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- |L=Journal of Discourses/As doctrine and one of the "standard works" of the Church |H=Was the Journal of Discourses one of the "standard works" of the Church?2 KB (310 words) - 21:29, 9 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Joseph Smith's use of seer stones as a youth]]58 bytes (10 words) - 21:39, 9 March 2023
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} ...is an ancient text, however, then these elements enrich our understanding of the volume and its message.2 KB (288 words) - 13:15, 12 April 2024
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- #REDIRECT [[Apostles as personal witnesses of Christ]]54 bytes (7 words) - 10:36, 27 May 2023
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} {{:Question: Why did Joseph Smith say that the Book of Mormon was the "most correct book"?}}597 bytes (95 words) - 12:19, 27 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text |L1=Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text?2 KB (274 words) - 15:49, 13 April 2024
- ...850): "the Lord took one of his sons, whose name was Mulek, with a company of those who would hearken unto His words, and brought them over the ocean, an Orson Pratt, ''Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon, no. 6'' (Liverpool, England: 15 October 1850): 91–92.4 KB (722 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...nds of Ephraim, when the book itself tells us that Lehi was of the lineage of Manasseh?"== As cited in B. H. Roberts's 1909 ''New Witnesses for God'', vol. 32 KB (397 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...asseh...Ishmael, who was the other founder of the colony, was a descendant of Ephraim"== ...d calls it ' . . . for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.'3 KB (466 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...Recording mistakes, for example, have sometimes been seized on as evidence of misrepresentations or bumbling by the Prophet"== ...s contained in the Book of Commandments and Revelations, published as part of the Joseph Smith Papers Project, and other early sources we can “peel bac2 KB (261 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?== ...h?|url=https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/where-is-the-location-of-the-hill-cumorah|number=489}}10 KB (1,611 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- ...itics of the Mormon doctrines of the plurality of gods and the deification of man?== ...heology but rather a very specific and practical command to recognize YHWH as Israel's only god and the only god to be worshiped===3 KB (482 words) - 22:47, 8 May 2024
- ==Question: Why does the Church continue to use the KJV instead of the JST as its official bible?== ...ch a change would require both prophetic instruction and a sustaining vote of the membership.5 KB (793 words) - 22:10, 29 April 2024
- ...used as a proof-text by critics of Mormon doctrine of the corporeal nature of God?== God is Spirit, and only by the power of his Spirit can people worship him as he really is." (TEV)3 KB (541 words) - 21:43, 9 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Question: Does the term "familiar spirit" in the Book of Mormon refer to occult practices?]]104 bytes (16 words) - 17:51, 3 April 2017
- ...nciples relating to plural marriage were revealed to Joseph Smith as early as 1831"]]179 bytes (25 words) - 11:00, 7 October 2018
- ...to the Book of Mormon as an "afterthought" in order to explain the variety of animals in the New World?]]191 bytes (34 words) - 20:30, 18 April 2017
- ...to the Book of Mormon as an "afterthought" in order to explain the variety of animals in the New World?]]191 bytes (34 words) - 20:31, 18 April 2017
- #REDIRECT [[Latter-day Saint interpretation of "neither marry nor given in marriage"]]86 bytes (11 words) - 18:50, 19 May 2023
- ...fraud' with respect to their support of California Proposition 8 and fined as a result?== ...campaign for California’s Proposition 8, “convicted” of “13 counts of election fraud.” This claim is false. Responsible news outlets and commen4 KB (650 words) - 15:28, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Template:Critical sources box:Book of Mormon/As the most correct book/CriticalSources]]99 bytes (14 words) - 12:19, 27 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/The LDS as Mindless Followers |H=The Latter-day Saints as mindless followers?3 KB (489 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- ...millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men"]]172 bytes (31 words) - 16:59, 19 October 2017
