Let’s stop pretending this is a reasonable conversation. If you’ve seen the facts and you’re still choosing Joseph Smith over Jesus Christ, then yes—you’ve chosen delusion over truth. The receipts are in. The lies are undeniable. And eternity isn’t a gamble you can afford to lose.

The Mormon gospel is a fraud, the Book of Mormon is a plagiarized fantasy, and the temple rituals are borrowed magic wrapped in spiritual manipulation. This isn’t religion anymore—it’s survival. And based on the facts? Some would say you’d have to be absolutely out of your mind to stay in this system.

What Happens If You're Wrong?

Let’s get serious.

If Joseph Smith is a fraud—and he is—what happens to the millions who trusted him?

What happens to the woman who gave her life to Mormonism, only to find out she was deceived?

What happens to the man who followed Smith’s teachings, hoping to become a god one day, only to wake up in eternal separation from the real Jesus?

Eternity is not a game.
Heaven is not a fantasy.
And following a false prophet is not harmless.

The Truth in Love: A Warning to LDS Members

You must choose today:

Joseph or Jesus.
Deception or truth.
Darkness or light.
Hell or Heaven.

The Book of Mormon vs. the Bible — Which Tells the Truth About the Afterlife?

“Eternity Is Too Long to Be Wrong.”

Eternity. Forever. The afterlife. These aren’t ideas you casually roll the dice on. When it comes to what happens after we die, you better be right—because there are no do-overs on the other side of the veil.

So let’s ask the ultimate question:

Which message tells the truth about eternity—the Book of Mormon or the Bible?

Because here’s the reality: they are not the same.

Not even close.

And if you believe they can both be right…

Friend, you’ve already been deceived.

Let’s dive in, heart first, with Bible in hand and truth as our compass.

What Does the Bible Teach About the Afterlife?

The Bible, God’s Word, gives us clear, unambiguous teaching on what happens when a person dies.

For the Believer:

Immediate presence with the Lord.

"…absent from the body and… at home with the Lord." 2 Corinthians 5:8

Eternal life with Jesus.

"…whoever believes in Him shall not perish, but have eternal life." John 3:16

No soul-sleep, no waiting room—to die in Christ is to live in Christ forever.

For the Unbeliever:

Eternal separation from God Hell.

"…these will go away into eternal punishment, but the righteous into eternal life." Matthew 25:46

And at the end of the age:

A bodily resurrection of the dead.

"Do not marvel at this… those who did the good deeds to a resurrection of life, those who committed the evil deeds to a resurrection of judgment." John 5:28–29

Or, the final judgment before the Great White Throne.

New heavens, new earth, and the New Jerusalem, where Jesus will dwell with His Bride forever.

"He will dwell among them, and they shall be His people… and He will wipe away every tear." Revelation 21:3–4

What Does the Book of Mormon Teach?

The LDS Church teaches an elaborate, three-tiered afterlife system, radically different from the Bible. According to Mormon doctrine, everyone—regardless of faith in Christ—is resurrected and placed into one of three “degrees of glory”:

Celestial Kingdom

Reserved for temple-worthy Mormons who’ve kept all ordinances, covenants, and obeyed LDS leadership. Only here can people become “gods” and continue eternal families.

Terrestrial Kingdom

For good people who didn’t accept Mormonism in this life but lived decent lives.

Telestial Kingdom

For the “wicked,” but even they eventually receive glory, just not the top tier.

According to LDS Doctrine and Covenants 76, even murderers go to the Telestial Kingdom, and almost everyone gets “some level of heaven.”

That means...

No Hell.
No eternal punishment.
No consequence for rejecting Jesus.
No wrath, no judgment—just universal exaltation by degrees.

Sounds nice, right?

Too nice.
Too false.

Wait… What About Outer Darkness?

Ah, yes. LDS doctrine does reserve a Hell-like punishment called Outer Darkness—but it’s not for sinners, per se. It’s for apostates—people who once knew the “truth” (Mormonism) and left it.

