From: af664@yfn.ysu.edu (Frank DeCenso, Jr.)
Subject: CONTRADICTORY MORMON DOCTRINE, Part 1
Organization: Youngstown State University/Youngstown Free-Net
Date: Sat, 9 Jan 1993 17:45:02 GMT


CONTRADICTORY MORMON DOCTRINE
 
 
(1) Is God an Exalted Man?
 
Mormon Scripture:
     No. "Believest thou that this Great Spirit who is God, created all
     things." Alma 18:28
Contrasting Mormon Scripture:
     Yes. "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's;
     the Son also..." D & C 130:22
The Bible
     NO. Numbers 23:19 ""God is not a man"; John 4:24 "'God is Spirit".
 
 
(2) Father, Son, and Holy Spirit are the One God
 
Mormon Scripture:
     Yes. "Which Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one God, including
     infinite and eternal." D & C 20:28
Contrasting Mormon Scripture:
     No. "Father, Son, and Holy Ghost comprise the Godhead. As each of
     these persons is a God...a plurality of Gods exists" Mormon Doctrine
     -McConkie, pgs.576,577
The Bible:
     Yes. 1 John 5:7 "For there are three that bear witness in heaven:
     the Father, the Word, and the Holy Spirit; and these three are one."
 
 
(3) God is Eternal
 
Mormon Scripture:
     Yes. "For I know that God is not a partial being, neither a
     changeable being; but he is unchangeable from all eternity." Moroni
     8:18
Contrasting Mormon Scripture:
     No. "We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all
     eternity. I will refute that idea." Mormon Doctrine -McConkie,
     pg.321.
The Bible:
    Deuteronomy 33:27 "The eternal God is your refuge"
 
 
(4) God Changes
 
Mormon Scripture:
     No. "There is a God in heaven, who is infinite and eternal, from
     everlasting to everlasting, the same unchangeable God." D & C 20:17
Contrasting Mormon Scripture:
     Yes. "We believe in a God who is Himself progressive,...whose
     perfection consists in eternal advancement..." Articles of Faith,
     pg.430
The Bible:
     No. Malachi 3:6 ""For I am the LORD, I do not change".
 
 
(5) There is a Plurality of Gods
 
Mormon Scripture:
     No. "The Father, Son, and Holy Ghost are one"..."and whoso shall
     declare more or less than this, and establish it for my doctrine,
     the same cometh of evil." 3 Nephi 27,40
Contrasting Mormon Scripture:
     Yes. "These three are the only Gods we worship. But in addition
     there is an infinite number of holy personages, drawn from worlds
     without number, who...are Gods." Mor.Doc., McK., pgs.576,577
The Bible:
     No. Isaiah 43:10 ""You are My witnesses," says the LORD, "And My
     servant whom I have chosen, That you may know and believe Me, And
     understand that I am He. Before Me there was no God formed, Nor
     shall there be after Me."
 
 
(6) Can Men Be Gods?
 
Mormon Scripture:
     No. "Now Zeezrom said: Is there more than one God? And he answered,
     No." Alma 11:28,29
Contrasting Mormon Scripture:
     Yes. "Then they shall (those resurrected) be gods, because they have
     no end." D & C 132:20
The Bible:
     No. Isa 44:6 ""Thus says the LORD, the King of Israel, And his
     Redeemer, the LORD of hosts: 'I am the First and I am the Last;
     Besides Me there is no God.
 
 
(7) God Created Man
 
Mormon Scripture:
     Yes. And I, God, created man in mine own image." Moses 2:27
Contrasting Mormon Scripture:
     No. "Man was also in the beginning with God."; "For man is spirit."
     D & C 93:29,33
The Bible:
     Yes. Genesis 2:7 "And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the
     ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man
     became a living being."
 
 
(8) Can God Be Seen?
 
Mormon Scripture:
     No. "For without this (the authority of the Priesthood) no man can
     see the face of God, even the Father, and live." D & C 84:22
     [Note: J. Smith did not have the Priesthood when he claimed to see
     God.]
Contrasting Mormon Scripture:
     Yes. "And he (Moses) saw God face to face, and he talked with
     him...Moses could endure his presence." Moses 1:2, Pearl of Great
     Price
The Bible:
     No. John 1:18 "No one has seen God at any time. The only begotten
     Son, who is in the bosom of the Father, He has declared Him."
-- 
Frank
....
"Forever, O LORD, your word is settled in heaven."  PSALM 119:89
"The entirety of Your word is truth."  PSALM 119:160