Secrets Mormons Don't Want You To Know (2 page)

“In the beginning the head of the Gods brought forth the Gods… The head of the Gods called the Gods together. I want to show a little learning as well as other fools. The head God organized the heavens and the earth. I defy all the world to refute me. In the beginning the heads of the Gods organized the heavens and the earth.”
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“Where wast thou when I laid the foundations of the earth? declare, if thou hast understanding.” (Job 38:4)

See Genesis 1:1, John 1:1,3,10, Psalm 148:5, Isaiah 42:5, Hebrews 11:3.

Secret 13

“…I might with boldness proclaim from the house-tops that God never had the power to create the spirit of man at all. God himself could not create himself.”
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“And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.” (Genesis 2:7)

See also Genesis 1:27, 18:14, Job 42:2, Matthew 28:18.

Secret 14

“Implicit in the Christian verity that all men are the spirit children of an Eternal Father is the usually unspoken truth that they are also the offspring of an Eternal Mother. An exalted and glorified Man of Holiness (Moses 6:57) could not be a Father unless a Woman of like glory, perfection, and holiness was associated with him as a Mother… This doctrine that there is a Mother in Heaven was affirmed in plainness by the First Presidency of the Church (Joseph F. Smith, John R. Winder, and Anthon H. Lund) when, in speaking of pre-existence and the origin of man, they said that ‘man, as a spirit, was begotten and born of heavenly parents, and reared to maturity in the eternal mansions of the Father,’ that man is the ‘offspring of celestial parentage,’ and that ‘all men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother, and are literally the sons and daughters of Deity.’”
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“…the Gods were to be parents of spirit children just as our Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother were the parents of the people of this earth.”
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“I think the revelations which Jesus Christ gave through the Prophet Joseph Smith concerning motherhood are the greatest contribution the world has ever received on this subject; for it was, so far as I know, never taught before in the history of the world that not only have we a Father in Heaven but we have a Mother there also. No matter to what heights God has attained or may attain, He does not stand alone; for side by side with Him, in all Her glory, a glory like unto His, stands a companion, the Mother of His children. For as we have a Father in Heaven, so also we have a Mother there, a glorified, exalted, ennobled Mother.”
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“...the LORD he is God in heaven above, and upon the earth beneath: there is none else.” (Deuteronomy 4:39)

The only reference to a female goddess in the Bible is in heathen, idolatrous worship.

Secret 15

“God himself is increasing and progressing in knowledge, power, and dominion, and will do so, worlds without end.”
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“…the God that I serve is progressing eternally.”
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“We believe in a God who is Himself progressive…whose perfection consists in eternal advancement—a Being who has attained His exalted state by a path which now His children are permitted to follow… In spite of the opposition of the sects, in the face of direct charges of blasphemy, the Church proclaims the eternal truth: “As man is, God once was; as God is, man may be.”
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“As for God, his way is perfect…” (Psalm 18:30)

See also Malachi 3:6, Psalm 102:26-27.

Secret 16

“The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s; the Son also; but the Holy Ghost has not a body of flesh and bones, but is a personage of Spirit. Were it not so, the Holy Ghost could not dwell in us.”
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“False creeds teach that God is a spirit essence that fills the immensity of space and is everywhere and nowhere in particular present… God the Father is a glorified and perfected Man, a Personage of flesh and bones…”
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Brigham Young said, “If our Father and God should be disposed to walk through these aisles, we should not know Him from one of the congregation. You would see a man and that is all you would know about Him.”
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“God is a Spirit…” (John 4:24)

Secret 17

“False creeds teach that God is a Spirit essence that fills the immensity of space and is everywhere and nowhere in particular present.”
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“It has been said, therefore, that God is everywhere present; but this does not mean that the actual person of any one member of the Godhead can be physically present in more than one place at one time… His person cannot be in more than one place at any one time… It is impossible for Him to occupy at one time more than one space of such limits…”
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“Every one knows that it is absurd to believe in a personage being present in two places at once… there are things which are impossible with God… He could not place His body in Europe and America at the same time… Those who are called the wisest among the religious world have made it out, that the persons of the Father and Son can be in them and in every other place at the same instant of time. This is as gross an absurdity as it would be to say that three times three make ten…”
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“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” (Matthew 18:20)

See also Psalm 139:7-10, Proverbs 5:21; 15:3, Jeremiah 23:23-24.

Secret 18

“We have now clearly shown that God the Father had a plurality of wives, one or more being in eternity… We have also proved that both God the Father and our Lord Jesus Christ inherit their wives in eternity as well as in time…”
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“All men and women are in the similitude of the universal Father and Mother, and are literally the sons and daughters of Deity; as spirits they were the offspring of celestial parentage.”
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“…plural marriage is the patriarchal order of marriage lived by God and others who reign in the Celestial Kingdom.”
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The Bible teaches that God is a Spirit—and Spirits don’t get married or have children.

