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A. Mormons deny the virgin birth of Mary:
The Mormon Church Teaches That:
Our God is an exalted man of flesh and bone
He physically lives with His many wives near the star Kolob
Worthy Mormon men can also become Gods, like Him
Our God is one of many Gods and serves a God of His own!
God came down to earth in the flesh and was the physical father of Jesus
You should not trust the Bible in this matter. It is wrong.
Trust their prophets.
Read what the Mormon leaders say about our Savior and the Virgin Mary.
How can Mormons claim they believe in the virgin birth if God had sex with Mary?
They change the definition of the word virgin. Mormons feel that they can still use the phrase "virgin birth" because God was an IMMORTAL being who had sex with Mary, not a mere mortal man. And this is exactly what Bruce McConkie, (top LSD theologian, and one of the Mormon 12 Apostles, died in 1985) said:
"For our present purposes, suffice it to say that our Lord was born of a virgin, which is fitting and proper, and also natural, since the Father of the Child was an immortal Being" (The Promised Messiah, pg. 466).
In other words, if Joseph had sex with Mary she would not have been a virgin, but since God had sex with Mary, she remains a virgin.
By "Virgin birth", Mormons mean that no mortal human had sex with Mary, but since God had sex with Mary, and He is immortal, she remains a virgin!
B. Gods Must Have Wives
If none but gods will be permitted to multiply immortal children, it
follows that each God must have one or more wives. God, the Father of our
spirits, became the Father of our Lord Jesus Christ according to the flesh.
(Orson Pratt, The Seer, page 158)
C. Mary And God Were Married
The fleshly body of Jesus required a Mother as well as a Father.
Therefore, the Father and Mother of Jesus, according to the flesh, must
have been associated together in the capacity of Husband and Wife; hence
the Virgin Mary must have been, for the time being, the lawful wife of God
the Father: we use the term lawful Wife, because it would be blasphemous in
the highest degree to say that He overshadowed her or begat the Savior
unlawfully. (Orson Pratt, The Seer, page 158)
D. Joseph was Her Second Husband
Inasmuch as God was the first husband to her, it may be that He only
gave her to be the wife of Joseph while in the mortal state, and that He
intended after the resurrection to again take her as one of his own wives
to raise up immortal spirits in eternity. (Orson Pratt, The Seer, page 158)
The man Joseph, the husband of Mary, did not, that we know of, have
more than one wife, but Mary the wife of Joseph had another husband.
(Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, 11:268)
E. The Bible Is Wrong
Joseph Fielding Smith, 10th Prophet of the Mormon Church: "They tell
us the Book of Mormon states that Jesus was begotten of the Holy Ghost. I
challenge that statement. The Book of Mormon teaches No Such Thing! Neither
does the Bible!" (Doctrines of Salvation, Vol. 1:18)
F. God Is A Man
"Christ was begotten of God. He was NOT born without the aid of man
and that man was God!" (Doctrines of Salvation, Vol. 1:18)
G. An Act Of The Flesh
The birth of the Savior was as natural as are the births of our
children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and
blood- was begotten of his Father, as we are of our fathers. (Brigham
Young, Journal of Discourses, 8:115)
In relation to the way in which I look upon the works of God and his
creatures, I will say that I was naturally begotten; so was my father, and
also my Savior Jesus Christ. According to the Scriptures, he is the first
begotten of his father in the flesh, and there was nothing unnatural about
it. (Heber C. Kimball, Journal of discourses, 8:211)
H. Not Of The Holy Ghost
''When the Virgin Mary conceived the Jesus, the Father had begotten
him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost... (Brigham
Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1:50-51)
'What a learned idea' Jesus, our elder brother was begotten in the
flesh by the same character that was in the garden of Eden, and who is our
Father in heaven." (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, Vol. 1:50-51)
'Now Remember from this time forth, and forever, hat Jesus Christ
was not begotten by the Holy Ghost. will repeat a little anecdote. I was in
conversation with a certain learned professor upon this subject when I
