The document discusses Mormon teachings regarding the requirements for exaltation, including baptism, confirmation, priesthood ordination, temple ordinances like washing/anointing and endowments, eternal marriage, and baptism for the dead in order to save deceased ancestors. Mormon doctrine holds that these saving rituals are necessary to attain the highest level of heaven and godhood.

1. As far as we are aware all the
information was obtained from open
sources. If that should anyplace be
incorrect, let us know and it will be
Prophets Thomas S
corrected . Monson, 2008-

2.  personal honesty,
 integrity,
 obedience to law,
 chastity outside of marriage
 fidelity within marriage
 great family life
 praying daily,
 attending Sunday worship services,
 participating in church programs and activities on
weekdays
 refraining from work on Sundays when possible.
 tithing
 mission work
 healthful foods and no tobacco, alcohol, coffee,
and tea

3. Phenomenal Membership Growth
Today
• 52,500 Mormons in Chicago
13 million
• 54% of Mormons live outside United States
A century ago the Mormon Church was viewed as
a morally and politically dangerous sect.
Today it is widely seen as a conservative
repository of old-fashioned values, an
American success story.
A Church with explosive growth
4 million
6 250,000 500,000 1,000,000
1830 1896 1930 1947 1978 2006

4. Michael O. Leavitt
Secretary, Health and Human Services
Harry Reid Paula Hawkins
US Senate Majority Leader Stewart Udall
US Senator US Secretary of the Interior

5. Philo T. Farnsworth Steve Young
(1906-1971) quarterback
Tampa Bay Buccaneers
inventor (television)
San Francisco 49ers
The Osmond Brothers, pop one of the finest NFL
quarterbacks of all time.
Lieutenant General
Ron Dittemore
director Brent Scowcroft
space shuttle program
USAF (retired)
National security adviser to
. Ralph Atkin
Presidents Gerald Ford and George Bush, Sr founder, SkyWest Airlines

6. Larry King / Gordon B. Hinckley, CNN
Southpark

7. 1844
J. Smith 1976 –
Morris K. Udall

8. Life of the Founder of the LDS Church:
Joseph Smith
1805 1820 1823 1827 1829 1830 1836 1844
First Receives Receives Sealing
Birth Book Martyrdom
Vision Book of Gold Powers
(Vermont) Of Mormon (Illinois)
Mormon Plates (Elijah)
(Moroni) Published
-
Aaronic Church
Priesthood Organized
Restored
(John The Baptist)
-
Melchezidek
Priesthood
Restored
(Peter, James and
John)

9. Joseph Smith Born 1805 in
Vermont and soon moved to
NY
First vision in 1820:
Saw the Father and Son
Asked them which church he
should join
Answer: None!
They are all corrupt!
He was chosen to
restore the church to
its original purity.
Joseph Smith

10. •21 Sept. 1823 Moroni an
“angel of light” appears to
Joseph Smith in Palmyra, N.Y.
to instruct him concerning the
Gold Plates.
• 22 September 1827 Joseph entrusted
with the sacred plates. Begins to translate these
using the Urim and Thummim.
Many say he
translated
with magic
stone in Hat
and Head in
Hat

11. • On 17 August 1829 5,000 copies of the
Book of Mormon are published
Similarities with SOLOMON
SPAULDING'S
MANUSCRIPT ,
Masterminded may be by
Sidney Rigdon
1830

12. Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p.99 BOOK OF MORMON
On November 28, 1841, following a meeting with the
Twelve Apostles, the Prophet wrote in his journal
"I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon
was the most correct of any book on earth,
and the keystone of our religion, and a man would
get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts,
than by any other book."
(History of the Church, vol. 4, p. 461.)
"Take away the Book of Mormon and
the revelations, and where is our
religion? We have none." (Teachings, p. 71.)
We believe also that the Bible is the word of God as far as it is
translated correctly . (8th Article of Faith, Joseph Smith)
They also consider The Book of Mormon, Doctrine and Covenants, and
the Pearl of Great Price to be divinely inspired, and they regard them as
holy scripture.

