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Mormonism contradicts itself
Mormonism claims to be true. Anything that contradicts itself cannot be true, and as shown below, Mormonism contradicts itself all over the place.
Does God change?
For I know that God is not a partial God, neither a changeable being; but he is aunchangeable from ball eternity to all eternity.Moroni 8:18
... for I am going to tell you how God came to be God. We have imagined and supposed that God was God from all eternity. I will refute that idea, and take away the veil, so that you my see.Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 345
Does God's word change?
Now, the decrees of God are unalterable; therefore, the way is prepared that whosoever will may walk therein and be saved.Alma 41:8, emphasis mine
Wherefore, I revoke the commandment which was given unto my servants Thomas B. Marsh and Ezra Thayre, and give a new commandment unto my servant Thomas, that he shall take up his journey speedily to the land of Missouri, and my servant Selah J. Griffin shall also go with him.Doctrine and Covenants 56:5, emphasis mine
Does God dwell in our hearts?
And this I know, because the Lord hath said he dwelleth not in unholy temples, but in the hearts of the righteous doth he dwellAlma 34:6
John 14:23 - The appearing of the Father and the Son, in that verse, is a personal appearance; and the idea that the Father and the Son dwell in a man's heart is an old sectarian notion, and is false.Doctrine and Covenants 130:3
Is God one or many?
And now, behold, this is the doctrine of Christ, and the only and true doctrine of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost, which is one God, without end. Amen.2 Nephi 31:21
26 And Zeezrom said unto him: Thou sayest there is a true and living God?
27 And Amulek said: Yea, there is a true and living God.
28 Now Zeezrom said: Is there more than one God?
29 And he answered, No.
30 Now Zeezrom said unto him again: How knowest thou these things?
31 And he said: An aangel hath made them known unto me.Alma 11:26-31
...these three constitute three distinct personages and three Gods.Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, p. 370
Was Christ begotten by God or the Spirit?
And behold, he shall be aborn of Mary, at Jerusalem which is the land of our forefathers, she being a virgin, a precious and chosen vessel, who shall be overshadowed and conceive by the power of the Holy Ghost, and bring forth a son, yea, even the Son of God.Alma 7:10
Now, remember from this time forth, and for ever,that Jesus Christ was not begotten by the Holy Ghost.Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, vol. 1, p. 51
Was Adam from Earth?
And I, the Lord God, formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul, the first flesh upon the earth, the first man alsoPearl of Great Price, Moses 3:7
We are to understand that as God made the world in six days, and on the seventh day he finished his work, and sanctified it, and also formed man out of the dust of the earth, even so, in the beginning of the seventh thousand years will the Lord God sanctify the earthD&C 77:12
...to till the ground, from whence they were taken...Alma 42:2
Brigham Young teaches that Adam was not made from the Earth:
You believe Adam was made of the dust of this earth. This I do not believe, though it is supposed that it is so written in the Bible; but it is not, to my understanding. You can write that information to the States, if you please -- that I have publicly declared that I do not believe that portion of the Bible as the Christian world do. I never did, and I never want to. What is the reason I do not? Because I have come to understanding, and banished from my mind all the baby stories my mother taught me when I was a child.Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:6 (1853)
Brigham Young claimed that everything he taught was Scipture:
I have never yet preached a sermon and sent it out to the children of men, that they may not call Scripture.Journal of Discourses, vol. 13, p. 95
Are Native Americans Lamanites?
After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians.1981 Introduction to the Book of Mormon
Recent scientific research found great evidence that the Native Americans came from Asia. The same research found no evidence of Native Americans having Jewish or Lamanite ancestry, so the LDS organization had to change its tune:
After thousands of years, all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among the ancestors of the American Indians.2007 Doubleday Edition Introduction to the Book of Mormon
