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The Largest Repository Of Ex-Mormon Material In The World Containing 3,346 Articles Spanning 205 Topics Online Since January 1, 2005 THE MORMON CURTAIN 2008 Exmormon Foundation Conference Oct. 17 - 19, 2008 The time is flying! And time to remind everyone again about the Exmormon Foundation coming up October 17-19, 2008. Please join us for our annual weekend of education, enlightenment, personal stories, and mingling with a group of interesting and brave people who are exploring life after Mormonism. Embassy Suites Hotel, Salt Lake City, UT Click here for details: http://www.exmormonfoundation.org/200.... Amazing line up of activities and speakers for 2008, including Steven Hassan - mental health counselor and expert on cults! PLEASE NOTE: If you have reached this page from an outside source such as an Internet Search or forum referral, please note that this page (the one you just landed on) is an archive containing articles on "CHUCH TEACHING MANUALS". This website, The Mormon Curtain - is a website that blogs the Ex-Mormon world. You can read The Mormon Curtain FAQ to understand the purpose of this website. →   CLICK HERE to visit the main page of The Mormon Curtain.   CHUCH TEACHING MANUALS Total Articles: 1 The Mormon Church creates a single manual that all Mormons must be taught by. Each lesson is carefully sanitized to hide the embarrassing reality of Church history. Polygamist prophets from the past are cleaned up to appear as if they had only one wife. Embarrassing history is completely omitted. These manuals are further indoctrination tools. New 2008 Joseph Smith Teaching Manual - Why Can't They Just Tell The Truth? Article Archived: Monday, Feb 11, 2008, at 07:40 AM Stored Under Topic: CHUCH TEACHING MANUALS Outside Link To Article: RIGHT CLICK - COPY LINK LOCATION Original Author Of Article: Anonymous TOP Since my wife is still TBM, I had a chance to browse the new Joseph Smith Sunday school manual. Why can't they just be even partially truthful once in awhile? The best fiction of this manual is on page 529 which talks about the martyrdom of JS. It says the Nauvoo Expositor was an anti-Mormon news paper printed by enemies of the church that slandered JS and the Church. The truth: The Nauvoo Expositor was a news paper printed by disaffected members of the church who had no bad blood against the church per say, but against JS and his lies about polygamy. The so-called slander was that the Nauvoo Expositor was going to blow the lid off of Joe and his Cronie's practice of marrying other men's wives and daughters and lying about it. The lesson manual goes on to say that the Nauvoo City Council ordered the press destroyed because they feared the slanderous paper would incite mobs to come and destroy them. The truth: Joseph Smith (the man who wielded all authority in Nauvoo) ordered the destruction of the press. The reason being he did not want the juicy stories of his philandering to be made public. The book then says Joseph and his Brother Hyrum were arrested and awaiting trial when a mob stormed the jail and killed them sealing their testimony in their own blood. The truth: The Gov of IL. dropped the ball on ensuring JS' protection. The mob stormed the building and JS and company did all they could to stave them off. JS fired a pepperbox pistol through the door into the mob hitting 2 men. JS ran to the window to shout the Mansonic distress call in hopes of being saved. JS was then shot and fell out a window. Why does the church never mention JS's gun and his cry for help? Isn't natural for anyone in such a situation to try and save their life? What about JS's epistle to his Legion Commander demanding that he bring an army down to break JS out of jail? Can't they just even be a bit truthful once in awhile? It really is an insult to the members in my opinion.