Posted on 06/02/2010 1:47:13 PM PDT by reaganaut
Jesus of Nazareth, also known as Jesus Christ, or simply Jesus, is the central figure of Christianity. The life and sermons of Jesus form the basis of the Christian faith. Jesus Christ is recognized by believing Christians as God incarnate, the Son of God who was raised from the dead—the Redeemer of mankind—the most important figure in history.
According to Mormon doctrine, Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world. However, it seems that even the perceived Savior of the world is not exempt from LDS temple rituals. Proxy rites for Jesus Christ were performed in the Salt Lake (LDS) Temple in Utah, in April 2010. The Salt Lake Temple, located on Temple Square in the heart of Mormon-dominated Salt Lake City, was dedicated on April 6, 1893—three years before Utah became a state in 1896—and is one of the oldest of the 132 currently operating temples that are owned and maintained by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS.)
New FamilySearch is the online genealogy database of the LDS Church that contains updated details of LDS temple ordinances that have been done for dead people. There are multiple listings for Jesus Christ in New FamilySearch—under different versions of his identity—which have been submitted by individual Mormons. It is not known how many times Jesus has been subjected to LDS rites because all New FamilySearch records for him—including combined records—show LDS ordinance details as “Not Available.”
On May 27, 2010, there were two similar records for Jesus in New FamilySearch which had been submitted by the same person. One listing was titled “Jesus Christian,” and showed “Jesus Christian” was born “before 1500 Bethlehem, Israel,” and died “before 1550 Jerusalem, Israel.” LDS ordinances were tagged as “Not available” on this record. The other entry was for “Jesus Cristian,” who was born “before 1502 Bethlehem, Israel,” and died “before 1539 Jerusalem, Israel.” The entry for “Jesus Cristian” gave a description of LDS ordinances, along with the name of a spouse—“Maria Magdelena.”
“Jesus Cristian” was baptized and confirmed a member of the LDS Church by proxy on April 8, 2010 in the “Salt Lake City Utah Temple.” “Jesus Cristian” was also subjected to initiatory temple ordinances on April 8, 2010; an endowment ceremony on April 9, 2010; and a marriage “sealing” to “spouse” “Maria Magdelena” on April 9, 2010—all rites occurred in the “Salt Lake City Utah Temple.”
It appears the submissions for “Jesus Christian,” and “Jesus Cristian” were attempts to manipulate the identity of Jesus Christ through the LDS temple system. The misspelled “Cristian,” instead of “Christian,” could have been a typo, or a deliberate error. It may have been intentionally entered as “Cristian” to get around a computer program that automatically blocks submissions that contain the names “Jesus Christ.” That would explain why the entry for “Jesus Christian” shows LDS ordinances as “Not available.”
While both New FamilySearch records in question lack complete birth and death data, and give imprecise “before” years of these events—the first name “Jesus” combined with the surnames “Christian” and “Cristian” (both spins on the name of “Christ”) are signs that “Jesus Christian” and “Jesus Cristian” are pseudonyms for Jesus Christ.
Other indicators on the New FamilySearch records that point to Jesus Christ are the birth place, “Bethlehem,” and the death location, “Jerusalem.” (Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem and died outside the walls of old Jerusalem.) Another clue to the identity of “Jesus Cristian” is the name of his “spouse”—“Maria Magdelena,” a misspelled variant of Mary Magdalene. “Maria Magdelena” is not listed on the “Jesus Christian” record.
Because “Jesus Christian” and “Jesus Cristian” have similar names and identical birth and death locations—“Bethlehem” and “Jerusalem,” they are probably the same person. Their birth and death years are similar, but not the same. The estimated dates listed for these events look like they have been fabricated. According to their New FamilySearch records, “Jesus Christian” and “Jesus Cristian” were born and died in the 16th century. “Jesus Christian” lived roughly 50 years, while “Jesus Cristian” died in his thirties.
