A HISTORY OF MORMONISM
WHO ARE THE MORMONS???
Today, we typically think of Mormon adherents as clean-cut, dedicated, and zealous. The Mormon church’s public relations campaign focuses on the importance of strong, close-knit families. In 1950 there were 1 million Mormons in the U.S. By 1995, they had grown to over 4 million in the US and nearly 9 million worldwide. Based on these statistics, it was estimated, at that time, that they were growing at a rate of 1,500 new members per day.
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By our friends at Freedom Beacon Ministries:
- The Mormon church is one of the wealthiest religious bodies in the world. Consider these statistics from 1995:It was estimated that the Mormon Church took in $4.7 billion per year.
- It controlled at least 100 companies or businesses.
- It had an investment portfolio in excess of $1 billion.
- It would have ranked 110th in the Fortune 500 list, ranking among companies such as Gillette and Chiquita Brands International
- It generated another $4 billion per year in sales by its business subsidiaries.<
- It was one of the nation’s largest private land owners, with holdings in 50 states.
- It was spending an estimated $550 million per year on missionary efforts (not including money raised by missionaries themselves)
- It reached over 350 million people per year via media efforts.
- According to the source of the above statistics, these totals made the Mormon church, in 1995, an $8 billion per year corporation–comparable to Union Carbide & Borden Products.
* Source: “Reasoning from the Scriptures with the Mormons”, by Ron Rhodes
Mormonism & The Occult CONnections of Masonry
Mormon Excuses for the Overwhelming Masonic Influence!
Truly the heart is desperately wicked and who can know it. Mormons create a documentary to try to explain that the Apostles helped preserve Masonic influence and hence this is why it’s found in Mormonism. It is and always has been Satans desire to be worshiped and in all of his counterfeits the closer to Christianity the more he relishes the ruse.
MORMON HISTORY
Mormon founder, Joseph Smith was born on December 23, 1805, in Sharon, Vermont. At the age of 11, his family moved to upstate NY. A replica of the Smith family farm is situated on the original location in Palmyra, NY, and is visited by many Mormons each year, as they make the pilgrimage to tour their historical sites and to witness the staging of the annual “Hill Cumorah Pagent”.
In 1820, when he was 15 years old, Joseph Smith alleged that God the Father and Jesus Christ had appeared to him. Joseph, who had become disenchanted with the “hypocrisy” he’d seen in some of the Christian denominations, asked them which one he should join. He later recounted that he had been told he should join none of them, for they all were abominations in God’s sight. Smith claimed he came here to pray when God the Father and His Son appeared and instructed him to initiate “the restoration of the fullness of the gospel of Jesus Christ to the earth”. The full account can be read in The Prophet Joseph Smith’s Testimony usually available from Mormon missionaries.
This event is referred to as the “First Vision” and the wooded clearing where it is alleged to have taken place is known as the “Sacred Grove”. It is another stop on the tour of historical sites in Palmyra, NY. It stands in the shadow of the Palmyra Temple. Mormons regard this temple as the most sacred place on Earth.
Joseph Smith & The Angel Moroni
Joseph further alleged that on the evening of September 21, 1823, an “angel” named Moroni appeared to him on three separate occasions. On each visit, Moroni told Joseph that he was sent from God to reveal ancient gold plates inscribed with the history of the inhabitants of the Americas (The Nephites & the Lamanites). With the plates, were also said to be two stones (the Urim & Thummim) that were to be used to translate the characters on the plates.
The next day, Joseph found the plates buried in a hillside, but said he was told that they would be given to him only when he became worthy. Joseph allegedly retrieved the golden plates on September 22, 1827. But was he really worthy? It is interesting to note that, on March 20th of the previous year, Smith was found guilty of fraud in Bainbridge, New York. He had been selling his services, claiming that he could find buried treasure through the use of a “seer stone.” (An occult practice!) He was prosecuted when he failed to produce for several of his customers. In fact, by the time he was “martyred” in an Illinois jail, Smith had been subject to approximately thirty criminal actions and at least as many civil suits.
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The problem with all of this is that masonry IS NOT a religion, it is a brotherhood. And no where in masonic roots does it teach that Jesus is not divine. It simply is just not true. The lack of even the slightest amount of historical research discredits this entire website.
Gee, Thanks Joe. You need to do your homework.
I am providing a link for http://www.higherpraise.com/RonCarlson/FreemasonryMasonicLodge.htm
You can listen to a free audio here. All Occult teachings are by nature hidden and cloaked in their own secrecy.
May God give you eyes and ears to see the true nature of this organization.
Shalom, Keith
I would have to agree with Joe. Some of my closest friends are Mormon. This religion is anything but a cult. Their whole doctrine centers around Christ as a divine being, and as Savior to the world.
The religion is not about Joseph Smith. It is about Jesus Christ, plain and simple.
You talk about Joseph Smith and legal issues he faced. Many other religions (even different Christian sects) have faced persecution and so called “criminal actions”/legal issues. Does that somehow discredit any validity they have? If that were the case, there is no religion that is true and real. We are religious people living in the real world. I think there will always be opposition to religion and the message of Christ. Just because there is that opposition does not invalidate any religion.
It seems that many arguments against the mormon religion stems from people just not knowing about it. People are curious and have questions. I have questions. But i think the best way to find answers to those questions is not to sit and speculate on your own. Get a first-hand experience. Visit a church service. Spend time with the people! I’ve learned a lot from them.
May God give YOU eyes and ears to see the true nature of this organization.
If anyone wants to get to know more about this religion and it’s members, visit the official church website to learn more.
http://mormon.org/
Grace,
My mother was a Mormon. I have all the books and Mormons have “Another Gospel & Another Jesus”
“I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel: Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ. But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.” Galatians 1:6-8 “For if he that cometh preacheth another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or ye receive another spirit, which ye have not received, or another gospel, which ye have not accepted, ye might well bear with [him].” 2 Corinthians 11:4
We know and find Mormons to be very nice like many others who don’t go to any Church or Spiritual discipline. Narrow is the gate that leads to life. It is Gods word… We know that you read the various books of Mormon litrature. Try reading just the KJV Bible you claim to read and just that and we are confident you will come to the knowledge of the truth. You will not become gods. This is the original lie that is propigated in many false religions.
Shalom, Keith
Again Grace,
My mom was a Mormon and we did find them very nice, very sincere. Religion is everywhere and the advesary of our souls uses religion everywhere to bring well meaning people captive in to “Religious Systems” of works salvation. Salavation is a gift of God, it is His marvelous grace.
For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: [it is] the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. Ephesians 2:8-9
Christ is NOT jus a devine being, He is God… The ONLY begotten Please read Isaiah chapters 40-49 and keep in mind that God puts all false gods on trial. And He states over and over that He ALONE is the One true God and there is NO OTHER. It is the lie of the serpent in the garden who said “Ye shall be like god” and Satans dream to be like God Isaiah 14…
Look unto me, and be ye saved, all the ends of the earth: for I [am] God, and [there is] none else. Isaiah 45:22 Read the bible and nothing else. It is a problem in the Church also. May God give you understanding and grant you repentance to turn to the living God. Please read it. Don’t take my word for it.
Shalom, Keith