Book of Mormon Christian/Reformed Mormon/Whitmerite

[DWhitmer]

I also find your views very novel and intriguing . So I have a couple questions for you:
1. Does your wife bless you or your children when they are sick? Do women have any authority role in your "church" or beliefs?

Because the promise Jesus gave was tied only to faith in his name, that is the only requirement.

2. What about Joseph's claim of receiving the aaronic and melchizedeK priesthoods during the same period as the Book of Mormon was being translated?

The word "priesthood" was actually added to existing revelations after the fact.

Do you believe any priesthood is required to baptise and how do you receive said priesthood? Do you have any problems with Alma the Sr. baptizing himself in the waters of Mormon?

Priesthood was not used in the NT or New Covenant part of the Book of Mormon. If you can lay hands and perform an exorcism by the name of Jesus, you could certainly perform baptisms. The example of 3rd Nephi is good on two parts. He had authority to perform baptisms before Jesus arrived; and he was performing baptisms. Then, when Jesus arrived, Jesus gave him authority to baptize and he baptized those he had already baptized before Jesus arrived.

The baptism of Alma is of interest. The key there imo is there were witnesses.

3. Do you believe/practice tithing or communal living?

If earth was like heaven, where things truly are held in common that would be wonderful, but the idea is never tied to one's salvation (Mormon exaltation). Tithing was under the Mosaic law and has no place in the New Covenant. I find it interesting that Jews do not pay tithes.

4. You have brought up the verse in the D&C about the church being cursed for not using the Book of Mormon, but this was given after Joseph Smith started the Church and when in your estimation he wasn't in good standing to do so. So do you just quote this to play cat-n-mouse games with LDS believers or do you think this was actually the word of God to Joseph?

David said when J.Smith was humble, his revelations were true, so discernment is needed for those non-BoM related revelations. I happen to believe that one was either a true admission or a true revelation.