The professors thereof (i.e. priests, pastors, etc.) are all corrupt - That is NOT a condemnation on the general members of the various sects
Get a dictionary, professor is - one that professes, avows, or declares - thus the member of the 'sect' professes the beliefs of that 'sect' - hence professor. Throw in ALL of the commentary against these MEMBERS by your prophets throughout the years to date and you can save the lives of a lot of electrons by posting this fluff apologetic.
So, the claim that Joseph Smith hated any people of any sect is completely false. He did not. He also did not condemn the people of any sect, Presbyterians or otherwise.
Sorry to break it to you, but that statement is false:
"...all the priests who adhere to the sectarian religions of the day with all their followers, without one exception, receive their portion with the devil and his angels." - Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. , The Elders Journal, v. 1, no. 4, p. 60
2 Nephi 28:14
Reformed Egyptian from 540 BC using the Greek transliteration "Christ" 540 years before He was born and even before it was present in the greek to begin with.
Is that any different than any other church? Doesn't the Catholic church teach that protestants are wrong? Don't protestant churches teach that Catholics are wrong? Of course they do, in one way or another. So why condemn Joseph Smith for teaching that other churches are wrong?
My, the fluff is thick here. Smith went beyond just 'wrong', lets be honest. He wrote in 1 Ne. 14: 10:" And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth."
This is echoed by your missionaries on a daily basis. So please, spare us the falsehood regarding mormon teachings regarding Christianity.
Wow. So every student of a teacher who declares the same principles taught in his class becomes a profesor?
And when someone talks about "professors" in the 1830s, he's really talking about the teacher, the student and, well, ANYONE really. Because, after all, EVERYONE believes and avows SOMETHING.
We're ALL professors now!
Sorry to break it to you, but that statement is false: "...all the priests who adhere to the sectarian religions of the day with all their followers, without one exception, receive their portion with the devil and his angels." - Prophet Joseph Smith, Jr. , The Elders Journal, v. 1, no. 4, p. 60
You might want to mention this part from The Elders Journal too:
Question 3rd. Will every body be damned, but Mormons? Answer. Yes, and a great portion of them unless they repent work righteousness.Sounds pretty insideous, doesn't it?
These quotes must be understood in light of the Mormon belief about hell and damnation, which differ significantly from most of Christianity.
I'll leave it to you to look it up, if you're interested in getting your facts straight.
Reformed Egyptian from 540 BC using the Greek transliteration "Christ" 540 years before He was born and even before it was present in the greek to begin with.
Wow, almost like it was prophetic or something, huh?
My, the fluff is thick here. Smith went beyond just 'wrong', lets be honest. He wrote in 1 Ne. 14: 10:" And he said unto me: Behold there are save two churches only; the one is the church of the Lamb of God, and the other is the church of the devil; wherefore, whoso belongeth not to the church of the Lamb of God belongeth to that great church, which is the mother of abominations; and she is the whore of all the earth."
Yes, that's in the BofM. What's your point?
Are you still unable to differentiate between a CHURCH and the MEMBERS of that church?
This has been fun, but I gotta go now. I'll try and drop in again tomorrow. :-)