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Category: Bible
Don’t Try to Convince Mormons They Don’t Believe the Bible
Ugh, if you’ve ever tried to tell a Mormon they don’t believe in the Bible, you know how frustrating it can be. The main problem, of course, is that they think they believe it! Getting past this can be a real challenge. You tell them they don’t believe it, they say they do, you tell them they don’t, they point out that they spend two out of every four years studying the Bible as part of their official curriculum, you say that doesn’t matter because they don’t teach the truth about the Bible, they point out everybody has their own … Read the rest of this entry »
Mormons and Isaiah 44:6
As asked in the “Ask Me Questions” portion of this website:
Q: How do Mormons explain Isaiah 44:6?
This verse says that God does not even know of another god. Now if Mormons believe that God the Father is married to multiple mother goddesses, who He would clearly know of if He was, then how can the possibly claim to believe the Bible and deny the basic doctrine of Isaiah 44:6.
A: Let’s start by reading the scripture:
Thus saith the LORD the King of Israel, and his redeemer the LORD of hosts; I am the first, and … Read the rest of this entry »
How do you know the Bible is true?
Disclaimer: If you think I’m saying the Bible is false, you’re wrong. That’s not at all what I’m saying. Read on.
I’ve been having an extensive discussion with two chaps on another post on this blog, and they have posited that if the Book of Mormon were true, then there would surely be physical evidence to prove it. That is, there would be archeological evidence, supporting historical documents, etc., just as there are for the Bible. And while perhaps I’m putting words in their mouths, they seem to be making the argument that their entire belief in the Bible is … Read the rest of this entry »
Why Quoting the Bible to Mormons Doesn’t Work
Now that I’ve had this website up and running for a year or so, I’ve begun to notice a pattern with many of those posting comments to quote the Bible in an effort to convince me and other Mormons of the error of our ways. Sometimes a specific scripture is cited because it pertains to the discussion at hand, but ofttimes the person doing the commenting merely posts 10-20 scriptures in a row that seem to have little bearing on the topic at hand, as though those scriptures weren’t made up of words that mean something, but rather a mysterious … Read the rest of this entry »
How could God have been a man and have created everything?
For those of you who aren’t sure what the question is referring to, here’s the expanded version:
Q: Mormons believe that God used to be a man, like us, and that we can become gods, like God. But this doesn’t seem to make sense if you read the creation story in Genesis 1:1-19.
- In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth.
- And the earth was without form, and void; and darkness was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters.
- And God said, Let there be light: and
Does the Bible teach there is no such thing as eternal marriage like the Mormons practice?
As posted in a comment here on this blog, “The Mormon Church teaches that when people are married in the temple they are married for eternity but the Bible teaches otherwise as seen by the words of Jesus Himself.”
The author of the comment then quoted this passage of scripture from Matthew 22:
25 Now there were with us seven brothers. The first died after he had married, and having no offspring, left his wife to his brother.
26 Likewise the second also, and the third, even to the seventh.
27 Last of all the woman died also.
28Therefore, in … Read the rest of this entry »If the Bible is inerrant, why are there multiple versions?
There is a certain group of Christians that believe in “biblical inerrancy” or the idea that the Bible is 100% perfect. Mormons believe the Bible is true “inasmuch as it is translated correctly.” That is, Mormons believe the Bible was perfect as it was written by the pens of the original authors, but that through the years and various translations that people made mistakes in translating and that some changes were made intentionally. If you speak more than one language, then you know translations are never 100% accurate, because a word in one language does not always match up perfectly … Read the rest of this entry »
What happened to prophets and apostles?
If you believe in the Bible, answer me this–where are the prophets and apostles? From Adam down to Jesus Christ there were prophets. It’s how we got the Old Testament. After Christ there were the apostles, and Peter was essentially a prophet as well. But somewhere in the hundred or so years after Christ the apostles disappeared. If God were a loving God, why would he give the ancient people prophets and apostles when hardly anyone lived on the earth, and today when there are billions of people on the earth provide no such direction? Sure, we have the Bible … Read the rest of this entry »
How do you know what the words in the Bible mean?
A friend of mine on Facebook put out the question: What is your interpretation of Hebrews 6:4?
Here is Hebrews 6:4-6
4 For it is impossible for those who were once aenlightened, and have tasted of the heavenly gift, and were made partakers of the Holy Ghost,
5 And have atasted the good word of God, and the powers of the bworld to come,
Why don’t Mormon missionaries tell people to pray about the Bible?
From Mormon Objections Answered:
Why do you never hear a Mormon say, “Pray about the Bible to see if it is true.”? This has always puzzled me. God’s Word does not need verification. It simply is true. But the Book of Mormon, on the other hand, must be prayed about (so they say).
The primary purpose of Mormon missionaries is to bring people unto Christ through the doorway of baptism. If missionaries went out saying “Will you pray about the Bible and if God tells you it is true, will you be baptized into the LDS Church?” how many … Read the rest of this entry »
Do Mormons really believe the Book of Mormon is more correct than the Bible? How rude!
Oh, it’s even worse than that! Joseph Smith said “I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book.”
Critics of Joseph Smith, Mormonism, and the Book of Mormon use this to set up a false scenario, saying at least implying that Mormons are disparaging the Bible. This has led to people thinking that Mormons don’t even use or believe in the Bible. This is simply not … Read the rest of this entry »
What do Mormons believe about the Bible being the final word of God?
From a conversation between me and a friend of mine.
Q: The Bible is the final and only Word of God written to man.
A: If the Bible is God’s final word to man why doesn’t it say so? I know Revelations 22:19 says “And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.” but “this book” refers to the book of Revelation, not the Bible, … Read the rest of this entry »