I Think I Have Proof That Mormonism Is Not True 

Hi pastor Mike. I've been subscribed to you for awhile, and I just wanna say I appreciate ND thank God for you And this channel. I watch your videos everyday, and they have definitely kept me strong in my walk with Christ. That being said, Both topics sound awesome! The atheist one sounds great, but I'd like to hear what you have to say about faith healers. I'm wondering if ministers like Benny hinn and Richard Roberts will be on the list. I grew up watching those guys, televangelists are always hit and miss with me spiritually, and don't even get me started on prosperity preachers. *Cough*osteen,white*cough* But I also wonder if maybe even Bob Larson would make it on your list. He's more of a deliverer than a faith healers but same ballpark I would say. I've always liked Bob Larson but I feel like he's all show sometimes. Idk this is exactly why I'd like to hear your take on this. Haha Thanks again for this channel. It is not just my Sunday church time, but my everyday church time. God bless you good sir

All Mormons say to pray if Mormonism is true. That you will get a warm glow in your heart that it is true. BUT !!!! In EVERY translation of the Bible JEREMIAH 17: 9 it says - The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked.

I ordered the Book of Mormon once and apparently, it came with two missionaries at my apartment door (and they also graciously satisfied my request for BoM, PoGP, and D&C in one book). On the first visit I apparently asked a lot of hard questions for them and on their next visit they brought along their supervisor. The supervisor said I asked too many questions, so he said to email it to him. Which I did, and he never replied back.

Hello Pastor Mike. I’m not sure if you’re going to see this since I know this video came out several years ago…This video was shared to us by our daughter around November of 2018. What followed was an intense, long study of LDS history. Your information was very helpful and honestly, you opened the door for us to truly look at our church. We finally resigned this year. Thank you for sharing the truth about the Book of Abraham and other LDS false teachings.

Thanks Mike . I have just left the Mormon faith and I’m looking for Christ , I’m trying to undo 38 years of being told I’m not enough for him . I’m broken man

Ex Mormon here who took the blinders off and now know the true Jesus Christ. Thank you for doing this video. Every word is accurate. Pray for the lds still blinded.

I lived in SLC for a year as a temp engineer in a consulting firm. Half the staff was LDS. And one young engineer was determined to convert me. His problems started with my first question. If we are both Christian why do I need to convert? Eventually he stopped his efforts because I kept asking too many probing questions.

My fav part of the weekend is watching “anti Mormon doctrine” at midnight so my parents don’t find out but I can still start un brainwashing myself

I’ve been watching/reading anti Mormon literature for about a decade now, even as a fervent believer. I’m 26 and now, a current ex Mormon-I even served a Mormon mission at 19. It’s amazing how for the longest time, even though I refused to accept reality, I was always a spiritual skeptic, even before I knew I was. What itched the most were the details surrounding the Book of Mormon and its origin. It never fell right for me. I’m so thankful that I was able to find the will power to educate myself correctly and leave the cult. Videos like this one deserves a lot of credit.

I was a Mormon 17 years and. In 1985 I learned how to translate Egyptian, and along with the White Salamander letter plus in Isaiah it says no God will be formed after Him or existed before him...forced me to leave the church. I WAS HIGH IN THE CHURCH . I lost everything for Christ and gained The Hope of Ages..

I left Mormonism after 47 years due to the lies and deception! I did my homework and found it all to be false!

This is the exact reason I left the church 25 years ago. Once I realized it wasn’t Abraham and Isaac the only answer is that Joseph Smith was a fraud. Leaving the “church” is not for the faint of heart. I lost friends because I wasn’t Mormon anymore. I was accused of “Falling away” from the church when I actually “walked away” from a lie and walked into the truth. Im a Christian and have a very strong Christian faith now.

I can take apart the whole Book of Abraham with one question- why would an ancient Jew write in Egyptian to other Jews?

I'm a mormon 15 year old girl. I've been in the church all my life, forced to believe it. And I dont know what to do with myself right now. 3 years later Update: I've gotten a lot of comments on this so I figured now is the best time to explain where I am now. I continued living according to the religion and trying to believe it, but my faith did fall off. Once I turned 16, I knew I didn't want to be in the church anymore because I didn't believe it. Though, I never told my parents and I continued to go to church until I recently moved out when I was 18. Now I live on my own, happy, and not in the mormon church. I have told my parents and they are disappointed, but I know this is what I want for myself. Thank you to everyone who commented and shared your thoughts to help me through this

My favorite question to ask Mormon missionaries: "Why are there no maps in the back of the Book of Mormon like there are in many Bibles?" I end up answering it for them by stating, "It's because no place mentioned in the B of M has ever been found. This introduces the subject of objective truth. We talk about language - "Reformed Egyptian?" We talk manuscripts (None available for the B of M). We talk about coins mentioned in the B of M. None have ever been found, but one can purchase coins from the time of Christ. When they attempt to give their testimony, I ask them about Charismania. "They have testimonies too? Do you believe them?"

