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.

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.

Joseph Smith: Mormon Founder

10 October, 2008

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Born in 1805, Joseph Smith Jr. was never a part of any church while growing up.  He and his father were well known for their treasure hunting interests.  They would go on digs around New York looking for treasure, but could never find anything of substance.

Smith Jr. claimed that his first vision accured at the age of 14 (1820).  Three years later, Smith claimed to have another vision from an angel named Maroni who tells him the locations of golden plates located in Palmyra, NY.  These plates came from Jews who populated the Americas; the Nemphites.

Four years later he finds the plates but he cannot show anyone because Maroni said he couldn’t.  They were written in “Reformed Egyptian,” which isn’t a real language.  Smith can’t read the fake language, and so he uses two stones that Maroni gave to him to translate.  The stones, Urim and Thummim, are held up to his eyes so that he can translate the writings.

Only three witnesses saw this crazy process happen, and all three of them ended up quitting.  Smith would be on one side of a curtain (so no one could see), and he translated outloud to someone who would write what was being said.  No one ever saw the plates.

The Church of Jesus of Later-Day Saints was officially founded in 1830, and polygamy was prevalent.  Because of such, many people opposed Smith (especially since most of his wives were under 16).  His followers went with him across the States, and since things never go well, they keep on moving.

Eventually, Smith is arrested in Navoo, IL and put in jail in Carthage, IL.  Why was he arrested?  After The Nauvoo Expositor has published some anti-Mormon material, Smith went and destroyed the Expositer’s printing press, crippling the newpaper from any further publications.  The people were so mad at Smith that they dragged him with his brother to the middle of the street and executed him.

Unfortunately, this created a martyr out of Joseph Smith.  Ever since, the Mormon’s have been actively growing.

New Beginnings

9 October, 2008

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Where has everything gone?

After some careful consideration, I have decided to start a second blog.  Too often I have talked about extremely random topics, usually never keeping a consistant flow through the site.  All of my previous posts have been moved to lifeofmick.wordpress.com.

This blog will be concentrating on some more serious topics.  There are many things in which people should know more about, so this blog will hopefully be used as a teaching device.  I’ll try to keep it interesting and worth the gander.

To start off, we’ll be looking at various cults that exist in the United States these days.  I plan on discussing the Mormons, Jehovah’s Witnesses, Christian Science, Scientology, and possibly a few others.  My hope is that by posting, you can interact with the material by commenting, and then we can have some discussion as to what the topic is.

So if you want the fun and goofy stuff, head over to the other blog.