replied to this idea- "If the son was begotten y the Holy Ghost, it would
be very dangerous to baptize and confirm females and give the Holy Ghost o
them, lest he should beget children to be palmed off on the Elders by the
people, bringing the Elders into great difficulties."...But what do the
people in Christendom, with the Bible in their hands, know but this
subject? Comparatively Nothing." (Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses,
Vol. 1:50-51)
I. Bruce R. McConkie, deceased member of the 12 Apostles (d.1985) and
leading LDS theologian, writes in Mormon Doctrine:
SON OF GOD: God the Father is a perfected, glorified, holy Man, an
immortal Personage. And Christ was born into the world as the literal Son
of this Holy Being; he was born in the same personal, real, and literal
sense that any mortal son is born to a mortal father. There is nothing
figurative about his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in the
normal and natural course of events, for he is the son of God, and that
designation means what it says.-page 742
SON OF MAN: Christ is the Son of Man, meaning that his Father (the
eternal God!) is a Holy Man. "In the language of Adam, Man of Holiness" is
the name of God. Page 742
SON OF MARY: ...but the Holy ghost is not the Father of Christ and
when the Child was born, he was "the Son of the eternal Father. -page 743
ONLY BEGOTTEN SON: These name-titles all signify that our Lord is
the only Son of the Father in the flesh. Each of the words is to be
understood literally. Only means only, begotten means begotten, and Son
means son. Christ was begotten by an Immortal Father in He same way that
mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers. -page 546
J. More documentation:
"The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims that
Jesus Christ is the Son of God in the most literal sense. The body in which
He performed His mission in the flesh was sired by that same Holy Being we
worship as God, our Eternal Father. Jesus was not the son of Joseph, nor
was He begotten by the Holy Ghost" (The Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson,
pg.7).
"Thus, God the Father became the literal father of Jesus Christ.
Jesus was born of a mortal mother and an immortal father" (Gospel
Principles, pg.57).
"[Jesus Christ] was willing to make payment because of his great
love for mankind, and he was able to make payment because he lived a
sinless life and because he was actually, literally, biologically the Son
of God in the flesh" (Messages for Exaltation, pp.378-379).
"God, the Father of our spirits, became the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ according to the flesh ...The fleshly body of Jesus required a
Mother as well as a Father. Therefore, the Father and Mother of Jesus,
according to the flesh, must have been associated together in the capacity
of Husband and Wife; hence the Virgin Mary must have, for the time being,
the lawful wife of God the Father ...He had a lawful right to overshadow
the Virgin Mary in the capacity of a husband, and beget a Son, although she
was espoused to another; for the law which He gave to govern men and women,
was not intended to govern Himself, or to prescribe rules for his own
conduct" (The Seer, Orson Pratt, pg. 158).
"The birth of the Saviour was as natural as are the births of our
children; it was the result of natural action. He partook of flesh and
blood - was begotten of his Father, as we were of our fathers" (Journal of
Discourses, Brigham Young, 8:115).
"...I will say that I was naturally begotten; so was my father, also
my Saviour Jesus Christ. According to the Scriptures, he is the first
begotten of his father in the flesh, and there was nothing unnatural about
it" (Journal of Discourses, Heber C. Kimball, 8:211).
"Now, we are told in scriptures that Jesus Christ is the only
begotten Son of God in the flesh. Well, now for the benefit of the older
ones, how are children begotten? I answer just as Jesus Christ was begotten
of his father ...Jesus is the only person who had our Heavenly Father as
the father of his body" (Family Home Evening Manual, 1972, Joseph F. Smith,
pp.125,126).
"Christ Not Begotten of Holy Ghost ...Christ was begotten of God. He
was not born without the aid of Man, and that Man was God!" (Doctrines of
Salvation, Joseph Fielding Smith, 1954, 1:18).
"Christ was Begotten by an immortal Father in the same way that
mortal men are begotten by mortal fathers" (Bruce McConkie, Mormon
Doctrine, 1966, pg.547).
