Mittens wrote:On Mormon. Org here's what they say
A. God the Father and Jesus Christ
Though Mormons consider Joseph Smith to be the first modern-day Prophet, and they believe in continual direction through a living prophet, they don’t worship anyone except God the Father and Jesus Christ. Unlike most Christian denominations, Mormons believe that God the Father and Jesus Christ are distinct beings with distinct roles.
Two lies in one statement,
McConkie says they only Worship God the Father
Our Relationship with the Lord
BRUCE R. MCCONKIE
Now, it is no secret that many false and vain and foolish things are being taught in the sectarian world and even among us about our need to gain a special relationship with the Lord Jesus. I shall summarize the true doctrine in this field and invite erring teachers and beguiled students to repent and believe the accepted gospel verities as I shall set them forth.
We worship the Father and him only and no one else. We do not worship the Son, and we do not worship the Holy Ghost. I know perfectly well what the scriptures say about worshipping Christ and Jehovah, but they are speaking in an entirely different sense--the sense of standing in awe and being reverentially grateful to him who has redeemed us. Worship in the true and saving sense is reserved for God the first, the Creator.
Christ worked out his own salvation by worshiping the Father. After the Firstborn of the Father, while yet a spirit being, had gained power and intelligence that made him like unto God; after he had become, under the Father, the Creator of worlds without number; after he had reigned on the throne of eternal power as the Lord Omnipotent--after all this he yet had to gain a mortal and then an immortal body.
http://speeches.BYU.edu/reader/reader.php?id=6843
http://speeches.BYU.edu/?act=viewitem&id=602
It always amazes me the extent to which rigid ultra-conservative Mormons and anti-Mormons both love to quote the late Elder McConkie.
They don't bother to mention that Mormons should determine doctrine from the Scriptures (Standard Works) as well as from formal First Presidency statements.
Also, accusing Mormon.org of lying seems a bit silly. The basis for the claim is flimsy, but typical of BrianH"Mittens."