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Show me what you believe are saving truths and not what you believe are damning lies.

The TRUTH is easy to find; while the DAMNING LIES are somewhat overlooked.

So, in the spirit of openness; here are some DAMNING LIES...

"He (Joseph Smith) is the man through whom God has spoken... yet I would not like to call him a savior, though in a certain capacity he was a god to us, and is to the nations of the earth, and will continue to be."

- Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 8:321

"You call us fools; but the day will be, gentlemen and ladies, whether you belong to this Church or not, when you will prize brother Joseph Smith as the Prophet of the Living God, and look upon him as a god..."

- Herber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 5:88

"If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him [Joseph Smith]; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him [Joseph Smith]"

- (as quoted in 1988 Melchizedek Priesthood Study Guide, p. 142)

There is "no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith. If Joseph Smith was verily a prophet, and if he told the truth...no man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God"

- Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, p.190

"I tell you, Joseph holds the keys, and none of us can get into the celestial kingdom without passing by him. We have not got rid of him, but he stands there as the sentinel, holding the keys of the kingdom of God; and there are many of them beside him. I tell you, if we get past those who have mingled with us, and know us best, and have a right to know us best, probably we can pass all other sentinels as far as it is necessary, or as far as we may desire. But I tell you, the pinch will be with those that have mingled with us, stood next to us, weighed our spirits, tried us, and proven us: there will be a pinch, in my view, to get past them. The others, perhaps, will say, If brother Joseph is satisfied with you, you may pass. If it is all right with him, it is all right with me. Then if Joseph shall say to a man, or if brother Brigham say to a man, I forgive you your sins, "Whosoever sins ye remit they are remitted unto them;" if you who have suffered and felt the weight of transgression—if you have generosity enough to forgive the sinner, I will forgive him: you cannot have more generosity than I have. I have given you power to forgive sins, and when the Lord gives a gift, he does not take it back again."

- Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p.154-155

"It is because the Lord called Joseph Smith that salvation is again available to mortal men.... If it had not been for Joseph Smith and the restoration, there would be no salvation,"

- Bruce McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 396, 670

So Elsie, in the spirit of openness and TRUTH, why don't you show me truths from the Bible, truth to the validity or invalidity to the statements I made to the person from Tenneessee, in lieu of showing me lies?

Everybody is telling me where not to go, but nobody is telling me where to go...well, other than to Hell.

I think I'm seeing a repeating pattern here:

Everybody tells me I need to accept the truth of accepting Jesus.
I agree that everybody needs to accept Christ.
Everybody tells me to read the Bible.
I say I have read the Bible, several times in fact.
Everybodys tell me that I don't understand the Bible and throws lots of scriptures in front of me saying that the Bible is easy to understand.
I ask for the meaning of these scriptures thrown in front of me.
Everybody respond by throwing lots of evil Mormon lies in front of me and tell to to reject those evil Mormons lies, but to accept Biblical truth.
I ask what these truths are.
Some condemn me for asking questions.
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I ask for truth here and it seems that people avoid it like a plague. Is this how Christians are suppose to treat others?