Dramatic Reading of Selected Discourses of Brigham Young

Reference	Date	Title	Duration	Video
JoD 1:238	July 24, 1853	God begat Jesus with Mary in the flesh.	0 m 32 s
JoD 1:361	August 1, 1852	Mormons live above the law.	0 m 37 s
JoD 3:84	March 27, 1853	Brigham Young will unshealth his Bowie Knife on the "Nasty Apostates"	0 m 44 s
JoD 3:226	March 2, 1856	Those not of God are to be hewn down.	0 m 34 s
JoD 3:243	March 16, 1856	The Javelin	1 m 03 s
JoD 4:53	September 21, 1856	Sinners should beg us to kill them	0 m 37 s
JoD 5:211	September 6, 1857	Brigham Young; I could find more girls than any of the young men	0 m 34 s
JoD 6:345	July 31, 1859	God is not omnipresent	0 m 23 s
JoD 7:336	October 8, 1859	The Native Americans will become White & Delightsome	1 m 09 s
JoD 8:115	July 8, 1860	God begat Jesus from a natural action as we were of our fathers	0 m 31 s
JoD 8:178	September 9, 1860	Brigham Young will have millions of wives and children.	0 m 31 s
JoD 10:110	March 8, 1863	The Law of God Relative to the African Race	0 m 45 s
JoD 12:262	August 9, 1868	Monogamy is from Robbers and Women Stealers	1 m 03 s
JoD 13:95	January 2, 1870	Everything Brigham Teaches is Scripture	0 m 22 s
JoD 13:271	July 24, 1870	The Sun and Moon are inhabited	1 m 31 s
Episode 51		Mormon Expositor	51 m 26 s
NA		Pitman Shorthand used to record the Journal of Discourses	4 m 12 s

The 5 Stages of LDS Apologetics

Stage	Description
Stage 1	Denial/Divert
Stage 2	Ad Hominem
Stage 3	Justify/Rationalize
Stage 4	Diminish Consequences
Stage 5	Acknowledge/Obey
*Bearing Testimony is the punctuation mark for each stage.

[1]    familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SP6X-Q65
[2]    wikipedia.org/wiki/Helen_Mar_Kimball
[3]    lds.org/scriptures/bofm/jacob/2.24-30#23
[4]    gapminder.org World Census Data 1840
[5]    gaymarriage.procon.org

Land of Lucre; Real Estate Holdings of LDS Apostles

Data compiled in a google map

Other Claims:

Average Home in SLC area is $358,000
http://trulia.com/real_estate/Salt_Lake_City-Utah/market-trends


NOTE:  There is an ongoing investigation into the holdings.  More homes may be uncovered so this list should not be considered a complete representation only that which we've been able to unveil.

15 minutes could save you 10%

Stargate SG-1; More True Than the Book of Abraham

This scene from Stargate SG-1 Season 4 Episode 13, "The Curse"
http://stargate.mgm.com/view/episode/2502/index.html

Synopsis of "The Curse"

Figure #2, Facsimile #3, Book of Abraham, Pearl of Great Price
http://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/abr/fac-3

The complete Facsimile #3 Examination
http://www.mormoninfographics.com/2012/08/book-of-abraham-facsimile-3-examined.html

Sixth Article of Faith - The same organization as the Primitive Church

We believe in the same organization that existed in the Primitive Church, namely, apostles, prophets, pastors, teachers, evangelists, and so forth.
6th Article of Faith
http://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/a-of-f/1.6#5

The LDS Church Org Chart
http://www.lds.org/church/leaders

Hill Cumorah Stone Box Vault

"On the west side of this hill, not far from the top, under a stone of considerable size, lay the plates, deposited in a stone box. "
Joseph Smith History, Pearl of Great Price, Chapter 1 verse 51

The Not Even Once Club

Based on a real book by Wendy Watson Nelson wife of LDS Apostle Russell M. Nelson

Sold by LDS Owned Deseret Book

Here is the Amazon.com link

Here is a petition to have this book removed from Deseret.

