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- ...nciples are really true and received from a proper source, or whether they are false. ...e find it among what are denominated the heathen nations—among those who are considered pagans, bowing down to worship images, the workmanship of their31 KB (5,845 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- ...impression, for some length of time, that the sayings of modern men of God are of as great importance as the sayings of ancient men of God {{page break|19 ...true and living God—as God's representatives on the earth—as those who are destined to lay the foundation of that kingdom which shall stand for ever.31 KB (5,748 words) - 14:53, 13 April 2024
- ...edge of God, they are prone to forget him and to turn to their idols. They are prone to be froward in all their ways, very much like ourselves. ...though it may appear surprising and a matter hardly credible, yet even we are more or less under the power of traditions similar to those of the heathen.21 KB (3,951 words) - 14:53, 13 April 2024
- ...full of mercy, long-suffering, and patient to the froward and to those who are ignorant• There is a glory in our religion that no other religion that ha ...Great Ruler of the universe, is capable of devising that which we see and are well acquainted with. All mechanism, good government, wholesome principle,28 KB (5,349 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...might suppose women should possess and exhibit. In our own community there are plenty of ladies who, give them the entire control of their own domestic af ...nse their skill and knowlege to benefit themselves and the community: they are not coerced to lose one particle of time and ability.21 KB (4,046 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...ell for us to weigh, consider, and find out the real responsibilities that are resting upon us. ...and to associate with a people that were universally despised. And so they are now. But we have got along with it, so that we now care nothing about it. N25 KB (4,920 words) - 14:54, 13 April 2024
- ...with the society of the Saints, and all his transactions and associations are with them. With that Spirit, a person placed in the society of the wicked, How many are there here who do not like to pass by a camp of emigrants, but much prefer,15 KB (2,843 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024
- ...r induce me to become a public speaker. But the principles of eternal life are so engaging, so endearing, so lovely, so worthy of all acceptation, so swee ...s revelations, unless I am in the spirit by which they were dictated, they are lean to me to what they used to be when he was with us. They were rich, the16 KB (3,125 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024
- ..., being alone; so is the body dead without the spirit. The spirit and body are the soul of man. It is the spirit of man that prompts to improvement—to p ...ever saw. This is a pretty place naturally; but now your roads and streets are occupied with your firewood, waggons, ploughs, harrows, stables, dunghills,4 KB (810 words) - 14:55, 13 April 2024
- ...arth. The Lord will bring out the results to his own honour and glory; but are we ready? ...of the earth and carried back from whence it came? My faith and my desire are that there should be a people upon the earth prepared to receive this wisdo27 KB (5,230 words) - 14:56, 13 April 2024
- ...wrestled all night; and when he found he could not throw him, he said, You are something more than a man, or I could throw you. But I will not let thee go ...e wilderness, and so peace was taken from their midst. Suppose you get the Christians now together and fetch them up here, and ask them to tell us which is the p16 KB (3,008 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...n different nations, both in their social and political capacity; for they are in the vision of his mind. Who gave the ability to reflect and to behold th ...and deliver them into the hands of their families to be manufactured. Here are women who know how to spin, weave, and make the finest of cloth. So with th30 KB (5,856 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...n, since I entered into this Church, my desire to be found among those who are valiant for the truth. ...e fully the mind and will of Heaven, and the ordinances of the Gospel that are necessary for the living and the dead.24 KB (4,641 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...hen added, for the promise is to you and to your children, and to all that are afar off, even to as many as the Lord our God shall call. ...ient times, and in the words of many modern men, and many of our young men are made partakers of it by becoming members of the Church of Christ, and they49 KB (9,374 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...hath given us an understanding, that we may