Who was the founder of Mormonism? Who was the 2nd prophet?
Joseph Smith; Brigham Young
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What is the only name of God?
Jehovah
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Who is the founder of the JW's?
Charles Taze Russell
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What does it mean when a cult has a deficient Christology?
Christ's status is reduced from God to man.
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What is the Baptism of the Dead?
Baptizing a living person, naming them the name of a dead non-Mormon, so that the non-Mormon can accept Mormonism in the afterlife and get to a better heaven.
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The Mormons left New York and settled in Missouri, then Illinois. Why did they pick those spots?
Site of the garden of Eden
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Much of the JW's original reason for existing was to predict Christ's return. After many wrong guesses, what did they claim?
Jesus had already come back, in spirit form.
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What do JW's call their churches?
Kingdom Halls
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Cults often claim to have the only path to Absolute Truth. What do they base that on?
That the founder has received a "new revelation"
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Why did Mormons originally embrace polygamy?
Joseph Smith received a revelation that it was OK, and women had to be married to Mormon men to go to heaven anyway, so why not?
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Why did the Mormons leave Nauvoo?
Joseph Smith had been killed, so Brigham led them west to escape persecution.
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What were the writings the JW's founder called?
The Studies in Scriptures
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Why do JW's reject patriotic duty and military service?
Because they are citizens of Jehovah's kingdom and no other.
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What do cults claim is the path to salvation?
Following their set beliefs
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What is the nature of salvation to the Mormon?
We don't have a sin nature, because Jesus' death took care of Adam's sin. We can make mistakes, but there is no Hell.
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The president of the church is also called the Prophet. Who does he work with, within the structure of church law?
The Quorum of the 12
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What do the JW's teach about salvation and hell?
Hell doesn't exist, and salvation is earned through obedience to JW's teaching.
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What is the organization that publishes all the JW's printed material?
The Watchtower society.
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Cults are often obsessed with eschatology. What does that mean?
Studying the end of the world.
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Why do Mormons say they are Christians? What can you say back to them?
They say they are Christian because they believe in God and Jesus. You can say to them that salvation is a free gift from God, not by works so that no man can boast.
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Mormon historians teach that Joseph Smith was not the only person who saw the golden plates of Moroni?
The 3 witnesses and the 8 witnesses
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How many JW's get to go to heaven? What is heaven for these JW's?
144,000; Heaven for these JW's is side by side rule with Christ, destroying all who didn't convert.
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JW's teach that Christ has come back. What do they call this time period?
The Millennial Age
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Which cult was a UFO cult that claimed they had cloned people?