Hey Mormons: Joey Smith taught the Garden of Eden was in Missouri. Only missed by about 7000 miles, right?

Question

Don't such obvious fairytales raise any red flags with you guys?

Lets see if anything else missed by a few thousand miles!

Zion (Israel) is in Utah. Check.
Native Americans are descendants of Israelis whose skin turned dark. Check
There is a Star called Kolob where Heavenly Father dwells. Check
Quakers on the Moon. Check
Golden Plates and the Book of Mormon. Check
Gordon Hinkley is a true Prophet. Check

Sorry Mormons, you wont be getting a 10% Check from me!

According to Genesis, the Garden of eden straddled 4 rivers, 2 of which no longer exist. the 2 others were the Tigris and Euphrates. That means present day Iraq.

Answer 1

To be honest, the mormons have not cornered the market on latter day craziness. If JS had been born 100 years later, 'mormonism' would've been known today as 'scientology', and there'd be all sorts of pre and post-WWII theories about UFOs, satanic cults and communism=lucifer's plan.

But, we'd still have JZ Knight and her 35,000 year old spirit channeler, and her very public "Secret", Ted Haggert, Jimmy Swaggart, Tammy Faye, David Koresh, and Jim Jones.

But we wouldn't probably have Warren Jeffs, and my family might still be in Europe - and have better healthcare.

Answer 2

Do you remember the part about the world being flooded and some dude building a boat and floating around for about a year???? What do you think the chances are that he landed at the same place that he left from??? Something like that might just change the landscape of the earth....rivers included.

Zion is where it's members are. "Stakes of Zion" are found world wide. Mormons make no claim that Zion is Utah.

Some native Americans are some (possibly the vast majority) are not. The Book of Mormon is a history of a relativly small group of people in a relativly small geographical area. The Bible isn't quite a comprehensive history of the African, European, and Asian Continents, now is it??? Several groups came to the Americas. Some evidence shows that the Phoenicians might have traded actively with the people in the Americas. The Book of Mormon talks of three groups, but makes no claim that there were only 3 groups. Additionally, we don't know how these groups interacted and interbred. DNA might give us a link, but proves nothing if it doesn't.

Heavenly father Doesn't dwell at Kolob according to Mormon doctrine...you're got bad info on that one.

Mormons don't believe in Quakers on the Moon. Once again, bad information on your part.

Ancient records have been found written on metal. This is consistent with archeology.

You are correct on your 6th point.

We don't care if you pay tithing or not. The only thing that we ask is that you seek truth humbly and sincerely, being ready and willing to change your life as God inspires you to. Do that, and you might just end up paying tithing to the Mormon Church after all!

Answer 3

Zion is not in Utah. It will be in Missouri. Unless we mean the abstract Zion, which is wherever the Church is.

Only some unidentified Native Americans are descendants of Israelites.

No Quakers on the Moon.

That Genesis names the rivers that straddle the garden of Eden with names identical to those in Iraq does not mean it was in Iraq. The rivers in Iraq could have been named after the original. Just like there is a 'Jordan River' in Utah, even though the original is in Israel.

Answer 4

hey, tanny, prove to me that the Garden of Eden was in any specific spot on earth.

http://www.christiananswers.net/q-aig/garden-of-eden-loc.html

Not even non-LDS Christians can agree where the Garden of Eden was.

When Christ comes again, we are told there will be a gathering place for the Jews (Jerusalem) and for everyone else (the NEW Jerusalem).

We've covered the Native American thing ad nauseum.

We do NOT believe that Kolob is where Heavenly Father DWELLS. It's the star CLOSEST to where Heavenly Father dwells. Get it right.

Prove that Joseph Smith actually SAID there were men on the moon etc. Prove that this is something that GOD told him. Prove that this is somethign that is supposed to be doctrine for our church.

Sorry, tan man, I, and millions of other LDS, don't care what you say, because you have zero credibility.

You are a teen ager, right? Why not get some growing up, and then we can talk.

Answer 5

PAR-4-DA-COURSE

Your expectations of their factual accuracies should be lower. There is a word for people who live inside of the delusions they manufacture.... CRaZiEs!

Answer 6

I`m convincinced. Will cash be ok ?

Answer 7

wrong!!!

gw