Mormon Myths

[ This is Part 1 in a series on  Theosis according to Mormonism  ] Anyone who has ever engaged in rigorous discussions with Mormons, particularly in the online space can attest to what seems to be a more & more common usage of early church fathers (Patristics) quotes that according to them - lend historical support for Mormon doctrine, in this case... Justin Martyr: " But as my discourse is not intended to touch on this point, but to prove to you that the Holy Ghost reproaches men because they were made like God , free from suffering and death, provided that they kept His commandments, and were deemed deserving of the name of His sons, and yet they, becoming like Adam and Eve, work out death for themselves; let the interpretation of the Psalm be held just as you wish, yet thereby it is demonstrated that all men are deemed worthy of becoming “gods,” and of having power to become sons of the Highest ; and shall be each by himself judged and condemned like Adam and Eve.”...

[ This is Part 3 in a series on Theosis according to Mormonism ] Anyone who has ever engaged in rigorous discussions with Mormons, particularly in the online space can attest to what seems to be a more & more common usage of early church fathers (Patristics) quotes that according to them - lend historical support for Mormon doctrine, in this case... Theophilus of Antioch: " But some one will say to us, Was man made by nature mortal? Certainly not. Was he, then, immortal? Neither do we affirm this. But one will say, Was he, then, nothing? Not even this hits the mark. He was by nature neither mortal nor immortal.  For if He had made him immortal from the beginning, He would have made him God. Again, if He had made him mortal, God would seem to be the cause of his death. Neither, then, immortal nor yet mortal did He make him, but, as we have said above, capable of both; so that if he should incline to the things of immortality, keeping the commandment of God, he should receive a...

This is  Part 3  of our David Alexander series: Part 1 Part 2 We continue our examination of Alexander with his third video posted on March 8th, 2023: Summary: Alexander wastes no time here in bringing up a video that he watched from Apologia Studios, featuring Pastor Jeff Durbin who was speaking with a pair of Mormon missionaries.  At 3:02 Alexander says the following: " I'm not really inclined to question someone's integrity, he's obviously highly intelligent intellectually, spiritually he's dull as a post as far as I'm concerned. But he's highly intelligent, and I'm sure he [Durbin] knows Church History fairly well. " Clearly, we're off to a good start here.  " ...Even though the Church History that he knows was written by the victors... " Alexander is being suggestive here, what he's really saying is that we don't know the real history because it's been covered up. " By what standard can he substantiate such a cl...

This is Part 2 of our David Alexander series: Part 1 We continue our examination of Alexander with his second video posted on March 7th, 2023: Alexander shares that he was saved at the age of 21 and was part of the Jesus Movement / Jesus People .  He also mentions that he has tried a lot of different flavors (denominations) of Evangelicalism / Christianity, what exactly they all were he doesn't say, however.  Though, it would certainly shed significantly more light on his past & his theology, were he to do so at some point in the future. He spends a lot of time speaking about John 17:20-24, where he twists the text to say a lot of things that it doesn't actually say, nor does it support his conclusion of it somehow affirming Mormonism.  He tips his hand a little more here, by criticizing Sola Scriptura.  For some reason he calls it ‘ Scripture Sola ’ which is not the way adherents like me would use the term or refer to it by.  I have no way of knowing wit...

Over the course of the last 30 years or so, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (hereafter referred to as the ' Mormon Church ') has made a carefully orchestrated effort to slowly re-brand themselves as just another Christian denomination. There are many moving parts involved with that endeavor, here are a few examples: A.) The current President of the Mormon Church, Russel M. Nelson saying that " using the term Mormon is a victory for Satan " and insisting that it's members, but the rest of the world as well refer to them by the correct, full name of the church, and to referring its members as Latter-Day Saints. B.) In the Church's Gospel Topics essay titled: " Are Mormons Christian? " where they freely acknowledge "they [Mormons] do not accept the creeds & confessions, and that they are not Roman Catholic, Easter Orthodox, nor Protestant." but also say " Members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints u...