Saints Alive in Jesus

Dear Pastor Joel Osteen, Shame on You!

I have just watched your remarks regarding Mitt Romney and his Mormon faith, recorded on video. http://www.onenewsnow.com/Church/Default.aspx?id=1465166

Shame on you!  You have given the enemies of the Cross a great victory. Either through sheer ignorance of the Word or your apparent desire to never offend anyone, regardless of their sins, you have handed the Mormons a huge PR gift. You have insulted and denigrated the many former Mormons like me who have spent their lives bringing Mormons the truth and to the Real Jesus, who died for their sins on Calvary. You have defined our ministries and my life’s work as worthless.

You emphatically state: The Mormons are Christian.  Are you completely ignorant of the fact that the Mormons have taught as a foundational doctrine that the creeds of all the Christian churches are abominations in the Mormons’ god’s sight?  

What kind of research or study did you undertake before you made this foolish and unbiblical utterance? Did you check with Pastor Jeffress, a godly, Christian pastor? Or with Mitt Romney, a man working out his own godhood?  Or did you just toss this out from your own lack of knowledge or as some sort of sweet sound bite?

Are you totally unaware that they have taught in their sacred temples for over a century that you and all other Christian pastors are corrupt hirelings of Satan, that you and your church are part of the great and abominable church and the whore of all the earth?  

Did you not know that Mormonism teaches a restorationist theology, stating that the gates of hell did prevail against the Church and teaching that all power and authority were lost until God chose Joseph Smith to be his holy prophet to restore all things and lead this last dispensation of time?

Did you not know that the LDS church teaches they have the only true church, the only true prophet, the only true priesthood, and the only true scripture? That all others are false? That there is NO personal salvation outside their church?

Didn’t you know that the god of Mormonism is an exalted man-god who once lived on another planet in some other galaxy? That he  earned his godhood through his good works and now lives on a planet near the great star Kolob with a harem of his many goddesses, making spirit babies to come to this earth to earn [their own] godhoods?

You say you “heard Romney say that Jesus is the Son of God and is his Savior -- and that is one of the "core issues."

You announced to the world, with a broad smile, that the Mormon Church and Romney are Christian and that the differences between Mormonism and orthodox Christianity are simply the same as the differences between Baptists and other denominations. How could you, as the pastor of one of our largest churches, say that so glibly?

Don’t you know that Mitt Romney is a man who is earning his own godhood and plans to people his own planet? That Romney is a Mormon High Priest in the Melchizedek priesthood?  That the Mormons have usurped that holy priesthood as their own?

To pronounce them Christians, do you then agree with the Mormon doctrine that the Mormon Jesus is the brother of Lucifer? That he became ‘savior’ by a vote of a council of gods? That He is not the Word become flesh, not God come in the flesh, but was conceived through an act of sex by the Mormon god and one of his own daughters, Mary?

To have publicly accepted their Christianity, you must apparently concur that Jesus did not die as ransom for our sins on the Cross, but suffered for us in the garden, sweating great drops of blood, placing our personal salvation as conditional upon our works and our obedience to the laws and ordinances of the Mormon gospel. That Jesus’ death on Calvary merely gives us all resurrection so that we may be judged for our works and obedience.

Why do you think that the Mormons have over 50,000 missionaries out, primarily targeting Christians weak in the faith? If they are Christians, why do they target other Christians?

It is because they have success in seducing people who have not been taught biblical truth and discernment  by pastors more eager to fill pews and sell books than guard their people from the ravening wolves who circle the flocks.

I am sorry, Pastor Osteen, but you have disgraced the Cross of Christ and bowed to some vile, politically correct dogma and publicly pronounced these doctrines of demons to be Christian.

These are not the quaint differences you alleged in your book tour interview. These are lies from the pit of hell. There are irreconcilable differences between orthodox Christianity and these antichrist teachings and doctrines.

The true Christian Church can never accept the Mormons as Christians until they confess these lies as sins and repent from them publicly.   If a Mormon can attend your church and be openly accepted as a Christian brother or sister without being called to the Cross and repentance, then you are teaching a false faith and need to repent and ask forgiveness from the Church and Pastor Jeffress, the pastor you have just defamed in your foolish utterances.