"And Christ was born into the world as the literal Son of this Holy
Being; he was born in the same personal, real, and literal sense that any
mortal son is born to a mortal father. There is nothing figurative about
his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in the normal and
natural course of events, for he is the Son of God, and that designation
means what it says" (Mormon Doctrine, 1966, pg.742).
"As far as this life is concerned, [Jesus] was born of Mary and of
Elohim; he came here as an offspring of that Holy Man who is literally our
Father in heaven. He was born in mortality in the literal and full sense as
the Son of God. He is the Son of his Father in the same sense that all
mortals are the sons and daughters of their fathers" (Bruce McConkie,
Mortal Messiah 1:330).
"The Father had a Son, a natural Son, his own literal Seed, the
Offspring of his body" (Bruce McConkie, The Promised Messiah, pg.355).
"There is no need to spiritualize away the plain meaning of the
scriptures. There is nothing figurative or hidden or beyond comprehension
in our Lord's coming into mortality. He is the Son of God in the same sense
and way that we are the sons of mortal fathers. It is just that simple"
(The Promised Messiah, pg.468).
"Elohim is literally the Father of the spirit of Jesus Christ and
also of the body in which Jesus Christ performed His mission in the flesh
..." (First Presidency and Council of the Twelve, 1916, God the Father,
compiled by Gordon Allred, pg.150).
"Jesus Christ is the Son of Elohim both as spiritual and bodily
offspring; that is to say, Elohim is literally the Father of the spirit of
Jesus Christ and also of the body in which Jesus Christ performed His
mission in the flesh..." (The Articles of Faith, James Talmage, pp.
466-467).
God the Father is a perfected, glorified, holy Man, an immortal
Personage. And Christ was born into the world as the literal Son of this
Holy Being; he was born in the same personal, real, and literal sense that
any mortal son is born to a mortal father. There is nothing figurative
about his paternity; he was begotten, conceived and born in the normal and
natural course of events, for he is the Son of God, and that designation
means what it says. (1 Ne. 11.) (Bruce R. McConkie, Mormon Doctrine, p.742
Son Of God, LDS Collectors Library '97 CD-ROM)
Bruce R. McConkie, The Promised Messiah, p.468 - p.469 And so it is
with the Eternal Father and the mortal birth of the Eternal Son. The Father
is a Father is a Father; he is not a spirit essence or nothingness to which
the name Father is figuratively applied. And the Son is a Son is a Son; he
is not some transient emanation from a divine essence, but a literal,
living offspring of an actual Father. God is the Father; Christ is the Son.
The one begat the other. Mary provided the womb from which the Spirit
Jehovah came forth, tabernacled in clay, as all men are, to dwell among his
fellow spirits whose births were brought to pass in like manner. There is
no need to spiritualize away the plain meaning of the scriptures. There is
nothing figurative or hidden or beyond comprehension in our Lord's coming
into mortality. He is the Son of God in the same sense and way that we are
the sons of mortal fathers. It is just that simple. Christ was born of
Mary. He is the Son of God-the Only Begotten of the Father. (Bruce R.
