Category: Adam-God
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Did Brigham Young Teach False Doctrine?
Some of Brigham Young’s teachings were so un-biblical that they brought deep division in the church. By disavowing such teachings, modern church leaders would actually be considered heretical by his pronouncements.
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The Gods of Mormonism
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (commonly referred to as the Mormon Church) now claims to have 9,000,000 members and proclaims itself to be the only true church. Mormon Apostle Bruce R. McConkie emphatically declared: This Church is “the only true and living church upon the face of…
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By Their Fruits
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In Matthew 7:15-16 Jesus is reported to have said: Beware of false prophets, which come to you in sheep’s clothing, but inwardly they are ravening wolves.Ye shall know them by their fruits. Do men gather grapes of thorns, or figs of thistles? While Joseph Smith and Brigham Young claimed to…
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Apostle McConkie Admits Brigham Young Taught Adam-God Doctrine
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner On February 19, 1981, the Mormon Apostle Bruce R. McConkie wrote a letter to Eugene England which contains some remarkable statements concerning Brigham Young (the second President of the Mormon Church) and his Adam-God doctrine. In this 10-page letter Apostle McConkie frankly admitted, “Yes, President Young did teach that Adam…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 8
The Adam-God Doctrine The Adam-God doctrine was a natural outgrowth of the doctrine of a plurality of Gods. Although this doctrine was not publicly taught until 1852, Adam was held in high esteem at the very beginning of the Mormon church. Apostle John A. Widtsoe said that “In Joseph Smith’s philosophy of existence Adam and…
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Changing World of Mormonism (newsletter article)
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner January is a month we are anxiously awaiting, for this is when Moody Press plans to release our new book, The Changing World of Mormonism. This is a condensed and updated version of Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?—a book which has sold over 32,000 copies and which Bible scholar Norman L. Geisler…
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Is Adam Christ’s Father?
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Brigham Young, the second President of the Mormon Church, once stated: “Now, remember from this time forth, and forever, that Jesus Christ was not begotten by the Holy Ghost” (Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, page 51). This statement is in conflict with both the Bible and the Book of Mormon…