- ...ormon histories have a long history of omitting mention of plural marriage as a cause for the Saints' troubles in Illinois?== ===The claim that six Latter-day Saint histories omit plural marriage as a cause for difficulties in Nauvoo is clearly false===12 KB (1,811 words) - 21:52, 9 May 2024
- ...Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Brigham as President of the United States |H=Brigham Young as President of the United States?933 bytes (136 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
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- #REDIRECT [[Question: Could Moroni have been an "angel of Satan"?]]67 bytes (10 words) - 22:36, 18 April 2017
- ...Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance |T=[[../../|Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows]]4 KB (557 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...s? Because as sure as you know that...he translated that book by the power of God"]]178 bytes (32 words) - 12:51, 19 October 2017
- #REDIRECT [[Peterson and Roper: "We know of no one who cites Ferguson as an authority, except countercultists"]]112 bytes (17 words) - 12:30, 19 October 2017
- ...r exaltation/Jesus said "neither marry nor given in marriage"/LDS readings of this scripture/CriticalSources]]180 bytes (25 words) - 20:42, 1 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text]]106 bytes (16 words) - 09:15, 17 April 2011
- #REDIRECT [[Source:Stick of Ephraim/Erastus Snow statement]]60 bytes (8 words) - 00:05, 6 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[The Book of Mormon as the most correct book]]57 bytes (10 words) - 17:25, 12 March 2023
- #REDIRECT [[Question: Does the term "familiar spirit" in the Book of Mormon refer to occult practices?]]104 bytes (16 words) - 22:08, 18 April 2017
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- #REDIRECT [[Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text]]106 bytes (16 words) - 09:16, 17 April 2011
- ...0 used as a "proof text" by Latter-day Saints to support the Three Degress of Glory?== ===There is plenty of scholarly support for a resurrection of varying degrees of glory===7 KB (1,135 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- ...s use 2 Corinthians 12:2-4 as a "proof text" to support the Three Degress of Glory?== ...ve fourteen years ago, (whether in the body, I cannot tell; or whether out of the body, I cannot tell: God knoweth;) such a one caught up to the third he5 KB (844 words) - 00:20, 30 April 2024
- ...s/Studies of the Book of Mormon/A Book of Mormon Study/View of the Hebrews as ground plan |H=Response to "View of the Hebrews as ground plan"3 KB (509 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Brigham as President of the United States]]121 bytes (19 words) - 07:55, 8 April 2011
- ...[Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/The LDS as Mindless Followers]]109 bytes (17 words) - 19:52, 11 April 2011
- ...Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance]]161 bytes (23 words) - 22:51, 10 April 2011
- ==Question: Do the Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") use praise of God as part of their prayers and songs in worship?== ===Praise, and the language of praise, is integrated into the worship of Latter-day Saints in both prayer and song===4 KB (663 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[The Book of Mormon as the Stick of Ephraim]]56 bytes (10 words) - 22:43, 6 May 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Source:Book of Mormon as Stick of Ephraim:Franklin D. Richards statement]]86 bytes (13 words) - 05:14, 1 April 2017
- #REDIRECT [[Source:Book of Mormon as Stick of Ephraim:Joseph Fielding Smith statement]]87 bytes (13 words) - 05:14, 1 April 2017
- #REDIRECT [[Source:Book of Mormon as Stick of Ephraim:Orson Pratt statement]]77 bytes (12 words) - 05:14, 1 April 2017
- ...s/Studies of the Book of Mormon/A Book of Mormon Study/View of the Hebrews as ground plan]]130 bytes (23 words) - 22:09, 8 August 2017
- ...er comes a day when the Saints interfere with the rights of others to live as they see fit, you can know with assurance that the Church is no longer led ...eremony, or the man who abandons polygamy, or allows blacks the Priesthood of God, is a fallen prophet.10 KB (1,713 words) - 15:12, 13 April 2024
