Hebrews 10:10-13 King James Version10 By the which will we are sanctified through the offering of the body of Jesus Christ once for all.11 And every priest standeth daily ministering and offering oftentimes the same sacrifices, which can never take away sins:12 But this man, after he had offered one sacrifice for sins for ever, sat down on the right hand of God;13 From henceforth expecting till his enemies be made his footstool.
The teaching of the Bible Jesus ascended ONCE into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God. Since that time he waits for his enemies to be made his footstool.
Acts 3:20-21 King James Version20 And he shall send Jesus Christ, which before was preached unto you:21 Whom the heaven must receive until the times of restitution of all things, which God hath spoken by the mouth of all his holy prophets since the world began.
Jesus hasn't come down yet for the second time.
Hebrews 9:28 King James Version28 So Christ was once offered to bear the sins of many; and unto them that look for him shall he appear the second time without sin unto salvation.
The teaching of the LDS church from the made up fairy book of their prophet after Jesus resurrection he descended from heaven to the ancient America and ascended again into heaven.
3 Nephi 11:8,12,218 And it came to pass, as they understood they cast their eyes up again towards heaven; and behold, they saw a Man descending out of heaven; and he was clothed in a white robe; and he came down and stood in the midst of them; and the eyes of the whole multitude were turned upon him, and they durst not open their mouths, even one to another, and wist not what it meant, for they thought it was an angel that had appeared unto them.12 And it came to pass that when Jesus had spoken these words the whole multitude fell to the earth; for they remembered that it had been prophesied among them that Christ should show himself unto them after his ascension into heaven.21 And the Lord said unto him: I give unto you power that ye shall baptize this people when I am again ascended into heaven.
This LDS church go against the teaching of the Bible.No wonder why because their prophet was a false prophet trying to pervert the gospel of Christ.
1 John 4:1 King James Version4 Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.
Galatians 1:6-9 King James Version6 I marvel that ye are so soon removed from him that called you into the grace of Christ unto another gospel:7 Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.8 But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel unto you than that which we have preached unto you, let him be accursed.9 As we said before, so say I now again, if any man preach any other gospel unto you than that ye have received, let him be accursed.
| Screenshot that he still posted in his wall thinking this has something to do with Christ visit to America |
Abraham 4:3-53 And they (the Gods) said: Let there be light; and there was light.4 And they (the Gods) comprehended the light, for it was bright; and they divided the light, or caused it to be divided, from the darkness.5 And the Gods called the light Day, and the darkness they called Night. And it came to pass that from the evening until morning they called night; and from the morning until the evening they called day; and this was the first, or the beginning, of that which they called day and night.
Moses 1:66 And I have a work for thee, Moses, my son; and thou art in the similitude of mine Only Begotten; and mine Only Begotten is and shall be the Savior, for he is full of grace and truth; but there is no God beside me, and all things are present with me, for I know them all.Moses 2:3-53 And I, God, said: Let there be light; and there was light.4 And I, God, saw the light; and that light was good. And I, God, divided the light from the darkness.5 And I, God, called the light Day; and the darkness, I called Night; and this I did by the word of my power, and it was done as I spake; and the evening and the morning were the first day.
In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth. - Genesis 1:1
Jerry Nuñez Bustillo-Isn't it FUN FACT?
A false witness is punishable by God.
Proverbs 19:5 King James Version5 A false witness shall not be unpunished, and he that speaketh lies shall not escape.The punishment is the second death which is the lake of fire.Revelation 21:8 King James Version8 But the fearful, and unbelieving, and the abominable, and murderers, and whoremongers, and sorcerers, and idolaters, and all liars, shall have their part in the lake which burneth with fire and brimstone: which is the second death.
The testimony of the LDS church the Bible and the book of Mormon are two witnesses.
Exodus 14:16,21 King James Version16 But lift thou up thy rod, and stretch out thine hand over the sea, and divide it: and the children of Israel shall go on dry ground through the midst of the sea.21 And Moses stretched out his hand over the sea; and the Lord caused the sea to go back by a strong east wind all that night, and made the sea dry land, and the waters were divided.
According to the Bible Moses lift up his rod and stretched out his hand over the sea and the waters were divided.
But according to the book of Mormon Moses spoke to the waters of the Red Sea and were divided.
