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1. David Whitmer, en av de tre vitnene, skrev:

"Brother Hyrum said it had been suggested to him that some of the brethren might go to Toronto, Canada, and sell the copy-right of the Book of Mormon for considerable money: and he persuaded Joseph to inquire of the Lord about it. Joseph concluded to do so. He had not yet given up the stone. Joseph looked into the hat in which he placed the stone, and received a revelation that some of the brethren should go to Toronto, Canada, and that they would sell the copy-right of the Book of Mormon. Hiram Page and Oliver Cowdery went to Toronto on this mission, but they failed entirely to sell the copy-right, returning without any money. Joseph was at my father's house when they returned. I was there also, and am an eye witness to these facts. Jacob Whitmer and John Whitmer were also present when Hiram Page and Oliver Cowdery returned from Canada. Well, we were all in great trouble; and we asked Joseph how it was that he had received a revelation from the Lord for some brethren to go to Toronto and sell the copy-right, and the brethren had utterly failed in their undertaking. Joseph did not know how it was, so he enquired of the Lord about it, and behold the following revelation came through the stone: "Some revelations are of God: some revelations are of men: and some revelations are of the devil." So we see that the revelation to go to Toronto and sell the copy-right was not of God, but was of the devil or of the heart of man". (An addresse to all believers in Christ, side 31).

Er det trygt å legge hele sin sjel i Joseph Smith sine hender?

2. Noen har brukt Joseph Smith sin profeti om Jesu gjenkommst som bevis på at han var en sann profet. 

"it was the will of God that they should be ordained to the ministry and go forth to prune the vineyard for the last time, for the coming of the Lord, which was nigh — even fifty six years should wind up the scene." (History of the Church, Vol. 2, side 182).

Joseph sa dette i 1835 (even fifty six years... ble kuttet ut i 1891).

Wilford Woodruff , den fjerde presidenten, sa i 1875:

"I believe there are many children now living in the mountains of Israel who will never taste of death, that is, they will dwell on earth at the coming of the Lord Jesus Christ. I will acknowledge that the Lord has not revealed to man the day or the hour, but he has revealed to man the generation; and the fig trees are now putting forth their leaves in the eyes of all the nations, indicating the near approach of the second coming of the Son of Man. It is my faith that hundreds and thousands of the children that have been given to us will be alve in the flesh when Christ comes in the clouds of heaven in power and great glory. The Lord will not disappoint the inhabitants of the earth in these last days in regard to his second coming, any more than he has with regard to other great events and dispensations" (Journal of Discourses, 18 side 37)

Han sa også dette:

"We live in the generation itself when Jesus Christ will come in the clouds of heaven with power and great glory". (Journal of Discourses, vol 21, side 124).

Wilford bekrefter at Jesus straks skulle komme igjen. 1891 er forbi, og generasjonen som var i 1875 er død. Profetien var derfor falsk.

3.L&P 114 - 17 april 1838. 

Her forteller Joseph Smith at David W. Patten skal utføre misjon for Herren neste vår sammen med andre - tolv medregnet ham selv. Dette skjedde aldri, Patten døde i oktober samme år (History of the Church, vol 3, side 171).

Joseph kan umulig ha ment at Patten skulle til "ånde-verden" for å forkynne for det står "..glade budskap til hele verden", ikke " til åndeverden". I tillegg skulle han være med de 12. 

Den allvitende sanne Gud må vel vite om han kan utføre misjonen eller ikke? 

4. Litt mer underlig for de fleste  er at Joseph Smith lærte at det fantes menn på månen.

"The inhabitants of the moon are more of a uniform size than the inhabitants of the earth, being six feet in height. They dress very much like the Quaker style and are quite general in style or fashion of dress. They live to be very old; coming generally near a thousand years. This is the description of them as given by Joseph [Smith] the Seer, and he could see whatever he asked the Father in the name of Jesus to see" (Journal of Oliver B. Huntington, Vol 2, side 166)

