Lifting The Veil

Let’s be perfectly clear: claiming moral or spiritual superiority because of warm feelings toward every religion is not only misleading—it is spiritually dangerous. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS) presents itself as tolerant and universally benevolent, but tolerance without truth is moral relativism. Warmth toward error is not love; it is deception. Scripture repeatedly warns that the world hates Christ and His followers because of truth, not because of coldness (John 15:18). If friendliness toward falsehood were proof of holiness, the Bible itself would be irrelevant—and that is the lie the LDS Church propagates. The Book of Mormon presents itself as a “second testament” of Jesus Christ, claiming equal authority with the Bible (Mosiah 18:9). This is blasphemous. The Bible is clear: God’s Word is complete, sufficient, and final. Deuteronomy 4:2 commands, “You must not add anything to what I command you or take anything away from it.” Revelation 22:18–19 repeats th...

Let’s talk about the golden plates Joseph Smith said he carried—the ones that supposedly contained the Book of Mormon. According to descriptions, these plates were roughly 7 by 8 inches and about 6 inches thick, made of gold. Given gold’s density, they would weigh over 1,200 pounds. Yet Joseph and his witnesses claimed to carry and even lift these plates with ease. That just doesn’t add up. This kind of inconsistency is a big red flag. The Bible’s miraculous events always align with God’s nature and power—not with physical impossibilities or contradictions. Unlike Mormonism, biblical miracles have clear context and purpose, and God’s Word never contradicts natural laws in a way that defies common sense without explanation. The Bible warns us to test claims carefully: “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God” (1 John 4:1). When a foundational story of a religion clashes with facts and reason, it’s worth questioning its authenticity. Th...

Let’s be real: if the Book of Mormon is truly inspired and God-breathed, why has it undergone thousands of changes since the first edition in 1830? Gerald and Sandra Tanner have documented over 3,900 edits—not counting punctuation changes. Verses like 1 Nephi 11:21, 19:20, 20:1, and Alma 29:4 have seen notable revisions. That’s a lot of shifting, especially for a book claiming divine perfection. The Bible, by contrast, is God’s Word preserved through the centuries with remarkable consistency. Yes, small copyist differences exist, but the core message has remained intact. Scripture itself assures us that God’s Word is perfect and endures forever (Psalm 12:6–7, Isaiah 40:8). The Holy Spirit inspired the Bible (2 Timothy 3:16) and continues to preserve its truth in all languages. The fact that Mormonism’s key scripture needs so many corrections exposes its human origins. The Bible warns seriously against adding or subtracting from God’s Word: “If anyone adds to these things, God will add ...

Here’s a big inconsistency that often gets overlooked. Mormon Article of Faith #8 says, “We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly; we also believe the Book of Mormon to be the word of God.” Notice the phrase “as far as it is translated correctly” only applies to the Bible, not the Book of Mormon. That’s puzzling—because when you look closely, the Book of Mormon has way more issues with changes, additions, and translation inconsistencies than any Bible translation. Early editions of the Book of Mormon show dozens of edits and corrections, while the Bible’s text has been preserved and refined over centuries through thousands of manuscripts and translations guided by careful scholarship and the Holy Spirit (2 Timothy 3:16). The Bible warns against adding or taking away from God’s Word: “If anyone adds to them, God will add to him the plagues described in this book” (Revelation 22:18). That applies equally to any scripture claiming divine origin. Morm...

It’s hard to ignore the strong similarities between the Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews—a book published in 1823, seven years before Joseph Smith’s Book of Mormon, and not far from where his family lived. These parallels in content and structure suggest that the Book of Mormon might have drawn from contemporary ideas rather than divine revelation. This highlights a key problem with Mormonism: its origins don’t line up with the biblical pattern of divine inspiration and prophetic authenticity. The Bible, inspired by God (2 Timothy 3:16), is consistent, prophetic, and stands the test of time. It wasn’t written under suspicious circumstances or borrowed from local folklore. The Bible warns us to test teachings carefully: “Beloved, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God” (1 John 4:1). When we do, we find that Mormonism’s historical context and sources raise serious doubts about its divine origin. Biblical truth is grounded in God’s eternal...

