As the world remembers the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin Wall, Mormons remain manacled to the manical belief that it all came about because their gutless God, Elohim, told their Marvelous Jerk and a Blunder, Tom Monson, that it was time to do kissy-face with a ruthless totalitarian dictator--and, in the process, to ignore that Soviet puppet thug's devotion to ruthless death-grip tactics which enslaved millions, along with murdering others.
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Exhibit A: Thomas S. Monson's Diabolical Dance with East Germany's Devilish Dictator and Moscow-backed henchman, Erich Honecker

Monson showed the world that he can play footsies with Soviet-era despot better than prize-winning partners on the BYU Ballroom Dance Team can glide their way into your hearts. Why care if your waltz buddy is a murdering Communist dictator, as long as you're making money for Mormon entrepreneurs and providing handshaking photo ops with LDS Cult leaders anxious to set up a prophetless, profit-making shop in your country?

For those who may not be familiar with the professional "accomplishments" of Comrade Honecker, below is a brief synopsis:

"In 1961, Honecker was in charge of the building of the Berlin Wall. In 1971, he initiated a political power struggle that led, with Soviet support, to himself becoming the [German Democratic Republic's] new leader . . . During the 1980s, when Mikhail Gorbachev began his reforms, he remained a hard-line Communist. But popular protest led to his resignation on October 18, 1989, and he was replaced by [a] short-lived successor."

(Meanwhile, Monson and the Mormon Church remained silent).

"After German re-unification, Honecker first fled to the Soviet Union, but was extradited by the new Russian government to Germany, where he was imprisoned and tried for high treason and crimes committed during the Cold War (specifically the deaths of 192 Germans who tried to escape the Honecker regime). However, as he was dying of cancer, he was released from prison. He died in exile, in Chile, about a year-and-a-half later. Despite the ubiquitous images of Honecker that had adorned the Republic, his rule was never popular, relying instead on the repressive tactics of the Secret Police--the Stasi--to hold onto power. Interestingly, in his speeches and writings, Honecker presented himself as a champion of peace. . . . Despite the appearance of democracy, the East German Republic was a police state. . . . [T]he Stasis were omnipresent. They used hidden cameras and listening devices to spy on the population. Some 300,000 informants helped them to terrorize the population. Anyone expressing dissident views, or anyone disliked by an informer, was subject to torture, imprisonment, and 'disappearance.'"

"Despite Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev's efforts to liberalize Communism in the late 1980s, Honecker refused to implement any substantial political or economic reforms in the GDR, reportedly telling Gorbachev, 'We have done our perestroika, we have nothing to restructure."

(Meanwhile, Monson and the Mormon Church remained silent).

"However, as the reform movement spread throughout Central and Eastern Europe, mass demonstrations against the East German government erupted, most prominently the 1989 Monday demonstrations in Leipzig. Faced with civil unrest, Honecker's Politburo comrades colluded to replace him. He was forced to resign on October 18, 1989, and was replaced by his protégé, Egon Krenz."

(Meanwhile, Monson and the Mormon Church remained silent).

"After the GDR was dissolved in October 1990, Honecker remained in a Soviet military hospital near Berlin, before later fleeing with Margot Honecker to Moscow, trying to avoid prosecution over Cold War crimes he was accused of by the unified German government, specifically involving the deaths of 192 East Germans who tried to escape from East Germany. Following the dissolution of the Soviet Union in December 1991, Honecker took refuge in the Chilean embassy in Moscow, but was extradited by the Yeltsin administration to Germany in 1992. However, when the trial formally opened in early 1993, Honecker was released due to ill health and on January 13 of that year, moved to Chile to live with his daughter Sonja, her Chilean husband Leo Yáñez, and their son Roberto. He died in exile of liver cancer in Santiago on May 29, 1994. His body was cremated and the remains are believed to be in the possession of his widow, Margot."

("Erich Honecker," at: http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Erich_Honecker)


Here's more on the monstrous war-crimes career of Honecker--a bloody, tyrannical history that the immoral Monson chose to keep to himself:

". . . Erich Honecker fell from power in East Germany after 18 years. {He was] [e]xtradited to Germany from Moscow, where he fled to escape manslaughter charges linked to deaths of defectors at the Berlin Wall. The trial collapsed in 1993 due to Honecker's terminal illness. He died in exile in Chile in 1994."

