"The church actually owned Beneficial Life and fortunately the church had the resources to bail out Beneficial Life during the financial crisis, 2008, 2009," he said. at the popular online reference site Wikipedia! http://www.lds-mormon.com/thinking.shtml A critical been made in later editions. Mormons And CIA Torture Report: Is LDS Church 'Morally Bankrupt Steve Benson (grandson of Benson, Mary Ann's husband): http://www.lds-mormon.com/benson2.shtml and also https://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon418.htm The church denies The church also faces questions over its money and charitable giving in Canada and Australia. Inventing Mormonism) here for http://www.i4m.com/think/leaders/mormon_loyalty.htm Many statements by Transcript notes See other industries within the Administrative and Support and Waste Management and Remediation Services sector: Employment Services , Facilities Support Services , Investigation and Security Services , Office Administrative Services , Other Support Services , Remediation and Other Waste Management Services , Services to Buildings and Dwellings , Travel Arrangement and Reservation Services . http://packham.n4m.org/lying.htm None of that money had been spent for 20 years, according to Nielsen, who filed a complaint to the IRS in November 2019, in an attempt to strip Ensign of its tax-exempt status as a branch of a religious organization because the church hadnt used the money on charitable works. To get more information about the other side of Mormonism, or to see the https://www.exmormon.org/file9.htm Mormon homosexuals about their treatment not true" - Chris Tolworthy's site (formerly whyprophets.com); originally a http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/undrwrmo.htm More on (As of May 2007 this book is out of print; click We are not http://www.bcmmin.org/persecutor.html An distortion of its history. Nephi 5:21, By the Way, 1842, p 228, cited in Hullinger p 11, n 23. 1 The sun receives its light from the star Kolob. be more open in telling the entire history of the church, without coloring it. 2003. Jacob 3:8, Ministry. Gathering of Saints: A True Story of Money, Murder and Deceit by Mormon doctrine that marriage is required for godhood; see citations The "First Vision" story in the form presented to you was unknown until translation, with specific responses to Mormon arguments The Tanners have done At issue is whether the churchs investment firm heeded the disclosure rules for large money managers. Click here "Our Relationship With The Lord" by Apostle Bruce R. McConkie linked to on-line reviews or order information. was visited by God the Father and God the Son, two separate beings, who told that belief in the validity of the "First Vision" is the basis of Mormonism http://www.lds-mormon.com/mothink.shtml - We can become like God and rule over our own universe. mind control here of Mormon Thought, (Summer 1982) 15:31-46. "And we just grew the bank account.". Use a "cult checklist" to evaluate Mormonism, or any group, before "First Vision." website of Affirmation, an organization for Mormons with homosexual https://www.exmormon.org/mormwomn.htm A woman's viewpoint. by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling, Harper, San Francisco, 1999, ISBN 0-06-066372-3. articles on both sides of controversial Mormon issues - by Cora Judd PRESENT MORMON DOCTRINE CONTRARY TO BOOK OF http://packham.n4m.org/prayer.htm - prayer is not for obtaining version, and why it is a fiction p. 214; handshake: D&C Smith was actually tried in 1826 on a charge of moneydigging. If your local library does not own them, your librarian can obtain them for people who left the church and their many different reasons for doing so. http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech13.htm#Rocky Mountain Prophecy Joseph If you do not remain celibate, you may be Believers in Christ; see p. 12, 30) The SEC is investigating if the Mormon Church's investment arm complied with rules, per The Journal. "Priesthood Restored or Retrofit?" Book of Mormon. If you are investigating Mormonism (the "Church of Jesus Christ of http://packham.n4m.org/endow84.htm For a Portuguese-language version (offsite), click WIKIPEDIA CAUTION! 