"Nearly all the great discoveries of men in the last half century have, in one way or another, either directly or indirectly, contributed to prove Joseph Smith to be a Prophet. As far back as 1837, I know that he said the moon was inhabited by men and women the same as this earth, and that they lived to a greater age than we do - that they live generally to near the age of a 1000 years. He described the men as averaging near six feet in height, and dressing quite uniformly in something near the Quaker style. In my Patriarchal blessing, given by the father of Joseph the Prophet, in Kirtland, 1837, I was told that I should preach the gospel before I was 21 years of age; that I should preach the gospel to the inhabitants upon the islands of the sea, and - to the inhabitants of the moon, even the planet you can now behold with your eyes. The first two promises have been fulfilled, and the latter may be verified. From the verification of two promises we may reasonably expect the third to be fulfilled also." … "The inspiration of God caused men to hunt for a new continent until Columbus discovered it. Men have lost millions of dollars and hundreds of lives to find a country beyond the north pole; and they will yet find that country - a warm, fruitful country, inhabited by the ten tribes of Israel, a country divided by a river, on one side of which lives the half tribe of Manasseh, which is more numerous than all the others. So said the Prophet.” (sitert fra "The inhabitants of the moon, O. B. Hunnington”,  The Young Woman's Journal, vol. 3, side 263 og 264.)

Brigham Young:

"I will tell you who the real fanatics are: they are they who adopt false principles and ideas as facts, and try to establish a superstructure upon, a false foundation. They are the fanatics; and however ardent and zealous they may be, they may reason or argue on false premises till doomsday, and the result will be false. If our religion is of this character we want to know it; we would like to find a philosopher who can prove it to us. We are called ignorant; so we are: but what of it? Are not all ignorant? I rather think so. Who can tell us of the inhabitants of this little planet that shines of an evening, called the moon? When we view its face we may see what is termed "the man in the moon," and what some philosophers declare are the shadows of mountains. But these sayings are very vague, and amount to nothing; and when you inquire about the inhabitants of that sphere you find that the most learned are as ignorant in regard to them as the most ignorant of their fellows. So it is with regard to the inhabitants of the sun. Do you think it is inhabited? I rather think it is. Do you think there is any life there? No question of it; it was not made in vain. It was made to give light to those who dwell upon it, and to other planets; and so will this earth when it is celestialized. Every planet in its first rude, organic state receives not the glory of God upon it, but is opaque; but when celestialized, every planet that God brings into existence is a body of light, but not till then. Christ is the light of this planet." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 13,  side271).

5.Herrens hus i delstaten Missouri - L&P 84 1-5. Vers 4 "Sannelig, dette er Herrens ord, at byen Det nye Jerusalem skal bli bygget ved at de hellige samles og skal begynne på dette sted, ja, på tempelets sted, et tempel som skal oppføres i denne generasjonen". 

38 år senere sa Orson Pratt:

"God promised in the year 1832 that we should, before this generation then living had passed away, return and build up the City of Zion in Jackson County; that we should return and build up the temple of the Most High where we formerly laid the corner stone. He promised us that He would manifest Himself on that temple, that the glory of God should be upon it; and not only upon the temple, but within it, even a cloud by day and a flaming fire by night. We believe in these promises as much as we believe in any promise ever uttered by the mouth of Jehovah. The Latter-day Saints just as much expect to receive a fulfillment of that promise during the generation that was in existence in 1832 as they expect that the sun will rise and set to-morrow. Why? Because God cannot lie. He will fulfill all His promises. He has spoken, it must come to pass. This is our faith." (Journal of Discourses, Vol. 13, side 362). 

Over 100 år senere sa Joseph Fielding Smith:

"I firmly believe that there will be some of that generation who were living when this revelation was given who shall be living when this temple is reared. And I do not believe that the Lord has bound himself to accomplish the matter within 100 years from 1832." "I have full confidence in the word of the Lord and that it shall not fail." (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Way to Perfection, Salt Lake City, side 270).

Etter 140 år innrømte Joseph Fielding Smith (presidenten) at det var en falsk profeti:

"It may be reasonable to assume that in giving this revelation to the prophet the Lord did have in mind the generation of people who would still be living with the one hundred years from the time of announcement of the revelation, and that they would enjoy the blessings of the temple, and a glorious cloud would rest upon it. It is also reasonable to believe that no soul living in 1832 is still living in mortality on the earth." (Joseph Fielding Smith, Answers to Gospel Questions, Vol. 4. side 112)

Selv om ikke alle disse har vært presidenter, så ville vel Gud ha åpenbart til tidligere presidenter eller apostler om at det de trodde var feil? Det er flere enn disse sitert ovenfor som har sagt at de trodde det, det stod til og med i L&P 1890 utgaven mer om hva som var ment med generasjon, men det har blitt slettet fra senere utgaver. 

Over 170 år er gått, og det er fortsatt ikke et tempel der. 

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