Question for mormons?

Question

Joseph smith claimed to be a profit, he also died in the United States. So if that is true which you claim it is, then the bible has to be wrong. The reason I say this is, in the bible it says that there will not be anymore profits after jesus. It also states that it is impossible for a profit to die outside the walls of Jerusalem. So either Joseph Smith is a liar, or Jesus is. Which one is it?

Luke 13,33

Answer 1

The Mormon church is stranger that fiction. Also remember that it is a very young religion, a glorified cult. Their elders change their church's guideline to suit their own needs. For example, God told them to stop practicing polygamy so that they could become a state (Utah). You shouldn't worry about the Mormon religion at all. It only makes sense to Mormons.

Answer 2

Most entrepreneurs would argue with you that there are no more profits. They are making profits all the time. The whole capalistic system is based on profit. So, most of the Old Testament Prophets did not die inside the walls of Jerusalem. Did that make them false prophets? My Bible doesn't say that prophets have to die inside the walls of Jerusalem. Maybe your bible is false. And my bible also doesn't say there will be no more prophets after Jesus. Was John the Revelator a prophet or not? He wrote Revelation more than sixty years after Jesus ascended to heaven. I thought John was a prophet for predicting the events at the end times!

If you do some homework you can find better arguments against mormonism than these. I would do a little preparation before you submit your questions. And check your spelling.

Answer 3

I am thinking that there were many prophets who died outside of Jerusalem. I believe that Luke 13:33, Jesus was talking about Himself.

And where does the Bible say there are no prophets after Jesus? The Bible mentions some prophets after Jesus died.

Answer 4

The Book of Acts, which takes place AFTER Jesus, says that there were prophets.

Acts11: 27 And in these days came prophets from Jerusalem unto Antioch.
28 And there stood up one of them named Agabus, and signified by the Spirit that there should be great dearth throughout all the world: which came to pass in the days of Claudius Caesar.

So either the Bible is a liar or you have slandered the prophets.

Answer 5

I am not familiar with those scriptures, could you provide references when you quote the Bible, please. As to a "prophet" dying outside Jerusalem, what about Noah, Abraham, Jacob, Moses. None of them died in Jerusalem. Even Jesus didn't die within the walls of Jeusalem. Golgotha/Calvary was outside the walls.
And for prophets after Christ, try reading 1 Corinthians 14, Acts 15, and Revelation 11.

Answer 6

I have to applaud eveyones' educated answers here with reference to the bible, especially Phrog. How anyone can give a thumbs down on that really doesn't understand the role of a Prophet.
He is God's instrument and the person through which God reveals precious truths to. He is by this nature the "law," which Phrog relates to along with Isolde and Dane H, they very plainly and directly point to other prophets after Jesus in the bible.

I do hope you take their council to heart and not dismiss it:

John 3:12 (Jesus teaching to the Nicodemus men...)

12 If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things?

Prophets are people in the service of God in the flesh...are all heavenly or spiritually related things of God that support His work and glory. If you don't believe in them, how can you have an understanding of God's purpose and real message in the bible about his unending guidance to his children (us) on earth through men called of God to lead us and direct us towards God in present times as he did in times of old? It's plainly seen that there were prophets after Jesus died.

Either you're lying, not understanding, or rejecting the Holy Spirit of God.

Answer 7

I believe your premise is incorrect. Where in the bible does it say there will not be anymore pro(ph)ets after Jesus?

If you are referring to:

some individuals quote Luke 16:16 to show that prophets ended with John and are no longer needed, claiming that the belief in living prophets is unbiblical. However, the "John" mentioned in Luke 16:16 is John the Baptist (see Matthew 11:12-13). If it were true that living prophets ended with him, then there certainly would not have been prophets of God long after John's death (e.g., Acts 11:27; 21:10-11). So, what does Luke 16:16 really mean; and more specifically, what are "the law and the prophets"? Simply stated, the law and the prophets are books of Old Testament scriptures:

1. "The law" is a book.
"...cursed is every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them." (Gal 3:10)

2. "The prophets" is a book.
". . . as it is written in the book of the prophets, O ye house of Israel, have ye offered to me slain beasts and sacrifices by the space of forty years in the wilderness?" (Acts 7:42)

3. "The law" and "the prophets" are read in a synagogue.
"And after the reading of the law and the prophets the rulers of the synagogue sent unto them, saying, Ye men and brethren, if ye have any word of exhortation for the people, say on." (Acts 13:15)

4. Things are written in the law and in the prophets.
"...so worship I the God of my fathers, believing all things which are written in the law and in the prophets." (Acts 24:14)

5. The law and the prophets are scriptures.
"And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the Scriptures the things concerning himself." (Luke 24:27)

"And [Christ] gave some apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers; For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: Till we all come in the unity of the faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God, unto a perfect man, unto the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ: That we henceforth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine, by the sleight of men, and cunning craftiness, whereby they lie in wait to deceive." (Ephesians 4:11-14)
Thus, the reasons why we need prophets along with the other members of the church are: "For the perfecting of the saints, for the work of the ministry, for the edifying of the body of Christ: . . . That we hence forth be no more children, tossed to and fro, and carried about with every wind of doctrine."
How long we need these members in the church is: "Till we all come in the unity of faith, and of the knowledge of the Son of God."

There will be no true prophets after Christ?

The Bible contradicts this interpretation, bearing record that there were true prophets in the church after Christ's Ascension (Acts 13:1, 15:32, 1 Corinthians 12:28). These prophets in the New Testament not only taught and preached, but they also received new revelation and prophesied (Ephesians 3:1-6, Acts 11:27-30, 21:10-11). In fact, apostles and prophets formed the very foundation of the church, of which Jesus Christ Himself is the chief cornerstone (Ephesians 2:19-21). And since these apostles and prophets had a testimony of Jesus, the "spirit of prophecy" was present in the very leadership of the church (Revelation 19:10).

Answer 8

Oregon Flower why do you bash other peoples beliefs such as Jehovah's Witness,Mormons and Muslims? Do you hate yourself that bad you have to rip other people's beliefs to make yourself feel better?

Answer 9

The different sects of Christianity choose to selectively believe and ignore parts of the bible. The whole thing's nuts.

Answer 10

It is really hard to get a honest answer from Mormons. they defend their faith as much as anyone else.

there are a lot of differences between the bible and the book of Mormon. Nobody seems to care though. My biggest question is how they rationalize that there is more then one god. Never got a good answer.

Edit: Regarding holly's response, some of what she said is true, but god never said to stop practicing polygamy. The church president did that is why some people still practice it. God never actually said to stop so they feel there are following Gods wishes.