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To: Nadine Carroll who wrote (251428)	12/12/2007 8:52:48 PM
From: bentway	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Mormonism IS a weird Joe Smith cult. Scientology might be a little saner. exmormon.net ----------------------------------------------------------------- Nice People, But... Do You Know What Mormons Really Believe? MORMONISM IS NOT WHAT YOU THINK Here are some beliefs Mormons resist telling you at first... * The LDS Church is the only true church. The Lord told Joseph Smith personally that all other churches are an "abomination." Any non-Mormon church is automatically part of the "church of the devil." No other church has the valid priesthood. The devil has even made a pact with many Christian pastors to teach Christian doctrines about the Trinity and salvation by grace. But in public we say that all religions are good and have some truth. * There are many gods. We deal with three of these distinct gods from the council of the gods: Elohim, Jehovah, and the Holy Ghost. * God, the Father,was once a man like us. His name is Elohim, and he had a literal father before him. (That means there is a god even higher than God the Father!) * We can progress to become gods of our own worlds just like the god Elohim. * Jesus is the brother of the devil, not his creator. * Jesus was not born of a virgin. Elohim had sexual relations with his daughter, Mary, to bring about the conception of Jesus. (Not all Mormons are familiar with this teaching.) * We are not permitted to pray to Jesus, but only to another god named Elohim. * Celestial heaven is near a star called Kolob. * The Bible contains doctrinal errors. * Polygamy is an eternal principle. Mormons still believe in polygamy, but just can't practice it right now. * Black people were cursed with their black skin because of their inferiority in the pre-existent life. * Native American Indians are really Israelites who were cursed with red skin because of their sin. * The current prophet, Gordon B. Hinkley, is a prophet in exactly the same sense as Moses or Ezekiel in the Bible. He has authority to write new scripture. * The first LDS prophet, Joseph Smith, saw God the Father in the flesh. * Adam did not sin when he ate of the forbidden fruit, but was merely choosing to obey a contradictory command from Jehovah. * Jesus shed his blood to offer us the potential to be forgiven if we successfully stop our sins permanently. * We cannot be saved (forgiven) by grace alone through faith alone. * Secret temple rituals where one learns secret names and secret handshakes contribute to one's exaltation in the celestial kingdom. No non-Mormon is worthy to go inside a dedicated temple. * No one who pays less than 10% of their income to the LDS Church is allowed inside a functioning temple. * It is possible to eventually become perfect by progressing a little bit at a time through eternal progression.