Interview with grandson of former Mormon president

In an article at Christian Post, Ezra Taft Benson's grandson opens up on what it means to be a Mormon, and how much of an influence that may be on Mitt Romney as president.

(H/T: Brian Culver, Time 2 Change Churches)

Huckabee asks question, LDS camp dodges

Here is just one more example of Mormons not being truthful about their beliefs. And one reason why Romney's Mormon beliefs should be taken into account when deciding whether or not to vote for him (From the Houston Chronicle):

WASHINGTON — Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee, an ordained Southern Baptist minister, asks in an upcoming article, "Don't Mormons believe that Jesus and the devil are brothers?"

The article, to be published in Sunday's New York Times Magazine, says Huckabee asked the question after saying he believes Mormonism is a religion but doesn't know much about it. His rival Mitt Romney, the former Massachusetts governor, is a member of the Mormon church.

The authoritative Encyclopedia of Mormonism, published in 1992, speaks of Jesus as the son of God and of Satan as a fallen angel, which is a Biblical account.

A spokeswoman for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints said Huckabee's question is usually raised by those who wish to smear the Mormon faith rather than clarify doctrine.

Romney spokesman Kevin Madden said Romney will not debate candidates on their faith or question their faith.

That's why I'm here. To bring to light the beliefs taught by the Mormon church, but they won't tell you about. So here it is, the truth: the Mormon church teaches that jesus and Lucifer are brothers. Gospel Priciples is a book the Mormon church gives its people to have family study time at home. Therefore, what is contained in this book is official Mormon doctrine. This is from the latest edition, chapter 3:

We needed a Savior to pay for our sins and to teach us how to return to our Heavenly Father...Two of our brothers offered to help. Our oldest brother, Jesus Christ, said, "Here am I, send Me" (Abr. 3:27)...Satan, who was called Lucifer, also came...After hearing both sons speak, our Heavenly Father said, 'I will send the first." (Abr. 3:27)

Jess L. Christensen, a former LDS area authority, wrote the following in the June 1986 Ensign Magazine, p. 25-26 (Ensign is an official publication of the LDS church. If it ain't official doctrine, it doesn't get in there):

On first hearing, the doctrine that Lucifer and our Lord, Jesus Christ, are brothers may seem surprising to some---especially to those unacquainted with latter-day revelations. But both the scriptures and the prophets affirm that Jesus Christ and Lucifer are indeed offspring of our Heavenly Father and, therefore, spirit brothers…as the Firstborn of the Father, Jesus was Lucifer's older brother.

This is not stuff that we who expose the truth of Mormonism are just making up as we go along. These quotes are not from such sources, either. These quotes are from OFFICIAL MORMON SOURCES, spoken by MORMON AUTHORITIES. This is what Mormons REALLY BELIEVE.

PC540: Mormon Doctrine Explained

pc540 has a post with a cartoon explaining briefly yet accurately many Mormon beliefs. This cartoon gives ample evidence of why Mormonism is NOT Christian, and why the Mormon church should not be trusted.

Mormon Doctrine Explained

Mormon thinking: Jesus and His "wives"

Read, and tell me if this sounds like the Jesus of the Bible, or if it is just a half-baked story cooked up by a bunch of men who were a little too hungry for power (via MormonDoctrine.net):

"Gentlemen, that is as plain as the translators, or different councils over this Scripture, are allow it to go to the world, but the thing is there; it is told; Jesus was the bridegroom at the marriage of Cana of Galilee, and he told them what to do... Now there was actually a marriage; and if Jesus was not the bridegroom on that occasion, please tell who was. If any man can show this, and prove that it was not the Savior of the world, then I will acknowledge I am in error. We say it was Jesus Christ who was married, to be brought into the relation whereby he could see his seed, before he was crucified." Journal of Discourses 2:82, Orson Hyde, October 6, 1854

"I discover that some of the Eastern papers represent me as a great blasphemer, because I said, in my lecture on Marriage, at our last Conference, that Jesus Christ was married at Cana of Galilee, that Mary, Martha, and others were his wives, and that he begat children." Journal of Discourses 2:210, Orson Hyde, March 18, 1855

"It will be borne in mind that once on a time, there was a marriage in Cana of Galilee; and on a careful reading of that transaction, it will be discovered that no less a person than Jesus Christ was married on that occasion. If he was never married, his intimacy with Mary and Martha, and the other Mary also whom Jesus loved, must have been highly unbecoming and improper to say the best of it." Journal of Discourses 4:259, Orson Hyde

"We have now clearly shown that God, the Father had a plurality of wives, one or more being in eternity, by whom He begat our spirits as well as the spirit of Jesus His First Born... We have also proved most clearly that the Son followed the example of his Father, and became the great Bridegroom to whom kings' daughters and many honorable Wives to be married." The Seer, p. 172, Orson Pratt

"Evening Meeting. Prayer By E Stephenson. Joseph F Smith spoke One hour & 25 M. He spoke upon the Marriage in Cana at Galilee. He thought Jesus was the Bridgegroom and Mary & Martha the brides. He also refered to Luke 10 ch. 38 to 42 verse, Also John 11 ch. 2 & 5 vers John 12 Ch 3d vers, John 20 8 to 18. Joseph Smith spoke upon these passages to show that Mary & Martha manifested much Closer relationship than Merely A Believer which looks Consistet. He did not think that Jesus who decended throug Poligamous families from Abraham down & who fulfilled all the Law even baptism by immersion would have lived and died without being married." Wilford Woodruff's Journal 8:187, July 22, 1883 (misspellings included in original)

When Joseph Fielding Smith was asked if this meant that Christ had children, Joseph Fielding Smith wrote, "Yes! But do not preach it! The Lord advised us not to cast pearls before swine!" (Letter to J. Ricks Smith, dated March 17, 1963)

So, still think that Mormons are Christian?