As a former mormon and alumni of BYU, I must say that this is a fantastically researched essay. I'm very impressed that you were able to convey your thesis and evidence so seamlessly in a live presentation. I can tell you that your presentation of the mormon apologist's position is in-line with what is currently being taught to mormons by mormons in their schools of higher education. It should be noted that the "average" mormon does not learn about the origins of their scriptures beyond "JS translated them." One final note: Wilford Woodruff was not just the President of the Church or a spiritual leader, Woodruff was a mormon prophet with equal power and authority (according to the Church) as Joseph Smith. (To mormons) His contemporary opinion on the matter would have been just as authoritative (if not more so) than Joseph Smith's. Well done.

The technique Smith used to decipher the gold tablets is the same technique he used during his treasure hunting scam.

it is devastating growing up Mormon and learning its completely false. When I found this out through my own research I lost all drive, motivation, and care to pick myself up from the floor. However from this realization I was given my very first very real answer from god and knew god was real and was watching over us. This is all i ever wanted and now that i have that experience I no longer believe in god I know god.

Would you be able to change the title ? Im an ex mormon and they arnt allowed to watch anti mormon videos so the people who need the video the most ex. “Mormonism : the truth ?”

“Evidence doesn’t matter. Just believe it!” I nearly fell out of my chair 😅😅😅😅

Great presentation. Ex-Mormon here, now Episcopalian. For me the kicker was studying early Christianity and discovering that Mormon doctrine had nothing to do with early Christian teaching. There was no Great Apostasy -- so no reason for a Restoration.

I'm a professional translator and former LDS. The argument that Joseph Smith comes up with that "as far as the Bible is 'translated' correctly" is a complete crock and it denotes lack of knowledge in what translation is in the first place. Translators are often sworn in like other professions are and back translations are often ordered to prove that the translations have been done correctly, back into the original language. Translators need to be very serious about their craft, especially since oftentimes they are translated into more languages, based on how accurate the first translation into a more prominent language is. It's a very serious profession that demands a lot from the linguist, with extensive research involved to make sure that the translation is being true to its source.

I have proudly been Mormon my entire life, until I saw this video yesterday and read this excerpt from History of the Church, vol. 2, pg. 329 “About twelve o’clock a number of young persons called to see the Egyptian records. My scribe exhibited them. One of the young ladies who had been examining them, was asked if they had the appearance of antiquity. She observed, with an air of contempt, that they had not. On hearing this, I was surprised at the ignorance she displayed, and I observed to her, that she was an anomaly in creation, for all the wise and learned that had examined them, without hesitation pronounced them ancient. I further remarked, that it was downright wickedness, ignorance, bigotry and superstition had caused her to make the remark; and that I would put it on record. And I have done so…” I had always thought Joseph Smith’s example to be the most genuine and authentic, one to model after. I have read many, many books and articles all about his life. They were always published by the Church. If it wasn’t an official LDS Publication I didn’t associate myself with it. I loved Joseph Smith, I loved him like I knew him. Like he was a fellow Brother whom I could meet after this life. I made a promise to myself that anything I learned that was not in accordance with what the Church taught about Joseph Smith, I would further study and see how it was in fact false. So, when my wife sent me this video to watch I was prepared for his name to be drug through the mud and called a false prophet. I hoped to still be able to defend his name. I can’t believe it’s really true though. I never thought I could be convinced otherwise. @Mike Winger you said you couldn’t imagine what it’d be like to live as a Mormon and then learn about this. It’s happening to me right now and its just the worst. To learn that this Church I had wanted to give my life to was build on a shoddy foundation by a false prophet. The LDS Church has a hymn entitled “Praise to the Man” I used to well with tears in praise of the name Joseph Smith. Now I am distraught.

Thank you for making these videos Pastor Mike. I am a former Mormon and really appreciate someone addressing the flaws in the book of Mormon from a true Christian perspective. While I was struggling with my faith in the Mormon church, I was disappointed to see that the only critics of mormonism online tended to be atheists and skeptics. It made me feel like my only choices were to stay in the Mormon church or not believe in God at all. I still believe and I am glad that there are people like you showing others that they can too.