know him that is true; and we are in him that is true, even in his Son Jesus Christ. This is the true God, an ...cannot understand the things of God; they may read them, but to them they are shrouded in darkness.18 KB (3,425 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...rest. According to the revelations given to us, it is a day upon which we are commanded to meet to break bread, to confess our faults to God and to one a ...e that we alone guide, govern and control our doings and their results. We are too apt to aspire to the power to control the whole world and to make all b29 KB (5,450 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...have passed through this city before, though I presume the majority of you are strangers here, and, like other people, you want to see all there is to be ...ugh among them to gain the desired information. If you wish to know why we are here, it is simply because we had nowhere else to go; we were obliged to go12 KB (2,187 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...brethren on a short trip north. I do this lest some might suppose that we are going to leave you. If we would live according to our acknowledgments in th ...raight path of duty; they are liable to do things they are sorry for; they are liable to make mistakes; and when they try to do their best, behold they do33 KB (6,456 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- |H=COMMUNITIES ARE MADE UP OF FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS—THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP INSTITUTED BY T |T=Journal of Discourses 26: COMMUNITIES ARE MADE UP OF FAMILY ORGANIZATIONS—THE MARRIAGE RELATIONSHIP INSTITUTED BY T45 KB (8,022 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...AN AGENCY—GOD FORESEEING THAT ADAM WOULD FALL PREPARED A REDEEMER.—WE ARE HERE ON THE EARTH TO PROVE OUR INTEGRITY AND TO OBTAIN A KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD ...AN AGENCY—GOD FORESEEING THAT ADAM WOULD FALL PREPARED A REDEEMER.—WE ARE HERE ON THE EARTH TO PROVE OUR INTEGRITY AND TO OBTAIN A KNOWLEDGE OF GOOD36 KB (6,802 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...HE EDMUNDS LAW PASSED WITH THE PRETENCE OF REPRESSING IMMORALITY AMONG THE MORMONS—THAT MASK OF HYPOCRISY NOW THROWN OFF—THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT OF THE LA ...HE EDMUNDS LAW PASSED WITH THE PRETENCE OF REPRESSING IMMORALITY AMONG THE MORMONS—THAT MASK OF HYPOCRISY NOW THROWN OFF—THE RELIGIOUS SENTIMENT OF THE LA49 KB (9,074 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...HE WORLD REGARDING THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—OUR DOCTRINES ARE CHRISTIAN AND ARE SUBSTANTIATED BY THE SCRIPTURES—NECESSITY OF PRESENT REVELATION—FIRST P ...HE WORLD REGARDING THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—OUR DOCTRINES ARE CHRISTIAN AND ARE SUBSTANTIATED BY THE SCRIPTURES—NECESSITY OF PRESENT REVELATION—FIRST P42 KB (7,641 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...—WE MUST MAINTAIN OUR FIDELITY TO THE TRUTH—RARITY OF CRIME AMONG THE "MORMONS"—PURITY OF "MORMON" HOMES—CHARACTER OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS ...—WE MUST MAINTAIN OUR FIDELITY TO THE TRUTH—RARITY OF CRIME AMONG THE "MORMONS"—PURITY OF "MORMON" HOMES—CHARACTER OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS22 KB (4,154 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../28|Refusal of So-called Christians to Receive the Gospel of Christ, etc.]] ...thren are serving out terms of imprisonment, but it is also true that they are thus afflicted not for wrongdoing but for conscience sake; and they do not16 KB (2,933 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- There are a few moments remaining, which it is desired I should occupy. ...now of middle age have grown up with this knowledge, and the youth to-day are in their turn acquiring the same knowledge, obtaining it through the means17 KB (3,072 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- ...in the deepest philosophy of love. The doing by others the things that we are not able to do for ourselves, is a divine principle the practice of which s ...g powers, the keys of which were restored to the Prophet Joseph by Elijah, are of no more avail than were they when Satan, followed by a third part of the41 KB (7,479 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- |H=DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LATTER—DAY SAINTS AND ALL OTHER PROFESSING CHRISTIANS ...es 21: DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE LATTER—DAY SAINTS AND ALL OTHER PROFESSING CHRISTIANS30 KB (5,683 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...its upon themselves, we learn that the power of evil is very great, and we are more given to it than to possess the Spirit of Christ. Yet the Spirit of th ...e Savior, but he was a prophet. As he said once, when some