QUESTIONS I ASKED IN THE VIDEO AND THE SOURCE: www.oneplace.com/ministries/abounding-grace/read/articles/50-questions-to-ask-mormons-13705.html Why does the Mormon Church still teach that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God after he made a false prophecy about a temple being built in Missouri in his generation (Doctrine and Covenants 84:1-5)? Since the time when Brigham Young taught that both the moon and the sun were inhabited by people, has the Mormon Church ever found scientific evidence of that to be true (Journal of Discourses, 1870, v.13, p.271)? Why did Brigham Young teach that Adam is “our Father and our God” when both the Bible and the Book of Mormon (Mormon 9:12) say that Adam is a creation of God (Journal of Discourses, Apr. 9, 1852, vol.1, p.50)? If Brigham Young was a true prophet, how come one of your later prophets overturned his declaration which stated that the black man could never hold the priesthood in the LDS Church until after the resurrection of all other races (Journal of Discourses, Dec. 12, 1854, 2:142-143)? Since the Bible’s test to determine whether someone is a true prophet of God is 100% accuracy in all his prophecies (Deuteronomy 18:20-22), has the LDS Church ever reconsidered its teaching that Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were true prophets? Since the current LDS prophets sometimes contradict the former ones, how do you decide which one is correct? Since there are several different contradictory accounts of Joseph Smith’s first vision, how did the LDS Church choose the correct one? Can you show me in the Bible the LDS teaching that we must all stand before Joseph Smith on the Day of Judgment? Can you show me archeological and historical proof from non-Mormon sources that prove that the peoples and places named in the Book of Mormon are true? If the words “familiar spirit” in Isaiah 29:4 refer to the Book of Mormon, why do familiar spirits always refer to occult practices such as channeling and necromancy everywhere else in the Old Testament? Why did Joseph Smith condone polygamy as an ordinance from God (Doctrine and Covenants 132) when the Book of Mormon had already condemned the practice (Jacob 1:15, 2:24)? Why were the words “white and delightsome” in 2 Nephi 30:6 changed to “pure and delightsome” right on the heels of the Civil Rights campaign for blacks? If God is an exalted man with a body of flesh and bones, why does Alma 18:26-28 and John 4:24 say that God is a spirit? Why did God encourage Abraham & Sarah to lie in Abraham 2:24? Isn’t lying a sin according to the 10 commandments? Why did God tell Abraham and Sarah to lie when 2 Nephi 9:34 condemns liars to hell? Why does the Book of Mormon state that Jesus was born in Jerusalem (Alma 7:10) when history and the Bible state that he was born outside of Jerusalem, in Bethlehem? If the Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book on earth, as Joseph Smith said, why does it contain over 4000 changes from the original 1830 edition? If the Book of Mormon contains the “fulness of the everlasting gospel”, why does the LDS Church need additional works? If the Book of Mormon contains the “fulness of the everlasting gospel”, why doesn’t it say anything about so many important teachings such as eternal progression, celestial marriage, the Word of Wisdom, the plurality of Gods, the pre-existence of man, our mother in heaven, baptism for the dead, etc? Why do you baptize for the dead when both Mosiah 3:25 and the Bible state that there is no chance of salvation after death? Since the word grace means a free gift that can’t be earned, why does the Book of Mormon state “for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do” (2 Nephi 25:23)? Does the LDS Church still regard the Pearl of Great Price as Holy Scripture even after several prominent Egyptologists proved it was an ancient funeral scroll? Why does the Book of Abraham, chapters 4 & 5, contradict Alma 11 in stating that there is more than one God? Why does Doctrine and Covenants 42:18 say there is no forgiveness for a murderer when 3 Nephi 30:2 says there is forgiveness for him? If the Adam-God doctrine isn’t true, how come Doctrine and Covenants 27:11 calls Adam the Ancient of Days which is clearly a title for God in Daniel chapter 7? Why does the Book of Mormon contain extensive, word-for-word quotes from the Bible if the LDS Church is correct in teaching that the Bible has been corrupted? Why do the Bible verses quoted in the Book of Mormon contain the italicized words from the King James Version that were added into the KJV text by the translators in the 16th and 17th centuries? If the Book of Mormon was engraved on gold plates thousands of years ago, why does it read in perfect 1611 King James Version English? If marriage is essential to achieve exaltation, why did Paul say that it is good for a man not to marry (1 Corinthians 7:1)? Since the Word of Wisdom teaches us to abstain from alcohol, why did Paul encourage Timothy to drink wine for his stomach (1 Timothy 5:23)? If Jesus is the Jehovah of the Old Testament and Elohim is referred to as God in the Old Testament, can you explain Deuteronomy 6:4 to me: “Hear, O Israel: the LORD (Jehovah) our God (Elohim) is one LORD (Jehovah)? Why does the Mormon Church teach that we can be married in heaven when Jesus said in Matthew 22:30 that in the resurrection men neither marry, nor are they given in marriage? How can worthy Mormon males become Gods in the afterlife when God already said that before him no God was formed, nor will there be any Gods formed after him (Isaiah 43:10)? If God had a father who was a God, how come Isaiah 44:8 says that he doesn’t know him? If God was once just a man who progressed to becoming a God, how do you explain Psalm 90:2: “…even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God”? How can God be an exalted man when Numbers 23:19 says that God is not a man? Why does the Mormon Church teach that Elohim had sexual relations with Mary to produce Jesus when both Matthew and Luke teach she was a virgin (The Seer, January, 1853, p.158)? Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus paid for our sins in the garden of Gethsemane when 1 Peter 2:24 says it was on the cross? Why did Bruce McConkie write that a man may commit a sin so grievous that it will place him beyond the atoning blood of Christ (Mormon Doctrine, 1979, p.93) when the Bible says that the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7)? Why does the LDS Church teach that man first existed as spirits in heaven when 1 Corinthians 15:46 says that the physical body comes before the spiritual? Why do Mormons say the sticks in Ezekiel 37 represent the Bible and the Book of Mormon when Ezekiel 37:20-22 tells us that the sticks represent two nations, not two books? Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus and Lucifer are spirit brothers when both the first chapter of John and Colossians teach that Jesus is the Creator of all things, including Lucifer? Why do worthy Mormon males hold the Aaronic priesthood since Hebrews 7:11-12 clearly teaches that it was changed and superceded by something better? If your leaders are correct about the complete falling away of the true church on earth, was Jesus in error when he said that the gates of hell would not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18)? If having a physical body is necessary to become a god, how did Jesus become a god before he had a body? Do you think the LDS Church will reconsider its teachings that the American Indians are descendants of the Jewish race now that DNA evidence has proven that they are actually descendants of the Asian race? If polygamy was officially re-instituted by the Mormon Church, how would your wife feel about you taking another woman? Since the LDS Church teaches that there was a complete apostasy of the true church on earth, does that mean that the 3 living Nephites and the Apostle John went into apostasy also? Why are Mormon Temple ceremonies secret to the public when the Old Testament temple ceremonies were open to public knowledge?
Thank you so much for all you do. I know I need to email my mom's friend so I think I'll start with a couple questions and if she seems interested then I can show her the video.
Answer to your last question, the "temple rituals aren't secret but they are sacred" *insert eye roll to the heavens here* (I looked up the rituals they do in the temple and I walked away feeling icky.)
@@christopherfoote4643 if we aren't supposed to know what's going on in the temples, why hasn't the LDS church done something about the videos on the Internet? Because anybody can look up what goes on. And don't tell me that there's nothing that they can do because the LDS church does have ways and the power to take them down
@@christopherfoote4643 wow someone who claims to be a man of God you sure are judgemental to those who don't have the same beliefs as you. I am married so I wouldn't be interested in you. Even if I wasn't married there is no way in hell I'd ever date you with how judgemental you are. I get that it's a breach of privacy so I'm asking why doesn't the church do anything to take the videos down? They could hire lawyers and have them taken down and whoever put them up prosecuted. Why don't you just leave this channel alone, and go about your marry way.
THANK YOU THANK YOU. I was raised lds for 58 yrs, its been exhausting... questions, contradictions, hypocrisy and judgmental followers.... I have just ordered a new Bible to start my new journey of knowing God … again, thank you so much for your research and knowledge …. hugs
how exciting. they way you talk, i can almost sense new life like like a fresh cool breeze, with every breath you take. 58 years and born again. that doesn't happen much either. i was a late bloomer too @40 years.
Shalom Lisa, what about reading the original scriptures, the bible is a corrupt book, a mistranslation of the original scriptures, with lots of words and names changed by the roman sun worshippers. Research the real name of our creator, our father who talked with Moseh and gave us the ten commandments. Although the bible is corrupt, you can still read the context and message, so you can study and ready it. The name of our creator is not god, but YAHUAH, Hebrew I WAS, I AM, I WILL BE and His beloved son Yahusha (Hebrew for Yah is our Deliverer) and not the pagan name Jesus. Remember Yahusha is not Greek and not Roman, He was Hebrew. Research the letter J... it did not exist until 1478-1550, so the name Jesus was never written in the bible before that time... so why is this so important? Because the original names has a very very important meaning and message. Read Isaiah52:6 and remember the commandments You do not cast the Name of Yahuah your Alahim to ruin (in the bible KJV version Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. So even though it was written, still the enemy changed it, because truth is in the scriptures... that's why those sunworshippers started the catholic church and honour many pagan feasts like christmas and eastern, they wear dagon hats and use occult symbols in their clothing and buildings, you have to ask youself why is that? It is time for christians who believe in Yahusha the Son of our creator YAHUAH, who died for our sins, so that we have eternal life to research and pray. All those who seek the truth read Deut 4:2 and Matt 5:17
I'm 58 & was a mainstream Catholic for 38 years. The last 20 increasingly traditional Catholic & REFRESHING! Give traditional or Maronite Catholicism a try.
I recently became a Mormon and started wondering about things that didn’t make sense. Now, that I know more.. this religion is so false. I felt I was being brainwashed. Thank you so much for helping me get Unbrainwashed. This is so scary to think that the church was doing this to me. Thank you Jessie.
I'm so glad you've been researching! Just because Mormonism is false, don't give up on the Bible! God is real. The LDS version of god is not. I pray you'll find truth in the Word of God! Mormonism distorts and corrupts Christianity but true Christianity offers all the answers to life with verifiable evidence. Josh Mcdowell has a book called "Evidence that Demands a Verdict" and it's a powerful example of evidential and verifiable truth found within the Bible. Praying for you as you continue to seek truth!
@@bookofmormonanswers whatever it's worth, they probably just learned that certain things were being kept secret from them. For example, you don't tell anyone what the covenants in the temple are before they are endowed. Sometimes finding it out and finding out it was withheld from you is a game changer.
@@bookofmormonanswers What do you say to the person that says that they have prayed and the holy spirit told them that the book of mormon is not true? It seems to be based of off feeling not actual proof or evidence towards truth. There is a lot more evidence proving Mormonism wrong than proving it right. I encourage you to do your own research on these things on a non Mormon website. God is good and will reveal himself if you truly seek him! I have a lot of love and compassion for you in my heart!!
As a person of color myself that is considering this church it’s actually a huge relief to have these questions out there so I can really see if the missionaries have answers to them because I am so confused right now I’m struggling with that
The missionaries job is to bring souls to Christ to teach the first principles of the Gospel. They bring a simple message, pray about it with real intent
You'd be a lot less confused if you just stopped considering this "church". Mormon teaching is so full of bigotry and racism. How any person of color and/or women could even consider joining these cultists is mind blowing. Just so you're aware, as a colored woman, you are literally the lowest of the low in the eyes of the Mormons.
Thank you for this, I grew up lds in 1978 I found Christ, and a the bible open up to me... My Dad is still in the lds church, and still hopes I come back, it is sad.
What is it about God you know about that LDS don't? Just asking. I believe in the New Testament Jesus and I am LDS. I don't think I'm off my rocker. Thanks.
@@stanleyhall8951 I love the LDS church I was raised in the LDS; the difference it changed for me is dispensationalism rightly dividing the word the difference between the Old testament and the New testament, salvation in the Old testament was different than salvation in the New testament
@@amazingcolorizing4975 _"God is not a Man who was "exalted" to become a God."_ God is not a spirit. Before you try to misquote John 4:24, you are misquoting that in 2 ways. First, In Greek there is no equivalent for the English word “a” so the translation can be interesting. Meaning that “God is spirit” and “God is a spirit” are technically both correct translations. However, If we compare to other scriptures of similar structure then we clearly see that it wasn’t not meant to be a literal description of God being but is describing one attribute of God. For example, in 1 John 4:8 it says that “God is love.” In 1 John 1:5 it says “God is light.” Deuteronomy 4:24 and Hebrews 12:29 says that God is a consuming fire. Is God literally love? Is He literally light? Is he literally a consuming fire? No, Those are attributes of God not descriptions. Second, the context of this verse is talking about the worship of God and again, not a literal description. God is spirit in that He is holy and pure and they that worship him must worship him in holiness and purity. Interestingly, This debate over whether God is a material being, or an incorporeal, immaterial being was a highly debated subject in the early centuries of the Church. In fact, for a time John 4:24 was used as evidence that God did have some kind of material body because the Greek word that is translated as “spirit” (Pneuma) can also mean “air” or “wind”, which is a material substance. Origen, who is known as the most important theologian of the early Greek church and who believed that God was incorporeal and immaterial, defends his views by arguing that John 4:24 isn’t meant to be interpreted literally. Now, if God was once a mortal being it is in no way inconsistent with the fact that he now has all power and all knowledge and possesses every virtue, grace, and godly attribute that the Bible, Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants have said God has. Irenaeus, a highly respected and influential early church father, stated "How, then, shall he be a God, who has not as yet been made a man? Or how can he be perfect who was but lately created? How, again, can he be immortal, who in his mortal nature did not obey his Maker? For it must be that thou, at the outset, shouldest hold the rank of a man, and then afterwards partake of the glory of God. For thou dost not make God, but God thee" (Irenaeus Against Heresies 4:523, Ante-Nicene Fathers 1:523-524) Here Irenaeus, an early church father, argues that how can we become a god, if we were not once a man. Using this same line of argument, how could God become a God, if He was not a man once? John 5:19 says The Son can’t do anything that He hasn’t seen the Father do. Would that mean that God lived as a spirit in a pre-mortal life, was born and received a body, died, and was resurrected and Jesus imitated what the father did? We are also made in the image of God, pretty heavily saying God at the very least looks like a man. We believe God has always existed for eternity too. D&C 93:29 “Man was also in the beginning with God. *Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.”* I think it is safe to say God has intelligence so therefore He was not created and has existed forever in our theology. Throughout the scriptures God is called Eternal or Endless, including in the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants. God is Endless and Eternal because his power, kingdom and dominion are Eternal and Endless. God has no limits to His power. He is from everlasting to everlasting because His power continues, having no end. Also, saying God is a man isn’t a unique idea by Joseph Smith. It was said by Jesus in Mark 10:18 in the 1611 edition of the King James Version which reads "why callest thou me good? There is no man good, but one, that is God". The phrase ‘no man’ was removed from every subsequent printing of the King James Bible even though the same Greek word (oudeis) is also translated ‘no man’ in Revelation 7:9 and 14:3 (and yes if you were to look it up online the Greek Bible then the Greek word oudeis is there in Mark 10:18). _"God took on flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:1)"_ The trinitarian view of God (3 persons 1 being) is not found in the Bible. No verse describes God as 3 persons 1 being in the Old or New Testament, if God was like that then wouldn't you think it would have been explicitly mentioned? It doesn't say that and no honest reading of the Bible would lead you to conclude that God is 3 persons 1 being. The Bible claims Jesus Christ is Lord (Romans 10:9, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Philippians 2:11) and the Son of God (Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5, John 10:36, John 20:31), He is our mediator with God (1 Timothy 2:5), who said that God the Father is greater (John 14:28) and that God was his God (John 20:17), He wanted us to be one with Him and God as they are with each other (John 17:21-23). Paul very clearly tells us that to us there is one God, the Father and one Lord, Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 8:6). There is no verse in the bible to back up your pagan belief and to explain it you have to use sources that came centuries later. John 1:1 does not support your pagan belief. Jesus Christ does the Father's will and His (Jesus Christ) will is subjected to the Father and has the authority to speak and act on the Father’s behalf making him the word of God. Jesus Christ is the example of the fulfillment of God’s word of providing a savior for mankind. Through Jesus Christ can our words both reach and be fulfilled by God (1 Timothy 2:5). When in John 1:14 the word became flesh, the Words of God took life in Jesus Christ and to show people that you can live a life free of sin through Jesus Christ being that example (John 13:15, 1 Peter 2:21, 1 John 2:6). Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of promises made to us before the foundation of the Earth (Ephesians 1:4-5, 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 1:2). Jesus Christ is the word and the word is God the Father because he speaks on behalf of God, the words of God made flesh, through him does communication with God exist, is the fulfillment of promises that God made from before the foundation of the Earth and is the messenger of salvation. _"God did not have physical sex with Mary."_ We don't believe that either. _"There are not unlimited Mormon Gods equal to our God) in the cosmos."_ That is debated and most don't believe that either. _" God doesn't have multiple wives - nor ANY wife"_ If there is a father and a son then logic would dictate there is a mother. Oh wait, your so-called "god" isn't logical and you can't explain it or make sense of it so you "live by faith". _"There is no marriage in Heaven. "_ You are severely misquoting that. All three places this is said in (Matthew 22:30, Mark 12:25 and Luke 20:35) makes it very clear that it is talking about the resurrection. The Greek word there is "anastasei" which translates to resurrection. If they wanted to use heaven then they would have used "ouranō". They didn't, which is why it reads as "For in the resurrection (anastasei) they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven (ouranō)." How you equate Jesus talking about no marriage during the resurrection, an event, to meaning no marriage in heaven, a place, is beyond me. If you read our own scriptures then you will find it actually agrees with these passages. It says that if your marriage isn't by God and that if these marriages aren’t made before the resurrection then when you are dead you will not be married and be appointed angels in heaven. (If you care to look it's D&C 132:15-16). In Greek, the language this was originally written in, the expressions “marry” (gamousin) and “given in marriage” (gamizontai) translate forms of the related Greek verbs gameō and gamizō, which have to do with the act of becoming married. The first verb is used here to refer to men and the second to women. If Matthew, Mark or Luke had wanted to say that Christ had said something like “Neither are they now in a married state" (because of previously performed weddings) then in Greek they would have used a perfect tense (gegamēkasin) or a participial form (gamēsas) of the verb. They did not, so that cannot be what Jesus meant. Jesus said nothing about the married state of those who are in heaven only that there isn't marriage during the resurrection. The source of the story the Sadducees told Jesus comes from one of the books in the Apocrypha, Tobit. A woman was married to seven men, each of whom died on the wedding night but then had an 8th husband, Tobias the son of Tobit (because she belonged to Tobias by right of inheritance), that was decided in heaven and she would be his in the hereafter. (Tobit 7:10-11). Raphael (the archangel) was even sent to marry the woman to Tobias. (Tobit 3:17). Jesus probably had this account in mind when He told the Sadducees "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God" because they had neglected to note that the woman had married an 8th husband and that God had sent an angel to marry them so that there marriage was recognized in heaven and she would be his in heaven.
I was born and raised Mormon, in 2017 I took a class on world religions and my professor encouraged me to research my religion in contrast with Christianity. I have been grateful for his guidance ever since that day. The question I came up with almost immediately after beginning my own research in 2017, (Maybe question 48) is, Galatians 1:8 states, "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!" With this scripture in mind, what does that mean about the Angel Moroni delivering the golden plates? A gospel other than the one originally preached. Shouldn't Moroni and Mormons be cursed?
@Hale Hafa To answer both of your questions: Who is Jesus Christ? According to the Bible, He is the Father's Son, as much Deity as the Father is Deity, the promised Messiah. What does it mean to be born again? According to the Bible, in John 3 it states that one must be 'born of water an the spirit'. In 2 Thes 1:8 we must 'obey the gospel of Christ', in 1 Cor 15:1-4 we find the gospel of Christ is 'the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus'...so we must obey 'the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus; in Romans 6 we read that we do that through full immersion/baptism into water which, according to Acts 2:38, is where we receive the Spirit of God. That is the literal act of 'being born again', but there are deductive ways to understand it as well. Romans 6 also tells us that when we raise from the waters of baptism, we are raised 'with Christ into new life'. That is the moment we are 'born again'. We are urged in the NT to abide in Christ in this new life so we can maintain our relationship with Yahweh.
@Hale Hafa Good morning! Yes, Jesus is God's Son. Yes, the Bible makes it clear we must be immersed. What would I say to those who don't speak of it? It really depends on their reasoning, but the answer is always in scripture. Immersion in and of itself is simply a bath or a jump in the pool. But when we seek God in faith and sincerity, we cannot escape the scriptures (ok, we can, but it just means we forsake salvation). One of the most popular reasons for ignoring baptism is because people take a single verse -either Jn 3:!6, or Acts 10:17 (i think)...belief or confession... and use that as their entire doctrine for salvation. Neither of those verses provide the full picture, as is so often the case in scripture. We need to take the WHOLE picture scripture paints for us and then make our doctrines from the comprehensive sum of them. In the case of salvation, there are a tremendous amount of scriptures on the topic. All the other essential parts of salvation...faith/belief, confession, repentance...are linked to baptism. So why knit pick? I will always bring someone to Romans 6 because Paul does such an excellent job of explaining how immersion is the manner by which we die to the law and sin. It is only when we've died to the law and the sin it highlights that we can actually live in grace. That does not happen in prayer, confession, or upon our faith - it happens through the faith that has grown from the moment we believe Him to be God the Son - but our death to the law/sin does not happen by it alone. I hope that helps.
In terms of that verse in Galatians what does “gospel” mean? What’s the same as the gospel in the Bible and the gospel in the plates? What’s different? I highly doubt you understand what that verse is trying to say.
47 questions that have been answered many times over and over. Just because you don’t like the answers doesn’t mean they can’t be answered. Not all members can answer all the questions but how is that different from any religion? The church is not designed to fill people’s mind with irrelevant facts just so they can answer questions for skeptics.
@@Tom-vg5nb Actually I can in fact historically prove The Bible as being correct. Look back into history, look at prophecies which come out of The Bible and the fulfillment of these prophecies. Look in the book of Matthew, what Jesus prophesied would happen to the Jews came into fulfillment within the generation he prophesied it would. There are many other examples on top of this as well. We have over 5,000 texts of original manuscript pieces. There are over 20,000 translations of original text into other languages that can be compared to one another to get a true and accurate account. There are ample amounts of documented history in support of The Bible. Not only is there written history, there is also archeological and Geological support for it. There is always a point at which someone must have faith but that does not mean we are void of historical, archeological and geological documented facts which support The Bible as being a true and legitimate text.
Question 34: Number 23:19 says God is not a man that he should lie. So, it's referring to God not being as a mortal man (a mortal man who can and does lie).
@@itsmejessie oh I wasn't blaming you, I'm sorry if you took it that way. I was just thinking it was ironic mostly, and frustrating lol. I took a college class on Mormonism so I guess I visited the lds website for research too much 🤷♀️
@@pottterlover713 Oh okay, yeah, I understand! My recommended videos are often LDS channels and Mormon topics. Obviously I spend a LOT of time on lds.org with my channel. 😉
@potterlover713 Ohhh yesss We as the church of jesus christ of latter day saints are complete aliens who hack every anti mormon video so that they have our ads. It couldnt possibly be a coiencidence!!! Ok honestly bro you are very desperatly grasping at straws
Hey subscribers! 🥰 I had to delete and re-upload this video because the first one had such terrible sound quality. This means I lost all your comments and likes and views! 😭 So please leave another comment so I can reply this time around. Love, Jessie 💕
@@prayingpatriot8018 I used a copyrighted song in the last upload and once RUclips removed it, the sound was horribly distorted. You probly saw it before the music was removed. I missed your first comment, unfortunately.
It's Me Jessie oh yeah...well I have 48 (that’s right forty-eight) questions a Neo-Evangelical Sectarian such as yourself couldn’t answer. So now what?? Hahaha. See, I can do the theological juvenilism thing too👌🏼. I recently came across your videos and I have to tell you they are...well...this is how I would best describe the overall presentation/delivery method of your content: First, you add an outward shell of Mary Tyler Moore meets Martha Stewart. On the inside however you add some snide, cryptic, underhanded conjecture mixed with a BIG heaping tablespoon of hyperbole and over/under reaching contextualizations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...and then...batta bing badda boom, you have itsmeJessie👍🏻🤗. Even though she has never spent ONE single day as a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she definitely is the “one true Scotsman” when it comes to our faith. You see, even though someone like me could give a comprehensive, contextualized, and faithful response to all of these “questions” it doesn’t really matter because Jessie (and all those antagonistic to my faith) are the only ones that have the “REAL” answer rubric. Yes, you see, MY responses could ONLY be the result of the constant “brainwashing” I receive or purely because gosh darn it I am just sooooo “deceived”. Isn’t that right Jessie? I mean, I just have not yet reached the theological and intellectual Zen that you and your followers have reached so I should just realize that YOU guys are the only ones with the acceptable answers to these questions....not a knowledgeable/believing/faithful member of the church 🤔 On a serious note Jessie, I really think you have some major theological tunnel vision. Without going into my credentials let’s just say I know a thing or two about theology and history. I am sure you have little to no clue about the history of the early church following the death of the Savior all the way to the various offshoots of “Christianity” that formed after the reformation. In my experience, most evangelicals/born agains have absolutely no clue about the muddy process that was the canonization of the Bible you currently hold in your hand. I love the Bible and believe it IS inspired of God, but anyone with ANY theological/didactic integrity should realize that it is NOT infallible. The Book of Mormon is NOT infallible either, but I believe it to be inspired of God as well. The transcriptive and translational errors are man’s doing not God’s. I would like to see you give the same textual criticism to the Bible as you do the Book of Mormon. I would like you to delve into the corruption that surrounded the various ecumenical councils that spanned hundreds of years in order to try to create a credal totalitarian launching point to justify the eventual slaughter and banishment of millions of “heretics” and “non-believers”. Trust me, there is no history more corrupt than that of pre and post reformed “Christianity”. Whenever you make videos engaging in historical mudslinging towards my faith, I laugh knowing that there is an absolute litany of historical mud that could be thrown right back at you 1000 fold. Yet, due to your severe theological tunnel vision, you will continue to sling mud at my faith while failing to give any attention to the heaping mound of theological and historical corruption surrounding your faith system. I could easily create a video called “47 questions evangelicals/born-agains can’t answer” with ease. I could create a video with 247 with ease...but I won’t/wouldn’t because it would perpetuate the same circular argumentation that you seem to enjoy engaging in. Bottom line here is that Christ spent nearly ALL of His ministry telling people to “come follow ME” rather than “don’t follow them over there”. If there is anything I have learned from your videos it’s that if you are having toilet problems don’t call the plumber, call the pizza delivery boy who “claims” to know everything about plumbing.
#28 If marriage is essential to achieve exaltation, why did Paul say that it is good for a man not to marry (1 Corinthians 7:1)? You’re kidding, right? First you ignore the next verse which says, “Neverthless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” Then you ignore the rest of the Bible. Read Gen 2:24; Matt 19:5; Matt 5:32; Matt 19:6; 1 Tim 4:1-4; Heb 13:4. Marriage is ordained of God and the relationship between the church and Christ is compared to marriage.
Don't forget Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, page 289. "Only those approved by Joseph Smith shall enter into the celestial kingdom, for he holds the keys." A direct contradiction to John 14:6.
You are mixing up doctrine. Christ is the ultimate judge of every person who has ever lived on the earth because he is the one who suffered for our sins. He knows us intimately. I don't know if Journal of discourses is completely correct because it is not an official church document, but if Joseph Smith is standing at the head of the celestial Kingdom I personally will give him a hu for restoring the amazing gospel that I have today
@@misssue1824 Not mixing up doctrine, just pointing to the flawed doctrine of the Mormon Church. JS was a wolf in sheep's clothing, leading many people astray. Study your Bible, and it will shed a light on all the additional writings of men, including JS.
@misssue1824 But the anointing which ye have received from Him abideth in you, and ye have no need that any man teach you. But as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him. 1 John 2:27
@@rwd2213 Have you taken the time to actually study those additional writings and see how beautifully they mesh with and clarify the contradictions in the Bible? For example, I see people still arguing over the nature of the Trinity. I haven't met a Christian yet who can explain salvation without ignoring Mark 16:16 and all of Acts; John 6:28; 1 Cor 13:1-14; etc.
Question #48: In 1844 Joseph Smith wrote a letter denying that he was practicing polygamy but according to the Church he had been practicing polygamy since 1841. So if polygamy was ordained by God then why did Joseph Smith lie and deny about practicing it? Question #49: if the Mormon Sacrament in Doctrine and Covenants says Bread and Wine but was changed later on to water due to the no alcohol policy. Then with the invention of non alcoholic wine why do they still do water instead of non alcoholic wine? Question #50: if Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon then why did the 1st draft contain several spelling and grammatical errors
#48 is false, he never denied practicing polygamy. #49 You're grasping straws, doesn't matter what we use for the sacrament, wine or water, as long as we focus on the Savior and his Atonement. #50 it's because Joseph Smith was human. Of course there will be mistakes and errors. God works with imperfect people. You think when the Bible was translated into English centuries ago, that there were no grammatical errors and corrections? Let's be real now.
@@goingtothetop55 In History of the ChurchVol. 6, p. 408-412 it records an “Address of the Prophet” on Sunday, May 26, 1844 where Joseph Smith states: “What a thing it is for a man to be accused of committing adultery, and having seven wives, when I can only find one.” Except for by this time he already had over 10 wives! That doesn't make any sense. If you are translating something then you would know how to spell the words in English ESPECIALLY when you are looking right at them. Also tell me if Polygamy was to take care of the widows of the Church then why did he marry a 14 year old GIRL?! Also if the book is supposed to be the most correct book then why would it need revisions and changes. The Book of Mormon claims that the Lamanites were the ancestors of modern day Indians/Native Americans and that their dark skin was a result of them turning away from God. If that is the case then 1. Why does DNA evidence contradict this with the fact that there isn't a drop of Semitic blood in Native Americans? And 2. Why hasn't the skin of those members of the Black Community and Native Americans that have joined the Church turned White? After all original copies of the Book of Mormon claims that they will become White and Delightsome? And my last point is since when is staring into a hat at magic rocks a method for translating ANYTHING?! I HIGHLY recommend that you either watch this video yourself or the "Top Ten facts that the Mormon Church doesn't want its members to know"
@@goingtothetop55 the difference is that when the Bible was translated it was being translated from Aramaic, Ancient Hebrew, and Greek and then from those languages into Latin and then into German and then finally into English. Where as the Book of Mormon was straight from "Reformed Egyptian" to English. So there is no excuse for the errors
oliver cowdrey was excommunicated in 1838 for insinusating that joseph smith was adulterous. the adultery had to come before 1838 because fanny alger left kirtland in 1837. the mormon church officially recognizes that joseph smith was doing fanny alger. he was doing her. it was adultery. he was doing her and oliver cowdery called him on it, and oliver cowdery was exed in 1838 for his troubles. the mormons recognize louisa beaman 1841 as joseph smiths first polygamous wife. polygamy and bigamy and adultery are not recognized by any state. it's all against the law. some mormon is going to tell me that polgamy is in the bible so it's okay. now i'm going to talk simple so any mormon can understand. the bible is a record of god's dealing with man. or god's dealing with sinful man. man is sinful so i just said man. the actions of man are sinful. the actions of god are not sinful. how can god who does not sin and cannot sin interact with sinful man? that's another topic. so we have instances where men are blatantly sinning, but they are in the bible. polygamy is such an instance. shall we also commit incest? i can show you clearly in the bible where lot committed incest. it's in the bible. will you use that instance to promote incest in your church? i hope i haven't given any of you mormons any ideas.
David Jensen I do not know the answer to #48 but as for #49- the wine/water is symbolic. It is not really the liquid itself but what it represents (Jesus’ blood). As for #50, Joseph Smith had only a 3rd grade education. Though he could read the translated words perfectly, he and those who helped him translate were subject to error because people aren’t perfect. Hope I could help :)
@ChucHulaGirl In context to your first comment on this thread, it is relationship to having an answer that is actually true. If you have an irrational and illogical answer, given which God created those concepts of rationality and logic, then you ought to have answers that are in fact rational and logical.
RE: QUESTION #40 (Jesus IS God) Even the book of mormon teaches that Jesus **IS** God (and thus can not be satan’s spirit brother). See Ether 3:14, 18; 4:11, 12
17. Says he was born AT Jerusalem not IN, it's the closest major city. "The Land of Jerusalem. Towns and villages which surrounded larger demographic or political centers were regarded in ancient times as belonging to those larger centers."
@@cherylburnett2014 These event took place 500 years after the people hearing them had left Jerusalem. They knew the significance of their heritage (of Jerusalem), but not necessarily of a small town 5.5 miles south. The Bible in many places uses Jerusalem to refer to the region as it is symbolic of God's covenant place for his people. This does not literally mean within the walls of Jerusalem in every case. Notwithstanding, the El Amarna tablets discovered in 1887 (well after the Book of Mormon) show that referring to Jerusalem as a region did happen in proto-canaanite language.
@It's Me Jessie Your other questions appear to all have been answered (but I may have missed someone else’s answer for this one #23). 23. These verses are not contradictory and match very well with Biblical doctrine, that murder is not OK. To help you in the future, you should actually try reading the verses you paraphrase so you don’t unintentionally create a strawman argument. D&C 42:18 “And now, behold, I speak unto the church. Thou shalt not kill; and he that kills shall not have forgiveness in this world, nor in the world to come.” The type of murder referred to in the ten commandments and here in D&C 42:18 (kill) is premeditated murder, not self-defense, murders that occur in the process of war, or negligent homicide (manslaughter). Only God can judge what murders might qualify for forgiveness, or not. I imagine most religious people would agree on this, but you’re entitled to your own opinion. 3 Nephi 30:2 Though there is a reference to “murders,” there is no reference to the word forgiveness in this verse. Therefore, you have a strawman argument on your hands. It says that even people who have committed grievous sins should repent and work on the path for receiving a remission of sins. It doesn’t mean that people who commit premeditated murder, escape its consequences. Murder directly limits eternal potential and causes suffering for sin, not only in this world, but in the afterlife until the end of Christ’s millennial reign. Repenting to receive a remission of sins and being forgiven are two separate topics. Considering hypothetical murder, the person you terminally wronged isn’t in mortality any more to even have a chance to forgive you. Due to the nature of this sin, restitution is impossible so that the steps of repentance cannot be completed. A person obtains a remission of sins if they have faith in Christ, repent, receive the ordinances of baptism and laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and obey God’s commandments. If someone commits premeditated murder, they cannot receive a remission of sins in this life (due to not completing the second step) and they automatically cannot inherit the glory of the Celestial Kingdom after this life. But just because a person cannot receive a remission of sins in this life, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t repent. Spencer W. Kimball, the twelfth Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said, “Even the murderer is justified in repenting and mending his ways and building up a credit balance in his favor” (The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 131). No matter what kind of murder may have been committed, there is still incentive for the individual to repent. As a Christian, if you have a problem believing there are unforgivable sins, then go to the Bible. For one Biblical reference that another previous Prophet within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints pointed out, “John says there are two kinds of sins [see 1 John 5:16-17]. One kind that can be forgiven; the other kind a sin unto death, for which there is no forgiveness. Murder is one of the latter class. That is where one deliberately sheds innocent blood. … There is a forgiveness for all those who truly repent and forsake their sins and show their sincerity by their continued repentance to the end of their mortal lives. The mercy of the Almighty, through the atonement of Jesus Christ, reaches out and embraces every soul who will forsake his sins, except those who have willfully sinned, as John says, ‘unto death.’” (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Restoration of All Things, pp. 204-5.) The doctrine of this is reflected in the policy of the church. Those who are guilty of murder are excommunicated from the Church. They may only be re-baptized with First Presidency approval who inquire of the Lord case by case. My personal experience on this topic is while I was a missionary, I taught someone who was convicted of murder. Through prayer of the First Presidency, it was determined that this individual’s actions fell under one of the exceptions I mentioned previously and they were permitted to be baptized. For anyone that has this as a sincere question, I hope this can help. I have felt the effects of the atonement of Jesus Christ in my life and know that he suffered for me. He is my personal Savior and I know that salvation only comes through him. I grew up LDS and first developed my testimony in Jesus by the power of the Holy Ghost while reading the Book of Mormon. This in turn gave me a testimony in the Bible. If you really want to strengthen people’s beliefs in Jesus Christ, I sincerely recommend you stop trying to attack additional witnesses of Christ, like the Book of Mormon and focus by sharing the testimony that you do have from the Bible. -cgp
The gospel of Jesus Christ is that the only way to be made right with God is through Jesus Christ and the blood He shed on the cross through Calvary, not by temple work, ordinances, commandments, tithing, doing good works, going to church, baptism, facing Mecca, lying on beds of nails, fasting, etc.. Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Eternal life is a free gift. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the FREE GIFT of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord. Romans 3:24 being justified as a GIFT by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus; Eph. 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Jesus Christ canceled the record of debt that was held against us. All you need to do is accept Christ by faith. It isn't because of who you are and what you have done for God. It is because of who He is and what He did for you in sending Jesus to be the sacrificial offering for your sins. To be your substitute on the cross and to satisfy the demands of God's law that stands against you. Christ has done the one work that was necessary to reconcile you to God. Christ has done the one act of righteousness that could bring justification and life to all men. All Christ is asking with open arms is for you to lay down your religiosity and works at the foot of the cross and allow Christ to take it. Salvation is quite simple. Luke 18 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.” I know that my sins have been forgiven. I already have eternal life. I know for sure that when I die I will be with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. "Absent from the body, present with the Lord." I have the Holy Spirit living inside of me testifying of these truths. Eph. 1 :13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise, This is my testimony based on the word of God. I challenge you to read your Bible as a child.
