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- ...is, or human deification, implies more than one "god," which means Mormons are "polytheists," and that the Mormon concept of "human deification" is a paga |subject=Quotations about deification/theosis from non-LDS Christians.1 KB (205 words) - 15:55, 13 April 2024
- |subject=Do Mormons worship a "different Jesus"? ...orship "a different Jesus" and so are not entitled to consider themselves "Christians."299 bytes (42 words) - 15:55, 13 April 2024
- ...all nations, in bringing about his covenant and his gospel, unto those who are of the house of Israel. Wherefore, he will bring them again out of captivit ...emble, and quake; they are those who must be brought low in the dust; they are those who must be consumed as stubble; and this is according to the words o73 KB (12,947 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...s—to which the producers and contributors apparently subscribe—are the proper (and only) interpretation of the Bible. Mormons believe in the Biblical Jesus. There is a great contrast, however, between22 KB (3,514 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...of hell—all of them, kit and kaboodle. All the huge vast people that are on that broad road that leads to hell the Bible tells us about—all of ...works will be judged by Christ. He and only He will determine if our works are righteous or evil. We must remember that not everyone who saith, Lord, Lord27 KB (4,758 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...DS interpretation of scriptural passages in the Bible, often claiming that Mormons have misinterpreted the scriptures and that they require "deeper study." In |L9=Response to claims made in Becoming Gods, "Chapter 8: Ye Are Gods"6 KB (982 words) - 22:16, 11 May 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Do Christians Believe in Three Gods |H=Response to "Do Christians Believe in Three Gods?10 KB (1,526 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Do Christians Believe in Three Gods/Origins of Nicene Trinitarianism |T=[[../|Do Christians Believe in Three Gods?]]17 KB (2,754 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- |L8=Response to claims made in Mormon America "Chapter 7: Mormons, Inc." ...ade in Mormon America "Chapter 19: Are Mormons Christians? Are Non-Mormons Christians?"8 KB (1,162 words) - 22:45, 11 May 2024
- |L1=Question: Did early Mormon leaders consider themselves Christians? |L2=Question: Did LDS leaders claim that Christians were no longer present on the earth after the apostasy?1 KB (208 words) - 16:18, 30 April 2024
- ...ts position. Voting choices by Latter-day Saints, like all other people, are influenced by their own unique experiences and circumstances. As we move f ...constitution defining marriage as being between "a man and a woman." There are 29 states which currently have such a definition of marriage in their const45 KB (6,810 words) - 16:27, 30 April 2024
- ...prominent Mormons who gave money to pass it, as well as other Mormons who are only tangentially associated with the cause; some have even called for a bo ...lessons you refer to, and are you proposing to apply those lessons again? Are you suggesting that Mormon’s need your permission to participate in the p39 KB (5,785 words) - 15:02, 13 April 2024
- ...stingly, the rhetoric underlying the theology may have resulted from 1830s Mormons trying to convince their neighbors in the slave state of Missouri that they |claim=The Mormons' Prophet had told them about the kingdom they would be called to administer58 KB (8,618 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...early days of the Church was at the hands of people who called themselves "Christians." {{:Question: Did early Mormon leaders consider themselves Christians?}}16 KB (2,387 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L15=Response to claim: 289, 578n51 (HB) 576n51 (PB) - "many "'influential' Mormons and LDS religion teachers still saw women as mere 'birth machines'" ...igham Young said that "the only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy"34 KB (5,154 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ong-held Mormon notion that Latter-day Saints are innately better than non-Mormons" ...se to claim: 377, 600n11-14 (PB) - Did LDS leaders spend 150 years calling Christians "derogatory names" and insulting them?22 KB (3,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L4=Response to claim: 403 - Baptisms for the dead are incompatible with Christianity ...aints are supposed to only rely on the "burning in the bosom" even if they are "faced with irrefutable facts that undermine the LDS church"36 KB (5,451 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Response to claim: 104 - "Mormons, who commonly rejected analytical thought in favor of supernatural experien ...ter-day Saint periodical The Evening and the Morning Star "haranguing" non-Mormons by threatening them with "imminent destruction" if they did not repent?21 KB (3,131 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ith