Why other paths fall short
Mormonism (Latter-day Saints)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints adds new scriptures and teaches that God was once a man and that people may become gods. The Bible teaches one eternal God, and its message needs no later restoration.
What it teaches
Joseph Smith taught that the early church fell into apostasy and that he restored it, adding the Book of Mormon and other scriptures. Later Latter-day Saint teaching, such as the King Follett discourse (1844), says God the Father was once a man and that faithful people may become gods.
Where it goes wrong
The Bible says God has always been God and there is no other. Jesus promised that His church would not be overcome, and the faith was delivered once for all. No archaeological evidence has confirmed the Book of Mormon's American civilisations.
10“You are my witnesses,” says Yahweh, “With 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, neither will there be after me.
Isaiah 43:10 (WEB) · context
2Before the mountains were born, before you had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, you are God.
Psalms 90:2 (WEB) · context
18I also tell you that you are Peter, and on this rock I will build my assembly, and the gates of Hades will not prevail against it.
Matthew 16:18 (WEB) · context
3Beloved, while I was very eager to write to you about our common salvation, I was constrained to write to you exhorting you to contend earnestly for the faith which was once for all delivered to the saints.
Jude 1:3 (WEB) · context
Sources
- The Book of Mormon; Doctrine and Covenants
- Joseph Smith, King Follett discourse (April 1844)
- Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods (Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002)
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