Murder is not an unforgivable sin. Moses murdered two men and King David murdered Uriah. Murder does not limit any eternal future. God said that King David was a man after His own heart. Acts 13:22 God raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’ Here is what God said about Moses. Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face, 11 for all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, all his servants, and all his land, 12 and for all the mighty power and for all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel. Psalm 51 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit; A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise. I John 1:7 the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. (including murder) ******** The unpardonable/unforgivable sin or “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit” is mentioned in Mark 3:22-30 and Matthew 12:22-32. Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter” (Mark 3:28), but then He gives one exception: “Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin” (verse 29). According to Jesus, the unpardonable or unforgivable sin is unique. It is the one iniquity that will never be forgiven (“never” is the meaning of “either in this age or in the age to come” in Matthew 12:32). The unforgivable sin is blasphemy (“defiant irreverence”) of the Holy Spirit in the context of the Spirit’s work in the world through Christ. In other words, the particular case of blasphemy seen in Matthew 12 and Mark 3 is unique. The guilty party, a group of Pharisees, had witnessed irrefutable evidence that Jesus was working miracles in the power of the Holy Spirit, yet they claimed that He was possessed by the prince of demons, Beelzebul (Matthew 12:24; Mark 3:30). The Jewish leaders of Jesus’ day committed the unpardonable sin by accusing Jesus Christ (in person, on earth) of being demon-possessed. They had no excuse for such an action. They were not speaking out of ignorance or misunderstanding. The Pharisees knew that Jesus was the Messiah sent by God to save Israel. They knew the prophecies were being fulfilled. They saw Jesus’ wonderful works, and they heard His clear presentation of truth. Yet they deliberately chose to deny the truth and slander the Holy Spirit. Standing before the Light of the World, bathed in His glory, they defiantly closed their eyes and became willfully blind. Jesus pronounced that sin to be unforgivable. The blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, specific as it was to the Pharisees’ situation, cannot be duplicated today. Jesus Christ is not on earth, and no one can personally see Jesus perform a miracle and then attribute that power to Satan instead of the Spirit. The only unpardonable sin today is that of continued unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in his rejection of Christ. The Holy Spirit is at work in the world, convicting the unsaved of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). If a person resists that conviction and remains unrepentant, then he is choosing hell over heaven. “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6), and the object of faith is Jesus (Acts 16:31). There is no forgiveness for someone who dies without faith in Christ. God has provided for our salvation in His Son (John 3:16). Forgiveness is found exclusively in Jesus (John 14:6). To reject the only Savior is to be left with no means of salvation; to reject the only pardon is, obviously, unpardonable. www.gotquestions.org/unpardonable-sin.html
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this. 17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death. These verses do not say that murder is unforgivable. The sin that does not lead to death that is, eternal death or damnation is any sin that we commit that we are, by grace, capable of truly confessing and repenting from.
@@christophergpark193 There is no confusion. Your testimony would sound great, except for the fact that the Christ you are trusting in is not the Christ that is spoken of in the Bible. The true Christ is an uncreated being who has always existed with God the Father from all eternity. He is our Creator and in fact created Lucifer. Christ is both God and man. He is 100% God and 100% man. John 1 1. In the beginning was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word (Christ) was God. 2 Christ was in the beginning with God. 3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being. Jesus Christ existed before Lucifer. John 17:5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was. Micah 5:2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.” John the Baptist, who was six months older than Jesus, said Jesus existed before he did. John 1 John testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’” Christ created Lucifer Col. 1:16 For by Jesus all things were created in heaven and on earth, [things] visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him and for Him. ****** President Hinckley, the prophet and revelator of the Mormon church, has publicly declared that the Jesus of Mormonism and traditional Christianity are not the same. "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. For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times. He together with His Father, appeared to the boy Joseph Smith in the year 1820, and when Joseph left the grove that day, he knew more of the nature of God than all the learned ministers of the gospel of the ages.'" (LDS Church News Week ending June 20, 1998, p. 7). In Mormonism, Jesus is a creation, the product of relations between god and his goddess wife who used to be people from another world (McConkie, Bruce, Mormon Doctrine, p. 192, 321, 516, 589). Jesus is the literal spirit brother of the devil and you and I (McConkie, p. 192, 589). Also, in Mormon theology, God has a body of flesh and bones (Doctrine & Covenants 130:22) as does his wife, and together they produce spirit offspring in heaven who inhabit human bodies on earth. The Mormon Jesus The literal son of god and his goddess wife begotten in the pre-existence. The brother of all spirits born in heaven in the premortal existence. One of 3 gods in the godhead. The Trinity is three separate gods. First one to receive a spirit body Atoned for sin on the cross and in the garden of Gethsemane. The Christian Jesus Not the literal son of god and his goddess wife. Not the brother of all spirits born in heaven in a premortal existence. Not one of 3 gods in the godhead. The Trinity is 3 persons in one God Was always spirit from eternity. Atoned for sin on the cross alone. This brief comparison should help you see the difference between the two view of Christ. Jesus cannot be both the literal sexually begotten son of god and not the literal sexually begotten son. He cannot be both one of 3 gods and not one of 3 gods. They are different. The apostle Paul warned of people who would preach another Jesus. II Corinthians 11 But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. 4 For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully. You need to have the right Christ in order to get into the kingdom of heaven.
@@christophergpark193 That is quite a blanket statement. Basically no one has eternal life. Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him Who hasn't hated someone? I am sure John did not mean to say that no one has eternal life. We need to look at it more closely in context or even go back to the Greek. Here is the Amplified Version. John is talking to fellow Christians, not unbelievers. Believers should not be hating other believers. Non Christians/unbelievers could not be called, 'brothers' and 'sisters.' 'Believers' who hate other believers are really, 'the world' or unbelievers. They do not have eternal life. Do not be surprised, believers, if the world hates you. 14 We know that we have passed out of death into Life, because we love the brothers and sisters. He who does not love remains in [spiritual] death. 15 Everyone who hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer [by God’s standards]; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him. The good news is that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from ALL sin. Journal of Discourses Jesus' sacrifice was not able to cleanse us from all our sins, (murder and repeated adultery are exceptions), (Journal of Discourses, vol. 3, 1856, p. 247). The Bible I John 1:7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another, and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from ALL sin. I doubt that most Latter Day Saints follow what is in the Journal of Discourses, but it does say this.
The original word for "this generation" is genea in Greek. Strong's concordance for this shows: 1) fathered, birth, nativity 2) that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family a) the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy b) metaph. a group of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character 1) esp. in a bad sense, a perverse nation 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30 - 33 years Definitions 3 and 4 here obviously would include only the people alive at the time that the words were spoken. Definitions 1 and 2 could include people that were not currently alive. If we look at other places where this word is translated, we can see that it's also translated as "times". Acts 14:16 (NIV) In the past times, he let all nations go their own way. Acts 15:21 (NIV) For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath. We can also see genea being translated as "nation" in the old King James Version: Phillipians 2:15 (KJV) That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world; However, the original KJV is the only version that uses this this translation (as even the New King James Version uses "generation"). Summary: "Generation" is the best translation, although "times" could be used. According to the definition, "lineage" could also be a translation.
James Rafael yes that book was written by man as well. Either that or where did Adam and Eve grandchild come from? How did Noah’s flood happen with millions of animals plants bugs virus in one wooden boat built by a few people, where did the water come from where did it go?
It's Me Jessie so even with all of that explanation, the 2nd coming still hasn’t happened, far after that generation passed away. So given the non-fulfillment of the prophecy, does Jesus fail this test too?
I'm sorry for bugging all of you. I'll leave you alone now! I don't want to force anything on anyone. I love people no matter who thay are, or whatever they do.
#37 Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus paid for our sins in the garden of Gethsemane when 1 Peter 2:24 says it was on the cross? Peter didn’t write a long explanation of the atonement of Jesus Christ to make his point. He simply used the public symbol of the atonement- the cross. It is clear that Jesus’ suffering began in the Garden of Gethsemane and was a very private experience, since the apostles fell asleep and did not witness it. Even the name Gethsemane, which means “oil press” is symbolic of how Jesus was “pressed” under the weight of sin. Luke 22:44 says “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” The pain was so severe that an angel came to strengthen Him even before He sweat blood. Mark 26:39 and 42 tells us that Jesus prayed twice to have “this cup” removed. That cup was the agony of our sins that began in Gethsemane and ended on the cross.
Ive recently left the lds church!!! Im so happy i did so...😊. Ive not been this happy for 20 years plus. N i got baptised into a Christian church. ❤❤❤❤❤
You've been swindled and deceived into disbelieving in the true Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I pray that you may one day come to know and understand the truth about the true Gospel and the divine origin of the Book of Mormon. I pray that you may once again see the beauty and light in the Church and it's teachings that I would hope you had been able to see in the past. I pray that you may be capable of seeing past the incredibly weak criticisms (thinly veiled as questions) made throughout videos like these. I pray that the influence of the Holy Ghost may lead you back to the truth in the future.
#40 Why do Mormons say the sticks in Ezekiel 37 represent the Bible and the Book of Mormon when Ezekiel 37:20-22 tells us that the sticks represent two nations, not two books? Note that the sticks are presented as a written record. The people and their records will come together and testify of God.
I’ve just been ex Mormon for 8 months, I’ve been Mormon and living in Utah my entire life, and It’s so hard to unsee everything! 😭😭😭 It’s like a PTSD or some MK Ultra remnants that you can’t get out of your head.
@@OnlyTimefps9 the term you're looking for is Complex PTSD, or CPTSD. It's a more recently studied issue, and many of us exmormons do fit the criteria for that diagnosis!
@@aileenmcintosh2162 As someone who actually has PTSD from physical and emotional abuse from my childhood, it is an insult and mockery to me and anyone else who has PTSD to sit here and say the Church has given you PTSD. Sorry, but you don't fit the criteria. Nothing the Church does is abusive and there is nothing you could say that the Church does that would ever compare to real traumatic events. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God's and Jesus Christ one and only true church here on earth. While you should rejoin, you don't have to but you need to get out of the Exmo hate cult you are in because it is poisoning you mind.
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
@@misssue1824well I have all the LDS books and they are false. LDS "jesus" is Not the true Jesus of the Bible. not even going to "debate with you or any LDS person. been there done that because your ears are closed and your eyes blind com the True gospel, the Bible. we all die and will face our maker. we either choose eternal life or eternal death. I choose eternal life. p.s. most evangelistic churches are wrong also. so far away from actual Biblical truth it is laughable.
Hi Jesse, I have 47 questions for you, 1 Why was Joseph Smith a true prophet? 2 Why is the Book of Mormon the word of God? 3 Why do we pray in the name of Jesus Christ? 4 Why do we have temples in nearly every country? 5 Why do we have missionaries in nearly every country? 6 Why do love our neighbors? 7 Why do we worship our Heavenly Father? 8 Why do our children sing songs like "Teach me to Walk in the Light of His Love?" 9 Why do we have 12 apostles? 10 Why do we believe the Bible to be the Word of God? 11 Why was the Church of Jesus Christ restored? 12 Why do we believe in the second coming? 13 Why do we listen to the still small voice of the Holy Spirit? 14 Why did Peter, James and John appear to Joseph Smith And others? 15 Why did the Angel Moroni appear to Joseph Smith? 16 Why did Heavenly Father and His Son appear to Joseph Smith? 17 Why did John the Baptist appear to Joseph Smith And others? 18 Why did the Prophet Elijah appear to Joseph Smith? 19 Why aren't members of the Church of Jesus Christ suppose to smoke, drink, and tell dirty jokes? 20 Why do we say "families are forever?" 21 Why do we believe in modern scriptures and prophecy? 22 Why do we believe, "If you have not charity you are nothing?" 23 Why do we believe that the Priesthood authority of God has been restored? 23 Why are we so happy all the time? 24 Why do we build temples? 25 Why do we believe in the preexistence? 26 Why do we wait until marriage to have sexual relations? 27 Why do we pay tithing? 28 Why do we worship on Sunday? 29 Why do we take the Sacrament? 30 Why do we fast? 31 Why do we have "Helping Hands" voluntary service? 32 Why was Brigham Young a prophet? 33 Why do we obey God's commandments? 34 Why do we obey the laws of the land? 35 Why do we look forward to the "Second Coming of Christ"? 36 Why do we believe that we can not be saved in our sins? 37 Why do we believe that through repentance we can be forgiven of our sins? 38 Why do we believe that Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and The Holy Ghost are three separate beings? 39 How are new members baptized? 40 Why are new members baptized? 41 Why do we feel that all people have the right to worship who and how they please? 42 Why do we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior? 43 How do woman in the Church of Jesus Christ share equally in the priesthood? 44 Why do we not baptize babies? 45 Why do we believe we should forgive others? 46 Why do we love our Prophet President Russell M. Nelson? 47 And.....Why do we love the Savior?
@Avenged- Sevenfold Her questions read like an antimormon pamphlet that you guys hand out at our temples. I'm like, "Oh do you want me to throw that away for you?"
@Avenged- Sevenfold I apologize for that last comment. I just don't read antimormon material. It's a total waste of my time. Obviously we're not the antiChrist. Denying the truth once the Holy Ghost has witnessed it to you is a serious sin. I'm not going do that. You guys are literally trying to destroy God's Kingdom on earth and you don't even realize it. That's the truth. My advice to you is to start living in a way that the Spirit can teach you. "The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand." But I'm afraid I'm wasting my words...
Bunch of morons, I swear. Answer her questions then, before pretending that trying to do good makes you right. It doesn't. It makes you human. Pull your heads out of Smith's ass.
@@christopherfoote4643 there have been so many lies, I consider everything from the mouth of Joseph Smith a complete fabrication. Answer some of these questions and we can dialogue further.
I just skimmed through the video but question 19 doesn’t make any sense in Mosiah 3: 25 it does not say that there is no chance after death, like at all. Idk we’re you got that information but this makes me question literally all you points.
I remember the first time I read the book of Mormon. I came across these verses and it really open my eyes to the concept of praying.2 Nephi 32:8-9.And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teachers a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teachers not a man to pray, but teachers him that he must not pray. 9. But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.
@@stevenpictures1 yet LDS claims the Bible to be corrupt. The BOM is though. A FALSE gospel/ book/ scripture what ever you want to call it. Blasphemy!!!
Jessie: 1. Hebrews 11:5 "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." D&C 84:5 "For verily this generation shall not all pass away until an house shall be built unto the Lord, and a cloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be even the glory of the Lord, which shall fill the house." Both resurrection of the dead and translation are now possible. Perhaps one or more of the six elders mentioned in D&C 84:1 were translated and perhaps Joseph Smith, Jr. may be resurrected for the dedication of that Temple. 2. Have we found scientific evidence that the Moon and Sun are not inhabited by entities? Journals of Discourses are not the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 3. Journals of Discourses are not doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 4. "Dallin H. Oaks explains: "Revelations from God . . . are not constant. We believe in continuing revelation, not continuous revelation. We are often left to work out problems without the dictation or specific direction of the Spirit."[14] Thus the current prophet can clarify, correct or change any previous teachings.[15] However, once a doctrine has been accepted by the church by "common consent", it becomes part of the Standard Works, and then takes precedence over any other revelation.[16] Members of the LDS church only consider themselves bound by doctrine found in the Standard Works.[17]" [Wikipedia/Revelation (Latter Day Saints)/Inspired vs. infallible] President Oaks is the present 1st Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. 5. Was Jonah of the Old Testament a true prophet? He predicted the overthrow of Nineveh. Jonah 3:4 "And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown." Did that happen? Jonah 3:10 ¶ "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not." Did Jonah rejoice? Jonah 4:1 "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 3 Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." Prophets are human. They have revelations when inspired by the Holy Ghost (Spirit). They also have personal opinions which are right at times and wrong at times. Could Moses enter the promised land? Why not? 6. You trust the current prophet! 7. They chose the correct one. Each prophet is able to verify any past or present revelations. 8. No and I didn't find it in the Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, or Pearl of Great Price. So, it is not our doctrine. 9. Can you find historical or archeological evidence that Jesus ever lived? 10. Familiar spirits are spoken of as evil in both the Book of Mormon and the Bible. 11. Joseph Smith, Jr. approved of polygyny because Lord God of Israel commanded him to do so as he did David. 2 Samuel 12:7 ¶ "And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
8 And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things." The Lord God of Israel gave David his master's wives into his bosom. Polygyny is Biblical. The Lord through his prophets command polygyny or not. That was part of the restitution of all things! 12. In order not to dishearten black members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. See also #4 above. 13. Because in these scriptures the Holy Ghost (Spirit) is the subject but not God the Father. 14. Abraham 2:23 "Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see her, they will say-She is his wife; and they will kill you, but they will save her alive; therefore see that ye do on this wise: 24 Let her say unto the Egyptians, she is thy sister, and thy soul shall live." Genesis 12:11 "And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon: 12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee." It was done to preserve Abram. 15. Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea (Bethlehem-Judah or Ephrath) which is 5 miles South of Jerusalem. Matthew 2:1 "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem," This was David's native city. 1 Samuel 17:12 ¶ "Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul." This is where Joseph and Mary were headed to pay taxes. Luke 2:1 "And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city. 4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)" This is not the Bethlehem of Galilee which is 93 miles from Jerusalem. 16. The Book of Mormon is corrected with each new edition to correct spelling and typographical errors. 17. Additional scriptures are needed to present revelations that came after the original scriptures. 18. The fullness of the gospel doesn't contain all things. 19. Baptism for the Dead is taught in the Bible as well as other scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:29 "Else what shall they do which are abaptized bfor the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?" 20. Salvation is by Grace! Our Heavenly Father did not have to offer a plan of salvation. It is by grace that he chose to do so but we still will all be judged by our works. Revelation 20:12 "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works. 13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death. 15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire." 21. Yes, we still believe the Pearl of Great Price is inspired scripture. Joseph Smith, Jr. translated it by the power and inspiration of God. 22. Psalm 83:18 "That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called." Jesus Christ (premortal Jehovah), the Savior is the most high over the earth. He is the God of this earth. It is his stewardship assigned by God the Father who is the most high over heaven according our Bible.
@Avenged- Sevenfold: Yes, about 70 years but that scripture (Hebrews 11:5) that Enoch didn't die. He was not resurrected until after Jesus Christ was resurrected. Colossians 1:18 "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence." That exceeds 70 years. The point is that one or more of the six elders mentioned may have been translated. The Angel Moroni ministered to Joseph Smith, Jr. as a resurrected human being. Perhaps Joseph Smith, Jr. will perform the dedication as a resurrected being.
@Avenged- Sevenfold: Joseph Smith, Jr. could dedicate that Temple as a resurrected being. It is possible that one or more of the six elders mentioned were translated. It doesn't say that Joseph Smith, Jr. won't pass away until the Temple is dedicated. It says, D&C 84:5 5 "For verily this generation shall not all pass away until an house shall be built unto the Lord, ..."
@Avenged- Sevenfold: Yes, about 30 years according to one definition but also all people born and living about the same time. I don't know who Josephine is. Do you? Four score and 10 (70 years) is the average age of human beings according to the Bible. Some live longer and others die earlier.
24. Daniel 7:13 (AKJV) "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him. 14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." Adam is the Ancient of days at the priesthood meeting for presentation of stewardships just prior to the second coming of the Savior. Adam is a resurrected glorified exalted human being. He is the father of the human race. Jesus Christ will receive those stewardships from the Ancient of days and rule as King of Kings.
25. Lehi left Jerusalem around 600 B.C. Isaiah began as a prophet in 740 B. C. according to Bible chronology. The family of Lehi brought along many of the records of the prophets prior to 600 B.C. The Book of Mormon/2 Nephi 12 - 24 records the prophecies of Isaiah but each chapter introduction invites the reader to compare the chapter with the appropriate chapter of Isaiah. The comparison demonstrates differences in the two sources.
Where can I find something better? I was raised in a protestant faith until Mormon missionaries found me and baptized me as a young man. I have continued to study other faiths for over thirty years and I have been amazed at all the anti-Mormon materials in print, film and on the internet. I am an inquisitive and practical soul so I have searched out the answers to the multitude of “problems” critics of the Mormon faith have claimed. After considering both sides, I cannot break loose of the Church’s hold on me because of the following reasons. (1) The Mormon Church has instilled in me, and my family a more deep and personal love of my Savior Jesus Christ than I could have reached in any other faith. I have a sure knowledge that He is my Savior and the only One through whom I can be saved. The Book of Mormon has added so much to the wonderful accounts of Him in the New Testament. The testimony and lives of good Mormons have led me to know that they are true followers of Christ. While I have met wonderful Christians in other faiths, none have stronger belief in the Savior than good Mormons. Help me! Where can I find something better? (2) The Mormons taught me that I am a child of God created in His image, and not just His creation. (Genesis 1:26 “And God said Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” The Trinity is The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost. Three separate Beings with one purpose. The other faiths taught me that God is one Being with three names, The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost. And that He is a Spirit without form that fills the whole universe. While this sounds impressive, it would mean that He is only my Creator and not my Father in Heaven. I would be just one of His creations. For example, I can create a beautiful Corvette, and I would love it, but it can never compare with the love I have for my children. I know that my Father in Heaven is my Father in Heaven-and that is much more intimate and personal for me, than to love a Father who is an intangible Spirit - Creator, to whom I am just something He created. The net result is that my children and I have a much more personal relationship with God, and His Son, Jesus Christ. Where can I find something better? (3) Eternal Marriage and families - What an awesome demonstration of the love and Fatherhood of God. Mormons are the only faith that believes that God ordained the family as an Eternal unit. All other faiths teach that marriage ends at death. Because of this belief, Mormon families are the strongest (on average) of any people on Earth. I know from personal experience, that these teachings have helped me and my children to have stronger families in Christ. Where can I find something better? (4) The Church missionary system: The Mormon church offers a chance for my children to voluntarily serve as full time representatives of the Lord for two years. Every Christian religion says it believes Christ’s admonition to “feed My sheep” and share His Word, but, none, not even the Jehovah’s Witnesses have as good a means to make it a positive and life changing experience as the Mormons. I did this myself, and I know from personal experience that nothing can replace the experience, joy and testimony of Jesus Christ I received on my two year mission. I now know why the Bible emphasizes sharing His Word so much. Why do other faiths not promote programs like this for their members? Some offer “mission trips” lasting days or weeks, but this is only a pale shadow of the Mormons two year program. Some faiths have full time missionaries, but their numbers are so small compared to their membership, and they don’t encourage all their youth to go on missions. As many as half of Mormon youth go on missions. I have often said that it is worth being a Mormon just for the blessing of seeing my children have the two year mission experience when they are young. Where can I find something better? (5) The Mormon Health Code - Why don’t other faiths do this? I need help teaching my children to avoid alcohol, tobacco and drugs. All faiths believe the body is a temple, but none have as much success teaching their children to avoid unhealthy habits, as do the Mormons. It would be worth being a Mormon just to avoid the problems of seeing my children and grandchildren suffer from the effects of alcohol and drugs, not to mention tobacco. Where can I find something better? (6) Unpaid Ministry - Mormons don’t have to get paid to share the good news of Jesus Christ. I have always had a problem with ministers who would say, “ Give your money to God, but make the check out to me.” Mormon leaders of congregations (called bishops) have regular jobs. That is how they support themselves and they serve the congregation for free because they love the Lord. Mormons actually provide better support to each member of the congregation than faiths with paid preachers, because of the organization of visiting and home teachers, (also unpaid) that help the bishops check the welfare of every member every month! No other faith comes close to that service for the members, even with paid ministry. Even the two-year missionaries pay their own way. It works great. There is no reason other faiths could not do this too. Why don’t they? I love knowing that when I come to church, that they are glad to see me because they care about me, and not about what donations I might give them. Also, Mormons don’t have collection plates. Giving is personal and private and visitors are treated like guests. You would not invite a friend to dinner and then put a collection plate in his face and say “ Wasn’t that good?” Also, I have investigated the way the Church uses funds and it is inspiring. Where can I find something better? On top of all this, while opponents fuss that that false prophets lead us, the Bible clearly states repeatedly that it is through the Name of Jesus that we are saved. Virtually all other Christians believe that if we accept Christ as our Savior we are saved. By this standard, all Mormons are saved, even if we did have “false” prophets. I must say that if we are to judge prophets by their fruits, then I am really caught in this Mormon trap, because of all the wonderful “fruits” I have personally witnessed over the last thirty years. I could go on and on, but, the bottom line is that because of all the blessings and happiness I have received, I guess I am really stuck being a Mormon. Please help me if you know anything that is better. Scott Marshall MemphisBPC@aol.com
@@MuzwakheManzini actually the church teaches what Christ taught more effectively than any other source. As I said, where can I find something better? Do you have any specific theology that produces better results?
@@scottmarshall4840 would you stop receiving everything as it comes and actually pray that God would really open up your spiritual eyes, the Bible clearly commands us to be "wise as serpent but innocent as doves".....just because the Church said it doesn't mean it's true, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY SAY?.....
#7 "There are contradictory accounts of the First Vision." would you say there are "contradictory accounts" in the four gospels? I have read them and the basic points remain- Joseph saw God the Jesus Christ. He was concerned about his sins and was seeking truth. He went out to pray. He was attacked by an evil force, but continued to pray and a light appeared above him. Are the four gospels contradictory? Mat 8:28 places the miracle of Christ allowing devils to possess a herd of pigs in "the country of the Gergesenes." The "whole city" came to meet Jesus and asked Him to depart. Luke places this story in the country of the Gadarenes (Luk 8:26-37).
Moreover, I would challenge anyone to retell a major event of their life at least 10 times over a ten year period. The likelihood of those accounts aligning perfectly are slim to none.
@@danpiedra3910 I did some research on this one. A liar will tell the same story in chronological order very carefully. A truthful person does what Joseph did- add other details that stuck out as important or came to mind in that particular telling.
James Wines, I have an answer for this question although I’m not sure how you’re going to take it. My answer for you is that the Bible takes place in the Jerusalem area of the world and is referred to as the “stick of Judah” and the book of Mormon takes place in America referred to as the “stick of Joseph.” I also want you to know that the book of Mormon is a sacred record of people in ancient America and was engraved upon metal plates. The book of Mormon talks about the “brass plates” which were brought by the people of Lehi from Jerusalem in 600 BC. These contain the “five books of Moses and also a record of the Jews from the beginning down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah and also the prophecies of the holy prophets” (1 Nephi 5:11-13) many quotations from these plates citing Isaiah and other biblical and non-biblical prophets appear in the Book of Mormon. Now you can believe what you wanna believe but I just want you to know that what I have said is true
You think the Bible is going to mention America by name? I think it's obvious that America has been a chosen land, but now I am worried that we are now facing God's wrath due to wickedness and corruption. Ether 2:8
Whether or not america is the promised land, there's no reason for the bible to mention america. It wouldn't have made sense to anyone then. And saying "america is the promised land" would just lead everyone to name their place america.
Thank you. I'm trying to leave the church but it's so difficult to break all the conditioning and "brainwashing"... I know that the Bible is true. And I'm not ignorant to the fact that BOM and Joseph and the prophets have been wrong way too many times to be taken seriously. It's tough breaking those mental layers though.
God bless you. Jesus said, "Follow me." Jesus is the good Shepherd. Jesus will never let you down. John 10:27-29 My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand. 29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
@cherylburnett2014 I have broken away as in, I don't attend the LDS Church, but there are aspects of the indoctrination that still sit with me. I'm constantly striving and trying to attain perfection, which could be seen as a good thing to some, but it's very hard for me to surrender my desires and will over to God at times.
It’s Me Jessie: “26. Why do the Bible verses quoted in the Book of Mormon contain the italicized words from the King James Version that were added into the KJV text by the translators in the 16th and 17th centuries?” How do you know that they were added in the 16th and 17th centuries? What makes you think that they should be removed? The Book of Mormon was written in reformed Egyptian. Joseph Smith, Jr. did not write the Book of Mormon, he translated it from the plates “To come forth by the gift and power of God unto the interpretation thereof.”
Looks like Jessie didn't study anything outside of her purview for confirmation bias. Not only can Latter-day Saints answer these questions, but most of them were answered before she was even born. But hey, life's a lot easier when you start with a conclusion, try to shape everything to fit that conclusion, and ignore anything which is inconvenient to that conclusion.
PatristicArcana okay, go for it. Pick one of her questions and provide a response. And FYI, confirmation is a Catholic thing and I’m pretty sure she’s an Evangelical.
You mean to say,@@robertwatson5264, that you're just as oblivious to the answers as Jessie is? Even a simple google search will likely yield articles by F.A.I.R. cataloging answers from various sources throughout history; they're anything but difficult to find. Several of her questions fall under the same explanation: for prophets of all eras most of their words are their own as opposed to Divinely inspired and in such cases are susceptible to human error and subsequent change. A more specific example which can demonstrate with brevity how sophomoric these accusations are would include "question" 27, viz. the Book of Mormon is purported to be a translation from the original language, so her question is about as nonsensical as asking, 'If the Old Testament was written in Hebrew on manuscripts thousands of years ago then why does it appear in perfect 1769 (not 1611) Jacobean English in my Bible?' But let's be honest, these aren't her questions at all, but rather accusations which she's cribbed from other sources and disingenuously recast in the form of questions after having done no original research of her own or bothering to discover that Latter-day Saints can and have responded to them ad nauseum over the decades.
That,@tapir rider, is exactly the sort of rhetoric which was condemned by more well-informed and objective critics of the Latter-day Saints such as Carl Mosser, Paul Owen, and the rest of the scholars behind The New Mormon Challenge. Their landmark article, 'Mormon Scholarship, Apologetics, and Evangelical Neglect,' was directed precisely at the antiquated sort of arguments made by people like Jessie and yourself who merely rehash such polemics despite the vast body of scholarship which has been produced in response, including robust arguments in defense of the Book of Mormon.
Look at you, here screaming into the void and acting like you aren't a massive hypocrite. Mormon scholarship is an oxymoron. Like Honest Errol or Brave Boylan. You ever gonna man up?
As a baptist who studies theology for fun, I want to apologize to the entire mormonism community on our behalf. Some of these questions are genuinely worth considering. But some of these are gotcha questions that hold no ground.
@tapir rider some of these questions were worth considering like I said. That's kinda one of them. However, it's kinda silly to base whether or not you believe in a religion exclusively on archeological data.
@tapir rider I was eating either way that the archeology thing is a genuine critique of the religion. A lot of the questions were either untrue, misinformed, outdated, or out of context. However the archaeology thing is a decent critique. So please get your panties out of a knot cuz I was agreeing with you.
@tapir rider my critique was over the overall video. Not on mormonism. So if doesn't matter if one of these questions was really good. That's twenty minutes of filler crap that makes people think untrue things about the religion. I'm fine with judging mormons but don't make up things like God had sex with Mary.
Thank you for this. As far as Abraham is concerned, He and wis wife (actually half sister) lied centuries before Moses was given the Ten Commandments. I joined the LDS church in 1970, when the leaders of the church taught the Roman Catholic Church was the Church of the Devil. 51 years later, it is no longer mentioned. I left it in 1993, not only for doctrinal teachings, but the bullying the church leaders dish out.
Right on about Abraham. Its unfortunate that so many people chose to leave the church over someone being rude to them. The title “Bishop” or “Stake President” doesn’t somehow magically change flawed people into perfect angels. I think we can all agree that Jesus was the only perfect being to walk the earth and with that knowledge we would all be ignorant to presume that church leaders would be perfect. They are not. Nor am I. Neither is anyone.
#39 Why does the LDS Church teach that man first existed as spirits in heaven when 1 Corinthians 15:46 says that the physical body comes before the spiritual? It is because Paul is teaching about the resurrection, not the pre-mortal state. Please read in context of the chapter.
I respect and love all of you people! And I'm sorry if I have hurt you with any of my comments. But something that is important, if you want to find any answers about lds stuff, you have to find them through lds resources or someone who supports the church! Ex Mormons or people who are against the church take one little thing and don't have the full story!
We have the full gospel. We don’t need another gospel. Gal 1:8 “but if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.” The Mormon gospel is not the true gospel-the gospel of God.
@@cherylburnett2014 I get why you post this scripture, but it does not resonate at all with members of the LDS church. To us, it is the same gospel. The Bible was at best compiled 200 years after Christ's birth and at worst 382 years after (way after the writers and Christ were gone). It states ""And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen." It says no where there revelation was finished or that scripture wasn't meant to continue. It instead appears to suggest the opposite.
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
@@misssue1824these words are in fact literally from the covenant and the book of Mormon. More than half of this is on point. Instead of going around telling people she is wrong, why don't you show people she is wrong with your own sources, because otherwise it just sounds like you don't like what you hear.
@@Auudubillahi Let me tell you what Jessie does. She takes a statement and interprets it. It's called a "straw man" argument. Example: Brigham Young wrote that he thought there were people living on the moon and/or the sun. In the 1800s people were conjecturing that as science. He agreed. Is it doctrine? NO. It's his opinion. But Jessie wants him to look like this was a prophetic statement, so she makes it out that way, and she does it with many other such statements in here. And how about the start? She says to ask God if the Book of Mormon is true and you will be told it isn't. HELLO! Jessie is now speaking for God! She also ignores the next verse in James that says to ask in faith, "nothing doubting." Notice that Jessie is planting those very doubts? How about the "white and delightsome" thing in #12? The Hebrew word for white is 'laban'. It also means pure. These were Hebrew speakers. So translating the word as either 'white' or 'pure' is true to the language. See Isa 1:18. I actually answered these. You see, this is like me going out and digging up what people have said about Martin Luther, then bashing Jessie and other Protestants with it. Is that the Christlike thing to do? If the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is of men, it will fail. But if it is of God, no human hand can stop it. (See Dan 2; and the words of Gamaliel, Acts 5:34-39)
Thank you for this information, as there are Mormons coming to our apartment complex where vulnerable seniors are being taught their teachings on Tuesday nights and I am a Sola Scriptura Christian, bent on exposing their error.
Good work! Find something they can easily understand to show them the difference. Maybe doing a Bible Study on the Book of Galatians. I'm hearing that is a good book for understanding that Salvation comes through Faith and not works. Soon after Salvation the works come out of a changed heart and mind. This is possibly the most important point to understand about Gospel since people have a tendency think they have to earn or do something to deserve things no matter what their beliefs are.
Of course knowing the Biblical Jesus Christ is the most important thing, however Salvation through Faith and not Works is oftentimes difficult for people to grasp. And is it something very important to know for that light to come on.
Besides just "dumping" the information on them, pray for them. Pray that the Holy Spirit can reach them and give them insight. Pray that God will save them. While Jessie's list is a good thing, remember that people can only manage so much and will fight against change.
@@Ben-pk4cv We aren't a works base gospel, anyone who says that is ignorant of what we believe. What we teach is that Jesus Christ dying on the cross is what allows us to be forgiven of our sins and is the gateway for us to be resurrected and have eternal life. Without that, no matter what we do, we wouldn't be able to save ourselves from our sins without the atonement. We believe that we are saved by grace through faith but that faith isn't just professed belief and is also expressed in our behavior and/or works (Matthew 7:21-23, James 2:14-26, Titus 1:16, Isaiah 29:13). Or put simply, works are outward manifestations of faith in Christ that allows God’s and Jesus Christ’s grace to increase and affect our lives more abundantly (Ephesians 2:10). However those works are not what save us, it is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ paved the path to God with his blood when he was crucified and you have to follow the path that was laid out for us to walk in to get to God. The path we must walk to live with God again and to have His grace grow in our life that the Bible (and Book of Mormon) has said to do is to 1st have faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:36, John 6:29) 2nd keep the commandments (Matthew 19:17, Luke 11:28, John 14:15, John 14:21, John 15:10, Hebrews 5:9, 1 John 2:3-4, 1 John 5:3, Revelation 12:17) and not to purposefully sin and/or repent when you have made a sinned (Acts 3:19, Acts 17:30, 1 John 1:9), 3rd make and keep the ordinances that God has asked of us like baptism (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, Romans 6:3-10, Titus 3:5), 4th to serve and love others (Matthew 20:28, John 13:34-35, Galatians 5:13-14, 1 Peter 4:10-11) and 5th faithfully endure to the end (Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, 2 Timothy 2:12, Revelation 2:26). To deny this is to deny the Bible.
I am not sure whether you are aware of this, but scholars agree that Jesus literally also thaught that he will return within "this generation", and we know Paul and the apostles expected Jesus to return within their lifetime. If you have some sort of workaround to disagree with what the academic consensus is on the matter, then you at least should grant the same right to the Mormons, and those who dive into it will easily figure out that there actually are good, alternative interpretation of that. But mayby even more important, if we were to find just one prophecy within the Bible that remained unfulfilled, then the same question could be asked to you, would you still accept the Bible as Gods perfectly inerrant word? Lets take a look at the test of a Prophet: There are several things we should keep in mind in regards to Deut. 18 1. Though a prophecy did not come true, it still calls him a Prophet, but a Prophet that hath spoken presumptuously, meaning, its not just talking about false Prophets, but also about true Prophets that have spoken on their own. That means, yes, there can be true prophets that can speak something presumtiously that is false, but they are still called and considered being a prophet. 2. In Deuternommy 13:1-4, we learn that there actually can be prophets prophecying of things coming true, that are still turning out to be false prophets, but now we are to discern that prophet not by whether what they tell us does come true, but by whether he leads us after other Gods or not, and so we are now invited “to obey Gods voice and cleave unto him”, which actually is way more in line with the spiritual discernment Jesus thaught us on how to discern true from false Prophets. 3. And so Deut. 13 as well as Deut. 18:20-22 (specifically verse 20) distinguish between a prophet speaking in the name of the Lord speaking presumptously, a so far true prophet now speaking in the name of the Lord leading after other Gods, as well as a prophet speaking in the name of other Gods. 4. But, in the Bible, we also find example of Prophets speaking in the name of the Lord but on their own accord, that did not get stoned, for example when Nathan gives David Gods apporval to built the temple, though God has not given his approval and shortly after corrected Nathans mistake. 5. The Old Prophet in Kings 13 who lied to the younger Prophet, was still called a Prophet 6. Acts 20:22-23 Paul was compelled by the Spirit to travel to Jerusalem, whilst in Acts 21:4 the diciples urged Paul also through the Spirit to not go to Jerusalem. 7. And not to forget, we even have God himself state that he “changed his mind” in the story of Jonah and the destruction of Ninive (See Jonah 3:9-10), where the plain text indicates a non conditional prophecy about the descrution of Niniveh, which did not take place though, meaning, Jonah prophecied if the certain destruction of Niniveh, but his proophecy did not come true because God changed his mind about it. But, there are more examples from the Bible where we see prophecies not being fulfilled, for example: Didn’t God know that Hezekiah would live another fifteen years? So why give two conflicting prophecies through the prophet Isaiah (2 Kings 20:1-6)? Didn’t God know that Pharaoh would reject Moses’ words? Then why bother to send the prophet to the Egyptian king to ask that he let Israel go free? The Bible itself contains a great variety of unfulfilled prophecies, some of which are fulfiulled according to the later greek translation, but are not fulfilled according to the older hebrew Bible, which indicate either these prophets have errerd, or that manipulation took place, which would lead to the conclusion that even the Bible is not in every aspect inerrant, univocal and inspired in the sense that every word of it is the literal word of God. So when it comes to Joseph Smith and his prophecies, as well as when we look at Bible prophecies, its important to understand the nature of prophecies, meaning, prophecies can be: 1. Conditional, depent on repentance etc. 2. Be read as a command, instead of a foretelling (“ye shall build... “) 3. Some can transend this world 4. Some are more cryptic, like Jesus talking about “this generation” not being literal, or like Isiah talking in a more symbolic language 5. Prophecy vs. Visions. Sometimes vision do carry a symbolic meaning and hence require interpretation 6. Some may take a long time until being fulfilled. We see this for example with Isiah prophecying about Christ, or concerning his prophecies regarding the actions of Assyria (Isiah 10:24-25, where it was not fulfilled until a century later. Or we see this with Zephaniah, writing of the destruction of Judah, wrote that “the day of the Lord is at hand” (1:7) and that “the great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and it hasteth greatly” (1:14). This was written in the days of King Josiah (1:1), nearly a century before Judah was taken captive by the Babylonians. Joel used similar words, saying, “the day of the Lord is at hand” (1:15) and “the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand” (2:1). And so forth And if all of that does not suffice, what about the many prophecies of Joseph Smith that did get fulfilled? There are over 400 prophecies outside of LDS scripture that have been fulfilled. One of the most famous one when he prophecied that within 40 days the stars would fall down from heaven, where on the 39th day after that prophecy, one of the biggest and best recorded meteor showers took place. This is quite impressive, and yet Mormons even make the differenciation between a prophet speaking as a prophet, and a prophet speaking as a man. The idea and notion to impose inerrancy and perfection upon prophets is nothing Mormons do, they know that the only thing being perfect acually is God, and that the power of God works even through imperfect means, whether that be prophets being humans, or whether that be scriptures not being perfect in every sense. So if we compare the Bible and Joseph, they either both fail or succeed, and I think we only get down to the root of the issue if we apporach things honestly and without double standarts. That means, the most vital question is, how can we truly discern a true from a false prophet? Is there actually a spiritually objective way of discernment? And íf you know the Bible, you should also know that the answer to that is “yes”, but that its neither the Bible of itself as a whole (since it fails that objective outcome), as well that its neither merely the test of a prophet as mentioned in Deute. 18.. meaning, applying that to indicate Joseph was a false prophet simply fails when apporach from it biblical context.