Ed Decker
President
Saints Alive in Jesus
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Notes:
Mormons are Christians, says Joel Osteen, Texas Mega Church Pastor
Fred Jackson - OneNewsNow - 10/25/201   Reports

…Osteen said he also disagreed with a fellow Texas pastor -- Robert Jeffress -- who recently stated that Perry's political opponent, Mitt Romney, was "not a Christian" because he is a Mormon, and that Mormonism is a "cult."

In a video posted by The Washington Times (above), Osteen states that while he did not know whether Mormonism is the "purest form of Christianity," he has heard Romney say that Jesus is the Son of God and is his Savior -- and that is one of the "core issues," the pastor concludes.

Osteen was in the nation's capital for planning meetings for a major event he is holding in Washington next spring. He was also signing copies of his new book Every Day a Friday: How to be Happier 7 Days a Week….

I am not insane.. Really

I found this old news report in a long lost file.  I thought you might enjoy it.

Ed   at: www.saintsalive.com

Controversial LDS Critic Ready to Repent and Return To the Faith?
'No,' He Says, 'I Haven't Gone Insane',

BY BOB MIMS THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE 
Saturday, July 1, 2000

The rumor hit Mormon Internet discussion groups like a trumpet blast from the golden horn of the Angel Moroni: Ed Decker, who left the LDS Church in 1976 to become one of its most reviled foes, was returning to the faith.  It was the story of the Prodigal Son all over again.

Decker, founder of the ex-Mormons group Saints Alive in Jesus and author of such LDS exposes as "The Godmakers," would confess his errors and possibly repent during the Aug. 24-25 Mormon Apologetics Symposium at Alta.  Problem was, it just wasn't true. More on that later.

The source of the speculation? A news release from the symposium's sponsor, the Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research Inc. (FAIR), stating that Decker had asked to present a paper to the group of Mormon defenders titled "Confessions of a Professional Anti-Mormon."

In announcing Decker's overture, FAIR President Darryl Barksdale admitted to being wary and asked him to submit a draft of his paper. Still, he could not completely contain his excitement about hosting the forum for such a sensational personal revival.

"If Mr. Decker is sincere in his desire to repent of his deceptive and un-Christian past, we certainly applaud his change of heart and his willingness to undo some of the damage he's done," Barksdale said. "It takes a courageous man to do that. We welcome him with open arms."

But members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints can hold off breaking out in a round of "Come, Come, Ye Saints." Decker, reached through his Saints Alive headquarters in Issaquah, Wash., says not only will he be a FAIR no-show, he has no intention of returning to the faith.

"No, I haven't gone insane. I'm not going back to the Mormon Church," he said, though he acknowledged having contacted FAIR about speaking.  Decker said his original inquiry was "kind of tongue-in-cheek" and that FAIR's reaction had convinced him he would be better off not going.

"I saw this [conference] pop up on my e-mails and just thought I'd e-mail [FAIR] and see what they'd think," Decker said. "I was looking for something between me railing on the Mormons and falling down on my face and confessing and 'repenting my evil ways.' "

Had he spoken to FAIR, Decker said he simply planned to "tell them there are irrefutable, nonnegotiable differences between Orthodox Christianity and Mormonism."  "My idea was maybe we can come up and communicate without being seen as an evil person for having left the church," he said, adding he would not pursue attending the conference further.

Barksdale reacted with a mixture of humor, disappointment and relief upon learning of Decker's true intentions. "I was really shocked when I got his e-mail. With Ed, you never know. But I was more amused than anything else," Barksdale said from his Santa Cruz, Calif., home.

Barksdale e-mailed Decker back, tentatively welcoming him and asking for a draft copy of his paper. Now, he can make up his speaker's list minus the controversial LDS critic, though he left an invitation open.

"When I told my LDS apologetics e-mail group, half of them said 'No' or 'Heck no,' but the remainder said to bring it on," Barksdale said. "He'd certainly be welcome, but I tell you he might be uncomfortable -- he'd be facing a lot of the best minds in the LDS Church."

