Shapingo said:
Story of Mormonism in Cartoon form (not south park)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jFZ1jVO3-OE
So to sorta sort out stuff between this and Maher:
Mormons believe Indians came from Middle East: True. However, their argument is that civilization was mostly wiped out (and it is in the Book of Mormon) so they'll make the argument of, of course there's no DNA they were destroyed. That and the section of civilization was so small and remote they just haven't found it 'yet".
Brigham Young and Race mixing: True. In fact even in some circles my wife and I get comments (I'm latino and she's white) like "Such a shame she couldn't find a white boy." Or nasty looks and stuff. Once I got "Aren't you so lucky that in heaven you'll both be white?" from an old white lady.
Trillions of planets by countless gods? Not really doctrine. Conjecture at best. Yes the church does teach that there are trillions of planets (yay!) and it does teach that Jesus created the earth. And it also did espouse the teachings that there could be other gods. Now putting all that together you COULD get to realization that there could be tons of gods for tons of worlds. But it's not fomally doctrine or something the church espouses oficially anymore.
Elohim born as a man There's a couplet that says "As man is God once was, as God is man can be." That's really about as far as official church doctrine goes. And even the last prophet Gordon B. Hinckley said on Larry King live that he "didn't know" if it was true.
God has a body: Very true. A basic pillar of mormonism.
God has many wives on Kolob Again conjecture. There is one scripture where it says God lives on planet close to Kolob. The scriptures don't talk much about a female godess. But the early church used to teach that a man could only get into heaven if he had many wives. So therefore one could conjecture that God has multiple wives. However, the church no longer believes in polygamy and hasn't for 1890 (at least on paper) and 1904 when they said "No we really mean it." So if you ask a modern mormon about this they'll be shocked and say it isn't true. If you asked a mormon back in the days of polygamy, it's possible they'd agree.
Celestial sex: Again sounds hawt but there's nothing in mormon doctrine about having sex to make spirit children, it just says that there are spirit children. It's conjecture (but not entirely out of place) that this would happen through "celestial sex".
Head of Mormon gods called a council: Half-true. it is taught there was a council and there was one god there.
Lucifer Jesus's brother and 1/3 that followed him: Yeah of course Lucifer and Jesus are brothers. Didn't God create both? If not then who created him? As to the 1/3 that followed him to become demons that's also true, though officially it's taught they never had bodies so they're just evil spirits.
Less valiant = dark skin: Sadly true. Prominent Apostle McConkie believed this through and through and this was even written in the first few editions of "Mormon Doctrine" which is a staple in mormon teaching. After the whole allowing the blacks the priesthood the church had this section removed and McConkie was famously quoted as saying "Throw everything that I or anyone else ever said about this away. We were speaking with an imperfect understanding."
Valiant people were born mormon Certainly I heard this up and down until the late nineties after that the church has sorta backed away from this.
White and delightsome Very true. In fact some apostles still teach that as the african and latino races get more righteous they're getting lighter in complexion.
God came was Adam: Brigham Young was adamant about this and taught that if you didn't believe that God was Adam you'd go to hell. After he died however the church abandoned this teaching.
Elohim came in human form to impregnate Mary: Absolutely false. Mormon teachings about this is similar to catholic and other christian denominations.
Jesus had multiple wives: First off, it's not remarkable to think that Jesus was married they called him rabbi and rabbis were typically married. But mormon belief is that Jesus set the example for us, in getting baptized going to the temple, praying and such, so it makes sense he'd get married as that's required to get to the highest degree of heaven. As to multiple wives, well that's of course been backed off from since polygamy was disavowed. There's actually no "Offical" teaching about Jesus' wife(wives). Most mormons will just reply they don't know.
Joseph Smith saying he was a descendant of Jesus Yeah, he said a lot of crazy stuff. Technically he said he was a descendant of Joseph sold into Egypt, and the bible says Jesus descended from him so...
Jesus came to the Americas: True. Basic mormon teaching.
Dark skinned people killed all the light skinned people and gold plates: all true
all christian creeds were an abomination True, mormonism teaches that only the mormon church has the "whole" truth.
Standing judgement before Joseph Smith, Jesus and Elohim: Joseph and Brigham both taught that they and others would be "sentitnels" or guards that you had to pass on the way to heaven, but final judgement was supposed to be between Jesus and Elohim.
Polygamist Gods: It is true that to get into the celestial kingdom you must be married in the temple, the polygamist part of it has of course been removed. Mormons no longer believe that.
Joseph smith said he did more than any other man including jesus chirst for man's salvation.: No, it was Brigham Young that said that.
Mormons can become gods: This used to be a central belief of the mormon church, but since Hinkley the church as backed off from this teaching.
He's in show business and can afford to have a big family.
