The Seer

One of the favorite sources to site for many critics of the 'Mormon' Church is The Seer a mid 19th century collection of writings by LDS Apostle Orson Pratt. The Seer (which I have not read) reportedly contains some of the odder statements ever made by a high ranking Church leader. It is important to note when encountering material from The Seer, its official statues, even at the time, as not of authoritative doctrine for the LDS Church. Brigham Young and all members of the Church's two highest governing bodies (save maybe Pratt himself) issued this statement in regards to the text under consideration:

"Proclamation of the First Presidency and Twelve, October 21, 1865

But the Seer, The Great First Cause, the article in the Millennial Star of October 15th, and November 1, 1850, on the Holy Spirit, and the first half of the tract, also on the Holy Spirit, contain doctrines which we cannot sanction, and which we have felt impressed to disown, so that the Saints who now live, and who may live hereafter, may not be misled by our silence, or be left to misinterpret it. Where these objectionable works, or parts of works, are bound in volumes, or otherwise, they should be cut out and destroyed; with proper care this can be done without much, if any, injury to the volumes."

Even the texts author would record his almost instantaneous acquiesce to the Church's decision (he was apparently even in London at the time):

"DEAR BRETHREN, -Permit me to draw your attention to the proclamation of the First Presidency and Twelve, published in the DESERT NEWS, and copied into the MILLENNIAL STAR of the 21st inst., in which several publications that have issued from my pen are considered objectionable. I, therefore, embrace the present opportunity of publicly expressing my most sincere regret, that I have ever published the least thing which meets with the disapprobation of the highest authorities of the Church; and I do most cordially join with them in the request, that you should make such dispositions of the publications alluded to, as counselled in their proclamation.
London, Oct. 25, 1865"

As pointed out by others some material in The Seer may be sound, as only those aspects associated with the Holy Spirit were specifically cited by the Church for disapproval. Never-the-less it is important to remember that there has always been and likely will always continue to be varying degrees of disagreement between the many leaders in the LDS Church, there for, don't believe everything you read about the Mormons, even if Mormons are the ones saying it.