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
@@misssue1824 I didn't watch this video all the way through but if Youd like to see a more accurate video I'd suggest checking out Mike Wingers videos on the Mormon belief.
If you are a Mormon, be the best Mormon you can be - love one another. There are not many Mormon-made videos on RUclips attacking Born-again Christians, AOG Christians, Pentecostals, Witnesses or any other denominations. I wonder why so many other faiths target Mormons. Most of the Mormons that I've known are lovely.
Jesus said, "Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God." How would LDS's attack the clear teaching of Christ? Mormons are lovely. They are greatly deceived.
@@fayelewis5476 To those who have separated themselves from the Church, I say, my dear friends, there is yet a place for you here. Come and add your talents, gifts, and energies to ours. We will all become better as a result. Some might ask, “But what about my doubts?” It’s natural to have questions-the acorn of honest inquiry has often sprouted and matured into a great oak of understanding. There are few members of the Church who, at one time or another, have not wrestled with serious or sensitive questions. One of the purposes of the Church is to nurture and cultivate the seed of faith-even in the sometimes sandy soil of doubt and uncertainty. Faith is to hope for things which are not seen but which are true. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters-my dear friends-please, first doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. We must never allow doubt to hold us prisoner and keep us from the divine love, peace, and gifts that come through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Some might say, “I just don’t fit in with you people in the Church.” If you could see into our hearts, you would probably find that you fit in better than you suppose. You might be surprised to find that we have yearnings and struggles and hopes similar to yours. Your background or upbringing might seem different from what you perceive in many Latter-day Saints, but that could be a blessing. Brothers and sisters, dear friends, we need your unique talents and perspectives. The diversity of persons and peoples all around the globe is a strength of this Church. Some might say, “I don’t think I could live up to your standards.” All the more reason to come! The Church is designed to nourish the imperfect, the struggling, and the exhausted. It is filled with people who desire with all their heart to keep the commandments, even if they haven’t mastered them yet. Some might say, “I know a member of your Church who is a hypocrite. I could never join a church that had someone like him as a member.” If you define hypocrite as someone who fails to live up perfectly to what he or she believes, then we are all hypocrites. None of us is quite as Christlike as we know we should be. But we earnestly desire to overcome our faults and the tendency to sin. With our heart and soul we yearn to become better with the help of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. If these are your desires, then regardless of your circumstances, your personal history, or the strength of your testimony, there is room for you in this Church. Come, join with us! - Dieter F. Uchthdorf
@tapir rider To those who have separated themselves from the Church, I say, my dear friends, there is yet a place for you here. Come and add your talents, gifts, and energies to ours. We will all become better as a result. Some might ask, “But what about my doubts?” It’s natural to have questions-the acorn of honest inquiry has often sprouted and matured into a great oak of understanding. There are few members of the Church who, at one time or another, have not wrestled with serious or sensitive questions. One of the purposes of the Church is to nurture and cultivate the seed of faith-even in the sometimes sandy soil of doubt and uncertainty. Faith is to hope for things which are not seen but which are true. Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters-my dear friends-please, first doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. We must never allow doubt to hold us prisoner and keep us from the divine love, peace, and gifts that come through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ. Some might say, “I just don’t fit in with you people in the Church.” If you could see into our hearts, you would probably find that you fit in better than you suppose. You might be surprised to find that we have yearnings and struggles and hopes similar to yours. Your background or upbringing might seem different from what you perceive in many Latter-day Saints, but that could be a blessing. Brothers and sisters, dear friends, we need your unique talents and perspectives. The diversity of persons and peoples all around the globe is a strength of this Church. Some might say, “I don’t think I could live up to your standards.” All the more reason to come! The Church is designed to nourish the imperfect, the struggling, and the exhausted. It is filled with people who desire with all their heart to keep the commandments, even if they haven’t mastered them yet. Some might say, “I know a member of your Church who is a hypocrite. I could never join a church that had someone like him as a member.” If you define hypocrite as someone who fails to live up perfectly to what he or she believes, then we are all hypocrites. None of us is quite as Christlike as we know we should be. But we earnestly desire to overcome our faults and the tendency to sin. With our heart and soul we yearn to become better with the help of the Atonement of Jesus Christ. If these are your desires, then regardless of your circumstances, your personal history, or the strength of your testimony, there is room for you in this Church. Come, join with us! - Dieter F. Uchthdorf
@@fayelewis5476 In spite of our human imperfections, I am confident that you will find among the members of this Church many of the finest souls this world has to offer. The Church of Jesus Christ seems to attract the kind and the caring, the honest and the industrious. If you expect to find perfect people here, you will be disappointed. But if you seek the pure doctrine of Christ, the word of God “which healeth the wounded soul,” and the sanctifying influence of the Holy Ghost, then here you will find them. In this age of waning faith-in this age when so many feel distanced from heaven’s embrace-here you will find a people who yearn to know and draw closer to their Savior by serving God and fellowmen, just like you. Come, join with us! - Dieter F. Uchthdorf
@tapir rider In spite of our human imperfections, I am confident that you will find among the members of this Church many of the finest souls this world has to offer. The Church of Jesus Christ seems to attract the kind and the caring, the honest and the industrious. If you expect to find perfect people here, you will be disappointed. But if you seek the pure doctrine of Christ, the word of God “which healeth the wounded soul,” and the sanctifying influence of the Holy Ghost, then here you will find them. In this age of waning faith-in this age when so many feel distanced from heaven’s embrace-here you will find a people who yearn to know and draw closer to their Savior by serving God and fellowmen, just like you. Come, join with us! - Dieter F. Uchthdorf
The way to lie. You are another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
See Gospel Principles, page 53. "Jesus is the only person on earth to be born of a mortal mother and an immortal Father. That is why He is called the Only Begotten Son. He inherited divine powers from His Father. From His mother He inherited mortality and was subject to hunger, thirst, fatique, pain and death."
@@Ralph419 Where does that say anything about carnal relations and Mary? “The Latter Day Saint movement teaches that Mary was the mother of Jesus. Latter Day Saints affirm the virgin birth of Jesus[1] but reject the Catholic doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary. They also believe that the brothers of Jesus were her and Joseph's biological children.” en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_views_on_Mary
There are so many things in D&C that contradict the BoM and the Bible. How do you determine what is truth or not? If you go by the D&C you go against the BoM. As a LDS you are taught that the Bible is not translated correctly so you discount it. The religion makes you doubt the Bible, if you read the BoM the later doctrines discredit what it says. So you wind up believing the "prophets and apostles" and everything they say. Then Spencer W Kimball stated that the words of a living prophet superceed a dead one. So how can you really know what is a true revelation or true prophet? It is a shame that so many intelligent people can be so blind.
@@ER-vr5pk: " There are so many things in D&C that contradict the BoM and the Bible." If so, you should have been able to show some examples but you didn't show one. Why not? "If you go by the D&C you go against the BoM." No, you do not. "As a LDS you are taught that the Bible is not translated correctly so you discount it." Our scripture is the Standard Works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which includes the King James Version of the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants of the Church, and the Pearl of Great Price. The Church Edition of the Authorized King James Version includes sections of the Joseph Smith Translation footnoted in the text. We do not discount the Authorized King James Version of the Bible at all since it is one of our scriptures. Then Spencer W Kimball stated that the words of a living prophet superceed a dead one. Yes, and he is not the only one. "Dallin H. Oaks explains: "Revelations from God . . . are not constant. We believe in continuing revelation, not continuous revelation. We are often left to work out problems without the dictation or specific direction of the Spirit."[14] Thus the current prophet can clarify, correct or change any previous teachings.[15] However, once a doctrine has been accepted by the church by "common consent", it becomes part of the Standard Works, and then takes precedence over any other revelation.[16] Members of the LDS church only consider themselves bound by doctrine found in the Standard Works.[17]" [Wikipedia/Revelation (Latter Day Saint)/Inspired vs. infallible] Prophets have both opinions and Revelations. Revelations require unanimous approval by the First Presidency and the Quorum of Twelve Apostles and then they are sustained by the general membership of the Church. They are then published in the Standard Works (D&C these days). Members are counseled to pray for personal revelation if they disagree and they do not have to sustain the revelation. Personal opinions are not considered to be scripture.
@ER When they say a new prophet supersedes an old one, my first thoughts are that the self-proclaimed “prophets” aren’t speaking on behalf of God but themselves.
ALSO! Why would Jesus' FIRST miracle be to turn water into wine?? Obviously the Bible says not to become drunk, but obviously drinking alcohol wouldn't keep us out of heaven if Jesus himself not only drank, but made more to keep the wedding party going! :)
@@fayelewis5476 OK, that could be a fair argument, .... but you know they definitely partied and had a great time with all that wine! I think there is a huge reason that this was Jesus' first miracle. Not because they needed something to drink....If you've ever had wine, you'd know there is nothing hydrating about it and you can't easily drink much of it. So i find it hard to believe that wine would be the first alternative to water.
The Bible also says don't touch the skin of a pig. But how many Christians actually abide by that law today? Back then they didn't have knowledge if sanitation like today. So the law made sense. But, it no longer applies today. Circumstances have changed quite a bit today. Alcohol has become one of the biggest killers and destructive things our time. Car accidents liver disease, broken families, rise of healthcare cost. On top of that active LDS members live about 9 years longer than the average.
@@all4jesus594 Wrong! LDS doctrine is far more beautiful than any other doctrine of any other religion. It believes in a far more loving and merciful God than that of what main stream Christianity believes in. And it has a much greater plan of happiness then any other religion. Their is absolutely nothing that the God of mainstream has to offer that ours does not.
You do have some legitimate questions, although I fee like you’ve deliberately taken many of them out of context to fit your narrative and overwhelm people with the sheer number of things people have to refute. I simply don’t have the time or inclination but you’ve taken many of these points out of context. I’m sure someone else on here will be happy to teach you.
When you read the Bible you will notice that the Bible itself contradicts Mormonism. Christians do not worship a god that was once a man, came from another planet and is out sleeping with other women. Christians do not deny Christ and say He is a created being, the brother of Lucifer.
@@fayelewis5476 the bible itself contradicts itself. This is especially true in the new testament where the same accounts of the same events contradict each other. I personally believe all religions have contradictions. Just let people choose to believe whatever they want.
@@fishmrinc each one was from the point of view of a different apostles and focused on certain things that happened. Each apostle and later writtings did not dispute this. It's funny how other historical documents are not treated with this same mentality. there is objective truth john 14:6 not all are true.
Again with what I have said to any of you. I know I'm not good at explaining things. But if I have hurt any of you with what I have said I am sorry. I don't want to fight with you.
If I pray with an open heart and want a yes answer I get it! If I pray with an open heart and know it’s false I get it’s a false testament. I believe there is a god, and the feelings are self created. It’s the only logical answer just like when I study Joseph Smith with an intellectual study there’s no way it adds up. Only if I justify him over and over it works. I’m so thankful I found the truth of Mormonism and found my way out.
Old Wisdom How is it possible for you to believe in God, yet also believing that feelings are man made? A believe in God is not something that comes because of evidences alone. John 16:13, Matthew 24, and Moroni 10:3-5.
@Randall Layman What does John 16:13 say? The Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth, not intellectual study alone. Study is essential, but not the defining factor. But of course most Christians ignore what the text is saying and pick and choose what applies to their beliefs.
Mike K. Discernment comes from the Holy Spirit. When you put your trust and beliefs from Scriptures, the Holy Spirit reveals things to you. I can’t believe what you just wrote on the other persons post about picking out Bible verses! Christ followers are guided by the Bible and NO other book(s) period! Mormonism is not Christ centered. Jessie is on this forum to point out these to others. I am just in awe on what is transforming throughout your church. I belong to several private Facebook ex- Mormon sights and hear what they went through. Some are agnostic and some are atheist. Many are born-again Christians that have that personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But what they had to go through to get where they are today is mind boggling.
Videos like this renew my faith in the fact that God is still working in the hearts and minds of this generation ❤️ thanks for this video! It helped. I love the Bible🙏🏽
All excellent questions Jessie. My prayers are for LDS captives to reflect, meditate and pray to the true God of the Bible for wisdom. Thanks for your ministry.
Your prayers are in vain because many Christians have finally realized the inconsistencies and divisons within Christianity, even regarding critical doctrines, and have come to a saving faith with the one and only true Jesus Christ, and have joined his one and only true Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Miracles never cease!
@@goingtothetop55 God will be the judge of my prayers - not LDS doctrine. Tell me, which of the over 100 Mormon splinter groups do you belong? Do you follow the unaltered teachings of Joseph Smith? If so then Warren Jeffs is your living prophet. Is it LDS doctrine to be a perverted child molester? Also, would you kill for your LDS god, if your prophet told you to? The fraud of the Mormonite faith never ceases!
@@maxwellsilverhammer9233 *_Do you follow the unaltered teachings of Joseph Smith? If so then Warren Jeffs is your living prophet_* Joseph Smith never said to marry as many women as you can, and put all your children on government welfare and turn your wives and children into virtual slaves, then kick out the healthy teen age boys so there's no competition for the young girls. Joseph SMith never put beds in the temple so that he could have sex with every women who got married there, no matter who she got married to. *_would you kill for your LDS god, if your prophet told you to_*
No LDS prophet ever ordered anyone to kill anyone.
lindalds www.utlm.org/onlineresources/sermons_talks_interviews/jofdvol4p215_221brighambloodatonement.htm Brigham young says to spill their blood on the ground. I would call that killing. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young_and_the_Mountain_Meadows_massacre Might call that murder en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danite en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauvoo_Legion Murdered people there
lindalds en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith_and_the_criminal_justice_system Also arrested for conspiracy to commit murder several times. You can read his statements on telling others to kill someone and saying it’s justified by god. Also lots of banking crimes where others lost all their money and Joseph got rich hmmmmm. Prophet of god and banker/land prospector (he happened to have land for sale by “Zion” when god told him it was Missouri) shop owner/steam boat operator. Joseph also had people destroy property of those that opposed him.
#41 Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus and Lucifer are spirit brothers when both the first chapter of John and Colossians teach that Jesus is the Creator of all things, including Lucifer? So where did God live before Jesus created “all things?” This is referring to the physical creation of our universe.
I’ll answer this one, it says he was born “at” Jerusalem which is the “land” of our fathers, it doesn’t say “in” Jerusalem. Bethlehem is very close to Jerusalem. In regards to referencing it as the land “And now as for Jerusalem-Behold this land belongs to the king” ~El Amarna tablets
Well, logically, if there is a God, that God has a vested interest in humanity. What worked for humans 2000 years ago may or may not work for humans today. Ya know, stoning your rebellious daughter and offering burnt sacrifices on an altar. As times change, so does various rules. Imagine if someone came out in the thick of the slavery days and proclaimed that God said all men, including slaves, should be treated equally, that person probably would have been hanged. If someone came out today and claimed God said slavery is ok, they would probably be shot (not really, but you should get the point). The only things that never change are the core commandments, aka the ten commandments and the greatest commandment to name a couple. Anyone who tries to take away from either are not for God.
Fortunately the LDS do not act the same way Catholics and Protestants dealt with heretics. The old way was things like burning at the stake and torture to help them recant. Thank God that churches have changed in how they deal with heretics.
Remember we have the ability to trace it back to the original language in which it was written to gain the true translation. There are around 20000 pages of translation into different languages and around 5000 pieces of original language texts. If you take the translation into other languages alone and compare them to one another by eliminating the contradicting factors and compiling together the things which match that very act will give you an accurate depiction of what The Bible originally said. When done The Bible is in fact extremely accurate even as it is.
As a LDS member I can say that we use both the Bible and The Book of Mormon. Secondly, just because we don’t have an answer to a question that you have doesn’t mean we CAN’T answer it after doing some research. If you look at the formation of the LDS church in the days of Joseph Smith, we were hated so much that our meeting houses were burned down, temples destroyed, and family’s were slaughtered and driven out of their homes just because people did not like the way we worshiped God the Father and his son Jesus Christ. I can go on all day but contention is of the devil. You can hear me out or take my words as a grain of salt. You can ask me questions if you like but, if you start to “Bible bash” with me, I will not respond
The Bible contradicts Mormonism. It is not a matter of 'Bible bashing." The question is whether you are willing to go where the truth leads you. Joseph Smith stole other men's wives. He printed counterfeit money. The printing press that printed the truth of what was going on was destroyed as well as the building. He married sisters, mothers and their daughters and 15 women in one year alone. He even had 50 men anoint him king of the earth during the Millenium. (That prophecy was wrong of course.) He excommunicated Oliver Cowdery who told him it was wrong to get a 16 year old girl pregnant and then marry her. Joseph Smith lied about the fact that he was practicing polygamy four times in writing. He was arrested 42 times in his short life. He even shot other men. Joseph Smith threatened his own wife with destruction if she did not agree with polygamy. And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law. 55 But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an hundred-fold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds. D&C 132 Despite rejecting the prophecy Emma lived to be 75 years old. It was Joseph who died 11 months after giving this prophecy. Mormons were not disliked for their religion as idolatrous and blasphemous as it is. (I am sure the average person did not know the extent of the shockingly obscene and blasphemous things that they taught about God and Jesus Christ as we do nowadays.) One thing is certain, the moment you die it will not matter what the Book of Mormon or Joseph Smith said or even how you 'feel.' It will only matter what God has said. "The word of the Lord endures forever."
Faye Lewis Oliver Cowdrey was excommunicated because he took a copy of a book that was supposed to be in the book of Mormon and showed it to someone after the prophet told him not to therefore the book of Lehi was never put in the book of Mormon as a result polygamy was only ever practiced because due to persecution and multiple martyrs of mostly men the women had no one to support them so for a brief moment in history Polygamy was indeed practiced but it did not last long and as far as Joseph smith killing people I highly doubt that because there is no for sure record to prove that, that I know of. Just because the Internet says that does not mean it’s true
@@jakecalder8270 I wouldn't go by the internet either. There are plenty of LDS church documents available online. January, 1838 Oliver Cowdery confronts Joseph Smith about his polygamy. When he [Joseph Smith] was there we had some conversation in which in every instance I did not fail to affirm that what I had said was strictly true. A dirty, nasty, filthy affair of his and Fanny Alger's was talked over in which I strictly declared that I had never deviated from the truth in the matter, and as I supposed was admitted by himself. Oliver Cowdery - Assistant President and Book of Mormon witness Letter recorded by his brother Warren Cowdery. Photograph available in The Mormon Kingdom, vol. 1, p.27 www.mormonhandbook.com/home/polygamy.html I wouldn't say that Joseph Smith practiced polygamy. What he practiced was shockingly immoral behavior. The God that I worship says that it is morally wrong to marry sisters and mothers and their daughters. Joseph Smith did this twice. Lev. 18 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter, 18 And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive. The God that I worship says that a man who marries another man's wife should be put to death. Deut. 22 22 “If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel. In the New Testament, leaders in the church are to be the husband of one wife. Mormonism is a very offensive religion to those of us who worship the true and living God. To think that I have to believe Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God and that there is salvation only in the LDS church horrifies me. If my pastor did such things, would you want to come to church with me?
Faye Lewis Marriage between one man and one woman is the Lord’s law unless He commands otherwise (see Jacob 2:27-30). The Prophet Joseph Smith was commanded to restore the practice of plural marriage, which was practiced in the Church for over half a century until President Wilford Woodruff was inspired by the Lord to discontinue the practice. Plural marriage was a significant test of faith for Joseph Smith and most who practiced it. As students exercise faith, they can come to know that the practice of plural marriage in the latter days was part of the Restoration of all things. www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/foundations-of-the-restoration-teacher-manual/lesson-20-plural-marriage?lang=eng
LDS confusion: who is all-mighty, the Father or the Son? St. Mark 14: 36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt. “… all things are possible unto thee. … “ … therefore the Father is all-mighty. Revelation1 : 5 And from ***Jesus Christ***, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood, 6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen. 7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen. 8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, ***the Almighty.***
From Dan Grow Amen, but remember your doctrine on the word trinity is not biblical. It's man made doctrine many years after the apostles and christ and was nothing more than a unanimous agreement, but not all agreed, just to settle a disagreement once and for all, doesn't make it right though. And I got fifty other scriptures that make my point... so what now? You avoided the question, didn't you? Which of the LDS gods is all-mighty: the Father or the Son? Christians do not invent things - that is what the LDS does … two all-mighty gods???? The Trinity IS Biblical: first reference Genesis 1:26. You could go to RUclips: The Trinity a (real) Explanation … but unless you shed the false teaching of the LDS it may not be possible for you t understand? Did you understand the question about who is all-mighty? If you did understand, why didn't you answer?
I hope to respond to some of these and if anyone would like to discuss I'm here for it. Even if you're a member and see an error let me know. After all I am definitely not perfect. 1) Read D&C 124: 49-51. This verse was written in direct response to your argument. 2) Not church doctrine simply the opinion of an uneducated man. Prophets are allowed to share ideas and opinions without it being considered doctrine. Oh and prophets are human too. Not perfect 3) I haven't read these discourses (and I am sure you haven't read all of them either), but the Adam-God theory is false and comes from misinterpretation and misunderstanding. 4) Policy can change in the church. Doctrine doesn't change. Who was allowed to hold the priesthood is a policy. Recently there was a change in POLICY that now allows some 11 years olds to hold the priesthood. Before it was ONLY 12 and older. Policy not doctrine. 5) Once again, not everything a prophet says is doctrine. If a human being (even if a prophet) speaking some false things is the reason you left the church that's a huge bummer. Education was not nearly at the level it is now and, once again, you cannot consider everything that leaves the mouth of a prophet to be doctrine. 6) You'd have to give an example of contradiction in order to respond to this. The doctrine of the church will never contradict itself. 7) The church chose the most detailed and complete to include in the Pearl of Great price. There are multiple because Joseph Smith was relating the story to different people at different times which will obviously lead to different details and probably some contradictory phrasing. 8)Not LDS doctrine moving on. 9) I am not a scientist, but discoveries are being made and that's a fact. So many accusations about this have been disproven already and that will continue to happen. 10) Would need to look into this and I don't have time. 11) First of all, God's ways are higher than ours. The church practiced polygamy in the early days in order to multiple the earth and, yes, to have a lot of kids born into the church. That aspect still continues today. However, if you ask why the church was commanded of God to practice polygamy ask yourself why God gave the commandment "thou shalt not kill" to Moses then proceed to command them to kill numerous times after? One example is in Number 15: 32-36 where the Lord commands Moses to kill a man who broke the Sabbath Day. These matters are entirely up to God and his timing. Who are we to questions Him? 12) Doesn't matter. Convince me why this is significant and perhaps I will respond. 13) In Hebrews 12:29 it calls God a consuming fire. Obviously nobody takes that literally. God as a Spirit refers to God the Holy Ghost. A member of the Godhead. 14) Why did God command Abraham to kill his son Jacob in the Bible? Isn't it a commandment to not kill? Oh and God commanded people to kill many many times in the Old Testament as well. That wasn't the only time obviously. 15) Because nobody at that time in the Book of Mormon knew about any city other than Jerusalem. It would have meant nothing to them had he said Christ was born in Bethlehem because nobody had any idea that such a place even existed. 16) Grammatical changes and some changes to some phrasing etc. Nothing about its core has ever been changed because it is, in fact, the most correct book in the world. 17) The Everlasting Gospel includes: Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Reception of the Holy Ghost and enduring with joy until the end. Now, there are a lot of things outside those basic principles that we must know in order to progress further. 18) Same answer as 17 19) Mosiah 3:25 says that if you're works have been evil at the day of judgement you will not be saved. The day of judgement is not the day you die. Since you gave no reference of where it says this in the Bible i cannot respond. 20) "after all we can do" means that no matter what we do, we cannot be saved without grace. Your interpretation if the scripture is just a little off. 21) Haven't looked into the this. Maybe someday I will. 22) It doesn't contradict. Sometimes God is referred to in singular tense. When this happens the Godhead is being referenced. It is doctrine that the Godhead is made up of three being, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. So when God is made plural the same Godhead is being referenced. 23) 3 Nephi just throws the word 'murders' in a with a bunch of other sins. Thankfully, a perfect being will be our judge and He will decide whether someone who has murdered will be forgiven or not. 24) This one is hard to explain but part of church doctrine is that Adam (Michael) was also a great, great Spirit in premortality. The verse in Daniel 7 is, in fact, referring to Adam (Michael). Adam didn't die for our sins though so we obviously don't worship him like we do Christ. Okay, thats about half of the questions. I will go through the other half I get a lot of discussion on this first half. Please let me know what you think whether you're a member or not. Also, I am only 22 so if some of this is poorly written or mistakes are present just cut me a break haha. Bless up family.
tapir rider bookofmormoncentral.org/blog/4-ways-the-new-maya-discoveries-may-relate-to-the-book-of-mormon bookofmormoncentral.org/blog/five-compelling-archeological-evidences-for-the-book-of-mormon Just a couple of articles you may find interesting. Realize that these are disproving many things that people once held against the Book of Mormon. Even though the articles are published by the church they are backed by evidence. It won’t be possible to find anything not written by the church because anyone who cares enough to write an article about it is obviously going to be a member of the church. I’m sure the scientists who made the discoveries were not members though. Anyways, enjoy
Timmy Riggins there is zero evidence of nephite lamanite or jaredites in America. Read how prefaced their statements are. Show me specifically what you think is evidence.
Timmy Riggins NHM is Nihm an actual tribe that lives in Yemen en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihm_District www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21534764.2014.918372?journalCode=rjab20 No barley has been found in ancient America, little barley is not barley but a weed we named ex post facto! No seal of mulek exists It says Malkiyahu Ben hamelek on the seal and Mormon apologists just change it to Mulek then present it as fact and hope you don’t notice. And cement? Does that mean everything across the world that is cement is Hebrew?
The questions aren't difficult to answer and in fact have been answered. I've been responding to the exact same nonsense from critics over the last twenty years. One reason I take the time to do that is because I was raised as an evangelical, so a lot of this is personal to me. One of the things I have found is that for most critics - such as Jessie here - any question or objection or argument is as good as any other if they imagine that it puts "Mormonism" in a bad light. It doesn't have to be logical, it doesn't have to line up with facts, it doesn't have to be fair … they only care if it smears. Ultimately that destroys credibility, whatever the short-term benefit might be.
Everything I present is logical and lines up with facts. I would never just list off illogical points. And any replies that I like are the same. I don't like criticism just because it goes against Mormonism. I like clearly thought out and legitimate questions that need answers. And you saying the questions aren't difficult to answer and yet you present no answers is very telling. Your words are just words without anything to back them up, Leighton. I pray you will open your eyes and will acknowledge the lie you're trapped in.
Your right they are not that hard to answer. But no answer will satisfy the Mormon haters in this comment section. They prefer to live in their delusions.
@tapir rider Hi. Thanks for asking. I don't know of any. I do know that the arguments about the impossibility of that thesis have slowly been eroding as new evidence is found. But I don't think that is the point. Since you are so dismissive - hey, I can tell from the made up profile name - I don't even know if you are a person of faith or not, but there are a lot of things in the Bible that lack scientific proof too. An atheist (and I was one of those too, about the time I started college and then into my 40s) would say, well, it's all a lot of superstitious nonsense. But there are questions that atheists find difficult to answer too - as i say, I know that well. The gospel preached by the restored Church of Jesus Christ makes more sense and answers more questions than the evangelical doctrines of my youth or of any other Christian branch or sect, and the Book of Mormon has just an impressive amount of internally consistent detail in it, detail you'd never ever figure a farm boy like Joseph could come up with on his own. Visit "Book of Mormon Central" (website) for more about that fact, somehow omitted from the goofy video here. (Why would anyone leave that out, right?) There are other evidences that you can discover if you're willing, although I think that you might not be. Anyway, there is a lot for anyone who wants to consider my faith seriously, and it doesn't deserve to get slammed by people who don't care to do so.
Jessie - can I please get a copy of all This questions where I can PRINT them out??!!! This is fantastic!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE MOST HELPFUL video I have watched yet because it’s a compiled list of GREAT questions to ask the missionaries when they come!!!! Please send a link to print off and GOD BLESS YOU!!! Love what the Lord has done through you to SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST AND GATHER HIS ELECT 🙌🙌🙌
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Would a Christian do that?
@@miriamcooper1320 Funny, I asked a lot of questions too, and never got in the slightest bit of trouble. Probably because I was willing to accept what I'd gotten wrong instead of just looking for an excuse not to be faithful.
@@loqutor so you have decided that you know my level of faith from one comment. Well I can say your Mormon judgement game is on point. Please enjoy judging my level of faith without learning anything about me first. Also thank you for the reminder. May God bless you. I hope your fourth of July is a wonderful day.
#17 If the Book of Mormon contains the “fulness of the everlasting gospel”, why does the LDS Church need additional works? “Fulness” is used to describe the gospel, which is the good news of Christ. It isn’t the fulness of God’s work and words. Where in the Bible does it say that God can’t or won’t continue to speak? Amos 3:7 tells us the pattern found throughout all the Bible- prophets speak for God. Read about continuing prophecy in Mal 3:1: “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.” I am sorry you don’t think God can still speak and guide His church.
I'm a Christian who's been dealing with Mormons for nearly 50 years (I live in Utah, by the way), and believe me they have answers to all these questions. The answers are not reasonable, but if you ask them these questions, be prepared for smug answers. And be prepared to explain to them why their answers don't hold up.
I don't want to feel like getting into a heated debate but I would like to say as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and just about to head out on mission I would like to share my beliefs. One belief that we have is that we receive modern revelation. We believe that Jesus Christ hasn't stopped giving us revelation. The Book of Mormon and Bible are very important in our church and a lot of our beliefs come from those books. But we have current prophets in today's age and we believe that those prophets receive modern revelation for the church. Jesus Christ hasn't abandoned us. He is there and he is actively giving revelation to us right now. I also find it a little ironic that the verse you showed at the beginning James 1:5 where it talks about, 'if you lack wisdom ask of god" kicked off the restoration of our church so thank you for that. And since you believe in the Bible could I ask of you to read Amos 3:7? God reveals his secrets onto his servants the prophets and that has not stopped for our church.
@@JohnnyEarlJones No! It doesn't. It only looks that way to you when non-prophets interpret the scriptures. As Peter tells us, the scriptures are "not for private interpretation" but are to be interpreted by the same people who wrote them--namely, prophets called by God.
Why is the Mormon doctrine seemingly so fluid? The prophets get new revelations that contradict old ones, as if God changes His mind, when this is not the nature of God (Heb 13:8).
@@moodsofkiwi9285 The fundamental doctrines of salvation have never changed. Protocols and processes have changed from time to time as the Lord directs. Have you never read the Bible? There are hundreds of processes that change from the writings of one prophet to another.
@ I have read the Bible. But Mormon doctrine has shrunken over time. I’m not talking about policies/practices like letting Black men enter the priesthood or polygamy or any of the other changes, etc, I’m talking about seeing Adam as God, Blood atonement (Brigham Young), and exaltation (that you will not create and rule your own world after death). Are those not significant doctrinal changes? The difference between traditional Christianity and the LDS is Christianity says “God is the same. People are sinners and it’s the Christians who have made the mistake”, but LDS has new revelations as god cares for them over time and cultures. But again, God does not change. Jesus preached over and over that rituals and traditions were not to be held as means of salvation. But the Mormon church is performance-based is it not? To get saved, you must first enter the temple. To get into a temple, you must have a recommend. To get a recommend, you must achieve things like finding your calling, the health order, etc. So is not the doctrine of salvation different than traditional doctrine?
the jews had priests, but they rejected the priests. so god sent prophets to tell them what would happen if they didn't change their ways. the jews had a king but they rejected their king and replaced him with a man who was foible. who was of the earth. long story short: if you're putting your faith in a man you are on the wrong track. be it priests, prophets, or kings. the book of james says if you need wisdom (to cope with life's unfairness, poverty etc.) ask god. james does not say run to a prophet. the bible is not a record of man's unfailing goodness. the bible is a record of weak man, filled with sin nature, and the unfailing goodness of god who is righteous. if you're putting your faith in the arm of flesh you are on the wrong track. putting your faith in a prophet who does not prophesy should be a big red flag to you.
The BoM isn't in perfect King James English. It is in Old English as imagined by a frontier teen who was practicing magic. There are quite a few backwoods idiosyncrasy in the BoM. Only the parts that Smith copied from other books have correct old english.
@@loqutor dont quote me on the Isaiah thing. But put these words on a flyer and hand them to the missionary boys.."Ur leaders KNOW Smith was a fraud. They just cover up his lies for BILLIONS OF $$$$$."
Hey Jessie I have done what you have asked about praying for wisdom and I have even left the church for a while because I had doubts. I even went to other churches. Baptist, Pentecostal, Assembly of God, nondenominational, Orthodox, and Catholic. I would even talk with their pastors and preachers and ask questions to learn more about them. And in time God gave me my answer. And I have come to learn that the Church of JESUS CHRIST Of Latter Day Saints is the only church that teaches in a God that actually makes sense. All of the other churches were just too screwed up. Especially the Baptist church. Based on what other Christians have told me. The LDS God is more loving, more merciful, more fair and just. Has more to offer than the God of mainstream Christianity. It is the most closely accurate to bible teachings. And does the best job at answering the basic questions such as who am I? Where did I come from? What is my purpose? Where am I going? I hope and pray Jessie that one day God will open your eyes and you will be like the apostle Paul and come to realize that the church that you fight against is God's true church. To anyone out their reading this comment that are sincerely wanting to know the truth. I suggest that you do exactly what Jessie suggest. Go to James 1:5-6 and ask God for wisdom and search out these answers. And if you will ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having unwavering faith in Christ, then God will manifest the truth unto you by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost God will grant unto you the wisdom to see past the anti Mormon deceptions that Satin has created to rip people away from the truth.
Jeffrey Smith I would be confused too! My Lord, going to all those churches (denominations) in such a short period of time, would be overwhelming to someone that is searching for the true Jesus. You were church shopping and didn’t find what you were seeking? Having a personal relationship with Jesus is the most important, wonderful gift we can receive and the Holy Spirit will guide you to that church. Mormons on the other hand have all these man made rituals that you NEED to do in order to get to HIM? By the way, Billy Graham was such a God fearing, Bible believing man who dearly loved the Lord and a Southern Baptist Evangelist. Look him up if you haven’t heard of him. He gives all the glory to Jesus Christ and has never once claimed he was a god. Food for thought.
@@colleenbaida7690 I didn't say Baptist people were evil just their beliefs. I don't know Billy Graham personally but I do believe he was sincere in his beliefs. I feel the same way about his son Franklin Graham. But that doesn't mean that I agree with their teachings. The Mormon rituals were not man made. Even if you want to say that Joseph Smith was a fraud the overwhelming majority of LDS rituals can be found in the Bible. So if they were man made than I guess the bible is false. And I agree having a personal relationship with Jesus is the greatest gift one can have. In fact he has helped me so much and performed miracles many times throughout my life. As for the part where you said Billy Graham never called himself a God, I am guessing that was you mocking our belief about mans potential to become gods. The bible has made it plainly clear that we can. Even Jesus himself called us gods(John 10:34-35). Romans 8:16-17 Says that as God's children we can become HEIRS TO GOD. Revelations 3-21 says that if we overcome we can sit with Christ in his throne EVEN AS CHRIST IS SAT DOWN IN HIS FATHER'S THRONE. Math 5:48 says We can become perfect even as our Father in Heaven is perfect. Not only is the doctrine biblical but it just makes perfect sense. Why would an all powerful God who loves us want to make us into something less when he can make us into something more? Is it because his powers are limited and therefore can't? Or is it his love for us that is limited and therefore wants to make us into something smaller. Jesus has made it pretty clear of our divine potential. So am I suppose to believe the false preachers of the world about this doctrine or am I suppose to believe Jesus. I choose to believe Jesus. Food for thought.
@@jeffreysmith7542 You are trying so valiantly to hold onto false teachings-you bouncing all over the place The mormon rituals are in the BIBLE? But wait a minute the BIBLE is false. You are not only severely deceived you are grasping at straws. GOD IS NOT A GOD OF CONFUSION and my friend you are confused Ask the GOD OF THE BIBLE IF YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH WILL ANSWER
Jeffrey what you are saying is that Jesus was a man and NOT God before, and became a god through his works. Sorry dude that isn't correct. Joseph was a con artist, and proven to bilk folks. You are OK with this-do you comprehend what the criteria for prophet was. And not a proFIT, that created a bank to confiscate funds from those that invested in it? His trusting followers. You are perfectly OK, with his inability to keep his sexuality CONFINED to Emma? Which makes him an adulterer and fornicator in the eyes of Heavenly Father. Are you really comfortable that celestial marriage is part of the "plan" to seal you to becoming a god? Really? And that you will populate kingdoms? really when the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY stated that there would NOT be male or female after this earthly experience, and that marriage was NOT eternal. You can NOT call ANY of the claims of the "proFITS" in the mormon church true as they do NOT align. You do know that the temple practices are directly adopted from Free Masonry right? I am astounded that you will accept the LIES of Joseph Smith as truth, when he clearly blasphemed and states I am bigger than Jesus ever was or could be.
Here's a question for you Jessie. If the Book of Mormon is absolutely 100% false, then couldn't I prove your statement absolutely 100% false by simply finding even just ONE truth within the text of the book? Also, please do share how the God of the Bible answered your sincere and humble question for wisdom pertaining to "Another Testament of Jesus Christ."
I love your video, I am not Mormon, but the only question I want to ask every active LDS member is if God was once a man of flesh and bone and he became God by following the ordinances of the Gospel, who wrote the Gospel? Who wrote the commandments? (considering the commandments were written thousand of years before the Book of Mormon) So far not a single active member has been able to provide my a legitimate answer to either of those questions
If you mean the 10 commandments they would say Moses wrote them. Jesus quoted the Old Testament to give the two great commandments, but later added one not found there, to love one another as I have loved you.
@@PhdAAA Moses didn't create the Ten Commandments. He translated it according to what God told him. I guess poor word choice on my part but my first question still stands....if God was once a man of flesh and bone and became "God" by following the Gospel (as the Book of Mormon states), then who created the Gospel? How can he possibly become God when in the Bible (specifically Old Testament) it states "there will be no God before or after me, I am the one and only. I am eternal". It's odd that Mormons say the Book of Mormon is more accurate than the Bible yet no archeological evidence has ever been of the Book (the Gold Plates) AND many archeologists have said civilizations during the time when Jesus visited "America" prove the Book of Mormon to be false.