- ...acsimiles/Facsimile 2/Identification of the ithyphallic Egyptian god "Min" as "God sitting upon his throne"]]138 bytes (19 words) - 16:42, 8 November 2023
- ...dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"]]154 bytes (29 words) - 16:19, 18 October 2017
- ...s/Studies of the Book of Mormon/A Book of Mormon Study/View of the Hebrews as ground plan]]130 bytes (23 words) - 22:09, 8 August 2017
- ...[Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/The LDS as Mindless Followers]]109 bytes (17 words) - 20:59, 15 March 2011
- ...Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Brigham as President of the United States]]121 bytes (19 words) - 21:12, 15 March 2011
- ...Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Omissions/Indians as instrument of vengeance]]161 bytes (23 words) - 20:10, 24 March 2011
- #REDIRECT [[Mormonism and the Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text]]106 bytes (16 words) - 09:08, 17 April 2011
- ...ld Lehi's group have made a transoceanic crossing as described in the Book of Mormon?== The Book of Mormon, in 1 Nephi chapters 17 and 18, recounts that Nephi built a ship in7 KB (1,122 words) - 23:26, 30 April 2024
- ==Question: Is it impossible to receive the grace of Jesus Christ so long as we are sinning?== ...e can be cleansed of our sins through Jesus Christ, and thereby be capable of being saved===3 KB (563 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- ...uorum of the Twelve warn of persecution to follow Mitt Romney's nomination as the Republican candidate for president?== ...n to follow Mitt Romney's nomination as Republican candidate for President of the United States in 2012.1 KB (219 words) - 15:12, 13 April 2024
- ...outlined in this revelation, also included the principle of the plurality of wives"]]179 bytes (27 words) - 11:00, 7 October 2018
- ...tion: Can the Newark "Holy Stones" be used as evidence to support the Book of Mormon?== ...tails on their discovery that we would like to be able to verify some sort of authenticity===3 KB (492 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink]]57 bytes (6 words) - 05:14, 1 April 2017
- ...t (or other Greek terms such as "alpha" and "omega") mentioned in the Book of Mormon before Christ's birth? == === Option #1: Joseph may have translated a Hebrew Equivalent of this name into English ===5 KB (840 words) - 23:00, 29 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Latter-day Saint interpretation of "neither marry nor given in marriage"]]86 bytes (11 words) - 18:50, 19 May 2023
- #REDIRECT [[The Bible/Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text]]92 bytes (14 words) - 17:12, 30 November 2023
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- #REDIRECT[[Joseph Smith listed as author and proprietor of the Book of Mormon]]79 bytes (13 words) - 22:29, 6 May 2024
- ...ayton regarding the Kinderhook Plates in ''History of the Church'' written as if Joseph Smith himself said it?]]168 bytes (26 words) - 23:12, 13 June 2017
- #REDIRECT [[The location of the Garden of Eden]]48 bytes (8 words) - 20:35, 26 March 2023
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} Latter-day Saints believe that the events described in the Book of Mormon were real events that actually happened5 KB (963 words) - 13:16, 12 April 2024
- ...acsimiles/Facsimile 2/Identification of the ithyphallic Egyptian god "Min" as "God sitting upon his throne" |H=Joseph Smith identified the ithyphallic Egyptian god "Min" as representing "God sitting upon his throne"1 KB (202 words) - 14:02, 13 April 2024
- ...acsimiles/Facsimile 2/Identification of the ithyphallic Egyptian god "Min" as "God sitting upon his throne"]]138 bytes (19 words) - 17:46, 17 March 2024
- {{:Question: How did Joseph use his seer stones as a youth?}} ...ow were Joseph Smith's seer stones involved in the translation of the Book of Mormon?}}3 KB (401 words) - 13:11, 12 April 2024
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} [[Book of Mormon/Lamanites/Relationship to Polynesians/Are they descendants]]791 bytes (118 words) - 13:17, 12 April 2024
- ...er to a CES Director'' feel the need to make a single hostile quote appear as if it were two separate quotes?]]165 bytes (30 words) - 15:01, 7 August 2017
- ...cies of peccary live in Mesoamerica....They were hunted and eaten as early as Olmec times"== ...of Mormon: Challenges and Perspectives,"] Blog of ''Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture'' (April 21, 2014)</ref>3 KB (429 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
