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14 Methods of Deception Part III
April 2nd 2012

And I’m Shawn McCraneyFounder of TGNN and developer of the fulfilled perspective—calling people to faith outside of religion., your host. We praise the True and Living God for allowing us to participate in this ministry. May He be with you (and us) tonight. With that, let’s have a word of prayer.

Before we go to our final and third part on Methods of Mormon Deception, I’d like to comment on a few things. Last week I received some footage of a BBC documentary called, “A Mormon Candidate.” The timing of this relative to our special topic could not have been better. In my opinion, this documentary was invaluable for one reason alone – it captured an LDS – Apostle Jeffrey Holland – in his Church office, wearing his church uniform, speaking officially for the Church.

We’re going to replay the parts where Holland speaks. AS you watch this, ask yourselves:

Does Jeffery R Holland come off as an apostle of the Lord Jesus Christ . . . like Peter, James, John or Paul?
And do YOU think he appears humble, honest, and straightforward in his replies?
Do you trust this man and the information he is giving, and finally,
Is his countenance really more holy than mine? (This last one is a bit of a joke).

Roll em!

Insights and Impressions

You know, as I sat there watching this I was overwhelmed with a couple of significant impressions. My first impression was one of pity. Watching Holland I was able to see and hear a man, who is supposed to be no different than Jesus apostles, defending Mormonism with an air of flippancy, semi-sarcasm, and especially deep-seated pride . . . so much pride that he actually said that he hoped the BBC interviewer would trust that Mormonism is NOT a cult by virtue of the interviewer respecting Holland enough (and all his education) to know he was not a “Doe-Doe!” I mean Holland seemed more concerned that he was seen as intelligent and informed than in a discussion of the facts.

I also found myself full of pity for the many LDS faithful who would watch this documentary and realize – maybe for the first time in their lives – that Mormonism – and its heralded leaders – is, in fact, a religious con. That Holland is no more of an apostle like Peter or Paul than Bill Gates, and that they have placed their eternal faith in . . . a religious business. I found myself saddened that many of these otherwise good and devoted people may walk away from Mormonism and into the arms of nothingness. It happens ALL the time as it is a fruit of Mormonism: leave the Mormon church and many people leave God all together.

Then I found myself angry. Angry at the fact that it has taken a secular reporter from another country to come over here and expose Mormonism for what it is – while the so-called National Christian church leadership has more and more embraced Mormonism as a means to fight social evil and build bridges with them.

A few weeks back I had the opportunity to sit down and listen to a nationally recognized Christian leader speak. This man talked about meeting Apostle Jeffrey Holland and how at their dinner he asked the Mormon leader, “As an apostle of the LDS church, what keeps you up at night?” According to the speaker, Holland got choked up and said, “The secularization of our youth.”

What was troubling about this that this supposedly astute Christian leader was impressed that Holland got emotional, and used this to show that we have good things in common with the Mormons – that they love their children and youth and state of the nation just like us, and we ought to BUILD upon these emotional commonalities, rather than tear each other apart. I’m not kidding. I sat there thinking: “This Christian leader has no idea of the methods the LDS use to manipulate, control, and otherwise deceive some very good people” and yet because of his stature as a national Christian leader, Mormonism gets validated, because one of their Apostles knows how to use tears as a means to convey sincerity. God in heaven help us.

Standing Against Deception

Over the years I have admittedly and purposefully been outright rude to men like Holland, and Monson, and Hinckley. I’ve been this because they have been deceptive and have allowed themselves the honor of being called prophets.

Methods of Mormon Deception

and apostles of the Lord Jesus when . . . they are not – and I believe they know they are not. But I pray – I hope and pray – that one of them, any of them, all of them, will do something – take some kind of courageous action, and renounce everything that is NOT biblical, and set your people free from the bondage that your myths heap upon their backs. Elder Holland, the books you’ve read and your higher education at Yale and your tears mean zilch in light of biblical truth. Do something real and valuable in the sight of the living God and step forward to bring this house of doctrinal errors down . . . . help bring your people to the cross, to a life lived in Grace, and to the liberty all may have in Christ.

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But until this happens, we’re moving full steam ahead to help any and all see truth amidst your purposeful deceptions. And with that, let’s have a Word of Prayer.

(Show six minute video of Holland here).

