If the person that made this video wants to believe that this is the truth, let them. Anybody who comments claiming that this religion is stupid should evaluate their own and see that it could look JUST as silly to others, especially atheists like me. Everyone has their beliefs. If you don't want to listen, politely refuse their books when they come to your door, and don't watch the video. Arguing about religion is ridiculous and makes you look ignorant.
@BonnieBunee - It wasn't meant for you so it obviously wouldn't apply. I, for one, think it would be a waste of time to spend hours on a street corner to go and bashing an organization who positively effect the world for good. Wouldn't matter if we were Mormon or not... if I provided you service or made your life better in some way, when would it be okay for someone else to consider my actions as an ill effect?
Ok so, I have questions I want and need clarified. Why if you believe in GOD in heaven and understand scriptures, do you believe Jesus and Satan (Lucifer) are brothers? Also explain why African American people were not allowed to become mormon until the eighties? Mormons used to considered them followers of Lucifer. I've been in mormon buildings for funerals and one of the things that disturbs me greatly is no crucifixes or crosses anywhere. Why? Please explain to me so I can understand.
@crushfan76 - first of all, U should better understand the accusations before you can even have answers ie, African Americans, which have always had access to the blessings of salvation and have never been denied them or anything that was essential to salvation. The Priesthood of God is simply that. The authority to act in God's name. So who should be concerned as to WHO acts in his name? It would be God, then, correct? God makes that decision not men hence the 1978 revelation. See 2 Nephi 26:33
@THELDSLIFELDS I submit the following evidence. Please read: Apostle and prolific writer Bruce R. McConkie: Negroes in this life are denied the Priesthood; under no circumstances can they hold this delegation of authority from the Almighty… The gospel message of salvation is not carried affirmatively to them. Negroes are not equal with other races where the receipt of certain spiritual blessings are concerned. . . . (Mormon Doctrine, 477, 527-28; 1966 orig. ed., changed in the current).
@crushfan76 - also an idea held by all Christians for the space of many centuries. It was not an uncommon belief even in the 16th and 17th centuries. Thanks in large part to modern revelation and the proclamations made in 1978, we now know differently and act accordingly.
@crushfan76 - after the revelation came shedding light on NEW information, Bruce R McKonkie issued a statement to recant that former written statement to that effect. You and I both know this. You choose to omit this from the record.
Hey :) I just thought I'd answer one of your questions. The reason you wont see crucifixes or crosses anywhere is because, although we believe whole-heartedly in the atonement of Jesus Christ; we do not dwell on his death. He is risen :) Therefore we worship the living and resurected Christ that he is. Thank you for asking. If you have any other questions, I'd love to answer!
@GretelThePentecostal - one video was produced without the David Archuleta song so that my audience in Germany could view the content. It was blacked out in Germany due to copyright issues.
I don't understand why some mormon churches allow having multiple wives, and other mormon churches dont. Do all types of mormons have the same book of mormon and has anybody ever laid hands on the secret barried tablet writings that Joseph Smith visualized. Does every mormon group have a prophet?
@arlieberry - There have been divisions amongst the LDS church since it's restoration. The FLDS church has broken off from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The FLDS church consider themselves "Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ" and their gig is that once SOMETHING has been revealed, it ought to always remain but the Lord giveth and taketh away. The manifesto via the prophet Wilford Woodruff discontinued the practice of Plural Marriage as an earthly practice but not in spirit.
typical mormon feel good video and mantra. Early mormons tried to distance themselves from christianity. Now later mormons are trying to distance themselves from early mormons and draw close to christianity. Their view obviously not accepted by any Christian church and not supported by scriptures, even much of their own scriptures. Knowing that something is true seems to fly in the face of the any fact one can throw at them. *sigh* Just have to pray that their eyes will be opened, i guess.
@watk6095 - the myth that no other disciple of Christ could equate a Mormon as one of them is a classic "Throw the baby out with the bath water remark." and could not be supported. There are MANY in ALL religious sects that affirm the Christian Faith which IS the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints... but possibly NONE give them credence more than do the Catholics...
Mormons are not protestant as all other churches are (non-Catholic) but there be many individually who see Christ in us.
@THELDSLIFE I guess I should specify. Although it is true that there are many people that use the same false logic that the Mormons use when referring to people as disciples of Christ, Mormons do not serve Jesus Christ. For example, they believe that Jesus and Lucifer are spirit borthers as are we all, a teaching unique to mormonism. They also do not believe that Jesus is God incarnate. How can mormons claim to be a disciple of Christ when they don't even follow what he says about himself?
@watk6095 - we understand Jesus Christ a little different in MOST part because of modern day revelation but we mostly just understand more about him thanks to having prophets in General helping us to understand the scriptures. If you think about it... there are 1/3 of the "Hosts of Heaven" who followed after Satan... So Lucifer + 1/3 of God's spirit children went the "Way of being disowned" and cast off and it's ALL in the Bible. It's NOT hard to understand... We just understand things different
@THELDSLIFE No, No, I think Jesus is pretty clear on who he is and why he came; the prophets never needed to say anything more. Now it is true that the bible says Lucifer and a 1/3 of the host of heaven fell, but it does not mention the concept of spirit children anywhere so that interpretation does not apply. That interpretation has only been around since the early 1800s with no other corroborating sources than Joseph Smith himself. It certainly is hard to understand when put to the bible.
@watk6095 - it speaks of us as "Spirit children of God" in many spots all throughout the Bible... (See Job 38 4-7, Psalms 82: 1, 6-8, Romans 8:15-18... etc...)
It is not hard to understand that when God put "Life" into Adam (into the body of Adam) that his spirit was joined to the corporeal body. Adam, now a complete soul having a body to house his spirit suggests that his spirit existed BEFORE entering the body and continues to exist after his body passed away. The same will be true for each.
@THELDSLIFE No. Those scriptures that you list have nothing to do with pre-existent spritis. In Job he is implying that Job WAS NOT present at the laying of the foundations of the earth, so Job has no grounds to question God. In psalms, It is referring to magistrates and false gods and how God is supreme to them. In Romans, Paul is talking about being ADOPTED into the family of God, meaning we aren't initially children of God. We become children through Jesus Christ!! John 1:12
@watk6095 hmmm what He says about Himself is that He is in the Father, and the Father is in Him. His will is His Father's will, He prayed to His Father, He even asked why Heavenly Father had forsaken Him.....hmmmm sounds like a child of God to me. Jesus IS the Christ, He is Jahova the God of the old testament, He is our advocate with Heavenly Father. Under Father's direction He created everything we know of....He is our brother, but He is perfect.
