If you're old like us, you'll remember a series of commercials on TV about Parkay margarine. The premise was that it tasted like butter and had the texture of butter, but it was actually something quite different. Likewise, the church claims it has "real butter" with regard to the greatest questions in life, and that those answers can become like an "anchor" to those looking for truth. But is the butter really margarine, and is the anchor really a ball-and-chain?
According to Jeff "Jowls" Holland, if you don't believe the Book of Mormon is true without accounting for its origin, you've been "deceived". Well...
The 4th Article of Faith in the Mormon church begins, "We believe that the first principles and ordinances of the Gospel are: first, Faith...
The concept of "prosperity preaching" is actually a big part of the LDS church's teachings, as evidenced by its heavy inclusion in the Book...