("FACTBOX--Strongmen Brought Low in History," by "Reuters," 7 November 2006, at: http://uk.reuters.com/article/2006/11/07/us-iraq-saddam-strongmen-idUKPAR52127720061107)
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Oh, but brothers and sisters in the glorious restored Gospel of Jesus Cash Christ, let's not get hung up on the brutal, barbaric details. Let's put an end to all the negativity and send in the First Presidency to warmly cement a deal with the Communists--against the backdrop of the cold cement of the Berlin Wall. Monson, representing LDS, Inc., eagerly flew to East Germany to schmooze the Russian-backed tyrant and shake Honecker's hand--stained, though it was, with the blood of the innocents who fought against his diabolical dictatorship.

Apparently, it's acceptable in the minds of money-grubbing Mormon leaders and their faithfully-blinded flock if Monson flirts with a cold-blooded killer and tyrant like Honecker, as long as it helps push product line. Enter ever-ready Mormon manufacturers of pretty figurines and other sacred knickknacks eager to proclaim on their commercial websites that Mormon Mafioso Monson gave Communist Criminal Honecker one of their own celestially-crafted creations. In particular, the company "Hansen Classics"--which produces the porcelain family figurines so prevalent in LDS hearth and home--made this sales pitch, heralding an October 1988 photograph showing Monson and Honecker in notorious kiss-up mode (which is no longer found on its original website, hmmmmm . . .):

"President Thomas S. Monson, Second [Counselor in the] Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints shakes hands with East German state and party leader Erich Honecker. President Monson presented Honecker Friday with a gift sculpture, 'In The Family Circle,' and praised the East German government for its CORPORATION [yes, that's an actual typo, emphasis added] with Church members." (For the now-sanitized site which for some reason no longer showcases the Monson-Honecker meet-and-greet photo and its accompanying description, see: "Hansen Classics: Fine Porcelain Figurines," at: http://www.hansenclassics.com/news.html, where the Monson death-grip photo with Honecker is missing and, in its stead, one finds this promo pitch: "Hansen Classic Porcelains are distributed worldwide and have been selected as official gifts to those in high office as well as the perfect 'gifts of love' . . . '"; see also, “Where Has the Picture of Tommy with East German Dictator Erich Honecker Gone?,” by “rt,” on “Recovery from Mormonism” discussion board, 22 November 2010, at: http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,40413,40413#msg-40413)


Unfortunately for Monson, his infamous photo with the hellish Honecker is still available for viewing--at, of all places, the archival website of the Mormon Cult-owned "Deseret News" (ironically, it was posted on there on April Fools Day). The "Deseret News" article accompanying the comprising Counselor-Meets-Commie photo provided the following nauseating spin, given motion by Monson’s own words. The puff-piece begins, continues and ends with Monson's prophetless propaganda:

“'Prior to World War II, (the area of East Germany) was the most productive area of the German-speaking world as pertained to missionary success. . . . Decades later, the Church received permission from the Communist government to build chapels in the country, and then a temple in Freiberg.

"’A miracle of miracles had taken place. One more was needed. How can the Church grow without missionaries? How can our numbers increase despite an aging population?

"’Such was the dilemma uppermost on my mind as my plane landed in Berlin that October afternoon. We went forward with the vital assignment to visit with the leaders of the German Democratic Republic. . . . We were driven to the chambers of the chief representatives of the government."

(Here Monson shamelessly pitches the porcelain line of faithful figurines mass produced by "Hansen Classics"):

"’Beyond the exquisite entry to the building, we were greeted by Chairman (Erich) Honecker. We presented to him the statuette First Step, depicting a mother helping her child take its first step toward its father. He was highly pleased with the gift. . . .

"’Chairman Honecker began, “We know members of your [Mormon] Church believe in work; you've proven that. We know you believe in the family; you've demonstrated that. We know you are good citizens in whatever country you claim as home; we have observed that. The floor is yours. Make your desires known.”

"’I began, “Chairman Honecker, at the dedication and open house for the temple in Freiberg, 89,890 of your countrymen stood in line, at times up to four hours, frequently in the rain, that they might see a house of God. In the city of Leipzig, at the dedication of the stake center, 12,000 people attended the open house. In the city of Dresden there were 29,000 visitors; in the city of Zwickau, 5,300. . . . They want to know what we believe.

"'We would like to tell them that we believe in honoring and obeying and sustaining the law of the land. We would like to explain our desire to achieve strong family units. These are but two of our beliefs. We cannot answer questions, and we cannot convey our feelings, because we have no missionary representatives here as we do in other countries. The young men and young women whom we would like to have come to your country as missionary representatives would love your nation and your people. . . . Then we would like to see young men and young women from your nation who are members of our Church serve as missionary representatives in many nations, such as in America, in Canada, and in a host of others. They will return better prepared to assume positions of responsibility in your land.'