Raised Mormon I really appreciated your kind way of approaching this. You related well what it feels like as a Mormon to discover that years of Sunday School and Seminary failed to disclose my religion to me and at that time, believed I was an expert. I learned that this is one of many issues the church chooses to hide and cover up instead of face the facts that would challenge our faith. Polygamy is another untaught history, especially the fact JS married other Mens wives. Apologists will of course always put these in the best possible light, resort to hope for future explanations to answer many of these challenges (like where are the Lamanites today). We all do the best we can with the information we have and your understanding of that is a tribute to your Christian approach to assessing these issues. I am not an anti-Mormon, but I am pro-truth and you did a superb job of presenting accurate information.

I just found you on you tube. So happy that someone didn't white wash or block any questions about the ISMS of Mormons. I finally got my letter to be removed from the lambs book of life. Some of the most conflicted people i have ever met. If they were real Christians they would be allowed to speak to anyone who left the church. Its more about the church then the people. I also prayed to the holy spirit and was told NO when it came to baptism for the dead. I wish you would answer that truth, if God is oh so powerful and I believe He that he doesn't need us to worry about someones soul in the next life. My church went ballistic when I refused temple work. Nice people but the spirit doesn't speak to us all the same way. .

Thanks for an excellent presentation on the Book of Abraham! I grew up in the LDS church, but after I studied religion for 8 semesters at BYU, I felt I needed to “study” further. And even though this was back in the 1980s, I was able to research it without the internet. 😀 A few years later, I had left. LDS members, please don’t shut off your intellect when you’re studying.

Great video! I am a former Mormon. I was that annoying missionary that went to your door and that believing Mormon that believed in Mormonism because a good Mormon just believes! And relies on the “Holy Ghost” for spiritual promptings. Your next video should be on... If your a Mormon how to get out. And if you’re already out then great! Then once your out what to do next if you still want to believe and follow Jesus.

But we already knew about the Book of Abraham debacle, and if that doesn't convince people then nothing will.

14:44 I legit heard "Bring 'em young University" LMFAO

They came to my house 3 days ago and gave me 2 books but something was off about 4 kingdoms and my church reads the holy bible and when I did research it’s all false

Frequently a person will say to me that the Mormon (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints) missionaries have challenged them to pray about Joseph Smith's message and the Book of Mormon. But is this the proper way to determine if his message is truly from God? The Bible never says to test a prophet by prayer, but by his message. Deuteronomy 13 warns that a prophet must teach correctly about God. Chapter 18 tells us the prophet's prophecies must come to pass. Paul tells us in Galatians 1:8-9 that even angels can appear with a wrong message. We are to compare the message with the teachings of the apostles. In Acts 17:10-12, when Paul went to Berea to proclaim Jesus as the Messiah to the Jews, we read "these were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so. Therefore many of them believed..." Note, Paul did not tell them to go home and pray about it. They were praised for searching the scriptures, in other words, testing the message to see if it agreed with the prophecies of the Messiah. Note that John made an appeal to fact, not feeling, when he declared "that which was from the beginning, which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes, which we have looked upon, and our hands have handled, of the Word of life;...that which we have seen and heard declare we unto you, that ye also may have fellowship with us..." (I John 1:1-3) He continued in the next chapter, verse 21, "I have not written unto you because ye know not the truth, but because ye know it, and that no lie is of the truth...let that therefore abide in you, which ye have heard from the beginning...." Chapter 4, verse 1, "beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world." Peter wrote specifically to warn about false teachers: (2 Peter 1:15-16) "Moreover I will endeavour that ye may be able after my decease to have these things always in remembrance. For we have not followed cunningly devised fables, when we made known unto you the power and coming of our Lord Jesus Christ, but were eyewitnesses of his majesty...." In Chapter 2, verse 1, he continues "but there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies,...and many shall follow their pernicious ways..." Then in Chapter 3 he continues "this second epistle, beloved, I now write unto you; in both which I stir up your pure minds by way of remembrance: that ye may be mindful of the words which were spoken before by the holy prophets, and of the commandments of us the apostles of the Lord and Saviour: knowing this first, that there shall come in the last days scoffers..." Notice, he refers them to past teachings and facts, not to feelings or prayer. The Mormons misuse James 1:5. That verse is for wisdom during times of temptation and persecution, not for knowledge or testing a prophet. He goes on to warn in Chapter 4, verse 3, about those who pray (and we assume it was in Jesus name) for the wrong things-"Ye ask, and receive not, because ye ask amiss..." This verse shows our own desires or misdirected ideas can play a part in the answer. If someone claimed God said we should rob a bank and give the money to the poor, would we need to pray about it? God has already spoken on the issue in the Ten Commandments. So why should we pray to know if God and Jesus appeared to Joseph Smith to show him that they are two totally separated gods with resurrected bodies? Or that there were gods BEFORE our heavenly father. (See Smith's sermons in the LDS History of the Church, vol. 6, pp. 305-312, 474-476) Compare his sermons with Isa.43:10-11, 44:6-8, 24-25, 45:5-6, 18-24, 46:5-10. Joseph Smith contradicts Isaiah-which one should we believe? Christians test prophets, pastors, and teachers by the Bible. LDS test the Bible by their prophets. They go about testing the message backwards. The Bible was here first, therefore Joseph Smith must be tested by it, not the other way around. Certainly a decision regarding our eternal life is the most important one we will ever make and deserves careful examination. Anyone meeting with the LDS missionaries should know both sides of the issue. There are plenty of facts from LDS sources to show that Joseph Smith taught false doctrine, lied about polygamy (even to his own wife), changed his revelations, gave false prophecies, etc. He hardly meets the test of a prophet. Truth will stand up to investigation.