FAIR is in its third year, having been launched in late 1997 by a handful of Mormons participating in LDS discussions on America Online. They created a Web site as a repository for responses to church critics and later began distributing a free monthly newsletter.  Barksdale said the FAIR site now averages 250,000 visitor hits a week. Meanwhile, the 2,500-member organization has published five books and is embarking on publication of a series of Mormon faith-promoting pamphlets.

Decker, too, operates a Web site for his ministry, which he says was called to "witness Jesus to those lost in Mormonism and other cults."

A Special Report

and

An Urgent Message from Ed Decker

A secular reporter opined last week that if Mitt Romney made it to the White House in next year’s elections, Mormonism would become a main-stream Christian religion and it would add several million new members to its rolls

My concern is not that a conservative Mormon would replace the socialist now occupying the White House, but that a few more millions of victims would fall prey to the doctrines of demons that are the foundation of Mormonism and lost to God and given over to the devil.

That’s it in the simplest of terms.

In my book, My Kingdom Come: The Mormon Quest for Godhood,

I systematically detail the Mormon doctrines that separate its members from the true body of Christ and from the promise of eternal life in Christ. I also dedicate a full chapter to the Mormon Plan for America and the rise of Mitt Romney 

I was back East recently and was watching the News when one of the new LDS warm and fuzzy “we are just like you” ads came on and I was impressed by the quality and impact of the ad to a lost and dying world.  Would that a few of the wealthy mega-churches spend a tenth of what the Mormons spend and reach out with the real Jesus to that same lost world.

The problem is that for the most part, the Christian church has stopped inoculating its people against the warm and fuzzy demons of the cults. I have said many times that Satan is not going to come to you looking like a fourteen foot frog with bad breath. He is going to come as a sweet and enticing spirit.

The late Dr. Walter Martin said that the cults are the unpaid bills of the Church and it has not been more so than today, when the vast majority of the churches, especially in the evangelical community, do not want to offend anyone. They seem to forget that Jesus, the rock of our salvation, offended a whole lot of folks, especially the religious ones.

Rarely do I see a church confronting its people with their sins and calling for repentance. Words like “sanctify yourselves” and “be holy and righteous before Him” do not come from the pulpit very often these days.   Salvation comes at the end of services by a quick two second lifting of a hand while all heads are bowed and eyes are closed, like it is a secret thing and no one should be privy to who was ‘saved.’ Might embarrass them.  Funny. Jesus said, “Whosoever therefore shall confess me before men, him will I confess also before my Father.”  That’s the deal I would want in on!

Well, I started in one place and ending up in another.  Let me get back on subject.

Because of the lack of discernment so prevalent in the church today, men like Mitt Romney and Glenn Beck captivate the hearts of many Christians, especially some of our most visible leaders. They seem to be able to casually trade their biblical integrity for the spotlight, standing with these ministers of deceit and openly accepting them as true Christian brothers, as though they were unaware that both Beck and Romney proclaim not the righteousness of the Living God, but their own righteousness as they work to become gods of their own planets. The Word of God warns us of this coming to pass in the last days.

I bear them record that they have a zeal of God, but not according to knowledge.
For they being ignorant of God's righteousness, and going about to establish their own righteousness, have not submitted themselves unto the righteousness of God. For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to every one that believeth. Rom 10:2-4

The other day, I watched Mitt Romney being interviewed by one of our most well known Christian TV personalities.  This is a man with whom I have personally shared the dangers of the LDS doctrines. He knows the dangers. Yet this man who professes to have great spiritual discernment sat, knee to knee, with Mitt Romney, A Mormon High Priest wearing his magic temple undergarments inches from this great Christian leader who fawned all over this “strong conservative candidate.”  

This last Sunday night, August 21, 2011, Carol and I turned on the TV to see John Hagee speaking on TBN, while at the Glenn Beck “Restoring Courage” event in Israel. TBN, another major player in Christian Television had dedicated its full broadcast power, without interruption to this mighty cause, led by the demonized temple Mormon, Glenn Beck.

Dear Lord, deliver us from the vanity of such blind fools.