"’Chairman Honecker then spoke for perhaps 30 minutes, describing his objectives and viewpoints and detailing the progress made by his nation. At length, he smiled and addressed me and the group: 'We know you. We trust you. We have had experience with you. Your missionary request is approved.'"

("1980s: In President Monson's Own Words: Missionary Request OK'd in East Germany," 1 April 2008, at: http://www.deseretnews.com/article/695265235/In-President-Monsons-own-words-Missionary-request-OKd-in-East-Germany.html?pg=all)


Monson only made matters worse for himself and his Cult following when he later, over the General Conference pulpit to the gathered believers, attempted to justify his consciousless courting of Communist East German butchers in the name of getting a cash-producing Mormon temple up and running behind the Iron Curtain (along with Mormon missionaries peddling the streets of East Berlin looking for new tithe-paying members to rope in). In a sickening sermon entitled, "Thanks Be to God," Monson again waxed rhaposodic in rationalization for playing footsie with the totalitarian thug Honecker, rejoicing in retelling how he presented this notorious mass murdererer with those go-to Mormon porcelain dolls, while simultaneously assuring Honecker that good Mormon East Germans would loyally and meekly follow the commands of their godless Communist leaders. Recalling his glad-handing of Honecker, Monson said:

" . . . [I]t was back to Berlin for the crucial meetings with the head of the nation, even Chairman Erich Honecker.

"That special morning the sunlight bathed the city of Berlin. It had been raining all night, but now beauty prevailed. We were driven to the chambers of the chief representatives of the government."

(Brace yourselves; here we go again):

"Beyond the exquisite entry to the building, we were greeted by Chairman Honecker. We presented to him the statuette 'First Step,' depicting a mother helping her child take its first step toward its father. He was highly pleased with the gift. He then escorted us into his private council room. There, around a large round table, we were seated. Others at the table included Chairman Honecker and his deputies of government.

"Chairman Honecker began, 'We know members of your [Mormon] Church believe in work; you’ve proven that. We know you believe in the family; you’ve demonstrated that. We know you are good citizens in whatever country you claim as home; we have observed that. The floor is yours. Make your desires known.'

"I began, 'Chairman Honecker, at the dedication and open house for the temple in Freiberg, 89,890 of your countrymen stood in line, at times up to four hours, frequently in the rain, that they might see a house of God.

"In the city of Leipzig, at the dedication of the stake center, 12,000 people attended the open house. In the city of Dresden there were 29,000 visitors; in the city of Zwickau, 5,300. And every week of the year 1,500 to 1,800 people visit the temple grounds in the city of Freiberg. They want to know what we believe. We would like to tell them that we believe in honoring and obeying and sustaining the law of the land.

"We would like to explain our desire to achieve strong family units. These are but two of our beliefs. We cannot answer questions, and we cannot convey our feelings, because we have no missionary representatives here as we do in other countries. The young men and young women whom we would like to have come to your country as missionary representatives would love your nation and your people.

"More particularly, they would leave an influence with your people which would be ennobling. Then we would like to see young men and young women from your nation who are members of our Church serve as missionary representatives in many nations, such as in America, in Canada, and in a host of others. They will return better prepared to assume positions of responsibility in your land.”

"Chairman Honecker then spoke for perhaps 30 minutes, describing his objectives and viewpoints and detailing the progress made by his nation. At length, he smiled and addressed me and the group, saying, 'We know you. We trust you. We have had experience with you. Your missionary request is approved.'

"My spirit literally soared out of the room. The meeting was concluded. As we left the beautiful government chambers, Elder Russell Nelson turned to me and said, 'Notice how the sunshine is penetrating this hall. It’s almost as though our Heavenly Father is saying, ‘I am pleased.’

"The black darkness of night had ended. The bright light of day had dawned. The gospel of Jesus Christ would now be carried to the millions of people in that nation. Their questions concerning the Church will be answered, and the Kingdom of God will go forth.

"As I reflect on these events, my thoughts turn to the Master’s words, 'In nothing doth man offend God, or against none is his wrath kindled, save those who confess not his hand in all things.' (D&C 59:21.) I confess the hand of God in the miraculous events pertaining to the Church in the German Democratic Republic."

(Thomas S. Monson, "Thanks Be to God," in "Ensign." May 1988, pp. 50ff, at: https://www.lds.org/ensign/1989/05/thanks-be-to-god)
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How tender, how touching, how tortured.

