Interesting Quotes
from Joseph Smith the Founder of Mormo nism
Joseph Smith boasted that he did more than Jesus.
"God is in the still
small voice. In all these affidavits, indictments, it is all of
the devil--all corruption. Come on! ye prosecutors! ye false swearers!
All hell, boil over! Ye burning mountains, roll down your lava!
for I will come out on the top at last. I have more to boast of
than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able
to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam. A large
majority of the whole have stood by me. Neither Paul, John, Peter,
nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such a work
as I. The followers of Jesus ran away from Him; but the Latter-day
Saints never ran away from me yet . . . " (History of the Church,
Vol. 6, p. 408-409).
Joseph Smith made a false prophecy (one of several).
". . .I prophesy in the name
of the Lord God of Israel, unless the United States redress the
wrongs committed upon the Saints in the state of Missouri and punish
the crimes committed by her officers that in a few years the government
will be utterly overthrown and wasted, and there will not be so
much as a potsherd left . . . " (History of the Church, Vol.
2, p. 182. The date was February, 1835.)
Joseph Smith said mothers have babies in eternity and some
are on thrones.
"A
question may be asked, ?Will mothers have their children in eternity?'
Yes! Yes! Mothers, you shall have your children." (Journal
of Discourses, Vol. 6, page 10). "Eternity is full of thrones,
upon which dwell thousands of children reigning on thrones of glory,
with not one cubit added to their stature." (Journal of Discourses,
Vol. 6, p. 10).
Joseph Smith said there are many Gods.
"Hence, the doctrine of a plurality of Gods is as prominent
in the Bible as any other doctrine. It is all over the face of the
Bible . . . Paul says there are Gods many and Lords many . . . but
to us there is but one God--that is pertaining to us; and he is
in all and through all" (History of the Church, Vol. 6, page
474). "In the beginning, the head of the Gods called a council
of the Gods; and they came together and concocted a plan to create
the world and people it." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, p.
5).
Joseph Smith said the Trinity is three gods.
"I have always declared God to be a distinct personage, Jesus
Christ a separate and distinct personage from God the Father, and
the Holy Ghost was a distinct personage and a Spirit: and these
three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods."
(Teachings of Prophet Joseph Smith p. 370).
Joseph Smith said God was once a man.
"God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted Man,
and sits enthroned in yonder heavens" (Journal of Discourses,
Vol. 6, p. 3).
Joseph Smith said our greatest responsibility is to seek after
our dead.
"The greatest
responsibility in this world that God has laid upon us is to seek
after our dead" (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 6, page 7).
Joseph Smith said that there are men living on the moon
who dress like Quakers and live to be nearly 1000 years
old. Since he was wrong about the moon, is it safe to trust him
regarding the way to Heaven? (The Young Woman's Journal, Vol.
3, pages 263-264. See repreint in Mormonism -- Shadow or Reality?
by Jerald and Sandra Tanner, page 4.)
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