McConkie, A New Witness for the Articles of Faith, p.67-68, LDS Collectors
Library '97 CD-ROM)
For Latter-day Saints, the paternity of Jesus is not obscure. He was
the literal, biological son of an immortal, tangible Father and Mary, a
mortal woman (see Virgin Birth). Jesus is the only person born who deserves
the title "the Only Begotten Son of God" (John 3:16; Benson, p. 3; see
Jesus Christ: Only Begotten in the Flesh). He was not the son of the Holy
Ghost; it was only through the Holy Ghost that the power of the Highest
overshadowed Mary (Luke 1:35; 1 Ne. 11:19). (Encyclopedia of Mormonism,
Vol.2, Jesus Christ, Fatherhood And Sonship)
The scriptures plainly and repeatedly affirm that God is the Creator
of the earth and the heavens... 1. "Father" as Literal Parent. Scriptures
embodying the ordinary signification-literally that of Parent-are too
numerous and specific to require citation. The purport of these scriptures
is to the effect that God the Eternal Father, whom we designate by the
exalted name-title "Elohim," is the literal Parent of our Lord and Savior
Jesus Christ, and of the spirits of the human race. Elohim is the Father in
every sense in which Jesus Christ is so designated, and distinctively He is
the Father of spirits. ... Jesus Christ is the Son of Elohim both as
spiritual and bodily offspring; that is to say, Elohim is literally the
Father of the spirit of Jesus Christ and also of the body in which Jesus
Christ performed His mission in the flesh, and which body died on the cross
and was afterward taken up by the process of resurrection, and is now the
immortalized tabernacle of the eternal spirit of our Lord and Savior. No
extended explanation of the title "Son of God" as applied to Jesus Christ
appears necessary. (James R. Clark, Messages of the First Presidency,
Vol.5, p.26-27 The Father and the Son: A Doctrinal Exposition by The First
Presidency and the Twelve, June 1916, LDS Collectors Library '97 CD-ROM)
There is no lack of clarity about Christ's sonship. Jesus is the Son
of God in at least three ways. First, he is the firstborn spirit child of
God the Father and thereby the elder brother of the spirits of all men and
women as God the Father, known also by the exalted name-title Elohim, is
the father of the spirits of all mankind (Num. 16:22; Heb. 12:9; John
20:17). Thus, when Christ is called the Firstborn (e.g., Rom. 8:29; Col.
1:15; D&C 93:21), Latter- day Saints accept this as a possible reference to
Christ's spiritual birth. Second, he is the literal physical son of God,
the Only Begotten in the Flesh (e.g., John 1:14; 3:16; 2 Ne. 25:12; Jacob
4:11; D&C 29:42; 93:11; Moses 1:6; 2:26). Third, spiritually he is also a
son by virtue of his submission unto the will of the Father (Heb. 5:8).
(Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.2, Jesus Christ, Names And Titles Of Son Of
God.)
Jesus was not the son of any mortal man. His biological father was
God, the Father. As Son of God, Jesus represents the Father and acts as his
agent in all things. (Joseph Fielding Smith, The Restoration of All Things,
p.61)
The Latter-day Saints unite with the people of every creed and
tongue and race in the general commemoration of the day observed throughout
Christendom as the anniversary of the God-Man's earthly birth. ... We bow
to Him as the veritable Son of the living God in the fullest sense of the
hallowed term. As Mary was His saintly mother, so the Mighty God was His
everlasting and literal Father. He was "the only begotten" of Deity, in the
flesh, to die that man may live. This we once more affirm and declare as a
glorious truth and a fundamental of "Mormon" faith. (James R. Clark,
Messages of the First Presidency, Vol.4, p.318 - p.319 A Christmas Greeting
From The First Presidency, LDS Collectors Library '97 CD-ROM)
He is the Son of God. All men (Christ included) were born as the
sons of God in the spirit; one man (Christ only) was born as the Son of God
in this mortal world. He is the Only Begotten in the flesh. God was his
Father; Mary was his mother. His Father was an immortal man; his mother was
a mortal woman. He is the Son of God in the same literal, full, and
complete sense in which he is the son of Mary. There is nothing symbolic or
figurative about it. He is God's Almighty Son and as such is distinguished
from the Father in the same way any son is a separate person from his
father. (Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.2, Jesus Christ)
Jesus was more, however, than sinlessness, goodness, and love. He
was more than a model and teacher, more than the embodiment of compassion.
He was able to accomplish his unique ministry-a ministry of
reconciliation and salvation-because of who and what he was. President
Ezra Taft Benson stated, "The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
proclaims that Jesus Christ is the Son of God in the most literal sense.
