Questions About Mormon Doctrine Shane Fisher Printed by World Evangelism Publications Winona, MS Printed 2022 If you have any questions, comments, or sugges- tions concerning this book, please contact the author at: [email protected] World Evangelism Publications P.O. Box 72 Winona, MS 38967 662.283.1192 www.WorldEvangelism.org www.GospelGazette.com Publisher’s Statement Betty Burton Choate Through the decades that we, of the World Evangelism team, have written, printed, and circulated books through- out the world, typically we have dealt positively with the propogation of biblical truths. A new member of the team, Shane Fisher, expressed his desire to write refutations of various false religions. The first of these studies deals with the doctrines of “The Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter Day Saints” — the Mormon Church. Brother Fisher has quoted extensively from The Book of Mormon and Doctrine & Covenants, showing through comparisons with the biblical Scriptures, and logic, that these doctrines are false. We offer this introduction with the prayer that it will lead to further study and conviction that will result in the birth of honest readers into God’s family, the church for which Christ died. Introduction I wrote this book out of a heart of love for those who are following this false religion because I am concerned deeply for your soul and where you will spend eternity. Please study the text very carefully, reading the relevant Scriptures from the Bible. I have tried to be fair and accurate in every way. I do not wish to misrepresent anyone’s position on a doctrinal point. If you wish to discuss matters further, please contact me at this email address: [email protected]. Remember that Jesus is the way, the truth, and the life (John 14:6). He did build one true church (Matthew 16:16) which still exists. Through your faith and obedience to the gospel, you can become a member of the church of Christ today. I urge you to contact the person who gave you this booklet or contact myself (information on page 2) and we will set up a study with you to enable you to learn how to become a Christian — a child of God! Shane Fisher February 2022 Table of Contents Questions About the Book of Mormon................................8 Appendix of Biblical References for BOM.......................40 Doctrine: The Prophecy of Malachi....................................50 Doctrine: The Lost Text.....................................................51 Doctrine: John the Apostle..................................................52 Doctrine: The Aaronic Priesthood......................................54 Doctrine: The Office of Apostleship...................................59 Doctrine: Eternal Conscious Punishment...........................63 Doctrine: The “Stick of Ephraim”.....................................63 Doctrine: “Elias” and “Elijah”...........................................66 Doctrine: Zechariah 13:6..................................................70 Doctrine: Miraculous Gifts................................................73 Doctrine: Lucifer................................................................73 Doctrine: “Esaias” and “Isaiah”..........................................74 Doctrine: The Gathering of the Saints..............................74 Doctrine: The Temple of Far West, MO.........................80 Doctrine: The Civil War Prophecy...................................81 Doctrine: Snakes and Poison.............................................82 Doctrine: Word of Wisdom................................................84 Doctrine: The Prophecy of Joel.........................................87 Doctrine: The Meaning of “Sabaoth”.................................87 Doctrine: The Melchizedek Priesthood..............................88 Doctrine: The Adam-God Doctrine....................................89 Doctrine: Modern-Day Revelation....................................92 Doctrine: The Nauvoo House.............................................93 Doctrine: Baptism For The Dead.......................................94 Doctrine: Handshaking With Spirits.................................96 Doctrine: Polygamy............................................................97 Doctrine: Mistranslations and Transliterations..................99 Appendix of Biblical References for D & C...................105 Questions About The Book of Mormon Questions About The Book of Mormon The Book of Mormon (hereafter BOM) is claimed to be another book inspired by God in addition to the Bible. If the BOM is from God, then we ought to accept it. However, if it did not originate from God, then it ought to be rejected. We need to be like the Bereans and investigate whether these claims are true or false (Acts 17:10-12). I have read through it several times and have many questions for Latter-Day Saints. My hope is that brethren will use this list of questions as an evangelistic tool to help a Latter-Day Saint to come to the truth (John 8:31-32). (1) Why did God choose to reveal directly to Joseph Smith the BOM in Elizabethian English rather than eighteenth- century English (the era in which he lived)? The story starts with Lehi, a Jew, who lives in Jerusalem, during the reign of Zedekiah, king of Judah (1 Nephi 1:2-4). It is said Lehi’s family line had learned Egyptian (1 Nephi 3:19). (2) Why did they learn the language of the Egyptians? (3) Why would they write the record in the Egyptian language instead of the Hebrew language? Here is the reasoning given in Mormon 9:32,33 (401-423 A.D.): “And now, behold, we have written this record according to our knowledge, in the characters which are called among us the reformed Egyptian, being handed down and altered by us, according to our manner of speech. And if our plates had been sufficiently large we should have written in Hebrew; but the Hebrew hath been altered by us also; and if we could have written in Hebrew, behold we would have no imperfection in our record. But the Lord knoweth the things which we have written, and also that none other people knoweth our language; and because that none other people knoweth our language, therefore he hath prepared  means for the interpretation thereof (emp. mine).” 10