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- ...nsign'' (Sept. 1977): "If his translation was essentially the same as that of the King James version, he apparently quoted the verse from the Bible"== ...ensign/1977/09/by-the-gift-and-power-of-god?lang=eng By the Gift and Power of God]," ''Ensign'' 7, no. 9 (September 1977).</ref>3 KB (413 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT[[The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible]]82 bytes (11 words) - 14:58, 13 April 2024
- ...ake changes to the Book of Mormon such as modifying "God" to read "the Son of God"?== ===These changes were made for the purpose of clarification, not doctrinal modification===4 KB (607 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- ==Peterson and Roper: "We know of no one who cites Ferguson as an authority, except countercultists"== .../fullscreen/?pub=1458&index=11 "Ein Heldenleben? On Thomas Stuart Ferguson as an Elias for Cultural Mormons,"] ''The FARMS Review'' 16:1 (2004)</ref>3 KB (464 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- .....makes every effort to portray Ferguson's apparent eventual loss of faith as a failure for 'LDS archaeology'"== ...e about twenty-two thousand dollars, which was enough for the first season of fieldwork in Mexico.2 KB (314 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- .....makes every effort to portray Ferguson's apparent eventual loss of faith as a failure for 'LDS archaeology'"]]171 bytes (23 words) - 12:31, 19 October 2017
- ...Anjouan, one of the Comoro islands, with an indicated anchorage identified as Meroni"== ...Anjouan, one of the Comoro islands, with an indicated anchorage identified as Meroni. Although this is adjacent to an entirely different island than the2 KB (305 words) - 14:58, 13 April 2024
- ...Anjouan, one of the Comoro islands, with an indicated anchorage identified as Meroni"]]109 bytes (15 words) - 12:31, 19 October 2017
- ...Ethan Smith's ''View of the Hebrews'' as a guideline for creating the Book of Mormon?== ...ntury Book? |url=https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/is-the-book-of-mormon-like-any-other-nineteenth-century-book|number=502}}3 KB (461 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ...f a pair of Interpreters, or spectacles—(known, perhaps, in ancient days as Teraphim, or Urim and Thummim)"== W.W. Phelps wrote the following in the January 1833 edition of ''The Evening and The Morning Star'':2 KB (397 words) - 15:58, 13 April 2024
- ...f a pair of Interpreters, or spectacles—(known, perhaps, in ancient days as Teraphim, or Urim and Thummim)"]]161 bytes (25 words) - 22:17, 17 October 2017
- ...Pharaoh...Unas’ pyramid texts, includes the following: 'The king appears as the crocodile god Sobek'"== ...rk. Is that the first thing that comes to your mind? “Oh, idolatrous god of Pharaoh!”2 KB (332 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- ...early as 1831-32...he continued to do so in varying detail until the year of his death"== ...://archive.org/details/improvementera7304unse "Eight Contemporary Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision - What Do We Learn from Them?,"] ''Improvement1 KB (215 words) - 14:00, 13 April 2024
- ...nstruct the 1832 narrative in a manner such as to exclude explicit mention of the Father's appearance?== ...Vision text reveals that it was deliberately constructed on the framework of many scriptural citations===3 KB (473 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- ...expected to have seen the leaves and boughs of the trees consumed, as soon as the light came in contact with them"== ...Pratt describes Joseph Smith's First Vision in, ''A[n] Interesting Account of Several Remarkable Visions, 1840'':3 KB (419 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- ..."married" the wives of 11 other men, why were those women not "destroyed" as specified in the Doctrine and Covenants since they continued to live with t ...ternal worlds, that they may bear the souls of men; for herein is the work of my Father continued, that he may be glorified.3 KB (538 words) - 15:27, 13 April 2024
- ...to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination"== ...nd too weak to defend themselves.” <ref>Joseph Smith, in 1843, ''History of the Church'', 5:498.</ref>1 KB (234 words) - 14:30, 13 April 2024
- ...to die in defending the rights of a Presbyterian, a Baptist, or a good man of any other denomination"]]156 bytes (27 words) - 21:33, 18 October 2017