@tyewalkerfm1 - Everything in the Bible suggests that Jesus is that great Jehovah: God of the Old Testament... but when Christ came, he taught us to pray to the father. He did not ask us to pray to he himself. In many cases, he also asked us to believe in God saying "I go to my God and your God."
HE compared himself often to his father; he looks just LIKE the father, and in every way was he also perfect. He grew from grace to grace as a Son of God but like mankind, he died and lived again.
@tyewalkerfm1 Yes and when he said things like I and my Father are one, the monotheistic Jews took up stones to kill him, because Jesus being a man made himself God. Jesus knew full well what he was implying by saying the things he said. The Jews did too and tried to kill him because of it. Jehovah is the name for God the Father, the one true eternal God, not 'elohim' which is the Hebrew plural of 'el' that means God. Your theology has been twisted by the D&C and PoGP.
@watk6095 LOL....twisted? and what's PoGP?? Christ taught the same gospel in the D&C as in the Bible and the book of Mormon. He taught us to pray in His name, not to Him. Christ is the only begotten of the Father, the Mesiah, our savior. He is the only way to return to our Heavenly Father.
@watk6095 Oh you mean the pearl of great price....I think of it as the book of Moses, and the book of Abraham, but at any rate, I know with all my heart and soul that Jesus is the Christ, He loves us all, and is all about our Father's buisness.....
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
@tyewalkerfm1 There is an incredible discrepancy between the teachings of the D&C, Book of Abraham and Moses, and the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is actually the most "christian" of the three by the way it reads. The other books are incredibly heretical. Did you know there are sects of mormons that do not believe in the D&C? Did you know there are over 100 different sects of mormonism? Meaning Joseph Smith didn't keep the church together? Plus what about Jeremiah 17:9? Beware the heart?
@tyewalkerfm1 Jesus was a man and Jewish. He had a God. Who was that God? Jehovah. But Jesus did one thing no other man did. He claimed to be the eternal God. Not being created, he created all things. I testify of the Holy Spirit as well, that doesn't make your testimony any more effective than mine. The difference is that the Holy Spirit testifies against Joseph Smith and his boasting. Perhaps one day the veil of the Mormon Chruch will be lifted and your eyes will be opened to see it.
@watk6095 Well I was extremely anti mormon untill about 2 years ago, I promised to read the book of Mormon, and pray about it, well here I am. The spirit of the Lord only testifies of the truth. He has testified to me that Jesus is the Christ, that He is our elder brother, and the only begotten of the Father. He has testified to me that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, and so is Thomas S. Monson. Christ has restored His church to the earth, and it is the LDS church.
@tyewalkerfm1 - You and me both! What most don't realize about me is I've spent time on BOTH sides of the fence. I laugh when I hear some of my former acquaintances (in spirit) suggest I leave the church... again... and it's NOT going to happen.
@THELDSLIFE Did you leave mormonism and then come back or convert to mormonism from another religion? Why did you change? Was it your witness that convinced you? What really drove it home that Joseph Smith was a prophet? His words? Actions? How did you square with the lack of evidence surrounding the Book of Mormon?
@watk6095 - Prayer; 1 John 5:9 - although a mountain of evidence continues to be identified and cataloged by archeology, words in the text alone testifies that the Book of Mormon is what Joseph Smith, 3 others, and 8 others say it was a record written by the hand of Mormon, who was a descendant of Nephi whose family has a direct link to Israel. The Book of Mormon provides a perfect explanation for the blessing fulfillment by these passages. (See Genesis 49:22-26, Deut 33:13-17)
@tyewalkerfm1 Interesting. I actually find converts to the mormon church fascinating. What were you before and what made you switch? Was it the witness (Jeremiah 17:9)? Archeological and Anthropological evidence? Cultural reasons? What made you go from "extremely anti-mormon" to "here I am"? Did you test the prophets in the Book of Mormon to see if what they said checks out (Like the Bereans when Paul spoke to them in Acts 17:10-11)?
@watk6095 I find that the biggest converter for me has been the the book of Mormon, as far as lack of evidence, I find a lot of evidence to support it, but evidence never has been a faith builder, if it is for you then you really don't have faith, for faith is a knowlage of things not seen but hoped for. Don't get me wrong I don't question your faith, I honestly don't know you. But the fact that the church is set up just like the early church in the Bible is also very convincing......
"When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him".
This doesn't mean he is not a prophet, it just means he's a man like everyone else. For the only one who has ever been perfect was Christ.
@watk6095 About Joseph Smith as a prophet, the fact that the book of Mormon was translated in such a short time. There is no way anything could be written so quickly, especially by a boy with very little schooling. I also know of a sceptical scholar who went to work for BYU as a language expert, his native toung was a middle eastern language. When he read the way things are written in the book of Mormon he was converted immediatly knowing that no 19th century boy could make it up.
@tyewalkerfm1 Luke wrote that the Bereans were more noble than the Thessalonians because they accepted the words of Paul and proved them. Paul himself writes in Thessalonians to prove all things and hold fast that which is good. Similarities in structure or organization mean nothing if the doctrine and theology are false. If I made a new church and set it up exactly like the LDS church yet my doctrine was different, does that mean I'm LDS? Is the RLDS church the true church? or the FLDS?
@watk6095 So, you don't trust the spirit, or your heart you call it, and you want to prove all things. I prove all things with the spirit of the Lord. If I'm having a hard time finding answers I can go to the temple, and if I trust in the Lord I will get an answer that I'll know is of the Lord......
I'm not sure what you would be if you made your own church, if you didn't follow the Lords prophet you would still have only part of the gospel....
@tyewalkerfm1 Let me add some other scriptures for you to read that demonstrates the grave consequences when you speak in God's name and it does not come to pass. Deuteronomy 18:20 - 22 not just v22. Deuteronomy 13; Jeremiah 14:14,15; Jeremiah 28; Zechariah 13:3. If you being a man issue a false prophecy in the NAME OF THE LORD, the penalty is death (no room for error, no slap on the wrist, just one mistake is all it takes). Perfection is required when speaking for God, not a sinless life.
@tyewalkerfm1 sorry I've been so long winded, but compiling a novel does not take that long if you know what you are going to say. Furthermore, Joseph Smith was known to be an excellent orator and story teller. JRR Tolkein created full languages in his Lord of the Rings books. I think you underestimate the creativity and ability of the human mind. Feats that seem outrageous may not be as uncommon as you think. There is much that can be done in 24 hours.
@theldslife - I've been in non LDS churches my whole life and never saw a single class or workshop on why you are wrong. And that just makes it even worse that you walked out on the class and your friends? So you only hang around those who agree with everything you say? Why didn't you correct their mistakes, unless of course you can't because they were actually telling the truth.