one asked him, "Are you the Savior?" "No, but I can tell you what I am—I am his brother." So32 KB (6,204 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- ...of Mars-hill, he said," Ye men of Athens, I perceive that in all things ye are too superstitious. For as I passed by and beheld your devotions, I found an Wherever the human family dwell upon the face of the earth, whether they are savage or civilised, there is a desire implanted within them to worship a g31 KB (5,725 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...success were known to individuals here. We are glad to say of him. that we are proud of his labors. We can say this safely in his presence, for he has eno ...rstand the way of life and salvation, can sanctify themselves so that they are accepted of God our Father, and of Jesus Christ, his Son, our Elder Brother24 KB (4,551 words) - 14:35, 13 April 2024
- ...nother medium, and judge of them from another stand-point, than which they are generally viewed by the inhabitants of the earth. We look upon it that the There are a great many men in the world who, in the abstract, would say this is corre27 KB (4,981 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- Things are as we see them to prove our integrity towards God and his cause; for everyt ...ou, Brother Brigham, and your brethren the Twelve Apostles, with those who are connected with you in the holy Priesthood, will rear a great and mighty fab9 KB (1,638 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...brethren on a short trip north. I do this lest some might suppose that we are going to leave you. If we would live according to our acknowledgments in th ...raight path of duty; they are liable to do things they are sorry for; they are liable to make mistakes; and when they try to do their best, behold they do33 KB (6,358 words) - 14:34, 13 April 2024
- ...king for it. The faithful will exercise faith, and pray always for all who are within the reach of mercy. The good desire good to all. I have words to say ...disciples might be? If we are, then are we a happy people; if we are, then are we a powerful and influential people. Jesus had power to do many miracles s32 KB (6,237 words) - 14:35, 13 April 2024
- ...etter, is for our experience, and those who have wisdom, to decide. But we are here I do believe; I do not want anybody to pinch me, to know whether I am ...he whole world, is safer than that of any other people, no matter who they are nor where they live.30 KB (5,819 words) - 14:35, 13 April 2024
- ...rality; whereas if they only understood the truth, they would know that we are very independent on these points, and that we care no more about their noti ...and other churches and denominations of the day, we know what their ideas are religiously, and we did not leave them because we thought they were right,27 KB (5,032 words) - 14:35, 13 April 2024
- ...certain rights and privileges belonging to the Elders in Israel, and there are certain things that it is not their privilege to indulge in. You go through ...hem. Do not throw these things away, and say they must never be used; they are good to be used with judgment, prudence, and discretion. Ask our Bishops if14 KB (2,716 words) - 14:36, 13 April 2024
- These words—"If ye are not one ye are not mine"—are the words of the Savior, through the prophet Joseph, and given to us. This ...en in a moral point of view, take {{page break|57|top}} our young men, who are easily operated upon, do they know how to guide their steps so that a good28 KB (5,471 words) - 14:35, 13 April 2024
- ...e "Mormons," and I supposed the whole affair was a great humbug, that the "Mormons" were fanatics and very bad people. The days of my youth were days of relig ...before; and even now, whenever I search the Scriptures, I find things that are new to me, that I never understood nor comprehended before, although I have27 KB (4,986 words) - 14:35, 13 April 2024
- ...ral brothers when they come into my office, which is very seldom, if there are important matters on hand—when I am teaching the brethren the principles ...he Church; and others have been here with us all the day long, and if they are not filled with wisdom and the power of God it is their own fault.18 KB (3,570 words) - 14:36, 13 April 2024
- ...literal kingdom, a temporal kingdom and a spiritual kingdom; but while we are in a temporal state, and possess our temporalities, our abilities must corr ...wrote plainly in reference to this gathering, and we have believed it. We are called upon to come out from among the wicked, as it is written, "Come out28 KB (5,327 words) - 14:36, 13 April 2024
- ...elieve in the Lord Jesus Christ, as one of the principles of our faith; we are taught to repent of all our sins and to refrain from everything that is for ...that man, or some other raised up in the same manner, this people called "Mormons" or Latter-day Saints, now occupying this mountain territory, would have be36 KB (6,606 words) - 14:36, 13 April 2024
