What Mormon Missionaries WON'T Tell You

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[delacoert]

Most of us have had a Mormon Missionary knock at our door.  If you have ever invited them in and listened to a presentation of their beliefs, you probably found most but not all of what they said very similar to those beliefs held by Christians.  However, while trying to convince you that your Church is wrong and the Mormon Church is right, there are several points they intentionally leave out.  Below is a list of Mormon beliefs the missionaries will be reluctant to tell you about:

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that the God they worship was not always God.

"We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity.  I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you may see."  (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pg. 345)

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that they believe Jesus Christ is the spirit brother of Satan:

"The appointment of Jesus to be the Savior of the world was contested by one of the other sons of God.  He was called Lucifer, son of the morning.  Haughty, ambitious, and covetous of power and glory, this spirit-brother of Jesus desperately tried to become the Savior of mankind."  (Milton R. Hunter, Gospel Through the Ages, pg.15)

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that, according to Mormonism, Jesus Christ was a polygamist.

"I discover that some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference, that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and others were his wives, and that he begat children."  (Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses 2:210)

 

The grand reason of the burst of public sentiment in anathemas upon Christ and his disciples, causing his crucifixion, was evidently based upon polygamy, according to the testimony of the philosophers who rose in that age.  A belief in the doctrine of a plurality of wives caused the persecution of Jesus and his followers.  We might almost think they were 'Mormons'" (Jedediah M. Grant, Journal of Discourses, 1:346)

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that for at least half a century church leaders were teaching that Adam was really God and the only God with whom we have to do.

"Now hear it, O inhabitants of the earth, Jew and Gentile, Saint and sinner!  When our father Adam came into the garden of Eden, he came into it with a celestial body, and brought Eve, one of his wives, with him.  He helped to make and organize this world.  He is Michael, the Archangel, the Ancient of Days! about whom holy men have written and spoken--He is our Father, and our God, and the only God with whom we have to do."  (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 1:50)

 

"I have learned by experience that there is but one God that pertains to this people and he is the god that pertains to this earth--The first man.  That first man sent his own son to redeem the world..."(Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 4:1)

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that Brigham Young, who held the office of President of the Mormon church longer than any other man, taught that men must practice polygamy in order to become Gods.

"The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy."  (Journal of Discourses 11:269)

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that the book of Mormon fails to contain any Mormon doctrine

Many portions of this Mormon Scripture even contradicts Mormon theology.

 

They will be reluctant to tell you about their secret temple ceremonies which, until April 1990, portrayed Christian ministers as hirelings of Satan.  Nor will they tell you about the sacred underwear they are wearing which, they believe, actually protects them.

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that Mormon leaders have taught that Jesus was conceived by way of a sexual relationship between God and Mary.

"..how are children begotten?  I answer just as Jesus Christ was begotten of his father.  The difference between Jesus Christ and other men is this:  Our fathers in the flesh are mortal men, who are subject unto death: but the Father of Jesus Christ in the flesh is the god of Heaven" (Joseph F. Smith, Family Home Evening Manual, 1972, pg. 125)

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that they believe the bible has been corrupted throughout the centuries and cannot be trusted fully by itself.

"I believe the Bible as it read when it came from the pen of the original writers.  Ignorant translators, careless transcribers, or designing and corrupt priests have committed many errors." (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph smith, pg.327)

"But the Bible has been robbed of its plainness; many sacred books having been lost, others rejected by the Romish Church, and what few we have left, were copied and recopied so many times, that it is admitted that almost every verse has been corrupted and mutilated to that degree that any two of them read alike." (Orson Pratt, The Seer, pg.213)

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that the Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants, which they claim to be both sacred and without error, contradict each other many times.

For example, in the Book of Mormon, God called David and Solomon's act of polygamy an abomination, whereas in the Doctrine and Covenants He claims to justify it.  Jacob 2:24 in the Book of Mormon says, "Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and concubines, which thing was abominable before me, saith the Lord."  Section 132:1 in the Doctrine and Covenants, however, states: "Verily, thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph, that inasmuch as you have inquired of my hand to know and understand wherein I, the Lord, justified my servants Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, as also Moses, David and Solomon, my servants, as touching the principle and doctrine of their having many wives and concubines."

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that they use Christian terms with Mormon meanings.

For example, a Mormon would probably agree with you that a person must be born again.  To the Mormon, however, "born again" is a process which begins with water baptism.  Another example are the words "salvation" and exaltation," which are synonymous in the Christian's mind.  However, general salvation to the Mormon merely means the resurrection which everyone in the world will receive at death.  Exaltation, or individual salvation, is the reward earned by the Mormon by following the laws of the Moron church.  "Eternal Life" to the Mormon means Godhood.  Regarding the word "scriptures," the Christian thinks of the Holy Bible while the Mormon could be thinking of not only the Bible but the Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants and Pearl of Great Price as well.

 

They won't want to tell you that in order to gain entrance into the highest form of Mormon heaven, the Celestial kingdom, you must accept Joseph Smith, Jr. as a prophet of god.  Faith in Jesus alone, Mormonism teaches, will force you to spend eternity in a lower form of heaven.

 

Tenth LDS President Joseph Fielding Smith stated in his book, doctrines of Salvation, that there is "No salvation without accepting Joseph Smith.  The word "salvation," used in this context, must really mean "exaltation" because former Mormon apostle Bruce R. McConkie stated in his book Mormon Doctrine that general salvation is given to everyone regardless of belief.  Personal salvation or exaltation to the highest form of Mormon heaven comes only by accepting Joseph Smith as a prophet of god and by following the laws of the LDS church.

 

They will be reluctant to tell you that their founder, Joseph Smith, Jr., made many false prophecies which, according to the Bible, would classify him as a false prophet rather than a true prophet of God.