@THELDSLIFE - I totally agree. Which makes me wonder why you didn't try to correct their misinformation? I looked up mormon/christian debates lately and I can't really find anything where the LDS position holds a reasonable response. look on youtube for the james white vs gilbert scharffs, this is what tends to happen at most the debates I have seen. I'm sure you disagree with my position, but you said it yourself, truth is hard to accept....
@sonofcohen He probably didn't correct them because 75% of so called "andt-mormon" teachings are either representative of LDS mindset or represent what once was LDS mindset. He likely left because he felt uncomfortable with how the truth was being promoted in a way that was not promoting of his faith.
I was a happy Born in the Church Mormon and can remember how pissed I was when I heard the "Anti" stuff. I was even more pissed when I realized much of it was accurate.
As a non-Mormon I find this video to be a "we're better than them" propaganda that really contradicts itself. You make villains of those who make villains of you and then say, "we don't act like them" How do you know "other churches" spend their time in Sunday schools talking about other churches? I think this says a lot about your faith, more so than it does about any other.
@sonofcohen - it happens all the time. Tent revivals... Sunday School... youth group night... and it is not anecdotal. Even I once went to a New Hope Church youth group one night... they held an entire workshop on why they think that Mormons are wrong... and I was in the meeting. (I walked out of it and on my friends...)
I'm sorry to have to say this but this video is mostly fluf. I have held various callings in the LDS church, paid a full tithe, returned from a mission "with honor", and swallowed the koolaide of each and every temple ordinance. I have never felt better as a person since I shed myself of the churchs emotional and spiritual abuse by resigning and having my name removed from it's records. A simple fact checking session reveals the lack of divine influence in the church, go ahead and investigate.
I am so thankful Heavenly Father gave His son and Jesus Christ chose to be my Savior. Jesus IS the Christ, and the book of mormon testifies of this just as the Bible does......
In my time, the early 80s, we were COMMANDED to serve a mission.
I was fortunate and had mostly positive experiences on my mission in Bolivia, but it's NOT the case for all young men and women. If a young man doesn't "choose" to serve a mission or if he returns early for any reason, he wears a badge of shame.
well, if someone has been called to be a laborer in the vineyard but forsakes that, I'm convinced that the actual person serving the mission is much harder on himself than anyone EVER could be towards him or her.
Mormons complain when others criticize their teachings. Didn't your prophet say that all the ministers of the different Christian churchs were corrupt? Don't you teach this great apostasy notion? This is an attack on the Catholic Church. Your very young "elders" told me this Apostasy destroyed your "real" gospel by about 50 AD. This even before the great Neronian persecution. All those who died in the Roman arena were corrupt apostates by your church.
Our ministers didn't say more than what the Lord did... in fulfillment of the words of Isaiah in chapter 29:11-14, 28: 8-10 which have been manifested in its fullness during the latter-days. Indeed, the tables are filled with vomit and filth... and the ideas of God are being taught by the precepts of men.
Jesus Christ said this to Joseph Smith at the first vision:
"They draw near to me with their lips but their hearts are far from me..."
@THELDSLIFE: So you wish me to believe that apart from the being so devoted to their false Gospel they were willing to go singing to the lions, the early martyrs were otherwise drunks who covered their tables w/ vomit? Isaiah was talking about the corrupt Temple priests b/f the Babylonian captivity. Christ used that verse to prophecy the destruction of the Temple under Titus.
@VictorLepanto It was taught because it was true. Now there are many good ministers in other faiths, but most of them still make money off of spreading the gospel that they have. I was very surprized and disturbed that anyone would even think of making a living off of the gospel of Jesus Christ!
@tyewalkerfm1: As if Smith didn't live very well in Nauvoo & here in Ohio off of his "prophecying." As if the leaders of Mormonism aren't very well cared for by the organisations which sustain them. As Monson & the late Hinckley don't get nice cushy positions on boards of corporations w/ LDS connections. As if the LDS church doesn't maintain a group of professional teachers. As if the LDS don't make bookoo bucks selling BoM & other books. This is such a phony argument & surely you know it.
@VictorLepanto If you knew anything about it you would know that noone makes a dime off the church, except those who buy and sell church material. all the proceeds the church gets goes right back into the fund it was created for, ie book of Mormon sales go directly into printing and distributing the books. blessings of doing the Lords work definetly sustain the leaders and members of the church through their own personel enterprizes, noone should get paid for doing the Lords work.
@tyewalkerfm1: Seems you've never read your Bible. You are saying that St Paul was an apostate then. He specifically says that "the workman is worthy of his hire." Have you ever seen Smith's house in Nauvoo? How did he pay for that. Everyone knows that leading Mormons are employed as Church controlled corporations & receive a salary. Paying people on the sneak is still paying people. Books by Monson et all are bought by the church, BYU employs people. Same w/ other teaching institutions.
@VictorLepanto oh and it's wrong to say we think those early Christians who tried to hold on to Christ and died for it were corrupt apostates.....We know they weren't, but the prophets and leaders were all killed, and they had noone to lead them, so eventually they were led astray by the wicked men who sought gain from the church.....
@tyewalkerfm1: The early martyrs were indisputably Catholic. Anyone w/ the most rudimentary knowledge of the early Church can see this. Just read a document which is called the Didache Apostolorum (which probably preceeds the writing of the Apocalypse of St. John) to see this. Do a little research on the Early Church Fathers. Where is your proto-mormon church in the 1st century? It does not exist. It is a bigger fantasy then the "whitesome & delightsome" Indians who "wrote" the BoM.
@tyewalkerfm1: Yeah? Prove it. Where were the early Church temples like Mormon temples? If Smith restored the true Church, why did he practice polygamy while early bishops & priests were exhorted to have "one wife?" The Jews are absolute monotheists. They believe in one infinite & eternal God. Where do the Jewish apostles renounce this clear & uncompromising Jewish teaching? The God of the Bible doesn't change, the Mormon god changes. These things can't be reconciled.
@VictorLepanto The apostle Paul spoke of the temple, and baptisms for the dead and many of the things pertaining to the gospel of Christ. If you read your Bible you would learn of times in the old testiment when God sanctified plurl marrage to preserve His people, I am no scriptorian, but I have read it all.
I am obliged to end this disscussion with you as I feel great anger in you towards the LDS church. Merry Christmas. I wish you the best, I know God loves you as He does us all.
@tyewalkerfm1: Why do Mormons sentimentalise everything. I am no more angry @ Mormonism then any other error. What I object to misrepresentations of the facts. Jesus raised up apostles to teach the world the Gospel. The Mormon notion of the Apostasy means that Jesus & His chosen apostles failed. Jesus did NOT lead us into ALL truth. This doctrine makes Jesus into a liar. How are you supposed to know my emotional state through typing on a web page? Just excuse making on your part.