So in LDS theology:

A child molester who repents on his deathbed can go to the Celestial Kingdom.

But a born-again Christian who rejects Joseph Smith goes to eternal Hell.

Let that sink in.

The Inescapable Contradictions

Here’s what this means in plain terms:

Both cannot be true.
One is the narrow road.
One is a lie dressed in celestial white.

Let’s Talk About Credibility

Who gave us the doctrine of the Three Kingdoms?

Joseph Smith. A man with a criminal record, dozens of wives, and a history of false prophecies.

Who confirmed the truth of Heaven and Hell, salvation by grace, and the resurrection of the dead?

Jesus Christ. Sinless. Risen. Glorified. Returning.

"I am the resurrection and the life; he who believes in Me will live even if he dies." John 11:25

Why This Matters

If you’re wrong about eternity, you’re not just a little wrong—you’re eternally wrong.

You can’t afford to guess.
You can’t afford to gamble.
You can’t afford to bet your soul on a man like Joseph Smith.

Jesus warned us:

"Enter through the narrow gate… For the gate is wide and the way is broad that leads to destruction." Matthew 7:13

What Do We Tell the LDS People?

We tell them the truth in love. We don’t mock—we mourn.

We say:

You’ve been lied to.
You’ve been sold a fairy tale.
You’ve been promised godhood by a man who couldn’t even stay faithful to 33 wives.

But today, you can be free.

Today, you can let go of Joseph’s lies and embrace Jesus’ truth.

The True Gospel and Afterlife

The Bible teaches:

One Heaven. One Hell.

One Savior. One Cross.

One Name under Heaven by which we are saved: Jesus Christ.

"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him." John 3:36

You only get one soul.
One shot at eternity.
One decision that will echo forever.

Joseph Smith offers fantasy.
Jesus Christ offers forgiveness.
Smith offers exaltation through effort.
Jesus offers eternal life through grace.

You must choose—today.

"Choose for yourselves today whom you will serve… but as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord." Joshua 24:15

Joseph Smith, Freemasonry, and the Stolen Temple Rites

“Secrets, Symbols, and a Stolen Kingdom”

It’s a story that would make Dan Brown’s The Da Vinci Code blush. Secret rituals. Symbolic handshakes. Ceremonial robes. Oaths of silence. Sacred buildings with all-seeing eyes and celestial rooms. It’s not fiction—it’s the LDS Temple ceremony.

But what most faithful Mormons don’t know is this:

Joseph Smith didn’t create these temple rites from divine revelation.

He borrowed them—almost entirely—from the Freemasons.
That’s not conjecture. That’s documented, verifiable history.
Let’s blow the dust off the vault and shine the light of truth into the Holy of Holies.

First, What is Freemasonry?

Freemasonry is a centuries-old secret society built on symbols, allegories, handshakes, and rituals. It uses morality plays and initiatory ceremonies to teach its members ethical principles—often drawn from humanistic or even occultic sources.

Degrees of initiation

Secret handshakes

Signs and tokens

Penalty oaths

Aprons and robes

Emphasis on secrecy and brotherhood

Sound familiar?

It should. It’s nearly identical to the LDS Temple Endowment ceremony.

Joseph Smith Joins the Masons

Let’s get historical.

March 15, 1842 – Joseph Smith was initiated as a Master Mason at the Nauvoo Masonic Lodge.

March 16, 1842 – Smith is raised to the highest Masonic level available in one day an unheard-of fast-track.

Just 7 weeks later – Smith introduces the first LDS Temple Endowment ceremony.

Coincidence? Hardly.

Smith’s closest friends and supporters—including William Law and Heber C. Kimball—confirmed that the temple rites were directly borrowed from Freemasonry, almost word-for-word.

William Law (former counselor to Joseph Smith) later wrote:

“There is not one single original idea in the temple ritual—not one. It is all taken from the Masons.”

Even LDS historian Reed Durham former President of the Mormon History Association) admitted:

“There is absolutely no question in my mind that the Mormon ceremony which came to be known as the endowment... was borrowed directly from Freemasonry.”