- ...in the habit of investigating the principles of the Gospel, and our minds are more or less occupied with affairs connected with the welfare of humanity, ...ficent churches and pay {{page break|13|top}} thousands of ministers; they are also very zealous in missionary labours, and contribute largely for the sup27 KB (5,004 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- ...red to him, one of his first inquiries was, "Which of the denominations of Christians in the vicinity was right?" He was told they had all gone astray, they had ...d about a hundred members of his church, many of whom, and their children, are citizens of this Territory to-day. After this they continued their journey34 KB (6,021 words) - 14:36, 13 April 2024
- |H=THE SAINTS ARE A STRANGE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY PRACTISE WHAT THEY PROFESS |T=Journal of Discourses 13: THE SAINTS ARE A STRANGE PEOPLE BECAUSE THEY PRACTISE WHAT THEY PROFESS31 KB (5,787 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- ...to themselves the blessings of eternal life; they who secure eternal life are doers of the word as well as hearers. If we hear the word and do not perfor ...duties of life we can increase in knowledge, wisdom and understanding. We are thankful to see the increase that there is in the midst of the people.28 KB (5,396 words) - 14:38, 13 April 2024
- ...have plenty of strength there; but the organs of speech in this tabernacle are actually worn; but as I am feeling better I expect to meet with you more fr ...re, holy, just, and true; and those principles which the Lord has revealed are the only correct principles that man possesses on the earth. We may imagine15 KB (2,811 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- ...as a general thing they would not. If we had been let alone while with the Christians we would have been there now proclaiming the Gospel. But I wish to say to s ...believe the truth than the men; they comprehend it more quickly, and they are submissive and easy to teach, and if we cannot save the men, let us save th11 KB (2,044 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- ...wicked world; but we have reason to rejoice and be exceeding glad that we are not in the same circumstances now that we have been heretofore. We have pea ...nces in which we shall be as willing to live our religion and pray as some are to fight, it will be much better for us. We have many Elders in Israel who23 KB (4,504 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- ...sweet voice and a bright eye from a child or children when they themselves are full of bitterness and scolding! How inconsistent and unreasonable [unreaso ...py faculty of conveying their ideas with greater propriety than others who are literary in their tastes and have been highly educated. There is considerab29 KB (5,606 words) - 14:37, 13 April 2024
- ...Latter-day Saints do pity the Christians! What a spectacle! And see us, as Christians, warring with each other! What for? For our pure faith, for our holy desire ...and the building up of the Kingdom of God than all the world besides that are destitute of the priesthood of the Son of God. And yet what do we know? Com21 KB (3,961 words) - 14:38, 13 April 2024
- ...the table. I am not aware, of course, whether or not this is general among Christians; but I notice among the Latter-day Saints, that it seems to be very natural ...ighbor as we would that he should do unto us? Are we just in our dealings? Are we honoring those principles of morality which alone can prepare us to inhe23 KB (4,253 words) - 14:38, 13 April 2024
- ...ion to matter, something entirely separate and distinct from matter. There are however, but few in the Christian world who have worked themselves so far i ...re we believe that the spirits which occupy the bodies of the human family are more or less in the resemblance of the tabernacles.40 KB (7,472 words) - 14:38, 13 April 2024
- ...." If you go to the professed infidel, of any class, and ask him, "Do the 'Mormons' believe in the Bible?"—"Why yes, I have heard them preach, and they beli ...rity of John the Baptist, but they had not received the Holy Ghost; and we are told that certain Apostles went down from Jerusalem to lay their hands on t22 KB (4,075 words) - 14:39, 13 April 2024
- ...y may sell. It is really true that a great share of the books in the world are written more to be read than to communicate facts. It is said that when Hen ...e to be healed in consequence of the holiness of this place. This class of Christians—the Copts—have maintained their identity through the reign of Mahommeta49 KB (9,293 words) - 14:39, 13 April 2024
- ...Mode of Administering the Sacrament—Abiding Counsel—Heavenly Blessings Are Conditional—Progressiveness of the Work—Plural Marriage Tithing—Tardi Wherefore they are no more twain, but one flesh. What therefore God hath joined together, let48 KB (8,882 words) - 14:39, 13 April 2024
