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Originally Posted by Cheese
hmmm ok, I have a few.
1) The Angel Moroni. Explain?
Moroni was the last prophet in the Book of Mormon. He visited Joseph Smith a few times.
2) In 1828 after Joseph Smith's God had told him to join no other church he applied for membership at a Methodist Church. Why did he disobey the Angel?
Actually you can take it back further to 1820. At this time Joseph learned that all churches on the Earth were not entirely correct. Why was he still interested in the Methodist church? I don't know. Anything I can come up with would just be speculation. I'm guessing he would have been pretty bored staying at home every Sunday. I believe a portion of his family was also attending the Methodist church at this time. I don't recall Joseph Smith being directly told to not join the Methodist church. Not denying it though as it would of course seem strange to do so considering what his claims were.
3) The Gold Plates. Have you or anyone in your family ever seen them? Has anyone in the church?
No one in my family has seen the plates as far as I know. I don't know if anyone in the church that is alive today has seen them. No one has claimed as much.
4) IF Joseph Smith suggested the translation of the plates was correct in 1830...why have their been revisions in later editions?
I don't know. The changes vary in their severity. I'm not going to pretend that they are all grammatical changes. Are you concerned with the fact that changes were made or by the substance of the changes?
5) Are women able to attain leadership IN THE CHURCH? If not why not?
What do you define leadership as being? Can women speak in church? Yes they can. Can they teach classes? Yes they can. Can they serve missions? Yes they can. Can they lead groups of people? Yes, there are several organizations within the church that women lead. If you are referring to whether or not a woman can become a prophet? Well, I don't know. It hasn't happened yet, but it could in the future.
6) Are people of color able to attain leadership in the church?
Yes.
7) These were original tenats of the LDS, termed as essential...
- The Adam-God doctrine (Adam is God the Father);
- the United Order (all property of church members is to be held in common, with title in the church);
- Plural Marriage (polygamy; a man must have more than one wife to attain the highest degree of heaven);
- the Curse of Cain (the black race is not entitled to hold God's priesthood because it is cursed; this doctrine was not abandoned until 1978);
- Blood Atonement (some sins - apostasy, adultery, murder, interracial marriage - must be atoned for by the shedding of the sinner's blood, preferably by someone appointed to do so by church authorities)
If they were termed essential by the early church, and supposedly the "word of God", why have they been abandoned?
That is a great question, unfortunately I do not have a suitable answer for you. I simply don't know. This all originates with the prophet Brigham Young. I wish I could ask him about these things as well.
8) and lastly...the LDS scripture called "Doctrine and Covenants" were prophecies by the Prophet Joseph Smith. How many of the prohecies outlined in this document have come true? If any name them.
This will depend on what you consider to be prophecies. There are numerous. Off the top of my head, there were several regarding members of the church at the time... and another easy one to refer to is the translation of the Book of Mormon. Are there some that have not yet come to pass? Yes. Are there some that seemingly can no longer come to pass? Yes. Is this a problem? I'm not sure. I imagine circumstances can change. I'm sure we can see similar circumstances in the Bible.
Thanks.
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Thanks for your questions. I realize I may not have gone into as much depth as you want. It may seem like I am hiding something, but honestly the average mormon would not be able to answer the majority of your questions to your satisfaction. We simply don't know everything. So, I think I did pretty good