What Did Smith Change?

Joseph Smith didn’t create the endowment ceremony from divine inspiration. He copied the structure from the Freemasons, then repackaged it in religious language and tied it to salvation, making it essential for exaltation.

In Freemasonry:

Rituals are symbolic morality plays.

In Mormonism:

The same rituals become “saving ordinances.”

Smith took secular ceremonies and injected them with eternal consequences.

He converted symbolic gestures into spiritual obligations.
He turned a brotherhood into a pathway to godhood.

That’s not revelation. That’s religious piracy.

Secrets in the House of the Lord

Jesus never taught secret rituals. He never required special handshakes. He never cloaked salvation in hidden ordinances.

"I have spoken openly to the world… I spoke nothing in secret." John 18:20

Contrast that with the LDS Temple, where members swear oaths of secrecy not to reveal what goes on inside.

Jesus said:

"Let your statement be, ‘Yes, yes’ or ‘No, no’; anything beyond these is of evil." Matthew 5:37

And yet, LDS members must perform secret ceremonies, dress in strange costumes, and make bizarre oaths to receive temple recommend status.

This isn’t Christianity.
This isn’t freedom.
This is Babylonian mysticism wrapped in Salt Lake sugar.

What Would King Jesus Say?

Jesus called the religious leaders of His day:

"Whitewashed tombs, which on the outside appear beautiful, but inside they are full of dead men's bones..." Matthew 23:27

He would say the same to today’s temple system.
Beautiful buildings. Rituals dressed in reverence.
But inside? Bondage. Confusion. Deception.

There is no salvation in secret tokens.
There is no forgiveness in oaths to organizations.
There is no eternal life in symbols stolen from secular societies.

Let’s Use Logic Again

If a man today:

• Joined the Masons
• Copied their ceremonies
• Claimed an angel told him they were now salvific
• Required them for access to Heaven

He’d be called a fraud, a cult leader, or mentally unstable.
But Joseph Smith did this, and millions follow him without question.
Friends… wake up.

"For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ." 2 Corinthians 11:13

Why It Matters

Mormon temple ordinances are not just strange—they’re damning. They replace the sufficiency of Christ with the idolatry of ritual.

The Book of Hebrews tells us plainly:

"We have confidence to enter the holy place by the blood of Jesus." Hebrews 10:19

You don’t need a Masonic handshake.
You don’t need a secret name.
You need the blood of Jesus—period.

The temple doesn’t save.
Jesus does.
The endowment doesn’t cleanse.
 

You don’t need to be “endowed” with Masonic magic. You need to be born again by the Spirit of God.

Tear off the apron. Burn the oaths. And run into the arms of your true High Priest.

"For there is one God, and one mediator also between God and men, the man Christ Jesus." 1 Timothy 2:5

You must choose:

The Masonic veil… or the torn veil at Calvary.
Joseph Smith… or Jesus Christ.
Temple bondage… or eternal grace.

Polygamy, Power, and Predation: The Dark Legacy of Joseph Smith

“Godly Prophet—or Grooming Predator?”

When someone tells you who they are, believe them. And when someone repeatedly marries teenagers, lies to their spouse, targets vulnerable women, and claims it’s all “from God”—you’re not looking at a prophet.

You’re looking at a predator.

Let’s be crystal clear: Joseph Smith was not just a polygamist. He was a serial abuser cloaked in religious authority. He did things that, if done today, would not just get someone excommunicated—they’d be imprisoned.

This isn’t conjecture.
This is documented history.
And it’s time for the LDS faithful to stop making excuses.

Joseph Smith and Polygamy: What Are the Facts?

The LDS Church now reluctantly admits that Joseph Smith had 30+ wives. At least one of them was a teenager. Several were already married to other men.

Let’s walk through the facts:

Joseph Smith married 14-year-old Helen Mar Kimball. She was promised exaltation for her entire family if she married the 37-year-old prophet.

He married at least 11 women who were already married to other living men. These are called polyandrous marriages, and even Brigham Young admitted they were "troubling."