Here’s the deal. Mormonism claims that only the original English translation of the Book of Mormon is inspired by God. So what happens when that book is translated into French, Spanish, or any other language? How can anyone be sure those translations are accurate or inspired? They can’t, and that’s a big problem. The Bible, on the other hand, doesn’t rely on one single translation or secret inspiration tied to a single language or person. The original manuscripts were written in Hebrew, Aramaic, and Greek. Over centuries, God preserved His message through careful copying and widespread use. The Holy Spirit guides the Church in understanding God’s Word across languages and cultures (John 14:26). More importantly, the Bible is consistent, internally coherent, and backed by a long history of manuscripts and translations verified by countless scholars and believers (2 Timothy 3:16). Its authority doesn’t depend on the language but on the Spirit who inspired it. Mormonism’s reliance on only...

Let’s keep it simple and straight from the heart. If you're a Mormon and you truly care about what God says, then I ask you this with all sincerity: would you read the Bible cover to cover—with no filters, no outside commentary—and just ask God to show you whether it’s complete? Just you, God's Word, and prayer. Mormonism teaches that the Bible is incomplete, that parts are missing or corrupted, and that the Book of Mormon is needed to restore “truth.” But here’s the problem: the Bible doesn’t agree with that. In fact, it directly contradicts it. Scripture says “All Scripture is God-breathed and useful for teaching, rebuking, correcting and training in righteousness” (2 Timothy 3:16). Not some Scripture. All. It also says God’s Word is pure and needs no addition: “Every word of God proves true... Do not add to His words” (Proverbs 30:5–6). Jude 1:3 tells believers to “contend for the faith that was once for all delivered to the saints.” That means it was already complete—no ext...

Here’s the straight talk: if the Nephi Plates were real and truly from God, why were they taken back to heaven? Shouldn’t something so important stay here on earth—especially if, as Mormonism claims, those plates are the foundation of restored truth? Now compare that to how God handled His Word in the Bible. When He gave the Ten Commandments to Moses, they were written by His own finger (Exodus 31:18). And He didn’t take them back. He told Israel to keep them, store them in the Ark (Deuteronomy 10:1–5), and pass them down from generation to generation. God doesn’t give truth and then hide it. He makes it known. That’s the problem with the Mormon story—it’s not biblical. The Bible says truth must be confirmed by witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15), and when Jesus rose from the grave, He showed Himself to over 500 people (1 Corinthians 15:6). God doesn’t rely on secret visions or hidden artifacts to prove who He is. He reveals Himself clearly and publicly. Mormonism claims Joseph Smith transla...

There is a school of thought that promotes teachings from the Mormon religion as though they have relevance to Christian doctrine. But this is a profound and dangerous error. As a Christian, I must strongly rebuke the assertion that so-called Melchizedek Priesthood holders within the LDS Church trace their authority to Jesus Christ, or that angels restored a lost gospel due to some alleged “Great Apostasy.” These ideas are not only unscriptural—they are deceptive and lead people away from the true Gospel of Jesus Christ into spiritual destruction. Mormonism, like every other false religion, offers a counterfeit gospel. It takes fragments of truth, wraps them in religious language, and replaces the sufficiency of Christ’s sacrifice with a system of works, ordinances, priesthood hierarchies, and temples. The Bible does not point us to secret lineages of priesthood authority, nor does it tell us that angels were sent to restore the Gospel. Quite the opposite—it warns us against such decep...

There is a contradiction at the core of Mormon theology—one that cuts to the heart of the Latter-day Saint (LDS) claim to be the “restored” church of Jesus Christ. According to the Book of Mormon, “many plain and precious things” were removed from the Bible after it was compiled (1 Nephi 13:28). Yet, in the same breath, Mormon prophets and apostles have taught doctrines that were never in the Bible to begin with—doctrines like eternal marriage, men becoming gods, and temple ordinances requiring secret handshakes and ritual garments. So which is it? Was the Bible originally complete but later corrupted? Or did God withhold vital saving truths until the 1820s when He revealed them to Joseph Smith—a farm boy with a reputation for digging for treasure and defrauding neighbors (see Vogel, Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet)? These two claims cannot both be true. If the Bible once contained these “plain and precious” truths, there should be some manuscript or historical evidence of their ...

