Additional Information regarding the Biblical Doctrine vs Mormonism Chart.
Let's see what the Mormon "prophet" Joseph Smith says.
I have always declared God to be a distinct personage,
Jesus Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and that the
Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these three constitute
three distinct personages and three Gods. If this is in accordance with the New
Testament, lo and behold! we have three Gods anyhow, and they are plural; and
who can contradict it?"
Let's read another excerpt from this same document by Joseph Smith:
"It reads just so in the Revelation, Hence the doctrine
of a plurality of Gods is as prominent in the Bible as any other doctrine. It is
all over the face of the Bible. It stands beyond the power of controversy. A
wayfaring man, though a fool, need not err therein."
So Joseph Smith says that the right teaching is three gods, and not only that
but a plurality of gods. Let's read further what he says about those who say
that there are NOT 3 gods:
"Hath he beheld the eternal world, and is he authorized
to say that there is only one God? He makes himself a fool if he thinks or says
so, and there is an end of his career or progress in knowledge. He cannot obtain
all knowledge, for he has sealed up the gate to it."
All of the quotes above are from
Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, Section 6.
As for the Book of Abraham upon which this doctrine is, in part, based, it was
proven to have absolutely nothing to do with Abraham, but rather was an Egyptian
"Book of Breathings" back in the 1960's. Here are a couple of the many sites
where one can see the history behind the scroll which Joseph Smith claimed
contained the "Book of Abraham".
http://www.religioustolerance.org/lds_bkab.htm
http://neirr.org/bof.htm
A quote from the last document:
"The Mormon Church, to it's own dismay,
released the news in 1968 that the Joseph Smith Papyri (JS pap) were indeed part
of the Egyptian Book of the Dead. (More specifically, the Book of Breathing.)
The critics who charged that the facsimiles from the Book of Abraham were taken
from funerary texts that spoke of Osiris, Hor, and other Egyptian gods and
goddesses were correct all along."
Additional resources regarding the Book of Abraham can be found on this webpage:
Additional Resources
RICHARD ABANES
One Nation Under Gods
An excellent resource book for those who wish to gain a good insight into the history or the Mormon Church. Highly Recommended.
RON RHODES
Reasoning from the Scriptures with Mormons
DNA vs The Book of Mormon Video
Also, check out the videos available from
Living Hope Ministries,
especially the DNA vs The Book
of Mormon Video. This is one of the most important videos in the history of
Mormonism and shows absolute proof that the book of Mormon is false. Living Hope
Ministries makes this video
available on-line, as well as in tapes which are free to Mormons or
available at very low cost to those who wish to make this important information
available to Mormons.
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