23:47 "Messenger of Satan to buffet me." I've been looking into different perspectives about Paul's thorn so I found that particularly hilarious 😂

I guess this could be considered my short testimony. I hope it might help someone out there. I was raised mormom. My entire family of over 30 are still so lost and my heart is breaking over this. I came out at age 16. I left the church because of how I was treated. I became a heroin addict for 17 years. Shortly after I found out the history behind Mormonism. The founders were freemasoms. They do masonic rituals in the temple! Have inverted pentagrams on it. It has so much corruption in it that I about had a nervous breakdown when I saw all this. Its satanic n they dont even know it. The claim it was written in his own hand is laughable...he was illiterate!! Oliver cowdry actually had to physically write it because joseph Smith obviously could not. After reading the true word of God I was born again. I'm still only attracted to women and it is immensely difficult to now deny the flesh bc I'm desperately in love with the girl I have been with the past two years. Luckily She is still my best friend!! My point is, is that If the bible can change a person this drastically its probably worth reading it right?? Jesus ( of the bible) is the only way to the truth in this mess of a world we live in. I pray for any who havent read it to please...just try....ask him into your heart. He truly is the only way to eternal life!! He will never leave your side, he is right there waiting for you to ask him into your life...I promise it will be the best decision you have ever made.. ..god bless😇🙏

Thank you again for another awesome video. I copied your link and I posted it to other LDS youTube channels. Some are called to preach the Gospel on street corners and some are called to peach & share the truth on other false teachers RU-vid channels. God bless you brother

When I was a young adult(17-20 years old) I went to the Mormon church with my wife's family. It was different but what was very strange and what stuck with me was they seperated the men from women at the end of the main service. Then once I was apart from my wife they had asked if you were a newcomer to the church to introduce yourself to the congregation. When it was my turn I stood up and told everyone my name and the man at the podium stopped and asked me who I came to see. As sincerely as I could I replied Jesus. At that moment every man in the church (including my father-in-law) laughed at me as if to hint that Jesus wasn't there. I'll never forget the unwelcomedness that I felt in that moment. I'll also like to add that during the main service that was held not one time did they read from the HOLY Bible, instead it was mainly people's testimony on how they found either Jesus or how there faith in Mormonism pulled them through. Not that that's bad but it just seemed like everyone missed out on the literal word of God. Also it just seemed ungodly to seperate people's family during a time to fellowship with believers. I've been to the Mormon church a handful of times but the more I went the more I realized that the majority of the "elders" pretty much worship the works of the false profit Joseph smith and really don't consider the works of Jesus the Messiah (in whom they clame as there messiah). All that being said I would like to proclaim that the Mormon church is led by the unholy spirit of a false profit whom was filled with untrue concepts ideas and principalities. If you or a loved one is Mormon for the love of Jesus bring those people to a REAL church and show them what it means to feel the love and joy of the true Holy Spirit.

As an exmormorm I really had a hard time believing Joseph Smith was all he said he was......

your cat scared me! It was a very dark subject in that moment :D great info. Didn't know about this.

Your channel is EXACTLY what I've been looking for to get better at apologetics. Thank you for giving of your time and knowledge!

Hey,Pastor Mike..just wanted to say i find your channel infinitely interesting..I'm a theology nerd,and i love listening to you,bc you bring theology into the language of the common person,and 'flesh it out'. I grew up Southern Baptist,and for yrs,my best friend was a girl who was raised LDS..i remember in 4th grade she tried to tell me that Jesus and Lucifer are brothers...we had a very...lively...debate,lol. She was a total sweetheart,and i guess it was us still being kids that made our faiths inconsequential to our friendship. I haven't seen her since elementary school(Her family moved to Salt Lake City),but i wonder how she's doing sometimes.