 

For instance, in 1835 Smith claimed that the Lord would again come in just 56 years.  We would gather from this "prophecy" that Jesus Christ would again come to earth on or before 1891; no doubt Joseph Smith was incorrect (History of the church 2:182).  In 1832 Joseph Smith claimed he had a revelation concerning the building of a temple in Independence, Missouri.  According to section 84, verses 4 and 5, of the Doctrine and Covenants, he stated this "temple shall be reared in this generation.  For verily this generation shall not pass away until an house shall be built unto the Lord, and a cloud shall rest upon it..."  to this day the spot consecrated by Smith fails to be the sight of a great temple, but instead is covered with a well-kept lawn.  In fact, the Mormon church does not even own the land.

 

[ViLaLuz]

THANK YOU for your testimony!

[LetMarch]

Sorry but true respect and love is to share the truth with all men:

“”I exort therefore, that, first of all, supplications, prayers, intercessions, and giving of thanks, be made for all men; For kings, and for all that are in authority; that we may lead a quiet and peaceable life in all godliness and honesty. For this is good and acceptable in the sight of God our Saviour; who will have all men to be saved, and to come to the knowledge of the truth. For there is one God, and one mediator between God and man, the man Christ Jesus; who gave Himself for all to be testified in due time.” (1 Timothy2:1-6)

[Gamecock]

And loving thy neighbor also means respecting thy neighbor and thus not trying to convert him.

What is your best guess on what going on in the below picture?

[4mer Liberal]

As Christians, we are required to discern and warn others of false doctrines. Mormonism is false because it is a works-based religious system that denies the deity of God the Father, God the Son and God the Holy Spirit, and salvation through faith in the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ. This is a error that is leading millions to hell. If we did not point out this error, we wouldn’t be faithful to God, and we wouldn’t be loving our neighbor as ourself.

[reaganaut]

Thanks be to God. He rescued me from that group and did so in a way that I didn’t go through a period of Atheism like so many who leave Mormonism do.

To God be ALL glory.

[ViLaLuz]

Thank you, too, for your testimony!

[reaganaut]

Well said, 4mer and give Mrs. 4mer a hug for me.

[delacoert]

<wa, wa, wa>

As I wote to FormerACLUmember in #50 above:

<Sniff, sniff>

<Sad and disarming lip quiver>

Oh ... you're right. <Rolleyes> Words of criticism are such an irrecoverable injury, and Mormons are so impotent to mount a defense without an ill‑advised and misguided knight‑in‑shining‑armor to substitute fight. 

[Vendome]

See now, it ain’t personal, it’s doctrinal.

Without the total marginalization and invalidation of all other beliefs before Joseph Smith, then they could not reign supreme as the “more perfect religion” and there would be no LDS.

If they didn’t come along and co-opt the KJV bible, a protestant thing, and then write a new bible, BOM, and then conceive of the book of worthiness, D&C, the world would have no alternative voice for LDS.

It is a wholly exclusive community and one must prove they are worthy to even be in their club, erh, temples, rather uh, churches, yeah that’s the ticket.

Everyone else is a outsider to them. Heck, even the insiders are outside in...the church.

It’s all confusing to me.

[LetMarch]

Wrong!
That is indifference! The opposite of love is not hate; it is indifference.”

“If a man knows the right way to live ; and does not live it, there is no greater coward.”

“......by the name of Jesus of Narzeth; whom ye crucified, whom God raised from the dead.....”
“Neither is there salvation in any other name under heaven
given among men, whereby we must be saved.” (Acts 4:10b and Acts 4:12)

“For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our lord.” (Romans 6:23)

Notice: with our God salvation is a gift, not a work for salvation!

Also think on this: No other religion has a Saviour but the Christian faith.

It has been said: “Islam is a religion that sends their sons out to die for their God; but Christianity is a faith that our God sent His Son to die for us.”

[ViLaLuz]

“And loving thy neighbor also means respecting thy neighbor and thus not trying to convert him.”

Loving your neighbor means telling him the Good News. The coverting is a personal choice lead by the Holy Spirit. No man can force you to convert.

[ejonesie22]

He is.

[SgtHooper]

Bingo! (oh wait, that’s a catholic term) /sarc

[ViLaLuz]

Very interesting topic.

[tommix2]

Years ago a fellow worker on a job in Utah befriended me, but I found he was only friendly because he wanted to conert me. The job was forty miles from town and I accepted aride home in his pickup when he started preaching. After that I drove my own truck to work.

As Christians we are to be “ambassadors” for Christ. That is an obligation of a Christian.That's OK if your audience isn't captive audience. I am a Jew and we decided long ago no to try to convert others. If they come asking to join us, we welcome them, but if not we respect them.

[Alex Murphy]

Ping for later

[delacoert]

Some think like, "am I my brother's keeper, eh?

Your lack of concern for Christian truth, and about the effect of apostasy in the church is telling - apparently someone in whom the truth does not reside, nor the love of Christ … apparently.

[MHGinTN]

Don’t do that. You do not know the heart of the poster. Exchange thoughts and ideas and sound doctrine. But don’t take that extra step which only one like Peter to Ananias could take.

[wetgundog]

If I had to choose between a Mormon in the White House or a Muslim Marxist who is a little light in the loafers (which we have now), I’d choose the one with the magic undergarments.

[LetMarch]

Good answer!

“For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world; but that the world through Him might be saved.” (John 3:17)

Don’t you just love that verse!

You may have seen the tract titled; “WHICH CHURCH SAVES”
The answer is; “None of them saves,........ Jesus Saves.”

Let us pray: “Dear Lord and God, help us to keep the Gospel of Jesus Christ (the good news) simple and clear.”

Like the KISS principle: Keep It Simple Stupid.”