Mormonism teaches that all of us existed in heaven in spirit bodies before we began our lives here on earth. To argue for this, they will most often turn to places like Job or Ecclesiastes. On occasion, however, they fall back on more, shall we say, creative...
This is a dialogue with a Mormon on Facebook. He quickly appealed to feelings as the basis for staying a Mormon. Apparently, earlier I had challenged him with some facts and Bible verses contradicting Mormonism. Following is what he said. It is short. I changed...
The Mormon church is going through some media name-changes. It is retaining its official name as, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. But, is modifying its website names. Here are the areas of change. "The Church is now making changes to many of its...
I was recently talking with a couple of Mormon missionaries who asked me to read a chapter from the Book of Mormon ('translated' by Joseph Smith), specifically Alma 5. As I read, I noted in passing how often the author used phrases from the New Testament. They even...
Mormonism claims that the true church was lost shortly after the time of the New Testament and was restored in the 19th century by their founding prophet Joseph Smith. Part of this alleged "restoration" was to establish a hierarchical structure governed by a prophet...
I (Matt Slick) was working on something related to CARM when a Mormon Ryan started messaging me on Facebook. I don't know how he found me, but he just started off by asking if I'd ever heard of Joseph Smith. At first, I didn't know how much I wanted to get involved in...
Mormonism teaches that marriages sealed in their temples by their church authorities are binding for all eternity and will continue in heaven. Jesus Himself, however, explicitly denied that marriage continued on after death and resurrection,[fn]See our full article on...
The Mormon church teaches that marriages sealed in their temples under their church's authority continue on into eternity. Indeed, they claim that to reach the highest level of celestial glory and progress on into godhood, one must be part of an eternal marriage to be...
If you talk with Mormon missionaries for any length of time, at some point, they are going to instruct you to read the Book of Mormon and to pray for a direct revelation of God that the book is true. They claim that, in response to this prayer, you will receive good...
In Mormon theology, the name "Jehovah" (YHWH, Yahweh, the personal name of the God of Israel in the Old Testament) is exclusively the name of the pre-incarnate Jesus Christ. They deny that God the Father is Jehovah. Mormons do not believe in the Biblical Trinity (that...