Category: Mormon Fundamentalism
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The RLDS Offshoot of Nauvoo Mormonism
Joseph Smith’s legacy as a self-styled prophet opened the door for his subsequent followers to enact the same pattern: claiming that former prophecy and scripture can’t be trusted, and that they will now be the “one true prophet,” which has produced over 200 splinter groups within Mormonism.
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Wanted: “One Mighty and Strong”
Continuous changes in the LDS church are accompanied by fundamentalist claims of apostasy and hopes that “one mighty and strong” leader has now arrived, as prophesied.
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Polygamist Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Tom Green, a modern-day polygamist in Utah, was given a five-year prison sentence on August 25, 2001. Green might never have come to the attention of the state if he had kept a low profile. Instead, he appeared on various television programs and granted numerous interviews, explaining his polygamist life-style.…
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Mormon Blood Atonement: Fact or Fantasy?
Historical evidence shows that Brigham Young taught that the blood of Christ is insufficient for some sins, requiring the spilling of one’s own blood instead for atonement. Tragic examples show how this was put into practice.
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Mormon Leaders Fight Satanic Infiltration
Utah Governor Norm Bangerter Calls for an Investigation By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the last issue of the Salt Lake City Messenger we reported allegations that a satanic cult had taken root in the Mormon Church. This newsletter (November 1991) proved to be the most popular issue we have ever printed. A number of…
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Blood Atonement Chosen
After being sentenced to die for murder, Ronald Lafferty chose death by firing squad because he believed the blood atonement doctrine required his own blood to be literally spilled.
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Blood Flows in Utah
The brutal legacy of self-styled Mormon fundamentalists Ervil LeBaron and the Lafferty brothers show just how far LDS teachings like blood atonement can be taken.
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The Thinking Has Been Done: The Mountain Meadows to Guyana
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Since the recent massacre in Guyana there has been a great deal of discussion concerning what constitutes a cult and the process of brainwashing used by such a group. The Salt Lake Tribune for November 26, 1978 reported: The brainwashing, said the experts, was just as subtle as the charismatic…
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Alex Joseph
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner On November 11, 1978, the Salt Lake Tribune, printed a very sensational story relating to Joseph Smith’s Pearl of Great Price: Claiming the “biggest breakthrough since the discovery of the Rosetta Stone,” Utah polygamist Alex Joseph said Friday he has worked out a mathematical formula proving a link between the…
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Repudiates Book of Mormon
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner After we found serious problems with the Utah Mormon Church, we joined a group known as the Church of Christ—sometimes called the “Lukites.” This is a small group which is not to be confused with the large Church of Christ nor the Church of Christ—Temple Lot. Although this group rejected…