Many women later confessed they were manipulated—told they would lose their salvation or bring damnation to their families if they refused Smith’s proposal.

Smith hid these marriages from his wife Emma, and from the public—until they began to leak out.

Would this behavior, if committed today, be considered predatory?

Absolutely.

Would a modern man be allowed to:

• Secretly marry 14-year-olds?
• Coerce women using threats of eternal damnation?
• Claim “God told me you’re supposed to be my wife” as a marriage proposal?

No.

He’d be tried. Convicted. And registered as a sex offender.

LDS Scripture: Justifying Abuse

Let’s go deeper. Smith didn’t just do these things—he canonized them.

Doctrine and Covenants Section 132 openly defends polygamy, claiming it was a command from God.

"If any man espouse a virgin, and desire to espouse another... then is he justified." (D&C 132:61)

This "revelation" conveniently appeared right when Emma discovered the secret marriages. And it placed the blame back on her, claiming she must “accept” them—or she’d be destroyed.

"Let mine handmaid, Emma Smith, receive all those that have been given unto my servant Joseph... But if she will not abide this commandment... then shall my servant Joseph do all things for her." (D&C 132:52-55)

That's not a revelation.
That’s a threat.

Think Logically, Reason Clearly

Let’s call it what it is.

Joseph Smith created a theology where:

• He alone spoke for God
• He alone had special marital permission
• He alone could change God's mind on a whim

Would you trust your daughter around a man like this?
Would you hand your wife over to a man like this?
Would you trust your soul to a man like this?

Polygamy After Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith may have started it, but Brigham Young perfected it.

The LDS leadership practiced polygamy well after it was outlawed by the U.S. government, lying to the public and to new converts. They maintained secret second families, funded by church resources.

And when the federal government came knocking, the Church denied it—until legal consequences threatened their empire.

In 1890, the “Manifesto” was issued to publicly denounce polygamy. But they kept practicing it in secret for years.

Truth? Polygamy never really ended. It just went underground.

What Does the Bible Say?

Biblical leadership standards are crystal clear:

"An overseer… must be above reproach, the husband of one wife…" 1 Timothy 3:2

Polygamy is never endorsed by Jesus. Never practiced by the apostles. And never used to build God’s Kingdom.

Jesus called us to faithfulness, purity, and self-sacrifice.

Joseph Smith modeled lust, manipulation, and self-indulgence—and he blamed it all on God.

"Woe to the shepherds who are destroying and scattering the sheep of My pasture!" Jeremiah 23:1

Is the LDS Church Still Exploiting Women?

To this day:

• LDS women are taught their exaltation depends on temple marriage.
• LDS girls are subtly trained to obey priesthood authority without question.
• LDS wives can be “sealed” to their husband for eternity, but if the man sins e.g., porn, abuse, infidelity), the woman loses her heavenly status.

It’s an invisible leash.
It’s spiritual abuse.
And it started with Joseph Smith’s warped theology of womanhood.

This Is Not a “Quirky” Doctrine
This is not a “weird” footnote in Church history.

This is the root of LDS corruption.
This is the foundation of its empire.

This is the system that continues to wound, oppress, and gaslight faithful Mormon women to this day.

This isn’t just a theology problem.
It’s a human rights problem.

What About the Children?

Joseph Smith’s legacy continues to produce fruit—and not the good kind.

We now see:

Generations of women who believe their value is tied to male priesthood.

Young girls shamed into silence after abuse.

Men taught that their “godhood” justifies their appetites.

And all of this is framed as sacred. All of it—called “restoration.”

God help us.

This isn’t just about wrong theology.
It’s about real people.
Real lives.
Real trauma.

Joseph Smith was not a prophet.
He was a predator.

"By their fruits you will know them."Matthew 7:20

Jesus never manipulated women.
He never lied.
He never married a child.

He laid down His life for His Bride.

You cannot follow both men.
You must choose.