For the Strength of Youth

Spoof of the pamphlet "For the Strength of Youth"

Published by the LDS Church

https://www.lds.org/youth/for-the-strength-of-youth

Helen Mar Kimball was 14 when she married Joseph Smith (age 37) as his 26th wife

Joseph Smith had 34 wives total

Book of Mormon Anachronisms

Same Chart with Live Hyperlinks This chart is in response to the fallacious FAIR Mormon Chart

Early Mormon Prophets and their Young Brides

[JS] https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SP6X-Q65
[BY] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Brigham_Young's_wives
[JT] “Champion of Liberty”, Mary Jane Woodger, pub. 2009
[WW] aka Emma Smith, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilford_Woodruff
[LZ] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lorenzo_Snow#Wives_and_children
[JFS] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_F._Smith#Marriages_and_family

Book of Mormon Witnesses, we don't have their signatures

References

[1] Testimony of Eight Witnesses, June 1829, josephsmithpapers.org
[2] US Declaration of Independence, July 1776, Library of Congress

For more analysis see pages 55-56 "A Letter to a CES Director"

Elder Marlin K. Jensen on Polyandry (Swedish Rescue Fireside)

Honest Mormonism in a Parallel Universe

 
Top Left Photo
This is a current display at the LDS Conference Center depicting the Book of Mormon translation process.

Top Right Photo
This is a current display at the LDS Salt Lake Temple Square North Visitor Center depicting the Book of Mormon translation process.

Bottom Photos
Based on the actual historical record.  As reported by witnesses and documented by scholars and historians.  And acknowledged in obscurity by the LDS church.

"Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat and put his face in the hat"
'A Treasured Testament' - Ensign July 1, 1993; Elder Russel M. Nelson
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/07/a-treasured-testament

Bottom Statement
This is a reference to the standard of honesty taught by the LDS church in Chapter 31 of the Gospel Principles Manual.



"To become completely honest, we must look carefully at our lives. If there are ways in which we are being even the least bit dishonest, we should repent of them immediately."

Credit idea for panel to the author of A Letter to a CES Director

The Mormon God Doesn't Need Plates

References

1 Nephi 4:10-13

10 And it came to pass that I was constrained by the Spirit that I should kill Laban; but I said in my heart: Never at any time have I shed the blood of man. And I shrunk and would that I might not slay him.

 11 And the Spirit said unto me again: Behold the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands. Yea, and I also knew that he had sought to take away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property.

 12 And it came to pass that the Spirit said unto me again: Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands;

 13 Behold the Lord slayeth the wicked to bring forth his righteous purposes. It is better that one man should perish than that a nation should dwindle and perish in unbelief.

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"Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat and put his face in the hat"
'A Treasured Testament' - Ensign July 1, 1993; Elder Russel M. Nelson
https://www.lds.org/ensign/1993/07/a-treasured-testament

Secret Combinations as Taught in LDS Temples

Ether 8:19 (The Book of Mormon)
For the Lord worketh not in secret combinations, neither doth he will that man should shed blood, but in all things hath forbidden it, from the beginning of man.
The Guide to the Scriptures (lds.org online)
"Secret Combinations"

• The father of lies stirreth up the children of men unto secret combinations:2 Ne. 9:9;
• I must needs destroy the secret works of darkness:2 Ne. 10:15;
• Judgments of God did come upon these workers of secret combinations:Alma 37:30;
• Gadianton did prove almost the entire destruction of the people of Nephi:Hel. 2:4–13;
• Satan put it into the hearts of the people to form secret oaths and covenants:Hel. 6:21–31;
• The Lord worketh not in secret combinations:Ether 8:19;
• Nations that uphold secret combinations shall be destroyed:Ether 8:22–23;
• They did reject all the words of the prophets, because of their secret society:Ether 11:22;
• From the days of Cain, there was a secret combination:Moses 5:51;

Ceremonial Details including the secret handshakes, passwords, and signs.

Hidden camera footage including all the secret handshakes, passwords, and signs.

