D&C 132:19-20

~Brandon James Scott Scholl

Over the last few weeks I’ve been studying a lot of different things within the religion of Mormonism. In fact, I spent five days in Manti and Salt Lake City, Utah for the Mormon Miracle Pageant. It reminds me of a saying I’ve heard from friends, “So much heresy, so little time.” There were a few things that stuck out to me and some contradictions within the Mormon claims of doctrine now and what their books really say.

A good example is Doctrines and Covenants 132. This chapter talks about marriage and becoming a god. It starts out with the usual, “Thus saith the Lord unto you my servant Joseph Smith…” for about the first 13 verses of this chapter. However, when it finally gets to the interesting part, things get contradictory. This chapter talks about being married in the temple because that means that it’s bound both in the natural as well as the spiritual. It says that if you’re married and not bound in a temple, then you will not be married together in eternity and you will simply be an angel. In fact, it says that if you are married in the world, you won’t be married after the resurrection. What I noticed, however, is that in at the bottom of the page where the references are, there isn’t a scripture mentioned to back up this claim that you’ll be married for all eternity. But, that I’ll write about another time.

The thing I want to focus on the most is Doctrines & Covenants 132:19-20. At the beginning of verse 19, it explains what the requirements are to be married correctly to their standards. Then, it says that they will be given all sorts of things from powers to thrones and so on. What I have a problem with the most is at the end of 19 and most of 20. ”…and they shall pass by the angels, and the gods, which are set there, to their exaltation and glory in all things, as hath been sealed upon their heads, which glory shall be a fulness and a continuation of the seeds forever and ever. 20 Then shall they be gods, because they have no end; therefore shall they be from everlasting to everlasting, because they continue; then shall they be above all, because all things are subject unto them. Then shall they be gods, because they have all power, and the angels are subject unto them.”

Okay, now when you read this, I’m hoping something sticks out to you. If it hasn’t let me give you a hint, it says there are other gods! Now, I don’t know about you but there’s only ONE God. The problem is that D&C is wrong in what it’s teaching. Actually, I believe the correct term is heresy. The bible says that there is only one God (1 Corinthians 8:4, 1 Timothy 6:16). Not only that, but even the demons know that there is only one God. (James 2:19).

Bottom line is this. Doctrines & Covenants is a Mormon book that is used to teach and indoctrinate. It’s to be used with the Bible from what the Mormons say. However, the book contradicts the Bible. How do you follow a religion that is based on something that is not only unbiblical, but also contradictory to God’s Word?