- ...was on fire. This scene of grandeur can only be comprehended by those who are acquainted with the scenes of prairie burning. As the fire sweeps over mill ...n was to spread lies and falsehoods of the alarming character; such as the Mormons were in a state of rebellion against he Government, and that they were abou67 KB (11,800 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |>=[[../42|The Creation—the Seventh Thousand Years, and Events Which Are to Follow the Period of the Millennium]] ...nunciated, it amounts to very little. It is not the hearer of the word, we are told, who is benefited, but he that doeth it. And Jesus says that many will39 KB (7,058 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- ...ring the last six months as any of the labors of my life. Here let me ask, are you, my brethren and sisters, satisfied with the labors you have performed ...e, a blessing, which no one can sense unless he is in possession of it. We are happy to know by our faith and feelings through the spirit of revelation wi25 KB (4,650 words) - 14:42, 13 April 2024
- ...these great and glorious principles which God has revealed to us, but they are a disgrace to their profession. ...n wallowing in filth, corruption, rottenness and infamy! Men and women who are the murderers of their own infants by the thousands before or after birth.6 KB (1,083 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...ake City, with this difference, it is simply dressed outside. Hence things are progressing rapidly, which evinces a good desire among the Saints to carry ...houses in which we have attended meetings, and put most of the people who are seated in the body of this tabernacle into them. If the Saints wanted to at45 KB (8,452 words) - 14:44, 13 April 2024
- ...y-six years ago, is familiar to the minds of all the Latter-day Saints who are acquainted with the history of that period, and there is one man in the Ter ...im. He told me that his mother deeply deprecated the difficulties with the Mormons, and did all she could to prevent them.42 KB (7,482 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- |<=[[../34|God’s Ancient People Polygamists—Marriage Relations are to Continue Forever—No Power Binding in Marriage But That of the Holy Pri |>=[[../36|Saints are Chosen—Eternal Life Worth More Than all Things Else—Works Must Correspo52 KB (9,741 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- I will read a passage with which the Latter-day Saints, especially, are familiar—"All ye inhabitants of the world and dwellers on the earth, see ...o that believers in both the Old and New Testaments, or in either of them, are expecting that such a great and terrible event will come. But very few, how51 KB (9,363 words) - 14:40, 13 April 2024
- ...sly caught up to meet the Lord in the air. This doctrine is believed in by Christians generally who do not spiritualize altogether the sense and meaning of the S ...can be easily understood by all, both learned and unlearned. These events are to be so conspicuous that I presume there will not be a nation, people, kin43 KB (8,028 words) - 14:41, 13 April 2024
- ...gone by, and that no more Prophets, Apostles, Revelators, or inspired men are to appear among the children of men. But it is very evident from a vast amo ...e heavenly visions, the ministration of angels, and the various gifts that are promised according to the Gospel.59 KB (10,932 words) - 14:41, 13 April 2024
- ...ilosophy of Man Upon The Earth—The Great and Grand Secret of Salvation—Are We One—Nature of Stewardship—Increase of Temples—Hear Ye, Mothers]] ...Lord has given to us, to the requirements which he has made upon us? These are important questions for us to answer.24 KB (4,397 words) - 14:41, 13 April 2024
- ...s of our common humanity; and that method is the rule by which the results are attained, and the determination of the character of those results, whether ...e awarded to the builders of the various centres of civilization, and that are conferred upon those active agents and instrumentalities by which they have30 KB (5,235 words) - 14:46, 13 April 2024
- ...e will be an opportunity afforded us to advance and learn that of which we are now ignorant. ...lieve in other things in {{page break|69|top}} which we believe. But there are principles connected with our faith which go over and beyond and above all20 KB (3,830 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- ...me off which we have heard sung this afternoon, it may find some of us who are not "wheat," not faithfully performing in all respects the various duties a ...very peculiar one. We are gathered here from the nations of the earth. We are gathered here because of certain plans, purposes and designs of Jehovah, pe49 KB (9,348 words) - 14:46, 13 April 2024