@@ferg9401, are you sure archaeologists discovered proof that the Book of Mormon is false? Most people that jump to conclusions about archaeologists disproving a faith, wouldn’t have a need to ask people of that faith about their deep doctrine because they would not be open minded enough to believe in it. It wouldn’t benefit one knowing the deepest doctrine, if they aren’t willing to learn about or keep the simplest commandments, by following the example of Jesus Christ. This could also be applied to any other faith or religion. The Book of Mormon actually doesn’t teach that doctrine, but it does hold water in modern revelation, as taught in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I imagine there are many LDS like me who know the answers to these questions you have, of where did God and the commandments come from. However, from the claims and conclusions you already made, If I gave an explanation, you would likely make fun of my beliefs (Matthew 7:6) and ultimately it wouldn’t do you any good (1 Corinthians 3:2). It just doesn’t seem like you sincerely want to know, or would be able to apply this knowledge to improve your life, if you found out. Please let me know if I’ve misread your post or misjudged what you are trying to say here about my beliefs.
Maricela daini I didn’t say archeologists have found evidence to prove the Book of Mormon to be false. I’m saying there’s a lack of evidence to proof it’s a true doctrine. Numerous archeologists have said the “historical” landmarks and tribes and people that are spoken of in the Book Of Mormon didn’t exist during the time of of the supposed person Mormon. I am less likely to believe a religious text is accurate or even real if there is lack of evidence or no evidence at all of said people and landmarks in that religious text. As for you saying you have the answers I seek, I am genuinely curious. I’m not going to mock you but I will correct you if your answers have already been debunked by others
Are you aware that Jessie changed the wording on the quotes or hyped them up in quite a few places? I checked every quote. This is deceit. A noble Christian trait, right?
I'm trying to better understand the bible. Will you make a video addressing the inconsistencies in there. And why you believe one and not the other? I'm so lost with it all
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As a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I am not here to quarrel amongst you, but this I will say, I too was in your shoes not believing it is true. But after feverent prayer, study and seeking the Spirit, there is this otherworldly feeling that belongs somewhere that is warm and light. No Devil can mimic this energy of how it can make me happy and join in with the fellow saints. I've cried many times reading, testifying to those it's true, I've known it and God knows it best. Joseph was definitely NOT perfect, but he was sure willing to be the Prophet of God. I hope y'all have a nice day and consider the testimony that I had spoke of.
What would you say to people from other religions who also have these warm feelings? Some other mormon groups who are not LDS, also have them. You can't all be right.
I hear you, fellow Saint! I caught Jessie changing words to make her arguments better and taking unofficial opinion and making them sound like doctrine. Sure, that's the Christian thing to do.
Yes. The devil can mimic that energy. I used to be in the new age and I felt that energy. I was deciceived. I would encourage you to study the Word of God. God didn’t need to create a new gospel. The gospel is the same gospel that was preached in the day of Noah. Repent of your sins and turn back to God and follow His ways.
@@cherylburnett2014 Satan cannot ever mimic that energy. Ever. Satan subs fun for joy, a mindless haze for wisdom, and babbling for the powerful but still voice. What I have is the same gospel Noah preached. It was repent and follow God. It is Christ-centered. I strive to repent daily and know God's will. I would again tell you that Jessie does not follow Eph 4:29-32. Get both sides and don't just hop on an emotional bandwagon of bashing what you don't really understand.
These are definitely tough questions! Praying for my lds friends that God works on them and leads them to him. Thanks Jessie! Very nice work and I love the James scripture reference rolling in like star wars!
Jessie, would you consider researching the Joseph Smith translation (distortions) of the Bible. I may have missed it if you have done a video on this. I need to rewatch all of your videos. I was recently disturbed to discover verses l did not know he had messed with!
First, I want to address Joseph Smith. Supposedly he didn't know how to read. Yet he read from the book of James. Secondly Joseph, Sr taught school in the Winter. Also, Joseph, Jr claimed he didn't know much about God, which is why he prayed for wisdom. Yet, his parents were devoted Christians and his dad read the Bible to the family each nite. Moving on to my second point. The church claims God does nothing unless He reveals it to His prophets. I have never heard any of the "prophets" warn of the coming WW I, WW II, 911, the holocaust, etc etc. Imagine the many lives that could have been spared. In fact, in the early church the "prophets " made many "prophetic " words and none came to pass so they quit "prophesying " and kept the title of prophet.
Joseph was "instructed in reading, writing, and the ground rules of arithmetic." No one stated he was completely illiterate. He had 3 years of formal education. Beyond that, I'm sure he learned from family whatever other education was available. Amos 3:7 is the scripture about revealing to prophets God's plan. That teaching is taught in our doctrine, but it comes from the Bible. Whether in or out of our church, God's revelations are not necessarily revealed to the public. I presume God has a reason for not preventing a world war, but I can't say for sure.
Nice video Jessie...and I just saw a channel called "BMC studios" where they posted videos "evidences" of the Book of Mormon... Those videos might help you find more topics to do a video on
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
thanks Jessie. I watch these videos for interest now as I no longer have an interest in LDS, Mormon or whatever their latest title is. Its because of videos such as yours I know the truth about this church. Its so sad they are great people just deceived by the mormon machine. I see the apologists often telling you to go away, you are spoiling their recruiting drive. Or mock you in videos. But they can't touch your facts or research. Ignore them ! With the number suscribers you have you I have no doubt you are on the Mormon Radar just like exmorgan (love her channel), Mike Norton and several others who I have watched. Thank you for spreading the truth.
@@amazingcolorizing4975 _"Paul wasn't calling "baptism for the dead" the will of God - and it isn't."_ Paul was most sensitive to blasphemy and false practice's. Multiple times he says not to be deceived by false teachers and doctrine (Romans 16:17, Galatians 1:6-8). He said that circumcision, a practice that was part of the Jew religion for centuries, is no longer needed and means nothing now and to stop teaching that it is needed (Galatians 5:2-6). Hell, the whole reason Paul wrote all of his epistles in the first place was to correct those churches when they started to go astray. There are probably other things in the Bible that I am forgetting that reflect his dislike of false teachings. Now with that being said, what makes you think Paul would have included 1 Corinthian 15:29 if he disapproved of baptism for the dead? There is nothing in the text before or after to indicate that he disapproves of the practice, even in greek. _"The Bible is clear that once you die - then comes the Judgement"_ Uh No, it doesn't say that. In fact, the Bible talks of multiple Resurrections. The Bible says that the Final Judgement will be after the 1000 years of Christ's reign on earth and after satan is loosed for a season. Revelation 20:4-12. Christ preached to the dead (John 5:25, John 5:28, 1 Peter 3:19) that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit (1 Peter 4:6) and that preaching is still happening today because every knee will bow and confess Jesus is Lord (Philippians 2:10-11) on judgment day. To live to God in the spirit is to follow Jesus Christ and do what he has asked of us. That doesn't mean that people get a second chance (or in our theology, will get to the Celestial Kingdom) if they were sinners and multiple of our prophets have said as much. We are told not to procrastinate our repentance from our own scriptures (Alma 34:33-35). We are judged on our works (Romans 2:5-6, Colossians 3:24-25, Revelation 20:12, Revelation 22:12), meaning those who did evil shall inherit evil and those who did good shall inherit good (John 5:29, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11). _"The Law and the Prophets were FULFILLED in Jesus Christ"_ No, the Law was fulfilled, Jesus was the last sacrifice for the sins of all the Earth. No where does it say that there will be no more prophets or the need has gone away. _"Nowhere to be found in the Bible. The life-style practices are fine, but it isn't doctrine in Biblical Christianity."_ Actually, the Bible very clearly warns not to drink excessively. Romans 13:13, 1 Corinthians 6:10, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 3:10, 1 Peter 4:3. Either way, who cares? We don't believe the Bible to be the only scripture so if something isn't said in it then it doesn't matter to us.
Ok thanks for straightening me out on that. It makes sense to me now. I have misunderstood that. I finally learned the story of Jesus and the Canaanite woman recently.
@@amazingcolorizing4975 Buddy, only type one comment out and post one comment with everything on it unless you run out of comment space. It's annoying to be spammed. _"You're incorrect about the Bible not saying "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment"_ When most of you guys say that you mean that immediately as soon as you die you are judged, of which I was saying is not in the Bible. The Judgement happens all at one time at the end of the millennium, or 1000 years after the second coming _"You are living in a False Reality"_ LOL No, I am not. I am living in the true Church of God and Jesus Christ. _"are you calling the Word of God insufficient? Tell Him so when you come face to face"_ Uh are you claiming the Bible is Jesus? Because Jesus is not the Bible and to equate them is idolatry. The Bible is a book about Jesus, not Jesus. I am not calling Jesus Christ insufficient. I am saying that the Bible is not the only word from God. _" None of us has a 100% understannding of God."_ You may not but that is because your God is really confusing and illogical. My God is pretty easy to understand. _"His Word will ALWAYS be 100% True."_ I agree. The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price will always be 100% true.
An ex Jehovahs Witness here. Mormons have always fascinated me since both faiths are so family oriented and full of hard working members. I'm learning a lot about Mormon beliefs thanks to this channel. Good job!
I was studying with JWs and finished the Bible Teach book. I told them from the beginning that I wanted to know what they believed, just as I had studdied other religions. They had other ideas. The couple who were teaching me began pressuring me to be baptised. When I declined, that was the end of that! They were very angry with me! Mormons use the same tactics. So, if you want to BELIEVE, study with Mormons; if you want to LEARN, stay right here.
Please feel free to answer any of her questions. My missionary friends answer was only, because I know they know the Book of Mormon is true in their heart. Love these guys, but the had nothing but blank expressions. I felt bad for them, but I know once they go home, where these questions are not part of faith, they will find happiness and a family of support in LDS. I wish I could be so blindly faithful.
As a Latter Day Saint, I'm going to answer your first question. In Verse 4 The Lord states that a new city shall be built by Saints starting with the temple that will be built there. It goes like this: "4 Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the city New Jerusalem shall be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even the place of the temple, " Then He goes on to command them that they should build it in there generation, like this: "which temple shall be reared in this generation." This did not indicate they would for sure be successful in building (THIS) temple in their generation. It was one of those Thou shalt things where people have a choice. A commandment. Scriptures are filled with them. :) Then He goes on to state that FOR SURE a temple will be built to Him in there generation regardless of where, like this: "5 For verily this generation shall not all pass away until an house shall be built unto the Lord" And if you do your research, you will find they did build one. There is a lot more to this whole story that has not been mentioned or very possibly considered on this forum. There is a big picture not being explored when seriously seeking the truth in this matter by the person asking, making it seem like another attempt to reflect people away from the church by asking hard questions directly before lazy minded masses. All these question can be answered through personal revelation, faith, prayer, seeking truth. Same goes with every question you have asked in this video. They can all be answered at least more logically than you have framed the questions here. I don't even think you need to ask Mormons when most of the answers are already online in various places, having been addressed many times before. But if the average You tuber doesn't know, what could be more fun and gratifying than a self fulled crafty device used to drive them away like herds. Oh the power trip! If only that hate fulled rush could last forever. :(
@tapir rider, Some of the largest ancient cities and structures in the world exist in North East America, you tell me why these sites have been under investigation for so long with so little information provided by non-LDS sources in main stream archeology? Why have thousands of skeletons gone missing in a 200 year period? There is a lot of evidence but why would our institutions, who hold higher their evolution doctrines above everything now. It's politics for sure. However, there are SOME LDS scholars and other professionals that will provide a large quantity of evidence that originates from non-Mormon sources. One of the best that I have seen is Wayne May. Just watch every RUclips video and you will have plenty. There is also a lot of information which can be found on RUclips about the way carbon dating and other dating methods are misused and inaccurate. So much evidence for this. Evidence for Book Of Mormon rarely fits into an elitist world perception which shows or Earth getting older and older every year my many thousands of years. But if your anything like me, you will find things like this all the time. The Algonquin people of northern United Stats and Canada claim through oral history to have come to North America from the Atlantic coast. They are made up to 25% Haplogroup X DNA, which is also found in the Middle east and Israel. Haplogroup X is not found in South America or South East Asia like other American Indian DNA. X was all over North East America in the ancient mounds that Joseph Smith claimed were the peoples of The Book Of Mormon. It never ends. Seek it out. Why would God want a bunch of proud and hard hearted people taking over His Church like around the medieval times? I think he want's humble truth seekers who show enough faith to be a good person and do what's right before they receive more truth than they could otherwise handle. Why would God bless someone with great knowledge when He knows they will not live according to to it? I would be better for those people if they had never known so much on judgment day. Have you ever looked into all the good The Church does on this planet, or statistics regarding The Church or states with the highest LDS populations at different time periods? BETTER YET, have you ever read The Book Of Mormon and truly sought a testimony of it's truthfulness from GOD? The book promises no testimony to the dishonest seeker. But if you think that proof or evidence will help you know of truths which can never replace The Spirit Of God speaking directly to your spirit, showing you a picture in your spiritual mind or confirming answers by confirming feelings unmatched, then I guess go watch all the videos featuring Wayne May, Because so may of His sources can be validated. But take no word of anyone or anything longer than necessary. You need your own testimony if you plan on surviving spiritually in this world.
@tapir rider, Show me where any non-Mormon archeologist has evidence or proof of a names, of all of the ancient cites Wayne May speaks about! So you can compare them with what Wayne May calls them! No one can truly shred his claims on those subjects without that kind of evidence. That is of course if you think having proof of names connected to cities is the most essential means of proving to everyone wither or not The Book is true or false. What does (what you may call) exact science prove the actual names are, and after all this time it has had to accurately study by it's non-political and completely honest methods? How could they fail when they put every ones best interests before their own? Because if they don't know the names after all these years, then what other logical excuse could they have? And if so than why couldn't Latter Day Saints have the same excuse? At least some latter day saints claim to know something and actually make efforts instead of cover ups! The others are just upset because they are the ones that feel lazy and shredded. They feel under-minded for not doing their jobs instead of LDS doing it for them. Which put there sympathizers in attack mode, leading to make like 20 false claims in one paragraph, expecting an LDS to constantly break it down for them so they can just ignore attack them again. Is it so gratifying for Anti-Mormons? At lest I know there is a future end to all dishonesty and those who refuse to admit truth. So please show me the proof of the names of those earthworks, which the almighty scientists have uncovered in the interest of all? What were they called more that 1,000 years ago? Where is the undisputed truth of the names of those places, or were they built by sub-human species without good vocal chords?
JMFH SMITH 🤣😂🤣😂 citing Wayne May who uses known frauds as evidence. There is zero evidence of the highly advanced civilizations from the Book of Mormon, in one battle alone 2 million warriors riding chariots pulled by horses wearing metal breast plates and helmets using cimtars and bows plus all their wives plus all their children and that’s only one side of the battle! To put it in perspective that’s Los Angeles sized group of people killed in a couple of days around the hill cumorah in New York! Not one scrap they existed www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/ether/15?lang=eng All of this in spite of the claim that no civilizations where in the promised land! www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/1?lang=eng www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/ether/2?lang=eng Yet we have lots of evidence of people who came across the Bering strait before during and after the bom times from Alaska to Chile. These civilizations were less advanced than the bom people yet survived and left tons of evidence. Go to any American just museum or college. We live in reality not fantasy!
JMFH SMITH en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas No Native American tribes are of Egyptian/Israelite origins, there are many haplo groups x from many areas en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_X_(mtDNA)
Non-Mormon Archeologists have not relieved, names of places or people that I am aware of, so how could it be possible for me to show sources? Another Anti-Mormon trick question for wasting time I suppose. It's because I can't find non-Mormon sources for any names of people, places or things that I generally don't trust mainstream non-Mormon archeologists. Too many politics involved. How can you trust people who are lazy and withholding? I don't think Wayne May is making solid claims on everything and would welcome non-Mormon help any time. But with Anti-Mormons it's the same old trash and make fun of people you hate so I can't believe you even when Mormons make mistakes or get carried away. Still there is a lot of true evidence from May which is more of a reason to get hammered by 100s of anti-Mormons. I'm still going to go with peaceful people that don't need hating or shredding someone as fuel to do anything. Joseph mad 100s of prophesies that came true, but anti-Mormons will take the 10 that are hardest for newcomers to understand or easiest to twist and blow those up in a usually inaccurate way to publish in a format that investigators can easily come across. Sometime you find truth just going where the love is and being trashed by the opposition. It's one's word against another here. But if your sources are so much better, then like you say, where are the names of people and places from Book Of Mormon supposed time frame? At least LDS want people to know as much of the truth as they can, so called science and history is evolving and changing so no one is going to be perfectly accurate. The one's that claim to be superior and slap-back at the rest are always going to be more discarded by real truth seekers even when they have more power, resources and authority. You know how many horrible names and insults I have received from anti-Mormons? How can you believe anyone like that unless truth is less important. In my experience, I find the most truth in people with the most love and that goes in with The Bible anyway. It's fare more important than archeology.
"Gotcha" questions with perfectly clear answers for one willing to seek them out don't disprove anything. One simple example from this video is the question referencing Isaiah 29:4. The video claims that the Church holds that this verse speaks of the BoM. That is simply not true. The Church holds that verse 11 thru basically the end of the chapter is a prophecy about the Restoration of Christ's Church in this dispensation. Does the maker of this video present this evidence? No... The maker of this video is not interested in a fair debate which weighs the actual evidence... Consider that fact while you weigh whether a person engaged in such dubious methods has pure motives. And if impure motives, then how are we to trust anything she says?
I felt really sad reading your comment. I do hope you pray sincerely about it and by the intent of your heart, receive an answer and bring back that peace from the Spirit that indeed, this church is true.
@@edgaraf9411 Um.... How would donating money make the organization or group tribal? Every organization accepts money... If I give money to more than one, then by your logic I'd be a member of two tribes which contrary to the definition of tribal.
Questions mormons can't answer, let me answer one at random... #31 8:51 (KJV MATT 19:3-8) Jesus teaches the principle of eternal marriage. From the beginning, beginning with Adam and Eve, joined together in marriage by God and what God hath joined together let no man put asunder. And the two shall No More be Twain but One Flesh... BOOM! Drop the mic Not that you would be satisfied by my answer, but I did answer it...
Honestly, we can answer all of these questions. If you want answers, talk to a member or the missionaries. Trust me most of the questions she has asked refer to modern revelation through the prophet. I politely ask each and every one of you to check out apostle Elder Jeffery R Hollands’ testimony of the Book of Mormon.
tapir rider . Jeffrey R Holland can be a strong speaker sometimes. He gets very emotional when he delivers speeches. I can’t speak for him but I am sure that he’s just trying to explain that he does not like it when members leave the church because he knows what they are missing out on. He just doesn’t understand why people give up so easily when times get hard.
tapir rider i’m sorry you feel that way but I have had experiences that have solidified my faith that the LDS church is the right church for me. I have experienced things that no other person has. I’m not saying everyone gives up easily but I know that God only wants us to obey him and to be happy. If you feel this church is not right for you I can respect that.
@@jakecalder8270 Salvation is quite simple. 1. Everyone is born dead in their sins and without hope in the world. Eph. 2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins 12 having no hope and without God in the world. Our sins separate us from a holy God. Is. 59:2 but your iniquities have made a separation between you and your God, and your sins have hidden his face from you so that he does not hear. 2. God considers our sin so serious that we have already earned the death penalty. We will all die one day. "The wages of sin is death." 3. There is nothing we could ever do to merit everlasting life. It is a free gift. Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord. Eph. 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast. Even Abraham was not saved by works, but by faith. Romans 4 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due. 5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness, Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law. Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit, Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified. 4. The good news, the gospel, is that Jesus Christ has done the one work, the one act of righteousness, that could bring justification to all men. Jesus took our sins upon himself on the cross. He is way more than our example. Jesus is our substitute. (The other option is to spend eternity in hell paying for your own sins.) 5. All you need to do is humble yourself, repent of your sin and put your faith in what Jesus Christ has already done for you. The moment you do that God will forgive you of your sins, grant you the gift of everlasting life and fill you with His Holy Spirit. Luke 18 Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt: 10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. 11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed[a] thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector. 12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’ 13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’ 14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.” God bless you.
#29. Since the Word of Wisdom teaches us to abstain from alcohol, why did Paul encourage Timothy to drink wine for his stomach (1 Timothy 5:23)? Now you are judging the present with the standards of the past. Did they have Tums and Pepcid at the time of Paul? There is no official statement on why we abstain from alcohol, just as there is no obvious reason for the food prohibitions in the Law of Moses. My personal opinion is that alcohol and modern machinery don’t go together well and God loves His children and doesn’t want to add any more hardships to mortality. If you got drunk in the time of Christ, your donkey wouldn’t crash into another donkey and kill everyone. Just like the commandments, the Word of Wisdom is a protection. If you see the commandments as prohibitive, consider who is happier, the man who kills or commits adultery and has to face the law and his wife, or the man who loves his wife and serves others?
Vs 4 of DC89 is the key to why ... 4 Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation. The fact that this advise has been given in the latter days should make you ask what has changed from the times of Paul and Timothy? A lot ... alcohol is easy to find and has ruined more lives killing more souls than those who have dies in all wars of mankind.
Jesse, I would love to debate with you sometime. And you might think I am just joking, but I'm not. I think your an intelligent person. Let me know. It would give you an opportunity to cement your "erudition" with your youtube audience.
it's not my place to comment on this subject, but i'm going to anyway. debate people, are people who are willing to set up the event to "go for the juglar". in all honesty, does jessie seem like the kind of person who wants to crush her opponent, and then not only crush him but go for the juglar? really? or don't you really see her as a person who woud be more inclined to extend a nurturing hand to someone in need? if you want to see a mormon completely crushed, and then splayed out on the floor, with nothing left to defend against the juglar attack, watch the kwaku debate: ruclips.net/video/JLTY7rMsUcQ/видео.html that's really not jessie imho. i don't know why people challenge her, when that's just not what she's about. of course i only see her as she presents herself on video. i could be wrong. she could be a wollf in sheeps clothing thirsting for blood at the first sign of weakness. but i dont think i'm wrong in this case.
The Bible is perfect and complete. It is the written Word of God that has stood the test of time. It has no errors and is missing nothing. I encourage you to read it! Read the New Testament and see how your church does not teach Biblical Christianity or the true Gospel.
@@itsmejessie I'm speaking to you out of love and care for your eternal soul. Please humble yourself and listen to the prompting of the holy Ghost. I invite you to repent and humble yourself to the dust. If you do not humble yourself and except another witness, God's judgement will come down upon you and your family!
@@mounga100 I would encourage you to test the truth of your feelings. God said the heart is a deceitful above all things. What do you say to the Jehovah's witness or the Muslim who believe their religion is true based on the feelings they felt? It is impossible for all of them to be true. Mormonism teaches you can know the truth by you feeling it to be so as do the Jehovah's witnesses, muslims and many other cult religions. Which one is right because they all believe whole heartedly that they are?
I began my journey away from Joseph Smith and toward Jesus Christ with a close examination of "Praise to the Man", a song sung at every Priesthood meeting. It is clearly the self-deification of Joseph Smith.
I left the church after growing up in it. It isnt easy. You have the right lines fed to you as a child to bear your testimony. The rituals are easy to take for granted without questioning them. The lies are gift wrapped in simple truths to make them believable. That song stood out to me only after observing the patterns of the priesthood from one coast to another. They sing "Praise to the Man" at every meeting. There is no mistaking the context of the lyrics. It equates Joseph Smith to Jesus Christ. From there I spent 2 years running a background check on Joseph Smith. The cup of Truth is bitter, but it kills the hangover from all the lies.
@Charles Jones Joseph Smith wasn’t doing any self-deification, as he didn’t write this song and he didn’t aspire to be a god. “Praise to the Man” was written by WW Phelps after Smith’s death.
It’s Me Jessie: 25. Why does the Book of Mormon contain extensive, word-for-word quotes from the Bible if the LDS Church is correct in teaching that the Bible has been corrupted? Pearl of Great Price/Articles of Faith 1:8 “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints accepts the Authorized King James Version as the most correctly translated version of the Bible.
jess i just want to add a word of encouragement. you already know what wins, and you know the winning way. you don't need the most correct answer using the most correct termonology. paul talks about the way. what people want to hear about more than anything is the way. paul talks about it in the bible. he talks about the way. they didn't use the word christian until later. i like it when you share your christian witness at the end of the video. it must make you feel good when you share what is important to you.+
Some things may not be church doctrine but obvious contradictions within Mormon scriptures and teachings from apostles and prophets. King Follett discourse by Joseph smith taught a lot of Heresy, unbiblical, unchristian and following his way leads many zealous Mormons down the wide way (which says heaven) but to find yourself in Hell because it was the false, counterfeit way.
@@misssue1824 Some things may not be church doctrine but obvious contradictions within Mormon scriptures and teachings from apostles and prophets. King Follett discourse by Joseph smith taught a lot of Heresy, unbiblical, unchristian and following his way leads many zealous Mormons down the wide way (which says heaven) but to find yourself in Hell because it was the false, counterfeit way.
@@OKatie777 No, the King Follett Discourse simply clarifies what is in the Bible. We are children our Father in Heaven, just as Jesus Christ says. We are not some creation of a God that is unknowable and is very different from ourselves. Jesus Christ showed that we come to earth to get a body and be like Him and our Father. Why is that so offensive? We have a God who understands us and wants us to be like Him. This is what Romans 8:14-19 tells us. God is eternal. What does that mean? The Hebrew word is quedem. It means "that which is before, the east, ancient." That is not the same meaning we use in English. He is from "everlasting to everlasting." Everlasting is olam. It means "what is hidden, and beginning or end that is not defined, ancient as well as perpetuity." Read the statements of the early church fathers like Clement, Tertullian and Justin- all used philosophy to explain God in Platonic and Neo-Platonic concepts. By the time of the Nicaean Creed no one had the right understanding of God and there was no one who could reveal it.
@@misssue1824 Thank you for your reply 🌸 But the God of the Bible is knowable and he wants a personal relationship with his creation which is possible with the right God. It’s not possible with the God of mormonism. John 14:7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him”. 1 John 5:20- “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ”. John 17:3- “This is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent”. BUT the omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient God CANNOT be completely understood by our finite minds. And that is okay, God made it that way. Is 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts”. Job 11:7 “Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty”. Is 40:28 “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”. As for the King Follett discourse which you say “clarifies what is in the Bible”, you are mistaken because I know my Bible and I know what’s in it and what’s not in it. JS taught another gospel which Gal 1:8 warns us about “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!”. The teachings of JS and the LDS church do not agree with essential christian doctrine. Here’s an example that is not biblical and a “real” christian would not agree with these mormon beliefs: the essence of God: God was once a man like us who progressed to Godhood. Or that Jesus is God’s literal firstborn son (thus making him created- like his brother Satan). So if you believe those LDS beliefs about who God and Jesus is then we believe in two different Gods. And only one of those god’s (the God of the Bible) can only save. All other gods can’t.
Jessie, i just watched your video, please do allow me a correction: the King James Version dated from 1) 1611 and 2) 1769 means, not from the 16th and 17h century😁👋
Many people do not understand what 16th century means. The original Authorized Versoon (sorry I don't want to call it King James) also came with Apocrypha. This was, after all the church of England that did not break from the RCC as much as Lutherans and Calvinists.
QUESTIONS I ASKED IN THE VIDEO AND THE SOURCE:
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Why does the Mormon Church still teach that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God after he made a false prophecy about a temple being built in Missouri in his generation (Doctrine and Covenants 84:1-5)?
Since the time when Brigham Young taught that both the moon and the sun were inhabited by people, has the Mormon Church ever found scientific evidence of that to be true (Journal of Discourses, 1870, v.13, p.271)?
Why did Brigham Young teach that Adam is “our Father and our God” when both the Bible and the Book of Mormon (Mormon 9:12) say that Adam is a creation of God (Journal of Discourses, Apr. 9, 1852, vol.1, p.50)?
If Brigham Young was a true prophet, how come one of your later prophets overturned his declaration which stated that the black man could never hold the priesthood in the LDS Church until after the resurrection of all other races (Journal of Discourses, Dec. 12, 1854, 2:142-143)?
Since the Bible’s test to determine whether someone is a true prophet of God is 100% accuracy in all his prophecies (Deuteronomy 18:20-22), has the LDS Church ever reconsidered its teaching that Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were true prophets?
Since the current LDS prophets sometimes contradict the former ones, how do you decide which one is correct?
Since there are several different contradictory accounts of Joseph Smith’s first vision, how did the LDS Church choose the correct one?
Can you show me in the Bible the LDS teaching that we must all stand before Joseph Smith on the Day of Judgment?
Can you show me archeological and historical proof from non-Mormon sources that prove that the peoples and places named in the Book of Mormon are true?
If the words “familiar spirit” in Isaiah 29:4 refer to the Book of Mormon, why do familiar spirits always refer to occult practices such as channeling and necromancy everywhere else in the Old Testament?
Why did Joseph Smith condone polygamy as an ordinance from God (Doctrine and Covenants 132) when the Book of Mormon had already condemned the practice (Jacob 1:15, 2:24)?
Why were the words “white and delightsome” in 2 Nephi 30:6 changed to “pure and delightsome” right on the heels of the Civil Rights campaign for blacks?
If God is an exalted man with a body of flesh and bones, why does Alma 18:26-28 and John 4:24 say that God is a spirit?
Why did God encourage Abraham & Sarah to lie in Abraham 2:24? Isn’t lying a sin according to the 10 commandments? Why did God tell Abraham and Sarah to lie when 2 Nephi 9:34 condemns liars to hell?
Why does the Book of Mormon state that Jesus was born in Jerusalem (Alma 7:10) when history and the Bible state that he was born outside of Jerusalem, in Bethlehem?
If the Book of Mormon is the most correct of any book on earth, as Joseph Smith said, why does it contain over 4000 changes from the original 1830 edition?
If the Book of Mormon contains the “fulness of the everlasting gospel”, why does the LDS Church need additional works?
If the Book of Mormon contains the “fulness of the everlasting gospel”, why doesn’t it say anything about so many important teachings such as eternal progression, celestial marriage, the Word of Wisdom, the plurality of Gods, the pre-existence of man, our mother in heaven, baptism for the dead, etc?
Why do you baptize for the dead when both Mosiah 3:25 and the Bible state that there is no chance of salvation after death?
Since the word grace means a free gift that can’t be earned, why does the Book of Mormon state “for we know that it is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do” (2 Nephi 25:23)?
Does the LDS Church still regard the Pearl of Great Price as Holy Scripture even after several prominent Egyptologists proved it was an ancient funeral scroll?
Why does the Book of Abraham, chapters 4 & 5, contradict Alma 11 in stating that there is more than one God?
Why does Doctrine and Covenants 42:18 say there is no forgiveness for a murderer when 3 Nephi 30:2 says there is forgiveness for him?
If the Adam-God doctrine isn’t true, how come Doctrine and Covenants 27:11 calls Adam the Ancient of Days which is clearly a title for God in Daniel chapter 7?
Why does the Book of Mormon contain extensive, word-for-word quotes from the Bible if the LDS Church is correct in teaching that the Bible has been corrupted?
Why do the Bible verses quoted in the Book of Mormon contain the italicized words from the King James Version that were added into the KJV text by the translators in the 16th and 17th centuries?
If the Book of Mormon was engraved on gold plates thousands of years ago, why does it read in perfect 1611 King James Version English?
If marriage is essential to achieve exaltation, why did Paul say that it is good for a man not to marry (1 Corinthians 7:1)?
Since the Word of Wisdom teaches us to abstain from alcohol, why did Paul encourage Timothy to drink wine for his stomach (1 Timothy 5:23)?
If Jesus is the Jehovah of the Old Testament and Elohim is referred to as God in the Old Testament, can you explain Deuteronomy 6:4 to me: “Hear, O Israel: the LORD (Jehovah) our God (Elohim) is one LORD (Jehovah)?
Why does the Mormon Church teach that we can be married in heaven when Jesus said in Matthew 22:30 that in the resurrection men neither marry, nor are they given in marriage?
How can worthy Mormon males become Gods in the afterlife when God already said that before him no God was formed, nor will there be any Gods formed after him (Isaiah 43:10)?
If God had a father who was a God, how come Isaiah 44:8 says that he doesn’t know him?
If God was once just a man who progressed to becoming a God, how do you explain Psalm 90:2: “…even from everlasting to everlasting, thou art God”?
How can God be an exalted man when Numbers 23:19 says that God is not a man?
Why does the Mormon Church teach that Elohim had sexual relations with Mary to produce Jesus when both Matthew and Luke teach she was a virgin (The Seer, January, 1853, p.158)?
Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus paid for our sins in the garden of Gethsemane when 1 Peter 2:24 says it was on the cross?
Why did Bruce McConkie write that a man may commit a sin so grievous that it will place him beyond the atoning blood of Christ (Mormon Doctrine, 1979, p.93) when the Bible says that the blood of Christ cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7)?
Why does the LDS Church teach that man first existed as spirits in heaven when 1 Corinthians 15:46 says that the physical body comes before the spiritual?
Why do Mormons say the sticks in Ezekiel 37 represent the Bible and the Book of Mormon when Ezekiel 37:20-22 tells us that the sticks represent two nations, not two books?
Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus and Lucifer are spirit brothers when both the first chapter of John and Colossians teach that Jesus is the Creator of all things, including Lucifer?
Why do worthy Mormon males hold the Aaronic priesthood since Hebrews 7:11-12 clearly teaches that it was changed and superceded by something better?
If your leaders are correct about the complete falling away of the true church on earth, was Jesus in error when he said that the gates of hell would not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18)?
If having a physical body is necessary to become a god, how did Jesus become a god before he had a body?
Do you think the LDS Church will reconsider its teachings that the American Indians are descendants of the Jewish race now that DNA evidence has proven that they are actually descendants of the Asian race?
If polygamy was officially re-instituted by the Mormon Church, how would your wife feel about you taking another woman?
Since the LDS Church teaches that there was a complete apostasy of the true church on earth, does that mean that the 3 living Nephites and the Apostle John went into apostasy also?
Why are Mormon Temple ceremonies secret to the public when the Old Testament temple ceremonies were open to public knowledge?
Oh nice thank u. I need these ? I was gonna go over every ? And write them down myself but u sent it to me thanks 👍
Thank you so much for all you do. I know I need to email my mom's friend so I think I'll start with a couple questions and if she seems interested then I can show her the video.
Answer to your last question, the "temple rituals aren't secret but they are sacred" *insert eye roll to the heavens here* (I looked up the rituals they do in the temple and I walked away feeling icky.)
@@christopherfoote4643 if we aren't supposed to know what's going on in the temples, why hasn't the LDS church done something about the videos on the Internet? Because anybody can look up what goes on. And don't tell me that there's nothing that they can do because the LDS church does have ways and the power to take them down
@@christopherfoote4643 wow someone who claims to be a man of God you sure are judgemental to those who don't have the same beliefs as you. I am married so I wouldn't be interested in you. Even if I wasn't married there is no way in hell I'd ever date you with how judgemental you are. I get that it's a breach of privacy so I'm asking why doesn't the church do anything to take the videos down? They could hire lawyers and have them taken down and whoever put them up prosecuted. Why don't you just leave this channel alone, and go about your marry way.
THANK YOU THANK YOU. I was raised lds for 58 yrs, its been exhausting... questions, contradictions, hypocrisy and judgmental followers.... I have just ordered a new Bible to start my new journey of knowing God … again, thank you so much for your research and knowledge …. hugs
how exciting. they way you talk, i can almost sense new life like like a fresh cool breeze, with every breath you take. 58 years and born again. that doesn't happen much either. i was a late bloomer too @40 years.
God has such incredible things in store for you. His Truth will set you completely free from all the years of hard experiences. Praying for you 🙏❤️
Shalom Lisa, what about reading the original scriptures, the bible is a corrupt book, a mistranslation of the original scriptures, with lots of words and names changed by the roman sun worshippers. Research the real name of our creator, our father who talked with Moseh and gave us the ten commandments. Although the bible is corrupt, you can still read the context and message, so you can study and ready it. The name of our creator is not god, but YAHUAH, Hebrew I WAS, I AM, I WILL BE and His beloved son Yahusha (Hebrew for Yah is our Deliverer) and not the pagan name Jesus. Remember Yahusha is not Greek and not Roman, He was Hebrew. Research the letter J... it did not exist until 1478-1550, so the name Jesus was never written in the bible before that time... so why is this so important? Because the original names has a very very important meaning and message. Read Isaiah52:6 and remember the commandments You do not cast the Name of Yahuah your Alahim to ruin (in the bible KJV version Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord thy God in vain; for the Lord will not hold him guiltless that taketh his name in vain. So even though it was written, still the enemy changed it, because truth is in the scriptures... that's why those sunworshippers started the catholic church and honour many pagan feasts like christmas and eastern, they wear dagon hats and use occult symbols in their clothing and buildings, you have to ask youself why is that? It is time for christians who believe in Yahusha the Son of our creator YAHUAH, who died for our sins, so that we have eternal life to research and pray. All those who seek the truth read Deut 4:2 and Matt 5:17
Or you could wake up and be rational and logical
I'm 58 & was a mainstream Catholic for 38 years. The last 20 increasingly traditional Catholic & REFRESHING!
Give traditional or Maronite Catholicism a try.
I recently became a Mormon and started wondering about things that didn’t make sense. Now, that I know more.. this religion is so false. I felt I was being brainwashed. Thank you so much for helping me get Unbrainwashed.
This is so scary to think that the church was doing this to me. Thank you Jessie.
I'm so glad you've been researching! Just because Mormonism is false, don't give up on the Bible! God is real. The LDS version of god is not. I pray you'll find truth in the Word of God! Mormonism distorts and corrupts Christianity but true Christianity offers all the answers to life with verifiable evidence. Josh Mcdowell has a book called "Evidence that Demands a Verdict" and it's a powerful example of evidential and verifiable truth found within the Bible. Praying for you as you continue to seek truth!
Don't get me wrong. They're plenty brainwashed. But this video uses a lot of falsehoods
I know right! so glad you're out of there
@@bookofmormonanswers whatever it's worth, they probably just learned that certain things were being kept secret from them.
For example, you don't tell anyone what the covenants in the temple are before they are endowed. Sometimes finding it out and finding out it was withheld from you is a game changer.
@@bookofmormonanswers What do you say to the person that says that they have prayed and the holy spirit told them that the book of mormon is not true? It seems to be based of off feeling not actual proof or evidence towards truth. There is a lot more evidence proving Mormonism wrong than proving it right. I encourage you to do your own research on these things on a non Mormon website. God is good and will reveal himself if you truly seek him! I have a lot of love and compassion for you in my heart!!
As a person of color myself that is considering this church it’s actually a huge relief to have these questions out there so I can really see if the missionaries have answers to them because I am so confused right now I’m struggling with that
@@shawnbradford2243 ty for your response
@@calebschmidtyay is FairMormon lead by the prophet of god?
@@bryonnajones hey the church is true, feel free to join. We love u.
The missionaries job is to bring souls to Christ to teach the first principles of the Gospel. They bring a simple message, pray about it with real intent
You'd be a lot less confused if you just stopped considering this "church". Mormon teaching is so full of bigotry and racism. How any person of color and/or women could even consider joining these cultists is mind blowing.