The Many Wives of Joseph Smith; Visualized

If the image appears blurry, Click to Open full screen and full zoom resolution

References:

Marriage Details are from wivesofjosephsmith.org

Which has compiled genealogical research from the following sources:

[A] familysearch.org  (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City)

[B] Mormon Polygamy: A History, (Van Wagoner, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, 1989)

[C] Mormon Enigma: Emma Hale Smith, (Newell & Avery, University of Illinois Press, Urbana and Chicago, 1994)

[D] In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith, (Compton, Signature Books, Salt Lake City, 1997)

[E] Doctrine and Covenants, (The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Salt Lake City)

Additional Panel References:

[1] "Utah Struggles With a Revival of Polygamy", NY Times, 8/23/1998, James Brooke
[2] Polyandry definition at wikipedia.
[3] Henry Jacobs' mission call; "Zina and Her Men", FAIR LDS Conference, 2006
[4] David Sessions mission call, wivesofjosephsmith.org, Patty Bartlett Sessions Biography
[5] Desdemona Fullmer quote, wivesofjosephsmith.org, D. Fuller Biography

*The cameo silhouettes were created by mormoninfographics for presentation purposes.

Other Resources
Black and White version of this chart for printouts, download here.
Full Rez image from above here.

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Joseph Smith vs Warren Jeffs	The Wives of Brigham Young; Visualized	Joseph Smith; The Reluctant Polygamist

Detailed Wife Information available at wivesofjosephsmith.org

Wife	Date	Age	Husband*
Emma Hale Fanny Alger Lucinda Morgan Harris Louisa Beaman Zina Huntington Jacobs Presendia Huntington Buell Agnes Coolbrith Sylvia Sessions Lyon Mary Rollins Lightner Patty Bartlett Sessions Marinda Johnson Hyde Elizabeth Davis Durfee Sarah Kingsley Cleveland Delcena Johnson Eliza R. Snow Sarah Ann Whitney Martha McBride Knight Ruth Vose Sayers Flora Ann Woodworth Emily Dow Partridge Eliza Maria Partridge Almera Johnson Lucy Walker Sarah Lawrence Maria Lawrence Helen Mar Kimball Hanna Ells Elvira Cowles Holmes Rhoda Richards Desdemona Fullmer Olive Frost Melissa Lott Nancy Winchester Fanny Young	Jan 1827 1833 1838 Apr 1841 Oct 1841 Dec 1841 Jan 1842 Feb 1842 Feb 1842 Mar 1842 Apr 1842 Jun 1842 Jun 1842 Jul 1842 Jun 1842 Jul 1842 Aug 1842 Feb 1843 Spring 1843 Mar 1843 Mar 1843 Apr 1843 May 1843 May 1843 May 1843 May 1843 Mid 1843 Jun 1843 Jun 1843 Jul 1843 Mid 1843 Sep 1843 1843 Nov 1843	22 16 37 26 20 31 33 23 23 47 27 50 53 37 38 17 37 33 16 19 22 30 17 17 19 14 29 29 58 32 27 19 14 56	NONE NONE George W. Harris NONE Henry Jacobs Norman Buell NONE Windsor Lyon Adam Lightner David Sessions Orson Hyde Jabez Durfee John Cleveland NONE NONE NONE NONE Edward Sayers NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE Jonathan Holmes NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE NONE

10 Questions to ask a Mormon Guaranteed to get less than the truth

References		Link
1	Polygamy Doctrine is in D&C 132	http://www.lds.org/scriptures/dc-testament/dc/132
2	2013 Lorenzo Snow Manual Ch 5	http://www.lds.org/manual/teachings-of-presidents-of-the-church-lorenzo-snow/chapter-5-the-grand-destiny-of-the-faithful
3	Wives of Joseph Smith Pedigree Chart	http://www.mormoninfographics.com/2012/09/the-many-wives-of-joseph-smith.html
4	Law of Consecration	http://lds4u.com/lesson5/templecovenants.htm
5	Translation Method	http://www.mormonthink.com/img/trans5.jpg
6	"creeds were an abomination"	http://www.lds.org/scriptures/pgp/js-h/1.19#18
7	Blacks and the Priesthood	http://www.mormonsandnegroes.org/
8	Joseph Smith @ Carthage Jail	http://law2.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/carthage/expositororder.html
9	Pre-1990 Temple Blood Oaths	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4jyU97I12AQ
10	Polygamy: It's not about the widows	http://www.i4m.com/think/polygamy/polygamy_widows.htm

When Will Christianity acknowledge Mormons as Christian?