1 Nephi 4:22 Therefore let us go up; let us be strong like unto Moses; for he truly spake unto the waters of the Red Sea and they divided hither and thither, and our fathers came through, out of captivity, on dry ground, and the armies of Pharaoh did follow and were drowned in the waters of the Red Sea.
The book of Mormon contradicts the Bible.The book of Mormon is a false witness.

Jerry Nuñez Bustillo-Here is another FUN FACT teaching of yours!John 20:17 King James Version17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
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| Screenshot from his post which I'm not even aware on their discussion thinking I have the same opinion. |
According to your teaching-in that instances Jesus has not yet resurrected while he was.John 20:1,9,16-17 King James Version1 The first day of the week cometh Mary Magdalene early, when it was yet dark, unto the sepulchre, and seeth the stone taken away from the sepulchre.9 For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead.16 Jesus saith unto her, Mary. She turned herself, and saith unto him, Rabboni; which is to say, Master.17 Jesus saith unto her, Touch me not; for I am not yet ascended to my Father: but go to my brethren, and say unto them, I ascend unto my Father, and your Father; and to my God, and your God.
Jerry Nuñez Bustillo-Isn't it FUN FACT?According to your teaching he was in spirit body that he has not yet received his perfected body while he has a body of flesh and bones which the spirit doesn't have.Luke 24:1-9 King James Version1 Now upon the first day of the week, very early in the morning, they came unto the sepulchre, bringing the spices which they had prepared, and certain others with them.2 And they found the stone rolled away from the sepulchre.3 And they entered in, and found not the body of the Lord Jesus.4 And it came to pass, as they were much perplexed thereabout, behold, two men stood by them in shining garments:5 And as they were afraid, and bowed down their faces to the earth, they said unto them, Why seek ye the living among the dead?6 He is not here, but is risen: remember how he spake unto you when he was yet in Galilee,7 Saying, The Son of man must be delivered into the hands of sinful men, and be crucified, and the third day rise again.8 And they remembered his words,9 And returned from the sepulchre, and told all these things unto the eleven, and to all the rest.39 Behold my hands and my feet, that it is I myself: handle me, and see; for a spirit hath not flesh and bones, as ye see me have.
Jerry Nuñez Bustillo-Isn't it FUN FACT?Matthew 28:1,5-9 King James Version1 In the end of the sabbath, as it began to dawn toward the first day of the week, came Mary Magdalene and the other Mary to see the sepulchre.5 And the angel answered and said unto the women, Fear not ye: for I know that ye seek Jesus, which was crucified.6 He is not here: for he is risen, as he said. Come, see the place where the Lord lay.7 And go quickly, and tell his disciples that he is risen from the dead; and, behold, he goeth before you into Galilee; there shall ye see him: lo, I have told you.8 And they departed quickly from the sepulchre with fear and great joy; and did run to bring his disciples word.9 And as they went to tell his disciples, behold, Jesus met them, saying, All hail. And they came and held him by the feet, and worshipped him.
How can they hold Jesus if Jesus has no perfected body?Jerry Nuñez Bustillo-Isn't it FUN FACT?
And again, you have no source and you don't even know which part was he talking to Jose Rodelio Retome Rata***. It was about the appearce of Christ with Mary Magdalene not the general story, Christ clearly states that she should not touch him. So the content goes on that she was instructed to tell his apostles about his appearance. So Accourding to your presentation, no one was able to touch him during that time he appears to Mary, but he was then eventually as his instruction to his apostles to touch him. Dito palang sa kento mo Jose Rodelio Retome Rata***, sabog sabog na, ngayon gumagawa ka pa ng kwento na turo ko. Edi WOW!
28 For in him we live, and move, and have our being; as certain also of your own poets have said, For we are also his offspring.29 Forasmuch then as we are the offspring of God, we ought not to think that the Godhead is like unto gold, or silver, or stone, graven by art and man's device. - Acts 17:28-29
“𝙃𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙨 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙋𝙧𝙤𝙥𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙮 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙙? 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙖𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙗𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖𝙨 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙙𝙤𝙘𝙪𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙈𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙚𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜. 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙤𝙪𝙨𝙡𝙮? 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙤𝙣𝙜𝙧𝙚𝙜𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙨? 𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩? 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙁𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙭 𝙈𝙖𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙨𝙪𝙘𝙝 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙢, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙪𝙥 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙨. 𝘾𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣! 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙙𝙞𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙛𝙖𝙡𝙨𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙚𝙨 𝙨𝙖𝙠𝙚?”