Ask me sometime to give you a proper context to the first chapter in Galatians verses 6-9 ...
Reading scriptures under the context in which they were written is more than just starting at the beginning of a passage and ending with a particular thought... sometimes reading in chapters just following it... or even having an overall grasp on the New Testament could explain why Paul and Peter had certain disagreements or what the letters written actually mean.
stop being in denial. why would i ever believe the book of mormon? you do realize the native americans dont have jewish dna? you do realize the book of mormon has many anachronisms?
Why won't you come to grips on the context in which Galatians 1:6-9 and realize why it was written versus set up a scarecrow argument that you assume would hold any weight?
This crow is not afraid of the scare crow because he knows it's not real and it's also a straw man argument because anyone who's actually read the N.Testament would be disappointed at those trusted advisors who pretend to know what Paul meant to say.
Scriptures are not just words read in sequence to satisfy the means.
@dalkass do you realize we all are descendants of the same family, that's right all of us. Faith can't be proven by science, if it could why do we need faith?
In the words of Steve Young: "We are Mormons, and we are weird."
I love that quote so much. Instead of trying to deny our differences, we make it known that we are not like everyone else. We have the truth, come and join us.
Very nice video. Yes, our doctrines are simple and yet so many try to make them harder than they are. Try to live a Christ-like life. Be kind, caring, loving, and helpful to one another. That is what we try to do. Thanks for sharing this video with us.
What I think, that most people don't realize, is the church is just as simple as this. The doctrines of salvation are simple and believable. They were taught by Christ in simplicity. The worship done in temples is all backed up by modern revelation... there be few things that we actually believe that hasn't been revealed and recorded onto our scriptures.
In temples, we make certain covenants to "Follow the commandments" as taught in the scriptures. And we endeavor to share it with the world...
How are signs and tokens either simple or revealed in the scriptutes? Other than in the LDS written D&C how is the law of consecration as presented in the temple revealed in the scriptures? Why is the sealing ceremony, the second highest mormon saving ordinance nohwere to be found in any of the scriptures? Since when are the symbols on the garments simple in nature and where is a model for them found in the scriptures beyond the coats of skins god made for Adam and Eve?
Nice video, but it really didn't address anything new. I believe most people know that a lot of mormons are good people. I believe that the other religions question it because it is not like their own (the fundamentals of mormonism). Just as some denominations don't like catholics, etc. I would like to see what makes mormonism different from the perspective of a mormon as far as what you believe, because mostly I just have information from the opposition
Thank you for your comment. It's just one positive video in a "sea" of negative already made about the church.
I've always thought that for most people, sharing that the LDS church is being led by prophets and apostles is news to most.
I don't think too many people know even these basics. I tried to include links for folks to learn more and I also placed the 13 articles of faith verbatim in the "About the video" section so that people could know 100% what it is that we believe.
The idea of prophets, seers and revelators is not unique to the LDS Church. Any sect that professes a belief in any or all of those offices fails in one respect. I have yet to find one who prophesies, sees or reveals anything new or usefull. Just from the LDS prespective I challenge anyone to find a incidence of doctrine changing/creating prophetic revelation or translation that has been claimed and put into the cannon since the 19th century.
Ok. The manefestos ending plural marriage and the 1978 "revelation" extending temple blessings and the priesthoob to blacks are touted by some. I tend to see these as administrative actions reflecting the LDS churchs bowing to outside forces and not as revelations from on high.
@luckychucky505 - Everything is done in careful consideration, prayer and the timing of the Lord. The church has always been instructed by a living prophet. Not all things are done in the time of man or at the appointed hour set by men. It took the Gentiles 2,000 years until the Lord made available the priesthood blessings and salvation for the gentiles... another 2,000 more years to ensure that all received this blessing. The Lord also gives and he takes things away so says the Bible.
Time is a constant. There can b no difference between gods time and mans time. To assume that there is a god making decisions regarding the state of the universe or speaking to a prophet, living or dead, is assuming alot. If you want to think of your curchs president as a prophet, so be it, who am I to argue.
You are dilusional if you think things happen contrary to the will of man. The LDS church has bowed to every major polotical preasure of the past 100 years that has theratened it's marginalization.
You imply that the blacks being denied the priesthood is comprable to the gentiles being denied the gospel prior to Christs great comission. You are deluded again. At least the gentiles could become Jews and recieve the full bennefits of tha faith should they have chosen to do so.
@luckychucky505 - not all have been allowed the priesthood; not even during the days of Moses. Do your homework. Priesthood is a responsibility. The blessings of salvation; ie, Baptism and others, had NEVER been denied to ANYONE... EVER!
I never claimed that the gentiles became priests in the instances they became Jews. That would be silly, because it is common knowledge that the Levites were the priests of the old testement. They did however recieve all of the benefits extended to any other Jew. Blacks WERE denied the chance, bt the LDS church, to go to the temple and recieve thier endowments or be sealed to thier famlies. Last time I checked endowments and sealings were considdered by the LDS to be vital.
If the person that made this video wants to believe that this is the truth, let them. Anybody who comments claiming that this religion is stupid should evaluate their own and see that it could look JUST as silly to others, especially atheists like me. Everyone has their beliefs. If you don't want to listen, politely refuse their books when they come to your door, and don't watch the video. Arguing about religion is ridiculous and makes you look ignorant.
Stop arguing and leave it alone. Gosh.
BonnieBunee 1 month ago
@BonnieBunee - It wasn't meant for you so it obviously wouldn't apply. I, for one, think it would be a waste of time to spend hours on a street corner to go and bashing an organization who positively effect the world for good. Wouldn't matter if we were Mormon or not... if I provided you service or made your life better in some way, when would it be okay for someone else to consider my actions as an ill effect?
THELDSLIFE 1 month ago
@THELDSLIFE Dude. I was defending YOU and your right to believe what you want. Read much?
BonnieBunee 1 month ago
@woodcchuck2020 You may think you're happy, but it's not true happiness, and it won't last.
