antimormon allegations history of the lds church

Are there any ! lds! mormons, who know why anti-mormons condemn joseph smiths testimony?
are there any lds that have studied the history of the lds church and also the history of anti mormon allegations. ? can we know the answer to the discrepency of the joseph smith varied versions?
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ok! i dont see anyone answering the question, and it is sure peculiar that i dont know any of these "mormons" lds who are answering!

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Well,? !! one thing is Sure! i got better answers to OTHER questions that i didnt even need to ask.
for example: can it be proven that false witnesses beleive what they teach? and always teach the: "what is called the truth"!

here are the answers:


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s that there were any more prophets after the crucifiction of Jesus, and it seems odd that someone would find "plates" in the middle of nowhere in the Northeast of the US. Stretches the imagination is all.

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Yes, there are 3 different accounts of the first vision that Joseph Smith wrote. Some Anti Mormon Site has it somewhere, i'll try to look it up.

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BECAUSE JOE SMITH WAS A LIAR AND A PSYCHOTIC NUTJOB.

THERE ARE 3 OR MORE VERSIONS OF THE "FIRST VISION"

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http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech...
http://www.irr.org/mit/first-vision/fvis...
http://packham.n4m.org/tract.htm

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My boyfriend was an Elder in the LDS religion. He went on his mission and didn't leave the church until he was 22. Joseph Smith read "golden plates" out of a HAT. The people are FAKE and so is everything Joseph Smith said. Not to mention all the other garbage they fed him.

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I'm a former member of the church if that helps you at all, not quite what your looking for I know.

For one thing, look into the papyrus J Smith claimed to translate. They rediscovered it in the 60's, finished translating it in the 80's. It was just an Egyptian book of the dead, very common to be buried in egypt where the scrolls came from. Sort of proves Smith wasn't right.

Also the testimony of the man who found the plates. Smith claimed he got a certificate of authenticity but the man wrote on it later saying he gave no such thing to Smith, who's plates looked like nonsense from what you could tell.

The book of mormon includes a huge copy from revelations. But there's a mistranslation in the book of mormon version that exactly the same as one found in the King james version avaible at the time Smith existed. If the book of mormon was protected from the apacrasy it would not have had the same mistranslation as one specific version of the bible, the one the mormons/protestants use.

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because they want to. you look hard enough you can make anything have the end result you want. my mother is a perfect example of this! no matter what is done or said somehow she finds a way to make someone elses fault. you can do that with any religion. you want to disprove something- there is always something out there that you can try and use to your advantage. lawyers do it all the time- they make something out of nothing to help their client regardless if it's the full truth or not!

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1. There isn't one bona fide witness who saw the golden plates.

2. He claims on occasion to have had to run carrying the plates, which from his description, had to have weighed well over 200 if not 300 pounds, gold is really heavy.

3. The resulting Book of Mormon sounds like it King James English. People in up state New York did not talk that way in the 1820s.

4. There are some chapters in the Book of Mormon which are word for word identical with some chapters in the King James Bible.

5. No language expert has ever heard of "reformed Egyptian".

6. No city, no feature of the land, has ever been found to verify what's written in the Book of Mormon.

His whole story just does not hold water.

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Mormonism says it is a reinstatement of the original church from the time of the apostles. Funny how can be as the original church never died out.

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There is no answers to the claims Smith made. Try as you may you cannot make a lie into truth.

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Actually there were 9 early accounts of the First vision. Are they contradictory? No. This is an excellent article that explains it all.


http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vg...


And "Pastor"...all 6 of your claims are false. I'm sure you believe them but if the accusations fit your prejudices, truth is easliy pushed aside.

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The whole concept of being okay with Polygamy and then not being okay with it totally contradicts the validity of Joseph smith's testimony.

They also said that black people were "cursed" hence why you'll never find a black Mormon.

They also force you to tithe and last time I checked, giving was something that you do voluntarily.

Read "Mormonism 101"

It will blow your mind when you consider how anyone could possibly stay Mormon and not bother to read up on what they are actually supposed to be believing. I think people are just drawn to the warm family centered atmosphere but then don't ask the important questions like:

Who am I? (A child of God)
Where am I headed? (To hell)
Why am I headed there? (because man sinned)
How do I stop it? (Jesus already stopped it, you just need repent which means to say your sorry and mean it and try to stop sinning.)

You might say: "But Mormons believe in Jesus don't they?" And the Answer is "no." They believe in a different Jesus. The Mormons say Jesus was "just a prophet" and "a" son of God and we are all sons of God but that's just not true. God created us and he has a "one and only son".

Many parts of the bible verify that Jesus was the son of God and not "just a prophet"
John 3:16 says "For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten son so that whosoever believes in him shall not perish but have everlasting life"

And that's plain as day. It can't be misinterpreted.

If you're reading this, You need to know God loves you and has a plan for your life. You just need to let him show you by asking for forgiveness. Have you lied? Stolen? maybe even murdered?
It doesn't matter how many times, God is a holy God and sin cannot be in his presence. That is why God sent his son, to pay for your sin so that he could have a relationship with you once again.

May God bless you!
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The Bible, "Mormonism 101" and personal experience.

http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20080827164501AAiM62v&r=w
LDS are like JWs. If you catch them in a lie, they swear, "I never said that."

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Ha! A Mormon 'studying' is like a judge reading witness testimony after he's already given his verdict.

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Joseph Smith has some real problems with credibility. LDS folks must follow him loosely to some degree because of some of his behaviors. The fact that he sent off young married men to New York as missionaries and then apparently committed fornication with their wives is one example.
Joseph Smith was a lover and a fighter, and not the best example of a godly man.

His use of seer stones and his involvement with the Masons and their rituals does not help his reputation.

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