Just so you're aware, as a colored woman, you are literally the lowest of the low in the eyes of the Mormons.
Thank you for this, I grew up lds in 1978 I found Christ, and a the bible open up to me... My Dad is still in the lds church, and still hopes I come back, it is sad.
Yeah. Mormonism is a tragedy. So many people who think they know God but they don’t.
What is it about God you know about that LDS don't? Just asking. I believe in the New Testament Jesus
and I am LDS. I don't think I'm off my rocker. Thanks.
@@stanleyhall8951 I love the LDS church I was raised in the LDS; the difference it changed for me is dispensationalism rightly dividing the word the difference between the Old testament and the New testament, salvation in the Old testament was different than salvation in the New testament
Thanks. I'm sorry for your difficulty.
@@amazingcolorizing4975 _"God is not a Man who was "exalted" to become a God."_ God is not a spirit. Before you try to misquote John 4:24, you are misquoting that in 2 ways. First, In Greek there is no equivalent for the English word “a” so the translation can be interesting. Meaning that “God is spirit” and “God is a spirit” are technically both correct translations. However, If we compare to other scriptures of similar structure then we clearly see that it wasn’t not meant to be a literal description of God being but is describing one attribute of God. For example, in 1 John 4:8 it says that “God is love.” In 1 John 1:5 it says “God is light.” Deuteronomy 4:24 and Hebrews 12:29 says that God is a consuming fire. Is God literally love? Is He literally light? Is he literally a consuming fire? No, Those are attributes of God not descriptions. Second, the context of this verse is talking about the worship of God and again, not a literal description. God is spirit in that He is holy and pure and they that worship him must worship him in holiness and purity.
Interestingly, This debate over whether God is a material being, or an incorporeal, immaterial being was a highly debated subject in the early centuries of the Church. In fact, for a time John 4:24 was used as evidence that God did have some kind of material body because the Greek word that is translated as “spirit” (Pneuma) can also mean “air” or “wind”, which is a material substance. Origen, who is known as the most important theologian of the early Greek church and who believed that God was incorporeal and immaterial, defends his views by arguing that John 4:24 isn’t meant to be interpreted literally.
Now, if God was once a mortal being it is in no way inconsistent with the fact that he now has all power and all knowledge and possesses every virtue, grace, and godly attribute that the Bible, Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants have said God has. Irenaeus, a highly respected and influential early church father, stated "How, then, shall he be a God, who has not as yet been made a man? Or how can he be perfect who was but lately created? How, again, can he be immortal, who in his mortal nature did not obey his Maker? For it must be that thou, at the outset, shouldest hold the rank of a man, and then afterwards partake of the glory of God. For thou dost not make God, but God thee" (Irenaeus Against Heresies 4:523, Ante-Nicene Fathers 1:523-524) Here Irenaeus, an early church father, argues that how can we become a god, if we were not once a man. Using this same line of argument, how could God become a God, if He was not a man once? John 5:19 says The Son can’t do anything that He hasn’t seen the Father do. Would that mean that God lived as a spirit in a pre-mortal life, was born and received a body, died, and was resurrected and Jesus imitated what the father did? We are also made in the image of God, pretty heavily saying God at the very least looks like a man.
We believe God has always existed for eternity too. D&C 93:29 “Man was also in the beginning with God. *Intelligence, or the light of truth, was not created or made, neither indeed can be.”* I think it is safe to say God has intelligence so therefore He was not created and has existed forever in our theology. Throughout the scriptures God is called Eternal or Endless, including in the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants. God is Endless and Eternal because his power, kingdom and dominion are Eternal and Endless. God has no limits to His power. He is from everlasting to everlasting because His power continues, having no end.
Also, saying God is a man isn’t a unique idea by Joseph Smith. It was said by Jesus in Mark 10:18 in the 1611 edition of the King James Version which reads "why callest thou me good? There is no man good, but one, that is God". The phrase ‘no man’ was removed from every subsequent printing of the King James Bible even though the same Greek word (oudeis) is also translated ‘no man’ in Revelation 7:9 and 14:3 (and yes if you were to look it up online the Greek Bible then the Greek word oudeis is there in Mark 10:18).
_"God took on flesh and dwelt among us (John 1:1)"_ The trinitarian view of God (3 persons 1 being) is not found in the Bible. No verse describes God as 3 persons 1 being in the Old or New Testament, if God was like that then wouldn't you think it would have been explicitly mentioned? It doesn't say that and no honest reading of the Bible would lead you to conclude that God is 3 persons 1 being. The Bible claims Jesus Christ is Lord (Romans 10:9, 1 Corinthians 8:6, Philippians 2:11) and the Son of God (Matthew 3:17, Matthew 17:5, John 10:36, John 20:31), He is our mediator with God (1 Timothy 2:5), who said that God the Father is greater (John 14:28) and that God was his God (John 20:17), He wanted us to be one with Him and God as they are with each other (John 17:21-23). Paul very clearly tells us that to us there is one God, the Father and one Lord, Jesus Christ. (1 Corinthians 8:6). There is no verse in the bible to back up your pagan belief and to explain it you have to use sources that came centuries later.
John 1:1 does not support your pagan belief. Jesus Christ does the Father's will and His (Jesus Christ) will is subjected to the Father and has the authority to speak and act on the Father’s behalf making him the word of God. Jesus Christ is the example of the fulfillment of God’s word of providing a savior for mankind. Through Jesus Christ can our words both reach and be fulfilled by God (1 Timothy 2:5). When in John 1:14 the word became flesh, the Words of God took life in Jesus Christ and to show people that you can live a life free of sin through Jesus Christ being that example (John 13:15, 1 Peter 2:21, 1 John 2:6). Jesus Christ is the fulfillment of promises made to us before the foundation of the Earth (Ephesians 1:4-5, 2 Timothy 1:9, Titus 1:2). Jesus Christ is the word and the word is God the Father because he speaks on behalf of God, the words of God made flesh, through him does communication with God exist, is the fulfillment of promises that God made from before the foundation of the Earth and is the messenger of salvation.
_"God did not have physical sex with Mary."_ We don't believe that either.
_"There are not unlimited Mormon Gods equal to our God) in the cosmos."_ That is debated and most don't believe that either.
_" God doesn't have multiple wives - nor ANY wife"_ If there is a father and a son then logic would dictate there is a mother. Oh wait, your so-called "god" isn't logical and you can't explain it or make sense of it so you "live by faith".
_"There is no marriage in Heaven. "_ You are severely misquoting that. All three places this is said in (Matthew 22:30, Mark 12:25 and Luke 20:35) makes it very clear that it is talking about the resurrection. The Greek word there is "anastasei" which translates to resurrection. If they wanted to use heaven then they would have used "ouranō". They didn't, which is why it reads as "For in the resurrection (anastasei) they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are as the angels of God in heaven (ouranō)." How you equate Jesus talking about no marriage during the resurrection, an event, to meaning no marriage in heaven, a place, is beyond me. If you read our own scriptures then you will find it actually agrees with these passages. It says that if your marriage isn't by God and that if these marriages aren’t made before the resurrection then when you are dead you will not be married and be appointed angels in heaven. (If you care to look it's D&C 132:15-16).
In Greek, the language this was originally written in, the expressions “marry” (gamousin) and “given in marriage” (gamizontai) translate forms of the related Greek verbs gameō and gamizō, which have to do with the act of becoming married. The first verb is used here to refer to men and the second to women. If Matthew, Mark or Luke had wanted to say that Christ had said something like “Neither are they now in a married state" (because of previously performed weddings) then in Greek they would have used a perfect tense (gegamēkasin) or a participial form (gamēsas) of the verb. They did not, so that cannot be what Jesus meant. Jesus said nothing about the married state of those who are in heaven only that there isn't marriage during the resurrection.
The source of the story the Sadducees told Jesus comes from one of the books in the Apocrypha, Tobit. A woman was married to seven men, each of whom died on the wedding night but then had an 8th husband, Tobias the son of Tobit (because she belonged to Tobias by right of inheritance), that was decided in heaven and she would be his in the hereafter. (Tobit 7:10-11). Raphael (the archangel) was even sent to marry the woman to Tobias. (Tobit 3:17). Jesus probably had this account in mind when He told the Sadducees "You are in error because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God" because they had neglected to note that the woman had married an 8th husband and that God had sent an angel to marry them so that there marriage was recognized in heaven and she would be his in heaven.
I was born and raised Mormon, in 2017 I took a class on world religions and my professor encouraged me to research my religion in contrast with Christianity. I have been grateful for his guidance ever since that day.
The question I came up with almost immediately after beginning my own research in 2017, (Maybe question 48) is, Galatians 1:8 states, "But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse!"
With this scripture in mind, what does that mean about the Angel Moroni delivering the golden plates? A gospel other than the one originally preached. Shouldn't Moroni and Mormons be cursed?
Sadly, they are.
It's great you started asking questions. Truth does not fear questions. May God continue to open your heart and mind to His glory!
@Hale Hafa To answer both of your questions: Who is Jesus Christ? According to the Bible, He is the Father's Son, as much Deity as the Father is Deity, the promised Messiah. What does it mean to be born again? According to the Bible, in John 3 it states that one must be 'born of water an the spirit'. In 2 Thes 1:8 we must 'obey the gospel of Christ', in 1 Cor 15:1-4 we find the gospel of Christ is 'the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus'...so we must obey 'the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus; in Romans 6 we read that we do that through full immersion/baptism into water which, according to Acts 2:38, is where we receive the Spirit of God. That is the literal act of 'being born again', but there are deductive ways to understand it as well. Romans 6 also tells us that when we raise from the waters of baptism, we are raised 'with Christ into new life'. That is the moment we are 'born again'. We are urged in the NT to abide in Christ in this new life so we can maintain our relationship with Yahweh.
@Hale Hafa Good morning! Yes, Jesus is God's Son. Yes, the Bible makes it clear we must be immersed. What would I say to those who don't speak of it? It really depends on their reasoning, but the answer is always in scripture. Immersion in and of itself is simply a bath or a jump in the pool. But when we seek God in faith and sincerity, we cannot escape the scriptures (ok, we can, but it just means we forsake salvation). One of the most popular reasons for ignoring baptism is because people take a single verse -either Jn 3:!6, or Acts 10:17 (i think)...belief or confession... and use that as their entire doctrine for salvation. Neither of those verses provide the full picture, as is so often the case in scripture. We need to take the WHOLE picture scripture paints for us and then make our doctrines from the comprehensive sum of them. In the case of salvation, there are a tremendous amount of scriptures on the topic. All the other essential parts of salvation...faith/belief, confession, repentance...are linked to baptism. So why knit pick? I will always bring someone to Romans 6 because Paul does such an excellent job of explaining how immersion is the manner by which we die to the law and sin. It is only when we've died to the law and the sin it highlights that we can actually live in grace. That does not happen in prayer, confession, or upon our faith - it happens through the faith that has grown from the moment we believe Him to be God the Son - but our death to the law/sin does not happen by it alone.
I hope that helps.
In terms of that verse in Galatians what does “gospel” mean? What’s the same as the gospel in the Bible and the gospel in the plates? What’s different? I highly doubt you understand what that verse is trying to say.
47 questions that have been answered many times over and over. Just because you don’t like the answers doesn’t mean they can’t be answered. Not all members can answer all the questions but how is that different from any religion? The church is not designed to fill people’s mind with irrelevant facts just so they can answer questions for skeptics.
Mormonism is a false religion and that can be proven with historical facts.
Fsrd you can’t prove the Bible as the word of god either. Lots of historical texts conflict with the Bible. You believe in the Bible because of faith.
@@Tom-vg5nb Actually I can in fact historically prove The Bible as being correct. Look back into history, look at prophecies which come out of The Bible and the fulfillment of these prophecies. Look in the book of Matthew, what Jesus prophesied would happen to the Jews came into fulfillment within the generation he prophesied it would. There are many other examples on top of this as well.
We have over 5,000 texts of original manuscript pieces. There are over 20,000 translations of original text into other languages that can be compared to one another to get a true and accurate account. There are ample amounts of documented history in support of The Bible. Not only is there written history, there is also archeological and Geological support for it.
There is always a point at which someone must have faith but that does not mean we are void of historical, archeological and geological documented facts which support The Bible as being a true and legitimate text.
Lazy retort with significantly no evidence to back it up.
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Is it possible to get the text of the questions?! Would be great to have for my Mormon friends!! Thank you!!
Yes, let me get a link for you!!
I'm taking notes, its very difficult as its hard to keep up, I can post them, if Jessie doesn't.
@@itsmejessie me two beloved sister in Christ Jesus 🙏 amen sister
@@sallypeterson3171 me two please let me know? Beloved
Yes, I agree!
Question 34: Number 23:19 says God is not a man that he should lie. So, it's referring to God not being as a mortal man (a mortal man who can and does lie).
It kinda bothers me that I get ads for mormon websites when I'm watching a video that is obviously debunking them...
Potterlover713 i didn't seek her videos out either. I was watching conference talks... goes both ways
Adds are all based on your own personal searches across all your media and apps and internet searches. It has nothing to do with me.
@@itsmejessie oh I wasn't blaming you, I'm sorry if you took it that way. I was just thinking it was ironic mostly, and frustrating lol. I took a college class on Mormonism so I guess I visited the lds website for research too much 🤷♀️
@@pottterlover713 Oh okay, yeah, I understand! My recommended videos are often LDS channels and Mormon topics. Obviously I spend a LOT of time on lds.org with my channel. 😉
@potterlover713
Ohhh yesss
We as the church of jesus christ of latter day saints are complete aliens who hack every anti mormon video so that they have our ads. It couldnt possibly be a coiencidence!!!
Ok honestly bro you are very desperatly grasping at straws
Hey subscribers! 🥰 I had to delete and re-upload this video because the first one had such terrible sound quality. This means I lost all your comments and likes and views! 😭 So please leave another comment so I can reply this time around.
Love, Jessie 💕
I thought your 2nd up load was perfectly fine. Sound was good.
@@prayingpatriot8018 I used a copyrighted song in the last upload and once RUclips removed it, the sound was horribly distorted. You probly saw it before the music was removed. I missed your first comment, unfortunately.
Do you have a link to a list of all of these questions? Would you mind making a PDF and making it publicly available?
It's Me Jessie oh yeah...well I have 48 (that’s right forty-eight) questions a Neo-Evangelical Sectarian such as yourself couldn’t answer. So now what?? Hahaha. See, I can do the theological juvenilism thing too👌🏼.
I recently came across your videos and I have to tell you they are...well...this is how I would best describe the overall presentation/delivery method of your content: First, you add an outward shell of Mary Tyler Moore meets Martha Stewart. On the inside however you add some snide, cryptic, underhanded conjecture mixed with a BIG heaping tablespoon of hyperbole and over/under reaching contextualizations of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...and then...batta bing badda boom, you have itsmeJessie👍🏻🤗. Even though she has never spent ONE single day as a faithful member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, she definitely is the “one true Scotsman” when it comes to our faith.
You see, even though someone like me could give a comprehensive, contextualized, and faithful response to all of these “questions” it doesn’t really matter because Jessie (and all those antagonistic to my faith) are the only ones that have the “REAL” answer rubric. Yes, you see, MY responses could ONLY be the result of the constant “brainwashing” I receive or purely because gosh darn it I am just sooooo “deceived”. Isn’t that right Jessie? I mean, I just have not yet reached the theological and intellectual Zen that you and your followers have reached so I should just realize that YOU guys are the only ones with the acceptable answers to these questions....not a knowledgeable/believing/faithful member of the church 🤔
On a serious note Jessie, I really think you have some major theological tunnel vision. Without going into my credentials let’s just say I know a thing or two about theology and history. I am sure you have little to no clue about the history of the early church following the death of the Savior all the way to the various offshoots of “Christianity” that formed after the reformation. In my experience, most evangelicals/born agains have absolutely no clue about the muddy process that was the canonization of the Bible you currently hold in your hand. I love the Bible and believe it IS inspired of God, but anyone with ANY theological/didactic integrity should realize that it is NOT infallible. The Book of Mormon is NOT infallible either, but I believe it to be inspired of God as well. The transcriptive and translational errors are man’s doing not God’s. I would like to see you give the same textual criticism to the Bible as you do the Book of Mormon. I would like you to delve into the corruption that surrounded the various ecumenical councils that spanned hundreds of years in order to try to create a credal totalitarian launching point to justify the eventual slaughter and banishment of millions of “heretics” and “non-believers”. Trust me, there is no history more corrupt than that of pre and post reformed “Christianity”.
Whenever you make videos engaging in historical mudslinging towards my faith, I laugh knowing that there is an absolute litany of historical mud that could be thrown right back at you 1000 fold. Yet, due to your severe theological tunnel vision, you will continue to sling mud at my faith while failing to give any attention to the heaping mound of theological and historical corruption surrounding your faith system.
I could easily create a video called “47 questions evangelicals/born-agains can’t answer” with ease. I could create a video with 247 with ease...but I won’t/wouldn’t because it would perpetuate the same circular argumentation that you seem to enjoy engaging in.
Bottom line here is that Christ spent nearly ALL of His ministry telling people to “come follow ME” rather than “don’t follow them over there”. If there is anything I have learned from your videos it’s that if you are having toilet problems don’t call the plumber, call the pizza delivery boy who “claims” to know everything about plumbing.
Dr DLehrsch32 such a long reply, but nothing positive came out of it. Why don’t you answer these questions before attacking her?
#28 If marriage is essential to achieve exaltation, why did Paul say that it is good for a man not to marry (1 Corinthians 7:1)?
You’re kidding, right? First you ignore the next verse which says, “Neverthless, to avoid fornication, let every man have his own wife, and let every woman have her own husband.” Then you ignore the rest of the Bible. Read Gen 2:24; Matt 19:5; Matt 5:32; Matt 19:6; 1 Tim 4:1-4; Heb 13:4. Marriage is ordained of God and the relationship between the church and Christ is compared to marriage.
Another one of those "silly" questions posed by the author of the video
Ex-Mormon here. It's completely satanic.😷
Don't forget Journal of Discourses, Vol. 7, page 289. "Only those approved by Joseph Smith shall enter into the celestial kingdom, for he holds the keys." A direct contradiction to John 14:6.
You are mixing up doctrine. Christ is the ultimate judge of every person who has ever lived on the earth because he is the one who suffered for our sins. He knows us intimately. I don't know if Journal of discourses is completely correct because it is not an official church document, but if Joseph Smith is standing at the head of the celestial Kingdom I personally will give him a hu for restoring the amazing gospel that I have today
@@misssue1824 Not mixing up doctrine, just pointing to the flawed doctrine of the Mormon Church. JS was a wolf in sheep's clothing, leading many people astray. Study your Bible, and it will shed a light on all the additional writings of men, including JS.
@@rwd2213 Do you believe in the Holy Spirit? If so, what does that Spirit do for us?
@misssue1824
But the anointing which ye have received from Him abideth in you, and ye have no need that any man teach you. But as the same anointing teacheth you of all things, and is truth and is no lie, and even as it hath taught you, ye shall abide in Him. 1 John 2:27
@@rwd2213 Have you taken the time to actually study those additional writings and see how beautifully they mesh with and clarify the contradictions in the Bible? For example, I see people still arguing over the nature of the Trinity. I haven't met a Christian yet who can explain salvation without ignoring Mark 16:16 and all of Acts; John 6:28; 1 Cor 13:1-14; etc.
Question #48: In 1844 Joseph Smith wrote a letter denying that he was practicing polygamy but according to the Church he had been practicing polygamy since 1841. So if polygamy was ordained by God then why did Joseph Smith lie and deny about practicing it?
Question #49: if the Mormon Sacrament in Doctrine and Covenants says Bread and Wine but was changed later on to water due to the no alcohol policy. Then with the invention of non alcoholic wine why do they still do water instead of non alcoholic wine?
Question #50: if Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon then why did the 1st draft contain several spelling and grammatical errors
#48 is false, he never denied practicing polygamy. #49 You're grasping straws, doesn't matter what we use for the sacrament, wine or water, as long as we focus on the Savior and his Atonement. #50 it's because Joseph Smith was human. Of course there will be mistakes and errors. God works with imperfect people. You think when the Bible was translated into English centuries ago, that there were no grammatical errors and corrections? Let's be real now.
@@goingtothetop55 In History of the ChurchVol. 6, p. 408-412 it records an “Address of the Prophet” on Sunday, May 26, 1844 where Joseph Smith states:
“What a thing it is for a man to be accused of committing adultery, and having seven wives, when I can only find one.”
Except for by this time he already had over 10 wives!
That doesn't make any sense. If you are translating something then you would know how to spell the words in English ESPECIALLY when you are looking right at them. Also tell me if Polygamy was to take care of the widows of the Church then why did he marry a 14 year old GIRL?!
Also if the book is supposed to be the most correct book then why would it need revisions and changes. The Book of Mormon claims that the Lamanites were the ancestors of modern day Indians/Native Americans and that their dark skin was a result of them turning away from God. If that is the case then 1. Why does DNA evidence contradict this with the fact that there isn't a drop of Semitic blood in Native Americans? And 2. Why hasn't the skin of those members of the Black Community and Native Americans that have joined the Church turned White? After all original copies of the Book of Mormon claims that they will become White and Delightsome?
And my last point is since when is staring into a hat at magic rocks a method for translating ANYTHING?!
I HIGHLY recommend that you either watch this video yourself or the "Top Ten facts that the Mormon Church doesn't want its members to know"
@@goingtothetop55 the difference is that when the Bible was translated it was being translated from Aramaic, Ancient Hebrew, and Greek and then from those languages into Latin and then into German and then finally into English. Where as the Book of Mormon was straight from "Reformed Egyptian" to English. So there is no excuse for the errors
oliver cowdrey was excommunicated in 1838 for insinusating that joseph smith was adulterous. the adultery had to come before 1838 because fanny alger left kirtland in 1837. the mormon church officially recognizes that joseph smith was doing fanny alger. he was doing her. it was adultery. he was doing her and oliver cowdery called him on it, and oliver cowdery was exed in 1838 for his troubles. the mormons recognize louisa beaman 1841 as joseph smiths first polygamous wife. polygamy and bigamy and adultery are not recognized by any state. it's all against the law.
some mormon is going to tell me that polgamy is in the bible so it's okay.
now i'm going to talk simple so any mormon can understand. the bible is a record of god's dealing with man. or god's dealing with sinful man. man is sinful so i just said man. the actions of man are sinful. the actions of god are not sinful. how can god who does not sin and cannot sin interact with sinful man? that's another topic.
so we have instances where men are blatantly sinning, but they are in the bible. polygamy is such an instance. shall we also commit incest? i can show you clearly in the bible where lot committed incest. it's in the bible. will you use that instance to promote incest in your church? i hope i haven't given any of you mormons any ideas.
David Jensen I do not know the answer to #48 but as for #49- the wine/water is symbolic. It is not really the liquid itself but what it represents (Jesus’ blood). As for #50, Joseph Smith had only a 3rd grade education. Though he could read the translated words perfectly, he and those who helped him translate were subject to error because people aren’t perfect. Hope I could help :)
I have a feeling that even if i did give you the answers for each and every question....we would still be at a crossroad.
Yeah me too! Because in reality they don't really want answers. They just want to live in their delusions that answers don't exist.
Jeffrey Smith Yeah. It’s unfortunate. Oh well! 🤷🏽♀️
@ChicHulaGirl
But would the answers be consistent and logical though?
John Lombard I don’t think there’s much about the Gospel that can be considered logical.
@ChucHulaGirl
In context to your first comment on this thread, it is relationship to having an answer that is actually true. If you have an irrational and illogical answer, given which God created those concepts of rationality and logic, then you ought to have answers that are in fact rational and logical.
RE: QUESTION #40 (Jesus IS God)
Even the book of mormon teaches that Jesus **IS** God (and thus can not be satan’s spirit brother).
See Ether 3:14, 18; 4:11, 12
17. Says he was born AT Jerusalem not IN, it's the closest major city. "The Land of Jerusalem. Towns and villages which surrounded larger demographic or political centers were regarded in ancient times as belonging to those larger centers."
A true prophet is always 100% accurate. A true prophet does not mock God and say he is an exalted man.
You wait for 5 minutes in to answer a question? Answer them all
No they didn’t. If you read the Bible in Hebrew, the cities and towns were very specific.
So most of Bible prophecies are false? @@fayelewis5476
@@cherylburnett2014 These event took place 500 years after the people hearing them had left Jerusalem. They knew the significance of their heritage (of Jerusalem), but not necessarily of a small town 5.5 miles south. The Bible in many places uses Jerusalem to refer to the region as it is symbolic of God's covenant place for his people. This does not literally mean within the walls of Jerusalem in every case.
Notwithstanding, the El Amarna tablets discovered in 1887 (well after the Book of Mormon) show that referring to Jerusalem as a region did happen in proto-canaanite language.
Why do we see in various places the misuse of the word “ye” when a single person is being spoken to in the Book of Mormon?
John Lombard why is there no explanation of how Adam and Eve had grandchildren without incest?
Shawn Bradford well, if no other people existed, it was the only way :/
Because Joe Smith didn't have a perfect grasp of the old dialect he was trying to fake it with..
This from the all-believable internet:
The Meaning of YE
YE means "Yes, yeah" or "You"
@It's Me Jessie Your other questions appear to all have been answered (but I may have missed someone else’s answer for this one #23).
23.
These verses are not contradictory and match very well with Biblical doctrine, that murder is not OK. To help you in the future, you should actually try reading the verses you paraphrase so you don’t unintentionally create a strawman argument.
D&C 42:18 “And now, behold, I speak unto the church. Thou shalt not kill; and he that kills shall not have forgiveness in this world, nor in the world to come.” The type of murder referred to in the ten commandments and here in D&C 42:18 (kill) is premeditated murder, not self-defense, murders that occur in the process of war, or negligent homicide (manslaughter). Only God can judge what murders might qualify for forgiveness, or not. I imagine most religious people would agree on this, but you’re entitled to your own opinion.
3 Nephi 30:2 Though there is a reference to “murders,” there is no reference to the word forgiveness in this verse. Therefore, you have a strawman argument on your hands. It says that even people who have committed grievous sins should repent and work on the path for receiving a remission of sins. It doesn’t mean that people who commit premeditated murder, escape its consequences. Murder directly limits eternal potential and causes suffering for sin, not only in this world, but in the afterlife until the end of Christ’s millennial reign.
Repenting to receive a remission of sins and being forgiven are two separate topics. Considering hypothetical murder, the person you terminally wronged isn’t in mortality any more to even have a chance to forgive you. Due to the nature of this sin, restitution is impossible so that the steps of repentance cannot be completed. A person obtains a remission of sins if they have faith in Christ, repent, receive the ordinances of baptism and laying on of hands for the gift of the Holy Ghost, and obey God’s commandments.
If someone commits premeditated murder, they cannot receive a remission of sins in this life (due to not completing the second step) and they automatically cannot inherit the glory of the Celestial Kingdom after this life. But just because a person cannot receive a remission of sins in this life, doesn’t mean they shouldn’t repent. Spencer W. Kimball, the twelfth Prophet of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said, “Even the murderer is justified in repenting and mending his ways and building up a credit balance in his favor” (The Miracle of Forgiveness, p. 131). No matter what kind of murder may have been committed, there is still incentive for the individual to repent.
As a Christian, if you have a problem believing there are unforgivable sins, then go to the Bible. For one Biblical reference that another previous Prophet within the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day saints pointed out, “John says there are two kinds of sins [see 1 John 5:16-17]. One kind that can be forgiven; the other kind a sin unto death, for which there is no forgiveness. Murder is one of the latter class. That is where one deliberately sheds innocent blood. … There is a forgiveness for all those who truly repent and forsake their sins and show their sincerity by their continued repentance to the end of their mortal lives. The mercy of the Almighty, through the atonement of Jesus Christ, reaches out and embraces every soul who will forsake his sins, except those who have willfully sinned, as John says, ‘unto death.’” (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Restoration of All Things, pp. 204-5.)
The doctrine of this is reflected in the policy of the church. Those who are guilty of murder are excommunicated from the Church. They may only be re-baptized with First Presidency approval who inquire of the Lord case by case. My personal experience on this topic is while I was a missionary, I taught someone who was convicted of murder. Through prayer of the First Presidency, it was determined that this individual’s actions fell under one of the exceptions I mentioned previously and they were permitted to be baptized. For anyone that has this as a sincere question, I hope this can help.
I have felt the effects of the atonement of Jesus Christ in my life and know that he suffered for me. He is my personal Savior and I know that salvation only comes through him. I grew up LDS and first developed my testimony in Jesus by the power of the Holy Ghost while reading the Book of Mormon. This in turn gave me a testimony in the Bible. If you really want to strengthen people’s beliefs in Jesus Christ, I sincerely recommend you stop trying to attack additional witnesses of Christ, like the Book of Mormon and focus by sharing the testimony that you do have from the Bible.
-cgp
The gospel of Jesus Christ is that the only way to be made right with God is through Jesus Christ and the blood He shed on the cross through Calvary, not by temple work, ordinances, commandments, tithing, doing good works, going to church, baptism, facing Mecca, lying on beds of nails, fasting, etc..
Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
Eternal life is a free gift.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the FREE GIFT of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord.
Romans 3:24 being justified as a GIFT by His grace through the redemption which is in Christ Jesus;
Eph. 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the GIFT of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Jesus Christ canceled the record of debt that was held against us. All you need to do is accept Christ by faith. It isn't because of who you are and what you have done for God. It is because of who He is and what He did for you in sending Jesus to be the sacrificial offering for your sins. To be your substitute on the cross and to satisfy the demands of God's law that stands against you.
Christ has done the one work that was necessary to reconcile you to God. Christ has done the one act of righteousness that could bring justification and life to all men. All Christ is asking with open arms is for you to lay down your religiosity and works at the foot of the cross and allow Christ to take it.
Salvation is quite simple.
Luke 18 And He also told this parable to some people who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and viewed others with contempt:
10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11 The Pharisee stood and was praying this to himself: ‘God, I thank You that I am not like other people: swindlers, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12 I fast twice a week; I pay tithes of all that I get.’
13 But the tax collector, standing some distance away, was even unwilling to lift up his eyes to heaven, but was beating his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, the sinner!’
14 I tell you, this man went to his house justified rather than the other; for everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but he who humbles himself will be exalted.”
I know that my sins have been forgiven. I already have eternal life. I know for sure that when I die I will be with my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. "Absent from the body, present with the Lord." I have the Holy Spirit living inside of me testifying of these truths.
Eph. 1 :13 In Him, you also, after listening to the message of truth, the gospel of your salvation-having also believed, you were sealed in Him with the Holy Spirit of promise,
This is my testimony based on the word of God.
I challenge you to read your Bible as a child.
Murder is not an unforgivable sin. Moses murdered two men and King David murdered Uriah. Murder does not limit any eternal future.
God said that King David was a man after His own heart.
Acts 13:22 God raised up David to be their king, of whom he testified and said, ‘I have found in David the son of Jesse a man after my heart, who will do all my will.’
Here is what God said about Moses.
Since that time no prophet has risen in Israel like Moses, whom the Lord knew face to face,
11 for all the signs and wonders which the Lord sent him to perform in the land of Egypt against Pharaoh, all his servants, and all his land,
12 and for all the mighty power and for all the great terror which Moses performed in the sight of all Israel.
Psalm 51 The sacrifices of God are a broken spirit;
A broken and a contrite heart, O God, You will not despise.
I John 1:7 the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from all sin. (including murder)
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The unpardonable/unforgivable sin or “blasphemy of the Holy Spirit” is mentioned in Mark 3:22-30 and Matthew 12:22-32. Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, people can be forgiven all their sins and every slander they utter” (Mark 3:28), but then He gives one exception: “Whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will never be forgiven; they are guilty of an eternal sin” (verse 29).
According to Jesus, the unpardonable or unforgivable sin is unique. It is the one iniquity that will never be forgiven (“never” is the meaning of “either in this age or in the age to come” in Matthew 12:32). The unforgivable sin is blasphemy (“defiant irreverence”) of the Holy Spirit in the context of the Spirit’s work in the world through Christ. In other words, the particular case of blasphemy seen in Matthew 12 and Mark 3 is unique.
The guilty party, a group of Pharisees, had witnessed irrefutable evidence that Jesus was working miracles in the power of the Holy Spirit, yet they claimed that He was possessed by the prince of demons, Beelzebul (Matthew 12:24; Mark 3:30).
The Jewish leaders of Jesus’ day committed the unpardonable sin by accusing Jesus Christ (in person, on earth) of being demon-possessed. They had no excuse for such an action. They were not speaking out of ignorance or misunderstanding. The Pharisees knew that Jesus was the Messiah sent by God to save Israel.
They knew the prophecies were being fulfilled. They saw Jesus’ wonderful works, and they heard His clear presentation of truth. Yet they deliberately chose to deny the truth and slander the Holy Spirit. Standing before the Light of the World, bathed in His glory, they defiantly closed their eyes and became willfully blind. Jesus pronounced that sin to be unforgivable.
The blasphemy against the Holy Spirit, specific as it was to the Pharisees’ situation, cannot be duplicated today. Jesus Christ is not on earth, and no one can personally see Jesus perform a miracle and then attribute that power to Satan instead of the Spirit. The only unpardonable sin today is that of continued unbelief. There is no pardon for a person who dies in his rejection of Christ.
The Holy Spirit is at work in the world, convicting the unsaved of sin, righteousness, and judgment (John 16:8). If a person resists that conviction and remains unrepentant, then he is choosing hell over heaven. “Without faith it is impossible to please God” (Hebrews 11:6), and the object of faith is Jesus (Acts 16:31). There is no forgiveness for someone who dies without faith in Christ.
God has provided for our salvation in His Son (John 3:16). Forgiveness is found exclusively in Jesus (John 14:6). To reject the only Savior is to be left with no means of salvation; to reject the only pardon is, obviously, unpardonable.
www.gotquestions.org/unpardonable-sin.html
If anyone sees his brother committing a sin not leading to death, he shall ask and God will for him give life to those who commit sin not leading to death. There is a sin leading to death; I do not say that he should make request for this.
17 All unrighteousness is sin, and there is a sin not leading to death.
These verses do not say that murder is unforgivable.
The sin that does not lead to death that is, eternal death or damnation is any sin that we commit that we are, by grace, capable of truly confessing and repenting from.
@@christophergpark193 There is no confusion. Your testimony would sound great, except for the fact that the Christ you are trusting in is not the Christ that is spoken of in the Bible.
The true Christ is an uncreated being who has always existed with God the Father from all eternity. He is our Creator and in fact created Lucifer. Christ is both God and man. He is 100% God and 100% man.
John 1
1. In the beginning was the Word (Christ), and the Word was with God, and the Word (Christ) was God.
2 Christ was in the beginning with God.
3 All things came into being through Him, and apart from Him nothing came into being that has come into being.
Jesus Christ existed before Lucifer.
John 17:5 Now, Father, glorify Me together with Yourself, with the glory which I had with You before the world was.
Micah 5:2 “But as for you, Bethlehem Ephrathah, Too little to be among the clans of Judah, From you One will go forth for Me to be ruler in Israel. His goings forth are from long ago, From the days of eternity.”
John the Baptist, who was six months older than Jesus, said Jesus existed before he did.
John 1 John testified about Him and cried out, saying, “This was He of whom I said, ‘He who comes after me has a higher rank than I, for He existed before me.’”
Christ created Lucifer
Col. 1:16 For by Jesus all things were created in heaven and on earth, [things] visible and invisible, whether thrones or dominions or rulers or authorities; all things were created and exist through Him and for Him.
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President Hinckley, the prophet and revelator of the Mormon church, has publicly declared that the Jesus of Mormonism and traditional Christianity are not the same.
"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. For the Christ of whom I speak has been revealed in this the Dispensation of the Fullness of Times. He together with His Father, appeared to the boy Joseph Smith in the year 1820, and when Joseph left the grove that day, he knew more of the nature of God than all the learned ministers of the gospel of the ages.'" (LDS Church News Week ending June 20, 1998, p. 7).
In Mormonism, Jesus is a creation, the product of relations between god and his goddess wife who used to be people from another world (McConkie, Bruce, Mormon Doctrine, p. 192, 321, 516, 589). Jesus is the literal spirit brother of the devil and you and I (McConkie, p. 192, 589). Also, in Mormon theology, God has a body of flesh and bones (Doctrine & Covenants 130:22) as does his wife, and together they produce spirit offspring in heaven who inhabit human bodies on earth.
The Mormon Jesus
The literal son of god and his goddess wife begotten in the pre-existence.
The brother of all spirits born in heaven in the premortal existence.
One of 3 gods in the godhead.
The Trinity is three separate gods.
First one to receive a spirit body
Atoned for sin on the cross and in the garden of Gethsemane.
The Christian Jesus
Not the literal son of god and his goddess wife.
Not the brother of all spirits born in heaven in a premortal existence.
Not one of 3 gods in the godhead.
The Trinity is 3 persons in one God
Was always spirit from eternity.
Atoned for sin on the cross alone.
This brief comparison should help you see the difference between the two view of Christ. Jesus cannot be both the literal sexually begotten son of god and not the literal sexually begotten son. He cannot be both one of 3 gods and not one of 3 gods. They are different.
The apostle Paul warned of people who would preach another Jesus.
II Corinthians 11 But I am afraid that, as the serpent deceived Eve by his craftiness, your minds will be led astray from the simplicity and purity of devotion to Christ. 4 For if one comes and preaches another Jesus whom we have not preached, or you receive a different spirit which you have not received, or a different gospel which you have not accepted, you bear this beautifully.
You need to have the right Christ in order to get into the kingdom of heaven.
@@christophergpark193 That is quite a blanket statement. Basically no one has eternal life.
Everyone who hates his brother is a murderer; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him
Who hasn't hated someone?
I am sure John did not mean to say that no one has eternal life.
We need to look at it more closely in context or even go back to the Greek.
Here is the Amplified Version. John is talking to fellow Christians, not unbelievers.
Believers should not be hating other believers.
Non Christians/unbelievers could not be called, 'brothers' and 'sisters.'
'Believers' who hate other believers are really, 'the world' or unbelievers. They do not have eternal life.
Do not be surprised, believers, if the world hates you.
14 We know that we have passed out of death into Life, because we love the brothers and sisters.
He who does not love remains in [spiritual] death.
15 Everyone who hates (works against) his brother [in Christ] is [at heart] a murderer [by God’s standards]; and you know that no murderer has eternal life abiding in him.
The good news is that the blood of Jesus Christ cleanses us from ALL sin.
Journal of Discourses
Jesus' sacrifice was not able to cleanse us from all our sins, (murder and repeated adultery are exceptions), (Journal of Discourses, vol. 3, 1856, p. 247).
The Bible
I John 1:7 but if we walk in the Light as He Himself is in the Light, we have fellowship with one another,
and the blood of Jesus His Son cleanses us from ALL sin.
I doubt that most Latter Day Saints follow what is in the Journal of Discourses, but it does say this.
By the same logic of question #1, wouldn’t that make Jesus a false prophet too based on Matthew 24:34?