Secret 19

“…the Lord said unto me… therefore see that ye do on this wise: Let her say unto the Egyptians, she is thy sister…”
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“These six things doth the LORD hate: yea, seven are an abomination unto him… a lying tongue…” (Proverbs 6:16-17)

Secret 20

Mormon doctrine claims that all human beings born on earth are the spirit children of Elohim and one of his wives.”
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At the appointed time, the god of Mormonism supposedly came to visit Mary, and they had a physical relationship and conceived the child Jesus.
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This would make the god of Mormonism guilty of committing incest with Mary because, according to some Mormon sources, she is his daughter.

According to other Mormon sources, Mary is the wife of Elohim.
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Therefore, Mary would be guilty of committing incest with Joseph because he would be her spiritual son or stepson, depending on which mother-goddess he was born to.

Either way, it is a horrible, ungodly mess. Mormon Apostle Orson Pratt taught:

“The fleshly body of Jesus required a Mother as well as a Father. Therefore, the Father and Mother of Jesus, according to the flesh, must have been associated together in the capacity of Husband and Wife; hence the Virgin Mary must have been, for the time being, the lawful wife of God the Father:”
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“But while he [Joseph] thought on these things, behold, the angel of the Lord appeared unto him in a dream, saying, Joseph, thou son of David, fear not to take unto thee Mary thy wife: for that which is conceived in her is of the Holy Ghost.” (Matthew 1:20)

Secret 21

“We worship the Father and him only and no one else. We do not worship the Son, and we do not worship the Holy Ghost.”
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“…when he bringeth in the firstbegotten (Jesus Christ) into the world, he saith, And let all the angels of God worship him.” (Hebrews 1:6)

Secret 22

“Now, remember from this time forth, and for ever, that Jesus Christ was
not
begotten by the Holy Ghost.”
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“The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and blood—was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers.”
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“Christ was begotten of God. He was not born without the aid of Man, and that Man was God!”
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“They tell us the Book of Mormon states that Jesus was begotten of the Holy Ghost. I challenge the statement. The Book of Mormon teaches no such thing! Neither does the Bible.”
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In this last quote, Joseph Fielding Smith insists that the Book of Mormon does NOT state that Jesus was begotten of the Holy Ghost. Read it for yourself and decide:

“… she [Mary] being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.”
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“…When as his mother Mary was espoused to Joseph, before they came together, she was found with child of the Holy Ghost.”

(Matthew 1:18)

“Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.” (Matthew 1:23)

Secret 23

“…the idea that the Father and the Son dwell in a man’s heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false.”
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“That Christ may dwell in your hearts by faith…” (Ephesians 3:17)

Secret 24

“1. He humbled himself before the Father; 2. He covenanted to be obedient and keep the Father’s commandments; 3. He had to be baptized to gain admission to the celestial kingdom; and 4. He set an example for all men to follow.”
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Jesus Christ, as part of the Trinity, created heaven. To say He had to be baptized to gain admittance is to strip Him of His deity.

“For by him (Jesus Christ) were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in earth, visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, or dominions, or principalities, or powers: all things were created by him, and for him:” (Colossians 1:16)

Secret 25

“…there were a great multitude gathered together, of the people of Nephi, round about the temple which was in the land Bountiful [somewhere in the Americas]; And… they heard a voice as if it came out of heaven… And… it said unto them: Behold my Beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased…

“And… they saw a Man descending out of heaven; and he was clothed in a white robe; and he came down and stood in the midst of them… And… he stretched forth his hand and spake unto the people, saying: Behold, I am Jesus Christ… And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words the whole multitude fell to the earth; for they remembered that it had been prophesied among them that Christ should show himself unto them after his ascension into heaven.”
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The Bible says absolutely nothing about this.

Secret 26

“Three glorified, exalted, and perfected personages comprise the Godhead or supreme presidency of the universe… They are: God the Father; God the Son; God the Holy Ghost… each God in the Godhead is a personage, separate and distinct from each of the others… Each occupies space and is and can be in but one place at one time…”
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“Everlasting covenant was made between three personages before the organization of this earth, and relates to their dispensation of things to men on the earth…”
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“For there are three that bear record in heaven, the Father, the Word, and the Holy Ghost: and these three are one.” (1 John 5:7)

Secret 27

“And behold, he shall be born of Mary, at Jerusalem...”
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“Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea…” (Matthew 2:1)

See also Micah 5:2, Luke 2:4.

