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The Great Apostasy [Mormonism labels ALL Protestant, Catholic & Orthodox churches 'apostate']
Mormonism Research Ministry ^ | Aaron Shafovaloff

Posted on 10/09/2013 11:14:38 AM PDT by Colofornian

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To: donmeaker

Thanks for the links!

But MORMONs will NOT look at them; for they come from ANTI-Mormon sites.

They are TAUGHT that the messenger matters more than the message.


121 posted on 10/10/2013 5:08:25 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: jodyel
gobbledygook ALERT!!


 
MORMON
Chapter 6

The Nephites gather to the land of Cumorah for the final battles—Mormon hides the sacred records in the hill Cumorah—The Lamanites are victorious, and the Nephite nation is destroyed—Hundreds of thousands are slain with the sword. About A.D. 385.

1 And now I finish my record concerning the destruction of my people, the Nephites. And it came to pass that we did march forth before the Lamanites.

2 And I, Mormon, wrote an epistle unto the king of the Lamanites, and desired of him that he would grant unto us that we might gather together our people unto the land of Cumorah, by a hill which was called Cumorah, and there we could give them battle.

3 And it came to pass that the king of the Lamanites did grant unto me the thing which I desired. 

4 And it came to pass that we did march forth to the land of Cumorah, and we did pitch our tents around about the hill Cumorah; and it was in a land of many waters, rivers, and fountains; and here we had hope to gain advantage over the Lamanites.

5 And *when three hundred and eighty and four years had passed away, we had gathered in all the remainder of our people unto the land of Cumorah.

6 And it came to pass that when we had gathered in all our people in one to the land of Cumorah, behold I, Mormon, began to be old; and knowing it to be the last struggle of my people, and having been commanded of the Lord that I should not suffer the records which had been handed down by our fathers, which were sacred, to fall into the hands of the Lamanites, (for the Lamanites would destroy them) therefore I made this record out of the plates of Nephi, and hid up in the hill Cumorah all the records which had been entrusted to me by the hand of the Lord, save it were these few plates which I gave unto my son Moroni.

7 And it came to pass that my people, with their wives and their children, did now behold the armies of the Lamanites marching towards them; and with that awful fear of death which fills the breasts of all the wicked, did they await to receive them.

8 And it came to pass that they came to battle against us, and every soul was filled with terror because of the greatness of their numbers.

9 And it came to pass that they did fall upon my people with the sword, and with the bow, and with the arrow, and with the ax, and with all manner of weapons of war.

10 And it came to pass that my men were hewn down, yea, even my ten thousand who were with me, and I fell wounded in the midst; and they passed by me that they did not put an end to my life.

11And when they had gone through and hewn down all my people save it were twenty and four of us, (among whom was my son Moroni) and we having survived the dead of our people, did behold on the morrow, when the Lamanites had returned unto their camps, from the top of the hill Cumorah, the ten thousand of my people who were hewn down, being led in the front by me.

12 And we also beheld the ten thousand of my people who were led by my son Moroni.

13 And behold, the ten thousand of Gidgiddonah had fallen, and he also in the midst.

14 And Lamah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Gilgal had fallen with his ten thousand; and Limhah had fallen with his ten thousand; and Jeneum had fallen with his ten thousand; and Cumenihah, and Moronihah, and Antionum, and Shiblom, and Shem, and Josh, had fallen with their ten thousand each.

15 And it came to pass that there were ten more who did fall by the sword, with their ten thousand each; yea, even all my people, save it were those twenty and four who were with me, and also a few who had escaped into the south countries, and a few who had deserted over unto the Lamanites, had fallen; and their flesh, and bones, and blood lay upon the face of the earth, being left by the hands of those who slew them to molder upon the land, and to crumble and to return to their mother earth.

16 And my soul was rent with anguish, because of the slain of my people, and I cried:

17 O ye fair ones, how could ye have departed from the ways of the Lord! O ye fair ones, how could ye have rejected that Jesus, who stood with open arms to receive you!