The original word for "this generation" is genea in Greek. Strong's concordance for this shows:
1) fathered, birth, nativity 2) that which has been begotten, men of the same stock, a family a) the several ranks of natural descent, the successive members of a genealogy b) metaph. a group of men very like each other in endowments, pursuits, character 1) esp. in a bad sense, a perverse nation 3) the whole multitude of men living at the same time 4) an age (i.e. the time ordinarily occupied be each successive generation), a space of 30 - 33 years
Definitions 3 and 4 here obviously would include only the people alive at the time that the words were spoken. Definitions 1 and 2 could include people that were not currently alive.
If we look at other places where this word is translated, we can see that it's also translated as "times".
Acts 14:16 (NIV) In the past times, he let all nations go their own way.
Acts 15:21 (NIV) For the law of Moses has been preached in every city from the earliest times and is read in the synagogues on every Sabbath.
We can also see genea being translated as "nation" in the old King James Version:
Phillipians 2:15 (KJV)
That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
However, the original KJV is the only version that uses this this translation (as even the New King James Version uses "generation").
Summary:
"Generation" is the best translation, although "times" could be used. According to the definition, "lineage" could also be a translation.
James Rafael yes that book was written by man as well. Either that or where did Adam and Eve grandchild come from? How did Noah’s flood happen with millions of animals plants bugs virus in one wooden boat built by a few people, where did the water come from where did it go?
It's Me Jessie so even with all of that explanation, the 2nd coming still hasn’t happened, far after that generation passed away. So given the non-fulfillment of the prophecy, does Jesus fail this test too?
James Rafael religions can only point out what is wrong with other religions. They believe theirs is correct, but don’t apply the same scrutiny.
Shawn Bradford that is all too true with mainstream Christianity
I'm sorry for bugging all of you. I'll leave you alone now! I don't want to force anything on anyone. I love people no matter who thay are, or whatever they do.
#37 Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus paid for our sins in the garden of Gethsemane when 1 Peter 2:24 says it was on the cross?
Peter didn’t write a long explanation of the atonement of Jesus Christ to make his point. He simply used the public symbol of the atonement- the cross. It is clear that Jesus’ suffering began in the Garden of Gethsemane and was a very private experience, since the apostles fell asleep and did not witness it. Even the name Gethsemane, which means “oil press” is symbolic of how Jesus was “pressed” under the weight of sin.
Luke 22:44 says “And being in an agony he prayed more earnestly: and his sweat was as it were great drops of blood falling down to the ground.” The pain was so severe that an angel came to strengthen Him even before He sweat blood. Mark 26:39 and 42 tells us that Jesus prayed twice to have “this cup” removed. That cup was the agony of our sins that began in Gethsemane and ended on the cross.
Ive recently left the lds church!!! Im so happy i did so...😊. Ive not been this happy for 20 years plus. N i got baptised into a Christian church. ❤❤❤❤❤
Congratulations! So happy for you!! ❤
Praise God!!! Study diligently. There are false doctrines in the Christian church too.
You've been swindled and deceived into disbelieving in the true Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I pray that you may one day come to know and understand the truth about the true Gospel and the divine origin of the Book of Mormon. I pray that you may once again see the beauty and light in the Church and it's teachings that I would hope you had been able to see in the past. I pray that you may be capable of seeing past the incredibly weak criticisms (thinly veiled as questions) made throughout videos like these. I pray that the influence of the Holy Ghost may lead you back to the truth in the future.
@@nasquamastudios Can you stop praying and answer these questions?
@@nasquamastudios a lot of answers still remain unanswered and strange?
#40 Why do Mormons say the sticks in Ezekiel 37 represent the Bible and the Book of Mormon when Ezekiel 37:20-22 tells us that the sticks represent two nations, not two books?
Note that the sticks are presented as a written record. The people and their records will come together and testify of God.
Makes so much sense. I’m not Mormon. But I do live in Utah and I see it everywhere
I’ve just been ex Mormon for 8 months, I’ve been Mormon and living in Utah my entire life, and It’s so hard to unsee everything! 😭😭😭 It’s like a PTSD or some MK Ultra remnants that you can’t get out of your head.
@@OnlyTimefps9 the term you're looking for is Complex PTSD, or CPTSD. It's a more recently studied issue, and many of us exmormons do fit the criteria for that diagnosis!
@@aileenmcintosh2162 As someone who actually has PTSD from physical and emotional abuse from my childhood, it is an insult and mockery to me and anyone else who has PTSD to sit here and say the Church has given you PTSD. Sorry, but you don't fit the criteria. Nothing the Church does is abusive and there is nothing you could say that the Church does that would ever compare to real traumatic events.
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints is God's and Jesus Christ one and only true church here on earth. While you should rejoin, you don't have to but you need to get out of the Exmo hate cult you are in because it is poisoning you mind.
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
@@misssue1824well I have all the LDS books and they are false. LDS "jesus" is Not the true Jesus of the Bible.
not even going to "debate with you or any LDS person. been there done that because your ears are closed and your eyes blind com the True gospel, the Bible.
we all die and will face our maker. we either choose eternal life or eternal death. I choose eternal life.
p.s. most evangelistic churches are wrong also. so far away from actual Biblical truth it is laughable.
Hi Jesse,
I have 47 questions for you,
1 Why was Joseph Smith a true prophet?
2 Why is the Book of Mormon the word of God?
3 Why do we pray in the name of Jesus Christ?
4 Why do we have temples in nearly every country?
5 Why do we have missionaries in nearly every country?
6 Why do love our neighbors?
7 Why do we worship our Heavenly Father?
8 Why do our children sing songs like "Teach me to Walk in the Light of His Love?"
9 Why do we have 12 apostles?
10 Why do we believe the Bible to be the Word of God?
11 Why was the Church of Jesus Christ restored?
12 Why do we believe in the second coming?
13 Why do we listen to the still small voice of the Holy Spirit?
14 Why did Peter, James and John appear to Joseph Smith And others?
15 Why did the Angel Moroni appear to Joseph Smith?
16 Why did Heavenly Father and His Son appear to Joseph Smith?
17 Why did John the Baptist appear to Joseph Smith And others?
18 Why did the Prophet Elijah appear to Joseph Smith?
19 Why aren't members of the Church of Jesus Christ suppose to smoke, drink, and tell dirty jokes?
20 Why do we say "families are forever?"
21 Why do we believe in modern scriptures and prophecy?
22 Why do we believe, "If you have not charity you are nothing?"
23 Why do we believe that the Priesthood authority of God has been restored?
23 Why are we so happy all the time?
24 Why do we build temples?
25 Why do we believe in the preexistence?
26 Why do we wait until marriage to have sexual relations?
27 Why do we pay tithing?
28 Why do we worship on Sunday?
29 Why do we take the Sacrament?
30 Why do we fast?
31 Why do we have "Helping Hands" voluntary service?
32 Why was Brigham Young a prophet?
33 Why do we obey God's commandments?
34 Why do we obey the laws of the land?
35 Why do we look forward to the "Second Coming of Christ"?
36 Why do we believe that we can not be saved in our sins?
37 Why do we believe that through repentance we can be forgiven of our sins?
38 Why do we believe that Heavenly Father, Jesus Christ and The Holy Ghost are three separate beings?
39 How are new members baptized?
40 Why are new members baptized?
41 Why do we feel that all people have the right to worship who and how they please?
42 Why do we accept Jesus Christ as our personal Savior?
43 How do woman in the Church of Jesus Christ share equally in the priesthood?
44 Why do we not baptize babies?
45 Why do we believe we should forgive others?
46 Why do we love our Prophet President Russell M. Nelson?
47 And.....Why do we love the Savior?
@Avenged- Sevenfold Her questions read like an antimormon pamphlet that you guys hand out at our temples.
I'm like, "Oh do you want me to throw that away for you?"
@Avenged- Sevenfold I apologize for that last comment. I just don't read antimormon material. It's a total waste of my time.
Obviously we're not the antiChrist.
Denying the truth once the Holy Ghost has witnessed it to you is a serious sin.
I'm not going do that.
You guys are literally trying to destroy God's Kingdom on earth and you don't even realize it. That's the truth.
My advice to you is to start living in a way that the Spirit can teach you.
"The Kingdom of Heaven is at Hand."
But I'm afraid I'm wasting my words...
Then answer the questions she asks in the videos
The fact you put a question about Joesph Smith first in your list and Jesus Christ last is just... very telling of who you actually worship
Bunch of morons, I swear. Answer her questions then, before pretending that trying to do good makes you right. It doesn't. It makes you human. Pull your heads out of Smith's ass.
Not only a false religion, a true cult.
@@christopherfoote4643 there have been so many lies, I consider everything from the mouth of Joseph Smith a complete fabrication. Answer some of these questions and we can dialogue further.
I just skimmed through the video but question 19 doesn’t make any sense in Mosiah 3: 25 it does not say that there is no chance after death, like at all. Idk we’re you got that information but this makes me question literally all you points.
I remember the first time I read the book of Mormon. I came across these verses and it really open my eyes to the concept of praying.2 Nephi 32:8-9.And now, my beloved brethren, I perceive that ye ponder still in your hearts; and it grieveth me that I must speak concerning this thing. For if ye would hearken unto the Spirit which teachers a man to pray, ye would know that ye must pray; for the evil spirit teachers not a man to pray, but teachers him that he must not pray. 9. But behold, I say unto you that ye must pray always, and not faint; that ye must not perform any thing unto the Lord save in the first place ye shall pray unto the Father in the name of Christ, that he will consecrate thy performance unto thee, that thy performance may be for the welfare of thy soul.
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And Jesus said this is how you are to pray.
Our Father short in heaven.......lds must be calling Jesus a liar then
@@ebear6555 You know the Lords prayer is in the Book of Mormon right? We wouldn't dare call Jesus a liar.
@@stevenpictures1 yet LDS claims the Bible to be corrupt. The BOM is though. A FALSE gospel/ book/ scripture what ever you want to call it. Blasphemy!!!
@@ebear6555 Yeah well, that's just like ... uh ... your opinion man.
Jessie: 1. Hebrews 11:5 "By faith Enoch was translated that he should not see death; and was not found, because God had translated him: for before his translation he had this testimony, that he pleased God." D&C 84:5 "For verily this generation shall not all pass away until an house shall be built unto the Lord, and a cloud shall rest upon it, which cloud shall be even the glory of the Lord, which shall fill the house." Both resurrection of the dead and translation are now possible. Perhaps one or more of the six elders mentioned in D&C 84:1 were translated and perhaps Joseph Smith, Jr. may be resurrected for the dedication of that Temple.
2. Have we found scientific evidence that the Moon and Sun are not inhabited by entities? Journals of Discourses are not the doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
3. Journals of Discourses are not doctrine of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
4. "Dallin H. Oaks explains: "Revelations from God . . . are not constant. We believe in continuing revelation, not continuous revelation. We are often left to work out problems without the dictation or specific direction of the Spirit."[14] Thus the current prophet can clarify, correct or change any previous teachings.[15]
However, once a doctrine has been accepted by the church by "common consent", it becomes part of the Standard Works, and then takes precedence over any other revelation.[16] Members of the LDS church only consider themselves bound by doctrine found in the Standard Works.[17]" [Wikipedia/Revelation (Latter Day Saints)/Inspired vs. infallible] President Oaks is the present 1st Counselor in the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
5. Was Jonah of the Old Testament a true prophet? He predicted the overthrow of Nineveh. Jonah 3:4 "And Jonah began to enter into the city a day’s journey, and he cried, and said, Yet forty days, and Nineveh shall be overthrown." Did that happen? Jonah 3:10 ¶ "And God saw their works, that they turned from their evil way; and God repented of the evil, that he had said that he would do unto them; and he did it not." Did Jonah rejoice? Jonah 4:1 "But it displeased Jonah exceedingly, and he was very angry. 3 Therefore now, O Lord, take, I beseech thee, my life from me; for it is better for me to die than to live." Prophets are human. They have revelations when inspired by the Holy Ghost (Spirit). They also have personal opinions which are right at times and wrong at times. Could Moses enter the promised land? Why not?
6. You trust the current prophet!
7. They chose the correct one. Each prophet is able to verify any past or present revelations.
8. No and I didn't find it in the Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, or Pearl of Great Price. So, it is not our doctrine.
9. Can you find historical or archeological evidence that Jesus ever lived?
10. Familiar spirits are spoken of as evil in both the Book of Mormon and the Bible.
11. Joseph Smith, Jr. approved of polygyny because Lord God of Israel commanded him to do so as he did David. 2 Samuel 12:7 ¶ "And Nathan said to David, Thou art the man. Thus saith the Lord God of Israel, I anointed thee king over Israel, and I delivered thee out of the hand of Saul;
8 And I gave thee thy master’s house, and thy master’s wives into thy bosom, and gave thee the house of Israel and of Judah; and if that had been too little, I would moreover have given unto thee such and such things." The Lord God of Israel gave David his master's wives into his bosom. Polygyny is Biblical. The Lord through his prophets command polygyny or not. That was part of the restitution of all things!
12. In order not to dishearten black members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. See also #4 above.
13. Because in these scriptures the Holy Ghost (Spirit) is the subject but not God the Father.
14. Abraham 2:23 "Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see her, they will say-She is his wife; and they will kill you, but they will save her alive; therefore see that ye do on this wise:
24 Let her say unto the Egyptians, she is thy sister, and thy soul shall live." Genesis 12:11 "And it came to pass, when he was come near to enter into Egypt, that he said unto Sarai his wife, Behold now, I know that thou art a fair woman to look upon:
12 Therefore it shall come to pass, when the Egyptians shall see thee, that they shall say, This is his wife: and they will kill me, but they will save thee alive. 13 Say, I pray thee, thou art my sister: that it may be well with me for thy sake; and my soul shall live because of thee." It was done to preserve Abram.
15. Jesus Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea (Bethlehem-Judah or Ephrath) which is 5 miles South of Jerusalem. Matthew 2:1 "Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judæa in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem," This was David's native city. 1 Samuel 17:12 ¶ "Now David was the son of that Ephrathite of Beth-lehem-judah, whose name was Jesse; and he had eight sons: and the man went among men for an old man in the days of Saul." This is where Joseph and Mary were headed to pay taxes. Luke 2:1 "And it came to pass in those days, that there went out a decree from Cæsar Augustus, that all the world should be taxed. 3 And all went to be taxed, every one into his own city.
4 And Joseph also went up from Galilee, out of the city of Nazareth, into Judæa, unto the city of David, which is called Bethlehem; (because he was of the house and lineage of David:)"
This is not the Bethlehem of Galilee which is 93 miles from Jerusalem.
16. The Book of Mormon is corrected with each new edition to correct spelling and typographical errors.
17. Additional scriptures are needed to present revelations that came after the original scriptures.
18. The fullness of the gospel doesn't contain all things.
19. Baptism for the Dead is taught in the Bible as well as other scriptures. 1 Corinthians 15:29 "Else what shall they do which are abaptized bfor the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead?"
20. Salvation is by Grace! Our Heavenly Father did not have to offer a plan of salvation. It is by grace that he chose to do so but we still will all be judged by our works. Revelation 20:12 "And I saw the dead, small and great, stand before God; and the books were opened: and another book was opened, which is the book of life: and the dead were judged out of those things which were written in the books, according to their works.
13 And the sea gave up the dead which were in it; and death and hell delivered up the dead which were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and hell were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
15 And whosoever was not found written in the book of life was cast into the lake of fire."
21. Yes, we still believe the Pearl of Great Price is inspired scripture. Joseph Smith, Jr. translated it by the power and inspiration of God.
22. Psalm 83:18 "That men may know that thou, whose name alone is JEHOVAH, art the most high over all the earth. Isaiah 12:2 Behold, God is my salvation; I will trust, and not be afraid: for the Lord JEHOVAH is my strength and my song; he also is become my salvation. Isaiah 54:5 For thy Maker is thine husband; the Lord of hosts is his name; and thy Redeemer the Holy One of Israel; The God of the whole earth shall he be called." Jesus Christ (premortal Jehovah), the Savior is the most high over the earth. He is the God of this earth. It is his stewardship assigned by God the Father who is the most high over heaven according our Bible.
@Avenged- Sevenfold: Yes, about 70 years but that scripture (Hebrews 11:5) that Enoch didn't die. He was not resurrected until after Jesus Christ was resurrected.
Colossians 1:18 "And he is the head of the body, the church: who is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead; that in all things he might have the preeminence." That exceeds 70 years. The point is that one or more of the six elders mentioned may have been translated.
The Angel Moroni ministered to Joseph Smith, Jr. as a resurrected human being. Perhaps Joseph Smith, Jr. will perform the dedication as a resurrected being.
@Avenged- Sevenfold: Joseph Smith, Jr. could dedicate that Temple as a resurrected being. It is possible that one or more of the six elders mentioned were translated. It doesn't say that Joseph Smith, Jr. won't pass away until the Temple is dedicated. It says, D&C 84:5 5 "For verily this generation shall not all pass away until an house shall be built unto the Lord, ..."
@Avenged- Sevenfold: Yes, about 30 years according to one definition but also all people born and living about the same time. I don't know who Josephine is. Do you? Four score and 10 (70 years) is the average age of human beings according to the Bible. Some live longer and others die earlier.
24. Daniel 7:13 (AKJV) "I saw in the night visions, and, behold, one like the Son of man came with the clouds of heaven, and came to the Ancient of days, and they brought him near before him.
14 And there was given him dominion, and glory, and a kingdom, that all people, nations, and languages, should serve him: his dominion is an everlasting dominion, which shall not pass away, and his kingdom that which shall not be destroyed." Adam is the Ancient of days at the priesthood meeting for presentation of stewardships just prior to the second coming of the Savior. Adam is a resurrected glorified exalted human being. He is the father of the human race. Jesus Christ will receive those stewardships from the Ancient of days and rule as King of Kings.
25. Lehi left Jerusalem around 600 B.C. Isaiah began as a prophet in 740 B. C. according to Bible chronology. The family of Lehi brought along many of the records of the prophets prior to 600 B.C. The Book of Mormon/2 Nephi 12 - 24 records the prophecies of Isaiah but each chapter introduction invites the reader to compare the chapter with the appropriate chapter of Isaiah. The comparison demonstrates differences in the two sources.
Where can I find something better?
I was raised in a protestant faith until Mormon missionaries found me and baptized me as a young man. I have continued to study other faiths for over thirty years and I have been amazed at all the anti-Mormon materials in print, film and on the internet. I am an inquisitive and practical soul so I have searched out the answers to the multitude of “problems” critics of the Mormon faith have claimed. After considering both sides, I cannot break loose of the Church’s hold on me because of the following reasons.
(1) The Mormon Church has instilled in me, and my family a more deep and personal love of my Savior Jesus Christ than I could have reached in any other faith. I have a sure knowledge that He is my Savior and the only One through whom I can be saved. The Book of Mormon has added so much to the wonderful accounts of Him in the New Testament. The testimony and lives of good Mormons have led me to know that they are true followers of Christ. While I have met wonderful Christians in other faiths, none have stronger belief in the Savior than good Mormons. Help me! Where can I find something better?
(2) The Mormons taught me that I am a child of God created in His image, and not just His creation. (Genesis 1:26 “And God said Let us make man in our image, after our likeness” The Trinity is The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost. Three separate Beings with one purpose. The other faiths taught me that God is one Being with three names, The Father, The Son, and The Holy Ghost. And that He is a Spirit without form that fills the whole universe. While this sounds impressive, it would mean that He is only my Creator and not my Father in Heaven. I would be just one of His creations. For example, I can create a beautiful Corvette, and I would love it, but it can never compare with the love I have for my children. I know that my Father in Heaven is my Father in Heaven-and that is much more intimate and personal for me, than to love a Father who is an intangible Spirit - Creator, to whom I am just something He created. The net result is that my children and I have a much more personal relationship with God, and His Son, Jesus Christ. Where can I find something better?
(3) Eternal Marriage and families - What an awesome demonstration of the love and Fatherhood of God. Mormons are the only faith that believes that God ordained the family as an Eternal unit. All other faiths teach that marriage ends at death. Because of this belief, Mormon families are the strongest (on average) of any people on Earth. I know from personal experience, that these teachings have helped me and my children to have stronger families in Christ. Where can I find something better?
(4) The Church missionary system: The Mormon church offers a chance for my children to voluntarily serve as full time representatives of the Lord for two years. Every Christian religion says it believes Christ’s admonition to “feed My sheep” and share His Word, but, none, not even the Jehovah’s Witnesses have as good a means to make it a positive and life changing experience as the Mormons. I did this myself, and I know from personal experience that nothing can replace the experience, joy and testimony of Jesus Christ I received on my two year mission. I now know why the Bible emphasizes sharing His Word so much. Why do other faiths not promote programs like this for their members? Some offer “mission trips” lasting days or weeks, but this is only a pale shadow of the Mormons two year program. Some faiths have full time missionaries, but their numbers are so small compared to their membership, and they don’t encourage all their youth to go on missions. As many as half of Mormon youth go on missions. I have often said that it is worth being a Mormon just for the blessing of seeing my children have the two year mission experience when they are young. Where can I find something better?
(5) The Mormon Health Code - Why don’t other faiths do this? I need help teaching my children to avoid alcohol, tobacco and drugs. All faiths believe the body is a temple, but none have as much success teaching their children to avoid unhealthy habits, as do the Mormons. It would be worth being a Mormon just to avoid the problems of seeing my children and grandchildren suffer from the effects of alcohol and drugs, not to mention tobacco. Where can I find something better?
(6) Unpaid Ministry - Mormons don’t have to get paid to share the good news of Jesus Christ. I have always had a problem with ministers who would say, “ Give your money to God, but make the check out to me.” Mormon leaders of congregations (called bishops) have regular jobs. That is how they support themselves and they serve the congregation for free because they love the Lord. Mormons actually provide better support to each member of the congregation than faiths with paid preachers, because of the organization of visiting and home teachers, (also unpaid) that help the bishops check the welfare of every member every month! No other faith comes close to that service for the members, even with paid ministry.
Even the two-year missionaries pay their own way. It works great. There is no reason other faiths could not do this too. Why don’t they? I love knowing that when I come to church, that they are glad to see me because they care about me, and not about what donations I might give them. Also, Mormons don’t have collection plates. Giving is personal and private and visitors are treated like guests. You would not invite a friend to dinner and then put a collection plate in his face and say “ Wasn’t that good?” Also, I have investigated the way the Church uses funds and it is inspiring. Where can I find something better? On top of all this, while opponents fuss that that false prophets lead us, the Bible clearly states repeatedly that it is through the Name of Jesus that we are saved. Virtually all other Christians believe that if we accept Christ as our Savior we are saved.
By this standard, all Mormons are saved, even if we did have “false” prophets. I must say that if we are to judge prophets by their fruits, then I am really caught in this Mormon trap, because of all the wonderful “fruits” I have personally witnessed over the last thirty years. I could go on and on, but, the bottom line is that because of all the blessings and happiness I have received, I guess I am really stuck being a Mormon. Please help me if you know anything that is better.
Scott Marshall
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@tapir rider proof? People in this comment section are trying to prove stuff that has no proof
So you are choosing to keep with the church over what Christ taught?
@@MuzwakheManzini actually the church teaches what Christ taught more effectively than any other source. As I said, where can I find something better? Do you have any specific theology that produces better results?
@@scottmarshall4840 read the Bible.
@@scottmarshall4840 would you stop receiving everything as it comes and actually pray that God would really open up your spiritual eyes, the Bible clearly commands us to be "wise as serpent but innocent as doves".....just because the Church said it doesn't mean it's true, WHAT DOES THE BIBLE REALLY SAY?.....
#7 "There are contradictory accounts of the First Vision." would you say there are "contradictory accounts" in the four gospels? I have read them and the basic points remain- Joseph saw God the Jesus Christ. He was concerned about his sins and was seeking truth. He went out to pray. He was attacked by an evil force, but continued to pray and a light appeared above him.
Are the four gospels contradictory? Mat 8:28 places the miracle of Christ allowing devils to possess a herd of pigs in "the country of the Gergesenes." The "whole city" came to meet Jesus and asked Him to depart. Luke places this story in the country of the Gadarenes (Luk 8:26-37).
Moreover, I would challenge anyone to retell a major event of their life at least 10 times over a ten year period. The likelihood of those accounts aligning perfectly are slim to none.
@@danpiedra3910 I did some research on this one. A liar will tell the same story in chronological order very carefully. A truthful person does what Joseph did- add other details that stuck out as important or came to mind in that particular telling.
This is my question where is America being the promise land in the bible from Genesis to Revelation, Where is America mentioned 1 time ,
James Wines, I have an answer for this question although I’m not sure how you’re going to take it. My answer for you is that the Bible takes place in the Jerusalem area of the world and is referred to as the “stick of Judah” and the book of Mormon takes place in America referred to as the “stick of Joseph.” I also want you to know that the book of Mormon is a sacred record of people in ancient America and was engraved upon metal plates. The book of Mormon talks about the “brass plates” which were brought by the people of Lehi from Jerusalem in 600 BC. These contain the “five books of Moses and also a record of the Jews from the beginning down to the commencement of the reign of Zedekiah king of Judah and also the prophecies of the holy prophets” (1 Nephi 5:11-13) many quotations from these plates citing Isaiah and other biblical and non-biblical prophets appear in the Book of Mormon. Now you can believe what you wanna believe but I just want you to know that what I have said is true
You think the Bible is going to mention America by name? I think it's obvious that America has been a chosen land, but now I am worried that we are now facing God's wrath due to wickedness and corruption. Ether 2:8
@@heyman537 Not at all, God is with us, and satan is flipping out about it.
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Whether or not america is the promised land, there's no reason for the bible to mention america. It wouldn't have made sense to anyone then. And saying "america is the promised land" would just lead everyone to name their place america.
Thank you. I'm trying to leave the church but it's so difficult to break all the conditioning and "brainwashing"... I know that the Bible is true. And I'm not ignorant to the fact that BOM and Joseph and the prophets have been wrong way too many times to be taken seriously. It's tough breaking those mental layers though.
God bless you.
Jesus said, "Follow me." Jesus is the good Shepherd. Jesus will never let you down.
John 10:27-29
My sheep listen to My voice, and I know them, and they follow Me; 28 and I give them eternal life, and they will never perish; and no one will snatch them out of My hand.
29 My Father, who has given them to Me, is greater than all; and no one is able to snatch them out of the Father’s hand.
have you reached out to ex mo support groups, they might be helpful
Have you broken away?
@cherylburnett2014 I have broken away as in, I don't attend the LDS Church, but there are aspects of the indoctrination that still sit with me. I'm constantly striving and trying to attain perfection, which could be seen as a good thing to some, but it's very hard for me to surrender my desires and will over to God at times.
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You believe the bible is true? Do you believe in biblical cosmology?
Yes, read The Creator and the Cosmos by astrophysicist Hugh Ross or go to Reasons to Believe at Reasons. org.
@@davidjanbaz7728 I'm a believer. But you didn't understand the question. Do you think Genesis 1 is describing a spinning ball in outer space?
It’s Me Jessie: “26. Why do the Bible verses quoted in the Book of Mormon contain the italicized words from the King James Version that were added into the KJV text by the translators in the 16th and 17th centuries?” How do you know that they were added in the 16th and 17th centuries? What makes you think that they should be removed? The Book of Mormon was written in reformed Egyptian. Joseph Smith, Jr. did not write the Book of Mormon, he translated it from the plates “To come forth by the gift and power of God unto the interpretation thereof.”
Looks like Jessie didn't study anything outside of her purview for confirmation bias. Not only can Latter-day Saints answer these questions, but most of them were answered before she was even born. But hey, life's a lot easier when you start with a conclusion, try to shape everything to fit that conclusion, and ignore anything which is inconvenient to that conclusion.
PatristicArcana okay, go for it. Pick one of her questions and provide a response. And FYI, confirmation is a Catholic thing and I’m pretty sure she’s an Evangelical.
You mean to say,@@robertwatson5264, that you're just as oblivious to the answers as Jessie is? Even a simple google search will likely yield articles by F.A.I.R. cataloging answers from various sources throughout history; they're anything but difficult to find. Several of her questions fall under the same explanation: for prophets of all eras most of their words are their own as opposed to Divinely inspired and in such cases are susceptible to human error and subsequent change. A more specific example which can demonstrate with brevity how sophomoric these accusations are would include "question" 27, viz. the Book of Mormon is purported to be a translation from the original language, so her question is about as nonsensical as asking, 'If the Old Testament was written in Hebrew on manuscripts thousands of years ago then why does it appear in perfect 1769 (not 1611) Jacobean English in my Bible?' But let's be honest, these aren't her questions at all, but rather accusations which she's cribbed from other sources and disingenuously recast in the form of questions after having done no original research of her own or bothering to discover that Latter-day Saints can and have responded to them ad nauseum over the decades.
That,@tapir rider, is exactly the sort of rhetoric which was condemned by more well-informed and objective critics of the Latter-day Saints such as Carl Mosser, Paul Owen, and the rest of the scholars behind The New Mormon Challenge. Their landmark article, 'Mormon Scholarship, Apologetics, and Evangelical Neglect,' was directed precisely at the antiquated sort of arguments made by people like Jessie and yourself who merely rehash such polemics despite the vast body of scholarship which has been produced in response, including robust arguments in defense of the Book of Mormon.
Look at you, here screaming into the void and acting like you aren't a massive hypocrite. Mormon scholarship is an oxymoron. Like Honest Errol or Brave Boylan. You ever gonna man up?
As a baptist who studies theology for fun, I want to apologize to the entire mormonism community on our behalf. Some of these questions are genuinely worth considering. But some of these are gotcha questions that hold no ground.
@tapir rider some of these questions were worth considering like I said. That's kinda one of them. However, it's kinda silly to base whether or not you believe in a religion exclusively on archeological data.
@tapir rider I dunno. I can say similar things about the old testament
@tapir rider either way, that's something to consider. but that doesn't suddenly make the other 30 questions that were stupid suddenly valid
@tapir rider I was eating either way that the archeology thing is a genuine critique of the religion. A lot of the questions were either untrue, misinformed, outdated, or out of context. However the archaeology thing is a decent critique. So please get your panties out of a knot cuz I was agreeing with you.
@tapir rider my critique was over the overall video. Not on mormonism. So if doesn't matter if one of these questions was really good. That's twenty minutes of filler crap that makes people think untrue things about the religion. I'm fine with judging mormons but don't make up things like God had sex with Mary.
Thank you for this. As far as Abraham is concerned, He and wis wife (actually half sister) lied centuries before Moses was given the Ten Commandments.
I joined the LDS church in 1970, when the leaders of the church taught the Roman Catholic Church was the Church of the Devil. 51 years later, it is no longer mentioned.
I left it in 1993, not only for doctrinal teachings, but the bullying the church leaders dish out.
What bullying, and what church leaders?
Right on about Abraham. Its unfortunate that so many people chose to leave the church over someone being rude to them. The title “Bishop” or “Stake President” doesn’t somehow magically change flawed people into perfect angels. I think we can all agree that Jesus was the only perfect being to walk the earth and with that knowledge we would all be ignorant to presume that church leaders would be perfect. They are not. Nor am I. Neither is anyone.
@@davislarsen7132 I think you’re perfect 😍
#39 Why does the LDS Church teach that man first existed as spirits in heaven when 1 Corinthians 15:46 says that the physical body comes before the spiritual?
It is because Paul is teaching about the resurrection, not the pre-mortal state. Please read in context of the chapter.
I respect and love all of you people! And I'm sorry if I have hurt you with any of my comments. But something that is important, if you want to find any answers about lds stuff, you have to find them through lds resources or someone who supports the church! Ex Mormons or people who are against the church take one little thing and don't have the full story!
your right
Thank you
@@richdad523 I appreciate that. Thank you so much for your comment
We have the full gospel. We don’t need another gospel. Gal 1:8 “but if we or an angel from heaven should preach to you a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be accursed.” The Mormon gospel is not the true gospel-the gospel of God.
@@cherylburnett2014 I get why you post this scripture, but it does not resonate at all with members of the LDS church. To us, it is the same gospel. The Bible was at best compiled 200 years after Christ's birth and at worst 382 years after (way after the writers and Christ were gone). It states ""And there are also many other things which Jesus did, the which, if they should be written every one, I suppose that even the world itself could not contain the books that should be written. Amen." It says no where there revelation was finished or that scripture wasn't meant to continue. It instead appears to suggest the opposite.
Mormon elders have done service for me and have come back with questions for which I was not prepared. Now I am. Thank you.
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
@@misssue1824these words are in fact literally from the covenant and the book of Mormon. More than half of this is on point. Instead of going around telling people she is wrong, why don't you show people she is wrong with your own sources, because otherwise it just sounds like you don't like what you hear.
@@Auudubillahi Let me tell you what Jessie does. She takes a statement and interprets it. It's called a "straw man" argument. Example: Brigham Young wrote that he thought there were people living on the moon and/or the sun. In the 1800s people were conjecturing that as science. He agreed. Is it doctrine? NO. It's his opinion. But Jessie wants him to look like this was a prophetic statement, so she makes it out that way, and she does it with many other such statements in here. And how about the start? She says to ask God if the Book of Mormon is true and you will be told it isn't. HELLO! Jessie is now speaking for God! She also ignores the next verse in James that says to ask in faith, "nothing doubting." Notice that Jessie is planting those very doubts? How about the "white and delightsome" thing in #12? The Hebrew word for white is 'laban'. It also means pure. These were Hebrew speakers. So translating the word as either 'white' or 'pure' is true to the language. See Isa 1:18. I actually answered these. You see, this is like me going out and digging up what people have said about Martin Luther, then bashing Jessie and other Protestants with it. Is that the Christlike thing to do? If the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is of men, it will fail. But if it is of God, no human hand can stop it. (See Dan 2; and the words of Gamaliel, Acts 5:34-39)
Thank you for this information, as there are Mormons coming to our apartment complex where vulnerable seniors are being taught their teachings on Tuesday nights and I am a Sola Scriptura Christian, bent on exposing their error.
Good work! Find something they can easily understand to show them the difference. Maybe doing a Bible Study on the Book of Galatians. I'm hearing that is a good book for understanding that Salvation comes through Faith and not works. Soon after Salvation the works come out of a changed heart and mind. This is possibly the most important point to understand about Gospel since people have a tendency think they have to earn or do something to deserve things no matter what their beliefs are.
Of course knowing the Biblical Jesus Christ is the most important thing, however Salvation through Faith and not Works is oftentimes difficult for people to grasp. And is it something very important to know for that light to come on.
Besides just "dumping" the information on them, pray for them. Pray that the Holy Spirit can reach them and give them insight. Pray that God will save them. While Jessie's list is a good thing, remember that people can only manage so much and will fight against change.
@@leef_me8112 Yes good point about prayer. Remember to pray the Holy Spirit keep them from being mislead by the Mormon Missionaries.
@@Ben-pk4cv We aren't a works base gospel, anyone who says that is ignorant of what we believe. What we teach is that Jesus Christ dying on the cross is what allows us to be forgiven of our sins and is the gateway for us to be resurrected and have eternal life. Without that, no matter what we do, we wouldn't be able to save ourselves from our sins without the atonement. We believe that we are saved by grace through faith but that faith isn't just professed belief and is also expressed in our behavior and/or works (Matthew 7:21-23, James 2:14-26, Titus 1:16, Isaiah 29:13). Or put simply, works are outward manifestations of faith in Christ that allows God’s and Jesus Christ’s grace to increase and affect our lives more abundantly (Ephesians 2:10). However those works are not what save us, it is Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ paved the path to God with his blood when he was crucified and you have to follow the path that was laid out for us to walk in to get to God. The path we must walk to live with God again and to have His grace grow in our life that the Bible (and Book of Mormon) has said to do is to 1st have faith in Jesus Christ (John 3:36, John 6:29) 2nd keep the commandments (Matthew 19:17, Luke 11:28, John 14:15, John 14:21, John 15:10, Hebrews 5:9, 1 John 2:3-4, 1 John 5:3, Revelation 12:17) and not to purposefully sin and/or repent when you have made a sinned (Acts 3:19, Acts 17:30, 1 John 1:9), 3rd make and keep the ordinances that God has asked of us like baptism (Matthew 28:19-20, Mark 16:16, Acts 2:38, Acts 22:16, Romans 6:3-10, Titus 3:5), 4th to serve and love others (Matthew 20:28, John 13:34-35, Galatians 5:13-14, 1 Peter 4:10-11) and 5th faithfully endure to the end (Matthew 10:22, Matthew 24:13, 2 Timothy 2:12, Revelation 2:26). To deny this is to deny the Bible.
I am not sure whether you are aware of this, but scholars agree that Jesus literally also thaught that he will return within "this generation", and we know Paul and the apostles expected Jesus to return within their lifetime.
If you have some sort of workaround to disagree with what the academic consensus is on the matter, then you at least should grant the same right to the Mormons, and those who dive into it will easily figure out that there actually are good, alternative interpretation of that.
But mayby even more important, if we were to find just one prophecy within the Bible that remained unfulfilled, then the same question could be asked to you, would you still accept the Bible as Gods perfectly inerrant word?
Lets take a look at the test of a Prophet:
There are several things we should keep in mind in regards to Deut. 18
1. Though a prophecy did not come true, it still calls him a Prophet, but a Prophet that hath spoken presumptuously, meaning, its not just talking about false Prophets, but also about true Prophets that have spoken on their own. That means, yes, there can be true prophets that can speak something presumtiously that is false, but they are still called and considered being a prophet.
2. In Deuternommy 13:1-4, we learn that there actually can be prophets prophecying of things coming true, that are still turning out to be false prophets, but now we are to discern that prophet not by whether what they tell us does come true, but by whether he leads us after other Gods or not, and so we are now invited “to obey Gods voice and cleave unto him”, which actually is way more in line with the spiritual discernment Jesus thaught us on how to discern true from false Prophets.
3. And so Deut. 13 as well as Deut. 18:20-22 (specifically verse 20) distinguish between a prophet speaking in the name of the Lord speaking presumptously, a so far true prophet now speaking in the name of the Lord leading after other Gods, as well as a prophet speaking in the name of other Gods.
4. But, in the Bible, we also find example of Prophets speaking in the name of the Lord but on their own accord, that did not get stoned, for example when Nathan gives David Gods apporval to built the temple, though God has not given his approval and shortly after corrected Nathans mistake.
5. The Old Prophet in Kings 13 who lied to the younger Prophet, was still called a Prophet
6. Acts 20:22-23 Paul was compelled by the Spirit to travel to Jerusalem, whilst in Acts 21:4 the diciples urged Paul also through the Spirit to not go to Jerusalem.
7. And not to forget, we even have God himself state that he “changed his mind” in the story of Jonah and the destruction of Ninive (See Jonah 3:9-10), where the plain text indicates a non conditional prophecy about the descrution of Niniveh, which did not take place though, meaning, Jonah prophecied if the certain destruction of Niniveh, but his proophecy did not come true because God changed his mind about it.
But, there are more examples from the Bible where we see prophecies not being fulfilled, for example:
Didn’t God know that Hezekiah would live another fifteen years? So why give two conflicting prophecies through the prophet Isaiah (2 Kings 20:1-6)?
Didn’t God know that Pharaoh would reject Moses’ words? Then why bother to send the prophet to the Egyptian king to ask that he let Israel go free?
The Bible itself contains a great variety of unfulfilled prophecies, some of which are fulfiulled according to the later greek translation, but are not fulfilled according to the older hebrew Bible, which indicate either these prophets have errerd, or that manipulation took place, which would lead to the conclusion that even the Bible is not in every aspect inerrant, univocal and inspired in the sense that every word of it is the literal word of God.
