An Apology to Mormon Readers
by Mike Adams
June 5, 2013
Dear
Stacey:
You
have written demanding an apology for my recent characterization of the
Mormon
religion as "non-Christian." I am happy to write a public letter of
apology to you and to the countless Mormon readers who responded
negatively to
my characterization.
I
am sorry that so many of my Mormon readers have brazenly accused me of
ignorance of their religion and suggested that I read the Book of
Mormon. I am
sorry that they were unaware that I read the Book of Mormon back in
2006.
I
am sorry that the science of genetics has refuted claims made in the
Book of
Mormon concerning the relationship between Native Americans and Semitic
people.
These refutations undermine the entire historical premise of the Book
of
Mormon.
I
am also sorry that while archeological discovery supports the claims of
the
Bible it clearly does not support the claims of the Book of Mormon.
Battles
that were supposed to have occurred in specific locations in North
America
simply never took place. The archeological evidence just isn't there.
I
am sorry about the plagiarism of the Holy Bible that runs through the
Book of
Mormon. I am sorry that Mormons cannot see that Joseph Smith's refusal
to reveal
the golden tablets is strong evidence of their nonexistence. The heavy
plagiarism in the Book of Mormon puts the lie to the rest of the story
of
Smith, the former seeker of the lost treasures of Captain Kidd.
I
am sorry that my Mormon readers have put all their eggs in one basket
by
constantly writing to me quoting Matthew 7:16. So I am sorry that I
must now
apply that verse to the very first Mormon.
I
am sorry that among the 33 well-documented plural wives of Joseph
Smith, there
were close to a dozen unions in which the wife was already married to
another
man.
I
am sorry that in his lifetime, Joseph Smith married four different
pairs of
sisters. I am sorry that Joseph Smith married a young woman and also
married
her mother.
I
am sorry that some of Joseph Smith's marriages were the result of
religious
coercion secured only after he told the prospective bride that marrying
him
would ensure the bride’s place in heaven. I am sorry that Smith also
coerced
teenagers into marrying him by promising their families a place in
heaven.
I
am sorry that Joseph Smith kept fourteen-year-old Helen Mar Kimball
from
marrying her sweetheart Horace Whitney because he wanted to marry the
teenager
instead. I am sorry that Joseph Smith also asked Helen’s father Heber
C.
Kimball to give him his wife.
I
am sorry that before he eventually married Helen, Joseph Smith gave her
a
24-hour deadline to give in to his offer of a place in heaven. I am
sorry that
two years after the death of Joseph Smith, Helen married her old
sweetheart
Horace Whitney. I am sorry that the marriage between Helen and Horace
was only
temporary because Helen was already "sealed" by marriage to Joseph
Smith for eternity. I am sorry that Horace Whitney was "sealed" to an
already dead Mormon woman before his “temporary” marriage to Helen.
I
am sorry that after her mother died, Joseph Smith approached teenager
Lucy
Walker with a command that she marry Smith with the threat of eternal
damnation
as the punishment if she refused. I am sorry that the year before
Joseph Smith
died, he said the following to Lucy: “I will give you until tomorrow to
decide
(whether to marry me). If you reject this message the gate will be
closed
forever against you.”
I
am sorry that the Book of Mormon, which Joseph Smith claims to have
transcribed
from the golden plates given to him by the Angel Moroni,
says the following: “Behold, David and Solomon truly had many wives and
concubines, which thing was abominable before me, Saith the Lord.”
(Jacob
2:24).
I
am sorry that Joseph Smith said the following shortly before his death:
"(W)hen I get my
kingdom, I shall present it to my father, so that he may obtain kingdom
among
kingdom, and it will exalt him in glory. He will then take a higher
exaltation,
and I will take his place, and thereby become exalted myself.”
I
am sorry that Smith’s polytheism is not consistent with John 14:6. I am
also
sorry that since these are the words of Christ, polytheism cannot be
Christian.
Moreover, I am sorry, my Mormon friends, but the the
words of Christ trump the words of Joseph Smith who will never be God.
I
am sorry that Mormonism teaches that Christ was not there in the
beginning,
that god was just a man who became God by following a moral code he did
not
create, and that we may all become gods by following the same moral
code that
predates the existence of Jesus. I am sorry that the theological mess
caused by
Joseph Smith is irreconcilable with the teachings of the Holy Bible.
Finally,
I am sorry that my Mormon readers have unfairly accused me of
criticizing
Mormonism without doing my homework. But I am glad I did. Now I
understand the
significance of Galatians 1:6-9.
Mike Adams is a nationally known
conservative columnist and political commentator.