Mormonism has hurt so many people. LDS teachings state that one can become a god of their own planet if they are perfect and do 100% good works on Earth (for LDS leaders, Matthew 5:48 is central to this idea). This not only distorts the grace Christ has given to mankind, but also puts adherents of Mormonism in a never-ending endeavor towards the perfection only God has. What this ultimately boils down to is that instead of spending all their time being thankful to Jesus for paying the price for our sins, Mormons instead spend it preoccupying themselves over whether they've been "good enough" or done enough "good works" to get into heaven. Pray for Mormons. They are very lost and need Jesus.

Thanks, Mike. I was a Mormon for a long time and I appreciate your taking the time to lay all of this stuff out. God bless you!

It’s amazing how any Mormons can actually believe their region with how much evidence on the contrary exists. I left the church when I was 20 and learned the truth about the book of Abraham

Please pray for my supervisor at work. He is lost and blinded by a lifelong of twisted truth. I know God can save him and his wonderful family. ✝️❤

"That's my cat Maxie. She also thinks it's forgery." I already planned on Subscribing but that quote solidified my decision.

“Ancient records and hieroglyphics as old as Abraham or ADAM?!” I guess they were on the Ark with Noah?😂👌🏻

Exactly why I left Mormonism, because evidence doesn’t matter. And why I remain a Christian, because the evidence for the Bible and its God has withstood my greatest efforts to test its validity

Could you send a link to where you got the image of Joseph's dairy?

I think you're the first person I've heard mention ahnsahnghong. I had a couple of guys from WMSCOG come to my door and it was the first time I'd ever heard about that religion. We talked for about an hour but they had to leave so I invited them to come back. I did some research on them and was much more prepared to talk to them when they returned. The main guy was very angry at me by the end of our conversation and he stormed off. I talked with them about 3 hours. It was a crazy experience. They believe some totally wild stuff. They absolutely refused to look at certain parts of the Bible with me. They insisted we only look at what they wanted to look at.

Hey mike can you do a video on Seventh-day Adventist Church when you get the chance of course 🙂

Im really trying to find content in support of LDS and it is hard. I am in shock though from your content against it, and this comment section put me in awe from all the conversion stories. I am really impressed. I am a Christian with some training the biblical theology through my university... a Mormon invited me to church last weekend and I said I would visit, so I am going to go see what their service is like this Sunday. These videos and other readings have helped me feel more prepared for that. Great content!

This combines 2 of my favorite things, deep discussion and proof of forgery, and appearance of a big fluffy cat during live stream!

I thank you for your passion in trying to teach and spread what you believe as truth. I do have a couple observations that I would like to share. I noticed that the extent of your research mainly covers the obviously disputable opinions of the controversy. Like you said... Even the Mormon church acknowledges its errors and controversy. BUT.. I did not hear you mention any of the other things that have shown to be more accurate then initially thought among Egyptologists. You stated that if Joseph Smith was able get the translation correct then you may even be Mormon. What if he had dozens of things that are accurate, that he had no way of knowing, and Egyptology is making those connections... would that be something to think about? One small example is that Joseph correctly translated the God Elkenah. Joseph had no way of knowing this, yet modern day scholars have confirmed it to be a god worshiped during Abraham's time. Here is an article written that points out many things that Joseph Smith could not have known, but have shown to be related and accurate regarding to the discoveries about Abraham within the last decade. This even includes a Facsimile discovered that is similar to Joseph's Facsimile tying Abraham to that ceremony. www.jefflindsay.com/LDSFAQ/boa.shtml . Also, I encourage anyone to read the entire response of the LDS Church on their website as Mike really only highlighted the things that helped prove his case. Regarding Joseph's own deciphering of the Egyptian language; it was not his prophetic objective to decipher the Egyptian alphabet. That was him showing just how uneducated he was, in his own curiosity as a young man. Imagine if you actually had divine inspiration in this matter. I myself would probably try, and horribly fail, to decipher the language based upon what I was given from god. This does not prove that he was lying about what he was inspired to translate. It was documented and know that he spent much of his time trying to decipher the language academically... but it was never testified that this is how he translated the Book of Abraham. I want to touch on what I believe is a main problem to this. I believe that Mormon culture puts too much emphasis on how great Joseph Smith was; some may even call it perfection. I think Joseph Smith was far from perfect and that he did and said things that where not reflective of his role as prophet. In many controversial topics, we tend to find a fib or falsehood and use it as evidence that all of it is corrupt or false (similar to a defense attorney at law). We use the same process to convince ourselves of what we believe as truth. It is a never ending struggle to look at all facts, opinions, and evidence in any controversial subject. It is human nature to chose a belief, and then ignore any controversy of that topic. I could continue, but realize that I have written enough. I want to emphasis that to almost every belief that someone has... someone else has "evidence" as to why it is wrong. I just wanted to share my thoughts and hopefully some of you will read the linked article, and the entire response from the church on its website. There is more this is argument then what is covered in this video. I cannot fault the LDS church for falling back to Faith as a principle of its belief; for that is the foundation that Christ built his church upon.