their talents before coming to earth. Consequently, they...are born as Mormons in America" ...ot equal with other races where the receipt of certain spiritual blessings are concerned"28 KB (4,263 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...phet, John Cleveland nevertheless became 'more and more bitter towards the Mormons'" |L11=Response to claim: 106 - other polyandrous husbands are claimed to have become more bitter against the Church49 KB (7,241 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ...iscussed in this section. The following claims (highlighted in '''bold''') are simply absurd. ||"LDS documents are '''strangely silent''' about their prophet's activities during the three ye14 KB (2,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ave around 50,000 "missionaries" active today|Response to claim: 179 - the Mormons have around 50,000 "missionaries" active today]] ...Coca-Cola"|Response to claim: 180 - The book claims that Latter-day Saints are cautioned against the use of "caffeine-bearing drinks, such as Coca-Cola"]]118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...hout looking up the "rest of the story" in the endnote. Some examples this are provided in the following sections. |claim=The author claims that "'''"LDS apologists and BYU professors are advocating''' a new ''unofficial'' opinion that Lehi and his people represe24 KB (3,862 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |H=Do Mormons believe that Christianity is "satanic"? ...1=Did early LDS leaders denounce Christianity?|l2=Latter-day Saints aren't Christians?}}19 KB (3,188 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L2=Response to claim: 438 - "More than a few Mormons, although they had never actually read my book, declared without hesitation ...ponse to claim: 442, n14 - "Some of the harshest criticism I received from Mormons came from those who were irate over my depiction of Brigham Young"15 KB (2,332 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...e, on trial, when news of the battle reached town. It was stated, that the Mormons had killed twenty of the mob, and had gone to Wilson's and shot his son. In ...ried the experiment with success; and it is believed that some few of them are living there in peace, to this day.66 KB (11,727 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |H=Are the Church of Jesus Christ, its leaders, and theology racist? ...ng or misunderstanding LDS teachings on this matter. LDS views and sources are portrayed in the most hostile, prejudicial light possible.16 KB (2,472 words) - 16:54, 30 April 2024
- ...arried to Joseph, and yet bore a child that was not his, but God's. There are only two options—one can, as the "infidels" do, assert that Jesus was {{:Question: Do Mormons believe that Mary was still a virgin when Jesus was born?}}6 KB (1,092 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ve made them—unless I choose to reveal them. If I do not, then they are secret and sacred no matter what others may say or do. Anyone who would rev ...sufficient to attract notice. Yet Latter-day Saints – sometimes known as Mormons - still wonder whether and how they should respond when news or entertainme22 KB (3,737 words) - 22:05, 9 May 2024
- ...hich actuates those who engage in such plans to put down the truth, yet we are assured that in the providence of God they will ultimately tend to the glor He also informs us, that every thing but God and the saints are combined together, and raging against the truth with one mighty struggle, a31 KB (4,585 words) - 12:04, 27 April 2024
- Biblical Keys for Discerning True and False Prophets/Considering Joseph Smith/Jesus and Joseph Smith...esus and the reconstructed context/model: how the context and social model are understood determines how Jesus is understood. ‘Determines’ is not too ...ir choice of emphasis, what counts as primary data, which heuristic models are used.9 KB (1,554 words) - 14:01, 13 April 2024
- |L=Evangelical witnessing to Mormons/Craig Blomberg - Jesus to the Mormons |H=Response to "Dr. Craig Blomberg's 'Top Ten Things Jesus Would Say to Mormons'"16 KB (2,615 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- ...y trying to prove, however, is a little narrower. He promises to show "why Christians believe that their concept of God better captures the data of Scripture tha7 KB (1,162 words) - 22:17, 11 May 2024
- *'''Argument''': "All the Mormons I've met have never had a good response to the polygamy issue. Therefore, ...a false conclusion about a group because the members of the group studied are not typical of the group as a whole.19 KB (2,906 words) - 17:43, 13 April 2024
- *'''Argument''': "Mormons are wrong to oppose homosexual behavior, because such behavior occurs in nature *'''Rebuttal''': There are many natural occurances which are not morally acceptable. Some beetles ([http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bedbug13 KB (1,986 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- ...sole cause for Joseph's murder, and an inevitable one. Historical events are more complicated than this; there is a complex web of cause, effect, and co ...If personal revelation is a reality, then we must accept it even if there are some "negative" consequences to it.19 KB (2,788 words) - 22:10, 9 May 2024