The body in which He performed His mission in the flesh was fathered by
that same Holy Being we worship as God, our Eternal Father. Jesus was not
the son of Joseph, nor was He begotten by the Holy Ghost. He is the Son of
the Eternal Father!" (Benson, p. 4). From Mary, a mortal woman, Jesus
inherited mortality, including the capacity to die. From his exalted Father
he inherited immortality, the capacity to live forever. The Savior's dual
nature-man and God-enabled him to make an infinite Atonement, an
accomplishment that no other person, no matter how capable or gifted, could
do (cf. Alma 34:9-12). (Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Vol.2, Jesus Christ)
The strangest part of this modern doctrine of God is the fact that
Jesus Christ, the Only Begotten Son of God the Father, was born in
Bethlehem, grew to manhood, mingled among men for thirty-odd years and was
seen of men. ... In most of the churches he is recognized as God. He was
sent into the world for the definite purpose of redeeming men from the
power which death had obtained over them through the transgression of Adam.
The reason this mission was given to him by his Father is that no one else
could perform it. It required an infinite sacrifice, that of a God. This is
quite generally conceded. Throughout the scriptures he is spoken of as the
Son of God. The story of his birth is plain and free from mystery, insofar
as the fact is made that he is in very deed the Son of God. We are
emphatically informed that he was begotten by the Father. He recognized God
as his Father. He referred to himself as being the Son of God. This is not
a mystery. But strange to say, because of the great spiritual darkness
which has covered the earth and blinded the minds of men, these simple,
plainly stated truths are turned into a mystery without warrant or reason.
It is true of Jesus Christ, as it is of any other son, he was begotten in
the image of his Father and in his case his Father is the Eternal God, and
the scriptures inform us that Jesus was the express image of his Father.
And why not? Other sons are frequently in the express image of their
fathers. So it is recorded of Seth. Naturally it would be true of Jesus
Christ. (Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.6-8)
A fundamental doctrine of true Christianity is the divine birth of
the child Jesus. This doctrine is not generally comprehended by the world.
The paternity of Jesus Christ is one of the "mysteries of godliness"
comprehended only by the spiritually minded. (See 1 Timothy 3:16; D&C
19:10.)
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints proclaims that Jesus
Christ is the Son of God in the most literal sense. The body in which He
performed His mission in the flesh was sired by that same Holy Being we
worship as God, our Eternal Father. Jesus was not the son of Joseph, nor
was He begotten by the Holy Ghost. He is the Son of the Eternal Father.
(Come unto Christ, p. 4.)
He was the Only Begotten Son of our Heavenly Father in the
flesh-the only child whose mortal body was begotten by our Heavenly
Father. His mortal mother, Mary, was called a virgin, both before and after
she gave birth. (See 1 Nephi 11:20.) ("Joy in Christ," Ensign 16 [March
1986]: 3-4.)
Jesus Christ is the Son of God. He came to this earth at a
foreappointed time through a royal birthright that preserved His godhood.
Combined in His nature were the human attributes of His mortal mother and
the divine attributes and power of His Eternal Father. As the Son of God,
He inherited powers and intelligence that no human has ever had before or
since. He was literally Immanuel, which means "God with us." (Come unto
Christ, p. 128.)
Teachings of Ezra Taft Benson, p.465 To have a testimony of Jesus is
to possess knowledge through the Holy Ghost of the divine mission of Jesus
Christ. A testimony of Jesus is to know the divine nature of our Lord's
birth-that He is indeed the Only Begotten Son in the flesh. (Burton, ed.,
We Believe, God Melvin J. Ballard)
One of the great questions that I have referred to that the world is
concerned about, and is in confusion over, is as to whether or not his was
a virgin birth, a birth wherein divine power interceded. Joseph Smith made
it perfectly clear that Jesus Christ told the absolute truth, as did those
who testify concerning him, the Apostles of the Lord Jesus Christ, wherein
he is declared to be the very Son of God. And if God the Eternal Father is
not the real Father of Jesus Christ, then are we in confusion; then is he
not in reality the Son of God. But we declare that he is the Only Begotten
of the Father in the flesh. Mary told the story most beautifully when she
said that an angel of the Lord came to her and told her that she had found
favor in the sight of God, and had come to be worthy of the fulfilment of
the promises heretofore made, to become the virgin mother of the Redeemer
of the world. She afterwards, referring to the event, said: "God hath done
wonderful things unto me." "And the Holy Ghost came upon her," is the
story, "and she came into the presence of the highest." No man or woman can
live in mortality and survive the presence of the Highest except by the
sustaining power of the Holy Ghost. So it came upon her to prepare her for
admittance into the divine presence, and the power of the Highest, who is
the Father, was present, and overshadowed her, and the holy Child that was
born of her was called the Son of God. (Bruce R. McConkie, The Promised
Messiah, p.472 - p.473)
But perhaps Isaiah's query "Who shall declare his generation?" has a
greater Messianic meaning than is found in a mere attempt to trace
genealogical ancestry. It is a true principle that "no man can say [or,
rather, know] that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost." (1 Cor.