- ...ally deny us eternal salvation simply because we do not practice a set of, as some critics put it, "archaic medieval Masonic rituals" in Mormon temples?= ===Purpose of ritual and tokens and their role in salvation===1 KB (199 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- ...rather like someone to ascribe early Christian belief to the resurrection of Jesus to the supposed fact that ancient people, unlike us, hadn’t yet rea232 bytes (37 words) - 13:01, 19 October 2017
- ==David Whitmer (1881): "I do now again affirm the truth of all my statement, as then made and published"== ...egard to the same, I do now again affirm the truth of all my statement[s], as then made and published.<ref>"David Whitmer Proclamation, 19 March 1881," q1 KB (170 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...avid Whitmer (1881): "I do now again affirm the truth of all my statement, as then made and published"]]117 bytes (19 words) - 12:59, 19 October 2017
- ...they have borne to the Book as published in the first edition of the Book of Mormon"== In 1876, John Whitmer, one of the Eight Witnesses, wrote a lengthy letter to Mark Forscutt, which include2 KB (418 words) - 14:27, 13 April 2024
- ...s? Because as sure as you know that...he translated that book by the power of God"== ...s. He left, and began to loudly criticize the Church leadership. Critics of Mormonism arrived quickly.2 KB (271 words) - 14:24, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: How can we accept David Whitmer as a valid Book of Mormon witness if God told him to leave the Saints?== ...> then they must also accept that God wanted David to repudiate the Church as false. Brent Metcalfe asserts the following:2 KB (335 words) - 15:21, 13 April 2024
- ...ecause respect and obedience toward parents is regarded as the cornerstone of all order and authority"== ...uthority. This may only be done by the community at large on the authority of the elders.3 KB (563 words) - 14:57, 13 April 2024
- ...pt to "hide history" by portraying Brigham Young (a well-known polygamist) as having only one wife? ...pt to "hide history" by portraying Brigham Young (a well-known polygamist) as having only one wife?3 KB (549 words) - 22:26, 5 May 2024
- The following is a portion of John Murphy's interview with David Whitmer, written from Murphy's perspecti ...voice, brogue and the construction of his language. I mean as to his style of speaking. You know that we can often determine the class a man belongs to b3 KB (479 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
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- ...Egyptian Heiroglyphicks as he claimed to receive it by direct inspiration of Heaven"== ...Egyptian Heiroglyphicks as he claimed to receive it by direct inspiration of Heaven.<ref>Letter to the Editor dated 5 February 1838, ''Painesville Repub959 bytes (142 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- ...ranslate through the urim & Thummim Ancient records & Hyeroglyphics as old as Abraham or Adam"== ...ranslate through the urim & Thummim Ancient records & Hyeroglyphics as old as Abraham or Adam.<ref>Wilford Woodruff, Journal, 19 February 1842</ref>1 KB (160 words) - 15:58, 13 April 2024
- ...dreams which to me are just as real and as much from God as was the dream of King Nebuchadnezzar"== ...Twelve when George F. Richards was president. He was the venerable father of Brother LeGrand Richards who has just spoken to us. He said,3 KB (504 words) - 14:24, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What if the "rod of nature" was indeed a physical object such as a divining rod?== ===God allowed Oliver to use the rod as a tool to receive spiritual guidance===4 KB (726 words) - 15:33, 13 April 2024
- ...rstones, and other articles have been used appropriately in biblical, Book of Mormon, and modern times"== ...receive spiritual guidance. Those who define folk magic to include any use of tangible objects to aid in obtaining spiritual guidance confound the real w2 KB (267 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...ph Smith originally identify the angel that visited him as "Nephi" instead of "Moroni"?== The text in question reads as follows:7 KB (1,080 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ...but that outward manifestation ought not to be confused with the presence of the Spirit itself"== ...For example, compare your decisions with the scriptures and the teachings of the living prophets. Be certain that the feelings are consistent with the a2 KB (351 words) - 15:08, 13 April 2024
