Compiled by Jared Eastley

2016

Compiler’s Remarks and Explanation

The following blog post quotations convey a detailed explanation of some of the doctrinal and cultural developments which have transpired within the LDS church since the time of Joseph Smith.

I have collected seven blog posts written by Denver Snuffer back in 2010, while he was still in good standing with the church, three years before he was excommunicated. I have also ended off with a very illuminating blog post by Alan Rock Waterman.  These articles are not combative. They simply relate the historic reality as contained in the written record.

The reason I did this is because I keep hearing from LDS family members and friends that the leaders of the LDS church are led by revelation, that everything they say and do is the revealed will of God, that they really are, in all reality, prophets, seers, and revelators, and that they will not and indeed cannot lead us astray.  I wanted show in writing that this is demonstrably incorrect, by their own public accounts and testimonies, and in accordance with the public written record. LDS apostles and presidents do not claim to receive open revelation, visions, or visitations; in fact, they claim just the opposite.  Many of them have openly stated that they do not experience these things and that they know few, if any, who do.  This being the case, it seems inappropriate and dishonest to claim for these men that which they do not claim of themselves.  These men are prophets, seers, and revelators, holding these titles only, but not in manifest actuality. Again, this being the case, we should not regard them as infallible prophets or spokesmen for the Lord; but as equals and as equally fallible.   

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