The Bible makes it clear from the very first pages: God created life by His word, not by a long, uncertain process. Genesis 1 doesn't describe a gradual unfolding of life through natural laws—it describes God speaking, and creation obeying. That is not compatible with evolutionary theory, whether dressed up in science or Mormon scripture. The LDS claim that “the Gods” organized life over time undermines both the authority of Scripture and the nature of God Himself. There is one God—not many—and He did not need evolution to form the world. He created instantly, fully, and purposefully. The Bible says, “By the word of the Lord the heavens were made… For He spoke, and it came to be” (Psalm 33:6, 9). God did not evolve man from lesser creatures. He formed man from the dust and breathed life into him. Humans are not upgraded animals—we are the image-bearers of God. That’s not an interpretation. It’s what the Bible plainly says. To argue that “we don’t know” how man was made, or that it ...

To justify the racist priesthood ban in the LDS Church by appealing to the Levitical priesthood or the hardness of men's hearts is not only theologically flawed—it is a direct insult to the nature and character of God, who shows no partiality (Acts 10:34–35). The argument attempts to whitewash decades of racial discrimination under the banner of supposed divine patience, while ignoring the unbiblical foundations of the ban altogether. The Levitical priesthood, as outlined in the Old Testament, was never based on race. It was based on tribal assignment, not skin color. And even then, it was part of a temporary covenant fulfilled in Christ (Hebrews 7:11–12). Once Jesus inaugurated the New Covenant, the priesthood was made spiritually accessible to all who are in Him—male, female, Jew, Gentile, Black, or white (Galatians 3:28). To compare this to the LDS priesthood ban, which was based on race, is to misapply the biblical text in a dangerous way. Jesus never established or endorsed an...

It’s not uncommon to hear Latter-day Saints say they don’t base their testimony on emotions—that the Holy Ghost reveals truth through a witness to the mind, not just a burning in the bosom. Yet when we examine the foundational instructions given in Moroni 10:3–5, the experience described is inherently subjective. You are encouraged to read, ponder, and ask, with the promise that a spiritual manifestation will follow. But Scripture warns us that not all spiritual manifestations come from God (1 John 4:1). So the question becomes: what standard are we using to discern truth? In Christianity, we don't test truth by feelings, intuition, or internal impressions. We test it by the Word of God—objective, eternal, and unchanging. The Bible declares, “The heart is deceitful above all things” (Jeremiah 17:9). That includes emotions that may feel holy. Even when two disciples on the road to Emmaus said their “hearts burned within them” (Luke 24:32), their confidence was not in the burning, bu...

The Latter-day Saint claim that spiritual truth is not based on emotion, even as they cite Moroni 10:3–5 and emphasize an internal witness by the Holy Ghost, is misleading and fundamentally flawed. The idea that feelings of peace or joy are merely byproducts of spiritual truth—rather than the measure of it—is contradicted by the very scriptures and testimonies Mormons use to defend their faith. They assert that “the Holy Ghost provides truth to the minds of men” and then quickly follow this with passages emphasizing the burning of the heart and emotional recognition of truth. This creates a logical contradiction: either truth is independently revealed, or it’s measured by emotional response—but it cannot be both simultaneously. What makes this even more problematic is the closed-loop reasoning it promotes. Moroni 10 doesn't invite you to objectively examine the Book of Mormon; it conditions your conclusion on an expected emotional outcome. You read the Book of Mormon, pray about it...