Therefore, please accept a free copy of the entire 12^th Chapter of my book,

The Mormon Plan for America and the Rise of Mitt Romney.”  

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After you read it, I would ask you to send it out to every person on your email list and post it on your FB page, Twitter page and whatever other social networking system you use. This word must get out!

 The Man Who Would Be God 

The Secret World of Mitt Romney 

Mitt Romney has a few secrets he really doesn’t want you to know… 

Mitt isn’t just a member of the Mormon Church.

Mitt Romney is a Temple Mormon, a High Priest, and as such he has sworn blood oaths of sacrifice, obedience, and consecration to the church and the soon coming, long prophesied “Kingdom of God.”  

His belief in and obedience to these laws will allow him to become a polygamous god in the next life, the literal father of the peoples of a new and different earth.  He wears secret undergarments marked with sacred talismanic symbols that he believes will keep him protected as he works his way to godhood.   He is truly a Presidential candidate with an actual, definable god complex. 

This “Kingdom of God” is the actual Mormon Theocracy that will take over the U.S. government when the Constitution of the United States “hangs by a thread” and the nation is ‘saved’ by the Mormon Brethren, the LDS spiritual leaders. The prophet and the apostles and key Mormons in high positions, such as Mitt Romney sitting in the Oval Office.  The money pouring into his campaign isn’t accidental. It is to fulfill prophecy.

Mitt Romney’s strong candidacy for 2012 and his possible presidency has become a whispered ground swell of speculation in Mormon circles, as they wonder if he is the “one Mighty and Strong” who will usher in the last days and bring America into the LDS “Kingdom of God.”  These are the whispers that the Brethren hope do not become public but are laid wide open in this chapter.

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I am frustrated with this system today.
Tried to upload this old tract in the Mormonism section 4 times

 and it looks great until you click on it
and an old 1993 Newsletter pops up.

So Here it is in my blog.
I will not let this computer win today

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QUESTIONS TO ASK YOUR BISHOP

by

Ira T. Ransom

A small Booklet by Utah Resident Ira Ransom has been around for many years and has been a strong working tool in exposing the strange and false doctrines of Mormonism. We give full credit to a brother who was an outstanding witness for Christ in a tough country called Zion.  These questions are from that booklet.[Ed] 

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Have you ever carefully compared your beliefs with the teachings of the Bible? God puts great premium upon faith; but He doesn't want us to be gullible. The Bible called people "noble" who readily accepted Paul's preaching, but were cautious enough to "search the scriptures . . . whether those things were so" (Acts 17:11). Sincerity is not enough! One has an obligation to be right!

The following 100 questions have been prepared By Ira Ransom for sincere and thoughtful people to ask about Mormonism.

1. If the principle of "Progression" is unalterable, why has the principle broken down two out of three times right within the Godhead? (See the next two questions).

2. If Gods are individuals who have passed through mortality and have progressed to Godhood, how has one person of the Godhead (the Holy Spirit) attained Godhoodwithout getting a body? (See Acts 5:3,4).

3. If Gods are individuals who have passed through an earth life to attain Godhood, how is it that one person of the Godhead (Jesus Christ) was God before He received a body or passed through earth life? (Matthew 1:23 and Hebrews 10:5).

4. If the Book of Mormon really contains the fullness of the gospel, why does it not teach the doctrine of "eternal progression"? (See Doctrine and Covenants 20:8, 9).

5. When God was a man (according to Mormon theology), where did He live before He could create a planet upon which to live?

6. When God number one was a man (before He became God), who created a planet upon which he (man number one) could live? (See Revelation 1:8; 4:11). 

7. God said, "Is there a God beside me? Yea, there is no God; I know not any." How can there be Gods who are Elohim's ancestors? (See Isaiah 44:8 and Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1, pg. 123).

8. If God the Father was once a man, why is that doctrine not supported by "Latter-day revelation"?

9. How can any men ever become Gods when the Bible says, "Before me there was no God formed, neither shall there be after me"? (See Isaiah 43:10).

10. Since Mormonism teaches that only God the Father had a physical body at the time Adam was created, why did God say, "Let us make man in OUR image"? Why didn't He say, "Let us make man in MY image"? (See Genesis 1:26).