PRAYER PRAYER PRAYER

LDS Methods of Deception Unveiled

Tonight we’re at part three and the final segment of our short series we’re calling: Methods of Mormon Deception. Over the past few weeks we’ve presented four points the LDS use when they deal deceptively with the public, the media, and in many ways, their own members. This is what we have established:

1st They publicly deny their doctrines, history, and practices (while they . . .)

2nd Privately continue to believe, teach, and uphold these beliefs close to their heart.

3rd When a person (or group) challenges the obvious inconsistencies between their public professions and private practices they will attack the person (or group) as a means to take the focus off their lies. (Then finally)

They appeal to secular reasoning and partial truths when presenting themselves and the value they have as a church to the media and world at large.

Tonight we are going to use the first two methods of deceptions – “That they publicly say one thing but behind the scenes are fully aware of the facts . . .” And we’re going to apply them to the topic of Mormon racism.

Biblical Perspective on Race

Now, I think it is really important to first explain what the Bible says about skin tone, race, and specifically about black people. Let’s ask ourselves:

Does the Bible ever say God that gave any people groups dark skin of any tone for any punitive reason?

Never.

Does the Bible ever say that people are lesser, in terms of character, who have darker skin than white people?

Never.

Now admittedly, in the course of fairly recent Christian history there have been some very misguided men who have also tried to tie the curse of Cain to black people – and called themselves Christians. But what makes this different from the LDS position is these people read into what the Bible taught but the Mormons claimed divine revelation for their stance – and have even included direct racist passages in their scripture. These we do not find in the Bible. Of course, there are some horribly misguided and hateful people, like “Arians and white-supremacists” who continue to errantly use the Bible as a proof-text for their evil opinions on race and skin tone. But these are wacked out individuals and wacked-out individuals do not make a Christian doctrine – the Bible does.

Bible Teachings on Race

So what does the Bible actually teach (and what have true Bible-believing Christians always known from the Bible) relative to race, culture, and skin tone? Let’s turn to the Bible and find out.

Acts 17:26 says, speaking of God:
“And he made from one man (Adam) every nation of mankind to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their dwelling place.”

In light of this the Prophet Jeremiah asks rhetorically, “Can the Ethiopian change his skin, or the leopard his spots?” Jeremiah 13:23

And then when Jesus came, and broke down the veil by and through His deathSeparation from God—now overcome. Physical death remains, but it no longer separates us from life with God., what was the result? Galatians 3:28 “There is neither Jew nor Greek, there is neither slave nor free, there is no male and female, for you are all one in Christ Jesus.”

In John Jesus said: “Do not judge by appearances, but judge with right judgment.”

Paul said in Romans 10:12 “For there is no distinction between Jew and Greek (this means between Jews and ALL OTHER PEOPLE); for the same Lord is Lord of

Biblical Teachings on Partiality

"All, bestowing his riches on all who call on him.”

Key Biblical Passages

James 2:9
“But if you show partiality, you are committing sinMissing the mark of faith and love—no punishment, just lost growth or peace. and are convicted by the law as transgressors.”

Romans 2:11
“For God shows no partiality.”

Colossians 3:10-11
“And have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge after the image of its creator. Here there is not Greek and Jew, circumcised and uncircumcised, barbarian, Scythian, slave, free; but Christ is all, and in all.”

1st Corinthians 12:12-13
“For just as the body is one and has many members, and all the members of the body, though many, are one body, so it is with Christ. For in one Spirit we were all baptized into one body—Jews or Greeks, slaves or free—and all were made to drink of one Spirit.”

Equality in Teachings and Beliefs

Speaking of slaves, Ephesians 6:9 says
“Masters, do the same to them, and stop your threatening, knowing that He who is both their Master and yours is in heaven, and that there is no partiality with him.”

In Acts 10:34-35 Peter, a true apostle said:
“Truly I understand that God shows no partiality, but in every nation anyone who fears him and does what is right is acceptable to him.”

Now what I am about to say is really, really important to all this stuff about LDS racism today:

Before Joseph Smith and His counterfeit gospel popped up there were good people in and around him who sought God, who read the Bible, and who may have even contextually believed in passages like we just read. And these people (and the millions who came in after them) would have certainly taught their children to see all races equally. And then their children would have taught their children the same so to even till this very day the world would have had far more people who saw people of all races as equals.

