So I just realized that I haven't really bashed Mormonism in a while. Might as well end the streak!
Mormonism is not what you think
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Here are some beliefs Mormons resist
telling you at first...
*The LDS Church is the only true church. The Lord told Joseph Smith personally that all other churches are an "abomination." Any non-Mormon church is automatically part of the "church of the devil." No other church has the valid priesthood. The devil has even made a pact with many Christian pastors to teach Christian doctrines about the Trinity and salvation by grace. But in public we say that all religions are good and have some truth. *There are many gods. We deal with three of these distinct gods from the council of the gods: Elohim, Jehovah, and the Holy Ghost.
*God, the Father,was once a man like us. His name is Elohim, and he had a literal father before him. (That means there is a god even higher than God the Father!)
*We can progress to become gods of our own worlds just like the god Elohim.
*Jesus is the brother of the devil, not his creator.
*Jesus was not born of a virgin. Elohim [God] had sexual relations with his daughter, Mary, to bring about the conception of Jesus. (Not all Mormons are familiar with this teaching.)
*We are not permitted to pray to Jesus, but only to another god named Elohim.
*Celestial heaven is near a star called Kolob.
*The Bible contains doctrinal errors.
*Polygamy is an eternal principle. Mormons still believe in polygamy, but just can't practice it right now.
*Black people were cursed with their black skin because of their inferiority in the pre-existent life.
*Native American Indians are really Israelites who were cursed with red skin because of their sin.
*The current prophet, Gordon B. Hinkley, is a prophet in exactly the same sense as Moses or Ezekiel in the Bible. He has authority to write new scripture. *The first LDS prophet, Joseph Smith, saw God the Father in the flesh.
*Adam did not sin when he ate of the forbidden fruit, but was merely choosing to obey a contradictory command from Jehovah.
*Jesus shed his blood to offer us the potential to be forgiven if we successfully stop our sins permanently.
*We cannot be saved (forgiven) by grace alone through faith alone.
*Secret temple rituals where one learns secret names and secret handshakes contribute to one's exaltation in the celestial kingdom. No non-Mormon is worthy to go inside a dedicated temple.
*No one who pays less than 10% of their income to the LDS Church is allowed inside a functioning temple.
*It is possible to eventually become perfect by progressing a little bit at a time through eternal progression.
But, yeah, Mormonism is just like Christianity. What's the big deal? Bigot! [/Hannity, lavell, Romney lovers, etc.]
Here's another good one: If you're a wife of a Mormon husband and he fails to call out your secret name in the after-life, you don't go to heaven. Isn't that exciting? So, ladies, might want to think that one over a bit before tying the knot with that special Mormon boyfriend of yours. 
~ Joel
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