13. Source: The Book of Mormon Project
http://freebookofmormon.wordpress.com/the-book-of-mormon-in-pictures/
Most of the people in Jerusalem 600 years
before the birth of Christ were wicked. God sent
Lehi the Prophet who told them to repent, but
they would not listen. 1 Nephi 1:4
Consequently Jerusalem would be destroyed
Lehi and sons Nephi and Laman and
families Left Jerusalem
Lehi found a brass ball called the
Liahona. It would guide them as long as
they were faithful. 1 Nephi 16:9–10

14. Lehi and his sons built a ship and sailed from the Arabian
Peninsula to the Americas approximately 600 B.C.

15. Lehi’s family grew after they arrived in the Americas. His family eventually split into two
groups, known as the Nephites and the Lamanites. The Lord continued to call prophets in
America and they recorded their teachings on metal sheets or plates and passed
them on from generation to generation.

16. The people who followed Nephi obeyed God. Laman and Lemuel’s followers were were the
They worked hard and were blessed. Nephi Lamanites. They were bad. God cursed them
taught his people to build with wood and metal. because of their wickedness and made them
They built a beautiful temple. 2 Nephi 5:10–11, dark-skinned (Indians). 2 Nephi 5:14, 21
15–16
The Nephites were most of the time good. The
Lamanites were bad and lazy hated the Nephites.
There was constant warfare, apostasy and revival.

17. Christ visited and taught in the Americas as a resurrected being
after his death.

18. The Lamanites attacked and
killed all but 24 Nephites.
Mormon had been wounded.
Mormon 6:8–11
Mormon gave the plates of
Mormon to his son, Moroni who
hid the plates in the Hill
Cumorah. Mormon 6:6

19. Book of Mormon
Christ’s
5000 BC 4000 BC 3000 BC 2000 BC 1000 BC Birth 1000 AD 2000 AD
New Testament
Old Testament
600 BC 421 AD
Book
of Mormon
Book of Mormon tells the Lehi commanded to leave
story of Lehi and his Last prophet
discendents from 600 BC Jerusalem and sail to the
(Moroni) buring
to 421 AD- Americas. Golden Plates
Lehi is told by God to
leave Jerusalem before it Christ visits the Americas as a
is destroyed. resurrected being after his
He and family build a ship death.
and sail across the ocean
to the Americas.
Their descendants develop
into two nations, the
Nephites (good) and
Lamanites (bad). A long
history of warfare,
apostasy and revival
follows.
The story is recorded on
the Golden Plates
translated by Joseph
Smith

20. •27 March 1836 Dedication of the First
Mormon Trek West
Temple at Kirtland, OH.
Kirtland,Oh
Driven or failed in NY, OH, MO they settle in
Nauvoo, IL.
In Nauvoo they are allowed to have their own
independent militia. Smith becomes mayor of
Nauvoo and commander of the Nauvoo Legion –
spiritual, political & military leader.
Smith is found to be polygamous. Newspaper publishes
the information. Smith has the opposition newspaper
destroyed. His opponents charge him with treason.
Sent to Carthage Jail.

21. Murder of Joseph Smith, 1844, Carthage,Ill.
A mob came to the jail and fired some shots through the door killing
Joseph’s brother Hyrum. Smith fired his six shooter into the crowded
hall, only three chambers fired wounding three assailants.
Mormons claim Joseph and Hyrum are Martyrs

22. • 3 Aug. 1844 Sidney
Rigdon arrived in
Nauvoo from
Pittsburgh claiming to
be “guardian” of the Brigham Young
Church.
Sidney Rigdon
• 8 Aug. 1844 Brigham Young speaks
and is transfigured to those present.
He is seen and heard as if he was
Joseph Smith. Leadership is settled,
the mantle of authority falls upon
the twelve and Brigham Young as
their president.

