The fact that the LDS leadership (most if not all) is aware of the problems in their history, teachings, and doctrines and the evidence against it, yet rather than adress those issues or admit problems, they whitewash, cover up and flat out lie to the membership makes it lies, not just ‘research’.
I spent almost a year, nearly full time, researching Mormonism trying to prove the ‘anti-Mormons wrong, I even had access through a professor at BYU (who was the son of the then LDS prophet) to resources that are not that common and difficult to obtain access to in SLC. What I discovered was the ‘antis’ weren’t the ones lying, the LDS leaders were, the LDS ‘apologists’ were.
Also, the membership lies (both by omission and comission) about their beliefs, teachings and history. The more obscure things, much of the Membership (esp outside the LDS) is unaware of (like that Pratt taught vegetables have spirits or we forgot the pre-existence because our spirits were compressed when we were born), but many of the more outrageous doctrines (God had sex with Mary, Jesus was married and probably a polygamist, we can become Gods, Christ only died so we could be resurrected - not to pay for sins, God lives near a planet called Kolob, Christian churches are the ‘whore of babylon’, Jesus and Lucifer are sprit brothers (first and second born) and Lucifer also applied to be the Savior, the LDS temple apron that they wear represents the priesthood of Lucifer) are common and accepted beliefs of LDS.
| From the Desk of TM: Attention FreeRepublic Anti-ANTI Team:
An error occured in the last memo, as it was supposed to read:
...call them nasties... Hopefully no problems occured this weekend because of a Headquarter's foul up. Keep up the good work on FR. We've been getting HUNDREDS of hitS on our websites by those evidently seeking the truth.
Watch next month's ENSIGN for the new membership figures; due, no doubt, to the tireless work by you faithful typists! Sincerely (continue using THAT word), Thomas Monson, |
Many of the earliest Christians held to concepts that you would probably consider heretical.
Speaking personally as an atheist, I don't see much difference between doctrines compiled by Catholic bishops in the fifth century and doctrines compiled by Mormon bishops in the nineteenth.