- ...n to preach the Gospel to the world in his day, before its destruction, so are we. ...had manifestations, revelations, doctrines or organizations, those things are made known to us. Or if the people upon this continent, to whom God reveale34 KB (6,305 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...n certain planets or comets will appear and disappear. All their movements are undeviating, exact and true according to the laws of nature. ...he principles of eternal life, and are operating for eternity; and then we are operating to build up the Zion of God, where righteousness can be taught, a71 KB (12,440 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...indred, tongue, and people, unto destruction, which do wickedly, when they are fully ripe; and as I have said so shall it be; for this is the cursing and ...l there is an excellent feeling throughout all these settlements, and they are looking hopefully to the future.43 KB (8,146 words) - 14:46, 13 April 2024
- ...the hand may each and all be deceived, but, the instructions of the spirit are in all things correct. The combined senses may misguide or fail, but he who ...eading him into all truth and showing him things to come? Who, beside them are authorized by God, commissioned by Jesus and endorsed by the Holy Spirit to63 KB (11,097 words) - 14:46, 13 April 2024
- ...nd to the world in which we live,—pertaining to those who have lived and are now in another state of existence, and also pertaining to those who shall y ...ophesied about it. They taught the antediluvians as the people of this day are being taught, they warned them of the impending ruin that would overwhelm t46 KB (8,267 words) - 14:46, 13 April 2024
- ...ified form, while wickedness exists upon the earth. Africans and white men are in bondage, not in the same form as that in which the southern slaves were ...g to make odious the honor and purity of marriage. This is all wrong. They are in error in the view they take of it. If their bishops, priests, potentates29 KB (5,247 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...together in one all things in Christ, both which are in heaven, and which are on earth." By this we see that the Apostle Paul—and he was imbued with th ...bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction," "and many," we are told, "shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of tru47 KB (8,759 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...OINT OF VIEW—A COMMONWEALTH HAS BEEN BUILT UP IN THESE MOUNTAINS BY THE "MORMONS" UNDER THE BLESSING OF GOD—UNFAIRLY TREATED AS A PEOPLE BY THE PARENT GOV ...OINT OF VIEW—A COMMONWEALTH HAS BEEN BUILT UP IN THESE MOUNTAINS BY THE "MORMONS" UNDER THE BLESSING OF GOD—UNFAIRLY TREATED AS A PEOPLE BY THE PARENT GOV32 KB (6,012 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...OUR ENEMIES; THEIR AIMS—FREEDOM EXTENDED TO ALL SECTS IN UTAH—WHAT THE MORMONS CLAIM—THEIR BELIEF IN PLURAL MARRIAGE—INSTITUTIONS INTRODUCED BY CHRIST ...OUR ENEMIES; THEIR AIMS—FREEDOM EXTENDED TO ALL SECTS IN UTAH—WHAT THE MORMONS CLAIM—THEIR BELIEF IN PLURAL MARRIAGE—INSTITUTIONS INTRODUCED BY CHRIST33 KB (6,265 words) - 14:47, 13 April 2024
- ...nd whether they are performing the various duties devolving upon them, and are seeking to carry out the word, the will, and the law of God. ...ak|85|top}} here, and hearing that we are a strange sort of a people, they are desirous to know something about us as they pass through.42 KB (7,949 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...FORMED—EFFECTS OF THE GOSPEL—WHEREIN IS THE EFFICACY OF BAPTISM—WHO ARE BENEFITTED BY IT—PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY THE SAINTS—EFFECTS OF PERSECUT ...FORMED—EFFECTS OF THE GOSPEL—WHEREIN IS THE EFFICACY OF BAPTISM—WHO ARE BENEFITTED BY IT—PERSECUTIONS ENDURED BY THE SAINTS—EFFECTS OF PERSECUT25 KB (4,662 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...LYGAMY AND PROSTITUTION—STATISTICS OF CRIME COMMITTED BY MORMONS AND NON-MORMONS—THE WICKEDNESS OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES—THE DEBASED POSITION OF U.S. O ...LYGAMY AND PROSTITUTION—STATISTICS OF CRIME COMMITTED BY MORMONS AND NON-MORMONS—THE WICKEDNESS OF THE NEW ENGLAND STATES—THE DEBASED POSITION OF U.S. O62 KB (11,305 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- ...ed them the reason of this prohibition, to which they replied that we were Mormons, and that every one who adhered to our religious faith would have to leave ...l persons who would not take up arms against the society, should, with the Mormons, be driven out of the State; and thus drawing the division line so close th67 KB (11,850 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |L4=Are Latter-day Saints Christians? {{:Jesus Christ/Accusations that Mormons aren't Christians}}1 KB (196 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...d by the Mormon