23. 1850’s A “new organization” forms among Emma, her children,
including Joseph Smith III, and others who refused to follow
Brigham Young and remained in Nauvoo.
Emma
Smith
In 1860 The Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter Day Saints is formed with Joseph Smith III
as president in Independence. MO.
Joseph Smith III

24. Mormon Trek West
Nauvoo was the largest city There were 26,000
in Illinois in 1845 with a members when Joseph
population of 20,000. Smith was Martyred in
1844.
70,000 saints traveled the
1300 mile Mormon Trail Church Organized
before the railroad arrived First Temple Built Fayette, New York
in 1869. Kirtland, Ohio 1830
1831-1838
Saints Settle in
Nauvoo, Illinois
Saints Settle
1840-1846
in
Utah
1847
Saints Settle in
Jackson County, Missouri
Brigham Young,
1831-1839
second prophet.
Colonization
(Settled over 600 Communities)
tadmitchell.com/mormons101.ppt

25. The Trek West
• 14 Jan. 1847 The
word and will of the
Lord concerning the
trek was revealed to
Brigham Young

26. The Trek West
•24 July 1847 Brigham Young
arrived in Salt Lake Valley
and declared “This is the
right place.”

27. Church Organization

28. Church Organization
Jesus Christ Jesus Christ leads his church by
communicating with the prophet.
Chosen by God as a prophet, seer,
Prophet revelator and president of the church.
Called as a special witness of Jesus
12 Apostles Christ. They are called to serve until
they die.
Go about the church teaching and
Seventy organizing under the direction of the
12 apostles.
Stakes A Stake President leads a stake.
He is called to serve for 7-10
(8-10 Wards per stake) years.
Wards
A Bishop leads a ward. He
is called to serve for 5-7
(200-400 members per ward) years.

30. Produ
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pirit
Child
ren w
ith G
o d de Became
ss
God Elohim
Spirit Child
born on a planet
to a
God & Goddess
Elohim
a MAN
The Making of
God Elohim

31. God Elohim was born as a spirit child on
another planet by a God and Goddess.
Then was born into human flesh.
God is an exalted “Man” who lived on an
earth like us and progressed to godhood.
He is married to “Heavenly Mother” and
together they procreate spirit babies to
be born into physical human bodies on
earth “As man is, God once was; as God is, man may become.”
. —Fifth LDS President
Lorenzo Snow
God the Father has a physical body, as
does his wife (generally called “Heavenly
Mother”).
Father, Son, and “Holy Ghost” are three
separate gods.

32. “If we should take a million
of worlds like this and
number their particles, we
should find that there are
more Gods than there are
particles of matter in those
worlds.”
Mormon apostle Orson Pratt
Journal of Discourses, Vol. 2, p. 345

33. The Mormon Jesus is a
separate god from the Father
(Elohim).
He was created as a spirit
child by the Father and
Mother in Heaven, and is
the “elder brother” of all
men and spirit beings.
His body was created through
sexual union between Elohim
and Mary.
He was married.
An official LDS Church manual (Family Home
Evening Manual, 1972) quoted from Joseph
Christ was begotten by an Immortal Father in the same way F. Smith under the heading "A Modern
that mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers." (Mormon Prophet's Answer" and included this picture
on page 126:
Doctrine, 1979, pages 546-47)

34. “Then shall
they be gods”
D&C 132:20
Producing spirit children
on other planets
Salvation…through the mediation of Christ; but such saving intercession is to be
invoked by individual effort as manifested through faith, repentance, and continued
works of righteousness…the blessing of redemption from individual sins, while open
for all to attain, is nevertheless conditioned on individual effort”
(Articles of Faith p. 89)
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Baptized
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Repentant, Baptized by proxy
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Plan_of_salvation

35. Mankind had a pre-mortal, pre-
existent life in a spirit world prior
to being born into human bodies on
earth.
http://www.spotlightministries.org.uk/eternalprogressionchart.jpg

