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=Index of Claims in "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Profile"= | =Index of Claims in "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Profile"= | ||
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+ | The authors claim that Joseph was told during the First Vision that "all the Christian Church's doctrines 'were an abomination'." | ||
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+ | *Joseph Smith - History 19, Pearl of Great Price. | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
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+ | The authors claim that Mormonism is a "polytheistic religion," because of the belief that God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are three distinct and separate personages. | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 370. | ||
+ | *McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', pp. 576-577. | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
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+ | According to Joseph Smith, God "was once a man like us." | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *''History of the Church'', 6:305 | ||
+ | |response= | ||
+ | *{{Detail|Nature of God/"God is a man"}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
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+ | Brigham Young said that the birth of Jesus Christ "was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action." | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|vol=8|disc=27|start=115}} | ||
+ | *McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', 742. | ||
+ | |response= | ||
+ | *{{Detail|Jesus Christ/Conception}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
+ | |claim= | ||
+ | Jesus "is the brother of Lucifer." | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *Milton Hunter, ''The Gospel Through the Ages, 15. | ||
+ | |response= | ||
+ | *{{Detail|Jesus Christ/Brother of Satan}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
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+ | Latter-day Saints make a distinction between the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit. | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', pp. 752. | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
+ | |claim= | ||
+ | The authors state the "every worthy male, according to the standards of Mormonism, will become a god and rule over their own planet." The authors state that women are excluded. | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *Joseph Fielding Smith, ''Doctrines of Salvation'' 2:48. | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | ===== ===== | ||
+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
+ | |claim= | ||
+ | There is a "Mother God." | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *Joseph Fielding Smith, ''Answers to Gospel Questions'' 3:143-144. | ||
+ | |response= | ||
+ | *{{Detail|Nature of God/Heavenly Mother}} | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
+ | |claim= | ||
+ | We are all spiritual offspring of our Heavenly Father and Mother, and we once lived in the pre-existence. | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 589. | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
+ | |claim= | ||
+ | The authors claim that "Black people are black because of their misdeeds in the pre-existence." | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *Melvin J. Ballard, ''Three Degrees of Glory'', p. 21. | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
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+ | The authors claim that salvation or exaltation "is based on one's own good works or merit." | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *Lowell Bennion, "The Religion of the Latter-day Saints," p. 160. | ||
+ | *''Church News'', October 8, 1988, p. 23. | ||
+ | }} | ||
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+ | {{IndexClaim | ||
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+ | The authors claim that Latter-day Saint consider the Bible "suspect due to its many errors and missing parts." | ||
+ | |authorsources= | ||
+ | *''Articles of Faith'' No. 8, ''Ensign'' January 1989, pp. 25, 27. | ||
+ | }} |
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