The following examples, like the foregoing section, are mostly undocumented, but go one step further by drawing conclusions that the facts presented or not presented do not warrant.
Book’s version |
Actual meaning |
| 1. Mormon lying “can be traced to their belief that they are in the process of becoming ‘Gods’ ” (237:25). | The LDS Church teaches that lying would disqualify one from ever reaching that state. |
| 2. As more Latter-day Saints get into government, “the Constitutional prohibition against . . . a state church would no longer be enforceable” (242:29). | To think this possible is not to understand the United States’ system of checks and balances. This just isn’t possible. |
| 3. Secular humanism and Mormonism are alike (259:6). | These two concepts are extremely different since humanism embraces no belief in God. |
| 4. “A ‘God’ that fits anyone’s definition is clearly man’s creature and not his Creator” (258:32). | True. That is why Joseph Smith was instructed by the Lord to restore the correct concept of God to replace that which had become nonbiblical. |
| 5. Quetzalcoatl is the devil (197:10). | Latter-day Saints believe this feathered serpent image worshipped by the early inhabitants of ancient America had degenerated to an apostate version of what had once been the worship of Christ. |
| 6. The world’s “horror and shame can be traced to the fact that we have almost five billion little counterfeit gods in the. world” (261:5-15). | The problems of society are caused by deteriorating moral standards, godless philosophies, and religions that have strayed from original teachings. |
| 7. “Adieu” in Mother Smith’s recently found letter probably explains why Joseph Smith used that French word in the Book of Mormon (218:19). | The use of “Adieu” in the Book of Mormon shows that Joseph was translating the language from the plates to the vernacular of the times. Since the Mother Smith letter is now known to have been a forgery, the charge is irrelevant. |
| 8. After being told by God to join no church, Joseph Smith became a Methodist (216:32). | The charge was written many years after the fact by a bitter anti-LDS person and states that Joseph Smith’s name appeared on a Sunday School class roll for three days before he had his name removed. |
| 9. “The god of the ghouls is named ‘Mormo’ [and] . . . in Chinese ‘Mormon’ means ‘gates of hell’ ” (72:28). | In the German language “Gift” means “poison.” There are thousands of examples of words that sound the same that have completely different meanings in other languages. The authors fail to state that the Satanic Bible they use for a source actually identifies “Mormo” as coming from Greek mythology and is not equated with Mormonism at all as they claim. |
