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(Journal of Discourses 1:50-51; 6:275; unpublished Brigham Young Discourse LDS 24th Semiannual General Conference, October 8, 1854 https://www.adamgod.com/evidence/1854-10-08-brigham-young.html ; Journal of Discourses 3:319-320; 4:217-219, 271; 5:331-332; 7:285-290; 13:311; 14:111; June 8 and 18, 1873 Deseret News vol. You can view a note President Carter wrote to me at: https://wordpress.com/page/lettertoanapostle.org/2825. However, the controversy has sparked a discussion about how tithing money should be used. You (I presume) and I may be familiar with this content, however as Ive mentioned to John before, the post Mormon community is not static. LDS follow their leaders blindly & are not encouraged to question or think critically. We dont go back and search what has been said on the subject. The full leadership of the Mormon church being put on explicit notice by 1922 by B.H. But, if we look, feel and see , separated from the people that want to expose their truths and views on others, We can stand on our own views and opinions of others. I grew up in the church, and it wasnt until I was a missionary listening to M. Russell Ballard in a stake center state what I understood to clearly be that he had not seen Christ, nor literally speak with Christ, while he spoke about being a special witness for Christ. https://radiowest.kuer.org/post/miracle-gulls-and-other-utah-legends, What happens when the LDS Prophet Becomes Mentally Incapacitated?, https://www.mrm.org/lds-prophet-incapacitated, Pres. Juanita Brooks was not excommunicated from the church. That white is good and black is bad. Records before and since show that various types of gulls, including the California gull involved in 1848, regularly inhabit the Great Salt Lake area. 29 July 2018 - Mormon leaders provide a statement/response to Sam Young's hunger strike: https://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/church-statement-on-sam-young. It cuts right off at where Brigham Young teaches that Adam who is Michael the Ancient of Days is our Father and our God and the only God with whom we have to do (in other words were are LITERALLY offspring of God). Then I remember reading somewhere else whether by my voice or the voice of my servants, it is the same, Something doesnt add up here. Obviously I can do the math, but when writing an informative essay, this is manipulation, especially when assuming the need for this essay is in fact issues with her age. He says he felt betrayed. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and its investment management company, Ensign Peak Advisers, failed for 20 years to file forms that would have disclosed the church's equity investments and, instead, filed forms for shell companies that obscured the church's portfolio, according to the Securities and Exchange Commission. John, can you clarify? Witnesses of Book of Mormon- visionary eyes and what did they really see. Doctrine and Covenants, page 330 Inasmuch By Tad Walch Jun 29, 2023, 8:20am PDT SHARE In CBS's '60 Minutes' segment on church finances, it missed the sweeping rags-to-riches history of faith Flipboard Attendees sing during a congregational hymn during the Sunday morning session of the 193rd Annual General Conference of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. This deception goes right up to the present day, with the yellow notebook. I thought that was an important one because it showed that several people in the Church including those of authority to approve Church manuals for publication literally have no problem re-editing information in a misleading way to suggest early Church Presidents taught things the LDS Church teaches today even though that is not true at all. Joseph Smith publicly maligning women as whores who denied his polygamous advances. ..but I was so irritated when I went through the Beehive House in the late 90s to find that the tourguide were only talking about ONE wife of Brigham Youngwhen I distinctly remembered the many times I went through in the years before; and was shoes the other wives bedrooms and the guides were open about the fact that several wives lived in the house. How church leaders denie Dr. Robert Duane Cards terrible practices In BYU. Benson: Good historians are particularly careful not to be so forward in stating the intentions of their subjects unless they can be *absolutely certain* with minimal need for conjecture. In one essay they mention her as 9 years old in a certain year, and then in the next paragraph they say she became a polygamous wife in a certain year, meaning I would have to do the math to know she was 14. Elder Jeffrey R. Holland lying publicly when asked if U.S. presidential candidate Mitt Romney would have taken a blood oath in