The Doctrine of “Christ Alone” Is Not Up for Negotiation The LDS Apologetics attempt to engage with the doctrine of Sola Christus is not merely a misunderstanding of Reformation theology—it is a distortion of the Gospel itself. In their treatment of Sola Christus, they affirm Christ in name while subtly eroding the sufficiency and exclusivity of His work. What we are dealing with is not a mere theological difference; it is a different gospel (Galatians 1:6–9). At the heart of Sola Christus—“Christ alone”—is the biblical truth that salvation is through Christ and Christ alone, with no mediator, prophet, ordinance, or priesthood standing between God and man. As Paul writes in 1 Timothy 2:5 (NLT), “There is one God and one Mediator who can reconcile God and humanity—the man Christ Jesus.” This is a crystal-clear statement. Not one of many mediators. Not a mediating priesthood. Not a prophet with new keys. One mediator—Jesus Christ. The LDS article attempts to affirm Christ’s atonement, bu...

When someone says, “We do not rely on written words in a book to come to know all truth,” it may sound spiritual—but it is deeply dangerous. That kind of thinking unravels the very foundation of Christianity and rejects how God has clearly revealed Himself through His Word. It’s not humility—it’s rebellion cloaked in religious rhetoric. The Bible is not just ink on paper; it is the Word of the living God. “All Scripture is inspired by God and is useful to teach us what is true and to make us realize what is wrong in our lives” (2 Timothy 3:16, NLT). To claim that we don’t need Scripture to know truth is to reject the very Spirit of God who authored the Scriptures. The Holy Spirit doesn’t bypass the Bible—He works through it. “No prophecy in Scripture ever came from the prophet’s own understanding, or from human initiative. No, those prophets were moved by the Holy Spirit, and they spoke from God” (2 Peter 1:20–21, NLT). The accusation that Christians twist Scripture like the Pharisees ...

Many lifelong Latter-day Saints have grown up hearing comforting references to “Heavenly Parents.” For years, the idea floated quietly, wrapped in poetic hymns and soft teachings. But recent statements by LDS apostle Dallin H. Oaks have removed any ambiguity. While speaking in Belgium, he plainly declared: “We are children of heavenly parents.” Not metaphorical. Not symbolic. Plural. And if LDS leaders truly speak by the Holy Spirit—as Mormon doctrine claims—then this is not merely a cultural teaching. It’s doctrine. The implications are staggering. If there is more than one heavenly mother, then according to Mormon theology, God is a polygamist. This is not a fringe interpretation. The foundation was laid by Joseph Smith, who claimed to restore “eternal truths” that had supposedly been lost. Among them was polygamy, or “plural marriage,” codified in Doctrine and Covenants 132, which states that God gave multiple wives to Abraham, David, and others as a model (Doctrine and Covenants 13...

The gospel of Jesus Christ is too precious, too essential, and too clear in the Bible to allow it to be confused with the teachings of the Book of Mormon. The gospel is not just any message; it is the power of God for salvation. It is not something to be tampered with, reinvented, or diluted by new revelations or works-based theology. And yet that is exactly what Mormonism does—subtly at times, but undeniably. At its core, the biblical gospel proclaims that salvation is by grace through faith, and not by works. Ephesians 2:8–9 spells this out plainly: “God saved you by his grace when you believed. And you can’t take credit for this; it is a gift from God.” This message is consistent throughout the New Testament—whether in Romans 5:1, Galatians 2:16, or the words of Jesus Himself in John 3:16. Salvation is not something we earn by doing all we can; it is something we receive by trusting in what Christ has already done. The Book of Mormon, however, offers a different version. In 2 Nephi ...

Let’s be real—when people talk about religion, especially Christianity and Mormonism, it can get confusing fast. Both claim to believe in Jesus, both talk about God, and both read the Bible… so what's the big difference? Actually, the differences are massive—and once you dig into what each one teaches, you’ll see that they’re not even in the same ballpark. One teaches the true gospel from God. The other? Not even close. First, let’s talk about God. Mormons teach that God the Father is literally a glorified man who used to live on another planet and became a god. Yeah, seriously. Their fifth president, Lorenzo Snow, even said, “As man now is, God once was; as God now is, man may be.” That’s not a fringe idea—that’s official doctrine. But if you read the Bible, God says the exact opposite. In Isaiah 43:10 (NLT), God says, “There is no other God—there never has been, and there never will be.” God has always been God. He didn’t start off as a man like us. Now let’s talk about Jesus. Th...