36. LDS Doctrines : Eternal Progression

37. Saving ordinances (rituals) - requirement for exaltation
Baptism by immersion.
Confirmation and reception of the
Gift of the Holy Ghost by laying on of hands
Ordination to the Aaronic and
Melchizedek priesthoods
Learn gestures, passwords, new name, sacred underwear
“I wash your head that
Knowledge of tokens,
Endowment
your brain may work
signs, and key-words
(including clearly and be quick of
discernment; your eyes necessary in order to
pass the angelic sentinels
washing and anointing)
that you may see clearly
and discern the things of to the presence of God
Discourses of Brigham Young,
God;..” p.416
Marriage and sealing to a spouse
Sealing to parents
Baptism for the Dead

38. Celestial
Baptistery
Sealing Room Celestial Room
Ordinance Rooms
Baptistery Room for Dead

39. Mormon temples are special buildings in
which various rites necessary for
exaltation are performed.
The ritual most often
performed is baptism for
the dead, whereby a living
Substitute is baptized on Baptismal font
behalf of a deceased person.
for the dead
Temples are used for marriage ceremonies
binding husband and wife together for
eternity.
“Sealing” ceremonies are performed to
unite children with their parents for
eternity.

40. Eternal Marriage Mant
Is Essential for
Salt Lake
i
Exaltation
“Heavenly Father has
given us the law of
eternal marriage so we
can become like him. We
must live this law to be
able to have spirit
children. The Lord has
said: "In the celestial
glory there are three
heavens or degrees;
"And in order to obtain
the highest, a man must
enter into this order of
the priesthood [meaning
the new and everlasting
covenant of marriage];
"And if he does not, he
cannot obtain it" (D&C
131:1­3)

41. Sacred and Secret
Mormons promise that they will not
speak of what they have learned in the
temple “endowment ceremony”
In the endowment, participants
are taught handshakes,
arm gestures, and special phrases
These gestures will be necessary in order to pass the angelic
sentinels who guard the way back to the presence of God

42. Two “Mormon” Scholars see some Problems
 Claim that Joseph Smith engaged in
treasure hunting with magic stone
 Discuss “Multiple first vision” stories
 Acknowledge problems with the
2005 historicity of the Book of Mormon
(Native Americans as descendents of Jews)
Acknowledge the messiness of
Joseph Smith’s practice of
Polygamy (“All told, ten of Joseph’s plural wives were married
to other men”. Bushman p. 439)
 Claimed connections between the
Masonic Temple ceremony and the
LDS temple ceremony

43. More Problems
Book of Mormon: No historical Evidence for anything. A
book of Fiction
 Book of Mormon had over 4,000 changes
 None of cities found, none of the battles described
ever took place
 Where are the steel swords? Armor? Bones?
 Horses? Elephants? Steel? Barley? Wheat?
 DNA of Indians 95+% Asiatic not Hebrew
Book of Abraham
A 1835 invention of Joseph. According to Smith,
the book was a translation of the papyrus on the
right ... purporting to be the writings of Abraham,
while he was in Egypt. The papyrus had nothing
to do with Abraham and is a funerary text.
Racism until 1978

44. Temple Square, Utah
All Seeing Eye Special handshakes
Inverted Pentagrams
Beehive
New Name
" I give you a new name which
you should always remember,
and which you must keep sacred,
and never reveal
Five points of Fellowship
Apron

45.  personal honesty,
 integrity,
 obedience to law,
 chastity outside of marriage
 fidelity within marriage
 great family life
 praying daily,
 attending Sunday worship services,
 participating in church programs and activities on
weekdays
 refraining from work on Sundays when possible.
 tithing
 mission work
 healthful foods and no tobacco, alcohol, coffee,
and tea

46. Yet, let’s think what this text may mean in relation to the Mormons
"But even if we or an
angel from heaven should
preach a gospel other than
the one we preached to
you, let him be eternally
condemned!"
(Gal. 1:8).
"Every word of God is flawless; he is a
shield to those who take refuge in him.
Do not add to his words, or he will
rebuke you and prove you a liar."
Proverbs 30:5-6