So when it comes to Joseph Smith and his prophecies, as well as when we look at Bible prophecies, its important to understand the nature of prophecies, meaning, prophecies can be:
1. Conditional, depent on repentance etc.
2. Be read as a command, instead of a foretelling (“ye shall build... “)
3. Some can transend this world
4. Some are more cryptic, like Jesus talking about “this generation” not being literal, or like Isiah talking in a more symbolic language
5. Prophecy vs. Visions. Sometimes vision do carry a symbolic meaning and hence require interpretation
6. Some may take a long time until being fulfilled. We see this for example with Isiah prophecying about Christ, or concerning his prophecies regarding the actions of Assyria (Isiah 10:24-25, where it was not fulfilled until a century later. Or we see this with Zephaniah, writing of the destruction of Judah, wrote that “the day of the Lord is at hand” (1:7) and that “the great day of the Lord is near, it is near, and it hasteth greatly” (1:14). This was written in the days of King Josiah (1:1), nearly a century before Judah was taken captive by the Babylonians. Joel used similar words, saying, “the day of the Lord is at hand” (1:15) and “the day of the Lord cometh, for it is nigh at hand” (2:1). And so forth
And if all of that does not suffice, what about the many prophecies of Joseph Smith that did get fulfilled?
There are over 400 prophecies outside of LDS scripture that have been fulfilled. One of the most famous one when he prophecied that within 40 days the stars would fall down from heaven, where on the 39th day after that prophecy, one of the biggest and best recorded meteor showers took place.
This is quite impressive, and yet Mormons even make the differenciation between a prophet speaking as a prophet, and a prophet speaking as a man. The idea and notion to impose inerrancy and perfection upon prophets is nothing Mormons do, they know that the only thing being perfect acually is God, and that the power of God works even through imperfect means, whether that be prophets being humans, or whether that be scriptures not being perfect in every sense.
So if we compare the Bible and Joseph, they either both fail or succeed, and I think we only get down to the root of the issue if we apporach things honestly and without double standarts.
That means, the most vital question is, how can we truly discern a true from a false prophet? Is there actually a spiritually objective way of discernment?
And íf you know the Bible, you should also know that the answer to that is “yes”, but that its neither the Bible of itself as a whole (since it fails that objective outcome), as well that its neither merely the test of a prophet as mentioned in Deute. 18.. meaning, applying that to indicate Joseph was a false prophet simply fails when apporach from it biblical context.
You are one awsome lady. I was LDS my whole life, with your questions, made me think clearer. Thank you so much. Jesus is our lord. Thank you 👍
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
@@misssue1824 I didn't watch this video all the way through but if Youd like to see a more accurate video I'd suggest checking out Mike Wingers videos on the Mormon belief.
Mike Winger’s videos are laughably dishonest
If you are a Mormon, be the best Mormon you can be - love one another. There are not many Mormon-made videos on RUclips attacking Born-again Christians, AOG Christians, Pentecostals, Witnesses or any other denominations. I wonder why so many other faiths target Mormons. Most of the Mormons that I've known are lovely.
Jesus said, "Except a man be born again he cannot see the kingdom of God."
How would LDS's attack the clear teaching of Christ?
Mormons are lovely. They are greatly deceived.
@@fayelewis5476 To those who have separated themselves from the Church, I say, my dear friends, there is yet a place for you here.
Come and add your talents, gifts, and energies to ours. We will all become better as a result.
Some might ask, “But what about my doubts?”
It’s natural to have questions-the acorn of honest inquiry has often sprouted and matured into a great oak of understanding. There are few members of the Church who, at one time or another, have not wrestled with serious or sensitive questions. One of the purposes of the Church is to nurture and cultivate the seed of faith-even in the sometimes sandy soil of doubt and uncertainty. Faith is to hope for things which are not seen but which are true.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters-my dear friends-please, first doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. We must never allow doubt to hold us prisoner and keep us from the divine love, peace, and gifts that come through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Some might say, “I just don’t fit in with you people in the Church.”
If you could see into our hearts, you would probably find that you fit in better than you suppose. You might be surprised to find that we have yearnings and struggles and hopes similar to yours. Your background or upbringing might seem different from what you perceive in many Latter-day Saints, but that could be a blessing. Brothers and sisters, dear friends, we need your unique talents and perspectives. The diversity of persons and peoples all around the globe is a strength of this Church.
Some might say, “I don’t think I could live up to your standards.”
All the more reason to come! The Church is designed to nourish the imperfect, the struggling, and the exhausted. It is filled with people who desire with all their heart to keep the commandments, even if they haven’t mastered them yet.
Some might say, “I know a member of your Church who is a hypocrite. I could never join a church that had someone like him as a member.”
If you define hypocrite as someone who fails to live up perfectly to what he or she believes, then we are all hypocrites. None of us is quite as Christlike as we know we should be. But we earnestly desire to overcome our faults and the tendency to sin. With our heart and soul we yearn to become better with the help of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
If these are your desires, then regardless of your circumstances, your personal history, or the strength of your testimony, there is room for you in this Church. Come, join with us!
- Dieter F. Uchthdorf
@tapir rider To those who have separated themselves from the Church, I say, my dear friends, there is yet a place for you here.
Come and add your talents, gifts, and energies to ours. We will all become better as a result.
Some might ask, “But what about my doubts?”
It’s natural to have questions-the acorn of honest inquiry has often sprouted and matured into a great oak of understanding. There are few members of the Church who, at one time or another, have not wrestled with serious or sensitive questions. One of the purposes of the Church is to nurture and cultivate the seed of faith-even in the sometimes sandy soil of doubt and uncertainty. Faith is to hope for things which are not seen but which are true.
Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters-my dear friends-please, first doubt your doubts before you doubt your faith. We must never allow doubt to hold us prisoner and keep us from the divine love, peace, and gifts that come through faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.
Some might say, “I just don’t fit in with you people in the Church.”
If you could see into our hearts, you would probably find that you fit in better than you suppose. You might be surprised to find that we have yearnings and struggles and hopes similar to yours. Your background or upbringing might seem different from what you perceive in many Latter-day Saints, but that could be a blessing. Brothers and sisters, dear friends, we need your unique talents and perspectives. The diversity of persons and peoples all around the globe is a strength of this Church.
Some might say, “I don’t think I could live up to your standards.”
All the more reason to come! The Church is designed to nourish the imperfect, the struggling, and the exhausted. It is filled with people who desire with all their heart to keep the commandments, even if they haven’t mastered them yet.
Some might say, “I know a member of your Church who is a hypocrite. I could never join a church that had someone like him as a member.”
If you define hypocrite as someone who fails to live up perfectly to what he or she believes, then we are all hypocrites. None of us is quite as Christlike as we know we should be. But we earnestly desire to overcome our faults and the tendency to sin. With our heart and soul we yearn to become better with the help of the Atonement of Jesus Christ.
If these are your desires, then regardless of your circumstances, your personal history, or the strength of your testimony, there is room for you in this Church. Come, join with us!
- Dieter F. Uchthdorf
@@fayelewis5476 In spite of our human imperfections, I am confident that you will find among the members of this Church many of the finest souls this world has to offer. The Church of Jesus Christ seems to attract the kind and the caring, the honest and the industrious.
If you expect to find perfect people here, you will be disappointed. But if you seek the pure doctrine of Christ, the word of God “which healeth the wounded soul,” and the sanctifying influence of the Holy Ghost, then here you will find them. In this age of waning faith-in this age when so many feel distanced from heaven’s embrace-here you will find a people who yearn to know and draw closer to their Savior by serving God and fellowmen, just like you. Come, join with us!
- Dieter F. Uchthdorf
@tapir rider In spite of our human imperfections, I am confident that you will find among the members of this Church many of the finest souls this world has to offer. The Church of Jesus Christ seems to attract the kind and the caring, the honest and the industrious.
If you expect to find perfect people here, you will be disappointed. But if you seek the pure doctrine of Christ, the word of God “which healeth the wounded soul,” and the sanctifying influence of the Holy Ghost, then here you will find them. In this age of waning faith-in this age when so many feel distanced from heaven’s embrace-here you will find a people who yearn to know and draw closer to their Savior by serving God and fellowmen, just like you. Come, join with us!
- Dieter F. Uchthdorf
A beautiful woman showing Mormons the way. God bless you!!!
The way to lie. You are another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
I have a question in question 35 do you know where you can find any Mormon teachings of Elohim has sexual relationship with Mary. please
See Gospel Principles, page 53. "Jesus is the only person on earth to be born of a mortal mother and an immortal Father. That is why He is called the Only Begotten Son. He inherited divine powers from His Father. From His mother He inherited mortality and was subject to hunger, thirst, fatique, pain and death."
@@Ralph419 Where does that say anything about carnal relations and Mary?
“The Latter Day Saint movement teaches that Mary was the mother of Jesus. Latter Day Saints affirm the virgin birth of Jesus[1] but reject the Catholic doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary. They also believe that the brothers of Jesus were her and Joseph's biological children.”
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latter_Day_Saint_views_on_Mary
Mormons don't like it when I cite D&C. They dance around like Pacquiao.
You mean like Mayweather?
Jump rope stairs: Do you believe that the D&C is scripture? If not, why would you quote it? If you bring it up, you will see I will respond!
There are so many things in D&C that contradict the BoM and the Bible. How do you determine what is truth or not? If you go by the D&C you go against the BoM. As a LDS you are taught that the Bible is not translated correctly so you discount it. The religion makes you doubt the Bible, if you read the BoM the later doctrines discredit what it says. So you wind up believing the "prophets and apostles" and everything they say. Then Spencer W Kimball stated that the words of a living prophet superceed a dead one. So how can you really know what is a true revelation or true prophet? It is a shame that so many intelligent people can be so blind.
@@ER-vr5pk: "
There are so many things in D&C that contradict the BoM and the Bible." If so, you should have been able to show some examples but you didn't show one. Why not?
"If you go by the D&C you go against the BoM." No, you do not.
"As a LDS you are taught that the Bible is not translated correctly so you discount it." Our scripture is the Standard Works of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints which includes the King James Version of the Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants of the Church, and the Pearl of Great Price. The Church Edition of the Authorized King James Version includes sections of the Joseph Smith Translation footnoted in the text. We do not discount the Authorized King James Version of the Bible at all since it is one of our scriptures.
Then Spencer W Kimball stated that the words of a living prophet superceed a dead one. Yes, and he is not the only one.
"Dallin H. Oaks explains: "Revelations from God . . . are not constant. We believe in continuing revelation, not continuous revelation. We are often left to work out problems without the dictation or specific direction of the Spirit."[14] Thus the current prophet can clarify, correct or change any previous teachings.[15]
However, once a doctrine has been accepted by the church by "common consent", it becomes part of the Standard Works, and then takes precedence over any other revelation.[16] Members of the LDS church only consider themselves bound by doctrine found in the Standard Works.[17]" [Wikipedia/Revelation (Latter Day Saint)/Inspired vs. infallible] Prophets have both opinions and Revelations. Revelations require unanimous approval by the First Presidency and the Quorum of Twelve Apostles and then they are sustained by the general membership of the Church. They are then published in the Standard Works (D&C these days). Members are counseled to pray for personal revelation if they disagree and they do not have to sustain the revelation. Personal opinions are not considered to be scripture.
@ER
When they say a new prophet supersedes an old one, my first thoughts are that the self-proclaimed “prophets” aren’t speaking on behalf of God but themselves.
ALSO! Why would Jesus' FIRST miracle be to turn water into wine?? Obviously the Bible says not to become drunk, but obviously drinking alcohol wouldn't keep us out of heaven if Jesus himself not only drank, but made more to keep the wedding party going! :)
They did not have clean water back then.
@@fayelewis5476 OK, that could be a fair argument, .... but you know they definitely partied and had a great time with all that wine! I think there is a huge reason that this was Jesus' first miracle. Not because they needed something to drink....If you've ever had wine, you'd know there is nothing hydrating about it and you can't easily drink much of it. So i find it hard to believe that wine would be the first alternative to water.
The Bible also says don't touch the skin of a pig. But how many Christians actually abide by that law today? Back then they didn't have knowledge if sanitation like today. So the law made sense. But, it no longer applies today. Circumstances have changed quite a bit today. Alcohol has become one of the biggest killers and destructive things our time. Car accidents liver disease, broken families, rise of healthcare cost. On top of that active LDS members live about 9 years longer than the average.
@@jeffreysmith7542 , yes, alcohol abuse is a killer, but Mormon doctrine is heresy!
@@all4jesus594 Wrong! LDS doctrine is far more beautiful than any other doctrine of any other religion. It believes in a far more loving and merciful God than that of what main stream Christianity believes in. And it has a much greater plan of happiness then any other religion. Their is absolutely nothing that the God of mainstream has to offer that ours does not.
You do have some legitimate questions, although I fee like you’ve deliberately taken many of them out of context to fit your narrative and overwhelm people with the sheer number of things people have to refute. I simply don’t have the time or inclination but you’ve taken many of these points out of context. I’m sure someone else on here will be happy to teach you.
When you read the Bible you will notice that the Bible itself contradicts Mormonism.
Christians do not worship a god that was once a man, came from another planet and is out sleeping with other women. Christians do not deny Christ and say He is a created being, the brother of Lucifer.
Stephen Kirlew do you believe the Book of Mormon and Abraham are true?
@@fayelewis5476 the bible itself contradicts itself. This is especially true in the new testament where the same accounts of the same events contradict each other. I personally believe all religions have contradictions. Just let people choose to believe whatever they want.
When someone is too lazy to refute so they say its wrong just cause and someone else will do it.
@@fishmrinc each one was from the point of view of a different apostles and focused on certain things that happened. Each apostle and later writtings did not dispute this. It's funny how other historical documents are not treated with this same mentality. there is objective truth john 14:6 not all are true.
Again with what I have said to any of you. I know I'm not good at explaining things. But if I have hurt any of you with what I have said I am sorry. I don't want to fight with you.
If I pray with an open heart and want a yes answer I get it!
If I pray with an open heart and know it’s false I get it’s a false testament.
I believe there is a god, and the feelings are self created.
It’s the only logical answer just like when I study Joseph Smith with an intellectual study there’s no way it adds up.
Only if I justify him over and over it works. I’m so thankful I found the truth of Mormonism and found my way out.
Old Wisdom How is it possible for you to believe in God, yet also believing that feelings are man made? A believe in God is not something that comes because of evidences alone. John 16:13, Matthew 24, and Moroni 10:3-5.
Mike K. It is called discernment. Leave the feelings out.
@@colleenbaida7690 using discernment without feelings is impossible
@Randall Layman What does John 16:13 say? The Holy Spirit will guide you into all truth, not intellectual study alone. Study is essential, but not the defining factor. But of course most Christians ignore what the text is saying and pick and choose what applies to their beliefs.
Mike K. Discernment comes from the Holy Spirit. When you put your trust and beliefs from Scriptures, the Holy Spirit reveals things to you.
I can’t believe what you just wrote on the other persons post about picking out Bible verses! Christ followers are guided by the Bible and NO other book(s) period! Mormonism is not Christ centered. Jessie is on this forum to point out these to others. I am just in awe on what is transforming throughout your church. I belong to several private Facebook ex- Mormon sights and hear what they went through. Some are agnostic and some are atheist. Many are born-again Christians that have that personal relationship with Jesus Christ. But what they had to go through to get where they are today is mind boggling.
Videos like this renew my faith in the fact that God is still working in the hearts and minds of this generation ❤️ thanks for this video! It helped. I love the Bible🙏🏽
All excellent questions Jessie. My prayers are for LDS captives to reflect, meditate and pray to the true God of the Bible for wisdom. Thanks for your ministry.
Your prayers are in vain because many Christians have finally realized the inconsistencies and divisons within Christianity, even regarding critical doctrines, and have come to a saving faith with the one and only true Jesus Christ, and have joined his one and only true Church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Miracles never cease!
@@goingtothetop55 God will be the judge of my prayers - not LDS doctrine. Tell me, which of the over 100 Mormon splinter groups do you belong? Do you follow the unaltered teachings of Joseph Smith? If so then Warren Jeffs is your living prophet. Is it LDS doctrine to be a perverted child molester? Also, would you kill for your LDS god, if your prophet told you to? The fraud of the Mormonite faith never ceases!
@@maxwellsilverhammer9233 *_Do you follow the unaltered teachings of Joseph Smith? If so then Warren Jeffs is your living prophet_*
Joseph Smith never said to marry as many women as you can, and put all your children on government welfare and turn your wives and children into virtual slaves, then kick out the healthy teen age boys so there's no competition for the young girls. Joseph SMith never put beds in the temple so that he could have sex with every women who got married there, no matter who she got married to.
*_would you kill for your LDS god, if your prophet told you to_*
No LDS prophet ever ordered anyone to kill anyone.
lindalds www.utlm.org/onlineresources/sermons_talks_interviews/jofdvol4p215_221brighambloodatonement.htm
Brigham young says to spill their blood on the ground. I would call that killing.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigham_Young_and_the_Mountain_Meadows_massacre
Might call that murder
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danite
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nauvoo_Legion
Murdered people there
lindalds en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith_and_the_criminal_justice_system
Also arrested for conspiracy to commit murder several times. You can read his statements on telling others to kill someone and saying it’s justified by god. Also lots of banking crimes where others lost all their money and Joseph got rich hmmmmm. Prophet of god and banker/land prospector (he happened to have land for sale by “Zion” when god told him it was Missouri) shop owner/steam boat operator.
Joseph also had people destroy property of those that opposed him.
#41 Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus and Lucifer are spirit brothers when both the first chapter of John and Colossians teach that Jesus is the Creator of all things, including Lucifer?
So where did God live before Jesus created “all things?” This is referring to the physical creation of our universe.
You’re awesome
Yes those chapters were referring to the physical creation 👏
I left after a month of studying lds beliefs via lds doctrines at the BYU library.
Such as what did you find unappealing that cause you concern
I’ll answer this one, it says he was born “at” Jerusalem which is the “land” of our fathers, it doesn’t say “in” Jerusalem. Bethlehem is very close to Jerusalem. In regards to referencing it as the land “And now as for Jerusalem-Behold this land belongs to the king” ~El Amarna tablets
So you believe the bom is historically accurate and the boa is a false translation of common Egyptian funerary papyrus?
Let's all not forget one simple rule regarding the always-evolving nature of the LDS church:
*Today's doctrine could become tomorrow's heresy!*
You are a broomhead..
Dan Grow it is true or do you embrace polygamy, Adam-god doctrine, curse of Hamm/lamanite dark skin ect...
Well, logically, if there is a God, that God has a vested interest in humanity. What worked for humans 2000 years ago may or may not work for humans today. Ya know, stoning your rebellious daughter and offering burnt sacrifices on an altar. As times change, so does various rules. Imagine if someone came out in the thick of the slavery days and proclaimed that God said all men, including slaves, should be treated equally, that person probably would have been hanged. If someone came out today and claimed God said slavery is ok, they would probably be shot (not really, but you should get the point). The only things that never change are the core commandments, aka the ten commandments and the greatest commandment to name a couple. Anyone who tries to take away from either are not for God.
That's what the saducees and pharisees said about Christ fyi
Fortunately the LDS do not act the same way Catholics and Protestants dealt with heretics. The old way was things like burning at the stake and torture to help them recant. Thank God that churches have changed in how they deal with heretics.
5:00 If the bible is the most correct of any book in history, why is there similar amounts of revisions?
It wasn’t it was translated many times
Remember we have the ability to trace it back to the original language in which it was written to gain the true translation. There are around 20000 pages of translation into different languages and around 5000 pieces of original language texts. If you take the translation into other languages alone and compare them to one another by eliminating the contradicting factors and compiling together the things which match that very act will give you an accurate depiction of what The Bible originally said. When done The Bible is in fact extremely accurate even as it is.
@@AllThingsRamdom too bad nobody did that
@@fishmrinc yes they have.
As a LDS member I can say that we use both the Bible and The Book of Mormon. Secondly, just because we don’t have an answer to a question that you have doesn’t mean we CAN’T answer it after doing some research. If you look at the formation of the LDS church in the days of Joseph Smith, we were hated so much that our meeting houses were burned down, temples destroyed, and family’s were slaughtered and driven out of their homes just because people did not like the way we worshiped God the Father and his son Jesus Christ. I can go on all day but contention is of the devil. You can hear me out or take my words as a grain of salt. You can ask me questions if you like but, if you start to “Bible bash” with me, I will not respond
The Bible contradicts Mormonism. It is not a matter of 'Bible bashing."
The question is whether you are willing to go where the truth leads you.
Joseph Smith stole other men's wives. He printed counterfeit money. The printing press that printed the truth of what was going on was destroyed as well as the building. He married sisters, mothers and their daughters and 15 women in one year alone. He even had 50 men anoint him king of the earth during the Millenium. (That prophecy was wrong of course.) He excommunicated Oliver Cowdery who told him it was wrong to get a 16 year old girl pregnant and then marry her.
Joseph Smith lied about the fact that he was practicing polygamy four times in writing.
He was arrested 42 times in his short life. He even shot other men.
Joseph Smith threatened his own wife with destruction if she did not agree with polygamy.
And I command mine handmaid, Emma Smith, to abide and cleave unto my servant Joseph, and to none else. But if she will not abide this commandment she shall be destroyed, saith the Lord; for I am the Lord thy God, and will destroy her if she abide not in my law.
55 But if she will not abide this commandment, then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her, even as he hath said; and I will bless him and multiply him and give unto him an hundred-fold in this world, of fathers and mothers, brothers and sisters, houses and lands, wives and children, and crowns of eternal lives in the eternal worlds.
D&C 132
Despite rejecting the prophecy Emma lived to be 75 years old.
It was Joseph who died 11 months after giving this prophecy.
Mormons were not disliked for their religion as idolatrous and blasphemous as it is. (I am sure the average person did not know the extent of the shockingly obscene and blasphemous things that they taught about God and Jesus Christ as we do nowadays.)
One thing is certain, the moment you die it will not matter what the Book of Mormon or Joseph Smith said or even how you 'feel.' It will only matter what God has said. "The word of the Lord endures forever."
Faye Lewis Oliver Cowdrey was excommunicated because he took a copy of a book that was supposed to be in the book of Mormon and showed it to someone after the prophet told him not to therefore the book of Lehi was never put in the book of Mormon as a result polygamy was only ever practiced because due to persecution and multiple martyrs of mostly men the women had no one to support them so for a brief moment in history Polygamy was indeed practiced but it did not last long and as far as Joseph smith killing people I highly doubt that because there is no for sure record to prove that, that I know of. Just because the Internet says that does not mean it’s true
@@jakecalder8270 I wouldn't go by the internet either. There are plenty of LDS church documents available online.
January, 1838
Oliver Cowdery confronts Joseph Smith about his polygamy.
When he [Joseph Smith] was there we had some conversation in which in every instance I did not fail to affirm that what I had said was strictly true. A dirty, nasty, filthy affair of his and Fanny Alger's was talked over in which I strictly declared that I had never deviated from the truth in the matter, and as I supposed was admitted by himself.
Oliver Cowdery - Assistant President and Book of Mormon witness
Letter recorded by his brother Warren Cowdery.
Photograph available in The Mormon Kingdom, vol. 1, p.27
www.mormonhandbook.com/home/polygamy.html
I wouldn't say that Joseph Smith practiced polygamy. What he practiced was shockingly immoral behavior.
The God that I worship says that it is morally wrong to marry sisters and mothers and their daughters. Joseph Smith did this twice.
Lev. 18 You shall not uncover the nakedness of a woman and of her daughter,
18 And you shall not take a woman as a rival wife to her sister, uncovering her nakedness while her sister is still alive.
The God that I worship says that a man who marries another man's wife should be put to death.
Deut. 22 22 “If a man is found lying with the wife of another man, both of them shall die, the man who lay with the woman, and the woman. So you shall purge the evil from Israel.
In the New Testament, leaders in the church are to be the husband of one wife.
Mormonism is a very offensive religion to those of us who worship the true and living God.
To think that I have to believe Joseph Smith is a true prophet of God and that there is salvation only in the LDS church horrifies me.
If my pastor did such things, would you want to come to church with me?
Faye Lewis Marriage between one man and one woman is the Lord’s law unless He commands otherwise (see Jacob 2:27-30). The Prophet Joseph Smith was commanded to restore the practice of plural marriage, which was practiced in the Church for over half a century until President Wilford Woodruff was inspired by the Lord to discontinue the practice. Plural marriage was a significant test of faith for Joseph Smith and most who practiced it. As students exercise faith, they can come to know that the practice of plural marriage in the latter days was part of the Restoration of all things. www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/foundations-of-the-restoration-teacher-manual/lesson-20-plural-marriage?lang=eng
Faye Lewis Also my religion is not “Mormonism” I am a Christian, I believe in my father in heaven and his son Jesus Christ as well as the holly ghost.
LDS confusion: who is all-mighty, the Father or the Son?
St. Mark 14:
36 And he said, Abba, Father, all things are possible unto thee; take away this cup from me: nevertheless not what I will, but what thou wilt.
“… all things are possible unto thee. … “ … therefore the Father is all-mighty.
Revelation1 :
5 And from ***Jesus Christ***, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6 And hath made us kings and priests unto God and his Father; to him be glory and dominion for ever and ever. Amen.
7 Behold, he cometh with clouds; and every eye shall see him, and they also which pierced him: and all kindreds of the earth shall wail because of him. Even so, Amen.
8 I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the ending, saith the Lord, which is, and which was, and which is to come, ***the Almighty.***
Amen
From Dan Grow
Amen, but remember your doctrine on the word trinity is not biblical. It's man made doctrine many years after the apostles and christ and was nothing more than a unanimous agreement, but not all agreed, just to settle a disagreement once and for all, doesn't make it right though. And I got fifty other scriptures that make my point... so what now?
You avoided the question, didn't you? Which of the LDS gods is all-mighty: the Father or the Son?
Christians do not invent things - that is what the LDS does … two all-mighty gods????
The Trinity IS Biblical: first reference Genesis 1:26.
You could go to RUclips: The Trinity a (real) Explanation … but unless you shed the false teaching of the LDS it may not be possible for you t understand?
Did you understand the question about who is all-mighty? If you did understand, why didn't you answer?
Mainstream confusion almighty God was once a man from Galillee
Remember --- Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.
Jessie, you continue to do a beautiful job speaking truth in love. Thank you! ☺️💙🙏 May you and yours be blessed in the true Christ of the Holy Bible.
I'm not feeling the love.
@@lindalds Why not?
@@LadyMaria lying is not live. Trying to destroy someone's faith, and not giving them any alternative is not love.
@noneya bizness \\//
\ Live long and prosper.
@@lindalds the alternative is the true living God. That Jesus is Saviour and Lord, and that He took our punishment for sin on the cross.
I hope to respond to some of these and if anyone would like to discuss I'm here for it. Even if you're a member and see an error let me know. After all I am definitely not perfect.
1) Read D&C 124: 49-51. This verse was written in direct response to your argument.
2) Not church doctrine simply the opinion of an uneducated man. Prophets are allowed to share ideas and opinions without it being considered doctrine. Oh and prophets are human too. Not perfect
3) I haven't read these discourses (and I am sure you haven't read all of them either), but the Adam-God theory is false and comes from misinterpretation and misunderstanding.
4) Policy can change in the church. Doctrine doesn't change. Who was allowed to hold the priesthood is a policy. Recently there was a change in POLICY that now allows some 11 years olds to hold the priesthood. Before it was ONLY 12 and older. Policy not doctrine.
5) Once again, not everything a prophet says is doctrine. If a human being (even if a prophet) speaking some false things is the reason you left the church that's a huge bummer. Education was not nearly at the level it is now and, once again, you cannot consider everything that leaves the mouth of a prophet to be doctrine.
6) You'd have to give an example of contradiction in order to respond to this. The doctrine of the church will never contradict itself.
7) The church chose the most detailed and complete to include in the Pearl of Great price. There are multiple because Joseph Smith was relating the story to different people at different times which will obviously lead to different details and probably some contradictory phrasing.
8)Not LDS doctrine moving on.
9) I am not a scientist, but discoveries are being made and that's a fact. So many accusations about this have been disproven already and that will continue to happen.
10) Would need to look into this and I don't have time.
11) First of all, God's ways are higher than ours. The church practiced polygamy in the early days in order to multiple the earth and, yes, to have a lot of kids born into the church. That aspect still continues today. However, if you ask why the church was commanded of God to practice polygamy ask yourself why God gave the commandment "thou shalt not kill" to Moses then proceed to command them to kill numerous times after? One example is in Number 15: 32-36 where the Lord commands Moses to kill a man who broke the Sabbath Day. These matters are entirely up to God and his timing. Who are we to questions Him?
12) Doesn't matter. Convince me why this is significant and perhaps I will respond.
13) In Hebrews 12:29 it calls God a consuming fire. Obviously nobody takes that literally. God as a Spirit refers to God the Holy Ghost. A member of the Godhead.
14) Why did God command Abraham to kill his son Jacob in the Bible? Isn't it a commandment to not kill? Oh and God commanded people to kill many many times in the Old Testament as well. That wasn't the only time obviously.
15) Because nobody at that time in the Book of Mormon knew about any city other than Jerusalem. It would have meant nothing to them had he said Christ was born in Bethlehem because nobody had any idea that such a place even existed.
16) Grammatical changes and some changes to some phrasing etc. Nothing about its core has ever been changed because it is, in fact, the most correct book in the world.
17) The Everlasting Gospel includes: Faith, Repentance, Baptism, Reception of the Holy Ghost and enduring with joy until the end. Now, there are a lot of things outside those basic principles that we must know in order to progress further.
18) Same answer as 17
19) Mosiah 3:25 says that if you're works have been evil at the day of judgement you will not be saved. The day of judgement is not the day you die. Since you gave no reference of where it says this in the Bible i cannot respond.
20) "after all we can do" means that no matter what we do, we cannot be saved without grace. Your interpretation if the scripture is just a little off.
21) Haven't looked into the this. Maybe someday I will.
22) It doesn't contradict. Sometimes God is referred to in singular tense. When this happens the Godhead is being referenced. It is doctrine that the Godhead is made up of three being, God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Ghost. So when God is made plural the same Godhead is being referenced.
23) 3 Nephi just throws the word 'murders' in a with a bunch of other sins. Thankfully, a perfect being will be our judge and He will decide whether someone who has murdered will be forgiven or not.
24) This one is hard to explain but part of church doctrine is that Adam (Michael) was also a great, great Spirit in premortality. The verse in Daniel 7 is, in fact, referring to Adam (Michael). Adam didn't die for our sins though so we obviously don't worship him like we do Christ.
Okay, thats about half of the questions. I will go through the other half I get a lot of discussion on this first half. Please let me know what you think whether you're a member or not. Also, I am only 22 so if some of this is poorly written or mistakes are present just cut me a break haha. Bless up family.
tapir rider
bookofmormoncentral.org/blog/4-ways-the-new-maya-discoveries-may-relate-to-the-book-of-mormon
bookofmormoncentral.org/blog/five-compelling-archeological-evidences-for-the-book-of-mormon
Just a couple of articles you may find interesting. Realize that these are disproving many things that people once held against the Book of Mormon. Even though the articles are published by the church they are backed by evidence. It won’t be possible to find anything not written by the church because anyone who cares enough to write an article about it is obviously going to be a member of the church. I’m sure the scientists who made the discoveries were not members though. Anyways, enjoy
Timmy Riggins there is zero evidence of nephite lamanite or jaredites in America. Read how prefaced their statements are. Show me specifically what you think is evidence.
Timmy Riggins NHM is Nihm an actual tribe that lives in Yemen
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nihm_District
www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/21534764.2014.918372?journalCode=rjab20
No barley has been found in ancient America, little barley is not barley but a weed we named ex post facto!
No seal of mulek exists
It says Malkiyahu Ben hamelek on the seal and Mormon apologists just change it to Mulek then present it as fact and hope you don’t notice.
And cement? Does that mean everything across the world that is cement is Hebrew?
The questions aren't difficult to answer and in fact have been answered. I've been responding to the exact same nonsense from critics over the last twenty years. One reason I take the time to do that is because I was raised as an evangelical, so a lot of this is personal to me. One of the things I have found is that for most critics - such as Jessie here - any question or objection or argument is as good as any other if they imagine that it puts "Mormonism" in a bad light. It doesn't have to be logical, it doesn't have to line up with facts, it doesn't have to be fair … they only care if it smears. Ultimately that destroys credibility, whatever the short-term benefit might be.
Everything I present is logical and lines up with facts. I would never just list off illogical points. And any replies that I like are the same. I don't like criticism just because it goes against Mormonism. I like clearly thought out and legitimate questions that need answers. And you saying the questions aren't difficult to answer and yet you present no answers is very telling. Your words are just words without anything to back them up, Leighton. I pray you will open your eyes and will acknowledge the lie you're trapped in.
Your right they are not that hard to answer. But no answer will satisfy the Mormon haters in this comment section. They prefer to live in their delusions.
@@jeffreysmith7542 Then answer them! 😉
Oh, here we go with another "This is all easily explained" advocate. Gaslight the World campaign marches on, just like the caravan, eh?
@tapir rider Hi. Thanks for asking. I don't know of any. I do know that the arguments about the impossibility of that thesis have slowly been eroding as new evidence is found. But I don't think that is the point. Since you are so dismissive - hey, I can tell from the made up profile name - I don't even know if you are a person of faith or not, but there are a lot of things in the Bible that lack scientific proof too. An atheist (and I was one of those too, about the time I started college and then into my 40s) would say, well, it's all a lot of superstitious nonsense. But there are questions that atheists find difficult to answer too - as i say, I know that well. The gospel preached by the restored Church of Jesus Christ makes more sense and answers more questions than the evangelical doctrines of my youth or of any other Christian branch or sect, and the Book of Mormon has just an impressive amount of internally consistent detail in it, detail you'd never ever figure a farm boy like Joseph could come up with on his own. Visit "Book of Mormon Central" (website) for more about that fact, somehow omitted from the goofy video here. (Why would anyone leave that out, right?) There are other evidences that you can discover if you're willing, although I think that you might not be. Anyway, there is a lot for anyone who wants to consider my faith seriously, and it doesn't deserve to get slammed by people who don't care to do so.
Jessie - can I please get a copy of all
This questions where I can PRINT them out??!!! This is fantastic!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS THE MOST HELPFUL video I have watched yet because it’s a compiled list of GREAT questions to ask the missionaries when they come!!!! Please send a link to print off and GOD BLESS YOU!!! Love what the Lord has done through you to SEEK AND SAVE THE LOST AND GATHER HIS ELECT 🙌🙌🙌
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Would a Christian do that?
I love this!!!! I got into so much trouble for these questions when I was a child.
You did not ask a single one of these questions as a child.
@@loqutor well since you don't know me. You would not know. Yes I did. I asked a good many questions in cry class.
Oops ctr class
@@miriamcooper1320 Funny, I asked a lot of questions too, and never got in the slightest bit of trouble. Probably because I was willing to accept what I'd gotten wrong instead of just looking for an excuse not to be faithful.
@@loqutor so you have decided that you know my level of faith from one comment. Well I can say your Mormon judgement game is on point. Please enjoy judging my level of faith without learning anything about me first. Also thank you for the reminder. May God bless you. I hope your fourth of July is a wonderful day.
#17 If the Book of Mormon contains the “fulness of the everlasting gospel”, why does the LDS Church need additional works?
“Fulness” is used to describe the gospel, which is the good news of Christ. It isn’t the fulness of God’s work and words. Where in the Bible does it say that God can’t or won’t continue to speak?
Amos 3:7 tells us the pattern found throughout all the Bible- prophets speak for God. Read about continuing prophecy in Mal 3:1: “Behold, I will send my messenger, and he shall prepare the way before me: and the Lord, whom ye seek, shall suddenly come to his temple, even the messenger of the covenant, whom ye delight in: behold, he shall come, saith the LORD of hosts.”
I am sorry you don’t think God can still speak and guide His church.
Moreover, the Lord continues to speak to us in latter days, hence the need for continual revelation.
Amen, Amen,Amen! I became born again 3 months ago. Best decision ever!
Love hearing this!! The Bible warns us that satan can disguise himself as a good angel. Please share the gospels and save others!:)
Amen! I am @Minya Ministries on YT . Doing just that!
I'm a Christian who's been dealing with Mormons for nearly 50 years (I live in Utah, by the way), and believe me they have answers to all these questions. The answers are not reasonable, but if you ask them these questions, be prepared for smug answers. And be prepared to explain to them why their answers don't hold up.
Mormon mental gymnastics!
As opposed to the smugness of the questions?
@@lindalds Yes, if the questions are smug. These are not.
@@davemitchell116 I suppose that depends on your point of view.
I don't view my answers as smug.
@@lindalds really? Let’s tell me about those ancient inhabitants of America?
I don't want to feel like getting into a heated debate but I would like to say as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and just about to head out on mission I would like to share my beliefs. One belief that we have is that we receive modern revelation. We believe that Jesus Christ hasn't stopped giving us revelation. The Book of Mormon and Bible are very important in our church and a lot of our beliefs come from those books. But we have current prophets in today's age and we believe that those prophets receive modern revelation for the church. Jesus Christ hasn't abandoned us. He is there and he is actively giving revelation to us right now. I also find it a little ironic that the verse you showed at the beginning James 1:5 where it talks about, 'if you lack wisdom ask of god" kicked off the restoration of our church so thank you for that. And since you believe in the Bible could I ask of you to read Amos 3:7? God reveals his secrets onto his servants the prophets and that has not stopped for our church.
The Lord never contradicts Himself. Mormon doctrine contradicts itself multiple times over the decades.
@@JohnnyEarlJones No! It doesn't. It only looks that way to you when non-prophets interpret the scriptures. As Peter tells us, the scriptures are "not for private interpretation" but are to be interpreted by the same people who wrote them--namely, prophets called by God.
Why is the Mormon doctrine seemingly so fluid? The prophets get new revelations that contradict old ones, as if God changes His mind, when this is not the nature of God (Heb 13:8).
@@moodsofkiwi9285 The fundamental doctrines of salvation have never changed. Protocols and processes have changed from time to time as the Lord directs. Have you never read the Bible? There are hundreds of processes that change from the writings of one prophet to another.
@ I have read the Bible. But Mormon doctrine has shrunken over time. I’m not talking about policies/practices like letting Black men enter the priesthood or polygamy or any of the other changes, etc, I’m talking about seeing Adam as God, Blood atonement (Brigham Young), and exaltation (that you will not create and rule your own world after death). Are those not significant doctrinal changes? The difference between traditional Christianity and the LDS is Christianity says “God is the same. People are sinners and it’s the Christians who have made the mistake”, but LDS has new revelations as god cares for them over time and cultures. But again, God does not change. Jesus preached over and over that rituals and traditions were not to be held as means of salvation. But the Mormon church is performance-based is it not? To get saved, you must first enter the temple. To get into a temple, you must have a recommend. To get a recommend, you must achieve things like finding your calling, the health order, etc. So is not the doctrine of salvation different than traditional doctrine?
