That book, MORMON DOCTRINE, 1966 edition, written by Bruce McConkie was and has been the definitive word on the doctrines of the Mormon Church. In its 856 pages it discusses every detail and word that has ever cropped up in "Mormonism".
photo by author
The "King" thing which derailed Mitt's 2008 campaign has now been removed from public sales. If it has been quietly removed from public libraries, I don't know but that kind of censorship is an old pattern of the Council of the Fifty. Without question extant copies of the book are available for purchase on the internet. The ruse is that the church will take the position that they withdrew the book from current publication because it does not represent the true doctrines of the church at least as to the king and kingdom assertions giving the church a deniable factor and "justification" to deceive voters.
The removal of the book from church public sales was done quietly. Fortunately the public was alerted to this by the effort of a local Salt Lake City Television Channel KUTV2. Otherwise we would not know about it.
http://connect2utah.com/news-story/?nxd_id=89525 [ No longer available!]
During the many years that I taught gospel doctrine classes in the church, I was well aware of the existence of the book. In 1967 when I resigned from the Portland Stake 10th Ward bishopric while attending law school, I was given a copy by my Bishop Earl Wiest to whom I had served
as a second counselor
.
Preparatory to deceiving the public, the church in its usual manner has, Like the Grinch, "thought up a lie and thought it up quick", in laying in wait for an expose' such as this article. Be sure they will attempt to establish that Bruce McConkie was a renegade writer who overstepped his authority in writing Mormon Doctrine. Although he was a true doctrinarian in every sense of the word, McConkie allowed the top church leaders to critique his book between 1960 and 1965. After spending considerable time with them he revised the book in 1966 so as to conform to the approved content by those leaders. The quotes below are from that revised 1966 book having been vetted by the brethren. So any attempt to defuse the assertions I make will simply backfire in their face.
Although McConkie did a later revision in 1979, it was made to correct the changed policy of Black priesthood. The material quoted here is still in the book [same page number]although it has been removed from production and sales by the Council of the Fifty in an attempt to deceive the voters and more importantly Mitt's fellow contenders for the presidential quest.
Let's look at page 416 [1966 edition] where the "king" thing is written.
The portion underlined in the left column reads thus:
The church (or kingdom) is not a democracy,
the legislation is not enacted by the body of the people
composing the organization; they do not make the laws
governing themselves. The Church is a kingdom.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal King and the
president of the Church, the mouthpiece of God on earth
is the earthly king."
The portion underlined in the right column reads thus:
"During the millennium the kingdom of God will continue
on earth. But in that day it will be both an ecclesiastical
and political kingdom. that is, the Church (which is the
kingdom) will have the rule and government of the world
given it""..The prophet (Joseph Smith) Prayed that the
present ecclesiastical kingdom might roll forth that the
future political and millennial kingdom of God on earth
might come" (D&C 65) (Italics added)
Additionally, page 417 contains the same nonsense of Mormon Church supremacy as the Kingdom of God. So there it is.
A devout Mormon, If elected, will commit the coup "d' Ã ©tat of the Mormon Church to implement an evil concept and design based upon total ignorance of the ancient history of man-made religions. It is a plan that the real God of this world has condemned as an evil insanity*.
The clumsy attempt by the church through its secret council to deceive the American public demonstrates the level of honesty we could expect of any Mormon candidate for the office of president. The church needs to come clean, make an apology and public-ally repudiate the words of the book concerning its plan; that to, "take and posses the kingdom" is a lie and that the goal of Smith and his successors to become president of the United States and "King" of the world is a misdirected delusion. And further, that they will discourage any Mormon member from seeking that public office in order to avoid the shame and threat to democracy!
My advice to the moderators who lead the debates: Query Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman on this information and put an end to an attempt to end run the United States Constitution. This issue is not a litmus test prohibited by the Constitution but rather a long range political goal to eliminate democracy replacing it with theocracy. That challenge
is constitutional!
An historical aside:
photo by author
The "King" thing which derailed Mitt's 2008 campaign has now been removed from public sales. If it has been quietly removed from public libraries, I don't know but that kind of censorship is an old pattern of the Council of the Fifty. Without question extant copies of the book are available for purchase on the internet. The ruse is that the church will take the position that they withdrew the book from current publication because it does not represent the true doctrines of the church at least as to the king and kingdom assertions giving the church a deniable factor and "justification" to deceive voters.
The removal of the book from church public sales was done quietly. Fortunately the public was alerted to this by the effort of a local Salt Lake City Television Channel KUTV2. Otherwise we would not know about it.
http://connect2utah.com/news-story/?nxd_id=89525 [ No longer available!]
as a second counselor
.
Preparatory to deceiving the public, the church in its usual manner has, Like the Grinch, "thought up a lie and thought it up quick", in laying in wait for an expose' such as this article. Be sure they will attempt to establish that Bruce McConkie was a renegade writer who overstepped his authority in writing Mormon Doctrine. Although he was a true doctrinarian in every sense of the word, McConkie allowed the top church leaders to critique his book between 1960 and 1965. After spending considerable time with them he revised the book in 1966 so as to conform to the approved content by those leaders. The quotes below are from that revised 1966 book having been vetted by the brethren. So any attempt to defuse the assertions I make will simply backfire in their face.
Although McConkie did a later revision in 1979, it was made to correct the changed policy of Black priesthood. The material quoted here is still in the book [same page number]although it has been removed from production and sales by the Council of the Fifty in an attempt to deceive the voters and more importantly Mitt's fellow contenders for the presidential quest.
Let's look at page 416 [1966 edition] where the "king" thing is written.
The portion underlined in the left column reads thus:
The church (or kingdom) is not a democracy,
the legislation is not enacted by the body of the people
composing the organization; they do not make the laws
governing themselves. The Church is a kingdom.
The Lord Jesus Christ is the eternal King and the
president of the Church, the mouthpiece of God on earth
is the earthly king."
The portion underlined in the right column reads thus:
"During the millennium the kingdom of God will continue
on earth. But in that day it will be both an ecclesiastical
and political kingdom. that is, the Church (which is the
kingdom) will have the rule and government of the world
given it""..The prophet (Joseph Smith) Prayed that the
present ecclesiastical kingdom might roll forth that the
future political and millennial kingdom of God on earth
might come" (D&C 65) (Italics added)
Additionally, page 417 contains the same nonsense of Mormon Church supremacy as the Kingdom of God. So there it is.
A devout Mormon, If elected, will commit the coup "d' Ã ©tat of the Mormon Church to implement an evil concept and design based upon total ignorance of the ancient history of man-made religions. It is a plan that the real God of this world has condemned as an evil insanity*.
The clumsy attempt by the church through its secret council to deceive the American public demonstrates the level of honesty we could expect of any Mormon candidate for the office of president. The church needs to come clean, make an apology and public-ally repudiate the words of the book concerning its plan; that to, "take and posses the kingdom" is a lie and that the goal of Smith and his successors to become president of the United States and "King" of the world is a misdirected delusion. And further, that they will discourage any Mormon member from seeking that public office in order to avoid the shame and threat to democracy!
My advice to the moderators who lead the debates: Query Mitt Romney and Jon Huntsman on this information and put an end to an attempt to end run the United States Constitution. This issue is not a litmus test prohibited by the Constitution but rather a long range political goal to eliminate democracy replacing it with theocracy. That challenge
is constitutional!
An historical aside:
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