On May 27, 2010, “Maria Magdelena” was listed in New FamilySearch with her birth date as “1504 Israel,” and death date as “before 1540 Israel.” Both years are likely inventions. Along with “spouse” “Jesus Cristian,” “Maria Magdelena” was baptized and confirmed a member of the LDS Church by proxy on April 8, 2010 in the “Salt Lake City Utah Temple.” She was subjected to initiatory temple ordinances on April 8, 2010; an endowment ceremony on April 9, 2010; and the marriage “sealing” to “Jesus Cristian” on April 9, 2010—all rites were done in the “Salt Lake City Utah Temple.”
Mary Magdalene is described in the New Testament as a faithful follower of Jesus. Because the concept of marriage is strongly emphasized in LDS teachings, the notion that a spousal relationship existed between Jesus and Mary Magdalene is common among Mormons—although that belief is not formal LDS doctrine. There is no reliable historical evidence to indicate that Jesus was married—to Mary Magdalene, or anyone else.
LDS Church officials have publicly stated that the New FamilySearch program is a technological deterrent to improper submissions. Yet—under their very noses—on Temple Square in Salt Lake City, Jesus Christ—under a false name—two millennia after his birth, was offered Mormon salvation and an erroneous eternal marriage sealing.
Sometime late in the day on May 27, 2010, the individual entries for “Jesus Cristian” and “Maria Magdelena” were scrubbed from New FamilySearch—concealing the evidence that LDS rites had recently been performed for these two names in the Salt Lake Temple. The sudden disappearance of these records is a strong indication that “Jesus Cristian” and “Maria Magdelena” represent Jesus Christ and Mary Magdalene.
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The Mormon Church didn’t do this, some idiot that thought he was doing something wonderful did it and the church removed it. There are idiots in any organization.
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Apparently more than most in LDS, inc.
Careful though would have made this a ‘non issue’.
One of their leader said that Adam was God and taught blood atonement!
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That was Briggy Young...
ROFLMHO!! You are killin’ me today. Shame ‘zilla isn’t here to weigh in...
So how is this wrong then?
the church removed it.
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The mormons didnt remove it...
They just made it unaccessable to non-mormons...
JAKraig is right. There is no way the Church would presume to do this. Some idiot submitted the name. If it was not someone stupid, it was someone malicious attempting to cause trouble for the Church. Among numerous obvious reasons why the Church would not do this: Jesus is the source of authority for baptism. He was baptised while on earth by one having authority, John the Baptist.
A bucnh of holy rollers make up some mumbo jumbo and we are all supposed to be upset about it?
Read your bible, do good things, help others, accept God into your heart...
Helping these people to understand the idiocy of this would fall under the category of helping others. Other than that- at least they are not blowing up non-believers to make their point
With a copy of the WatchTower sitting on the table by the front door in case the LDS Mishies showed up...
"Hello sir, let me tell you about you..."
You Mormon bashers are sick puppies. Can’t help yourselves, can you.
But we have been told repeatedly that there is no official LDS positions on anything, that facts do not matter, that it is what the person feels from the LDS version of the “holy spirit” that is right.
So how is this wrong then?
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EXCELLENT POINT.
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
I guess He was...
But Hey !!!
Now a mormon missionary can ride his bike with the ugly tie down there and preach the mormon gospel to Jesus....
Imagine the mormon babes who will be lining up to marry that boy when he comes home from his “mission”
God bless her indeed.
Sad that more so called Christians give such activities a pass in this day and age...
Oprah would be pleased though.
That’s what Superman said about flying, “Once you get off the ground, the rest is easy”.
Care to answer the question rather than attack the messengers??
FTR, we don’t bash Mormons, we show the errors and idiocies of MORMON DOCTRINE.
THAT is funny.
Don’t they have roaming herds of wild cureloms in Zion National Park? I’m gonna catch one and name it Starbuck!
He was baptised while on earth by one having authority, John the Baptist.
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Oh dear...
and here we were just informed that John the Baptist sdidnt have any authority...
So what authority would that be ???
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