5:20 if the bible contains the everlasting gospel, why did we ever need prophets?
the jews had priests, but they rejected the priests. so god sent prophets to tell them what would happen if they didn't change their ways. the jews had a king but they rejected their king and replaced him with a man who was foible. who was of the earth.
long story short: if you're putting your faith in a man you are on the wrong track. be it priests, prophets, or kings.
the book of james says if you need wisdom (to cope with life's unfairness, poverty etc.) ask god. james does not say run to a prophet.
the bible is not a record of man's unfailing goodness. the bible is a record of weak man, filled with sin nature, and the unfailing goodness of god who is righteous.
if you're putting your faith in the arm of flesh you are on the wrong track. putting your faith in a prophet who does not prophesy should be a big red flag to you.
The BoM isn't in perfect King James English. It is in Old English as imagined by a frontier teen who was practicing magic. There are quite a few backwoods idiosyncrasy in the BoM. Only the parts that Smith copied from other books have correct old english.
Perhaps you'd care to enlighten us as to what books those were and what BoM passages were copied from them?
@@loqutor book of Isaiah
@@kylechristensen3290 Nope, the passages where Nephi quotes Isaiah do not match the KJV. They match the Septuagint, which was not available to Joseph.
@@loqutor dont quote me on the Isaiah thing. But put these words on a flyer and hand them to the missionary boys.."Ur leaders KNOW Smith was a fraud. They just cover up his lies for BILLIONS OF $$$$$."
@@kylechristensen3290 Nope. I'm not going to make flyers with lies on them.
May the Lord continue to bless your heartfelt efforts Jessie. Can’t wait for tour next video! ❤️
How about deceptive? She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Christian behavior?
Hey Jessie I have done what you have asked about praying for wisdom and I have even left the church for a while because I had doubts. I even went to other churches. Baptist, Pentecostal, Assembly of God, nondenominational, Orthodox, and Catholic. I would even talk with their pastors and preachers and ask questions to learn more about them. And in time God gave me my answer. And I have come to learn that the Church of JESUS CHRIST Of Latter Day Saints is the only church that teaches in a God that actually makes sense. All of the other churches were just too screwed up. Especially the Baptist church. Based on what other Christians have told me. The LDS God is more loving, more merciful, more fair and just. Has more to offer than the God of mainstream Christianity. It is the most closely accurate to bible teachings. And does the best job at answering the basic questions such as who am I? Where did I come from? What is my purpose? Where am I going? I hope and pray Jessie that one day God will open your eyes and you will be like the apostle Paul and come to realize that the church that you fight against is God's true church.
To anyone out their reading this comment that are sincerely wanting to know the truth. I suggest that you do exactly what Jessie suggest. Go to James 1:5-6 and ask God for wisdom and search out these answers. And if you will ask with a sincere heart, with real intent, having unwavering faith in Christ, then God will manifest the truth unto you by the power of the Holy Ghost. And by the power of the Holy Ghost God will grant unto you the wisdom to see past the anti Mormon deceptions that Satin has created to rip people away from the truth.
Jeffrey Smith I would be confused too! My Lord, going to all those churches (denominations) in such a short period of time, would be overwhelming to someone that is searching for the true Jesus. You were church shopping and didn’t find what you were seeking? Having a personal relationship with Jesus is the most important, wonderful gift we can receive and the Holy Spirit will guide you to that church. Mormons on the other hand have all these man made rituals that you NEED to do in order to get to HIM? By the way, Billy Graham was such a God fearing, Bible believing man who dearly loved the Lord and a Southern Baptist Evangelist. Look him up if you haven’t heard of him. He gives all the glory to Jesus Christ and has never once claimed he was a god. Food for thought.
@@colleenbaida7690 I didn't say Baptist people were evil just their beliefs. I don't know Billy Graham personally but I do believe he was sincere in his beliefs. I feel the same way about his son Franklin Graham. But that doesn't mean that I agree with their teachings. The Mormon rituals were not man made. Even if you want to say that Joseph Smith was a fraud the overwhelming majority of LDS rituals can be found in the Bible. So if they were man made than I guess the bible is false. And I agree having a personal relationship with Jesus is the greatest gift one can have. In fact he has helped me so much and performed miracles many times throughout my life.
As for the part where you said Billy Graham never called himself a God, I am guessing that was you mocking our belief about mans potential to become gods. The bible has made it plainly clear that we can. Even Jesus himself called us gods(John 10:34-35). Romans 8:16-17 Says that as God's children we can become HEIRS TO GOD. Revelations 3-21 says that if we overcome we can sit with Christ in his throne EVEN AS CHRIST IS SAT DOWN IN HIS FATHER'S THRONE. Math 5:48 says We can become perfect even as our Father in Heaven is perfect. Not only is the doctrine biblical but it just makes perfect sense. Why would an all powerful God who loves us want to make us into something less when he can make us into something more? Is it because his powers are limited and therefore can't? Or is it his love for us that is limited and therefore wants to make us into something smaller. Jesus has made it pretty clear of our divine potential. So am I suppose to believe the false preachers of the world about this doctrine or am I suppose to believe Jesus. I choose to believe Jesus. Food for thought.
@@jeffreysmith7542 You are trying so valiantly to hold onto false teachings-you bouncing all over the place The mormon rituals are in the BIBLE? But wait a minute the BIBLE is false. You are not only severely deceived you are grasping at straws. GOD IS NOT A GOD OF CONFUSION and my friend you are confused Ask the GOD OF THE BIBLE IF YOU ARE ON THE RIGHT PATH WILL ANSWER
you are so correct.....
Jeffrey what you are saying is that Jesus was a man and NOT God before, and became a god through his works. Sorry dude that isn't correct. Joseph was a con artist, and proven to bilk folks. You are OK with this-do you comprehend what the criteria for prophet was. And not a proFIT, that created a bank to confiscate funds from those that invested in it? His trusting followers. You are perfectly OK, with his inability to keep his sexuality CONFINED to Emma? Which makes him an adulterer and fornicator in the eyes of Heavenly Father. Are you really comfortable that celestial marriage is part of the "plan" to seal you to becoming a god? Really? And that you will populate kingdoms? really when the LORD GOD ALMIGHTY stated that there would NOT be male or female after this earthly experience, and that marriage was NOT eternal. You can NOT call ANY of the claims of the "proFITS" in the mormon church true as they do NOT align. You do know that the temple practices are directly adopted from Free Masonry right? I am astounded that you will accept the LIES of Joseph Smith as truth, when he clearly blasphemed and states I am bigger than Jesus ever was or could be.
Here's a question for you Jessie. If the Book of Mormon is absolutely 100% false, then couldn't I prove your statement absolutely 100% false by simply finding even just ONE truth within the text of the book?
Also, please do share how the God of the Bible answered your sincere and humble question for wisdom pertaining to "Another Testament of Jesus Christ."
I love your video, I am not Mormon, but the only question I want to ask every active LDS member is if God was once a man of flesh and bone and he became God by following the ordinances of the Gospel, who wrote the Gospel? Who wrote the commandments? (considering the commandments were written thousand of years before the Book of Mormon)
So far not a single active member has been able to provide my a legitimate answer to either of those questions
Nice. I have asked them who created their god who was once a man. Nobody knows.
If you mean the 10 commandments they would say Moses wrote them. Jesus quoted the Old Testament to give the two great commandments, but later added one not found there, to love one another as I have loved you.
@@PhdAAA Moses didn't create the Ten Commandments. He translated it according to what God told him. I guess poor word choice on my part but my first question still stands....if God was once a man of flesh and bone and became "God" by following the Gospel (as the Book of Mormon states), then who created the Gospel? How can he possibly become God when in the Bible (specifically Old Testament) it states "there will be no God before or after me, I am the one and only. I am eternal". It's odd that Mormons say the Book of Mormon is more accurate than the Bible yet no archeological evidence has ever been of the Book (the Gold Plates) AND many archeologists have said civilizations during the time when Jesus visited "America" prove the Book of Mormon to be false.
@@ferg9401, are you sure archaeologists discovered proof that the Book of Mormon is false? Most people that jump to conclusions about archaeologists disproving a faith, wouldn’t have a need to ask people of that faith about their deep doctrine because they would not be open minded enough to believe in it. It wouldn’t benefit one knowing the deepest doctrine, if they aren’t willing to learn about or keep the simplest commandments, by following the example of Jesus Christ. This could also be applied to any other faith or religion.
The Book of Mormon actually doesn’t teach that doctrine, but it does hold water in modern revelation, as taught in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. I imagine there are many LDS like me who know the answers to these questions you have, of where did God and the commandments come from. However, from the claims and conclusions you already made, If I gave an explanation, you would likely make fun of my beliefs (Matthew 7:6) and ultimately it wouldn’t do you any good (1 Corinthians 3:2). It just doesn’t seem like you sincerely want to know, or would be able to apply this knowledge to improve your life, if you found out. Please let me know if I’ve misread your post or misjudged what you are trying to say here about my beliefs.
Maricela daini I didn’t say archeologists have found evidence to prove the Book of Mormon to be false. I’m saying there’s a lack of evidence to proof it’s a true doctrine. Numerous archeologists have said the “historical” landmarks and tribes and people that are spoken of in the Book Of Mormon didn’t exist during the time of of the supposed person Mormon. I am less likely to believe a religious text is accurate or even real if there is lack of evidence or no evidence at all of said people and landmarks in that religious text.
As for you saying you have the answers I seek, I am genuinely curious. I’m not going to mock you but I will correct you if your answers have already been debunked by others
Jessie, you are Awesome! So many LDS people need to watch your videos! There’s no denying that Mormonism is NOT TRUE! 🕊
I definitely do not agree with you.
Me too stanley
Excellent presentation. I liked that you backed up your thoughts with references. You put a lot of work into making this video!
Check those "refernces" she misquoted the 1st chorinthians chapter 7 verse 1.
Are you aware that Jessie changed the wording on the quotes or hyped them up in quite a few places? I checked every quote. This is deceit. A noble Christian trait, right?
I'm trying to better understand the bible. Will you make a video addressing the inconsistencies in there. And why you believe one and not the other? I'm so lost with it all
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As a member of the church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, I am not here to quarrel amongst you, but this I will say, I too was in your shoes not believing it is true. But after feverent prayer, study and seeking the Spirit, there is this otherworldly feeling that belongs somewhere that is warm and light. No Devil can mimic this energy of how it can make me happy and join in with the fellow saints. I've cried many times reading, testifying to those it's true, I've known it and God knows it best. Joseph was definitely NOT perfect, but he was sure willing to be the Prophet of God. I hope y'all have a nice day and consider the testimony that I had spoke of.
What would you say to people from other religions who also have these warm feelings?
Some other mormon groups who are not LDS, also have them. You can't all be right.
Trust in the word of God and skip the satanic feelings...
I hear you, fellow Saint!
I caught Jessie changing words to make her arguments better and taking unofficial opinion and making them sound like doctrine. Sure, that's the Christian thing to do.
Yes. The devil can mimic that energy. I used to be in the new age and I felt that energy. I was deciceived. I would encourage you to study the Word of God. God didn’t need to create a new gospel. The gospel is the same gospel that was preached in the day of Noah. Repent of your sins and turn back to God and follow His ways.
@@cherylburnett2014 Satan cannot ever mimic that energy. Ever. Satan subs fun for joy, a mindless haze for wisdom, and babbling for the powerful but still voice. What I have is the same gospel Noah preached. It was repent and follow God. It is Christ-centered. I strive to repent daily and know God's will. I would again tell you that Jessie does not follow Eph 4:29-32. Get both sides and don't just hop on an emotional bandwagon of bashing what you don't really understand.
These are definitely tough questions! Praying for my lds friends that God works on them and leads them to him. Thanks Jessie! Very nice work and I love the James scripture reference rolling in like star wars!
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Their only tough questions if your ignorant.
Jessie, would you consider researching the Joseph Smith translation (distortions) of the Bible. I may have missed it if you have done a video on this. I need to rewatch all of your videos. I was recently disturbed to discover verses l did not know he had messed with!
First, I want to address Joseph Smith. Supposedly he didn't know how to read. Yet he read from the book of James. Secondly Joseph, Sr taught school in the Winter. Also, Joseph, Jr claimed he didn't know much about God, which is why he prayed for wisdom. Yet, his parents were devoted Christians and his dad read the Bible to the family each nite. Moving on to my second point. The church claims God does nothing unless He reveals it to His prophets. I have never heard any of the "prophets" warn of the coming WW I, WW II, 911, the holocaust, etc etc. Imagine the many lives that could have been spared. In fact, in the early church the "prophets " made many "prophetic " words and none came to pass so they quit "prophesying " and kept the title of prophet.
Joseph was "instructed in reading, writing, and the ground rules of arithmetic." No one stated he was completely illiterate. He had 3 years of formal education. Beyond that, I'm sure he learned from family whatever other education was available. Amos 3:7 is the scripture about revealing to prophets God's plan. That teaching is taught in our doctrine, but it comes from the Bible. Whether in or out of our church, God's revelations are not necessarily revealed to the public. I presume God has a reason for not preventing a world war, but I can't say for sure.
@@macadameane thank you for your input. I will be taking my first lesson from the missionaries next week.
Nice video Jessie...and I just saw a channel called "BMC studios" where they posted videos "evidences" of the Book of Mormon... Those videos might help you find more topics to do a video on
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine. Let's see. Who uses deceit?
thanks Jessie. I watch these videos for interest now as I no longer have an interest in LDS, Mormon or whatever their latest title is. Its because of videos such as yours I know the truth about this church. Its so sad they are great people just deceived by the mormon machine. I see the apologists often telling you to go away, you are spoiling their recruiting drive. Or mock you in videos. But they can't touch your facts or research. Ignore them ! With the number suscribers you have you I have no doubt you are on the Mormon Radar just like exmorgan (love her channel), Mike Norton and several others who I have watched. Thank you for spreading the truth.
So you don't believe in baptism for the dead, prophets or the word of wisdom for example? That we
don't need them any more?
@@amazingcolorizing4975 _"Paul wasn't calling "baptism for the dead" the will of God - and it isn't."_ Paul was most sensitive to blasphemy and false practice's. Multiple times he says not to be deceived by false teachers and doctrine (Romans 16:17, Galatians 1:6-8). He said that circumcision, a practice that was part of the Jew religion for centuries, is no longer needed and means nothing now and to stop teaching that it is needed (Galatians 5:2-6). Hell, the whole reason Paul wrote all of his epistles in the first place was to correct those churches when they started to go astray. There are probably other things in the Bible that I am forgetting that reflect his dislike of false teachings. Now with that being said, what makes you think Paul would have included 1 Corinthian 15:29 if he disapproved of baptism for the dead? There is nothing in the text before or after to indicate that he disapproves of the practice, even in greek.
_"The Bible is clear that once you die - then comes the Judgement"_ Uh No, it doesn't say that. In fact, the Bible talks of multiple Resurrections. The Bible says that the Final Judgement will be after the 1000 years of Christ's reign on earth and after satan is loosed for a season. Revelation 20:4-12.
Christ preached to the dead (John 5:25, John 5:28, 1 Peter 3:19) that they might be judged according to men in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit (1 Peter 4:6) and that preaching is still happening today because every knee will bow and confess Jesus is Lord (Philippians 2:10-11) on judgment day. To live to God in the spirit is to follow Jesus Christ and do what he has asked of us. That doesn't mean that people get a second chance (or in our theology, will get to the Celestial Kingdom) if they were sinners and multiple of our prophets have said as much. We are told not to procrastinate our repentance from our own scriptures (Alma 34:33-35). We are judged on our works (Romans 2:5-6, Colossians 3:24-25, Revelation 20:12, Revelation 22:12), meaning those who did evil shall inherit evil and those who did good shall inherit good (John 5:29, 1 Corinthians 6:9-11).
_"The Law and the Prophets were FULFILLED in Jesus Christ"_ No, the Law was fulfilled, Jesus was the last sacrifice for the sins of all the Earth. No where does it say that there will be no more prophets or the need has gone away.
_"Nowhere to be found in the Bible. The life-style practices are fine, but it isn't doctrine in Biblical Christianity."_ Actually, the Bible very clearly warns not to drink excessively. Romans 13:13, 1 Corinthians 6:10, Ephesians 5:18, 1 Timothy 3:3, 1 Timothy 3:10, 1 Peter 4:3.
Either way, who cares? We don't believe the Bible to be the only scripture so if something isn't said in it then it doesn't matter to us.
Ok thanks for straightening me out on that. It makes sense to me now. I have misunderstood that. I finally
learned the story of Jesus and the Canaanite woman recently.
@@stanleyhall8951 i will have to look that up. Thank you for your reply.
@@amazingcolorizing4975 Buddy, only type one comment out and post one comment with everything on it unless you run out of comment space. It's annoying to be spammed.
_"You're incorrect about the Bible not saying "And as it is appointed unto men once to die, but after this the judgment"_ When most of you guys say that you mean that immediately as soon as you die you are judged, of which I was saying is not in the Bible. The Judgement happens all at one time at the end of the millennium, or 1000 years after the second coming
_"You are living in a False Reality"_ LOL No, I am not. I am living in the true Church of God and Jesus Christ.
_"are you calling the Word of God insufficient? Tell Him so when you come face to face"_ Uh are you claiming the Bible is Jesus? Because Jesus is not the Bible and to equate them is idolatry. The Bible is a book about Jesus, not Jesus. I am not calling Jesus Christ insufficient. I am saying that the Bible is not the only word from God.
_" None of us has a 100% understannding of God."_ You may not but that is because your God is really confusing and illogical. My God is pretty easy to understand.
_"His Word will ALWAYS be 100% True."_ I agree. The Bible, Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and Pearl of Great Price will always be 100% true.
An ex Jehovahs Witness here. Mormons have always fascinated me since both faiths are so family oriented and full of hard working members. I'm learning a lot about Mormon beliefs thanks to this channel. Good job!
If you really want to know about "Mormon beliefs", the best place to go is to members of the LDS church; the "Mormons".
Exactly. To know about the LDS Church go to the LDS source. Not to Jessie. Although she has good questions of which most can be answered.
I was studying with JWs and finished the Bible Teach book. I told them from the beginning that I wanted to know what they believed, just as I had studdied other religions. They had other ideas. The couple who were teaching me began pressuring me to be baptised. When I declined, that was the end of that! They were very angry with me! Mormons use the same tactics. So, if you want to BELIEVE, study with Mormons; if you want to LEARN, stay right here.
@@stanleyhall8951 Most? Hmm...
Please feel free to answer any of her questions. My missionary friends answer was only, because I know they know the Book of Mormon is true in their heart. Love these guys, but the had nothing but blank expressions. I felt bad for them, but I know once they go home, where these questions are not part of faith, they will find happiness and a family of support in LDS. I wish I could be so blindly faithful.
As a Latter Day Saint, I'm going to answer your first question.
In Verse 4 The Lord states that a new city shall be built by Saints starting with the temple that will be built there. It goes like this:
"4 Verily this is the word of the Lord, that the city New Jerusalem shall be built by the gathering of the saints, beginning at this place, even
the place of the temple, "
Then He goes on to command them that they should build it in there generation, like this:
"which temple shall be reared in this generation."
This did not indicate they would for sure be successful in building (THIS) temple in their generation. It was one of those Thou shalt things where people have a choice. A commandment. Scriptures are filled with them. :)
Then He goes on to state that FOR SURE a temple will be built to Him in there generation regardless of where, like this:
"5 For verily this generation shall not all pass away
until an house shall be built unto the Lord"
And if you do your research, you will find they did build one.
There is a lot more to this whole story that has not been mentioned or very possibly considered on this forum. There is a big picture not being explored when seriously seeking the truth in this matter by the person asking, making it seem like another attempt to reflect people away from the church by asking hard questions directly before lazy minded masses. All these question can be answered through personal revelation, faith, prayer, seeking truth. Same goes with every question you have asked in this video. They can all be answered at least more logically than you have framed the questions here. I don't even think you need to ask Mormons when most of the answers are already online in various places, having been addressed many times before. But if the average You tuber doesn't know, what could be more fun and gratifying than a self fulled crafty device used to drive them away like herds. Oh the power trip! If only that hate fulled rush could last forever. :(
@tapir rider, Some of the largest ancient cities and structures in the world exist in North East America, you tell me why these sites have been under investigation for so long with so little information provided by non-LDS sources in main stream archeology? Why have thousands of skeletons gone missing in a 200 year period? There is a lot of evidence but why would our institutions, who hold higher their evolution doctrines above everything now. It's politics for sure. However, there are SOME LDS scholars and other professionals that will provide a large quantity of evidence that originates from non-Mormon sources. One of the best that I have seen is Wayne May. Just watch every RUclips video and you will have plenty. There is also a lot of information which can be found on RUclips about the way carbon dating and other dating methods are misused and inaccurate. So much evidence for this. Evidence for Book Of Mormon rarely fits into an elitist world perception which shows or Earth getting older and older every year my many thousands of years.
But if your anything like me, you will find things like this all the time.
The Algonquin people of northern United Stats and Canada claim through oral history to have come to North America from the Atlantic coast. They are made up to 25% Haplogroup X DNA, which is also found in the Middle east and Israel. Haplogroup X is not found in South America or South East Asia like other American Indian DNA. X was all over North East America in the ancient mounds that Joseph Smith claimed were the peoples of The Book Of Mormon.
It never ends. Seek it out. Why would God want a bunch of proud and hard hearted people taking over His Church like around the medieval times? I think he want's humble truth seekers who show enough faith to be a good person and do what's right before they receive more truth than they could otherwise handle. Why would God bless someone with great knowledge when He knows they will not live according to to it? I would be better for those people if they had never known so much on judgment day. Have you ever looked into all the good The Church does on this planet, or statistics regarding The Church or states with the highest LDS populations at different time periods? BETTER YET, have you ever read The Book Of Mormon and truly sought a testimony of it's truthfulness from GOD? The book promises no testimony to the dishonest seeker.
But if you think that proof or evidence will help you know of truths which can never replace The Spirit Of God speaking directly to your spirit, showing you a picture in your spiritual mind or confirming answers by confirming feelings unmatched, then I guess go watch all the videos featuring Wayne May, Because so may of His sources can be validated. But take no word of anyone or anything longer than necessary. You need your own testimony if you plan on surviving spiritually in this world.
@tapir rider, Show me where any non-Mormon archeologist has evidence or proof of a names, of all of the ancient cites Wayne May speaks about! So you can compare them with what Wayne May calls them! No one can truly shred his claims on those subjects without that kind of evidence. That is of course if you think having proof of names connected to cities is the most essential means of proving to everyone wither or not The Book is true or false. What does (what you may call) exact science prove the actual names are, and after all this time it has had to accurately study by it's non-political and completely honest methods? How could they fail when they put every ones best interests before their own? Because if they don't know the names after all these years, then what other logical excuse could they have? And if so than why couldn't Latter Day Saints have the same excuse? At least some latter day saints claim to know something and actually make efforts instead of cover ups! The others are just upset because they are the ones that feel lazy and shredded. They feel under-minded for not doing their jobs instead of LDS doing it for them. Which put there sympathizers in attack mode, leading to make like 20 false claims in one paragraph, expecting an LDS to constantly break it down for them so they can just ignore attack them again. Is it so gratifying for Anti-Mormons? At lest I know there is a future end to all dishonesty and those who refuse to admit truth. So please show me the proof of the names of those earthworks, which the almighty scientists have uncovered in the interest of all? What were they called more that 1,000 years ago? Where is the undisputed truth of the names of those places, or were they built by sub-human species without good vocal chords?
JMFH SMITH 🤣😂🤣😂 citing Wayne May who uses known frauds as evidence. There is zero evidence of the highly advanced civilizations from the Book of Mormon, in one battle alone 2 million warriors riding chariots pulled by horses wearing metal breast plates and helmets using cimtars and bows plus all their wives plus all their children and that’s only one side of the battle! To put it in perspective that’s Los Angeles sized group of people killed in a couple of days around the hill cumorah in New York! Not one scrap they existed
www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/ether/15?lang=eng
All of this in spite of the claim that no civilizations where in the promised land!
www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/2-ne/1?lang=eng
www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/bofm/ether/2?lang=eng
Yet we have lots of evidence of people who came across the Bering strait before during and after the bom times from Alaska to Chile. These civilizations were less advanced than the bom people yet survived and left tons of evidence. Go to any American just museum or college. We live in reality not fantasy!
JMFH SMITH
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genetic_history_of_indigenous_peoples_of_the_Americas
No Native American tribes are of Egyptian/Israelite origins, there are many haplo groups x from many areas
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Haplogroup_X_(mtDNA)
Non-Mormon Archeologists have not relieved, names of places or people that I am aware of, so how could it be possible for me to show sources? Another Anti-Mormon trick question for wasting time I suppose. It's because I can't find non-Mormon sources for any names of people, places or things that I generally don't trust mainstream non-Mormon archeologists. Too many politics involved. How can you trust people who are lazy and withholding? I don't think Wayne May is making solid claims on everything and would welcome non-Mormon help any time. But with Anti-Mormons it's the same old trash and make fun of people you hate so I can't believe you even when Mormons make mistakes or get carried away. Still there is a lot of true evidence from May which is more of a reason to get hammered by 100s of anti-Mormons. I'm still going to go with peaceful people that don't need hating or shredding someone as fuel to do anything. Joseph mad 100s of prophesies that came true, but anti-Mormons will take the 10 that are hardest for newcomers to understand or easiest to twist and blow those up in a usually inaccurate way to publish in a format that investigators can easily come across. Sometime you find truth just going where the love is and being trashed by the opposition. It's one's word against another here. But if your sources are so much better, then like you say, where are the names of people and places from Book Of Mormon supposed time frame? At least LDS want people to know as much of the truth as they can, so called science and history is evolving and changing so no one is going to be perfectly accurate. The one's that claim to be superior and slap-back at the rest are always going to be more discarded by real truth seekers even when they have more power, resources and authority. You know how many horrible names and insults I have received from anti-Mormons? How can you believe anyone like that unless truth is less important. In my experience, I find the most truth in people with the most love and that goes in with The Bible anyway. It's fare more important than archeology.
Thank you so much for this video. I live on a Mormon family and I don't have enough motivation to do this research and prove them wrong.
"Gotcha" questions with perfectly clear answers for one willing to seek them out don't disprove anything.
One simple example from this video is the question referencing Isaiah 29:4. The video claims that the Church holds that this verse speaks of the BoM. That is simply not true. The Church holds that verse 11 thru basically the end of the chapter is a prophecy about the Restoration of Christ's Church in this dispensation. Does the maker of this video present this evidence? No... The maker of this video is not interested in a fair debate which weighs the actual evidence... Consider that fact while you weigh whether a person engaged in such dubious methods has pure motives. And if impure motives, then how are we to trust anything she says?
You can't prove them wrong, just as we can't prove we are right. That's where FAITH comes in.
I felt really sad reading your comment. I do hope you pray sincerely about it and by the intent of your heart, receive an answer and bring back that peace from the Spirit that indeed, this church is true.
@@nateypecks your leaders use you by tribalism. Don't you gave to donate money to them periodically or something
@@edgaraf9411 Um.... How would donating money make the organization or group tribal? Every organization accepts money... If I give money to more than one, then by your logic I'd be a member of two tribes which contrary to the definition of tribal.
Questions mormons can't answer, let me answer one at random...
#31 8:51 (KJV MATT 19:3-8) Jesus teaches the principle of eternal marriage. From the beginning, beginning with Adam and Eve, joined together in marriage by God and what God hath joined together let no man put asunder. And the two shall No More be Twain but One Flesh... BOOM! Drop the mic
Not that you would be satisfied by my answer, but I did answer it...
Dan Grow
Till Death do us part.
Honestly, we can answer all of these questions. If you want answers, talk to a member or the missionaries. Trust me most of the questions she has asked refer to modern revelation through the prophet. I politely ask each and every one of you to check out apostle Elder Jeffery R Hollands’ testimony of the Book of Mormon.
tapir rider . Jeffrey R Holland can be a strong speaker sometimes. He gets very emotional when he delivers speeches. I can’t speak for him but I am sure that he’s just trying to explain that he does not like it when members leave the church because he knows what they are missing out on. He just doesn’t understand why people give up so easily when times get hard.
tapir rider i’m sorry you feel that way but I have had experiences that have solidified my faith that the LDS church is the right church for me. I have experienced things that no other person has. I’m not saying everyone gives up easily but I know that God only wants us to obey him and to be happy. If you feel this church is not right for you I can respect that.
@@jakecalder8270 Do you know for sure if you died today where you would spend eternity?
Are you worthy enough?
Faye Lewis I do not know where I would end up if I died today. I can only have faith that I would go where God would be as well as my family
@@jakecalder8270 Salvation is quite simple.
1. Everyone is born dead in their sins and without hope in the world.
Eph. 2 And you were dead in the trespasses and sins
12 having no hope and without God in the world.
Our sins separate us from a holy God.
Is. 59:2 but your iniquities have made a separation
between you and your God,
and your sins have hidden his face from you
so that he does not hear.
2. God considers our sin so serious that we have already earned the death penalty. We will all die one day. "The wages of sin is death."
3. There is nothing we could ever do to merit everlasting life. It is a free gift.
Romans 6:23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Eph. 2:8-9 For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God;
9 not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Even Abraham was not saved by works, but by faith.
Romans 4 What then shall we say that Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh, has found?
2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God.
3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was credited to him as righteousness.”
4 Now to the one who works, his wage is not credited as a favor, but as what is due.
5 But to the one who does not work, but believes in Him who justifies the ungodly, his faith is credited as righteousness,
Romans 3:28 For we maintain that a man is justified by faith apart from works of the Law.
Titus 3:5 He saved us, not on the basis of deeds which we have done in righteousness, but according to His mercy, by the washing of regeneration and renewing by the Holy Spirit,
Galatians 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by the works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ,
even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by the faith of Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by the works of the law shall no flesh be justified.
4. The good news, the gospel, is that Jesus Christ has done the one work, the one act of righteousness, that could bring justification to all men.
Jesus took our sins upon himself on the cross. He is way more than our example. Jesus is our substitute.
(The other option is to spend eternity in hell paying for your own sins.)
5. All you need to do is humble yourself, repent of your sin and put your faith in what Jesus Christ has already done for you. The moment you do that God will forgive you of your sins, grant you the gift of everlasting life and fill you with His Holy Spirit.
Luke 18
Jesus also told this parable to some who trusted in themselves that they were righteous, and treated others with contempt:
10 “Two men went up into the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector.
11 The Pharisee, standing by himself, prayed[a] thus: ‘God, I thank you that I am not like other men, extortioners, unjust, adulterers, or even like this tax collector.
12 I fast twice a week; I give tithes of all that I get.’
13 But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’
14 I tell you, this man went down to his house justified, rather than the other. For everyone who exalts himself will be humbled, but the one who humbles himself will be exalted.”
God bless you.
#29. Since the Word of Wisdom teaches us to abstain from alcohol, why did Paul encourage Timothy to drink wine for his stomach (1 Timothy 5:23)?
Now you are judging the present with the standards of the past. Did they have Tums and Pepcid at the time of Paul? There is no official statement on why we abstain from alcohol, just as there is no obvious reason for the food prohibitions in the Law of Moses.
My personal opinion is that alcohol and modern machinery don’t go together well and God loves His children and doesn’t want to add any more hardships to mortality. If you got drunk in the time of Christ, your donkey wouldn’t crash into another donkey and kill everyone. Just like the commandments, the Word of Wisdom is a protection. If you see the commandments as prohibitive, consider who is happier, the man who kills or commits adultery and has to face the law and his wife, or the man who loves his wife and serves others?
Vs 4 of DC89 is the key to why ... 4 Behold, verily, thus saith the Lord unto you: In consequence of evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days, I have warned you, and forewarn you, by giving unto you this word of wisdom by revelation.
The fact that this advise has been given in the latter days should make you ask what has changed from the times of Paul and Timothy? A lot ... alcohol is easy to find and has ruined more lives killing more souls than those who have dies in all wars of mankind.
Jesse, I would love to debate with you sometime. And you might think I am just joking, but I'm not. I think your an intelligent person. Let me know. It would give you an opportunity to cement your "erudition" with your youtube audience.
it's not my place to comment on this subject, but i'm going to anyway.
debate people, are people who are willing to set up the event to "go for the juglar".
in all honesty, does jessie seem like the kind of person who wants to crush her opponent, and then not only crush him but go for the juglar? really?
or don't you really see her as a person who woud be more inclined to extend a nurturing hand to someone in need?
if you want to see a mormon completely crushed, and then splayed out on the floor, with nothing left to defend against the juglar attack, watch the kwaku debate: ruclips.net/video/JLTY7rMsUcQ/видео.html
that's really not jessie imho. i don't know why people challenge her, when that's just not what she's about.
of course i only see her as she presents herself on video. i could be wrong. she could be a wollf in sheeps clothing thirsting for blood at the first sign of weakness. but i dont think i'm wrong in this case.
The bible is not perfect on it's own, it need another witness!
The Bible is perfect and complete. It is the written Word of God that has stood the test of time. It has no errors and is missing nothing. I encourage you to read it! Read the New Testament and see how your church does not teach Biblical Christianity or the true Gospel.
@@itsmejessie I'm speaking to you out of love and care for your eternal soul. Please humble yourself and listen to the prompting of the holy Ghost. I invite you to repent and humble yourself to the dust. If you do not humble yourself and except another witness, God's judgement will come down upon you and your family!
@@mounga100 I would encourage you to test the truth of your feelings. God said the heart is a deceitful above all things.
What do you say to the Jehovah's witness or the Muslim who believe their religion is true based on the feelings they felt? It is impossible for all of them to be true. Mormonism teaches you can know the truth by you feeling it to be so as do the Jehovah's witnesses, muslims and many other cult religions. Which one is right because they all believe whole heartedly that they are?
I began my journey away from Joseph Smith and toward Jesus Christ with a close examination of "Praise to the Man", a song sung at every Priesthood meeting. It is clearly the self-deification of Joseph Smith.
some people are so lucky. a simple little thing so obvious will set their minds going and they're out. it took me years.
I left the church after growing up in it. It isnt easy. You have the right lines fed to you as a child to bear your testimony. The rituals are easy to take for granted without questioning them. The lies are gift wrapped in simple truths to make them believable. That song stood out to me only after observing the patterns of the priesthood from one coast to another. They sing "Praise to the Man" at every meeting. There is no mistaking the context of the lyrics. It equates Joseph Smith to Jesus Christ. From there I spent 2 years running a background check on Joseph Smith. The cup of Truth is bitter, but it kills the hangover from all the lies.
@Charles Jones Joseph Smith wasn’t doing any self-deification, as he didn’t write this song and he didn’t aspire to be a god. “Praise to the Man” was written by WW Phelps after Smith’s death.
It’s Me Jessie: 25. Why does the Book of Mormon contain extensive, word-for-word quotes from the Bible if the LDS Church is correct in teaching that the Bible has been corrupted? Pearl of Great Price/Articles of Faith 1:8 “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.” The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints accepts the Authorized King James Version as the most correctly translated version of the Bible.
Search ,ponder and pray are the things I do and the spirit of God telling me the truth..all questions is overcome by the truth confirm by god
jess i just want to add a word of encouragement. you already know what wins, and you know the winning way. you don't need the most correct answer using the most correct termonology.
paul talks about the way. what people want to hear about more than anything is the way. paul talks about it in the bible. he talks about the way. they didn't use the word christian until later.
i like it when you share your christian witness at the end of the video.
it must make you feel good when you share what is important to you.+
Another person who didn't check Jessie's sources. She changed words and took opinions and treated them like church doctrine.
Some things may not be church doctrine but obvious contradictions within Mormon scriptures and teachings from apostles and prophets. King Follett discourse by Joseph smith taught a lot of Heresy, unbiblical, unchristian and following his way leads many zealous Mormons down the wide way (which says heaven) but to find yourself in Hell because it was the false, counterfeit way.
@@misssue1824 Some things may not be church doctrine but obvious contradictions within Mormon scriptures and teachings from apostles and prophets. King Follett discourse by Joseph smith taught a lot of Heresy, unbiblical, unchristian and following his way leads many zealous Mormons down the wide way (which says heaven) but to find yourself in Hell because it was the false, counterfeit way.
@@OKatie777 No, the King Follett Discourse simply clarifies what is in the Bible. We are children our Father in Heaven, just as Jesus Christ says. We are not some creation of a God that is unknowable and is very different from ourselves.
Jesus Christ showed that we come to earth to get a body and be like Him and our Father. Why is that so offensive? We have a God who understands us and wants us to be like Him. This is what Romans 8:14-19 tells us.
God is eternal. What does that mean? The Hebrew word is quedem. It means "that which is before, the east, ancient." That is not the same meaning we use in English. He is from "everlasting to everlasting." Everlasting is olam. It means "what is hidden, and beginning or end that is not defined, ancient as well as perpetuity." Read the statements of the early church fathers like Clement, Tertullian and Justin- all used philosophy to explain God in Platonic and Neo-Platonic concepts. By the time of the Nicaean Creed no one had the right understanding of God and there was no one who could reveal it.
@@misssue1824 Thank you for your reply 🌸 But the God of the Bible is knowable and he wants a personal relationship with his creation which is possible with the right God. It’s not possible with the God of mormonism. John 14:7 “If you had known Me, you would have known My Father also; from now on you know Him, and have seen Him”.
1 John 5:20- “And we know that the Son of God has come and has given us understanding, so that we may know him who is true; and we are in him who is true, in his Son Jesus Christ”.
John 17:3- “This is eternal life, that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent”.
BUT the omnipotent, omnipresent, and omniscient God CANNOT be completely understood by our finite minds. And that is okay, God made it that way.
Is 55:8 “For my thoughts are not your thoughts, neither are your ways my ways, declares the Lord. As the heavens are higher than the earth, so are my ways higher than your ways and my thoughts than your thoughts”.
Job 11:7 “Can you fathom the mysteries of God? Can you probe the limits of the Almighty”.
Is 40:28 “Do you not know? Have you not heard? The Lord is the everlasting God, the Creator of the ends of the earth. He will not grow tired or weary, and his understanding no one can fathom.”. As for the King Follett discourse which you say “clarifies what is in the Bible”, you are mistaken because I know my Bible and I know what’s in it and what’s not in it. JS taught another gospel which Gal 1:8 warns us about “But even if we, or an angel from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed!”. The teachings of JS and the LDS church do not agree with essential christian doctrine. Here’s an example that is not biblical and a “real” christian would not agree with these mormon beliefs: the essence of God: God was once a man like us who progressed to Godhood. Or that Jesus is God’s literal firstborn son (thus making him created- like his brother Satan). So if you believe those LDS beliefs about who God and Jesus is then we believe in two different Gods. And only one of those god’s (the God of the Bible) can only save. All other gods can’t.
Jessie, i just watched your video, please do allow me a correction:
the King James Version dated from 1) 1611
and
2) 1769
means, not from the 16th and 17h century😁👋
Many people do not understand what 16th century means. The original Authorized Versoon (sorry I don't want to call it King James) also came with Apocrypha. This was, after all the church of England that did not break from the RCC as much as Lutherans and Calvinists.
PhdAAA Lutherans also had it at least originally, but they devalued it to apocrypha, whereas the catholic church considers them deuterocanon.
@@order_truth_involvement6135 And so does the Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox..all combined is the majority of Christendom.