11. If Adam is the "only God with whom we have to do", did Adam create himself? (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1, pg. 50, 51). 

12. Joseph Smith stated that without the ordinances and authority of the priesthood no man can see the face of God and live (Doctrine and Covenants 84:21, 22). He also said that he saw God in 1820 (Joseph Smith 2:17). Joseph Smith, however, never received any priesthood until 1829 (Doc. & Cov. 13). How did he see God and survive? In which was he in error: his revelation in Doctrine and Covenants 84:21, 22 or his experience in the grove?

13. If a spirit is a being without a body (See Luke 24:39), why do Mormons teach that God the Father has a body of flesh and bones? (See John 4:24 and Doc. & Cov. 130:22).

14. If the Father is Elohim and Jesus is Jehovah (as Mormons teach), how does a Mormon explain Deuteronomy 6:4, which in the Hebrew says, "Hear, O Israel: Jehovah our Elohim is one Jehovah"? Also, if the designation LORD God (Jehovah Elohim) is a reference to two individuals, why are singular pronouns used in Deuteronomy 6:13?

15. If the Book of Mormon contains the fullness of the gospel, why doesn't it teach that God was once a man?

16. One law of reproduction is that everything reproduces after its kind. How is it then that God and His wives, who according to Mormon teaching, have physical glorified bodies, produce children without physical bodies? (Doctrine and Covenants 130:22; Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie, pg. 750).

17. A major emphasis of Mormonism is that the Mormon church is the restored church, with everything practiced as it was in the early church. Why then have the Mormon leaders failed to restore the scriptural practice of using the "fruit of the vine" in the "sacrament" service? Why is water used? (Matthew 26:28, 29 and Doc. and Cov. 89:5, 6).

18. If Mormonism is the restored church which is based upon the Bible, why are Mormon leaders so quick to state that the Bible is "translated wrong" when faced with some conflict between the Bible and Mormonism?

19. If Jesus was conceived as a result of a physical union between God and Mary, how was Jesus born of a virgin? (Journal of Discourses Vol. 1, pg. 50 and Doctrines of Salvation, by Joseph Fielding Smith, compiled by Bruce R. McConkie, Vol. 1, pg. 18).

20. If Mormonism is the restored gospel, why is there no mention of temple marriages in the Bible?

21. If the Bible is not entirely translated correctly and if the Mormon church really has a prophet, seer and revelator, why have they not produced a correct translation of the Bible?

22. Why did Christ not return in 1891 as Joseph Smith predicted? (History of the Church, Vol. 2, pg. 182).

23. If Jesus was being married to Mary and Martha in Cana, why was He invited to His own wedding? (John 2:1, 2; Journal of Discourses, Vol. 2, pg. 210).

24. Why do Mormons teach that there is no eternal Hell? (See Book of Mormon, I Nephi 14:3; 15:35; II Nephi 1:13; 9:16; 28:21-25; Mosiah 3:25; Alma 34:32-35; Heleman 6:28. Compare Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, pg. 61, 34th edition).

25. How can Mormons teach that the repentant thief was not saved when the Book of Mormon states that Paradise is where the righteous go? (Luke 23:43; Alma 40:12,16).

26. How did Nephi with a few men on a new continent build a temple like Solomon's while Solomon needed 163,300 workmen and seven years to build his temple? (See I Kings 5:13- 18 and II Nephi 5:15-17).

27. If the Book of Mormon is true, why hasn't a valid geography been established for the book?

28. Why was Joseph Smith still preaching against polygamy in October 1843 after he got his revelation in July 1843 commanding the practice of polygamy? (Doctrine and Covenants 132 and History of the Church, Vol. 6, pg. 46, or Teachings of the Prophet, by Joseph Fielding Smith, pg. 324).

29. If Lehi left Jerusalem before 600 B.C., how did he learn about synagogues? (See II Nephi 26:26).

30. Why does the Book of Mormon, which claims to be the fullness of the gospel, not mention baptism for the dead? (Book of Mormon, Introduction).