But Joseph Smith’s counterfeit Gospel did pop up. And these people were taken in by it, and by those who followed in after him like Brigham Young, and McConkie and Spencer Kimball, and believed what they said was NEW AND BETTER revelation which included, among many other things, doctrines that skin color was indicative of every single persons spiritual righteousness and that black people came from Cain and his curse. And they got their children to believe these things. And they got their children’s children to believe them, up until this very day where, if I was still LDS, at fifty years old, I would still look at black people, and Hispanics, and American Indians, and Polynesians in a light that was NOT of God – NOT based on Christian love – but from the minds of con men, biased men, and even bigoted and hateful men.

Recent Developments in LDS Teachings

Now, in recent LDS history, Mormon leaders have stepped out and made public statements about LDS racism (past and present) that are contrary to ALL I had ever learned as a Latter-day Saint. Let’s go back to March of 2006. Enter none other than . . . Apostle Jeffery Holland, the Apostle who has “read a few books and attended a pretty good school.”

In an interview with Helen Whitney of PBS, Holland called the previous stated reasons blacks could not hold the LDS priesthood – even those reasons uttered by early church leaders, “speculations” and “folklore” which, he said, “should not be perpetuated." Said Holland: "All I can say is, however well-intentioned the explanations were, I think almost all of them were inadequate and/or wrong. It would have been advantageous to say nothing, to say we just don't know, and, (as) with many religious matters, whatever was being done was done on the basis of faith at that time … We simply don't know why that practice, that policy, that doctrine was in place."

Remember, rule number one:

1st “They publicly deny their doctrines, history and practices.”

And here Holland said publicly:

We simply don't know why that practice, that policy, that doctrine was in place."

This year, in response to an article that ran in the Washington Post, that once again revealed a living racism alive in the LDS church today, even innocently alive in one of it’s Professors of Religion teaching at Brigham Young University, an LDS church spokesman said, for the record:

"We believe all people are God's children and are equal in His eyes and in the church. We do not tolerate racism in any form." "For a time in the church there was a restriction on the priesthood for male members of African descent."

Exploration of Racism in Mormon Teachings

It is not known precisely why, how or when this restriction began in the church but what is clear is that it ended decades ago. Some have attempted to explain the reason for this restriction but these attempts should be viewed as speculation and opinion, not doctrine. The church is not bound by speculation or opinions given with limited understanding.

Again, recall rule number one: “They publicly deny . . .” And rule number two: They privately continue to believe, teach, and uphold these beliefs close to their heart. This is why the Professor of Religion at BYU, without guile, made the statements he made to the Washington Post. He wasn’t duplicitous in his comments. He said what Mormonism BEHIND CLOSED doors believe and teaches.

Now, according to the statements made by the LDS spokesman and Holland, we have these public claims.

Racism, in ANY form, is not tolerated in the Mormon church.
That “why blacks could not hold the priesthood” is unknown.
And that any reasons given in the past were speculation and or folklore (no matter who gave them) because the reasons given (for instance because Cain was the father of the blacks or because people of color were not as worthy in the pre-existence as white folks) is not doctrine.

Got all that?

Again, for emphasis, the LDS church and its leaders today have said publicly and officially that:

Racism, in ANY form, is not tolerated in the Mormon church.
That why blacks could not hold the priesthood is unknown.
And that any reasons given in the past were speculation and/or folklore (no matter who gave them) because the reasons given (like it was because Cain was the black races forefather or because people of color were not as worthy in the pre-existence as white folks) was not doctrine or from official pronouncements.

Mormon Teachings on Racism

So let’s take all these present day statements and tackle them one by one.

NUMBER ONE
Racism, in ANY form, is not tolerated in the Mormon church.

What is racism exactly? In essence racism is the belief that “race determines either a person (or a people’s) inferiority or superiority.” Got that? Mormon leaders say it does not tolerate racism in ANY form today.

So let’s go to the BOOK OF MORMON and see if what they are claiming today is true.

Book of Mormon References

Now, the whole idea of racism and skin tone being indicative of a person’s worth ORIGINATED in the Book of Mormon and related to the American Indians, not black people. Doctrinal bigotry toward blacks became official much later with Joseph Smith’s, Pearl of Great Price, which we’ll look at in a minute. But it was the Book of Mormon that the topic of skin tone got legs.