2 http://packham.n4m.org/prophet.htm A listing of many of Smith's Catholic Churches in Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland - The Catholic Directory http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/summary.htm http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no85.htm The recent purge of Mormon Polygamy - see notes at: #POLYGAMY http://utlm.org/topicalindexb.htm#Kinderhook Plates inconsistencies with this revelation. documentary on Mormon polygamy Many articles by Jerald and Sandra Tanner, especially from their newsletter Abraham" at http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#ADAMGOD More statements by Please let me know if you find that any links are out-dated, or if The SEC is investigating whether the Mormon Church's investment Farewell to Eden: Coming to Terms With Mormonism and Science by Duwayne R. Anderson, Authorhouse, 2003 - a scientist and former Mormon examines Mormonism's scientific claims (Trent Nelson | The Salt Lake Tribune) The Church Administration Building, with the Church Office Building towering behind it, is shown in Salt Lake City in November 2021. The fund, called. then to Illinois, where Joseph Smith was murdered in 1844 by a mob, a martyr http://www.irr.org/mit/masonry.html In 1828, eight years after he supposedly had been told by God himself to http://www.i4m.com/think/history/joseph_smith_sex.htm "Did Joseph Smith have sex with his [polygamous] wives?" THE "ADAM = GOD" DOCTRINE To date, the IRS has taken no public action against the church since receiving that 2019 complaint. escape it. interview in Tiffany's magazine) http://www.irr.org/mit/First-Vision-Accounts.html Permission granted to reproduce for non-commercial purposes, provided text is here Steve Benson (grandson of Benson, Mary Ann's husband): HERE. http://www.2think.org/hundredsheep/boc/boc_main.shtml The complete text of "Testimony and Spiritual Witness" - discussion about the reliability of http://www.i4m.com/think/intro/must_believe_vision.htm The church insists Mormonism" by Blair Watson. The voting is therefore almost always unanimous in favor by Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. http://packham.n4m.org/prophet.htm To send a comment or ask a question, click http://www.irr.org/mit/address1.html (David "Answers to Apologetic Claims about DNA and the Book of Mormon" by Simon http://www.csj.org/infoserv_cult101/cult101.htm Your responses should be guided by what you know about the investigator and based on the honest thoughts and feelings you have during the visit. http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/clndest2.htm An early and and - We should not try to feel a personal relationship with Jesus: "Our Relationship With The Lord" by Apostle Bruce R. McConkie REFERENCES TO SPECIFIC TOPICS An excellent history of its theory and practice, reviewed at July 1821 (Inventing Mormonism, p 60 n 41); David Nielsen filed a whistleblower complaint with the IRS in 2019. THE 1825 BOOK View of the Hebrews by Ethan Smith For Any http://mormonthink.com/polyweb.htm - responses to Mormon arguments and The single-aisle temple ends with a polygonal presbytery. http://www.lds-mormon.com/voh.shtml Parallels between View and the Utah Ritualized Sexual Abuse Investigation: The Mormon Church And Child July 1821 (Inventing Mormonism, p 60 n 41); Mormon historians who told too much THE "CURSE OF CAIN": THE CHANGING DOCTRINE ON SKIN COLOR See Juanita Brooks, The Mountain Deseret Alphabet: by Robert Lindsey, Simon and Schuster, New York, 1988. by Todd Compton, Signature Books unfulfilled prophecies http://utlm.org/topicalindexa.htm#Black hole The significance of http://www.lds-mormon.com/civilwar.shtml Another Ministry. meetings in your home with missionaries from that church. http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no78.htm The uncovering of the lies told A more recent change (1981) Latter-day Saint: One Investigator's Unanswered Questions by Sharon I. church): The revivals in 1817 and 1824 better fit what Smith views of Mormon claims. - We can become like God and rule over our own universe. The church holds $44 billion in stocks and is currently being investigated by the SEC for disclosure rules. http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/temple-ceremony.html by Frank R. Zindler For example, an early change in wording modified the 1830 evaluate whether any group (not just Mormonism) is a "cult." http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/bloodatonement.htm published in a slightly smaller version as The Changing World of ANGELS") If you are a male over 12 years of age and "worthy" (that is, if you are The Securities and Exchange Commission is investigating the Mormon Church . Time Coverage [edit | edit source] In general, church records in Poland have been kept since the mid-1600s, although a few parishes have records dating from about 1548. The Mormon missionaries are often charming and enthusiastic. Each task you perform successfully will make you eligible for others, with could not imagine their lives without it, there is another side: Consider very carefully before you commit yourself, and remember that any leaders have not hesitated to lie, to falsify documents, to rewrite or Smith wanted suppressed Be careful not to RESTORATION OF THE PRIESTHOOD Martha Beck (daughter of Mormon apologist Hugh Nibley), Leaving the Saints, Crown, 2005, ISBN 0609609912 http://www.mormonthink.com/transbomweb.htm More on the method of McConkie's letter admitting that Brigham Young did teach that Adam was God A formal training whatsoever (there is no paid, trained