Into the Future

Hey LDS guys-Hows that DNA testing of Native Americans coming along? And how many dead JEWS have ya'll baptized lately? I know you want a relationship with GOD. Well, get your head out of the sand and leave this perversion of the truth. JOE SMITH and his "angels of light" have deceived you.

mormonism a secret society is laden with diabolical rituals akin to the Masons. their "front" is a peace loving, family conscious, jesus obeying presentation. but thats the "hook". any religious "movement" based on a mysterious angel appearing to u in the woods and giving u orders is more than suspect.
whats with the character moroni? whats with the holy underwear? whats with blacks being the scourge of the earth and not acceptable for priesthood until the late 70's? how could a God inspired movement be steeped in racist practices? didnt the "prophets" know God was against the de-humanization of your fellow man?

Many of your comments make me sick. Please show some respect like any decent person would. Hinkley was a great man and will be greatly missed.

Wow. There are still alot of far-out ideas about what Mormons believe, reflected in the posts on this article. Pres Hinckley did alot to help the Mormon church emerge from obscurity and begin to help the world at large understand their beliefs, values, and traditions. He was ver talented at expressing the unique beliefs of Mormonism while building bridges of respect between it and other faiths. There is still alot more to be done. Mormons don't believe that the USA should be destroyed (there may be no other more patriotic religion) and they do not think Quakers lived on the moon and lived for a thousand years (where do people get this stuff???). There are many misconceptions, and the best way to cut through them is to ask a Mormon firend or neighbor. I hope Pres. Monson continues to be open and welcoming to people of all faiths as Pres. Hinckley was.

Good informative and truthful article! It's nice to see something secular not demean Mormons. Way to go Newsweek for keeping to the truth and facts!

Mormons redefine Jesus....to be a created being...not a self existed one as bible does therefore mormonism is not in line with traditional core beliefs of christian faith. Mormon salvation is based not on what Jesus did but what the mormon can do so there is never a clear line of demarcation to validate ones salvation where as in bible Jesus said come to me and you have eternal life for free.

Hinckley was a "false prophet." And Monson will be another "false prophet."

On the stump at a Texaco in Florida, Mitt Romney took time out to briefly eulogize Hinckley.
Bishop Romney admiringly opined:

He had a great capacity and great ability to reach out and touch a large number of people with a very personal and human connection . . . His humanity and gentleness will always be part of the memory we have."
So just who is Gordon B.Hinckley?

Some vocal ???ex-mos??? (Ex-Mormons) are only too willing to share their insights on the ???prophet??? who led the LDS faith for several decades.
To be sure, millions of Mormons believe ProphetHinckley has gone on to his eternal reward (first on the planet Kolob from the Heavenly Father and Joseph Smith, and then to oversee as a god a world of his own).

While Biblical Christians will be reluctant to judge ??? as such is a function of the one, eternal, true and living God ???Hinckley left behind a fair body of evidence that he was nothing more than a slippery heretic bent on expanding the power and influence of the LDS ???cult.???

Hinkley was an LDS leader during some of its most vile racist times, yet tried to cover up the sordid truth in ???latter days.???

Hinkley was a busy as a bee in selectively teaching heretical doctrines, such as the odd LDS belief of eternal progression to godhood .

Hinkley continued the traditional LDS teaching that women are ???possessions??? that belonged to their eternal husbands.

"Husbands, love and treasure your wives. They are your most precious possessions.
???Gordon B.Hinckley

"My brethren, you will never have in all of your lives a greater asset than the woman into whose eyes you looked as you joined hands over the altar in the house of the Lord. She will be your most precious possession in time or eternity. "
??? Gordon B. Hinckley


Hinckley obfuscated on the polygamous past of the LDS cult and misrepresented the rift over it with modern polygamous LDS fundamentalists.


Hinckley preferred the bizarre musings of Joseph Smith to the historic confessions of faith of the Church and (more importantly) the teachings of the Holy Bible:

"When the emperor Constantine was converted to Christianity, he became aware of the divisiveness among the clergy concerning the nature of Deity. In an attempt to overcome this he gathered the eminent divines of the day to Nicaea in the year 325. Each participant was given opportunity to state his views. The argument only grew more heated. When a definition could not be reached, a compromise was made. It came to be known as the Nicene Creed, and its basic elements are recited by most of the Christian faithful. "Personally I cannot understand it. To me the creed is confusing

"How deeply grateful I am that we of this Church do not rely on any man-made statement concerning the nature of Deity. Our knowledge comes directly from the personal experience of Joseph Smith . . . .

??? Gordon B.Hinckley

Google "Elise Soukup". This author is a Mormon and, as expected, writes only the positives about the LDS church which is easy to do for any religion especially if you are a member and careful enough to carve out inconvenient truths such as the Mountain Meadow Massacre. Although Joseph Smith is called a martyr, he died with a pistol in his hand, something reminiscent of Islamic ???martyrs???. Unlike Jesus who died with no sword or club in his hand, Joseph Smith and his trail of followers make no apology for the violent expansion of its religion and clashes with the US government in the 1830s. The reader is encouraged to look up secular historical authors on this religion that are surer to be unbiased and shed truth on a religion based on sweeping its issues under the rug. For more information on the negatives, Google the following: ???Mountain Meadow Massacre???, ???Joseph Smith???, ???Mormon Militia???, and the scandal behind the ???Book of Abraham???.

Ask a Mormon the tenants of their belief, and based on whom they are talking/responding to, will obfuscate the truth of what they really believe. Mormons do read the bible on occasion; however what Coupe0024 will not tell you is the King James version they read has been ???fixed??? or rewritten by Joseph Smith. God???s book was apparently full of errors, So JS took it upon himself to correct it.

In my experience, Mormons are generally good people, but they feel it is OK to put a spin on their tenants rather than appear ???weird???. I would suggest to them to be proud of their beliefs ???as strange as they may be.

Mormons are christians if you were not aware. And whats all of this 'Difficulties Ahead' stuff? There is no such thing in this church. Everything is too inspirationally organized. And , a prophets job is to receive revelation and direct the church only as the Lord commands.

How long you been practicing your little speech HolyRoller? You know absolutely nothing.

You're making up propaganda to make yourself seem brilliant. I'm not sure where you get your facts, but we are never taught all other churches are of the Devil. We believe all other churches contain fragments of the truth but not the whole. Never ever ever have we as a whole said anything in the bible is fake, made up, untrue, etc. The majority of anything that does not make sense in the bible is accidents in the translation of the bible - and there are many. Honestly, I don't know why you came here and posted this right after the death of a great man who has contributed far more to this world than you and your little world domination conspiracy posts.