Reference:

[1] LDS Newsroom, 10/25/2006

[2] "There is no such thing as a Mormon Fundamentalist", Gordon Hinckley, Engisn November 1998

2 Nephi 5:21 on a Missionary Plaque

2 Nephi 5:21

And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing, because of their iniquity. For behold, they had hardened their hearts against him, that they had become like unto a flint; wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them.

** "Elder Williams" and his image used with permission

Missionary Plaque as a PDF Pass Along Card:

http://www.afterallwecando.com/Missionary Plaque.pdf

See Also:

The Way of the Mister: Mormonism is Racism

DNA Evidence has forced another edit to the Book of Mormon

References:

[1] "An Analysis of Selected Changes in Major Editions of the Book of Mormon", Jeffrey R. Holland
      Master Thesis, BYU, 1966, page 1

[2] The introduction was modified in 2010

[3] DNA evidence does not support the American Indian as a Lamanite descendant.

[4] Parody of actual Joseph Smith quote: "the Most Correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion"
      History of the Church 4:461

Other Resources:

[A] Book of Mormon, First Edition, 1830, Scanned Online Copy

[B] Book of Mormon, Introduction, Online, lds.org

[C] "3,913 Changes in the Book of Mormon", Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Utah Lighthouse Ministry, Published 1996

Word of Wisdom, LDS Newsroom "Getting it right"

Reference:

'Finally, another small correction: Despite what was reported, the Church revelation spelling out health practices (Doctrine and Covenants 89) does not mention the use of caffeine.  The Church’s health guidelines prohibit alcoholic drinks, smoking or chewing of tobacco, and “hot drinks” — taught by Church leaders to refer specifically to tea and coffee.'
LDS Newsroom "Mormonism in the News: Getting It Right"
http://www.mormonnewsroom.org/article/mormonism-news--getting-it-right-august-29

See Also:

"And again, hot drinks are not for the body or belly." D&C 89:9

The Mormon God Sitting On His Throne

The Mormon God Sitting On His Throne is 'Min' the Phallic God.

References:

[1] Facsimile 2, BoA, lds.org/scriptures/pgp/abr/fac-2
Joseph Smith Translation:
"God sitting on his throne, revealing through the heavens the grand Key-words of the priesthood"

[2] Min; http://www.bookofabraham.com/boamathie/BOA_7.html
(Scroll down to Figure 7)

Joseph Smith said that figure 7, "Represents God sitting upon his throne, revealing through the heavens the grand Key-words of the Priesthood; as also, the sign of the Holy Ghost unto Abraham, in the form of a dove."
This figure is clearly the ithyphallic god Min. Next to Min ... is the ithyphallic snake which represents Atum, whose power of creation was often represented in the form of a snake. The ithlyphallic pose underlines this creative aspect. I suspect that the unfinished representation of Atum in Facsimile 2 (due probably to damage in the original) was interpreted by Joseph to be a figure "in the form of a dove", rather than that of a snake.
Overall, this entire lower register describes the deceased's entry into the divine realm of the afterlife and the beginning of his/her transformation — his/her re-birth to that realm, as represented by these ithyphallic figures.

LDS Apologists Agree that Figure 7 is Min the ithyphallic God

Note, even LDS apologists admit that this figure, with the erect penis, is the god Min. (page 11, last paragraph of the above link). "7. A seated ithyphallic god with a hawk's tail, holding aloft a flail. This is a form of Min"

(Quoted from mormonthink.com)

See also:

Facsimile #2 Examined