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄: Here we go again… you’re asking me how I know there were no sermons or records from 1833 mentioning Joseph Smith’s alleged prophecy? The answer is simple: because NONE EXIST. There is no contemporary documentation, no diary entry, no sermon manuscript, no witness account written at the time of the Leonid Meteor Shower. What we have are recollections written decades later, long after memory has been reshaped by belief and loyalty. Historians do not dismiss these accounts out of bias; they treat them with caution precisely because they are retrospective, not contemporary evidence.
And as for your appeal to martyrdom, dying for a testimony does not automatically make that testimony historically reliable. People across religions and ideologies have died for convictions that later proved mistaken or unverifiable. The question is not whether someone believed strongly enough to suffer for it, but whether the claim itself can be substantiated by evidence. In this case, without contemporary proof, the narrative collapses into later storytelling, passionate, yes, but historically fragile.
“𝘼𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙗𝙧𝙤? 𝘿𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙚𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙞𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣? 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢? 𝙄𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢𝙨 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙬𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙚𝙙𝙪𝙘𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙜𝙤 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙙𝙞𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙡𝙮 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙮𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩.”
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄: Come on, Jerry…that is precisely the point: NO SUCH EVIDENCE EXISTS. There are no contemporary sermons, no diary entries, no documented witness accounts from that year that record him predicting the Leonid Meteor Shower beforehand. What surfaces instead are recollections written decades later, shaped by memory and loyalty, which historians rightly treat with caution. To dismiss the absence of records as “false” simply because there are no minutes of meeting is not scholarship, it is speculation. I hate to repeat this all over again, my friend.
And as for your attempt to deflect by questioning Brother Felix Manalo’s divine mission, that is a separate matter entirely.The INC’s doctrines are grounded in Scripture and in the fulfillment of prophecy, not in retrospective storytelling.
The issue here is not whether people believed strongly enough to write journals or even die for their convictions, but whether the claim itself can be substantiated by evidence. Without contemporary proof, your narrative remains fragile, passionate perhaps, but historically unverified.
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙞𝙙 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝 𝙝𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙬𝙚𝙗𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙚𝙚𝙢 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙙𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙠-𝙖𝙣𝙙-𝙗𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣’𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚. 𝙎𝙤, 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚’𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙘𝙠 𝙞𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙢𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙚 𝙖 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙖𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙙𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙞𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙧 𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙘𝙞𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪. 𝙎𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙩𝙚 𝙚𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙮 𝙧𝙚𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙨𝙨𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙨𝙚𝙩𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜𝙨. 𝙄’𝙙 𝙗𝙚𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙟𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩’𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙚, 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙖𝙣 𝙣𝙜𝙖 𝙡𝙪𝙢𝙖𝙥𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙖 𝙣𝙜 𝟯 𝙤𝙧 𝟱 𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙬 𝙗𝙖𝙜𝙤 𝙢𝙤 𝙥𝙖 𝙢𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙡𝙖𝙩. 𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝘼𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪’𝙧𝙚 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙙𝙤.”
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄: The real issue is whether Joseph Smith truly predicted the Leonid Meteor Shower of November 13, 1833 AT THAT TIME, with evidence from his own words or contemporary records. Unlike Joseph, son of Jacob, who foretold Egypt’s seven years of plenty followed by seven years of famine and whose prophecy was preserved in Scripture, Smith’s alleged prediction lacks such immediate documentation. Even the journal you cited carries a stain of uncertainty: the date itself is illegible due to a tear, leaving scholars to guess whether it was written on the 14th, 17th, or 19th of November. The language of Partridge’s letter even suggests it was drafted after the event, not during it.
So how can this be relied upon as proof?Anyone can claim witnesses were present, but none of those supposed witnesses recorded the prophecy beforehand. Contrast this with groups like the Jehovah’s Witnesses, who (despite their failed “end of the world” predictions) at least produced written records before the dates they proclaimed. Joseph Smith, by comparison, left NO contemporary evidence of his alleged prophecy. What remains are retrospective narratives, fragile and historically suspect.