Church is not the same God who is worshiped by millions of Christians today |L9=Response to claim: 35- The authors claim that Mormons believe that "God could stop being God"14 KB (2,223 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...e LDS believe Jesus Christ and Lucifer are brothers in the sense that both are in evil cahoots with each other ...escribing different people. Leaving aside the fact that it is not the anti-Mormons who determine what official LDS theology is, several problems remain with t17 KB (2,602 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...rpreted by the authors to mean that "one is not to even believe that there are other gods" |L11=Response to claim: 57 - Mormons believe that the Trinity was "an invention of the apostate church," while C22 KB (3,638 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- The authors claim "For years Mormons were urged to have as many children as possible in order to make a way for ...doctrine (such as premortal existence) and policy (such as birth control) are two separate issues. Any denomination's policies can change over time, with5 KB (798 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 72-74 - The authors claim that Mormons believe that the Fall of Adam was a "fall upward" |L4=Response to claim: 74-75 - Mormons believe that "Satan was telling the truth" when he told Eve that she "shall12 KB (2,024 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...authors proffer a series of arguments against the LDS belief that Apostles are a necessity in the Lord's Church ...ould eliminate the 'loss of keys' for the primitive Christian church, many Mormons choose to spiritualize this otherwise straightforward verse." They go on to19 KB (3,168 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 97 - Mormons consider the Bible to be "insufficient" |L5=Response to claim; 98 - The authors suggest that Mormons have a lack of interest in the Bible because they think that it is not trus20 KB (3,293 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 139 - Mainstream Christians and Latter-day Christians "both accept the atonement of Christ" ==Response to claim: 139 - Mainstream Christians and Latter-day Christians "both accept the atonement of Christ"==29 KB (4,781 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L4=Response to claim: 155 -"Because of the unreasonable demand put on them," Mormons "may live their daily lives with the guild of never being good enough for c {{:Question: What can the writings of early Christians tell us about how to receive salvation in Jesus Christ?}}11 KB (1,735 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 208 - "When they are first built, Mormon temples are opened to the general public in an "open house" format for a short time. Af |L6=Response to claim: 212 - "Mormons who remain true to the faith and wear the garments believe they will be pro54 KB (9,084 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...want you to believe that we bear any animosity toward the Negro. 'Darkies' are wonderful people, and they have their place in our church" |L6=Response to claim: 235 - Brigham Young: "the aborigines of this country are dark, loathsome, ignorant, and sunken into the depths of degradation"29 KB (4,646 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L9=Response to claim: 255 - "Would Mormons living in today's society follow as their prophet a man who was known to be ...to claim: 261 - "It should come as no surprise that among the many excuses Mormons have raised for the failure of Smith's Missouri predictions, few admit it w37 KB (5,988 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...trust these men to lead them to eternal life? Apparently so. What if they are wrong?" |L5=Response to claim: 266 - "for Mormons, rejecting the prophet and other church leaders is akin to rejecting God Hi44 KB (7,329 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- ...Keever and Johnson repeatedly use polemical methods against Mormonism that are defective. I will also demonstrate that McKeever and Johnson's brand of Chr ...be distinguished from each other in the minutest detail…Mormons are true Christians; their worship is the pure, unadulterated Christianity authored by Christ a48 KB (8,193 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Were the Mormons motivated to participate in supporting California Proposition 8 merely as a ===Mormons welcomed the opportunity to cooperate not only with other Christians, but with Muslims, Jews, and others who share our values and concerns for s1,003 bytes (144 words) - 15:30, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What do Mormons believe regarding the nature of angels?== ...reject the LDS concept that angels were once mortal, claiming that angels are a special creation of God and that humans can never become angels. <ref>{{C7 KB (1,155 words) - 15:32, 13 April 2024