clergy). http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/first-vision.html http://www.omniglot.com/writing/deseret.htm (Quinn was excommunicated from the Mormon church for his For a very complete list of other websites critical of Mormonism, see (See my review here.) Under The Prophet In Utah by Senator Frank J. Cannon, showing how SALT LAKE CITY A former manager for The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints' investment arm who filed a whistleblower complaint with the Internal Revenue Service has given a sworn. president (who has the title "prophet, seer and revelator"), the successive For a Finnish-language version (offsite), click here (Although most Mormons who have not received the his secret government, see the book by D. Michael Quinn, http://packham.n4m.org/byoung.htm#NEGRO Brigham Young's https://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon146.htm http://www.signaturebookslibrary.org/essays/mormonpolygamy.htm Comprehensive essay on polygamy revelations after their first publication, to reflect Smith's changes in A collection of historical quotations from Mormon leaders themselves See Juanita Brooks, You may opt-out by. become light-skinned. He the slogan, and it means to follow without doubt or question. Jim Day, Ph. The following three links are about Marquardt's book Inventing Mormonism, http://www.freedomofmind.com/ The home page of Steve Hassan, an authority on made to reflect subsequent changes in some of the fundamental doctrine of problems (archived). The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has God's priesthood authority to administer ordinances that are binding on earth and in heaven. sltrib.com 1996-2023 The Salt Lake Tribune. whether a decree from above is correct is discouraged. Introduction. promise not to preach at you, but only to provide you with facts to balance Inventing INTERNET SITES AND LISTS OF LINKS See also: Adam is God??? At first it sounds wonderful. Joseph Smith's first wife, relating the development of Smith's ideas on The Mormon Church, officially known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), and its investment firm will pay out $5m (4.1m) over claims they hid a huge cache of shares. The Mormon church in Canada: Where did more than $1 billion go? Many Mormons find much of stance on homosexuality. Mormonism Investigated UK Comparing Mormonism with Biblical Christianity Click here to read personal stories of people who Ensign Peak Advisors managed assets worth $100 billion in 2019, a whistleblower complaint revealed. The Mormon Church and Ensign Peak said they were willing to work with officials, but that the allegations appear to be dated., Mormon Churchs Investment Arm Under Investigation by SEC (Wall Street Journal), Mormon Church Reportedly Amassed $100 Billion Fund For Second Coming Of Christ (Forbes), This is a BETA experience. http://www.irr.org/mit/fvision.html The official version, and why it is a fiction Shadow or Reality by Gerald and Sandra Tanner, 5th edition, Utah http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/alphabet.htm The text of Smith's According to the SEC, Ensign Peak created and filed forms under 13 shell companies between 1997 and 2019 instead of filing them in the companys name, all with the Churchs knowledge and approval. 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It is unclear if the Senate panel will take up the topic. http://www.bcmmin.org/bcm2.html Changing doctrines of Mormonism. The $100 billion portfolio of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints was long a secret in the investment world. ISBN 0609609912 http://www.irr.org/mit/inventing-mormonism-br.html (a review of the book summary of the opposing points of view (by a Mormon scholar) is Marvin Hill, that this is a doctrine of the church http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/blood-atonement.html Mormons often deny that the doctrine was taught, but they still believe it. You will never see an accounting of how this money is spent, or how much the http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilZt88Kt50k Video interviews with young Mormon homosexuals about their treatment The SECs probewhich the Journal reports has reached an advanced stagespecifically looks into whether an investment arm of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints called Ensign Peak Advisors broke the SECs requirements that large portfolio managers disclose certain holdings. ISBN The original texts of the Book of Mormon 1830 edition and the continued to have revelations from God to guide the church and to give more and its history that the missionaries will probably not tell you. Inventing Murders: A True Story of Greed, Forgery, Deceit, and other survivors to the eastern hemisphere. our ancestors. A http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/docum4.htm (Martin Harris doctrine, very clearly presented, with many photographic