Duunga14 2 months ago
I;am an exmormon and happy
woodcchuck2020 9 months ago
Ok so, I have questions I want and need clarified. Why if you believe in GOD in heaven and understand scriptures, do you believe Jesus and Satan (Lucifer) are brothers? Also explain why African American people were not allowed to become mormon until the eighties? Mormons used to considered them followers of Lucifer. I've been in mormon buildings for funerals and one of the things that disturbs me greatly is no crucifixes or crosses anywhere. Why? Please explain to me so I can understand.
crushfan76 9 months ago
@crushfan76 - first of all, U should better understand the accusations before you can even have answers ie, African Americans, which have always had access to the blessings of salvation and have never been denied them or anything that was essential to salvation. The Priesthood of God is simply that. The authority to act in God's name. So who should be concerned as to WHO acts in his name? It would be God, then, correct? God makes that decision not men hence the 1978 revelation. See 2 Nephi 26:33
THELDSLIFE 9 months ago
@THELDSLIFELDS I submit the following evidence. Please read: Apostle and prolific writer Bruce R. McConkie: Negroes in this life are denied the Priesthood; under no circumstances can they hold this delegation of authority from the Almighty… The gospel message of salvation is not carried affirmatively to them. Negroes are not equal with other races where the receipt of certain spiritual blessings are concerned. . . . (Mormon Doctrine, 477, 527-28; 1966 orig. ed., changed in the current).
crushfan76 9 months ago
@crushfan76 - also an idea held by all Christians for the space of many centuries. It was not an uncommon belief even in the 16th and 17th centuries. Thanks in large part to modern revelation and the proclamations made in 1978, we now know differently and act accordingly.
THELDSLIFE 2 months ago
@crushfan76 - after the revelation came shedding light on NEW information, Bruce R McKonkie issued a statement to recant that former written statement to that effect. You and I both know this. You choose to omit this from the record.
THELDSLIFE 9 months ago
@crushfan76
Hey :) I just thought I'd answer one of your questions. The reason you wont see crucifixes or crosses anywhere is because, although we believe whole-heartedly in the atonement of Jesus Christ; we do not dwell on his death. He is risen :) Therefore we worship the living and resurected Christ that he is. Thank you for asking. If you have any other questions, I'd love to answer!
Zella456 3 months ago
@GretelThePentecostal - one video was produced without the David Archuleta song so that my audience in Germany could view the content. It was blacked out in Germany due to copyright issues.
THELDSLIFE 10 months ago
I don't understand why some mormon churches allow having multiple wives, and other mormon churches dont. Do all types of mormons have the same book of mormon and has anybody ever laid hands on the secret barried tablet writings that Joseph Smith visualized. Does every mormon group have a prophet?
arlieberry 1 year ago
@arlieberry - There have been divisions amongst the LDS church since it's restoration. The FLDS church has broken off from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. The FLDS church consider themselves "Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ" and their gig is that once SOMETHING has been revealed, it ought to always remain but the Lord giveth and taketh away. The manifesto via the prophet Wilford Woodruff discontinued the practice of Plural Marriage as an earthly practice but not in spirit.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
typical mormon feel good video and mantra. Early mormons tried to distance themselves from christianity. Now later mormons are trying to distance themselves from early mormons and draw close to christianity. Their view obviously not accepted by any Christian church and not supported by scriptures, even much of their own scriptures. Knowing that something is true seems to fly in the face of the any fact one can throw at them. *sigh* Just have to pray that their eyes will be opened, i guess.
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 - the myth that no other disciple of Christ could equate a Mormon as one of them is a classic "Throw the baby out with the bath water remark." and could not be supported. There are MANY in ALL religious sects that affirm the Christian Faith which IS the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints... but possibly NONE give them credence more than do the Catholics...
Mormons are not protestant as all other churches are (non-Catholic) but there be many individually who see Christ in us.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
@THELDSLIFE I guess I should specify. Although it is true that there are many people that use the same false logic that the Mormons use when referring to people as disciples of Christ, Mormons do not serve Jesus Christ. For example, they believe that Jesus and Lucifer are spirit borthers as are we all, a teaching unique to mormonism. They also do not believe that Jesus is God incarnate. How can mormons claim to be a disciple of Christ when they don't even follow what he says about himself?
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 - we understand Jesus Christ a little different in MOST part because of modern day revelation but we mostly just understand more about him thanks to having prophets in General helping us to understand the scriptures. If you think about it... there are 1/3 of the "Hosts of Heaven" who followed after Satan... So Lucifer + 1/3 of God's spirit children went the "Way of being disowned" and cast off and it's ALL in the Bible. It's NOT hard to understand... We just understand things different
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
@THELDSLIFE No, No, I think Jesus is pretty clear on who he is and why he came; the prophets never needed to say anything more. Now it is true that the bible says Lucifer and a 1/3 of the host of heaven fell, but it does not mention the concept of spirit children anywhere so that interpretation does not apply. That interpretation has only been around since the early 1800s with no other corroborating sources than Joseph Smith himself. It certainly is hard to understand when put to the bible.
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 - it speaks of us as "Spirit children of God" in many spots all throughout the Bible... (See Job 38 4-7, Psalms 82: 1, 6-8, Romans 8:15-18... etc...)
It is not hard to understand that when God put "Life" into Adam (into the body of Adam) that his spirit was joined to the corporeal body. Adam, now a complete soul having a body to house his spirit suggests that his spirit existed BEFORE entering the body and continues to exist after his body passed away. The same will be true for each.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
@THELDSLIFE No. Those scriptures that you list have nothing to do with pre-existent spritis. In Job he is implying that Job WAS NOT present at the laying of the foundations of the earth, so Job has no grounds to question God. In psalms, It is referring to magistrates and false gods and how God is supreme to them. In Romans, Paul is talking about being ADOPTED into the family of God, meaning we aren't initially children of God. We become children through Jesus Christ!! John 1:12
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 hmmm what He says about Himself is that He is in the Father, and the Father is in Him. His will is His Father's will, He prayed to His Father, He even asked why Heavenly Father had forsaken Him.....hmmmm sounds like a child of God to me. Jesus IS the Christ, He is Jahova the God of the old testament, He is our advocate with Heavenly Father. Under Father's direction He created everything we know of....He is our brother, but He is perfect.
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 - Everything in the Bible suggests that Jesus is that great Jehovah: God of the Old Testament... but when Christ came, he taught us to pray to the father. He did not ask us to pray to he himself. In many cases, he also asked us to believe in God saying "I go to my God and your God."
HE compared himself often to his father; he looks just LIKE the father, and in every way was he also perfect. He grew from grace to grace as a Son of God but like mankind, he died and lived again.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
@THELDSLIFE YUP!!!
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 Yes and when he said things like I and my Father are one, the monotheistic Jews took up stones to kill him, because Jesus being a man made himself God. Jesus knew full well what he was implying by saying the things he said. The Jews did too and tried to kill him because of it. Jehovah is the name for God the Father, the one true eternal God, not 'elohim' which is the Hebrew plural of 'el' that means God. Your theology has been twisted by the D&C and PoGP.
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 LOL....twisted? and what's PoGP?? Christ taught the same gospel in the D&C as in the Bible and the book of Mormon. He taught us to pray in His name, not to Him. Christ is the only begotten of the Father, the Mesiah, our savior. He is the only way to return to our Heavenly Father.
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@watk6095 Oh you mean the pearl of great price....I think of it as the book of Moses, and the book of Abraham, but at any rate, I know with all my heart and soul that Jesus is the Christ, He loves us all, and is all about our Father's buisness.....
