Here I will give you what the Bible says about this. The Priesthood Authority: Very true Jesus Christ is the last one to have the Priesthood authority (The Melchizedek - Which replaced the Aaronic- Read Gal 3:24; 4:7 ; 1 Peter 2:1-10 and Read Heb. 4:11-14, 5:1-10; 7:11-28 and read Chapters 8-9), the only one that the LDS church could have is the Aaronic Priesthood which, God states has to be a Levite and descendant of Aaron and that was replaced by Jesus Christ. So there is only one priesthood which Jesus Christ carries The Priesthood Restored: No, John the Baptist did not restore the priesthood this is because Jesus Christ is the eternal priest. The only reason the priesthood would change was due to the death of the priest, since Jesus Christ is eternal he never has to change the authority. The Garden of Eden being in Missour: This is not really important to the concern of Salvation. The Second Comming of Jesus Christ to the USA first: Well, this is wrong being that all will know his comming, it won't be like, these people saw, then these. All will know when he is hear. Also Joseph Smith prophesied that Jesus would come during his "Generation no less than 56 years", which 56 years has gone and passed an we are yet to see it happen. God being Spirit: God is spirit, it states that over and over in the Bible (Read John 4:23-24 just for reference). Multiple heaven: This is only true in the text it was taken in. The first heaven they talk about is the sky(known as the heavens), the second one they refer to, the heavens, refers to the stars (Ancient astronomers referred to the sea of starts as the heavens) and then they go on to state a 3rd heaven which is the spiritual heaven in which God and his angels are in. There are not three stages Baptism for the dead: This is 100% unbiblical as there is no accounts of anyone preaching about the baptism for the dead. Also the book of mormon doesn't teach that God has flesh and bones. The book of mormon also doen't teach about the three levels of glory and heavens and the book of mormon doesn't teach that temple participation is necessary to be exalted. Hope this helps with your further understanding. Shadow, These are not LDS beliefs, but rather belong to a narrow sectarian Protestantism. You are welcome to participate on these boards, but you will do so respectfully. In accordance with the board rules, you will also refrain from proselyting against the Mormon Church and deliberately misrepresenting their beliefs. Your portrayals of scripture are inaccurate. Try reading them instead of milk-sopping from your pastor. Honos
