This will be a daily log on the happenings of the Mormon Church. I will share my opinions and viewpoints without holding back. The Mormon Church is a fraud and I will be exposing them on a daily basis. They can run and cover up but they can't hide from the "REAL TRUTH!!" Have no fear, the truth is here!!
Wednesday, January 31, 2007
Mitt Romney Discussing Mormonism With Judy Woodruff, On The "Charlie Rose Show."
(I used this picture, because AS SOON AS Judy Woodruff brought up Mormonism, Mitt had to reach up and adjust his collar. I guess it got a little tight there, eh Mitt? Also, has anyone else noticed the nasty little patronizing smirk he gets on his face, whenever he's asked about Mormonism? Man that's annoying and says a lot!! You'll see when you watch the video.)
The Mountain Meadows massacrewas one of the darkest and most senseless, tragic days in Mormon and US history. It was also one of the most deadly terrorist attacks of innocents, on American soil, until the Oklahoma City bombing. This movie "September Dawn" is supposed to tell this story.
At least 120 or more innocent men, women and children, were brutally slaughtered, at the command of Brigham Young, the then Mormon Prophet, Seer, Revelator and God, who is honored today with a university named after him(BYU), where I once attended(which I'm embarrassed to admit now) and a statue in Salt Lake along with many other honors.
Brigham Young knew exactly what was happening in Mountain Meadows that day, because he planned the whole thing and ordered them to trick everybody, gain their trust, disarm them and then kill and slaughter everyone, including any children over the age of 8, because they were no longer innocent, since the Mormon age for baptism is 8 years old.
One little girl that was around 11, was put in the wagon with the younger kids, to watch the slaughter. When they were done killing everyone, including her family, they asked her how old she was, since she was bigger than the other kids. She told them the truth, and they asked her to get out of the wagon and they then shot her point blank in the head, right in front of the other kids.
John D. Lee was the leader of the actual attacks and the main trigger-man, and also the best buddy/right-hand man of Brigham Young(and also a member of Briggies prestigious council of 50), as he was also sealed to Brigham Young in the temple, like a husband and wife would be sealed today. Yeah, they did that back then, trying to make the perfect chain back to Adam. Hmm...when did that revelation change? Are all of the current Apostles and Seventies sealed to each other? Maybe it's just for the "in crowd" and not for the lowly peons and regular members?
Here are some links to John D. Lee's confession, written in his own words:
MORMONISM UNVEILED; OR THE LIFE AND CONFESSIONS OF THE LATE MORMON BISHOP,
LAST CONFESSION AND STATEMENT OF JOHN D. LEE. CHAPTER XVIII.
CHAPTER XIX. CONFESSION CONTINUED AND CONCLUDED, MARCH 16, 1877, SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO HIS EXECUTION
Brigham Young of course claimed complete innocence and that he knew nothing about it, but later personally went to the site and tore down the makeshift monument that the US government had put up to honor the victims. Hmm...an innocent man pissed off at a monument honoring the dead victims, but he had nothing to do with it? Yeah, that makes sense!!
Maybe it was the words the Government put on the monument(a wooden cross on which Maj. Carleton inscribed "Vengeance is mine: I will repay, saith the Lord."), about what would happen to the man who had ordered these innocents to be killed. I guess it hit a little too close to home for Brigham Young, the mastermind of Mountain Meadows Massacre and that is why he and his men tore it down and destroyed it.
Maj. Carleton, in his report to Congress, describes the scene at Mountain Meadows:
"women's hair caught in sage bushes, children's bones found in their mothers' arms, and wolves picking at the bones. It was, he wrote, 'a sight which can never be forgotten.'"
So, what did the Mormon Hierarchy do? On April 20 1961, the LDS Church's First Presidency, posthumously reinstated John D. Lee's church membership and "former blessings", meaning temple blessings. In other words, all was forgotten and forgiven and all of those people that he executed, many shot point blank in the head, under the direct order and planning of Brigham Young, meant nothing.
Wait, doesn't the D&C say that murder is the unpardonable sin? What about mass murder? Isn't it just wonderful? Actually no, it isn't, it's F'd up hardcore, just like the Mormon cult and all of you that know the "real truth" and still defend it!!
When Hinckley went to Mountain Meadows on Sept 11, 1999, for the dedication of a rebuilt monument to supposedly bring closure and healing, he said:
"That which we have done here must never be construed as an acknowledgment of the part of the church of any complicity in the occurrences of that fateful day." The line was inserted into his speech on the advice of attorneys for the Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints."(The Salt Lake Tribune, March 14, 2000-by Christopher Smith)
That doesn't sound like a contrite, sincere man that wanted forgiveness or that wanted to create healing, does it? The truth is, that the Mormon church will never be able to admit fault in the Mountain Meadows massacre, because A) it would mean that Brigham Young wasn't a Prophet, therefore the church is false and B)can you imagine the cost of the wrongful death suits that would be filed, one after another? Not to mention the PR disaster that would just get worse than it already is.
Hinckley also said:
"All who knew firsthand about what occurred here are long since gone. Let the book of the past be closed. Let peace come into our hearts."
and
"No one can explain what happened in these meadows 142 years ago. We may speculate, but we do not know. We do not understand it. We cannot comprehend it. We can only say that the past is long since gone."
Once again, the Prophet Hinckley pretending to not have a clue about something, that he knows everything about. Amazing how little the Mormon "Prophet, Seer and Revelator" really professes to know, isn't it?