18 Behold, if ye had not done this, ye would not have fallen. But behold, ye are fallen, and I mourn your loss.

19 O ye fair sons and daughters, ye fathers and mothers, ye husbands and wives, ye fair ones, how is it that ye could have fallen!

20 But behold, ye are gone, and my sorrows cannot bring your return.

21 And the day soon cometh that your mortal must put on immortality, and these bodies which are now moldering in corruption must soon become incorruptible bodies; and then ye must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.

22 O that ye had repented before this great destruction had come upon you. But behold, ye are gone, and the Father, yea, the Eternal Father of heaven, knoweth your state; and he doeth with you according to his justice and mercy.


 
 
Mormon 8:2
And now it came to pass that after the great and tremendous battle at Cumorah, behold, the Nephites who had escaped into the country southward were hunted by the Lamanites, until they were all destroyed.


122 posted on 10/10/2013 5:15:20 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Boogieman
Did the Mormon church ever actually release anyone from the oaths they bound them with?

Doubt it...but don't know for certain.

123 posted on 10/10/2013 5:16:26 AM PDT by Colofornian
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To: Colofornian

Very interesting times to be sure.

Some of the mob people shot could have been shot by other members of the mob.

forensics at that time were pretty primitive. Certainly Smith should not have been armed if in jail. I read, some years ago an account that had Hyrum outside the jail, trying to escape, with Joseph following. Can’t find it now, and that is contradicted by many (Mormon)sites.

Also lost to history is who fired first. It was asserted that Hyrum was shot in the face as someone attempted to open the door by shooting the lock, but that is a very unlikely method of opening a lock, and penetration through the lock would be unlikely.

In addition to not being very good at fraud, or banking, I would suggest that Joseph was not very good with a pistol.


124 posted on 10/10/2013 6:58:53 AM PDT by donmeaker (The lessons of Weimar are soon to be relearned.)
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To: Elsie

then the message of Joseph Smith Jr. the thief and fraud should be doubly discounted.


125 posted on 10/10/2013 7:00:52 AM PDT by donmeaker (The lessons of Weimar are soon to be relearned.)
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To: Colofornian
... ye must stand before the judgment-seat of Christ, to be judged according to your works; and if it so be that ye are righteous, then are ye blessed with your fathers who have gone before you.

so familiar sounding...

...and yet...

126 posted on 10/10/2013 9:58:00 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: donmeaker
In addition to not being very good at fraud, or banking, I would suggest that Joseph was not very good with a pistol.

Uh...

...considering how many offspring he left behind; the facts would tend to indicate his other; uh; pistol, shot a LOT of blanks as well.

127 posted on 10/10/2013 10:00:11 AM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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To: Colofornian

All “religions” are apostate. True Christianity is not a religion. It is a relationship with our Lord and Savior.


128 posted on 10/10/2013 2:55:08 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Who am I to judge homosexuals? That's what the Tony Awards are for.)
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To: FiddlePig
“I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll: If anyone ADDS anything to them, God will add to that person the PLAGUES described in this scroll. And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person any SHARE in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll”.

That would include the apocryphal books of the Catholic bible. And removing the second commandment from the 10 Commandments and splitting the tenth commandment into two to get 10.
129 posted on 10/10/2013 3:02:15 PM PDT by Old Yeller (Who am I to judge homosexuals? That's what the Tony Awards are for.)
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To: Old Yeller
“I warn everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this scroll:
     If anyone ADDS anything to them, God will add to that person the PLAGUES described in this scroll.
     And if anyone takes words away from this scroll of prophecy, God will take away from that person
     any SHARE in the tree of life and in the Holy City, which are described in this scroll”.

130 posted on 10/10/2013 6:14:57 PM PDT by Elsie (Heck is where people, who don't believe in Gosh, think they are not going...)
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