TEN REASONS WHY I CANNOT BE A MORMON 
                           by Rev. John Hornok 

1.  ˙MORMONISM DOES NOT TEACH THAT THE BIBLE IS THE INFALLIBLE WORK OF 
GOD.  ˙˙"We ˙believe the Bible to the the Word of God as far as it ˙is 
translated ˙correctly; ˙˙we also believe the book of Mormon to be ˙the 
word of God"  (Articles of Faith, No. 8). 

    As ˙Christians we believe the Holy Scriptures of the Old ˙and ˙New 
Testaments ˙to ˙the ˙the verbally inspired Word ˙of ˙God, ˙˙the ˙final 
authority ˙for ˙faith and life, ˙inerrant in ˙the ˙original ˙writings, 
infallible and God-breathed (2 ˙Tim. ˙3:16-17; ˙2 Pet. ˙1:20-21; ˙Matt 
5:18). 

2.  ˙˙MORMONISM TEACHES THAT GOD IS AN EXALTED MAN AND HAS A ˙PHYSICAL 
BODY.  ˙˙"God himself was once as we are now, ˙and is an exalted ˙man" 
(Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, ˙pg. 345).  ˙"The Father has a 
body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's..." ˙(Doc. ˙& Cov., ˙Sec. 
131:22) 

    The Bible says, ˙"God is not a man..." ˙(Num. ˙23:19).  ˙"God is a 
Spirit; ˙˙and they that worship Him must worship Him in spirit and ˙in 
truth" ˙˙(John 4:24).  ˙"A spirit hath not flesh and ˙bones..." ˙˙(Lk. 
24:39). 

3.  MORMONISM TEACHES THAT CHRIST AND THE DEVIL ARE BROTHERS. "...that 
Lucifer, ˙the son of morning, ˙is our elder brother and the brother of 
Jesus Christ"  (Mormon Doctrine by Bruce McConkie, pp. 163-4). 

    The Bible says that the devil is a created being, ˙created by God. 
"thou ˙wast ˙perfect in thy ways from the day that thou wast ˙created, 
till ˙iniquity ˙was found in thee"  ˙(Ezekiel 28:15).  ˙˙"For ˙by ˙Him 
(Christ) ˙were all things created, that are in heaven, and that are in 
earth, ˙visible and invisible, whether they be thrones, ˙of dominions, 
or principalities, ˙or powers; ˙all things were created by Him and for 
Him..."  (Col. 1:15-17). 

4.  MORMONISM TEACHES THAT JESUS WAS MARRIED AND THE HE IS POLYGAMOUS. 
"We ˙say ˙it ˙was ˙Jesus Christ who was married at ˙Cana ˙of ˙Galilee" 
(Journal of Discourses, ˙Vol 2, p. 80).  ˙Mormonism teaches that Jesus 
was ˙the ˙natural ˙child ˙of Adam and Mary.  ˙"When ˙the ˙Virgin ˙Mary 
conceived ˙the Child Jesus....He was not begotten by the ˙Holy ˙Ghost. 
And who is his Father?  ˙He is the first of the human family" (Brigham 
Young, Journal of Discourses, pp. 50-51). 

    The Bible says, ˙"In the beginning was the Word (Christ), ˙and the 
Word was with God, and the Word was God;...The Word was made flesh and 
dwelt among us..."  ˙(John 1:1, 14).  ˙"Then Mary said unto the angel, 
How ˙shall ˙this ˙be, ˙seeing that I know not a man?  ˙And ˙the ˙angel 
answered... The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee..."(Lk. 1:34-35). 

5.  ˙˙MORMONISM TEACHES THAT THE TRUE CHURCH CEASED TO EXIST UNTIL ˙IT 
WAS RESTORED TO JOSEPH SMITH.  ˙The church (LDS) was restored April 6, 
1830 by Joseph Smith (Doc. & Cov., 20:1). 

    Jesus ˙Christ said, ˙"I will build my church and the gates of hell 
shall not prevail against it" ˙(Matt. ˙16:18).  ˙"for other foundation 
can no man lay than that which is laid, which is Jesus Christ" (1 Cor. 
3:11).  ˙˙"...And ˙are built upon the foundation of the ˙apostles ˙and 
prophets, ˙˙Jesus ˙Christ himself being the chief cornerstone" ˙˙(Eph. 
2:20). 

