How would YOU score on this 26-question quiz about 'Smithmas?' [Vanity, Part A]

Colofornian | Dec. 21, 2013 | Colofornian

[Colofornian]

The literal simplest meaning of "Christmas" = Christ as the "Sent One." The Mormon Church stresses Joseph Smith as key "Sent One":

1862 (July 13) [Quote republished by church in 1925]	Brigham Young: "I have taught for thirty years, and still teach, that he that believeth in his heart and confesseth with his mouth that Jesus is the Christ and that Joseph Smith is his Prophet to this generation, is of God; and he that confesseth not that Jesus has come in the flesh and SENT Joseph Smith with the fulness of the Gospel to this generation, is not of God, but is antichrist. All who confess that Joseph Smith is SENT of God in the latter days, to lay the foundation of his everlasting kingdom no more to be thrown down, and will continue to keep his commandments, are born of God"	Journal of Discourses Vol. 9
1994 (June)	Official Lds Church Magazine re: Joseph Smith "shed[ding] his blood in order that the final testament, the reestablishment of the new covenant, might be in full effect.": "As suggested earlier, the life of Joseph Smith was in some degree patterned after that of his Master, Jesus Christ. That pattern holds true even when extended to its tragic conclusion. Like his Master, Joseph Smith also shed his blood in order that the final testament, the reestablishment of the new covenant, might be in full effect ... Thus, to bear witness of Joseph Smith is to bear witness of Jesus Christ, who SENT him, in the same way that a testimony of Christ also implies clearly a testimony of the Eternal Father, who sent Him. On the other hand, to deny Joseph Smith outright—to deny the spiritual impressions which attest to his prophetic assignment—is to deny the Lord, who sent him."	Lds Church Magazine Ensign

Answers to these 26 questions are to be found at this second posting:

What a Liturgical Order of Smithmas Sacrament Meeting Might look like! [Vanity, Part B]

[Note: the exact link will be added within the "Comment" section immediately upon this piece being posted]

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Question 1
Per Lds Prophet Brigham Young, if we don't confess [this person] was "sent of God," then you're "of antichrist"?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 2
According to the popular Mormon hymn, "Praise the Man," Who is exalted and revered per the lyrical worship line: "Kings shall exalt him and nations revere...the earth lauds his fame"?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 3
According to that same hymn, Whose "glory" is great...and endless his priesthood" -- given that in the Bible "because Jesus lives forever, he [Jesus] has a permanent [inviolate] priesthood."? (see Hebrews 7:23-26 for context]

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 4
And, per that same hymn, given that a certain THE SON OF GOD is noted to be THE "Faithful and True" One in the Bible (Revelation 3:14), who is directly praised as "Faithful and true he will enter HIS kingdom, crowned..."??

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 5
And, lastly re: this hymn, when it's sung of him that "Millions shall know" this "Brother...", Who is that? 

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 6
According to the Dec. 20, 2009 Mormon Times, whose late December birthday "is a good time to remember and reflect on all that" [this person] "did for each of us?"

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 7

Per the December issue of Lds publication Ensign (1997), in an article called "A Season for Gratitude," who are we to understand is the focus when the "Prophet" Gordon B. Hinckley says: "We stand in reverence before him...He stands at the head of this great and mighty work which is spreading across the earth...Let us not forget him. Let not his memory be forgotten in the celebration of Christmas..."?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 8
And, right before a special someone's late-December birthday – Dec. 22, 2008 – can you guess who was being referenced when the current Lds "Prophet" said of him: "And at this season, he's happy that our thoughts can be drawn to" [this person]. ‘He gave us everything’?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 9
Per a 1981 Mormon leader message, who "lies at the heart of it all?"

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 10
Can you guess Who's being discussed here? "This is a season for giving and a time for gratitude. We remember with appreciation the birth of" [this person] "which is celebrated this...December...How great indeed is our debt to him...It was he who brought us a true knowledge of God, the Eternal Father..."?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 11
And who is the Way referenced here by a to-be Lds "prophet" (1954)?: [There is] "no salvation without accepting" [this person]. "If" [this person] "...told the truth...no man can reject that testimony without incurring the most dreadful consequences, for he cannot enter the kingdom of God"

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 12
Given that as late as 1974, the Mormon church-owned book publishers stressed this 19th century reference by one of the top three hierearchists in the Mormon church during the latter 19th century -- who was the "Way" referenced here? "If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by him; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him" 

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 13
"If it had not been for" [this person] "...there would be no salvation." A dead giveaway, right?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 14
This second Lds Prophet said: "If you will believe in your heart and confess with your mouth that" these entities were God's very Mouth, "you shall be saved in the kingdom of God" Who might that be?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 15
Lds Prophet Gordon B. Hinckley urged his people to read this "story" -- "There's no other event in all recorded history that compares with it, not even at the baptism of the Savior"

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God rescuing the Israelites
(b) Jesus Christ's resurrection & ascension
(c) Holy Spirit coming at Pentecost
(d) Joseph Smith's First Vision

Question 16
"The greatest event that has ever occurred in the world since the resurrection...and ascension of Jesus" -- per Lds Prophet Joseph F. Smith – involved who -- doing what?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God sending the Holy Spirit
(b) Jesus Christ appearing to the apostle Paul
(c) Holy Spirit coming at Pentecost
(d) Joseph Smith's First Vision