Early in the BOM narrative, a man named Lehi takes his family by boat to the Americas where they divide into two groups, the righteous Nephites (who were "white)," and the wicked Lamanites, (who the BOM tells us were cursed with "a skin of blackness.”) Here are a few samples from the Mormons most correct book on earth:

“And it came to pass that I beheld, after they had dwindled in unbelief they became a dark and loathsome, and a filthy people, full of idleness and all manner of abominations (Book of Mormon, 1 Nephi 12:23).

“And he had caused the cursing to come upon them, yea, even a sore cursing . . . wherefore, as they were white, and exceedingly fair and delightsome, that they might not be enticing unto my people the Lord God did cause a skin of blackness to come upon them” (Book of Mormon, 2 Nephi 5:21).

“Behold the Lamanites your brethren, whom ye hate because of their filthiness and the cursing which hath come upon their skins . . .” (Book of Mormon, Jacob 3:5).

O my brethren, I fear that unless ye shall repent of your sins that their skins will be whiter than yours, when ye shall be brought before the throne of God (Book of Mormon, Jacob 3:8).

And the skins of the Lamanites were dark, according to the mark which was set upon their fathers, which was a curse upon them because of their transgression and their rebellion against their brethren, . . . who were just and holy men . . . and the Lord God set a mark upon them, yea, upon Laman and Lemuel, and also the sons of Ishmael, and Ishmaelitish women. And this was done that their seed might be distinguished from the seed of their brethren, that thereby the Lord God might preserve his people, that they might not mix and believe in incorrect traditions . .

Examination of Racist Doctrines in LDS Scriptures

(Book of Mormon, Alma 3:6).

Later in the narrative, and referring to the dark skins Lamanites, the BOM reads "And their curse was taken from them, and their skin became white like unto the Nephites" (Book of Mormon 3 Nephi 2:15). Then at the end of the BOM narrative the Lamanites purportedly destroyed all of the Nephites in battle approximately A.D. 400, thus leaving only the dark skinned people in the land. And who are the Lamanites today? The Introduction to the current Book of Mormon maintains that the Lamanites "are the principal ancestors of the American Indians." So where the LDS spokespeople and Apostles today say that racism “in ANY form” is not tolerated, we have racism taught right here in their own scriptures, which they privately and amongst themselves alone endorse and continue to believe.

But that is just skin tone of the Lamanites, or as the BOM says, of the American Indians. Where does the black skin curse idea come from?

Understanding the LDS Church View on Race

Remember, LDS Apostles and spokespeople said this year: “It is not known precisely why, how or when this restriction began in the church.” But let’s turn to their Pearl of Great Price, also considered scripture by the LDS today.

Moses 7:8 says . . . there was a blackness came upon all the children of Canaan, that they were despised among all people . . . (Pearl of Great Price Moses 7:8)." "And . . . they were a mixture of all the seed of Adam save it was the seed of Cain, for the seed of Cain were black, and had not place among them (Pearl of Great Price Moses 7:22)." Speaking of the curse of black skin upon Cain, the Pearl of Great Prices also says ". . . from Ham, sprang that race which preserved the curse in the land (Pearl of Great Price Abraham 1:24)." "Now the first government of Egypt was established by Pharaoh, the eldest son of Egyptus, the daughter of Ham, . . . Noah, his father, who blessed him with the blessings of the earth, . . . but cursed him as pertaining to the Priesthood.” "Now, Pharaoh being of the lineage by which he could not have the right of Priesthood, . . . (Abraham 1:26-27)."

Contradictory Messages on Race and Priesthood

Two points about these quotes. First, they continue to promote racist ideas in Mormonism today, and, where Apostle Holland said, speaking of black being banned from the LDS priesthood: “We simply don't know why that practice, that policy, that doctrine was in place." It is clearly stated here in their own scripture why: It came through the line of Cain, who was cursed with a black skin, and that line continued through Ham and his wife, and was “cursed in terms of lineage as pertaining to the priesthood.”

Nevertheless, the LDS Church officially and publicly posted this statement regarding race and priesthood: “The origins of priesthood availability are not entirely clear. Some explanations with respect to this matter were made in the absence of direct revelation and references to these explanations are sometimes cited in publications. These previous personal statements do not represent Church doctrine.” So again, today the LDS church is publicly saying that the reason why black people could not hold the LDS priesthood was NOT because it was church doctrine but because of “folklore” and “speculation” and statements made in absence of “direct revelation.”