31. If the Book of Mormon is from God, why does it have so little original prophecy?

32. If Indians descended from the Jews, why do they have such sparse beards? 

33. If Navajos descended from the Jews, why do Navajo babies have the Mongolian spot? 

34. If the Book of Mormon is true, why do Indians fail to turn white when they become Mormons? (See II Nephi 30:6, prior to 1981 revision). Why was this verse changed? 

35. Were precious ores, such as Solomon used in his temple available to Nephi or not? (II Nephi 5:15,16).

36. If Lehi was a devout Jew, why did he name a son "Sam" rather than Samuel, thus failing to honor God? (See I Samuel 1:20 and I Nephi 2:5).

37. What kind of chariots did the Nephites have in 90 B.C. some 1500 years before the introduction of the wheel in the Western Hemisphere? (See Alma 18:9). 

38. How do Mormons account for the word "church" in the Book of Mormon about 600 B.C. which was centuries before the beginning of the Church on the day of Pentecost? (See I Nephi 4:26).

39. How do Mormons account for the italicized words in the King James Version (indicating their absence in the Hebrew and Greek) being found in the Book of Mormon? (A comparison of Mosiah 14 and Isaiah 53 will provide at least 13 examples).

40. How did the French word adieu get into the Book of Mormon? (Jacob 7:27).

41. How can the same act be both right and wrong? Was it right or wrong for Solomon to have many wives? (See Jacob 2:24; Doctrine and Covenants 132:38,39).

42. If polygamy was a provision for increasing population rapidly, why did God give Adam only one wife?

43. If the Apostle John is still alive on the earth, how does the Mormon church explain having thirteen living Apostles? (See Doctrine and Covenants 7:1-3).

44. The original Doctrine and Covenants states in part "...Inasmuch as this church of Christ has been reproached with the crime of fornication and polygamy: we declare that we believe that one man should have one wife; and one woman, but one husband, except in the case of death, when either is at liberty to marry again." Why has this been omitted from the current Doctrine and Covenants? (See Joseph Smith Begins His Work, Vol. 2,pg. 251, last half of the book, which is a reprint of the 1835 edition of Doctrine and Covenants).

45. How can one, using the test in Doctrine and Covenants 129:4, 5, distinguish between an angel of God and a Jehovah's Witness missionary, or a Mormon Elder? 

46. If Joseph Smith was a true prophet, why did he not realize that "Esaias" is the New Testament form of "Isaiah"? (Doctrine and Covenants 76:100; Mark 7:6; Isaiah 29:13).

47. How could Elijah (Elias) have appeared to Joseph Smith in the Kirkland Temple as two different people? (See Doctrine and Covenants 110: 12, 13 and compare I Kings 17:1 and James 5:17).

 48. If Joseph Smith was a true prophet, why did he fail to realize that "Elias" is the New Testament form of the name "Elijah"? 

49. If children have no sins until they are eight years old, why are they baptized at age eight to wash away non-existent sins? (See Moroni 8:8).

50. Why does Apostle Bruce R. McConkie deny that the doctrine of "blood atonement" was once taught in Utah? (See Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie, pg. 92. Compare Journal of Discourses, Vol. 3, pg. 247; Vol. 4, pgs. 219, 220).

51. If Mormonism produces godliness, why has the divorce rate in Utah been above the national average most years since 1960? (Report of Utah Economic and Research Review in 1973 and 1987 Statistical Abstract of Utah, pg. 34).

52. How could the Garden of Eden have been in Missouri when the Pearl of Great Price declares that it was in the vicinity of Assyria and had the Euphrates and Hiddekel Rivers in it? (See Pearl of Great Price, Moses 3:14 and Doctrine and Covenants 116 and 117; Genesis 2:8-15).

53. Do you know any human being living today who was alive in 1832? (See prophecy in Doctrine and Covenants 84:4).

54. If free agency is man's great heritage, why will Mormon leaders not readily allow members to leave the Mormon system upon request?

55. Brigham Young said, “The only men who become Gods, even the Sons of God, are those who enter into polygamy" (Journal of Discourses, Vol. ll, pg. 269). Why did the Mormons yield to the pressure of the government and stop practicing polygamy?