You've touched on it elsewhere, can you please make a video about "testing the spirits," specifically? I find that to be a concept in this day and age that is almost unheard of. I have so many around me that go, "well it doesn't seem bad. God isn't making me feel bad about it." Or specifically, many catholics, "Well this Marian apparition is pretty real, I was there...."

I'm speaking to a LDS tomorrow. I'm 24 and he is in his 80's. I hope God helps this man.

Interesting video. Do you have any videos discussing the meaningful alterations made to the New Testament manuscripts or the contested authenticity of some of the letters attributed to Paul?

The LDS will say "How does one account for the millions of people who have felt the power of the Holy Ghost testifying to them the truth of the Book of Mormon and the restored gospel? Can such a wide variety of people, over centuries and around the world, be deceiving themselves in such a consistent way? If it’s wishful thinking, when else has wishful thinking led to lives of compassionate charity and devotion fueled by sacrifice and self-denial?" But this argument could justify ANY religion. How does one account for the millions of people across the centuries who felt the spirit of God move them to embrace Catholicism, or Protestantism, or Islam, or Hinduism, or Buddhism? Don’t these faiths also possess people with lives of “compassionate charity and devotion fueled by sacrifice and self-denial”? If this argument proves Mormonism is true, then it also proves every other major religion is true, and therefore it becomes useless as a defense of Mormonism. This also applies to the LDS other argument: “If the Book of Mormon isn’t true, and someone prays about it, wouldn’t God clearly answer, ‘No! Get away from those lies and back to the Bible! Why wouldn’t God answer a prayer like that?” So, according to this thinking, since God doesn’t often correct people who accept the Book of Mormon, that means the book of Mormon is true. Okay, but God doesn’t routinely correct people who dismiss the book of Mormon, nor does he usually tell people who read the Qur’an or the Catechism of the Catholic Church “get away from those lies!” Does that mean that Islam and Catholicism are true? I agree that God can speak to someone’s heart to help him see the truth of the gospel message, but God also left us with EVIDENCE to help us determine when he actually has revealed himself. 1 Thessalonians 5:21 says we should “test everything and retain what is good”, not that we should pray only about important matters of faith. When Mormonism is tested for historical accuracy and sound theology, it falls short in both areas.

Do a comparrison between Joseph Smith and Muhammad

I'm in the middle of TRYING to watch a youtube video of ""LDS"/Mormon "scholars" trying to defend Joseph Smith's stone-in-a-hat method in translating the Book of Mormon. How can learned people believe this stuff?

Mike, didn't you do a video on "25 times where 1 Nephi undermines the bible?" (by saying things like it's incomplete, it's inaccurate, etc.,) and the Joseph Smith translation of the bible where he 'added to and takes away from'? I can't find it anywhere. Little help please?

Mormon apologist Kwaku did a video on this. I thought there was a lot of mental gymnastics happening there. I would love a response to his video. thanks!

I've been trying to leave the Mormon church for a while now. My parents keep telling me to keep reading the book of Mormon keep going to church and eventually I'll know for my self. Any way to explain to them Im not religious any more but still spare their feelings? I could use some help.

I watched a video in which an LDS man said that he could prove that the Book of Mormon was true because the book had gone through some sort of analysis which indicated that Joseph Smith had not written the book. Well, duh. Even if Smith had not written the B of M that doesn't mean the book is true. Someone else could've written the book or a group could've done it. What's important is what the book contains. If it had untruths or errors it can't be true by any means, no matter who wrote it.

