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=Index of Claims in "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Profile"=
=Index of Claims in "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Profile"=
{{IndexClaim
|claim=
The authors claim that Joseph was told during the First Vision that "all the Christian Church's doctrines 'were an abomination'."
|authorsources=
*Joseph Smith - History 19, Pearl of Great Price.
}}
{{IndexClaim
|claim=
The authors claim that Mormonism is a "polytheistic religion," because of the belief that God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are three distinct and separate personages.
|authorsources=
*''Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 370.
*McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', pp. 576-577.
}}
{{IndexClaim
|claim=
According to Joseph Smith, God "was once a man like us."
|authorsources=
*''History of the Church'', 6:305
|response=
*{{Detail|Nature of God/"God is a man"}}
}}
{{IndexClaim
|claim=
Brigham Young said that the birth of Jesus Christ "was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action."
|authorsources=
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|vol=8|disc=27|start=115}}
*McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', 742.
|response=
*{{Detail|Jesus Christ/Conception}}
}}
{{IndexClaim
|claim=
Jesus "is the brother of Lucifer."
|authorsources=
*Milton Hunter, ''The Gospel Through the Ages, 15.
|response=
*{{Detail|Jesus Christ/Brother of Satan}}
}}
{{IndexClaim
|claim=
Latter-day Saints make a distinction between the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit.
|authorsources=
*McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', pp. 752.
}}
{{IndexClaim
|claim=
The authors state the "every worthy male, according to the standards of Mormonism, will become a god and rule over their own planet." The authors state that women are excluded.
|authorsources=
*Joseph Fielding Smith, ''Doctrines of Salvation'' 2:48.
}}
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{{IndexClaim
|claim=
There is a "Mother God."
|authorsources=
*Joseph Fielding Smith, ''Answers to Gospel Questions'' 3:143-144.
|response=
*{{Detail|Nature of God/Heavenly Mother}}
}}
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{{IndexClaim
|claim=
We are all spiritual offspring of our Heavenly Father and Mother, and we once lived in the pre-existence.
|authorsources=
*McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 589.
}}
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{{IndexClaim
|claim=
The authors claim that "Black people are black because of their misdeeds in the pre-existence."
|authorsources=
*Melvin J. Ballard, ''Three Degrees of Glory'', p. 21.
}}
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{{IndexClaim
|claim=
The authors claim that salvation or exaltation "is based on one's own good works or merit."
|authorsources=
*Lowell Bennion, "The Religion of the Latter-day Saints," p. 160.
*''Church News'', October 8, 1988, p. 23.
}}
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{{IndexClaim
|claim=
The authors claim that Latter-day Saint consider the Bible "suspect due to its many errors and missing parts."
|authorsources=
*''Articles of Faith'' No. 8, ''Ensign'' January 1989, pp. 25, 27.
}}

Revision as of 19:17, 7 March 2010


A FAIR Analysis of:
Watchman Fellowship
 		Section 2

Index of Claims in "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Profile"

Claim
The authors claim that Joseph was told during the First Vision that "all the Christian Church's doctrines 'were an abomination'."

Author's source(s)

  • Joseph Smith - History 19, Pearl of Great Price.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources


Claim
The authors claim that Mormonism is a "polytheistic religion," because of the belief that God the Father, Jesus Christ and the Holy Ghost are three distinct and separate personages.

Author's source(s)

  • Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, 370.
  • McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, pp. 576-577.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources


Claim
According to Joseph Smith, God "was once a man like us."

Author's source(s)

  • History of the Church, 6:305

Response


Claim
Brigham Young said that the birth of Jesus Christ "was as natural as are the births of our children; it was the result of natural action."

Author's source(s)

Response


Claim
Jesus "is the brother of Lucifer."

Author's source(s)

  • Milton Hunter, The Gospel Through the Ages, 15.

Response


Claim
Latter-day Saints make a distinction between the Holy Ghost and the Holy Spirit.

Author's source(s)

  • McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, pp. 752.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources


Claim
The authors state the "every worthy male, according to the standards of Mormonism, will become a god and rule over their own planet." The authors state that women are excluded.

Author's source(s)

  • Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation 2:48.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources


Claim
There is a "Mother God."

Author's source(s)

  • Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions 3:143-144.

Response


Claim
We are all spiritual offspring of our Heavenly Father and Mother, and we once lived in the pre-existence.

Author's source(s)

  • McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p. 589.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources


Claim
The authors claim that "Black people are black because of their misdeeds in the pre-existence."

Author's source(s)

  • Melvin J. Ballard, Three Degrees of Glory, p. 21.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources


Claim
The authors claim that salvation or exaltation "is based on one's own good works or merit."

Author's source(s)

  • Lowell Bennion, "The Religion of the Latter-day Saints," p. 160.
  • Church News, October 8, 1988, p. 23.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources


Claim
The authors claim that Latter-day Saint consider the Bible "suspect due to its many errors and missing parts."

Author's source(s)

  • Articles of Faith No. 8, Ensign January 1989, pp. 25, 27.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources


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