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Neat quote, too bad it's not real, your reference (Journal of Discourses., 1871, p. 27 1) Is not in the format the JOD uses, and there fore cannot be found. (and I've seen this before, they could not back it up either). Try finding it in the JOD yourself.

Here, let me start you off with A link to the complete Journal of Discourses on-line

Better yet, here is a link to Wikipedia which "Should" according to the date on your refrence, contain the "offending" passage, it does not.

Let's see, other stuff from your "Page" Kolob is a star, not a planet, it is specific church Doctrine that we don't know where it is. the rest of your article on this falls into dust at this point.

Space aliens? Bzzt Wrong, although if you claim to be one, I might just make an exception to my rule of thumb that all of us were born on earth.

Just a couple of questions, when the scriptures speak of a throne for God and or Jesus, are they being literal, or figurative? if they are being literal, then where do orthodox christians think it is, does the pope send out space probes (that would be as silly as what you are saying we do)

When the scriptures speak of heaven, are they being metaphorical, or literal? (I could have a lot more fun with this, but you are, IMHO, sounding wacky enough now.)

The stuff on your page just gets weirder from there. I could spend lots of time refuting the baseless accusations from this page, but why? All those FReepers with a brain will see that this is the lowest form of a smear anyway.

[The stuff on your page just gets weirder from there]

Not my page. I happened across it while googling for Planck and Kolob. But you're right, it does get much weirder from there, and I stand by my observation that el Ron's sci-fi material was much more entertaining.

[Kolob is a star, not a planet]

Planet / Star does not matter. What's interesting is the claim that time progresses differently: 1000 Kolob years being 1 earth year because kolob "rotates slower" or some such nonsense.

Is Planck's constant the same on Kolob?

[Neat quote, too bad it's not real]

Here's another page claiming the same thing. Whoever created it went though a lot of trouble. They've even got images they claim are photos of the original LDS publication. If it's not true, why hasn't the LDS gone legal and forced them to remove the disinformation - like the Scientologists do?

http://www.challengemin.org/moon.html

In an 1892 LDS publication under the heading "THE INHABITANTS OF THE MOON," this interesting information is given by Oliver B. Huntington:
"Nearly all the great discoveries of men in the last half century have, in one way or another, either directly or indirectly, contributed to prove Joseph Smith to be a Prophet.
"As far back as 1837, I know that he said the moon was inhabited by men and women the same as this earth, and that they lived to a greater age than we do -- that they live generally to near the age of 1000 years.
"He described the men as averaging near six feet in height, and dressing quite uniformly in something near the Quaker style.
"In my Patriarchal blessing, given by the father of Joseph the Prophet, in Kirtland, 1837, I was told that I should preach the gospel before I was 21 years of age; that I should preach the gospel to the inhabitants upon the islands of the sea, and to the inhabitants of the moon, even the planet you can now behold with your eyes." (The Young Woman's Journal, published by the Young Ladies' Mutual Improvement Associations of Zion, 1892, vol. 3, pp. 263-64)

Below is a photograph from the LDS publication, The Young Woman's Journal, p. 263. Notice that O.B. Huntington stated he knew Joseph Smith said the moon was inhabited.