his Mormon temple endowment. Likewise, the Millennial Star never told the English Saints about such a miracle. https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/ensign/2006/12/go-and-bring-them-in?lang=eng, Reality summary: none died from exposure ; 1 was in and out of prison for years; some died after Brigham Young. Mary A. Utley, md 1846 It is not clear to me whether he believes he saw Christ in the flesh, whether he was telling her about a dream he had, or what. The Mormon Church agreed Tuesday to pay $5 million to settle charges involving disclosure failures and misstated regulatory filings. My pioneer ancestors settled eastern Utah. The Mormon church claiming that no tithing funds were used to build City Creek Mall. I held all my items on the shelf under the assumption that the presidents of the church have a literal direct line of verbal, plenary communication with Jesus. I and many others around me firmly believed that church leaders were somehow meeting with Christ, or at least meeting with someone like Moroni as an angelic messenger directly from Heaven. Any most other countries the prospective members have to get married before being baptized.and many missionaries have used their monthly food allowances and go with out food so they can help the prospective members get married so they can baptize them. HANNA SEARIAC: While parts of tithing are used for charitable giving, the main purpose of tithing seems to be a way to show devotion to God and to symbolize that you will give everything to the Lord and not necessarily question how the Lord decides the best way to use that money. The version of Mormon pioneer history I learned in church included the story of Brother Brigham spreading his hand over a valley devoid of human habitation. In the 1970s the Mormon church banned anyBlack boy from becoming a boy scout troop leader. The source on the stolen material is from family history (she was my wifes aunt). When we saw Catholics, Protestants, Jews, even human secularists display the courage to speak up, we did not hear from Mormons. Mormon abuse cases are cases of confirmed and alleged abuse, including child sexual abuse, by churches in the Latter Day Saint movement and its agents. The Mormon church telling the world in 1890 that it was stopping polygamy, and then secretly and intentionally continuing to practice it at the highest levels including allowing new polygamous sealings, for several more decades. The book claims to be actual history of ancient American peoples and only recently was reduced from all native Americans to some of them. Joseph Smith did not translate anything with a rock in a hat. following is a list of those wives and children they eventually bore Somehow I was able to hold in my mind the contradiction I saw with my own eyes: my grandpas neighbor was a Native American man living on his ancestral lands surrounded by the grandchildren of Mormon pioneers. Prominent women were married to J.Smith and then B.Young- ie Eliza Snow So Please include the theft of Indian lands, the murders, the massacres, the slave tradeing, the destruction of families and culture, and the continual gas lighting of modern Native Americans. I dont think that Bushman, Givens, and Fluhman belong on that list with the others. GORDON B HINCKLEY: Funds for this have come and will come from those commercial entities owned by the church. Joseph Smith calling men on foreign missions so that he could proposition their wives for polygamy. 38 No. Perhaps you could give us the balance. The Mormon church teaching its members for decades the story of Joseph Smith declining alcohol as a boy during his surgery (to give the impression that he obeyed the Word of Wisdom during his life), while knowing that Joseph Smith both drank alcohol as an adult (including drinking wine the night before he was killed), and supported alcohol production and sales in Nauvoo, including having a bar in the Nauvoo Mansion. (5) The miraculousness of the event was not clearly recognized by contemporaries. Accuracy and availability may vary. https://mtnmeadowsmassacredescendants.com/in-memoriam/the-survivors/, The Sweetwater Rescue of 1856: clearly extended over decades from its printing in 1914 by Solomon Kimball, then included in Sunday School manuals. The cover of this vile little book shows a thick-lipped, low-browed, decapitated, bleeding head of an African American man superimposed upon the symbol of Communism the hammer and sickle. Mormon Paul Petersen, an adoption lawyer and Maricopa County Assessor, was arrested Wednesday, October 9, 2019 for human smuggling and selling children. It would be amazing to turn this list into a book someday. There are other varying and different doctrines in other countries as wellso for example in the Phillipines