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Mormonism was taking shape, despite the protest of churchgoers. While the Mormons proclaimed,
Joseph Smith is a prophet of God. The Christians protested No! he's a scoundrel! You're a cult! Blasphemy! Everything you teach is a lie!
This was the "persecution" they faced in their early years. People hated the unbiblical new doctrines he was creating, following his "translation" into English of the Book of Mormon.
In the following scene we see the Christian asking the ex-Mormon - David, how this was possible!
Christian: David, I'm stumped! How could he translate the Book of Mormon from invisible golden plates?
David the ex - Mormon: Joseph may have believed they were there and that he could see them. Some say he used magical glasses to do it. Out of this craziness came forth "The Book of Mormon." Satan gave Joseph its message.
Christian: Unbelievable! Is it still the same, or has it been changed, too, like the story of the "angel" Moroni?
Ex-Mormon - David: Are you kidding? You'd be stunned to know how many times!
Christian: How many? 40 or 50?
Ex-Mormon David: Try 3,913 times! That's the magic of Mormonism: It has always changed and it always will.
The Mormons hold the Bible as the lowest of all their books.
It's no surprise to see the Book of Mormon above the Word of God. In Mormonism, the writings of Joseph Smith supercede anything God has written in His bible.
ALL Mormons are supposed to believe this.
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Page 16 of The Enchanter by Jack Chick Publications.
everything we teach is a lie?
so Jesus didn't rise from the dead and is t the Son of God?
To be clear, Avatar, the persons who said, Everything Joseph Smith taught was a lie - were the people of Independence. That is the part of the record of documentation of what preceded the Mormons being driven out of Independence. They came into the town telling the towns people, This land is ours now. Soon God will smite you Gentiles and everything you have will be ours. This is what is on record as to the many reasons the people of Independence wanted the Mormons to leave.
So please examine who you are addressing. As you'll note the teachings of the Mormon church have changed - over 1300 times according to the information provided here - I have no idea what Smiths' belief was about the resurrection at that point and time but the record of that event - the people of Independence - non - Mormons - rising up against them - clearly said everything he teaches is a lie.
Now you can look up the history of the Mormons being driven out of Independence and what brought it on by looking up the history on it.
That is part of the problem with Mormonism according to the ex-Mormon who gave testimony about it - that their doctrines / beliefs keep changing - adapting - in order to slip out of the questions put to them. Please read the entire thread and the footnotes provided. There is not just one resource (Chick publications) there are numerous resources and I listed those for RW.
I must tell you that Saul was disqualified from being king for disobeying God by 2%. He obeyed God 98% in what he was commanded to do but directly disobeyed in the other 2%. Yet you want to make an exception for Joseph Smith Jr.? Why? He was proven to be a murderer, a liar, a thief, a con man, a womanizer, a seducer of other men's wives, a false prophet and your only concern is that he must have been right at least once because you're claiming he believed the resurrection to be true. Even if he did, it is not different than a broken clock being right twice a day - a moot issue. The bottom line, Avatar, is that according to the King James Bible if a prophet was wrong even once - he was called (and rightly so) a false prophet. You need to realize this isn't an indictment against you as a human being. Anyone could be deceived. Satan is a most subtle enemy. The answer is to seek the LORD and ask Him to please open up the Scriptures to you and let him know you are willing to do His will and that you are not willing to do the will of the Mormon Temple any longer. Jesus said, Come out from among them and be ye separated. You must come out of there. You cannot drink from the cup of the LORD and the cup of demons. You have to make a choice and the choice that leads to eternal life and heaven is Jesus Christ alone.