In a sermon from 1857, Brigham Young
addressed the issue of the multiplicity of religions, and how, echoing the
words of the psalmist who said that "for the gods of the nations are
idols" (Psa 96:5), attributed Satan as the ultimate founder thereof:
There will be a
kingdom on the earth that will be controlled upon the same basis, in part, as
that of the Government of the United States; and it will govern and protect in
their rights the various classes of men, irrespective of their different modes
of worship; for the law must go forth from Zion, and the word of the Lord from
Jerusalem, and the Lord Jesus will govern every nation and kingdom upon the
earth.
A great many have
thought that every person will then be in the Church, but that will not be the
case. There will then be as great a variety in religious belief as there is
now; one will believe one thing, and another will believe something different, while
the Devil rules among men.
Will the kingdom of
Jesus triumph? It will; and the legislators of that kingdom are in this
congregation and will remain, and the laws of that kingdom will be made in
accordance with the revelations from Jesus Christ. (JOD 3:329-30 | October 7,
1857)
Would that modern Latter-day Saints,
including many leaders, had such a view, instead of cosying up with the Pope
and other leaders of false religions without sharing the true Gospel with them.