Honecker's death occurred on 29 May 1994--again, ironically enough, mere hours apart from that of Mormonism's notoriously anti-Communist president Ezra Taft Benson (I have an actual piece of the Berlin Wall in my home office, with an accompanyng note from my mother indicating the proximity of the two men's deaths).

Continuing the unholy homage, Honecker's demise is mentioned on a Mormon-promoting website with a reminder of Honecker's actual contributions to inhumanity--acts which Monson conveniently failed to mention in his sermon singing the praises of the Communist leader:

"Erich Honecker, former head of the German Democratic Republic, passed away today at the home of his daughter in the land of Chile. Erich Honecker was the principal architect of the Berlin Wall, which was built to stem the outflow of freedom-loving people and skilled artisans from East Germany, their desire being to reside in the western portion of Germany where a democratic government led the people. Ruthless tactics were devised to prevent anyone from crossing the Wall--these tactics including death without trial administered by the guards who carefully patrolled and monitored the area leading up to the Wall from the East German side."

(Thomas S. Monson, "Faith Rewarded: A Personal Account of Prophetic Promises to the East German Saints," under the subhead, "With Thee All Things Are Possible": AN APOSTLE'S PROMISES ARE ALL FULFILLED 1991-95,” original emphasis)
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At the funeral of Honecker's nemesis--my grandfather Ezra Taft Benson--even Gordon B. Hinckley had to admit just how brutal of despot Honecker was; yet, apparently, Honecker was not brutal enough for Monson and the Mormon Cult to defy his tyrannical reign in real time or to call upon East German Latter-day Saints to rise up against the ungodly oppression of the Communist state (after all, too much cash is on the line; therefore, obey the laws of the land). Confessed Hinckley:

“I cannot imagine two men [Honecker and Benson] so different in the causes they espoused, in what they did for mankind, and in the philosophies by which they guided their lives.

"Erich Honecker was the iron-fisted Communist ruler of East Germany, the feared and despised builder of the Berlin Wall, the practitioner of the godless dogma of oppression and slavery to the state. He died a refugee from his native land. He was able to leave his country and thus escape prosecution and possible execution because of the serious condition of his health.

“On the other hand, Ezra Taft Benson was the fearless and outspoken enemy of Communism, a man who with eloquence and conviction preached the cause of human freedom, one who loved and worshipped the Prince of Peace, the Redeemer of mankind. He died in the love of people across the world, a man respected and reverenced, a man for whose well-being millions constantly prayed.”

(Gordon B. Hinckley, First Counselor in the First Presidency, "Farewell to a Prophet," in "Ensign," July 1994, pp. 37-40, at: https://www.lds.org/ensign/1994/07/farewell-to-a-prophet?lang=engP


But Hinckley can imagine more tithing revenues rolling in. How moving--how hypocritically so. Just how moved was Monson to speak up against the evils of totalitarian rule in East Germany when they were actually taking place in full, blood-red color?Funny that Monson didn't mention that inconvenient side of life in East Germany to Honecker--or, for that matter, to Mormons whom Monson admonished to faithfully follow their murderous leader so that one day, too, they could return from LDS missions better prepared to obediently serve their German state masters.

Heavens, no.

Instead, Monson wanted to reassure Honecker that good German Mormons would do all in their power to obey the laws of his Communist land. So, Comrade Erich, here's a fine porcelain figurine, courtesy of the Mormon Church--along with a solemn promise from our ever-devout, lock-step German members to do exactly as they're told. Ich bin ein Honecker follower.

Oh, and while we're at it, can we build a temple in your godless country, convert your citizens to our Christless cult and siphon off their hard-earned money?

So sickening was Monson’s dancing-with-dictators routine that even some faithful Mormons had a difficult time stomaching it. As LDS writer Eugene England reluctantly observed in an essay entitled, "Give Yourself a Christmas Present":

"President Monson seems more forgiving of the Communists than I'm afraid I could be. It is a little difficult, as he describes the delicate, necessarily secret negotiations that began as early as 1978 and eventually led to the first temple in a Communist nation, to reflect that such delicate diplomacy was perhaps the reason Tom Rogers was asked not to continue to produce for awhile his excellent play about the young German Mormon from Hamburg, Helmut Huebener, who in 1942 rebelled against a tyrannous dictatorship--Hitler's--and was executed.

"And it is a little difficult to read President Monson's account of his genial meeting, along with other Church leaders, in October 1988 with Erich Honecker, the dictator, under Russian direction, of the GDR . . . not far behind Hitler and Stalin in betrayal and even murder of his own people (who only two years after that meeting overthrew him and put him in jail).