Secret 28

“…how are children begotten? I answer just as Jesus Christ was begotten of his father…We must come down to the simple fact that God Almighty was the Father of His Son Jesus Christ. Mary, the virgin girl, who had never known mortal man, was his mother. God by her begot His son Jesus Christ…”
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Brigham Young declared:

When the Virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.”
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Apostle Orson Pratt adds:

“The fleshly body of Jesus required a Mother as well as a Father. Therefore, the Father and Mother of Jesus, according to the flesh, must have been associated in the capacity of husband and wife; hence the Virgin Mary must have been, for the time being, the lawful wife of God the Father… “He had a lawful right to overshadow the Virgin Mary IN THE CAPACITY OF A HUSBAND, and beget a Son…

“Whether God the Father gave Mary to Joseph for time only, or for time and eternity, we are not informed. It may be that He only gave her to be the wife of Joseph while in this mortal state, and that He intended after the resurrection to again take her as one of his own wives to raise up immortal spirits in eternity.”
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“He created man, as we create our children; for there is no other process of creation…”
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“…a virgin shall conceive, and bear a son, and shall call his name Immanuel.” (Isaiah 7:14)

See also Matthew 1:18, 23, Luke 1:26-35.

Secret 29

From the
Journal of Discourses
we read:

“…Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee…”
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“…some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference, that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and others were his wives, and that he begat children.”
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“…there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and… no less a person than Jesus Christ was married on that occasion. If he was never married, his intimacy with Mary and Martha, and the other Mary also whom Jesus loved, must have been highly unbecoming and improper to say the best of it.”
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“…Jesus was the bridegroom at the marriage of Cana of Galilee, and he told them what to do... We say it was Jesus Christ who was married, to be brought into the relation whereby he could see his seed, before he was crucified.”
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While such notions were taught openly during the presidencies of Joseph Smith and Brigham Young, the current membership is cautioned not to throw such spiritual pearls before scoffing swine.
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Jesus was
invited
to the wedding (John 2:2). People are not
invited
to their own wedding.

Secret 30

“…the great Messiah who was the founder of the Christian religion, was a Polygamist… the Messiah chose to take upon himself his seed; and by marrying many honorable wives himself, show to all future generations that he approbated the plurality of Wives… ”
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“We have also proved most clearly that the Son followed the example of his Father, and became the great Bridegroom to whom kings’ daughters and many honorable Wives to be married.”
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“…Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and others were his wives, and that he begat children.”
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The Bible simply does not teach this.

Secret 31

“The grand reason of the burst of public sentiment in anathemas upon Christ and his disciples, causing his crucifixion, was evidently based upon polygamy… A belief in the doctrine of a plurality of wives caused the persecution of Jesus and his followers. We might almost think they were ‘Mormons’.
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“…Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;” (1 Corinthians 15:3)

Secret 32

“The world should know that since the Lord himself cannot save men in their sins…”
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“…Therefore, ye cannot be saved in your sins.”
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“We believe that through the Atonement of Christ, all mankind may be saved, by obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Gospel.”
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“…we are the only people that know how to save our progenitors, how to save ourselves, and how to save our posterity… we in fact are the saviors of the world...”
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“Neither is there salvation in any other: for there is none other name under heaven given among men, whereby we must be saved.”

(Acts 4:12)

See also Matthew 1:21, Luke 2:11; 19:10, Acts 16:30-31, Jude 25, John 3:17; 14:6, Hebrews 7:25.

Secret 33

“Jesus became a God and reached His great state of understanding through consistent effort and continuous obedience to all the Gospel truths and universal laws.”
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“As far as man is concerned, all things center in Christ. He is the Firstborn of the Father. By obedience and devotion to the truth he attained that pinnacle of intelligence which ranked him as a God…”
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“But unto the Son he saith, Thy throne, O God, is for ever and ever…” (Hebrews 1:8)

Secret 34

“...the Christ followed by the Mormons is not the Christ followed by traditional Christianity.”
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“In bearing testimony of Jesus Christ, President Hinckley spoke of those outside the Church who say Latter-day Saints ‘do not believe in the traditional Christ.’ ‘No, I don’t. The traditional Christ of whom they speak is not the Christ of whom I speak.”
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“As a Church we have critics, many of them. They say we do not believe in the traditional Christ of Christianity. There is substance to what they say.”
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“…Take heed lest any man deceive you: For many shall come in my name, saying, I am Christ; and shall deceive many.” (Mark 13:5-6)

See also Matthew 24:23-24, Mark 13:21-22.

Secret 35

“The appointment of Jesus to be the Savior of the world was contested by one of the other sons of God. He was called Lucifer, son of the morning. Haughty, ambitious, and covetous of power and glory, this spirit—brother of Jesus desperately tried to become the Savior of mankind.”
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“All men in pre-existence were the spirit children of God our Father, an exalted, glorified, and perfected Man… ‘I was in the beginning with the Father, and am the first born,’ Christ says of himself…The devil… is a spirit son of God who was born in the morning of pre-existence…”
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