- ...claim: 129 - Will Bagley claimed that Mountain Meadows was known among the Mormons as "a preferred location for the quiet execution of unpleasant tasks" ...in the camp would never be known, or whether they considered their fellow Mormons capable of such cold-blooded treachery"13 KB (1,990 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |L3=Response to claim: 177 - Mormons believe that God is "just an exalted man" |L10=Response to claim: 188 - The Lectures on Faith indicate that there are only two personages in the Godhead, and that their mind is the Holy Spirit10 KB (1,647 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- {{:Question: What did early Christians think about alterations to the scriptures?}} {{:Question: Do Mormons believe that the Bible has less value because it contains errors?}}12 KB (1,895 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...er, how many of the issues which some charge the Church with "suppressing" are discussed in Church publications. ...s of using rods to manifest God’s will (see Ex. 7:9-12; Num. 17:8). Many Christians in Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery's day similarly believed in divining rod71 KB (10,879 words) - 20:12, 20 May 2024
- ...Latter-day Saints held a public information session entitled "Are Mormons Christians?" Many members and non-members attended, including clergy from other denom ...rs have here suggested some answers to these questions—many of which are commonly asked—and then provided links to further material for intere24 KB (4,127 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- ...of the things associated with the kingdom of God; and consequently, as we are all engaged in the worship of the Almighty, and meet together from time to ...tation of the human family in this time and throughout all eternity. These are our feelings.46 KB (8,662 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- I have no doubt but the people, who are Saints, are much edified by the preaching and exhortations given from this stand. Were ...but that there are believers who do not obey, but the only true believers are they who prove their belief by their obedience to the requirements of the G44 KB (8,351 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...le of God, at the seat of the government of the Church, knowing that there are many that can edify and enlighten our minds better than I can. I always fee ...myself to the people as if they were all strangers, on the principles that are sometimes designated "MORMONISM;" and confine myself to some of the plain,42 KB (7,756 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- ...ther being warm, and the people generally of the laboring class, I presume are the cause of a rather late attendance at meeting this morning. There are peculiarities connected with our duties, that make them differ from the dut27 KB (4,950 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- ...rayers, that the Lord may inspire me with those arguments and reasons that are well pleasing in His sight, that I may acquit myself before Him, if it may ...in short, who looked upon others as sinners; to reprove them, he said, "Ye are they which justify yourselves before men; but God knoweth your hearts: for45 KB (8,717 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- A portion of this congregation have been brought up in America, and are more or less acquainted with the Constitution, with the Constitutional righ ...overnment. But as far as they understand, I will venture to say that these are the sentiments of all the Latter-day Saints.43 KB (8,245 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...when I chanced to get among those who supposed the Latter-day Saints, or "Mormons," had a new Bible, and preached a new Gospel. I used to select the eighth v ...ur religion unless he could be satisfied that the first principles thereof are based upon the word of God contained in the holy Scriptures. In relation to28 KB (5,269 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...ngels, and in the gift of the Holy Ghost, and that it was the privilege of Christians to enjoy the gifts and graces of the Spirit now, as well as in ancient time ...ith whom I have been acquainted in this kingdom, and reflect how few there are who have stood firm, and how many have apostatized, I often at first think38 KB (7,119 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- ...g for the purpose of addressing you. However probable it may be that there are those present who might do so more to your satisfaction; yet, if the spirit ...arity which are so generally understood, and which by a great many persons are neglected, to their own injury. There is not a person of common intelligenc39 KB (7,221 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024