Question 17
This BYU professor in a church-owned published book emphasized, "No man in earth's history has been responsible for restoring more truth than" [this person]. Who is it?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 18
Given that the apostle Paul said in 1 Corinthians 12:3 that "no one can say Jesus is Lord, except by the Holy Spirit," the Lds church-owned publisher stressed in a 1989 book that: "We cannot, in reality, come to Christ, if we do not accept..." Who?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 19
“The greatest activity in this world or in the world to come is directly related to the work and mission of..." who per this 1967 Lds Prophet?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 20
If a "Living Prophet" is taking a December publication (2005) to say: "We acknowledge...proclaim...reverence Him," then he MUST be expressing devotion to who?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 21
Likewise if that same "Living Prophet" is taking anotherDecember publication (1997) to glowingly-- in a worship posture--say: "We stand in reverence Him," then he MUST be expressing devotion to who?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 22
"The early members of the Church remembered his birthday with festive celebrations. We can remember the birth of" [This person] "...and show our PRAISE and admiration for him by living the principles that he taught." Another dead giveaway for an official December 1990 Lds church publication, right? Whose the focus here?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 23
Lds Prophet Brigham Young said in 1861 that [this person] "...was a God to us, and is to the nations of the earth, and will continue to be." (Boy, that's a tough one: We wonder, we wonder who this is? Yeah, right?)

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 24
In December 1978, the Lds Ensign publication was aglow with: "As we commemorate the birth of the babe in Bethlehem, the Savior of the world, may we..." "...consciously rejoice in his life and sacrifice, as well." (Yeah, I know yet ANOTHER giveaway answer, eh, right?) Name the being referenced here.

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 25
This person said: "God made Aaron to be the mouthpiece for the children of Israel, and He will make me be god to you in His stead..." Who was this?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

Question 26
A 1984 priesthood manual stressed this primer lesson, quoting Brigham Young: "No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of..." [this being]. "He holds the keys of that kingdom for the last dispensation—the keys to rule in the spirit-world; and he rules there triumphantly... Who is this?

Multiple-choice answers:
(a) God
(b) Jesus Christ
(c) Holy Spirit
(d) Joseph Smith

[truth_seeker]

“{And here we thought you might be interested in seeking the truth}”

The truth is, you are obsessed.

[Elsie]

I see you still have YOUR copy of the memo:

Office of First President & Living Prophet®:

December 11st, 2011

 

URGENT!

Fellow MORMON Freeper Christians!!

I've been getting lots of feedback from those of you on Free Republic (spit) about a certain Colorfornicator (or something like that), who is REALLY giving us a hard time there.

 

Why not try to point out to the uninformed how OBSESSED he seems to be.

 

Let's see if we can tangle him up so much trying to defend his reputation that he'll no longer have as much time to post facts about MORMONism.

 

As always, Tommy M.

[Colofornian]

The truth is...

Hey, the truth is...
...if FR boasted of a Mormon who quoted Christian leaders and gave links to their Web sites and "Free press" to their publications & books...
...THOUSANDS of times every year...
...I'd love it!!!!

I'd commend him/her.

I'd appreciate him/her.

For some reason, Mormons like you just don't seem to appreciate the reversal of that.

Why is that?

Are you truly embarrassed & shamed over what many of your leaders say? And that those comments have sneak beyond the PR gatekeepers and are eked out to the light of day?

Why is it we don't see ANY -- and I mean ANY-- "Amens" from grassroots Mormons when their leaders are cited on FR pages???

[Nifster]

of course if you would do a little original language research you would find that your smugness is misplaced

[Nifster]

not in other words…. I carry the message by doing what God would have me do… not ranting on FR about other people

[truth_seeker]

“For some reason, Mormons like you just don’t seem to appreciate the reversal of that. “

I am not and have never been a Mormon, so your mindreading missed the mark. Not only that, you are still obsessed.

[Greetings_Puny_Humans]

“not in other words…. I carry the message by doing what God would have me do… not ranting on FR about other people’

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Christians rant about false religious systems as commanded by God. You should convert to Christianity and join us. It’s quite a worthwhile activity.

2Co 11:12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do.
2Co 11:13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ.

[Colofornian]

I carry the message by doing what God would have me do… not ranting on FR about other people [Nifster]

Christians rant about false religious systems as commanded by God. You should convert to Christianity and join us. It’s quite a worthwhile activity. 2Co 11:12 And what I am doing I will continue to do, in order to undermine the claim of those who would like to claim that in their boasted mission they work on the same terms as we do. 2Co 11:13 For such men are false apostles, deceitful workmen, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. [Greetings_puny_humans]

Yes, excellent citations & invitation to Nifster!

I presume, then, Nifster, based upon your comments that you'll not only scold the apostle Paul (above verses cited by Greetings_puny_humans) upon a heavenly arrival, but the apostle John as well???

3rd John as he "ranted" about Diotrephes for three Biblical verses before commending Demetrius:

9 I wrote to the church, but Diotrephes, who loves to be first, will not welcome us. 10 So when I come, I will call attention to what he is doing, spreading malicious nonsense about us. Not satisfied with that, he even refuses to welcome other believers. He also stops those who want to do so and puts them out of the church. 11 Dear friend, do not imitate what is evil but what is good. Anyone who does what is good is from God. Anyone who does what is evil has not seen God. 12 Demetrius is well spoken of by everyone—and even by the truth itself. We also speak well of him, and you know that our testimony is true.

I'm telling you: If Christians adapted your recommendations as applied to the political arena, we'd be 100% sitting ducks!

But, hey, go ahead Nifster: Start defending all those critiques of Muslims on FR (if you have any shred of consistency at all); and then you can start quoting "turn the other cheek" to all of the critics of Obama & other Democrats.

(That'll win ya plenty of FR brownie points with other posters!)

[Elsie]

I carry the message by doing what God would have me do… not ranting on FR about other people

Good!

Do NOT rant about 'people'; but RANT against the MESSAGE that these 'people' are delivering!

[Colofornian]

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