So let’s take a little imaginary trip – which is a reality for millions of people. Suppose you join the LDS church back in 1949. And you have been taught that black people can’t have the priesthood because they were inferior in the mythical pre-mortal existence AND because they came through the lineage of Cain (as the scriptures you have been given state). But let’s say as a member you begin to wonder about this. You have doubts. And you start sharing these doubts with other ward members.

One Sunday, when you go to church, your Bishop reads the following letter from the First Presidency of the Church – which consists of the prophet George Albert Smith and his two prophetic counselors, J. Reuben Clark and David O. McKay. And this is what it says:

August 17, 1949

The attitude of the Church with reference to Negroes remains as it has always stood. It is NOT a matter of the declaration of a POLICY but of DIRECT COMMANDMENT FROM THE LORD, on which is FOUNDED THE DOCTRINE of the Church from the days of its organization, to the effect that Negroes may become members of the Church but that they are not entitled to the

Priesthood and Pre-Mortal Existence

priesthood at the present time.

The prophets of the Lord have made several statements as to the operation of the principle. President Brigham Young said: “Why are so many of the inhabitants of the earth cursed with a SKIN OF BLACKNESS? It comes in consequence of their fathers rejecting the power of the holy priesthood, and the law of God. They will go down to death. And when all the rest of the children have received their blessings in the holy priesthood, then that curse will be removed from the seed of Cain, and they will then come up and possess the priesthood, and receive all the blessings which we now are entitled to.”

The Church's Position on Pre-Mortal Conduct

The position of the Church regarding the Negro may be understood when another doctrine of the Church is kept in mind, namely, that THE CONDUCT OF SPIRITS IN THE PREMORTAL EXISTENCE has some determining effect upon the conditions and circumstances under which these spirits take on mortality and that while the details of this principle have not been made known, the mortality is a privilege that is given to those who maintain their first estate; and that the worth of the privilege is so great that spirits are willing to come to earth and take on bodies no matter what the handicap may be as to the kind of bodies they are to secure; and that among the handicaps, failure of the right to enjoy in mortality the blessings of the priesthood is a handicap which spirits are willing to assume in order that they might come to earth. Under this principle there is no injustice whatsoever involved in this deprivation as to the holding of the priesthood by the Negroes.

George Albert Smith J. Reuben Clark David. O. McKay

In your heart this troubles you. But the Prophet has spoken. Believe it. And most importantly, see, and teach your children to see, people who are NOT white, that they were less valiant in the pre-existence AND that black people have black skin because they come through the line of Cain.

Perspectives from LDS Leaders

Six years later, in 1954, you hear this speech, delivered by LDS Apostle (when he was an apostle) Mark E Peterson, which says: “We cannot escape the conclusion that because of performance in our pre-existence some of us are born as Chinese, some as Japanese, some as Indians, some as Negroes, some Americans, some as Latter-day Saints. These are rewards and punishments . . . Is it not reasonable to believe that less worthy spirits would come through less favored lineage? . . . Let us consider the great mercy of God for a moment. The Chinese, born in China with a dark skin, and with all the handicaps of that race seems to have little opportunity. But think of the mercy of God to Chinese people who are willing to accept the gospel. In spite of whatever they might have done in the pre-existence to justify being born over there as Chinamen, if they now, in this life, accept the gospel and live it the rest of their lives they can have the Priesthood, go to the temple and receive endowments and sealings, and that means they can have exaltation. . . . Think of the Negro, cursed as to the Priesthood. . . . This negro, who, in the pre-existence lived the type of life which justified the Lord in sending him to the earth in the lineage of Cain with a black skin. . . . In spite of all he did in the pre-existent life, the Lord is willing, if the Negro accepts the gospel . . . he can and will enter the celestial kingdom. He will go there as a servant, but he will get celestial glory.” (Apostle Mark E. Petersen, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, August 27, 1954)

You bristle under the concept again. After all, you son is dating a Chinese gal who is truly a wonderful soul. But a “prophet, seer, and revelator” said it – taught it so you work to get your son to date a white girl. He breaks up with the Chinese gal – and settles for someone he could never love as much. Then in 1960, you attend an LDS general Conference here in Salt Lake City. And Apostle Spencer Kimball, using a text from BOM 2 Nephi 30:6 where it states how the Indians "were becoming a white and delightsome people," talks about how he has seen this change of skin tone actually happen with the Indian children placed in LDS homes verses those who

The Influence of Doctrine on Racial Prejudice

This teaching reinforces your waning faith in the BOM – it must be true, you think. I mean did you hear what Spencer Kimball said?