John 20:17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Now go and teach what you know of Christ
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 There is an incredible discrepancy between the teachings of the D&C, Book of Abraham and Moses, and the Book of Mormon. The Book of Mormon is actually the most "christian" of the three by the way it reads. The other books are incredibly heretical. Did you know there are sects of mormons that do not believe in the D&C? Did you know there are over 100 different sects of mormonism? Meaning Joseph Smith didn't keep the church together? Plus what about Jeremiah 17:9? Beware the heart?
watk6095 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 Jesus was a man and Jewish. He had a God. Who was that God? Jehovah. But Jesus did one thing no other man did. He claimed to be the eternal God. Not being created, he created all things. I testify of the Holy Spirit as well, that doesn't make your testimony any more effective than mine. The difference is that the Holy Spirit testifies against Joseph Smith and his boasting. Perhaps one day the veil of the Mormon Chruch will be lifted and your eyes will be opened to see it.
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 Well I was extremely anti mormon untill about 2 years ago, I promised to read the book of Mormon, and pray about it, well here I am. The spirit of the Lord only testifies of the truth. He has testified to me that Jesus is the Christ, that He is our elder brother, and the only begotten of the Father. He has testified to me that Joseph Smith is a prophet of God, and so is Thomas S. Monson. Christ has restored His church to the earth, and it is the LDS church.
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 - You and me both! What most don't realize about me is I've spent time on BOTH sides of the fence. I laugh when I hear some of my former acquaintances (in spirit) suggest I leave the church... again... and it's NOT going to happen.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
@THELDSLIFE Did you leave mormonism and then come back or convert to mormonism from another religion? Why did you change? Was it your witness that convinced you? What really drove it home that Joseph Smith was a prophet? His words? Actions? How did you square with the lack of evidence surrounding the Book of Mormon?
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 - Prayer; 1 John 5:9 - although a mountain of evidence continues to be identified and cataloged by archeology, words in the text alone testifies that the Book of Mormon is what Joseph Smith, 3 others, and 8 others say it was a record written by the hand of Mormon, who was a descendant of Nephi whose family has a direct link to Israel. The Book of Mormon provides a perfect explanation for the blessing fulfillment by these passages. (See Genesis 49:22-26, Deut 33:13-17)
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 Interesting. I actually find converts to the mormon church fascinating. What were you before and what made you switch? Was it the witness (Jeremiah 17:9)? Archeological and Anthropological evidence? Cultural reasons? What made you go from "extremely anti-mormon" to "here I am"? Did you test the prophets in the Book of Mormon to see if what they said checks out (Like the Bereans when Paul spoke to them in Acts 17:10-11)?
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 I find that the biggest converter for me has been the the book of Mormon, as far as lack of evidence, I find a lot of evidence to support it, but evidence never has been a faith builder, if it is for you then you really don't have faith, for faith is a knowlage of things not seen but hoped for. Don't get me wrong I don't question your faith, I honestly don't know you. But the fact that the church is set up just like the early church in the Bible is also very convincing......
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@watk6095 as far as testing the prophets
Deuteronomy 18:22
"When a prophet speaketh in the name of the Lord, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the Lord hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him".
This doesn't mean he is not a prophet, it just means he's a man like everyone else. For the only one who has ever been perfect was Christ.
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@watk6095 About Joseph Smith as a prophet, the fact that the book of Mormon was translated in such a short time. There is no way anything could be written so quickly, especially by a boy with very little schooling. I also know of a sceptical scholar who went to work for BYU as a language expert, his native toung was a middle eastern language. When he read the way things are written in the book of Mormon he was converted immediatly knowing that no 19th century boy could make it up.
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 Luke wrote that the Bereans were more noble than the Thessalonians because they accepted the words of Paul and proved them. Paul himself writes in Thessalonians to prove all things and hold fast that which is good. Similarities in structure or organization mean nothing if the doctrine and theology are false. If I made a new church and set it up exactly like the LDS church yet my doctrine was different, does that mean I'm LDS? Is the RLDS church the true church? or the FLDS?
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 So, you don't trust the spirit, or your heart you call it, and you want to prove all things. I prove all things with the spirit of the Lord. If I'm having a hard time finding answers I can go to the temple, and if I trust in the Lord I will get an answer that I'll know is of the Lord......
I'm not sure what you would be if you made your own church, if you didn't follow the Lords prophet you would still have only part of the gospel....
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 Let me add some other scriptures for you to read that demonstrates the grave consequences when you speak in God's name and it does not come to pass. Deuteronomy 18:20 - 22 not just v22. Deuteronomy 13; Jeremiah 14:14,15; Jeremiah 28; Zechariah 13:3. If you being a man issue a false prophecy in the NAME OF THE LORD, the penalty is death (no room for error, no slap on the wrist, just one mistake is all it takes). Perfection is required when speaking for God, not a sinless life.
watk6095 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 sorry I've been so long winded, but compiling a novel does not take that long if you know what you are going to say. Furthermore, Joseph Smith was known to be an excellent orator and story teller. JRR Tolkein created full languages in his Lord of the Rings books. I think you underestimate the creativity and ability of the human mind. Feats that seem outrageous may not be as uncommon as you think. There is much that can be done in 24 hours.
watk6095 1 year ago
@watk6095 OK, but I have a witness of the spirit, I know it's true.
The Lord promised us He will remove all prophets who strive to lead His people astray....
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@theldslife - I've been in non LDS churches my whole life and never saw a single class or workshop on why you are wrong. And that just makes it even worse that you walked out on the class and your friends? So you only hang around those who agree with everything you say? Why didn't you correct their mistakes, unless of course you can't because they were actually telling the truth.
sonofcohen 1 year ago
@sonofcohen - mis-information is easy to debunk... the truth is hard to accept.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago 2
@THELDSLIFE - I totally agree. Which makes me wonder why you didn't try to correct their misinformation? I looked up mormon/christian debates lately and I can't really find anything where the LDS position holds a reasonable response. look on youtube for the james white vs gilbert scharffs, this is what tends to happen at most the debates I have seen. I'm sure you disagree with my position, but you said it yourself, truth is hard to accept....
sonofcohen 1 year ago
@sonofcohen He probably didn't correct them because 75% of so called "andt-mormon" teachings are either representative of LDS mindset or represent what once was LDS mindset. He likely left because he felt uncomfortable with how the truth was being promoted in a way that was not promoting of his faith.
