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Book's
version
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Actual
meaning
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1.
Mormon
lying
"can
be
traced
to
their
belief
that
they
are
in
the
process
of
becoming
'Gods'
" (237:25).
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The LDS Church
teaches that lying would disqualify one from ever reaching that state.
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2.
As
more
Latter-day
Saints
get
into
government,
"the
Constitutional
prohibition
against . . .
a
state
church
would
no
longer
be
enforceable" (242:29).
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To
think this possible is not to understand the United States' system of checks and
balances. This just isn't possible.
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3.
Secular
humanism
and
Mormonism
are
alike (259:6).
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These two
concepts are extremely different since humanism embraces no belief in
God.
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4.
"A
'God'
that
fits
anyone's
definition
is
clearly
man's
creature
and
not
his
Creator" (258:32).
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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.
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5.
Quetzalcoatl
is
the
devil (197:10).
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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.
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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).
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The
problems of society are caused by deteriorating moral standards, godless
philosophies, and religions that have strayed from original teachings.
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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).
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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.
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8.
After
being
told
by
God
to
join
no
church,
Joseph
Smith
became
a
Methodist (216:32).
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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.
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9.
"The
god
of
the
ghouls
is
named
'Mormo'
[and] . . .
in
Chinese
'Mormon'
means
‘gates
of
hell'
" (72:28).
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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.
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