Final Thoughts on Mormonism as a Cult

16 October, 2008

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We’ve reviewed several things over the past several posts. With everything, I never set out to totally disprove Mormonism. That would take much more time, and an extensive amount of research. I do not have time or will to devote my studies to this topic. This is a post with some closing thoughts about the Latter Day Saints.

Christianity is monotheistic.  This means that there is a belief that only one god has ever existed.  Christianity also believes that God has no beginning and created all things.  Mormonism, on the other hand, is polytheistic (sources).  They believe that God was not always God (great article concerning this matter), and that God was not created any differently than any of us (Doctrines and Covenants 93:29).

Mormons also consider the Book of Mormon to be just as authoritative (if not more) than the Bible.

Mormons believe we can become gods.  Here is a great article concerning that: As God Is, Man May Become?

For these reasons, the Mormons are a cult.  Thank you for the time you have spent in discussing this issue with me.

Book of Mormon: True of False?

14 October, 2008

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Mormons believe in the Bible.  Their preferred translation is the King James Version (KJV).  Many other Christian churches use this translation today.  I would say that this is probably one of the worse translations to get these days.  If you want to know a little more about that, please refer to What Version of the Bible Do You Use?

We are not here to look at the Bible today, however.  The Book of Mormon is what we are focusing on in this particular post.  The Latter Day Saints look at this book as their primary historical book.  This is the book that supposedly came from golden plates that Joseph Smith translated.  Mormons refer to the Book of Mormon as their Bible.  Know lets look at what it says…

I do not have the time to get into too extensive detail, but here are some issues historically with the Book of Mormon.

  1. 1 Nephi 18:12 – the use of a compass
    Nephi tells the story of when some Jewish people first came over the to the Americas taking place right around 575 BC.  The compass was not used as a navigation tool until 1000 AD (read about it here).  The times here are just not matching up.
  2. 1 Nephi 4:9 – use of a steel sword
    Steel was not used in Rome until the 4th century BC.  Africa may have produced steel as far back as 1400 BC, but for Jews to have used this form of metal that early is HIGHLY unlikely.
  3. Jacob 7:27 – French speakers
    The last word of this book is ‘adiue.’  It is French for farewell.  For information regarding the date of this word, look here.  This book took place as late as 421 BC, but this word did not even exist until the 1400′s AD.
  4. Almah 20:6 – Horses in the Americas
    Horses have been around since creation, obviously.  So when the book of Almah took place, around 90 BC, horses existed.  Just not in the Americas.  It was not until the 15th century when Spaniards brought horses on this land, so yet another issue (historically) with the Book of Mormon.

There are also talks of two great people in the Book of Mormon, the Lamanites and the Nephites.  There have been ABSOLUTELY NO ARCHAEOLOGICAL FINDS to prove these two people groups even existed.

In short, there are just too many rough spots with this book.  Besides, why do we not see either of these groups mentioned in the Bible if they are so important (are real)?

This is the last of the reasons I wanted to look at the Mormons as a cult.  They look at the Book of Mormon as an authoritative writing more than the Bible.  They believe in more than one God (polytheism).  I do not wish to get into the practices that are not Christian (like baptism for the dead or the eternal progression).  Bottom line, stay away from Mormon theology.  They are clever and use much of the same language as Christianity, but they are not Christian.  God bless.

The Mormon Jesus

11 October, 2008

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Who is Jesus? According to the Christian Bible Jesus is the son of God, He is God, He created man, and He is Savior to all humankind.  There is only one God who is immortal.  Jesus was miraculously born from the virgin Mary and died on the cross, only to rise from the dead three days later, thus saving humanity.  God is a trinitarian being, meaning he exists as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.  These are fundamental beliefs for the Christian faith.

Their claim is that he is not God’s only son, but that we are all the children of God.  He is considered to be the brother of Satan.  We are all supposedly brothers and sisters in that we are all his created spirit-children.  Put the two ideas together, we are the brothers and sisters of Satan and Jesus as well!  He had to physically have many children (literally… as in having to concieve every single one of us with some female being).

God was once as we were (Teachings of the Prophect Joseph Smith, 345).  He was flesh, was mortal, and even grew up somewhere before he became God of Earth.  If we do what we are supposed to while we live, we could possibly be gods one day as well.  Then, just like God, we can work on populating our own planet.

According to Mormon theology, Jesus is not God.  Their religious foundation is based on the belief of many gods, this is called polytheism.  Christianity is monotheistic, meaning a belief in one god.

He is also not considered to be the Savior for mankind in the same sense that Christianity believes.  There is also not claim that Jesus was born from a virgin Mary, but rather that God came down and did the deed so that she was pregnant.

As we can see, the Mormon Jesus is not the same Jesus as the Christians.  Two different people.  Christians believe Jesus to be God, and since Mormons do not it would safe to assume they are seperate religions.  Unfortunately, Mormonism is still trying to masquerade as a Christian Denomination.