I was a happy Born in the Church Mormon and can remember how pissed I was when I heard the "Anti" stuff. I was even more pissed when I realized much of it was accurate.
luckychucky505 1 year ago
As a non-Mormon I find this video to be a "we're better than them" propaganda that really contradicts itself. You make villains of those who make villains of you and then say, "we don't act like them" How do you know "other churches" spend their time in Sunday schools talking about other churches? I think this says a lot about your faith, more so than it does about any other.
sonofcohen 1 year ago
@sonofcohen - it happens all the time. Tent revivals... Sunday School... youth group night... and it is not anecdotal. Even I once went to a New Hope Church youth group one night... they held an entire workshop on why they think that Mormons are wrong... and I was in the meeting. (I walked out of it and on my friends...)
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
I'm sorry to have to say this but this video is mostly fluf. I have held various callings in the LDS church, paid a full tithe, returned from a mission "with honor", and swallowed the koolaide of each and every temple ordinance. I have never felt better as a person since I shed myself of the churchs emotional and spiritual abuse by resigning and having my name removed from it's records. A simple fact checking session reveals the lack of divine influence in the church, go ahead and investigate.
luckychucky505 1 year ago
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@luckychucky505 He still loves you, but you know the truth, so you must act on it.......
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
I am so thankful Heavenly Father gave His son and Jesus Christ chose to be my Savior. Jesus IS the Christ, and the book of mormon testifies of this just as the Bible does......
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1 - isn't it wonderful to have yet ANOTHER witness of his divinity?
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
SOME of their boys choose to serve missions?
In my time, the early 80s, we were COMMANDED to serve a mission.
I was fortunate and had mostly positive experiences on my mission in Bolivia, but it's NOT the case for all young men and women. If a young man doesn't "choose" to serve a mission or if he returns early for any reason, he wears a badge of shame.
BelgianBicyclist 1 year ago
well, if someone has been called to be a laborer in the vineyard but forsakes that, I'm convinced that the actual person serving the mission is much harder on himself than anyone EVER could be towards him or her.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
Mormons complain when others criticize their teachings. Didn't your prophet say that all the ministers of the different Christian churchs were corrupt? Don't you teach this great apostasy notion? This is an attack on the Catholic Church. Your very young "elders" told me this Apostasy destroyed your "real" gospel by about 50 AD. This even before the great Neronian persecution. All those who died in the Roman arena were corrupt apostates by your church.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto
Our ministers didn't say more than what the Lord did... in fulfillment of the words of Isaiah in chapter 29:11-14, 28: 8-10 which have been manifested in its fullness during the latter-days. Indeed, the tables are filled with vomit and filth... and the ideas of God are being taught by the precepts of men.
Jesus Christ said this to Joseph Smith at the first vision:
"They draw near to me with their lips but their hearts are far from me..."
Have you inquired of the Lord yourself?
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago 2
@THELDSLIFE: So you wish me to believe that apart from the being so devoted to their false Gospel they were willing to go singing to the lions, the early martyrs were otherwise drunks who covered their tables w/ vomit? Isaiah was talking about the corrupt Temple priests b/f the Babylonian captivity. Christ used that verse to prophecy the destruction of the Temple under Titus.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto It was taught because it was true. Now there are many good ministers in other faiths, but most of them still make money off of spreading the gospel that they have. I was very surprized and disturbed that anyone would even think of making a living off of the gospel of Jesus Christ!
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1: As if Smith didn't live very well in Nauvoo & here in Ohio off of his "prophecying." As if the leaders of Mormonism aren't very well cared for by the organisations which sustain them. As Monson & the late Hinckley don't get nice cushy positions on boards of corporations w/ LDS connections. As if the LDS church doesn't maintain a group of professional teachers. As if the LDS don't make bookoo bucks selling BoM & other books. This is such a phony argument & surely you know it.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto If you knew anything about it you would know that noone makes a dime off the church, except those who buy and sell church material. all the proceeds the church gets goes right back into the fund it was created for, ie book of Mormon sales go directly into printing and distributing the books. blessings of doing the Lords work definetly sustain the leaders and members of the church through their own personel enterprizes, noone should get paid for doing the Lords work.
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1: Seems you've never read your Bible. You are saying that St Paul was an apostate then. He specifically says that "the workman is worthy of his hire." Have you ever seen Smith's house in Nauvoo? How did he pay for that. Everyone knows that leading Mormons are employed as Church controlled corporations & receive a salary. Paying people on the sneak is still paying people. Books by Monson et all are bought by the church, BYU employs people. Same w/ other teaching institutions.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto oh and it's wrong to say we think those early Christians who tried to hold on to Christ and died for it were corrupt apostates.....We know they weren't, but the prophets and leaders were all killed, and they had noone to lead them, so eventually they were led astray by the wicked men who sought gain from the church.....
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1: The early martyrs were indisputably Catholic. Anyone w/ the most rudimentary knowledge of the early Church can see this. Just read a document which is called the Didache Apostolorum (which probably preceeds the writing of the Apocalypse of St. John) to see this. Do a little research on the Early Church Fathers. Where is your proto-mormon church in the 1st century? It does not exist. It is a bigger fantasy then the "whitesome & delightsome" Indians who "wrote" the BoM.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto LOL, read the bible much???
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1: You really don't make much sense. Before today, I have not even mentioned the Bible. What in blazes are YOU talking about?
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto the church was set up in the Bible EXACTLY like the church we now have.............
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1: Yeah? Prove it. Where were the early Church temples like Mormon temples? If Smith restored the true Church, why did he practice polygamy while early bishops & priests were exhorted to have "one wife?" The Jews are absolute monotheists. They believe in one infinite & eternal God. Where do the Jewish apostles renounce this clear & uncompromising Jewish teaching? The God of the Bible doesn't change, the Mormon god changes. These things can't be reconciled.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
@VictorLepanto The apostle Paul spoke of the temple, and baptisms for the dead and many of the things pertaining to the gospel of Christ. If you read your Bible you would learn of times in the old testiment when God sanctified plurl marrage to preserve His people, I am no scriptorian, but I have read it all.
I am obliged to end this disscussion with you as I feel great anger in you towards the LDS church. Merry Christmas. I wish you the best, I know God loves you as He does us all.
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
@tyewalkerfm1: Why do Mormons sentimentalise everything. I am no more angry @ Mormonism then any other error. What I object to misrepresentations of the facts. Jesus raised up apostles to teach the world the Gospel. The Mormon notion of the Apostasy means that Jesus & His chosen apostles failed. Jesus did NOT lead us into ALL truth. This doctrine makes Jesus into a liar. How are you supposed to know my emotional state through typing on a web page? Just excuse making on your part.
VictorLepanto 1 year ago
You did a fantastic job on this video. I enjoyed it and all it's "simplicity". Thank You.
2Nephi 25:26, perfect.
2grace4me 1 year ago
Galatians 1:8
dalkass 1 year ago
@dalkass
Vague... lazy... unfounded.