56. Heber C. Kimball stated, "We are the people of Deseret, she shall be no more Utah: we will have our own name". Why did this prophecy fail? (See Journal of Discourses Vol. 5, pg. 161).

57. How did Joseph Smith carry home the golden plates of the Book of Mormon, and how did the witnesses lift them so easily? (They weighed about 230 pounds. Gold, with a density of 19.3 weighs 1204.7 lb.. per cubic foot. The plates were 7" x 8" by about 6". See Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, pg. 262, 34th Edition).

58. If a "Jack Mormon" is not good enough to enter an earthly temple, how can he qualify to enter the Celestial Kingdom even if he has been sealed to his devout parents?

59. If Moroni devoutly practiced the Mormon gospel, why is he an angel now rather than a God? (See Doctrine and Covenants 132:17, 37).

60. Has anyone observed the ministry of the Apostle John upon the earth during the last 100 years? (See Doctrine and Covenants 7:1-3).

61. Why do Mormons emphasize part of the Word of Wisdom and ignore the part forbidding the eating of meat except in winter, cold or famine? (See Doctrine and Covenants 89:12,13).

 62. When Christ died, did darkness cover the land for three days or for three hours? (See Luke 23:44 and III Nephi 8:19, 23).

63. If the Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God, why have the Mormons changed it? (See A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, by Le Grand Richards, pg. 73, revised edition 1971). (Jerald and Sandra Tanner counted 3,913 changes in the Book of Mormon, exclusive of punctuation changes, prior to the revisions made in 1981. One may check the original in Joseph Smith Begins His Work, by Wilford C. Wood, Vol. 1).

64. How can a man be a prophet of God if even one prophecy fails or one revelation is wrong? (See Deuteronomy 18:20-22. Compare Doctrine and Covenants 84:4; 7:1-3).

65. Is a revelation given by a prophet any less authoritative even if not authorized by the Mormon church?

 66. If God speaks through a prophet, what are Mormons doing voting on whether or not to receive and authorize it? 

67. It has been established that the "Sensen" manuscript was simply a common Egyptian burial papyrus. Why do the Mormons still accept the Book of Abraham which was translated from that manuscript? (See Why Egyptologists Reject the Book of Abraham, Utah Lighthouse Ministry, P.O. Box 1884, Salt Lake City, Utah 84110).

68. Why is it that no reliable linguist or Egyptologist ever refers to "Reformed Egyptian"?

69. Why is it that no other writings have been found in the language of "Reformed Egyptian", the supposed language of the Book of Mormon plates? Is there evidence that such a language really existed?

70. Joseph Smith said that there are men living on the moon who dress like Quakers and live to be nearly 1000 years old. Since he was wrong about the moon, is it safe to trust him regarding the way to Heaven? (See The Young Woman's Journal, Vol. 3, pgs. 263, 264. See reprint in Mormonism--Shadow or Reality? by Jerald and Sandra Tanner, pg. 4).

71. Why didn't Joseph Smith keep the Word of Wisdom? Why did he drink beer? (See Millennial Star, Vol. 23, pg. 720).

72. Why do Mormons not study Hebrew and Greek so that they can intelligently discuss about the accuracy of the translation of the Bible?

73. Joseph Smith prepared fourteen Articles of Faith. Why has the original # ll been omitted? (See Joseph Smith Begins His Work, Vol. 2, three pages after pg. 160, among the photos). 

74. Why have several dozen word changes been made in the Articles of Faith of the Mormon church? (Ibid).

75. According to Hebrews 7:24, the Melchizedek Priesthood is unchangeable(untransferable). Why do Mormons pass it from one to another? 

76. If Mormonism came as a revelation from God, why were the Mormon Temple Oaths almost identical to the oaths of the Masonic Lodge? (See Temple Mormonism, by A.J. Montgomery, pg. 18,20). Does it not bother faithful Mormons to realize that "Divinely given" ceremonies have been changed? (See The Daily Herald, Provo, Utah, April 29, 1990).