6.  ˙˙MORMONISM TEACHES ANOTHER (PERVERTED) ˙GOSPEL THAN THAT ˙OF ˙THE 
BIBLE.  ˙˙The gospel to Mormonism is:  ˙"Faith, ˙Repentance, ˙Baptism, 
Receiving the Holy Spirit by laying on of hands, ˙Morality, ˙˙Loyalty, 
Tithing, ˙Word of Wisdom, Duty Celestial Marriage (for eternity)" (LDS 
chart of FREE AGENCY and Articles of Faith, No. 4). 

    The Bible says, "Moreover brethren, I ˙declare unto you the gospel 
that he was buried, ˙and that he rose again the third day according to 
the scriptures"  ˙(1 ˙Cor. 15:1, ˙3-4).  ˙"if any man preach any other 
gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed" (Gal. 
1:9). 

7.  ˙˙MORMONISM ˙TEACHES ˙SALVATION FOR THE THE DEAD ˙BY ˙PROXY ˙WATER 
BAPTISM.  This doctrine is based on one misunderstood Scripture: "Else 
what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, ˙if the dead ˙rise 
not at all?  Why are they then baptized for the dead?" (1 Cor. 15:29). 

    Paul ˙did not practice baptism for the dead.  ˙He excluded himself 
by using the pronoun "they" rather than "we" ˙or "ye".  He is asking a 
question ˙rather than making a statement.  ˙"It is appointed unto ˙man 
once to die, but after this the judgment" (Heb. 9:27). 

8.  ˙MORMONISM TEACHES GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH FOR THE DEAD.  ˙"Let ˙us, 
therefore, ˙as a church and a people, and as Latter-day Saints, ˙offer 
unto the Lord an offering in righteousness; ˙and let us present in his 
holy temple, when it is finished, a book containing the records of our 
dead, ˙which shall be worth of all acceptation" ˙(Doc. ˙& ˙Cov., ˙Sec. 
128:24). 

    The ˙Bible ˙says, ˙˙"Neither ˙give ˙heed ˙to ˙fables ˙and ˙endless 
genealogies" ˙˙(1 ˙˙Tim. ˙˙1:4).  ˙"but ˙avoid ˙foolish ˙question ˙and 
genealogies..." (Titus 3:9). 

9.  ˙˙MORMONISM TEACHES THAT THERE ARE MODERN DAY PROPHETS AND ˙MODERN 
DAY REVELATIONS FROM GOD.  Mormonism claims that Joseph Smith received 
the ˙Aaronic ˙Priesthood ˙from John ˙the ˙Baptist.  ˙˙The ˙Melchizedek 
Priesthood and Apostleship ˙was ˙restored ˙by Peter, ˙˙James ˙and John 
shortly afterwards in 1829 (Doc. & Cov., Sec. 13). 

    The Bible says, ˙"God...hath in these last days spoken unto us ˙by 
his ˙Son, ˙whom he hath appointed heir of all things, ˙by whom also he 
made ˙the worlds" ˙(Heb. ˙1:1-2).  ˙The test of a prophet is given ˙in 
Deut. 18:20-22. 

10. ˙˙MORMONISM ˙TEACHES THAT SALVATION DEPENDS UPON ˙GOOD ˙WORKS ˙AND 
ACCEPTANCE ˙OF ˙JOSEPH SMITH.  ˙"No man who rejects the ˙testimony ˙of 
Joseph ˙Smith can enter the kingdom of God" ˙(Doctrines of ˙Salvation, 
vol. 1 pg. 190).  "Men have work to do it they would obtain salvation" 
(Doctrines of Salvation. vol. 3, pg 91). 

    The ˙Bible ˙teaches ˙that salvation is provided ˙by ˙Jesus ˙Christ 
alone, ˙˙"for ˙there is none other name under heaven given among ˙men, 
whereby we must be saved" (Acts 4:10-12).  ˙"For by grace are ye saved 
through faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God.  Not 
of works, lest any man should boast" (Eph. 2:8-9).