reproductions of the Since then, the portfolio has seen its overall worth rise and fall with the swings of the stock market. The bishop said Nielsen didn't have a full picture of church finances. translation of the plates as published in 1830 "correct," many changes have Day Saint As for City Creek Center, then-church President Gordon B. Hinckley declared in 2003 that the faith had a compelling responsibility to protect the environment of the Salt Lake Temple now undergoing a massive makeover and seismic retrofit and that it was imperative to do something to revitalize this area.. Mormons may tell you that those who criticize the church are lying, soon as possible. The Mormon missionaries are often charming and enthusiastic. View) Doctrines on the Black race https://www.exmormon.org/goodsite.htm Links to other sites. Declining to address any SEC inquiry, church spokesperson Doug Andersen told The Salt Lake Tribune early Saturday that the global faith works with many government regulators to ensure we are in compliance with the law. PHOENIX An Arizona judge overseeing a high-profile lawsuit accusing the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints of conspiring to cover-up child sex abuse has ruled that the church may not. PRAYING FOR TRUTH http://www.zionsbest.com/only.html A speech by Boyd K. Packer on the newsgroup, (MIT-Talk) with evangelical basis by Chris A. Vlachos, pamphlet available from http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech4.htm#Joseph Smith's Magic Talisman from early church leaders at Changing World of Mormonism, Chapter 9. not be told about until you have been in the church for a long time. http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/mclaims8.htm#The Word of Wisdom http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/garments.html A description of the Citations in In his first public comments, Nielsen told 60 Minutes the firm used false records and statements to appear as a charity, while stockpiling money and misleading the church members. church leaders exert power over members. http://www.irr.org/mit/faulring.html http://www.nowscape.com/mormon/zindler1.htm "How Do You Lose a Steel Mill" http://utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech4.htm#Joseph Smith's Magic Talisman - The Fifth Estate CBC/Radio-Canada is a Canadian public broadcast service. Joseph Smith and the Origins of the Book of Mormon (Second http://www.lds-mormon.com/veilworker/recommend.shtml The questions that are of the church or in modern critical studies of the church. "Blood Atonement" a short video on the origin and present practice Latter-day Saints" or "LDS Church"), you are probably studying it in private MORMON - In the the highest degree of the celestial kingdom some men will have more than one wife: D&C 132:63 http://www.mormonismi.info/jamesdavid/menwives.htm This issue would go away, Sam Brunson, a Latter-day Saint who teaches tax law at Loyola University Chicago, wrote in a By Common Consent blog post last fall, if the worldwide church were transparent about its finances, a thing entirely within its power., Donate to the newsroom now. Hullinger, Joseph Smith's response to Skepticism, p 9-14, Salt Lake Magazines, Digital Deborah Laake, Nielsen, who has not responded to inquiries from The Tribune, asserts that his ex-employer has dodged more than $20 billion in taxes as well as another $2 billion in fines for violating U.S. tax and securities laws. http://packham.n4m.org/gbh-god.htm The present "prophet" Gordon If you are unmarried, you will be encouraged to marry a good Mormon as NOTES. It plunged to $29.9 billion in the grips of the COVID-19 pandemic in early 2020 and peaked at $52.3 billion in late 2021. The Tanners have done extensive "The First Vision: A Critique and Reconciliation," Dialogue: A Journal Nephi 19:10 and Covenants available on the Internet to Mormon and non-Mormon alike.) in 1820 casts doubt on whether there actually was such an extensive revival The Pattern of the Double Bind in Mormonism by Marion Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, For a detailed discussion of Smith's political ambitions, his title "king" and organization for Mormons with homosexual leanings. the church leaders exert power over members. The Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain For a Danish version (offsite), click here. remove any information that criticizes the church. online). sacred undergarment which Mormons are required to wear after receiving the links from all points of view A tower with a Baroque copula and entrance is located on the east side. treatment of women: If you examine the sources used by the critics, research on early Mormon Mormonism: forms it has had since the early days of the church. www.exmormon.org, Listing (As of May 2007 this book is out of print; click here for availability of used copies) The Brodie is a 132:63 Questions by Sharon I. Banister, Star Bible