"Choose this day whom you will serve.” Joshua 24:15

The CES Letter, the Book of Abraham, and the Death of Mormon Credibility

“One Letter to Rule Them All”

Every great unraveling begins with one loose thread. In the case of Mormonism, that thread has a name:

The CES Letter.

What started as one faithful young man’s sincere list of honest questions has since exploded into a global truth bomb—rocking the LDS Church from the inside out.

And for good reason.

Because once you see the receipts—the evidence, the lies, the cover-ups—you can’t unsee them. You can’t go back. And you certainly can’t keep calling Joseph Smith a “prophet.”

Let’s walk through it together.

What is the CES Letter?

In 2013, a young returned missionary named Jeremy Runnells wrote a letter to the LDS Church’s CES Church Educational System) director, asking for help resolving his growing doubts about the truth claims of Mormonism.

The result?

A thoroughly researched, carefully cited, 80+ page document now known as the CES Letter, which outlines:

• Contradictions in the Book of Mormon
• Plagiarism from the King James Bible
• The false translation of the Book of Abraham
• The changing First Vision accounts
• Failed prophecies
• Historical cover-ups
• Racist doctrines
• Polygamy and polyandry
• DNA evidence refuting Native American descent from Israel

And much more…

Rather than answering his questions, the Church responded by ignoring them and excommunicating Jeremy.

Translation: They had no answers. So they cut him off.

Let’s Focus on the Book of Abraham

This one alone should end the conversation.

The Book of Abraham is canonized LDS scripture—part of the Pearl of Great Price. Joseph Smith claimed he “translated” it from Egyptian papyri bought from a traveling mummy show in 1835.

Smith said the papyri contained writings “by the hand of Abraham himself.” What came next was one of the most embarrassing blunders in religious history.

The Problem?

In the 1960s, the actual papyri were rediscovered. And Egyptologists, both Mormon and non-Mormon, unanimously concluded:

It’s NOT the writings of Abraham.
It’s a standard Egyptian funerary text—the Book of Breathings.
It dates over 1,000 years after Abraham lived.
Joseph Smith’s “translation” is 100% false.

Smith translated figures as "God sitting on his throne" and "Abraham fastened upon an altar." Egyptologists? They identified those same images as common funerary scenes, often depicting the god Anubis preparing a body.

It’s not just incorrect—it’s fraud.

And if Smith lied about that, what else did he lie about?

"A false witness will not go unpunished, and he who tells lies will perish." Proverbs 19:9

The Book of Mormon: A Plagiarized Fairy Tale

The CES Letter also highlights that entire chapters of the Book of Mormon are lifted straight from the King James Bible, including errors that modern biblical scholarship has since corrected.

Smith didn’t just “translate” the Book of Mormon. He copied the KJV Bible—sometimes word-for-word, including italicized words that were not even part of the original Greek or Hebrew.

It contains 19th-century theological debates.
Descriptions of animals, plants, and tools that didn’t exist in ancient America.
A “King James English” style that wasn’t used anywhere else on the continent.

There is zero archaeological, linguistic, or DNA evidence to support the existence of Nephites, Lamanites, or any of the civilizations described in the Book of Mormon.

Compare that to the Bible, which:

• Has been confirmed by archaeology for thousands of years.
• Has manuscript evidence beyond any ancient document.
• Has withstood scrutiny from historians, scholars, and skeptics for centuries.

Let’s be honest. If you turned in the Book of Mormon as a research paper, you’d get an F for plagiarism and fabrication.

Failed Prophecies & Changing Visions

The CES Letter exposes a long list of prophecies that never came true, including:

• The Second Coming happening before 1891
• The temple being built in Missouri during Smith’s generation
• The Civil War leading to the downfall of all nations
• Polygamy never being removed from the Church (oops)
• The “translation” of the Kinderhook Plates (also proven false)

And don’t forget:

Joseph Smith gave at least 9 different versions of his First Vision.
In one, it was one angel. In another, it was God the Father and Jesus.
In another, no personages appear at all.

If a man changed his testimony 9 times in a courtroom…What would you call him?

You’d call him a liar.

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