people are able to be baptized even if they are living in sin with another person that they are not married to. In Radio Free Mormon fashion, RFM dissect the Church Sex Abuse Scandal coverup like a legal case. They doctored most of the church history to fit the narrative that Joseph taught them. The Mormon Church Hid $32 Billion in Assets, According to a New Government Investigation The Washington D.C. Temple, run by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, has been. It looks like for nearly 200 years, the conspiracy theories of dishonesty within the leadership of the church, ranks way up there with dishonesty, fraud, and mismanagement of the United States Government. On April 6, 1856, George A. Smith claimed that Thomas B. Marsh had left the church because of a dispute between his wife and another female church member over a milk cow, which had escalated all the way up to the First Presidency. [28][32][33] Denson has denied this, stating that the last time she met with Bishop was at the time of the assault: "I did not speak to that man again until Dec. 2, 2017. As a result the following information should be taken into account in credible versions of the dramatic struggle: (1) The gulls were not strangers to the Valley. "To address this issue, on March 21, 2005, the senior leadership of the Church approved a new reporting entity to be created with 'better care being taken to ensure that neither the 'Street' nor the media [could] connect the new entity to Ensign Peak,'" the SEC order said. Unless active steps are taken to suppress something, then it can be the case that they simply did not *emphasize* or make public certain issues. Hacking around on google isnt good research technique, but that is what readers are left to do in the absence of source citations. "Woman sues the LDS Church, says she was raped by Missionary Training Center president", "Family of former LDS mission president accused of sexual assault responds to allegations", "Woman confronts LDS Church official about alleged sex assault", "McKenna Denson, LDS Church agree to drop lawsuit over sexual misconduct by a former Missionary Training Center president", "Amid quiet life in Chandler, sex-assault allegations hit Mormon leader", "Woman who accused MTC president of sexual assault has been telling her story for 3 decades", "Former Missionary Training Center president admits to asking a young missionary to expose her breasts in the '80s, BYU police say", "LDS Church responds to allegations of sexual abuse by former Provo MTC president", "Woman who accused former MTC leader of sexual assault will pursue a civil lawsuit against the LDS Church", "Former Mormon Missionary Center Leader Accused Of Sexual Assault", "LDS Church says a second missionary made sexual abuse allegation against former MTC president", "LDS Church responds to allegations of sexual assault by former mission president", "Retired Mormon mission president admits he molested a female missionary", "Police report sheds more light on accusations against former MTC president", "Former Mormon Mission President Accused of Sexual Assault", "Woman accusing Missionary Training Center president of rape wants justice and policy changes in the LDS Church", "Utah County Attorney's Office reportedly closed case against former MTC president", "A woman was shocked to see her name in a Mormon church-compiled dossier which she says was designed to discredit her birth mother", "Exclusive: Documents reveal how the LDS Church responded to MTC sex scandal", "Church Statement About Alleged Sexual Assault by Former Mission President", "Woman levels accusations against former MTC president", "Statement on Behalf of the Victim in Joseph L. Bishop Audio Recording", "Woman files suit against LDS Church and former MTC president", "Woman who accused ex-MTC president of sexual assault sues LDS Church", "The Latest: Woman says ex-Mormon missionary leader raped her", "LDS Church wants court to dismiss lawsuit accusing former MTC president of rape, saying it wasn't filed in time", "Judge dismisses most of sex assault lawsuit against LDS Church, ex-MTC president", "McKenna Denson looking for new lawyers after hers quit MTC sexual abuse lawsuit against LDS Church", "Mormon leaders knew of two alleged victims of former Missionary Training Center president in 2010", "Updated LDS policy allows another adult to sit in on leaders' interviews with children and women", "First Presidency Directs Leaders to Prevent and Respond to Abuse", "FBI releases details of alleged sexual abuse of 10 minors in Arizona polygamist case", "Polygamous leader Samuel Bateman had 20 wives, according to FBI", "Lawsuit accuses FLDS church leaders of ritualistic sex abuse", "Mormon leaders reported a child molester's confession. Changing the D&C 7 1829 a sprout or a thing of nature 1832 changes to rod or rod of nature 1835 changed to the gift of Aaron. These were ideas common to early 19th century Americans who still accepted slavery and were more on the side of genocide than racism. The Mormon church attempting to take control over and privatize the Leonard Arrington Records Collection at Utah State University. I remember wondering at that time how he could be any more a special witness than I was, since we were both just leaning on our spiritual experiences with Christ. Those who arent valiant in their testimony of Christ are going to a lesser kingdom. 