12:3.) The testimony of Jesus, which is also the spirit of prophecy is to
know by personal revelation that Jesus Christ is the Son of the living God.
In the full and complete sense of the word no one ever knows that Jesus is
Lord of all except by personal revelation; and all persons to whom that
testimony or revelation comes are then able to declare His generation, to
assert from a standpoint of personal knowledge that they know that Mary is
his mother and God is his Father. And so, in the final analysis it is the
faithful saints, those who have testimonies of the truth and divinity of
this great latter-day work, who declare our Lord's generation to the world.
Their testimony is that Mary's son is God's Son; that he was conceived and
begotten in the normal way; that he took upon himself mortality by the
natural birth processes; that he inherited the power of mortality from his
mother and the power of immortality from his Father-in consequence of all
of which he was able to work out the infinite and eternal atonement. This
is their testimony as to his generation and mission. (James E. Talmage,
Jesus the Christ, Ch.5, p.43)
It is significant that this assurance of eventual victory over sin
and its inevitable effect, death, both of which were introduced to earth
through Satan the arch-enemy of mankind, was to be realized through the
offspring of woman; the promise was not made specifically to the man, nor
to the pair. The only instance of offspring from woman dissociated from
mortal fatherhood is the birth of Jesus the Christ, who was the earthly Son
of a mortal mother, begotten by an immortal Father. He is the Only Begotten
of the Eternal Father in the flesh, and was born of woman. (James E.
Talmage, Jesus the Christ, Ch.7, p.81)
His message delivered, Gabriel departed, leaving the chosen Virgin
of Nazareth to ponder over her wondrous experience. Mary's promised Son was
to be "The Only Begotten" of the Father in the flesh; so it had been both
positively and abundantly predicted. True, the event was unprecedented;
true also it has never been paralleled; but that the virgin birth would be
unique was as truly essential to the fulfillment of prophecy as that it
should occur at all. That Child to be born of Mary was begotten of Elohim,
the Eternal Father, not in violation of natural law but in accordance with
a higher manifestation thereof; and, the offspring from that association of
supreme sanctity, celestial Sireship, and pure though mortal maternity, was
of right to be called the "Son of the Highest." In His nature would be
combined the powers of Godhood with the capacity and possibilities of
mortality; and this through the ordinary operation of the fundamental law
of heredity, declared of God, demonstrated by science, and admitted by
philosophy, that living beings shall propagate -- after their kind. The
Child Jesus was to inherit the physical, mental, and Spiritual traits,
tendencies, and powers that characterized His parents -- one immortal and
glorified -- God, the other human -- woman. Jesus Christ was to be born of
mortal woman, but was not directly the offspring of mortal man, except so
far as His mother was the daughter of both man and woman. ( J. Reuben
Clark, Jr., Behold the Lamb of God, p.356)
We believe that in the Meridian of Time, Mary the Virgin gave birth
to Jesus, the Only Begotten of the Father, in very deed and fact the Son of
God; that Jesus was crucified upon the cross; that he was buried and lay in
the tomb till the morning of the third day when he was verily resurrected
from the dead-that is, his spirit and his body reunited, and he rose from
the tomb a perfect, glorified, living soul.
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