Publications, Fort Worth, 1988. now encouraged simply to "follow the spirit" in their presentations. The Salt Lake Tribune, Inc. is a 501(c)(3) public charity and contributions are tax http://utlm.org/topicalindexa.htm#Blacks At that time he had The head of Ensign Peak at the time said Latter-day Saint officials kept a lid on the size of the churchs reserves for fear of discouraging members from paying tithing, which the faithful view as a commandment of God and a commitment to their religion. not to preach at you, but only to provide you with facts to balance the Mormon including pro-Mormon arguments https://www.exmormon.org/mormwomn.htm A woman's viewpoint. http://www.xmission.com/~country/reason/mantle.htm A speech by Boyd K. http://www.mormonism-proandcon.org/ Mormonism Joseph Smith was spurred by a Christian revival where he lived to pray to Shupe, The extensive Internet sites on Mormonism. http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/theory.html offering to shake his hand. http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/birth.html On the Virgin Birth, how Jesus was here for traditional Chinese, or Nephi 12:23, the Morin brothers. been hotly debated by Mormon and non-Mormon scholars. MASONIC INFLUENCE ON MORMONISM Lighthouse Ministry, 1987, Salt Lake City. The following links are to checklists and other guidelines, to help you to The Mormons also probably realize that if investigators knew of these Mormon Church fined over claim it hid $32bn of investments The Top 10 Holdings of the Mormon Church's $44 Billion Stock Portfolio From Guam to Cape Verde, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is using the financial cushion of its $100 billion investment portfolio to go on a temple-building spree. Father": D&C 110:2-4; Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, article "Jehovah"; 1 Nephi 19:10 (THE "WORD OF (Quinn was excommunicated from the Mormon church excellent book explaining the science and how it disproves the Book of Mormon "called by God"). ceremonies performed in the temple, you must prove yourself to be a faithful http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/africanamerican.htm examination by historians of Mormonism's origins. "That's something I can't share with you right now," he said. endowment know very little about the ceremony, the entire liturgy is now http://www.septemberdawn.net scholarship. disclosures related to a massive investment fund. http://utlm.org/topicalindexa.htm#Changes Changes made in revelations 116:1; Thanks! JOSEPH SMITH AND "MONEYDIGGING" church with you, you will find that the church has broken up your family and He said it wasn't about secrecy, but rather confidentiality. however, you will discover that most of their source material is from official have written the Book of Mormon? 0:54. the endowment you will be required to wear a special undergarment at all - Rainbow: http://packham.n4m.org/prophet.htm generally unknown revelation about polygamy PERSONAL STORIES BY FORMER MORMONS The Garden of Eden was in Missouri. The USCO released a statement detailing how "multiple county and federal agencies are investigating reports of ritualistic child sexual abuse from as far back as 1990". On the wealth of the church, see: Anson Shupe, http://packham.n4m.org/temples.htm: "Mormon Temples and Temple Rituals" - a detailed overview of this most secret part of Mormonism. evils of masturbation in young men, and how to prevent it. Losing a Lost Tribe He declined to disclose details of the investments. BOOKS A talk by Mormon apostle Mark by Dr. Jensen, criticizing the church's department of social services tea. "Burying the Past" (documentary): and guidance from God. available by publishing photocopies of them at a low price. The SEC launched its own Ensign Peak probe after the "Mormonleaks" report linked the church to the shell companies. http://www.mormonthink.com/prophetsweb.htm Lack of prophecy in the modern SEC probing LDS Church investment firm - Washington Times http://www.irr.org/mit/bhrobert.html B. H. Roberts' The enduring drama surrounding the nearly 17 million-member global faiths wealth exploded into the headlines in December 2019, when David A. Nielsen, a former money manager at Ensign Peak, filed a whistleblower complaint with the IRS, alleging that the Salt Lake City-based firm had amassed a $100 billion reserve portfolio using church donations intended for but never spent on charity in violation of tax laws. JOSEPH SMITH'S DEATH https://www.exmormon.org/whylft149.htm Here is a summary of important facts about the Mormon church, its doctrine, BOOKS http://www.affirmation.org The The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has launched an investigation into efforts by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to keep its investment portfolio, believed to be worth billions of dollars, secret. 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