A Look at the Mormon Prophet, Gordon B. Hinckely
Mormon Prophet: Clueless on Mormon Doctrine
The legacy President Hinckley left behind will be one of deception while hiding behind a smiling face to many Mormons. Some may say this is an unfair judgment of his tenure as prophet but the fact that he lied about Mormon doctrine to reporter for Time magazine about Mormon doctrines baffled many of the faithful and gave additional material to Anti-Mormons and Ex-Mormons to attack him and the organization he represents for being dishonest.
The Mormon doctrine in question was whether or not faithful Mormons could become Gods. The doctrine dates back to Joseph Smith Jr, the founder of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and does in fact state that men can become gods. A later Mormon prophet, Joseph Fielding Smith would later summarize the doctrine "As man is now, god once was. As god is now man may become."
When the reporter for Time pressed the aging Mormon prophet, he said, "I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it ... I understand the philosophical background behind it, but I don't know a lot about it, and I don't think others know a lot about it."
The statement seems odd as Hinckley, as the Mormon prophet is not only God's top representative on the Earth according to Mormon belief, but also should be well versed in Mormon theology in order to get to the position he currently holds. As prophet, he could have simply declared then and there that Joseph Smith or the earlier doctrine was wrong. When the Institute for Religious Research queried the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints about what the Hinckley meant, the secretary for the first presidency said they the words of the prophet had been taken out of context. In fact, the doctrine is canonized and part of official scripture in the Doctrine and Covenants Section 130.
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Post a CommentWhy can't the people of the Lds Church see that the Devil has given them a lie. All there word are nothing but durty rages in the site of God. Why did Jesus come if we could get salvation by works. This is one of the lies of Satin right here.For more go to:http://contributor.yahoo.com/user/908368/joshua_kim.html?buddy=true
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Hinckley lied openly. The Mormon C\hurch does teach the exhaultation of man to Mormon godhood. They will not openly admit that fact or the falseness of their books of Abraham and Moses where multiple gods are revealed. They do not want the newer or prospective members of the LDS Church exposed to those and all their other lies until the innocent victims are deeply comitted and in complete spiritual blindness. It is then almost too late for them to percieve the truth.
I'll be praying for those who are still mentally and spiritually enslaved by the church. The real Jesus is in the bible, right under your nose. We are not to add to, or take away from the word of God.
This article is incorrect. The question Hinckley lied about wasn't whether or not faithful Mormons could become gods. The question was, and I quote, "On whether his church still holds that God the Father was once a man, he sounded uncertain, 'I don't know that we teach it. I don't know that we emphasize it... I understand the philosophical background behind it, but I don't know a lot about it, and I don't think others know a lot about it." Time August 4, 1997 p.56
Note how Diana fails to answer the actual charge of Hinckley lying.
Nice one there, but I said his only defense is senility or outright lying. Hinckley was LYING to the press deliberately as we can see from Diana's example.
Or how about that Larry King interview where he most definitely lied outright. To me that lie was more direct than the Time Magazine one.
Or how about that Larry King interview where he most definitely lied outright. To me that lie was more direct than the Time Magazine one.
Or how about that Larry King interview where he most definitely lied outright. To me that lie was more direct than the Time Magazine one.
Anyone who wanted to see for themselves what Gordon B. Hinckley is like should go to www.lds.org, and click on "Conference". There are links to the talks President Hinckley and other apostles have given in our worldwide conferences. I would encourage anyone to go and see for themselves. As for me, I hope I'm that senile when I get into my late 90s:-).
Dianna, he may have been senile but read the Time Magazine article in question he wasn't taken out of context.