***Did you ever read The Book of Mormon, and if so did you read it like you would the Bible
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I worship Jesus Christ, not Joseph Smith...***
Why are there songs in the Mormon Hymnal praising Joseph Smith? I’ve never seen any honoring Calvin or Luther or the Wesley brothers. Christian hymns all praise Jesus Christ.
BECAUSE ACCORDING TO MORMON THEOLOGY SALVATION IS NOT THROUGH JESUS CHRIST, BUT JOSEPH SMITH
If we get our salvation, we shall have to pass by the Prophet Joseph Smith; if we enter our glory, it will be through the authority he has received. We cannot get around him. – Apostle George Q. Cannon, 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 – Prophet Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, p.190
No man or woman in this dispensation will ever enter into the celestial kingdom of God without the consent of Joseph Smith...every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are... [Joseph Smith] reigns there as supreme a being in his sphere, capacity, and calling, as God does in heaven. – Prophet Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 7, p.289-91
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 … If brother Joseph is satisfied with you, you may pass. – Apostle Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p.154-155
Luther or the Wesley brothers. Christian hymns all praise Jesus Christ.
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Martin Luther wrote songs about God and not about himself
A Mighty Fortress is my God
The Wesleys als wrote wonderful hymns...
About God
It is blasphemy to worship Joseph Smith
Why are there songs in the Mormon Hymnal praising Joseph Smith? I’ve never seen any honoring Calvin or Luther or the Wesley brothers. Christian hymns all praise Jesus Christ.
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They were not prophets!
I remeber as a child singing a song about Abraham
Go Down Moses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W76QjLsQADQ
The Song of Moses
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b13Rg0h3sBU
The GOD Of Abraham Praise
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JS87nk37sH0
Song Father Abraham - Cullen’s abc’s (ouch)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1oJSeD3X7zE
They succeeded in killing Joseph, but he had finished his work.He was a servant of God, and gave us the Book of Mormon.He said the Bible was right in the main, but, through the translators and others, many precious portions were suppressed, and several other portions were wrongly translated; and now his testimony is in force, for he has sealed it with his blood.As I have frequently told them, no man in this dispensation will enter the courts of heaven, without the approbation of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Jun.Who has made this so?Have I?Have this people?Have the world?No; but the Lord Jehovah has decreed it.If I ever pass into the heavenly courts, it will be by the consent of the Prophet Joseph.If you ever pass through the gates into the Holy City, you will do so upon his certificate that you are worthy to pass.Can you pass without his inspection?No; neither can any person in this dispensation, which is the dispensation of the fulness of times.In this generation, and in all the generations that are to come, everyone will have to undergo the scrutiny of this Prophet.They say that they killed Joseph, and they will yet come with their hats under their arms and bend to him; but what good will it do them, unless they repent?They can come in a certain way and find favor, but will they?
"If I ever pass into heavenly courts, it will be by the consent of Prophet Joseph"
--Brigham Young
--JOURNAL OF DISCOURSES, vol. 8, p. 224