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> [First, we believe that God is a being with a body in form like man's; that he possesses body, parts and passions; that in a word, God is an exalted, perfected man. Secondly, we believe in a plurality of Gods.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/first-we-believe-that-god-is-a-being-with-a-body-in-form-like-man-s/)

[B. H. Roberts](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/b-h-roberts/)

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## More by B. H. Roberts

> [ \[T\]he kingdom of God... is to be a political institution that shall hold sway over all the earth; to which all other governments will… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/t-he-kingdom-of-god-is-to-be-a-political-institution-that-shall-hold/)

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> [First, we believe that God is a being with a body in form like man's; that he possesses body, parts and passions; that in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/first-we-believe-that-god-is-a-being-with-a-body-in-form-like-man-s/)

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> [“Missouri in her treatment of the Latter-day Saints during the years 1833-9, sowed the wind; in the disastrous events which overtook her during the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/missouri-in-her-treatment-of-the-latter-day-saints-during-the-years/)

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> [There were other Anti-Christs among the Nephites, but they were more military leaders than religious innovators... they are all of one breed and brand;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/there-were-other-anti-christs-among-the-nephites-but-they-were-more/)

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> [Faith is trust in what the spirit learned eons ago…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/faith-is-trust-in-what-the-spirit-learned-eons-ago/)

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> [I can conceive of no reason for all this administration of the higher to the lower, unless it be for the purpose of advancing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/i-can-conceive-of-no-reason-for-all-this-administration-of-the-higher/)

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> [The Seer Stone referred to here was a chocolate-colored, somewhat egg-shaped stone which the Prophet found while digging a well in company with his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/the-seer-stone-referred-to-here-was-a-chocolate-colored-somewhat-egg/)

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> [The Manifesto was a cowardly proceeding, the more I thought of it the less I liked it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/the-manifesto-was-a-cowardly-proceeding-the-more-i-thought-of-it-the/)

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> [“These unwise utterances, however, were made, for the most part, by the overzealous and ignorant. Men who had no grasp of the real genius…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/these-unwise-utterances-however-were-made-for-the-most-part-by-the/)

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> [Did Ethan Smith's View of the Hebrews furnish structural material for Joseph Smith's Book of Mormon? It has been pointed out in these pages…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/b-h-roberts/did-ethan-smith-s-view-of-the-hebrews-furnish-structural-material-for/)

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