It’s now 1975. A black family has moved in down the block. In light of all you have been taught BY THE CHURCH, AS DOCTRINE, AS TRUE, FROM ITS SCRIPTURES AND ITS LEADERS, you are a bit angry at the sight. “We got some of the seed of Cain moving in down the street,” you say at the dinner table.

“They didn’t stand up for Heavenly Father in the pre-existence,” your eight-year-old child says, “our primary teacher told us that last week.” So you go in your study. You don’t like these feelings, want to love, but the doctrine has biased you. You pull out one of the best selling books by an LDS Apostle and Author of the day – Mormon Doctrine by Bruce R. McConkie.

No, it’s NOT the 1960’s version but the updated and revised one, with all controversial items edited out. Turning to page 109 you read under the topic CAIN:

“Though he was a rebel and an associate of Lucifer in pre-existence, and though he was a liar from the beginning whose name was Perdition, Cain managed to attain the privilege of mortal birth. Under Adam's tutelage, he began in this life to serve God. . . . Then he came out in open rebellion, fought God, worshiped Lucifer, and slew Abel. . . . As a result of his rebellion, Cain was cursed with a dark skin; he became the father of the Negroes, and those spirits who are not worthy to receive the priesthood are born through his lineage. He became the first mortal to be cursed as a son of perdition. As a result of his mortal birth he is assured of a tangible body of flesh and bones in eternity, a fact which will enable him to rule over Satan. (Mormon Doctrine, by Bruce R. McConkie, Bookcraft, p. 109).”

And finally the bigotry, the prejudice, and a fearful judgment takes root in your heart. And you look at the folks down the street with suspicion . . . fear . . . mistrust. Why talk to them, they can’t bear the priesthood, they can’t go to the temple, they can’t get sealed because of their own actions in the pre-existence. And so that black family who just moved in down the street is REJECTED by people who belong to the restored church of Jesus Christ.

Changes and Realization

Two years later, in 1978, you attend a General Priesthood Meeting, and a public announcement is made that the priesthood is now available to all men, of every race. But the seeds have been planted in your heart, and in your children’s hearts, and in the hearts of millions – just like the seeds of polygamy were planted (and remain doctrinally) hundred of years ago. Just like the seeds of deceptive practices were planted by the founder of your faith hundreds of years before.

And then in 1996, you watch your prophet Gordon B. Hinkley in April 7th 1996 say publicly about God once being a Man: “Oh, I don’t know much about . . .” And about polygamy: “We don’t have anything to do with that practice.” And blacks in the priesthood: “Oh, that was a little spec in history—let it all go.”

And you know your prophet of God is being deceptive—but you choose to stay. And now, here in 2012, you pick up the morning paper. You’re an old man now and you read from one of your own supposedly true and living apostles that all the teachings and comments on blacks and the priesthood were “folklore” they were “never doctrine,” but pure speculation.

A Life Lived in Conflict

And you swallow—just like a person would swallow when they realize they’ve been conned, when they realize they have wasted their lives by following a lie. But you’re so old, and your children, and grandchildren are all LDS, and you don’t know where else to turn—so you live with it . . . hoping that when you die, God will understand . . . He’ll understand that you sold your soul to a deceptive institution because it benefited you. That He will understand why you never stood for truth in your life, or why you never really truly sought Him . . . That He will understand why you never really did anything or believed anything just for Jesus sake, but for the church’s sake, for your leaders, for yourself.

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Securities Fraud and Investment Deception

Securities fraud are based in deception. They are based on gaining the trust of people, getting them to invest (both themselves and money) and to keep them deceived as long as possible. Many people are afraid to pull out – even in the face of the fraud – out of fear, loss, and uncertainty.

Religious Fraud in Mormonism

Religious fraud is no different. This one – Mormonism – thrives and grows off deceptive practices established by its founder and alive and well in the hearts of its leadership today. Cut your losses – come to the Lord – and invest in the ONLY one who will never, ever change.

Caller Contact Information

Alright, let’s go to the phones:
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Conclusion:

Next week, we’ll pick back up talking about the witnesses – the three and the eight. See you then, here on HOTM!

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