October 6, 2008

• 50 Questions to Ask Mormons

  Questions are a great way to
  witness to Mormons. Most cultists will turn you off if you begin to preach
  to them, however, asking questions gives them hope that you are
  genuinely interested in learning more about their religion. It also is a
  great way to get them thinking about things they may have never thought
  about and researching into the false teachings of their church. Questions are
  great seed-planters that the Holy Spirit can make grow in their hearts and
  minds and, ultimately, lead them to Christ. They are also great conversation
  starters. The questions below are grouped into 4 different categories.
  
   

  Mormon
  Prophets 

  1.    Why
  does the Mormon Church still teach that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of
  God after he made a false prophecy about a temple being built in Missouri in
  his generation (Doctrine and Covenants 84:1-5)? 

  2.   Since
  the time when Brigham Young taught that both the moon and the sun were
  inhabited by people, has the Mormon Church ever found scientific evidence of
  that to be true (Journal of Discourses, 1870, v.13, p.271)?   

  3.   Why
  did Brigham Young teach that Adam is “our Father and our God” when both the
  Bible and the Book of Mormon (Mormon 9:12) say that Adam is a creation of
  God (Journal of Discourses, Apr. 9, 1852, vol.1, p.50)? 

  4.   If
  Brigham Young was a true prophet, how come one of your later prophets
  overturned his declaration which stated that the black man could
  never hold the priesthood in the LDS Church
  until after the resurrection of all
  other races (Journal of
  Discourses, Dec. 12, 1854, 2:142-143)?

  5.   Since
  the Bible’s test to determine whether someone is a true prophet of God is 100%
  accuracy in all his prophecies (Deuteronomy 18:20-22), has the LDS Church
  ever reconsidered its teaching that Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were true
  prophets? 

  6.   Since
  the current LDS prophets sometimes contradict the former ones, how do you
  decide which one is correct? 

  7.   Since
  there are several different contradictory accounts of Joseph Smith’s first
  vision, how did the LDS Church choose the correct one? 

  8.   Can
  you show me in the Bible the LDS teaching that we must all stand before
  Joseph Smith on the Day of Judgment? 
   

  Mormon
  Scripture 

  9.   Can
  you show me archeological and historical proof from non-Mormon sources
  that prove that the peoples and places named in the Book of Mormon are
  true? 

  10. 
  If the words “familiar spirit” in Isaiah
  29:4 refer to the Book of Mormon, why do familiar spirits always refer to
  occult practices such as channeling and necromancy everywhere else in the
  Old Testament? 

  11. 
  Why did Joseph Smith condone polygamy as
  an ordinance from God (Doctrine and Covenants 132) when the Book of Mormon had already condemned the
  practice (Jacob 1:15, 2:24)? 

  12. 
  Why were the words “white and delightsome”
  in 2 Nephi 30:6 changed to “pure and delightsome” right on the heels of the
  Civil Rights campaign for blacks? 

  13. 
  If God is an exalted man with a body of
  flesh and bones, why does Alma 18:26-28 and John 4:24 say that God is a
  spirit? 

  14. 
  Why did God encourage Abraham & Sarah to
  lie in Abraham 2:24? Isn’t lying a sin according to the 10 commandments? Why
  did God tell Abraham and Sarah to lie when 2 Nephi 9:34 condemns liars to
  hell? 

  15. 
  Why does the Book of Mormon state that
  Jesus was born in Jerusalem (Alma 7:10) when history and the Bible state that he was
  born outside of Jerusalem, in Bethlehem? 

  16. 
  If the Book of Mormon is the most correct
  of any book on earth, as Joseph Smith said, why does it contain over 4000
  changes from the original 1830 edition? 

  17. 
  If the Book of Mormon contains the
  “fulness of the everlasting gospel”, why does the LDS Church need
  additional works? 

  18. 
  If the Book of Mormon contains the
  “fulness of the everlasting gospel”, why doesn’t it say anything about so
  many important teachings such as eternal progression, celestial marriage,
  the Word of Wisdom, the plurality of Gods, the pre-existence of man, our
  mother in heaven, baptism for the dead, etc? 

  19. 
  Why do you baptize for the dead when both
  Mosiah 3:25 and the Bible state that there is no chance of salvation after
  death? 

  20. 
  Since the word grace means a free gift
  that can’t be earned, why does the Book of Mormon state “for we know that it
  is by grace that we are saved, after all we can do” (2 Nephi 25:23)? 

  21. 
  Does the LDS Church still regard the Pearl
  of Great Price as Holy Scripture even after several prominent Egyptologists
  proved it was an ancient funeral scroll? 

  22. 
  Why does the Book of Abraham, chapters 4 &
  5, contradict Alma 11 in stating that there is more than one God?  

  23. 
  Why does Doctrine and Covenants 42:18 say
  there is no forgiveness for a murderer when 3 Nephi 30:2 says there is
  forgiveness for him? 