Dear Mike, you did absolutely beautifully in your explanation because what you said, is heartfelt and hard hitting. I realize many Mormons as soon as they hear some of the negative will turn you off but it would behoove them to listen to the complete Video because it can really change their life in this life and for certain their life after they die and go out into Eternity. But as we can see you are reaching some Mormons that can see how false their teaching has been and are so willing to learn what is the truth. We are able to see that by way of many of the responses you have received from many of the Mormon people on this Video. What saddens me that many Mormons on their own realize that they have been snookered so badly and that the Mormon church is only interested in their money along with all the other fake evangelist on Primetime TV. They then leave the church and become Atheist, this is so sad because they get out of a false teaching and they jump right back into another fake teaching, when they could just read Gods Word the Bible and with an open and contrite heart, they can go to God Himself and get the real truth and then be safe for all Eternity. Mormonism is so contrary to what the God of the Bible teaches and so many cannot see that the Bible IS the true Gospel not the Book of Mormon or any of their other books from Joseph Smith.

As an ex-Mormon, this was interesting to watch.

MY answer to Mormons is 1Gal 9. If any an preach any other gospel unto you than that you have received, let him be accursed. This may well offend them, but if they are honest it will at least cause them to think.

Thanks Mike. Just found you last week. Love the way you love God and Bible. I used to be JW but left since their focus is Governing Body instead of Jesus as Acts 4:12 say Jesus is the only name given to men by which we can be saved.

Earl Erskine a bishop and a member of the Mormon church for over 60 years exposed on 2012 how Joseph Smith alter the Book of Mormon. He gave a testimony of how he discover some discrepancies on the Book of Mormon he read from different years. His testimony is a very informative! I came across his videos when I was doing research about the true background of the Mormon church. The Bible says that many false Prophets will rise Matthew 24:11…and it also say: you will know the true and the true will set us free on John 8:32…other eye opening verses are Galatians 1:8-9.

Thank you so much, i was raised a mormon and am on my way out. Im from a very mormon family and it is very difficult to get away, but this kind of videos help me realize all the lies and rewire my brain. So again thank you so much

Even as an atheist, I really appreciate good research, refuting Mormon fairy tales. I listened to the entire video and thought it was very well articulated. You're a gifted speaker. I share these with my Mormon friends. I would love some vids refuting Islam as well as more on the LDS

Beautiful video, but unfortunately with this title i can't share it with any mormon friends and family. it gets rejected right away just by reading the title...

Curious that the cat showed up during the discussion about the Egyptian Book of the Dead

Can you share some successful witnessing stories where a person eventually accepted Christ?

I've seen SEVERAL of your videos. WOW....you are an articulate speaker. Honest. Kind. Open minded. Eloquent. Nice job Mike!

I had always heard that Joseph Smith claimed the book of Abraham was written in an unknown language called reformed Egyptian. So I guess it turns out it was written in regular Egyptian. Correct?

This was an amazing exposé. I may be late to the game, but I'd not heard about all of this before (the Pearl of Great Price, Smith translating hieroglyphics, etc.). So fascinating and beautifully laid out, Pastor Winger. I want to mention, also, that I love that, when your beautiful cat showed up, you were very sweet to her and went with the flow. I remember a live feed I'd watched a while back: when that person's cat showed up (just sat on the couch next to the lady and didn't climb around), she got an angry look on her face, literally hit the cat first, and then pushed it down with a good amount of force. She kept a scowl on her face for some time afterwards, still mad at the cat, I suppose. The hitting and hard push were completely uncalled for, in my opinion, and that made me see her differently. Thank you for your kindness towards Maxie. God bless!

I'm having some Mormons over to chat about theology and philosophy. Thanks for helping me prep. I'll be really nice about it by just curiously asking questions that lead up to these points.

you go to there temple or church and dont feel the holy spirit.

I’m convinced that only God can convince Mormons that they are believing a false gospel. I’ve tried everything to speak to them and even showing them how Jesus and Joseph smiths gospel are completely different they still resort to…”I know the Book of Mormon is true because I asked God when I read it and he revealed it to me. We know if you read this book you God will reveal it to you too.” I have read it and God said it’s false… that doesn’t matter to them though.

Mike, could you make a video on either how the Bible and the Book of Mormon are contradictory or on why baptism is not required for salvation.

I love this video. I grew up in the Mormon church and as a child and teenager I asked so many questions about things like this - craving more concrete information than we were given. I got a lot of, "If we were supposed to know that, God would tell us. Take it on faith." You're spot on about how Mormons discern truth, based on what they feel to be right, but it's not even that. We were taught to believe whatever church leaders came out with and that we had a right to know that truth too, through the holy spirit. But if the answer we got was different than what the leaders told us, we were supposed to "pray" until we got an answer that matched what the leaders told us. In this way we learned not to trust ourselves. Perhaps the worst part, and the reason I believe Mormonism exists today, is how a faithful Mormon cannot do any research into the validity of the church. In fact, one of the questions you must answer to be worthy of entering the temple is if you read anti-mormon literature or have associations with people who are against the church. So most Mormons will not look at or listen to anything that sounds critical or questioning of the church. And missionaries are taught that if they meet someone who is not swayed by their teachings and provides an argument that challenges their faith, to leave for their own salvation and pray that that person's "heart may be softened." There is a whole lot of interweaving in the Mormon church, which is why it is so challenging to leave. They teach you in a way that you literally hold yourself in your own prison of ignorance and interpret your cognitive dissonance as spirituality once you dismantle your own mind.

