MORMONISM IN THEIR OWN WORDS

LDS Quotations With Full Citations

1. MANY GODS

Mormon Source

“I will preach on the plurality of Gods.”
— Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith (TPJS), p. 370

“And they (the Gods) said: Let there be light.”
— Book of Abraham 4:3, Pearl of Great Price

Bible

“Before Me there was no God formed, nor shall there be after Me.”
— Isaiah 43:10

“I am the LORD… there is no God besides Me.”
— Isaiah 45:5

“The LORD our God, the LORD is one.”
— Deut. 6:4

2. GOD WAS ONCE A MAN

Mormon Source

“God himself was once as we are now, and is an exalted man.”
— King Follett Discourse; TPJS, p. 345

“As man now is, God once was...”
— Lorenzo Snow, Teachings of Lorenzo Snow, p. 5

Bible

“God is not a man.”
— Numbers 23:19

“From everlasting to everlasting, You are God.”
— Psalm 90:2

“I the LORD do not change.”
— Malachi 3:6

3. MEN CAN BECOME GODS

Mormon Source

“Then shall they be gods.”
— Doctrine & Covenants 132:20

“You have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves.”
— TPJS, p. 346

Bible

“Before Me no god was formed, nor shall there be any after Me.”
— Isaiah 43:10

“You are my witnesses… that I am He.”
— Isaiah 43:12–13

The serpent’s lie:
“You will be like God.”
— Genesis 3:5

4. JESUS AND SATAN ARE BROTHERS

Mormon Source

“Jesus and Lucifer, both spirit sons of Heavenly Father.”
— Gospel Principles (2010), Ch. 3, pp. 17–18

“Christ… is the eldest brother… Lucifer is also a spirit son of God.”
— Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, pp. 163, 192

Bible

Jesus is the eternal Creator, not created:
“By Him all things were created… visible and invisible.”
— Colossians 1:16

“In the beginning was the Word… and the Word was God.”
— John 1:1

Satan is a created fallen angel, not Christ’s brother:
— Ezekiel 28:13–17
— Revelation 12:9

5. GOD HAS A PHYSICAL BODY

Mormon Source

“The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man’s.”
— D&C 130:22

Bible

“God is Spirit.”
— John 4:24

“A spirit does not have flesh and bones.”
— Luke 24:39

“The heavens… cannot contain You.”
— 1 Kings 8:27

6. SALVATION IS BY WORKS + GRACE

Mormon Source

“By grace we are saved, after all we can do.”
— 2 Nephi 25:23

“To become worthy we must keep the commandments.”
— Gospel Principles (2010), p. 125

Bible

“By grace you have been saved through faith… not of works.”
— Ephesians 2:8–9

“To the one who does not work but believes… his faith is counted as righteousness.”
— Romans 4:5

“Not by works of righteousness which we have done.”
— Titus 3:5

7. POLYGAMY REQUIRED FOR EXALTATION

Mormon Source

“This is the new and everlasting covenant…
if ye abide not that covenant, then are ye damned.”
— D&C 132:4

“It is lawful for a man to espouse another [wife].”
— D&C 132:61

Bible

NT standard for leaders:
“Husband of one wife.”
— 1 Timothy 3:2, 12; Titus 1:6

God restores one man, one woman (Genesis 2:24)

8. THE BIBLE IS INSUFFICIENT

Mormon Source

“Because that ye have a Bible ye need not suppose that it contains all my words.”
— 2 Nephi 29:10

“We believe the Bible to be the word of God as far as it is translated correctly.”
— Article of Faith #8

Bible

“Every word of God is pure…
Do not add to His words.”
— Proverbs 30:5–6

“The Scripture cannot be broken.”
— John 10:35

“The faith once for all delivered to the saints.”
— Jude 3

9. CHRISTIANITY IS AN ABOMINATION

Mormon Source

“All their creeds were an abomination…
those professors were all corrupt.”
— Joseph Smith—History 1:19

Bible

Jesus builds His church and protects it:
“The gates of hell shall not prevail against it.”
— Matthew 16:18

Christ is with His church “to the end of the age.”
— Matthew 28:20

10. THE LDS CHURCH IS THE ONLY TRUE CHURCH

Mormon Source

“The only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth.”
— D&C 1:30

Bible

All who believe the gospel are in Christ’s church.
— 1 Corinthians 12:13
— Romans 10:9–13

“Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord shall be saved.”
— Acts 2:21

There is one body, not one corporation (Eph. 4:4–6).



This is not biblical Christianity.
This is another gospel and another Jesus (2 Cor. 11:4; Gal. 1:8–9).



Galatians 1:8-9 But even if we or an angel from heaven should preach a gospel other than the one we preached to you, let them be under God’s curse! 9 As we have already said, so now I say again: If anybody is preaching to you a gospel other than what you accepted, let them be under God’s curse!