Twenty-Five (1830)Those “Held Captive by the Devil”
By default, the LDS/Mormon people, as well as everyone else in the world, are held
“captive by the devil.”^69 In other words, their own minds justify their actions in causing
misery to others and therefore lead them down to destruction, “their utter destruction...not
the destruction of the soul, save it be the casting of it into that hell which hath no end.”^70
The early Latter-day Saints did not find peace and happiness (the opposite of hell) in
Joseph Smith’s day, nor have they at any time thereafter. Although their modern leaders
pacify them and lull them away into carnal security, touting the Church as one of the fastest
growing and most prosperous religions in the world—thereby implying it is “blessed” of
God—nevertheless “the devil cheateth their souls, and leadeth them away carefully down to
hell.”^71 In an attempt to alleviate the hell in which they have found themselves, the
LDS/Mormon people (per capita) have become the largest consumers of anti-depressant
medication, by far, of any other group of people in the world.^72
The Book of Mormon warned them. Joseph tried to warn them what would happen if
they rejected “the fullness of the everlasting Gospel as delivered by the Savior.” But these
warnings have fallen on blind eyes and deaf ears.
NOTES
(^1) “During this conference we have formally installed a new president of The Church of Jesus
Christ of Latter-day Saints. It was a momentous occasion. Only 12 times in the 144 years of our
history has this been done. In the solemn assembly held this morning in the Tabernacle, President
Spencer W. Kimball was accepted by the vote of the people as the President of the Church, but also as
the prophet, seer, and revelator of the Lord. The voting was unanimous.” (Mark E. Petersen, “The
People Say ‘Amen,’” Ensign, May 1974: 54; see also N. Eldon Tanner, “The Solemn Assembly, Voting
on First Presidency” on page 38 of the same issue.)
(^2) “Mark Hofmann,” Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia, 26 Apr. 2011, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc.,
19 May 2011 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Hofmann.
See also “Meet Mark Hofmann,” MormonInformation.com, 2007, Richard Packham, 19 May 2011
http://www.mormoninformation.com/hofmann.htm, which lists “Online Documents,”
“Mainstream Publications,” and “Books printed by Jerald and Sandra Tanner” on the subject.
(^3) DHC, 7:243.
(^4) BOM, Mosiah 11:1–14.
(^5) “[T]he Church does, indeed, buy up and suppress sensitive documents regarding its
history.” “Meet Mark Hofmann,” MormonInformation.com, 2007, Richard Packham, 19 May 2011
http://www.mormoninformation.com/hofmann.htm.
“Mr. Hofmann’s attempt to make the contents of the McLellin collection seem very
sensational must have been motivated by a desire to extort more money from those who wished to
keep it hidden from public view. ***Mark Hofmann believed that the Mormon Church would buy up
embarrassing documents to suppress them.” Jerald Tanner, Tracking the White Salamander: The Story of
Mark Hofmann, Murder and Forged Mormon Documents, 3rd ed. (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse™
Ministry, 1993) 36, 81.