) to cover their nakedness after they were expelled from paradise.

10. The Kinderhook Plates: a hoax by evil gentiles who took pieces of brass, and then inspired by the characters on a box of Chinese green tea, etched strange markings on them with acid. Joseph pronounced the artifacts genuine and determined they contained information about a descendant of Ham.

11. Doctrine & Covenants Section 132: polygamy as a result of a "new and everlasting covenant … [and] if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned; for no one can reject this covenant and be permitted to enter into my glory." This revelation convinced more than thirty women, many in their teens and several married to other men, to share Joseph's celestial bed. And it ruined the lives of thousands of his devout followers. And exactly how does one get rid of something that is “everlasting”? The LDS Church has been trying to figure that one out since the Federal Government almost put them out of business in 1887.

12. The Science of Kolob: the Sun borrows its light from Kolob through the medium of Kae-e-vanrash, and other stars receive their power through the revolutions of Kolob. Similarly, the earth receives its power through the medium of Kli-flos-is-es, or Hah-ko-kau-beam.

13. Salvation through Joseph: or more specifically, the idea no one receives exaltation without recognizing Smith is a prophet of god and will pass before him in order to gain entry to the highest kingdom of heaven.

14. The Eternal Progression: As man now is, god once was. As god now is, man may become.

15. I'm greater than Jesus: Joseph's pompous boast made on May 26, 1844. Less than a month later, the vain prophet Joseph Smith was thrown down exactly as he prophesied.

One thing about Mormonism ... we can all have our own different rather lengthy lists of silly moments, with very little overlap ... and that's what makes it such an interesting religious faith.