77. If in the resurrection, people will be AS the angels in Heaven, why should the Mormons expect there to be marriage union in Heaven? (See Matthew 22:30 and Doctrine and Covenants 132:15-17).

78. Why did the Nauvoo House not stand forever and ever? (Doctrine and Covenants124:56-60).

79. If genealogies are important, why does the New Testament tell Christians to avoid "endless genealogies"? (I Timothy 1:4; Titus 3:9).

80. The Bible says, "The blood of Jesus Christ...cleanseth from all sin." Why did Brigham Young say that there are some sins which can be atoned for only by the shedding of ones own blood? (See Journal of Discourses, Vol. 3, pg. 247; Vol. 4, pg. 49, 53, 54).

81. God rejected the fig leaf aprons which Adam and Eve made. Why do Mormons Memorialize the fall by using fig leaf aprons? (See Genesis 3:21). 

82. Jesus said, "In secret have I said nothing." Why is much of Mormonism secret? (John 18:20).

83. Why do Mormons insist that Ezekiel 37:15-22 is about two books instead of about two kingdoms as God Himself explained in verse 22?

84. If Acts 3:20,21 is a prophecy about the restoration of Mormonism, why didn't Jesus return in 1830?

85. Revelation 14:6,7 is part of the body of prophecy about the future Great Tribulation. How could that passage have been fulfilled by Moroni in 1830? (Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie, pg. 514).

86. In the light of Ezekiel 28:13-15 and Hebrews 1:5, how can Satan and Jesus be brothers? (Note: Satan was created). (See Mormon Doctrine page 129, where Jesus is referred to as the firstborn of the Father, and page 192 where it says that the devil is a spirit son ofGod).

87. If no person ever receives the Holy Spirit before baptism or without the laying on of hands, how does a Mormon explain the case of Cornelius? (See Acts 10:44-47).

88. If baptism for the dead was a Christian ceremony, why did Paul use the pronoun "they" rather than "we" or "ye"? Why did he exclude himself and other Christians when referring to it? (I Corinthians 15:29).

89. If Jesus preached the gospel to disobedient spirits during the time His body was entombed, why did He preach only to the ones who had been disobedient in Noah's time? Why didn't He give a second chance to those who had lived later, such as in Isaiah's time? (See I Peter 3:18-20).

90. Since the Bible says that a Bishop should be the husband of one wife, how can Mormons claim that polygamy is proper for New Testament Christians? (I Timothy 3:2).

91. If the Mormon church is organized according to the pattern of the Bible, why do they have boy deacons? ( I Tim. 3:8-12).

92. If murder is the unpardonable sin, why did Moses appear in glory on the Mount of Transfiguration? (Exodus 2:12; Matthew 17:3; Doctrine and Covenants 42:18 and Alma 24:10).

93. How can a man who is not a descendant of Aaron hold the Aaronic Priesthood? (Numbers 3:10; 16:40; Hebrews 7:13,14). 

94. How could God have justly placed Adam and Eve in a predicament which forced them to break either His first or His second commandment? (See Genesis 1:28; 2:16, 17; James 1:13).

95. Since Jesus said that the broad way leads to destruction, why does the Mormon church teach that the broad way leads to the Terrestrial Heaven? (Compare Matthew 7:13,14 with the Free Agency chart No. 30).

96. Ephesians 2:8,9 speaks of salvation by grace through faith. How can this be resurrection which Mormons say that all people will receive automatically? Do all people have faith? (See Articles of Faith, by James Talmage, pg. 87, 34th edition).  

97. Ephesians 2:8,9 further states that this salvation is the gift of God and is not of works. How can this be exaltation? (Mormons teach that exaltation is attained by obedience, works and keeping the commandments). (Ibid. pg. 87 and A Marvelous Work and a Wonder, by Le Grand Richards, pg. 276, revised edition 1971).

98. If salvation as taught in the Bible is neither resurrection nor exaltation, how can Mormons hear the Bible way of salvation in a Mormon Church?

99. How does a Mormon explain Romans 10:13? (Neither general salvation nor individual salvation fits this text).

100. Why don't Mormons ever say, "I was saved on such and such a day?" (See past tense in Titus 3:5).