  24. 
  If the Adam-God doctrine isn’t true, how
  come Doctrine and Covenants 27:11 calls Adam the Ancient of Days which is
  clearly a title for God in Daniel chapter 7? 

  25. 
  Why does the Book of Mormon contain
  extensive, word-for-word quotes from the Bible if the LDS Church is correct
  in teaching that the Bible has been corrupted? 

  26. 
  Why do the Bible verses quoted in the Book
  of Mormon contain the italicized words from the King James Version that were
  added into the KJV text by the translators in the 16^th and 17^th
  centuries? 

  27. 
  If the Book of Mormon was engraved on gold
  plates thousands of years ago, why does it read in perfect 1611 King James
  Version English?
   

  Bible
  Questions 

  28. 
  If marriage is essential to achieve
  exaltation, why did Paul say that it is good for a man not to marry (1
  Corinthians 7:1)? 

  29. 
  Since the Word of Wisdom teaches us to
  abstain from alcohol, why did Paul encourage Timothy to drink wine for his
  stomach (1 Timothy 5:23)? 

  30. 
  If obeying the Word of Wisdom – which
  tells us to abstain from caffeine, alcohol and tobacco – is important for
  our exaltation, why did Jesus say that there is nothing that can enter a man
  to make him defiled (Mark 7:15)? 

  31. 
  If Jesus is the Jehovah of the Old
  Testament and Elohim is referred to as God in the Old Testament, can you
  explain Deuteronomy 6:4 to me: “Hear, O Israel: the LORD (Jehovah) our God
  (Elohim) is one LORD (Jehovah)? 

  32. 
  Why does the Mormon Church teach that we
  can be married in heaven when Jesus said in Matthew 22:30 that in the
  resurrection men neither marry, nor are they given in marriage? 

  33. 
  How can worthy Mormon males become Gods in
  the afterlife when God already said that before him no God was formed, nor
  will there be any Gods formed after him (Isaiah 43:10)? 

  34. 
  If God had a father who was a God, how
  come Isaiah 44:8 says that he doesn’t know him? 

  35. 
  If God was once just a man who progressed
  to becoming a God, how do you explain Psalm 90:2: “…even from everlasting
  to everlasting, thou art God”? 

  36. 
  How can God be an exalted man when Numbers
  23:19 says that God is not a man? 

  37. 
  Why does the Mormon Church teach that
  Elohim had sexual relations with Mary to produce Jesus when both Matthew and
  Luke teach she was a virgin (The Seer, January, 1853, p.158)? 

  38. 
  Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus
  paid for our sins in the garden of Gethsemane when 1 Peter 2:24 says it was
  on the cross?  

  39. 
  Why did Bruce McConkie write that a man
  may commit a sin so grievous that it will place him beyond the atoning blood
  of Christ (Mormon Doctrine, 1979, p.93) when the Bible says that the blood
  of Christ cleanses us from all sin (1 John 1:7)? 

  40. 
  Why does the LDS Church teach that man
  first existed as spirits in heaven when 1 Corinthians 15:46 says that the
  physical body comes before the spiritual? 

  41. 
  Since Jesus statement, “Be ye therefore
  perfect” (Matthew 5:48) is in the present tense, are you perfect right now?
  Do you expect to be perfect soon? According to Hebrews 10:14, how are we
  made perfect? 

  42. 
  Why do Mormons say the sticks in Ezekiel
  37 represent the Bible and the Book of Mormon when Ezekiel 37:20-22 tells us
  that the sticks represent two nations, not two books?  

  43. 
  Why does the LDS Church teach that Jesus
  and Lucifer are spirit brothers when both the first chapter of John and
  Colossians teach that Jesus is the Creator of all things, including
  Lucifer? 

  44. 
  Why do worthy Mormon males hold the
  Aaronic priesthood since Hebrews 7:11-12 clearly teaches that it was changed
  and superceded by something better? 

  45. 
  If your leaders are correct about the
  complete falling away of the true church on earth, was Jesus in error when
  he said that the gates of hell would not prevail against it (Matthew 16:18)?
   

  General 

  46. 
  If having a physical body is necessary to
  become a god, how did Jesus become a god before he had a body?  

  47. 
  Do you think the LDS Church will
  reconsider its teachings that the American Indians are descendants of the
  Jewish race now that DNA evidence has proven that they are actually
  descendants of the Asian race? 

  48. 
  If polygamy was officially re-instituted
  by the Mormon Church, how would your wife feel about you taking another
  woman? 

  49. 
  Since the LDS Church teaches that there
  was a complete apostasy of the true church on earth, does that mean that the
  3 living Nephites and the Apostle John went into apostasy also? 

  50. 
  Why are Mormon Temple ceremonies secret to
  the public when the Old Testament temple ceremonies were open to public
  knowledge?

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