Ask me sometime to give you a proper context to the first chapter in Galatians verses 6-9 ...
Reading scriptures under the context in which they were written is more than just starting at the beginning of a passage and ending with a particular thought... sometimes reading in chapters just following it... or even having an overall grasp on the New Testament could explain why Paul and Peter had certain disagreements or what the letters written actually mean.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
stop being in denial. why would i ever believe the book of mormon? you do realize the native americans dont have jewish dna? you do realize the book of mormon has many anachronisms?
dalkass 1 year ago
Why won't you come to grips on the context in which Galatians 1:6-9 and realize why it was written versus set up a scarecrow argument that you assume would hold any weight?
This crow is not afraid of the scare crow because he knows it's not real and it's also a straw man argument because anyone who's actually read the N.Testament would be disappointed at those trusted advisors who pretend to know what Paul meant to say.
Scriptures are not just words read in sequence to satisfy the means.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
@dalkass do you realize we all are descendants of the same family, that's right all of us. Faith can't be proven by science, if it could why do we need faith?
tyewalkerfm1 1 year ago
In the words of Steve Young: "We are Mormons, and we are weird."
I love that quote so much. Instead of trying to deny our differences, we make it known that we are not like everyone else. We have the truth, come and join us.
CougsOwn311 1 year ago 4
@CougsOwn311
Indeed... thanks for your testimony!
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
Seek Jesus Christ its all about him and him alone. personally heart to heart with Christ Jesus.
pattymrow 2 years ago 2
@pattymrow
Amen... for this is the goal.
THELDSLIFE 2 years ago
Very nice video. Yes, our doctrines are simple and yet so many try to make them harder than they are. Try to live a Christ-like life. Be kind, caring, loving, and helpful to one another. That is what we try to do. Thanks for sharing this video with us.
JackNimble61 2 years ago 2
we might be peculiar, but we are definitely a variety.
omiolo2 2 years ago 4
liked the music!
eternalforever123 2 years ago 5
oooh interesting choice in music. had a bit of abeat going there.. and wow i did NOT know david archuleta was mormon O.O
KrisArts808 2 years ago 5
Oh who is that who that is? That one went over my head
!!!
angelmarauder 2 years ago 4
What I think, that most people don't realize, is the church is just as simple as this. The doctrines of salvation are simple and believable. They were taught by Christ in simplicity. The worship done in temples is all backed up by modern revelation... there be few things that we actually believe that hasn't been revealed and recorded onto our scriptures.
In temples, we make certain covenants to "Follow the commandments" as taught in the scriptures. And we endeavor to share it with the world...
THELDSLIFE 2 years ago
@THELDSLIFE
How are signs and tokens either simple or revealed in the scriptutes? Other than in the LDS written D&C how is the law of consecration as presented in the temple revealed in the scriptures? Why is the sealing ceremony, the second highest mormon saving ordinance nohwere to be found in any of the scriptures? Since when are the symbols on the garments simple in nature and where is a model for them found in the scriptures beyond the coats of skins god made for Adam and Eve?
luckychucky505 1 year ago
Nice video, but it really didn't address anything new. I believe most people know that a lot of mormons are good people. I believe that the other religions question it because it is not like their own (the fundamentals of mormonism). Just as some denominations don't like catholics, etc. I would like to see what makes mormonism different from the perspective of a mormon as far as what you believe, because mostly I just have information from the opposition
amberview30 2 years ago 3
Thank you for your comment. It's just one positive video in a "sea" of negative already made about the church.
I've always thought that for most people, sharing that the LDS church is being led by prophets and apostles is news to most.
I don't think too many people know even these basics. I tried to include links for folks to learn more and I also placed the 13 articles of faith verbatim in the "About the video" section so that people could know 100% what it is that we believe.
THELDSLIFE 2 years ago
Oh yeah, I forgot to read the additional info section.
amberview30 2 years ago 4
@THELDSLIFE
The idea of prophets, seers and revelators is not unique to the LDS Church. Any sect that professes a belief in any or all of those offices fails in one respect. I have yet to find one who prophesies, sees or reveals anything new or usefull. Just from the LDS prespective I challenge anyone to find a incidence of doctrine changing/creating prophetic revelation or translation that has been claimed and put into the cannon since the 19th century.
luckychucky505 1 year ago
@THELDSLIFE
Ok. The manefestos ending plural marriage and the 1978 "revelation" extending temple blessings and the priesthoob to blacks are touted by some. I tend to see these as administrative actions reflecting the LDS churchs bowing to outside forces and not as revelations from on high.
luckychucky505 1 year ago
@luckychucky505 - Everything is done in careful consideration, prayer and the timing of the Lord. The church has always been instructed by a living prophet. Not all things are done in the time of man or at the appointed hour set by men. It took the Gentiles 2,000 years until the Lord made available the priesthood blessings and salvation for the gentiles... another 2,000 more years to ensure that all received this blessing. The Lord also gives and he takes things away so says the Bible.
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
@THELDSLIFE
Time is a constant. There can b no difference between gods time and mans time. To assume that there is a god making decisions regarding the state of the universe or speaking to a prophet, living or dead, is assuming alot. If you want to think of your curchs president as a prophet, so be it, who am I to argue.
luckychucky505 1 year ago
@THELDSLIFE
You are dilusional if you think things happen contrary to the will of man. The LDS church has bowed to every major polotical preasure of the past 100 years that has theratened it's marginalization.
You imply that the blacks being denied the priesthood is comprable to the gentiles being denied the gospel prior to Christs great comission. You are deluded again. At least the gentiles could become Jews and recieve the full bennefits of tha faith should they have chosen to do so.
luckychucky505 1 year ago
@luckychucky505 - not all have been allowed the priesthood; not even during the days of Moses. Do your homework. Priesthood is a responsibility. The blessings of salvation; ie, Baptism and others, had NEVER been denied to ANYONE... EVER!
THELDSLIFE 1 year ago
@THELDSLIFE
I never claimed that the gentiles became priests in the instances they became Jews. That would be silly, because it is common knowledge that the Levites were the priests of the old testement. They did however recieve all of the benefits extended to any other Jew. Blacks WERE denied the chance, bt the LDS church, to go to the temple and recieve thier endowments or be sealed to thier famlies. Last time I checked endowments and sealings were considdered by the LDS to be vital.
luckychucky505 1 year ago
a site I've found that seems very neat is allaboutmormons(dot)com
angelmarauder 2 years ago 5
I think allaboutmormons also is a YT channel.
THELDSLIFE 2 years ago
@angelmarauder try mormonthink(dot)com if you want the objective truth of mormonism critically analyzed by mormons. It will blow your mind.
watk6095 1 year ago