This is a fact that the church does not teach you for obvious reasons....like the fact that therre is no genetic proof that central Americans are from the 12 tribes of Israel, or the fact that Brigham Young had gun slingers and killed those who stood in the Mormon settlers way........shall I go on?
2007-06-05 09:42:16 · 10 answers · asked by universatile love 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
They can't for the very same reason that Christians can't explain the Bible. The Bible is nothing more than a collection of stories which have been skewed into controlling the masses.
2007-06-05 09:47:21 · answer #1 · answered by Fedup Veteran 6 · 2⤊ 3⤋
A. Be hard to lie about something that was so obvious.
B. There is no genetic proof that the American Indians are NOT descended from the 12 tribes of Israel. I think most Jews today are descended from Judah or Levi, and Lehi was a Josephite, thru Manassah. And of course, that was 600 B. C. You would need the DNA of those people, the DNA of the Lamanites of 421 A. D. and a detailed list of all cultures since then. Also, the NORTH American Native Indians are probably the ones being written about, and the Book of Mormon most likely took place in CENTRAL America.
C. Can YOU give me some solid proof of Brigham Young's "gun slingers" and those who were killed (besides the Mountain Meadows thing). I want NAMES, DATES, PLACES, etc. Not just someone said that someone said.
D. Yes, PLEASE, go on, but also provide documented proof of your allegations.
edit: Jospeh Smith is not an ex con cause he was never convicted of any crime.
2007-06-05 19:26:46 · answer #2 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 2⤊ 4⤋
Mormon 4- you said besides the mountain meadows thing- Don't you think it was more than a thing to the people who were killed? To the children who saw their parents brutally murdered, who were then kidnapped? Has the Mormon church just decided to call that a "thing"? I'd call it an atrocity!
Did you know they didn't even properly bury the bodies? They let wild animals eat them and left the remains scattered in the dirt? Did you know they went up to the Arkansas wagon train with a truce flag, and asked them to put down their weapons, and then slaughtered them? If this is just a "thing" I guess we can call the holocaust an "incident"!
2007-06-06 12:32:25 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
JS has always had a little problem with "honesty" or transparency. He may have really believed he was onto something, but even as a con man, he let the 'sting' get out of hand when he started believing it himself.
Plus he never really wanted to work for a living; suckering people became a way of life and livelihood.
2007-06-05 20:12:09 · answer #4 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
At first when I learned the real history behind the church (which I am still learning) I wondered why I never learned the real history in seminary, or Sunday school
and then it hit me
my teachers probably didn't understand it either
2007-06-05 20:55:52 · answer #5 · answered by . 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
And I suppose you believed these lies because you wanted to believe it. Just because it is written in a book doesn't make it a fact.
2007-06-06 13:55:02 · answer #6 · answered by Doctor 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
List sources if you want real answers, not just opinions, which by the way, sounds like you are stating one.
2007-06-06 01:21:24 · answer #7 · answered by ∞Infinity∞ 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
When I was LDS I never heard of that, sources?
2007-06-05 21:02:29 · answer #8 · answered by divinity2408 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
He also is an ex-con so a lie really is not that unexpected
2007-06-05 16:44:54 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 2⤋
They don't explain it. Most of them don't know about it.
2007-06-05 16:49:53 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 1⤋