- ...millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men"== ...men unless he give revelation on the subject. If we understood the process of creation there would be no mystery about it, it would be all reasonable and1 KB (248 words) - 14:09, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Is Wikipedia's portrayal of Martin Harris as a gullible, superstitious man accurate?== ===Martin Harris is portrayed by critics as unstable, gullible and superstitious===4 KB (661 words) - 15:26, 13 April 2024
- ...ayton regarding the Kinderhook Plates in ''History of the Church'' written as if Joseph Smith himself said it?== ===''History of the Church'' was written in the "first person" after Joseph's death===5 KB (781 words) - 15:39, 13 April 2024
- ...trine is in the presentation of anomalies as though they were the doctrine of the Church"== ...ctrine of the Church, and...the Church has merely set the phenomenon aside as an anomaly.<ref>Stephen E. Robinson, [http://www.lightplanet.com/mormons/re3 KB (427 words) - 15:48, 13 April 2024
- ...trine is in the presentation of anomalies as though they were the doctrine of the Church"]]196 bytes (30 words) - 16:30, 18 October 2017
- ...sly classified as doctrine, theory, paradox, heresy, speculation, and some of the mysteries"== Matthew Brown gave perhaps one of the best reconcilations of Adam-God at the 2009 FairMormon Conference:2 KB (288 words) - 14:58, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Was the priesthood ban lifted as the result of social or government pressure?== ...nd culture, considers it factual that "this revelation came in the context of worldwide evangelism rather than domestic politics or American social and c2 KB (310 words) - 15:29, 13 April 2024
- ...stion: Do academic translators copy translations of other documents to use as a "base text"?== ===In some translations of the Dead Sea Scrolls, approximately 90% is simply copied from the King Jame8 KB (1,367 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} ...why.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/was-joseph-smith-the-author-of-the-book-of-mormon|number=507}}6 KB (1,065 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- John Whitmer reaffirmed his testimony as printed in the Book of Mormon even after he left the Church==John Whitmer reaffirmed his testimony as printed in the Book of Mormon even after he left the Church== ...ffirmed the written testimony of the Eight Witnesses published in the Book of Mormon:2 KB (329 words) - 14:27, 13 April 2024
- ...nian Institution send out a letter regarding the use of the Book of Mormon as a guide for archaeological research? ...nian Institution send out a letter regarding the use of the Book of Mormon as a guide for archaeological research?5 KB (734 words) - 21:55, 30 April 2024
- ...nciples relating to plural marriage were revealed to Joseph Smith as early as 1831"== Priesthood/Relief Society Manual ''Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith'':866 bytes (122 words) - 15:48, 13 April 2024
- ...outlined in this revelation, also included the principle of the plurality of wives"== Institute Manual: ''Church History in the Fulness of Times'':7 KB (1,022 words) - 14:09, 13 April 2024
- ...h Smith give Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball divining rods "as a symbol of gratitude for their loyalty"?== ...e describes Heber's dream in which Joseph gave him a rod, saying "the hand of God shall be with you"===3 KB (433 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- ...to the Book of Mormon as an "afterthought" in order to explain the variety of animals in the New World?== ...f the destroyed civilization to the north was an integral part of the Book of Mormon narrative from the beginning===9 KB (1,618 words) - 14:56, 30 April 2024
- ...ontain the "fulness of the Gospel" if it does not speak of ordinances such as baptism for the dead or celestial marriage?== ...ontain detailed descriptions of many religious topics and ordinances, such as eternal marriage or baptism for the dead===4 KB (743 words) - 22:26, 28 April 2024
- ...millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men unless he give revelation on the subject"== ...men unless he give revelation on the subject. If we understood the process of creation there would be no mystery about it, it would be all reasonable and1 KB (223 words) - 14:09, 13 April 2024