"President Monson reports that Honecker praised the Mormons because 'we taught our members to obey and sustain the law of the land and to be good citizens, that we emphasize the family, and that our Church members were ideal citizens of that land.' . . . I'm not entirely certain I could want to be an ideal citizen of Mr. Honecker's utopian dictatorship."

In the end, however, even Eugene England--like so many "good" Mormons--went along with Monson in justifying giving in to the Dark Side for Joseph Smith's sake:

"But the fact remains that President Monson's persistent, forgiving geniality and his faithful, repeated prayer to God, 'Wilt Thou intervene in the governmental affairs,' succeeded where our own government's animosity and threats had not, and the faith of the German Saints was indeed rewarded--not just with the full blessings of the Gospel but, by 1990, with freedom from tyranny and uniting of the separate parts of the Church in Germany along with reunification under a non-Communist government.

"That was a miracle that many of us in the Church prayed for for many years because the Brethren asked us to, though I confess I did so without much faith. But it did indeed happen, and the prayers and faith of a prophet and the German people were, I believe, important factors."

Excuse me while I relieve myself of my dinner.

Follow the Prophet, follow the Party, follow the Profit and the Party's Money. All is well, all is well, pass the cash, all is well. In the end, dictators of a feather flock together. The Mormon Cult meets Godless Communism--and a meeting of the minds ensues. In Gold We Trust.



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The lows that the church stoops too continue to make my skin crawl.

I remember the first time I realized the full story of Joe's designed and well thought out banking scheme. He literally did not care that he was taking the all of his members and putting them out on the street. He plain did not care. Pure evil.

Then I read the tale of the Mountain Meadow Massacre where again, pure evil almost beyond imagination, was swiftly carried out. Just dress up like those dark-skin people, and shoot to kill. (not said but: these Arkansans people dared cross us and by damn, we deserve and will take and enjoy their riches).

Most recently, the essays which have been purposely presented to fool the cult members into thinking that their beloved, honest church is currently coming clean with their history that they have kept hidden because now the time is right to bring this information forward. (What is not said is how the church has been pushed into a rock and a hard place where they had to take action. The pushers?---the Internet, enlightened, courageous members taking action and tons of members resigning and taking their money with them. The cult's income, tithing, is taking a nose dive and they were FORCED to take action).

As always, interesting history in your post, Steve. Merci beaucoup for sharing.



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Well ya know Cannonfodder, it's not whether Steve has recovered from mormonism. .....

but whether mormonism will recover from him.

Steve, thanks for the (as usual) impeccably researched and presented back story to my little "wall" analogy posted yesterday :)

Church growth pretty much flatlined in both East and West Germany after the wall came down. No wonder why..

It was flatlined long before the wall came down. I was there on my mission in the 70s and for all there were 200 +/- of us, I am unaware of a single nuclear, tithe-paying family that joined. German, that is, we had a few companionships that did the American servicemen, and I think a few officer families converted, along with quite a number of grunts. The "Ami" mishies out baptized us pretty much every month even though they were out numbered more than 9:1 with those doing German work.

I lived in Germany for three years in the late seventies. Though I saw a few missionaries cycling around Frankfurt, I never once met a Mormon. In fact, I worked with a woman who was the first exmormon I'd ever met. She was an American civilian employee of the US Army. She told me about Mormon historical issues that were an embarrassment to Salt Lake. Much to my delight, I got to see Mormonism as the tiny little gnat that it is in the western world.

We were there at the same time. My mission was Frankfurt 78-80. You sure had to look hard to find a mo, and it had by far the biggest ward - almost UT sized - in our bailiwick. 'Course, half or more of them were Americans - some church employees, some various civvies working there, some servicemen.

Steve quotes Hinckley above saying the following about Honecker:

"the practitioner of the godless dogma of oppression and slavery to the state."

I was reminded of this quote from BY from an interview with Horace Greeley:

"H.G. — What is the position of your Church with respect to Slavery?

B.Y. — We consider it of Divine institution, and not to be abolished until the curse pronounced on Ham shall have been removed from his descendants."

Or this quote of BY from a speech in 1852:

"It is a great blessing to the seed of Adam to have the seed of Cain for servants, but those they serve should use them with all the heart and feeling, as they would use their own children, and their compassion should reach over them, and round about them, and treat them as kindly, and with that humane feeling necessary to be shown to mortall beings of the human species."

Since when did prophets support the godless dogma of slavery espoused by evil dictators? Sounds like Monson may just be one of a long line...



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