I have a catholic for a brother and a Mormon for a best friend. These subjects are very close to my heart please keep 'em coming!

Hi I was brought up morman left went back left again. Thanks for this video. I have had so much confusion my whole life over them. I believe in Christ and have found so many false things in the morman Church most recent being Tithing I paid needed help and they said they do not help with such things and say that you should be self sufficient. I asked for my money to be returned which basically led to a wild goose chase, saying that a decision will have to be made by high up authorities to see if they will decide to return my money. The church is run like a business, which I’m pretty sure Christ did not do during his time on Earth. The most profound message he taught was to Love one another everything else falls into place by doing so. Thanks again I have subscribed and look forward to watching more of your content.

Does the BOM not say to pray to know if it’s not true? So, does a positive answer to your pray mean it’s not true?

regarding them saying 'i believe in my heart ' answer they give ,i always quote jeremiah 17:9 to them The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately wicked: who can know it?

Can you do a video speaking about Seventh-Day Adventism soon?

Hello, I've seen you address Catholicism, various sects of Protestantism, and other offshoots of Christianity, but nothing on the Christian Orthodox church. Would you be able to make a video going over Orthodox theology and explaining if you come across any issues?

Do you think you could do a video on the eleven witnesses to the book of mormon? Thank you!

Luckily, before there was the internet, my best friend's mom took me aside and explained all this to me at 13 years old. I never told my parents what she said as I knew they wouldn't let me go over to her house anymore. But, I just couldn't believe in Mormonism anymore after that. I was still forced to go to church til I was of legal age but my friend taught me the truth underground til then. At 18 I left and never looked back. Now that there is the internet I am going how did that Lady know all this back then without any real resources?!

Not just believe it on truth. But if you question it they get VERY VERY CREWEL, ANGRY AND HATEFUL

Okay but like yes the golden plates were taken back up to heaven and I remember learning that I'm Sunday school BUT I saw a byu video of one of the12 guys having the golden plates??? I was scammed

I read in a book today that in Hinduism people get "an internal sign" that it's true, similar to mormonism. It's in a book called "Orthodoxy and the religion of the future" by Seraphim Rose. It's a very informative book. I'm not an Orthodox Christian but that guy was knowledgeable about a lot of spiritual things, it includes a lot about why he thought much of pentecostal charismatic spirituality a kind of mediumistic experiential type of spirituality where a false spirit creates a lot of the charismatic signs like slain in the Spirit and constant messages from God in the charismatic church.

There were 8 different accounts of JS's first vision. Then he didn't report he had a vision til twelve years after the fact. The is something really fishy about the whole thing. Thank you for your videos.

I was born into the Mormon Church.... One thing I remember hearing over and over again in mantra like fashion was: "We believe in the Bible.... As far as it is translated correctly...." Kind of ironic considering the made up "translation" of the Book of Abraham and the apparently ripped off Book of Mormon.

I have just started watching your videos....and I have watched a LOT so far....but I would really love to hear your talk on faith healing. I hate to put a religious title on what I believe, or what religion I am. I DO believe the Word of God is the true, holy Word from God. I believe every word is true. I believe it is the only foundation I have to stand on in this world. I have been baptized in the Holy Ghost, and I speak in tongues....but I am cautious of church meetings where there is total chaos during services. I have prayed for healings, and some have happened, and some have not. Please send me any links you think I should listen to.....thank you for not being afraid to speak up.

I don’t see the bell or subscribe option?

I like either. I want both but personally I'd prefer the faith healing 1st as I think this is incredibly damaging to the christian witness.

Mormon are raised to know it true. A 3 year old kid will get up and tell the whole congregation they know it is true. This is Dunning-Kruger effect. And most will never look for a new truth

32:20 wait so we are supposed to adhere to not listening to the prophet but not supposed to kill him? Are they not linked? If we’re required to do one then it would follow that we’re required to follow the other as well if we’re consistent.

Apparently, the algorithm controlling what commercials play for this video are not adept at recognizing the difference between a video in support of Mormonism and a video not in support.