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Brigham Young/Enseñanzas
No los Santos de los Últimos Días consideran que la Biblia es digna de confianza?
Enseñanzas
- Brigham enseñó que la luna y el sol estaban habitados—
Sumario: Se afirma que Brigham Young enseñó que la luna y el sol estaban habitadas, y que esta es la prueba de que él era un falso profeta. (Haga clic aquí para ver el artículo completo)∗ ∗ ∗ - ¿Brigham Young fue un racista?—
Sumario: ¿Por qué los profetas del pasado hacen declaraciones racistas? Dios ya había revelado a Pedro que él no debe llamar algo "común" que Dios había limpiado (Hechos 10:9-16), sin embargo, algunos profetas de hoy en día el pensamiento de que los negros eran inferiores a los blancos, ¿por qué es eso? (Haga clic aquí para ver el artículo completo)∗ ∗ ∗ - Do LDS leaders claim that blacks go to heaven as slaves?—
Sumario: Elder Mark E. Peterson said, " If that Negro is faithful all his days, he can and will enter the celestial kingdom. He will go there as a servant, but he will get a celestial resurrection. He will get a place in the celestial glory." Therefore, do Mormons consider God to have an "equal heaven" for all races? (Haga clic aquí para ver el artículo completo)∗ ∗ ∗ - Death the penalty for race mixing?—
Sumario: "...Brigham Young said race mixing was punishable by death." (Haga clic aquí para ver el artículo completo)∗ ∗ ∗ - Brigham says his sermons are "scriptures"?—
Sumario: Critics sometimes impose absolutist assumptions on the Church. Some critics hold inerrantist beliefs about scriptures or prophets, and assume that the LDS have similar views. Critics therefore insist, based upon the assumptions above, that any statement by any LDS Church leader represents LDS doctrine and is thus something that is secretly believed, or that should be believed, by Latter-day Saints. (Haga clic aquí para ver el artículo completo)∗ ∗ ∗ - Quote mining JD 13:95 on sermons as scripture (Haga clic aquí para ver el artículo completo)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Brigham Young on need to know for ourselves (Haga clic aquí para ver el artículo completo)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Brigham Young as Young Earth Creationist?—
Sumario: Critics try to portray Brigham Young as a "young earth creationist" (YEC). This is someone who believes the earth was created in the recent past, usually 6-7,000 years ago, based upon a literal and fundamentalist reading of Genesis. They hope that by making Brigham appear uninformed about scientific matters, they can challenge his status as a prophet. (Haga clic aquí para ver el artículo completo)∗ ∗ ∗ - Did Brigham Young think too much education was damaging?—
Sumario: Did Brigham Young state that too much education would be damaging to children? Brigham stated: "We should never crowd and force the minds of our children beyond what they are able to bear. If we do we ruin them for life." (Haga clic aquí para ver el artículo completo)∗ ∗ ∗
- Brigham enseñó que la luna y el sol estaban habitados—