Author Archives: Matthew Wheeler

“If the Muslims live according to the highest values that they know, their eventual reward in heaven will be beyond their wildest dreams.” -Brigham Young “Muhammad was a descendant from Abraham and was no doubt raised up by God on purpose” -Elder George A. Smith “I sympathise with the Muslims, who, like us Latter-day Saints, […]

Two of the most misunderstood things in the Church are prayer, and the Word of Wisdom. I briefly covered what Saints get wrong about prayer in a previous blog, but I will write a more comprehensive article on prayer in the near future. Today, I am focusing on some aspects of the Word of Wisdom, […]

The other day I wrote about how the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible should not be the only version of the Bible used by Latter-day Saints. Here is a remarkable quote from Brigham Young commanding any Christian scholar out there who can translate the Bible better than the KJV to do so, as […]

Now, I’m in no way attempting to be negative in this article, neither am I focusing on anybody in particular, as I’m focusing on the Church as a whole. If I offend anybody, then please accept my humble apologise, as it wasn’t my intention to offend. The purpose of this post is a positive one, […]

And I, Abraham, had the Urim and Thummim, which the Lord my God had given unto me, in Ur of the Chaldees; 2 And I saw the stars, that they were very great, and that one of them was nearest unto the throne of God; and there were many great ones which were near unto […]

What is the Latter-day Saint view on science? As a Christian my atheist friends usually say to me things like “how can you believe in religion,” and “I can’t believe you don’t believe in evolution and you think the earth is only a few thousand years old.” In fact there is absolutely nothing in the […]

“Mormon Doctrine” by Bruce McConkie The Problems with McConkie’s “Mormon Doctrine.” There is still sadly quite a large number of Latter-day Saints who use and accept “Mormon Doctrine (MD from now on)” by Bruce R. McConkie as a source to gain knowledge of Gospel Doctrine, and because it was written by a modern day Apostle […]

Welcome to Hira Cumorah, the only website that is dedicated to the studies of Mormonism and Islam, and how these two remarkable faiths have impacted, and continue to impact the world. The purpose of Hira Cumorah is to share to write about Islam from a Latter-day Saint perspective, as this is much needed in the […]