- ...millions of years, is and will remain a matter of speculation in the minds of men unless he give revelation on the subject"]]213 bytes (38 words) - 17:02, 19 October 2017
- ...critics of the Church portray Joseph Smith's letter to the Whitney family as a "love letter"?== ===Critical treatments of the letter: Was this a "love" letter to Sarah Ann?===12 KB (2,177 words) - 15:22, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Dee F. Green say that there is no such thing as Book of Mormon archaeology?== ===Green argues that the concept of "Book of Mormon archaeology" is inadequate, and that a broader anthropological persp12 KB (2,012 words) - 00:21, 27 April 2024
- ==''Gospel Topics'': "Latter-day Saints see all people as children of God in a full and complete sense"== ...ealize their divine destiny.” Just as a child can develop the attributes of his or her parents over time, the divine nature that humans inherit can be1 KB (187 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...ks say that "so-called Christianity sees God as an entirely different kind of being"?== ...n 1995 "that so-called Christianity sees God as an entirely different kind of being." He cites Dallin H. Oaks, "[https://www.lds.org/ensign/1995/05/apost5 KB (737 words) - 21:42, 1 May 2024
- ==Question: Why is ''History of the Church'' written in first-person, as if Joseph Smith himself wrote it?== ===The common nineteenth-century format of writing was chosen by Joseph Smith, who directed his clerks to write a firs6 KB (974 words) - 15:39, 13 April 2024
- ...the text of the Book of Abraham in the same manner as he did for the Book of Mormon?== ...t suggests Joseph Smith used his seer stone in the translation of the Book of Abraham===3 KB (444 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ...ible to "steal & be influenced by the spirit of the Lord to do it" as long as it was against non-Mormons?== ...es by the President he also observed that dogs were necessary to take care of the flock, but if the Shepherd's dogs hurt the sheep it would be time to re8 KB (1,402 words) - 15:16, 13 April 2024
- ==''Gospel Topics'': "As the Bible was compiled, organized, translated, and transcribed, many errors [http://www.lds.org/topics/bible-inerrancy-of?lang=eng "Bible, Inerrancy of,"] ''Gospel Topics'' on LDS.org,2 KB (329 words) - 10:36, 27 April 2024
- ...on: Does the Book of Mormon mention "polished steel" of "fine workmanship" as described in Gilbert Hunt's ''The Late War''?== ...latewarcomparison">Chris Johnson, Duane Johnson, "A Comparison of The Book of Mormon and The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain," http:3 KB (407 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- ...[[Question: Does the Book of Mormon mention "steel" of "fine workmanship" as described in Gilbert Hunt's ''The Late War''?]]134 bytes (20 words) - 11:56, 1 January 2015
- ...Late War'' have given Joseph Smith the idea of using brass plates as a way of recording information?== ...latewarcomparison">Chris Johnson, Duane Johnson, "A Comparison of The Book of Mormon and The Late War Between the United States and Great Britain," http:4 KB (591 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ...ic calling, he learned that he could use this stone for the higher purpose of translating scripture"== [http://www.lds.org/topics/book-of-mormon-translation?lang=eng "Book of Mormon Translation,"] ''Gospel Topics'' on LDS.org (2013):2 KB (309 words) - 14:24, 13 April 2024
- ...ic calling, he learned that he could use this stone for the higher purpose of translating scripture"]]170 bytes (26 words) - 22:18, 17 October 2017
- ...Egyptian Heiroglyphicks as he claimed to receive it by direct inspiration of Heaven"]]177 bytes (28 words) - 22:03, 17 October 2017
- ...chase documents such as Mark Hofmann's "Salamander letter" with the intent of hiding and suppressing them?== ...," even though to some it appeared to pose problems for the Church's story of its origins===16 KB (2,643 words) - 15:16, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Do any other religious traditions view the Garden of Eden as "local"?== ...f Eden or the primordial paradise of the race is often seen as the "center of the world"===4 KB (766 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Martin Harris: "Just as plain as you see that chopping block, I saw the plates"]]93 bytes (16 words) - 12:51, 19 October 2017
- ...stion: Did Joseph Smith teach animal sacrifice as part of the "restoration of all things"?== ...eed for sacrifice by the shedding of blood was superseded by the sacrifice of Jesus Christ===7 KB (1,216 words) - 14:33, 30 April 2024