Here's a video of Hinckley contradicting himself and talking about how important the past is, and "to always look to the past" and "how it gives us strength", along with other clips of him then talking about how we should "let the book of the past be closed"(Hmm-I wonder why?) when he spoke at Mountain Meadows in 1999:
Did you notice how emotional he was when talking about the Mormon pioneers and how he showed no emotion when talking about the victims of the Mountain Massacre? So, when it comes to the Mountain Meadows Massacre, or blacks and the Priesthood and their teachings on racism or polygamy, it's all in the past, and they are "little flicks of history", etc, etc, but when it comes to something "faith promoting", we should "always look to the past."
So which is it Hinckley and all you TBMS out there? Should we focus on the past and always look to the past, that always gives us strength, or should we close the book on the past and the little flicks of history? You can't have it both ways!! Either the book is open both ways or shut both ways.
Those believed to have been killed at or near the Mountain Meadows were:
Alden, William Allen, 19 Baker, George W., 27 Baker, Manerva A. Beller, 25 Mary Loivna, 7 Bellen, Melissa Ann, 14 Bellen, David W., 12 Baker, John T.,52 Baker, Able ,19 Beach, John, 21 Cameron, William, 51 Cameron, Martha, 51 Tillman, 24 Isom, 18 Henry, 16 James, 14 Martha, 11 Larkin, 8 William's niece: Nancy, 12 Deshazo, Allen P., 20 Dunlap, Jesse Jr., 39 Dunlap, Mary Wharton, 39 Ellender, 18 Nancy M., 16 James D., 14 Lucinda, 12 Susannah, 12 Margerette, 11 Mary Ann, 9 Dunlap, Lorenzo Dow, 42 Dunlap, Nancy Wharton, 42 Thomas J., 17 John H.,16 Mary Ann, 13 Talitha Emaline, 11 Nancy, 9 America Jane, 7 Eaton, William M. Edwards, Silas Fancher, Alexander, 45 Fancher, Eliza Ingrum, 32 Hampton, 19 William, 17 Mary, 15 Thomas, 14 Martha, 10 Sarah G., 8 Margaret A., 7 Fancher, James Matthew, 25 Fancher, Frances "Fanny" Fulfer Fancher, Robert, 19 Huff, Saldia Ann Brown William Elisha Two other sons Jones, John Milum, 32 Jones, Eloah Angeline Tackitt, 27 daughter Jones, Newton McEntire, Lawson A.,21 Miller, Josiah (Joseph), 30 Miller, Matilda Cameron, 26 James William, 9 Mitchell, Charles R., 25 Mitchell, Sarah C. Baker, 21 John, infant Mitchell, Joel D., 23 Prewit, John, 20 Prewit, William, 18 Rush, Milum L., 28 Stallcup, Charles, 25 Tackitt, Cynthia, 49 Marion, 20 Sebron, 18 Matilda, 16 James M., 14 Jones M., 12 Tackitt, Pleasant, 25 Tackitt, Armilda Miller, 22 Wilson, Richard Wood, Solomon R., 20 Wood, William , 26 Others UNKNOWN
Other names associated with caravan included: Basham, (George D.?) Hamilton, (Thomas ?) Haydon, (James C.?) Hudson, (David ?) Laffoon family Morton family, (Charles H.?) Poteet family Reed, (John Perkins?) Smith, (Alf?) Stevenson, (Mordecai?)
I really hope that this movie will help bring the tragedy of Mountain Meadows and who was responsible, to the attention of the world. From this preview, "September Dawn" looks like it will do this and appears to have nothing to do with the fluff piece that was written in the Deseret News in August of 2005.
I don't know if the project changed when they discovered how horrific it really was and who was really behind it, but it appears to be much more than a Titanic like love story. I just hope that this preview is a true reflection of the movie.
Oh, by the way, whatever happened to that official book(using new sources that nobody had ever seen before) the Mormon church was writing 4 years ago, with the help of Richard Turley, Glen Leonard and Ronald Walker, that was supposed to be entitled "Tragedy at Mountain Meadows?" Is it still in progress or just laying in the closet with all the other skeletons?
In any case, the Mountain Meadows Massacre is just another horrific skeleton in the Mormon Hierarchy's closet full of skeletons, that reminds us all, just what this cult really stands for, has always stood for and will always stand for; corruption, lying, deceit, destruction and yes, even brutal murder of innocent men, women and children, in the name of God and blood atonement. Will the Mormon Hierarchy ever take responsibility for any of their sins?
The answer sadly is no, because they answer to no one, but their own fabricated God and Jesus(who are now more interested in buying and building malls and luxury resorts and re-designing downtowns) and there are no checks and balances to hold them accountable.
I was a faithful member of the Mormon Church for over 30 years and I never doubted that it was true, not even for a second. I served an honorable two year mission in Argentina, went to BYU, was married in the temple and about 6 years ago, I began a journey that led me to the truth about Mormonism; that it is a complete lie and total fraud!! I only want to help others to discover what I have found and to know the "REAL TRUTH" and then be able to better deal with the pain of their discovery. I'm now an Ex-Mormon and an Atheist. As I always like to say..THE TRUTH SHALL SET US FREE, because TRUTH IS FREEDOM!!
Check Out What The Die-Hard Mormons/Christians Think Will Happen To Everyone That Doesn't Believe As They Do, Since They Have The Only True Church Or Path. This Is An Awesome Visual!!
(I used this picture, because AS SOON AS Judy Woodruff brought up Mormonism, Mitt had to reach up and adjust his collar. I guess it got a little tight there, eh Mitt? Also, has anyone else noticed the nasty little patronizing smirk he gets on his face, whenever he's asked about Mormonism? Man that's annoying and says a lot!! You'll see when you watch the video.)