22 no. Yes but got to Church headquarters and show them your temple recommend and prove youre a member and ask to see the books. Sir. We have hundreds, perhaps thousands that are Just coming to this information and need to hear, then discover and swim in these issues. Steve Bensons son (great-grand son of President Benson) asked Steve the following, Dad, why do they call him prophet when he cant do anything?, Steves reply: Point 28 was difficult to understand. By either type of apostle, the members are deceived. Definitely closer to the latter and should be at the top of your list. Keep pestering the tour guides about the other wives. Several changes to the Temple ordinances The downplaying of the bishop molestation and Kirton McConkie. Mormon Church has misled members on $100 billion tax-exempt investment fund, whistleblower alleges By Jon Swaine , Douglas MacMillan and Michelle Boorstein December 17, 2019 at 5:20 p.m. EST. [54] He was later found to have 20 wives, which included underage girls, and, according to his family, also sought to marry his teenage daughter.[55][56]. There has been no attempt, on the part, in any way, of the church leaders, trying to hide anything from anybody. I found this info on another sight so can verify its accuracy. In his Preface to Discourses of Brigham Young, Widtsoe endorsed the Journal of Discourses which shows that he (and the LDS Church) accept and use the Journal of Discourses as a trustworthy source of information, unlike modern day Mormon apologists who often dismiss it as untrustworthy. The church was concerned the disclosure of a portfolio that grew to $32 billion would lead to negative consequences so it consented to the creation of more than a dozen shell companies to cover its investments, according to the SEC. Current research alters the traditional sea gull-cricket story in many respects while substantiating its basic facts. [53] The church teaches that victims of abuse should report it to their bishop or other trusted leadership, and should be assured that they are not to blame for the abuse. This is the biggest deception of them all for me. which episode is this? Some links are provided to outside sources but these are the exception rather than the rule. by Anson Shupe (Author) 7 ratings. You can disprove the texts but cant claim to know what was in Josephs head. John, I respectfully agree with you statements about the church. In this Sept. 14, 2016, file photo, a man walks past the Salt Lake Temple, a temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, at Temple Square in Salt Lake City. She said church lawyers were more concerned about saving souls than protecting victims, and did not offer sufficient training to volunteer bishops to deal with abuse cases. (Elder Ballard, Apostles Answer Questions about Standards, Doubts during YSA Face to Face, Nov. 19, 2017) 4. I have never seen them advocate for anything but transparency, despite the risk they took in doing so. Rebaptizing in UT to show obedience to B.Young Bishop says that while president over the MTC he engaged in inappropriate behaviors of which he regrets, involving more than one young woman serving at the MTC, including having given a back rub that became "too frisky" to a young-woman once-missionary trainee who served as his and his wife's assistant at his family's home. Jensen was convicted of sexually abusing two children and is currently serving a prison sentence of 35 years to 75 years in a West Virginia state prison. I think I read somewhere I God cannot lie and that if he did lie he would cease to be God. A federal lawsuit alleges that the Mormon church misused money donors designated for charity, saying the money went to a church-run commercial real estate venture rather than the needy. Diarists who detailed the cricket advance did not mention the gulls. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. If you hope for a list or even book such as this to penetrate the ex-Mormon echo-chamber (assuming the audience would also include believing members which I think it should), it needs a lot more nuance and context than found here or even in a lot of other works such as CES Letter. Also, my wife said the story about Nelson when he and his wife were in Africa and were robbed and the inflation of that situation. . His lawsuit has opened up a conversation about what it means to give to the church. Roberts and others that both the Book of Mormon and Book of Abraham contained significant scientific problems, and then hiding this information from members for another almost 100 years, and seeking to suppress the memory of B.H. It was also amazing in that same announcement to hear Elder Oaks state his blatant preference for those who do not ask questions, suggesting the ones without questions are confident or secure or whatever, while the ones with questions are not. LA Times. The entire first presidency and 12 and 70 and mission President and area authorities all receive some benefits, compensations, or reimbursements. Yes, I was floored by your guest who stated that he was assigned to participate in the Prop 8 organization headed up by the church and was told by an apostle that they are not going out on behalf of the church, but just as concerned citizens who are exercising their rights. [54] Three reported accomplices of Bateman, Naomi Bistline, Donnae Barlow and Moretta Rose Johnson, were also arrested and charged with one count of obstructing a federal prosecution and on a second count of abducting eight girls. Mormon is a victory for Satan! Were never told about sections of the early Doctrine & Covenants that condemn polygamy and were later taken out during Brigham Youngs presidency. This text may not be in its final form and may be updated or revised in the future. The Securities Exchange Commission is investigating the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints over allegations it failed to disclose investments in a secretive $100 billion . Harriet Whittaker, md 1847, 3 children. , Well, we simply think that that information belongs to those who made the contribution, and not to the world. The church was dishonest by claiming such a short lived revelation and the real reason(s) behind the policy/revelation. Any doubt versus that fact must come from Satan, I thought. I started my journey when Johns podcasts were about seven, and Ive reveled in the likes of Coe, Metcalf, Nagel, Ehrman, and others, but realize that this content needs to be revisited and re-presented perhaps by similar scholars often for those that are just coming into this knowledge. Were never told that its not Jesus but just one of the Q15 that does the ordinance. It Was the Best-Kept Secret in the Investment World. He was sealed to his first wife in the temple. 224). Jon Huntsman and uncle of "The View" co-host Abby Huntsman. In the recording, Denson, who first poses as a Latter-day Saint sectarian faith reporter, accuses Bishop of having abused her in January 1984, while he was her mission president at the Missionary Training Center in Provo, Utah, taking her to his private study with a day bed, tearing open her blouse pulling up her skirt, and successfully penetrated her against her will,[17] her being spared continuation of the rape due to his erectile dysfunction. I believe she was a child going there to see her grandfather, so they were in a part of the temple where you do not need a recommend. All the while he knows there are people out there who believe he has seen Christ. Making us believe that you had to be sealed in the temple first.and that this was doctrineBut come to find out that other countries (except United States and Canada) allow a civil marriage to be done first and a temple sealing that very same day, or the next.or a week/month later. Mormon church fined over scheme to hide $32 billion investment fund behind shell companies Business News Feds fine Mormon church for illicitly hiding $32 billion investment fund behind. Newer handbooks and the church website removes the words WHO HAS MEANS. Church leaders say to pay tithing before basic necessities. The people in fine clothing (only church on the planet dressing in fine clothing is the LDS) the scorning because we are the only true church. The constant changes to the Temple and claiming that it is from Solomon. That 1984 re-talk was pretty outrageous and audacious. Ensign Peak agreed to pay $4 million and the church itself will pay $1 million to settle the charges. As we are all aware in 1978 presidentSpencer W. Kimball announced he had received arevelation reversing the priesthood ban on African Americans? From April 9, 1852 until his death in 1877 Brigham Young taught that Adam was God. They taught it forever as doctrine and then when they finally were forced to comply or lose tax free status, it was suddenly a policy that could be changedoops I mean God revealed it was time to lift the ban!!!!

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