𝘛𝘰 𝘣𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘶𝘦𝘥…
“𝘼𝙣𝙙 𝙡𝙤𝙤𝙠 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚? 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙞𝙩’𝙨 𝙖 𝙛𝙖𝙞𝙧 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙪𝙥 𝙣𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙨 𝙤𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙣𝙮 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙤𝙥𝙚𝙣 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙚. 𝙏𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙖𝙡𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙮 𝙜𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙮𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙄𝙉𝘾 𝙘𝙞𝙧𝙘𝙡𝙚, 𝙨𝙤 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙨𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙡𝙙 𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙥 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙦𝙪𝙤𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙖𝙜𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧. 𝙒𝙚 𝙙𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙞𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙨, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙠 𝙤𝙣 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙮 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚𝙨 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙞𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡. 𝘽𝙪𝙩 𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙬𝙖𝙮, 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙖 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙚𝙖𝙠 𝙨𝙤 𝙄 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙘𝙡𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙡𝙮 𝙨𝙚𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙡𝙮 𝙘𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙪𝙥 𝙩𝙤 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙖𝙨 𝙣𝙤 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙧 𝙤𝙬𝙣.”
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄: Obviously, I only quoted a few sources to keep the article concise, except now that I’ve had to arrange everything more fully in response to your blog rebuttal. But did the facts change? Not at all.It remains true that there is no known written record from 1833 itself. No diary entry from Joseph Smith predicting it beforehand. No documented sermon from that time mentioning such a prophecy. No contemporary witness account recorded at the moment it supposedly happened.
What exists instead are retrospective accounts, narratives written long after the event, the very kind of material historians approach with caution. In other words, the foundation of your claim rests not on contemporary evidence but on later storytelling, which is inherently suspect. More on that as we proceed.
“𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙡 𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙍𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙙 𝙋. 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙩𝙩'𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩, 𝙤𝙧 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙨𝙞𝙢𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙘𝙤𝙥𝙮-𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙩𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙥𝙖𝙧𝙩 𝙩𝙤 𝙢𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙨𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙬𝙚𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚?”
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄: From the online source I presented? Of course I did! Why? Do you really expect me to copy and paste the entire article instead of citing only the most relevant portion that directly aligns with our discussion?That would be impractical, space-consuming and unnecessarily lengthy. The real issue here is not whether I read the whole piece (which I did), nor whether I pasted it in full. The real issue is why you failed to verify or validate the accuracy of the citation itself.
| From https://www.grunge.com/1189849/the-1833-meteor-shower-led-many-to-both-scientific-and-religious-understanding/ the Ginoong Pantas Quoted. See my Previous Response at https://bustillo-family.blogspot.com/2026/04/a-responding-ginoong-pantas-their-fun.html |
| Source from https://latterdaysaintmag.com/1833-meteor-storm-a-precisely-synchronized-sign-and-wonder/ |
That is where the discussion should have gone deeper (into the truth of the content) rather than nitpicking over whether I reproduced the article word for word. That’s simply not how meaningful discourse works, my friend.
“𝙊𝙠𝙖𝙮 𝙨𝙤, 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙧𝙮𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙥𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩 𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙤 𝘿𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩. 𝙏𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙖𝙘𝙩𝙪𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙧𝙖𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙛𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙝𝙞𝙢. 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙤 𝘿𝙞𝙗𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙨𝙣'𝙩 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙠𝙚𝙥𝙩𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙘𝙝𝙪𝙧𝙘𝙝, 𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙧𝙤𝙩𝙚 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙤𝙘𝙘𝙪𝙧 𝙖𝙘𝙘𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙤 𝙬𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙝𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙙 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙝 𝙎𝙢𝙞𝙩𝙝'𝙨 𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙤 𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙝 𝙃𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙤𝙘𝙠 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙝𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙨 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙡𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙪𝙩𝙚 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙛𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙙 𝙖𝙨 𝙝𝙚 𝙠𝙚𝙚𝙥 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙚𝙭𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩.”
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄: Fine, let’s concede that Philo Dibble was not yet a member of the LDS Church in 1833. But you know very well that he was the earliest source of the story about Joseph Smith’s alleged prediction of the Leonid Meteor Shower, only after he published his 𝘙𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘩𝘦𝘵 𝘑𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘩 𝘚𝘮𝘪𝘵𝘩 in 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘶𝘷𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘭𝘦 𝘐𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘶𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳 XXVII No. 1 (1892), decades later, when he was already a committed member of the Latter‑day Saint movement.
The rest of your narratives are not historically grounded. They are nothing more than retrospective tales, written long after the event, and precisely the kind of material historians treat with skepticism. In short, what you present is not contemporary evidence but later embellishment, stories shaped decades after the fact, not proof from the time itself. It’s sad but it’s true.
“𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙖𝙪𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙗𝙮 𝙅𝙤𝙨𝙚𝙥𝙝, 𝙞𝙩 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙟𝙪𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙬𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙥𝙧𝙤𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙋𝙝𝙞𝙡𝙤 𝙉𝙞𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙨 𝙣𝙤𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙖 𝙢𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚, 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙝𝙞𝙨 𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙙𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙥𝙧𝙚𝙨𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙙𝙪𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙞𝙢𝙚. 𝙒𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙡 𝙢𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙬 𝙙𝙤 𝙥𝙚𝙤𝙥𝙡𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙨𝙚 𝙙𝙖𝙮𝙨 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙂𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙏𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝙈𝙖𝙩𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙬, 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙠, 𝙇𝙪𝙠𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙅𝙤𝙝𝙣 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙬𝙧𝙞𝙩𝙩𝙚𝙣 𝙨𝙤𝙤𝙣 𝙖𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙬𝙝𝙤 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙡𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙜𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙞𝙣 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙘𝙡𝙖𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙦𝙪𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙗𝙮 𝙨𝙘𝙝𝙤𝙡𝙖𝙧𝙨. 𝙄𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙜𝙝 𝙊𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙤𝙧 𝙢𝙖𝙮𝙗𝙚 𝙨𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙤𝙧𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙣𝙖𝙡, 𝙗𝙪𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙩𝙧𝙪𝙚 𝙖𝙪𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨 4 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙂𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙡𝙨 𝙞𝙨 𝘼𝙣𝙤𝙣𝙮𝙢𝙤𝙪𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙮𝙚𝙩 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚, 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙢𝙚, 𝙨𝙩𝙞𝙡𝙡 𝙗𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙚𝙫𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙞𝙩 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙣𝙡𝙮 𝙥𝙖𝙨𝙨𝙚𝙙 𝙙𝙤𝙬𝙣 𝙗𝙮 𝙢𝙚𝙖𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙙𝙞𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙣𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙤 𝙗𝙚 𝙝𝙤𝙣𝙚𝙨𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙨; 𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙚𝙫𝙚𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠 𝙖𝙗𝙤𝙪𝙩 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙩 𝙂𝙞𝙣𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙜 𝙋𝙖𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙨?”
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄: I already anticipated that question. This actually makes me wonder. You claim that Joseph Smith’s words were witnessed by many, yet the problem remains:there is no contemporary record from 1833 itself, no diary entry, no sermon, no written testimony at the time of the Leonid Meteor Shower. What we have instead (I’ll say this again) are retrospective accounts, written decades later, precisely the kind of material historians treat with caution. Philo Dibble’s recollection in 1892, long after he had become a committed Latter‑day Saint, is not the same as evidence from the moment itself.
And comparing this to the Gospels only undermines your point. Why so? Well, the authority of Scripture rests on divine inspiration and canonical recognition, not on retrospective anecdotes about meteor showers. To equate Dibble’s late recollection with the foundation of the New Testament is a false analogy. The issue here is not whether oral tradition exists, but whether your claim about Joseph Smith’s prediction has any historical grounding. Without contemporary proof, it collapses into later storytelling, and that is not doctrine, but SPECULATION.
“𝙄𝙛 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙡𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙖𝙞𝙢 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙖 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙫𝙚𝙧𝙞𝙛𝙞𝙚𝙙 𝙩𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙄’𝙢 𝙜𝙤𝙤𝙙 𝙬𝙞𝙩𝙝 𝙞𝙩. 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙝𝙚𝙖𝙙 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙥 𝙬𝙝𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙖𝙙𝙚 𝙖 𝙙𝙞𝙨𝙘𝙪𝙨𝙨𝙞𝙤𝙣. 𝙄 𝙙𝙤𝙣’𝙩 𝙣𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙮 𝙙𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙬𝙖𝙮 𝙮𝙤𝙪 𝙥𝙤𝙨𝙩𝙚𝙙 𝙥𝙪𝙗𝙡𝙞𝙘𝙡𝙮, 𝙬𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙝 𝙄 𝙩𝙝𝙞𝙣𝙠𝙨 𝙬𝙖𝙨 𝙨𝙤 𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙞𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙚𝙣𝙩.”
𝐑𝐄𝐒𝐏𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐄: You actually failed to validate your claim (and misrepresentation of our doctrine) from the very start, yet you boast about being skilled in engaging with “verified teaching”? That is nothing but internal hypocrisy.And another thing: why are you so afraid of me posting this publicly on my timeline? Explain to me how that is “immature” or “indecent.” Is that really how Facebook timelines were designed by Meta?
NO. I chose to bring this matter to public attention on my timeline precisely for proper awareness and scrutiny, before your post in that group MISLEADS others through its blatant misrepresentation of our teachings. As simple as that!