Mormanism

First I would like to apologize to my opponent and the viewers forfeiting the last round. But I still hope we can have a good debate. If the founder of Mormonism (Joseph Smith) was an immoral man, why would God choose him? Joseph Smith was an immoral false prophet, and violated one of Gods commands. He had at least 33 wives during his life. In fact polygamy used to be okay for Mormons until it was latter outlawed. Brigham Young (the second “prophet”) commanded Bishop John D. Lee to murder a wagon train of over one hundred helpless non Mormon immigrants. Twenty years later Lee was convicted and executed by the U.S. Government. Young escaped punishment, and his role in the Mountain Meadows Massacre has escaped the Mormon history books. spent most of his "ministry" dodging the law to continue the immoral practice of polygamy. At the time of his death in 1877, Young had seventeen wives and fifty-six children. http://www.jesus-is-savior.com... The bible teaches of two different “after lives” Heaven and hell. Mormonism teaches of three Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial. Mormonism also teaches that God the Father came down to earth and had sexual relations with Mary to produce Jesus. But the Bible teaches that Mary was a virgin. http://www.rapidnet.com... “Mormon leaders have consistently taught that God the Father ("Adam-god") had sexual relations on earth with Mary (his own spirit daughter), to produce the physical body of Jesus. Early Mormon apostles also asserted that Christ was a polygamist, and that His wives included Mary and Martha (the sisters of Lazarus) and Mary Magdalene.” The bible teaches that their would be no more prophets after Jesus. Revelation 16:6 http://mormonhaven.com... Yet their have been many Mormon “prophets” such as Brigham Young, and Joseph Smith. It does teach that that their will be false prophets however, and that is what Joseph Smith is. Joseph Smith prophesied that David W. Patten would serve a mission in the spring, but he died before then. Although he was uncertain, Joseph Smith predicted Christ would return in 1889. If Joseph Smith was a prophet he would have been right but he was obviously wrong. Joseph Smith said that their were men living on the moon who dressed like Quakers and lived to be nearly 1,000 years old. Well unless NASA are hiding something I'm pretty sure that was pretty much a lie. Mormonism teaches that God is one of countless gods, and that he used to be a man on another planet. The bible teaches that there is only one true God, and that all other gods are false. Genesis 1:1 states that God existed 'in the beginning' before man was ever created. So if God existed before man ever existed how could God be a former man? Mormonism teaches that we must be good and follow the laws and ordinances of the Mormon church in order to obtain forgiveness. http://carm.org... http://www.jesus-is-savior.com... The bible teaches many times that you get to heaven not by works alone but by faith. http://carm.org... http://carm.org... Mormonism teaches that Jesus was a polygamist. http://www.christian-faith.com... When the bible speaks nothing about Him being married to anyone Joseph Smith said the book of Mormons was the most correct book in the world, but you can find many wrong and contradictory things in it. The Mormons believe that the American Indians were decedents of the Israelites. But if they were Israelites why is their so much diversity in their languages and why were there no vestiges of Hebrew in any of their languages? http://www.contenderministries.org... The Book of Mormon also mention silk, but silk did not exist in the Americas at that time. It also states that Nephi had a bow of steel. But Jews did no have steel at that time No iron was smelted in the Americas until the Spanish colonization. The book of Mormons says that Lehi found horses when he arrived in America. This is a lie as their were no horses in America until the sixteenth century when they were brought over from Spain. Here’s a contradiction: “D&C 130:3 says, “The idea that the Father and the Son dwell in a man’s heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false.” But in Alma 34:36, it says, “And this I know, because the Lord hath said he dwelleth not in unholy temples, but in the hearts of the righteous doth he dwell.” Joseph Smith predicted the American Civil war would poor out on all nations. Another false prophecy. http://www.jesus-is-savior.com... Mormonism teaches that you have to be baptized to go to heaven. Anyone can be baptized, it does not give you assurance of heaven. It’s by faith that you go to heaven not by baptism. http://www.jesus-is-savior.com... We do not even have the Gold Nephi Plates which were supposedly given to Joseph Smith. Why did Joseph Smith not provide the plates? He would have gained alot more followers more easily I am sure if their was some sort of proof. I look forward to my opponents response.