The Mormon church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, is the one true church.

The Mormon church claims it is the "one true church" and that is has the "fulness" of the Gospel of Jesus Christ. The Mormon church, putting it simply, is false. I will provide several reasons, but the things listed are far from exhaustive. The modern Mormon church teaches that Joseph Smith prayed to God and that God and Jesus Christ appeared to him as two separate beings. The Mormon church bases everything on this vision. From the former president of the church, Gordon B Hinckley, Ensign magazine Nov. 1998 pp70-71, "Our entire case as members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints rests on the validity of this glorious First Vision. ... Nothing on which we base our doctrine, nothing we teach, nothing we live by is of greater importance than this initial declaration. I submit that if Joseph Smith Talked with God the Father and His Beloved Son, then all else of which he spoke is true." If this vision is so important then we would expect it to be a part of the founding of the religion. The version of the First Vision as taught by the church today was unheard of until 18 years after the event occurred, 10 years after Smith had started his missionary efforts. The oldest version, which was written in Smith's handwriting, is from 1832; 10 years after the event occurred. In fact there are 10 known versions of the First Vision, see http://www.irr.org...... for the full listing. Why was this vision that is so important unknown for so long? Why do the different stories change the facts including his age and year it occurred as well as who visited him? The answer: it never happened. Smith made it up. After the First Vision, Smith claimed to be visited by angels on many occasions and one showed him the location of the Golden Plates. These Plates were the record that Smith would claim to translate into what became the Book of Mormon. Smith claimed the Book of Mormon was the "most correct" book on this earth. He said it held the "fulness of the gospel" of Jesus Christ. The Book of Mormon was not translated in a normal fashion. In a talk given by Elder Russell M. Nelson, Ensign, July 1993 pg.61, he states how Smith translated these plates: "Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat, drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light; and in the darkness the spiritual light would shine. A piece of something resembling parchment would appear, and on that appeared the writing. One character at a time would appear, and under it was the interpretation in English. Brother Joseph would read off the English to Oliver Cowdery, who was his principal scribe, and when it was written down and repeated to Brother Joseph to see if it was correct, then it would disappear, and another character with the interpretation would appear. Thus the Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God, and not by any power of man." Now if the book was translated as such and being the "most correct book" it would lead one to believe there would not be any errors in it. Since it was printed there have been a couple thousand grammatical and spelling changes, as well as a couple changes to reflect the church's changing policy. A book translated by the "power of God" would not require any changes. Then there is the story in the book itself. It tells of civilization that lasted for around a thousand years, covering both North and South America, being familiar with all manner of things from Old World culture, and are the principal ancestors of the Native Americans. The book mentions silk, chariots, seven day week, cimeters, bellows, brass and iron, breast plates and copper, gold and silver currency, silver, steel swords, cattle, oxen, donkeys, horses, goats, sheep, swine, and elephants. There is no evidence of any of these supposedly very common things existing in the Americas before Columbus arrived, and the list is far from exhaustive. The book also does not list many of the common things found in the Americas before Columbus as well. There is no way for a civilization as large as the one in the Book of Mormon would have left no trace of its existence. In one battle alone there were over one million people killed by the sword, but there are no signs of the these massive battles: no mass graves, no swords, no shields, no arrow heads, no chariots..there is no evidence whatsoever for this great civilization. Joseph Smith stated that the Book of Mormon contained the "fulness" of the gospel, but most of the doctrine that make it unique from other sects of Christianity are either not found or completely different in the Book of Mormon. For a list please see http://packham.n4m.org....... In fact most of the unique doctrine come from the Pearl of Great Price and the lost Book of Abraham. For details on this "lost" book and its orgins see www.youtube.com/watch?v=hcyzkd_m6KE Mormons will state that in order to test if the Book of Mormon is true and if Joseph Smith is a prophet is to pray about it. You should "feel the spirit" testifying the truth to you. It is a little different for everyone but it has been described as a warmth or "burning in the bosom." This feeling is an emotion and emotion is not the basis for determining truth. No matter how strongly I feel about something it is an emotion only. Truth is determined by fact, and they truth is there is no fact in the story of the Book of Mormon and there is no truth in the First Vision. This is only part of the information available, but I believe I have made my point. The Mormon church is false.