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- ==Question: Did Joseph Smith create the temple ceremony as a way of teaching polygamy to certain members while keeping it a secret from the gen ===Hundreds received their endowment prior to traveling west, most of whom did not practice plural marriage===4 KB (607 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- ...the "Adam-God" theory ever taught as part of the temple endowment ceremony as something called "the lecture at the veil"?== ...attempted to introduce the concept of Adam-God into the endowment, as far as it had been revealed to him and he was able to interpret it===11 KB (1,835 words) - 15:28, 13 April 2024
- ...Mormonism perceived as a group of "radical, immoral, and un-American band of religious zealots"?== ...conomic cooperation.'" by including an additional (and important) fragment of the source being quoted. <ref>Richard Abanes,''One Nation under Gods'', pag3 KB (449 words) - 15:27, 13 April 2024
- ...her the use of the seer stone or the stone and the hat as part of the Book of Mormon translation process?== ...ensign/1977/09/by-the-gift-and-power-of-god?lang=eng By the Gift and Power of God]," ''Ensign'' (September 1977): 83.</ref> and Elder Russell M. Nelson17 KB (2,586 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Does the Book of Mormon describe the Lamanites as being "cursed" with a "red skin"?== ===There is no mention of "red skin" in the Book of Mormon===1 KB (226 words) - 13:21, 30 April 2024
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- Richard Anderson: All eleven Book of Mormon witnesses publicly reaffirmed their testimony as printed...n: All eleven Book of Mormon witnesses publicly reaffirmed their testimony as printed== ...ming their published testimony:<ref>{{Book:Anderson:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses|pages=137-138}}</ref>2 KB (272 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ==Oliver Cowdery statements as one of Three Witnesses== ...yed in glorious light, [who] ascend [descended I suppose] out of the midst of heaven. Now if this is human juggling—judge ye."<ref>Oliver Cowdery and M9 KB (1,466 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- ...Could Joseph Smith have written the Book of Mormon through a process known as "automatic writing?"== ...cs have turned to supernatural explanations that do not involve the divine as Joseph testified===7 KB (1,009 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ...0, then would anti-Mormons “surely” have seized upon it as an evidence of Joseph Smith’s imposture?== ===The claim that critics of Joseph would have used the vision accounts is negated by the following evid3 KB (459 words) - 15:23, 13 April 2024
- ==David Dille on Martin Harris (1855): "As many of the plates as Joseph Smith translated I handled with my hands"== ...nial Star'' 21 (1859):545. Cited in {{Book:Anderson:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses|start=113}} Cited in "Martin Harris Interview with David B2 KB (276 words) - 15:45, 13 April 2024
- ...North American Indians as "Lamanites" contradict the theory that the Book of Mormon events took place in Mesoamerica?== The Doctrine and Covenants refers to North American Indians as "Lamanites":9 KB (1,440 words) - 15:20, 13 April 2024
- ==''Gospel Topics'': "Much as critics and defenders of the Book of Mormon would like to use DNA studies to support their views, the evidence i [http://www.lds.org/topics/book-of-mormon-and-dna-studies?lang=eng "Book of Mormon and DNA Studies,"] ''Gospel Topics'' on LDS.org:2 KB (255 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Sidney B. Sperry (1995): "Questions arise as to how Jeremiah's prophecies appeared on the brass plates"]]117 bytes (16 words) - 12:16, 3 December 2019
- ...cience of stylometry, which can be defined loosely as statistical analysis of style"== ...Rencher, "Who Wrote the Book of Mormon? An Analysis of Wordprints," ''Book of Mormon Authorship'' (1982)</ref>1 KB (217 words) - 15:45, 13 April 2024
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- ...hat Old World sites match those on Lehi's journey as described in the Book of Mormon?== ...e confirmed predictions made by the geographical model offered by the Book of Mormon.5 KB (827 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- ...an Wright: "The core locations and events detailed in the text of the Book of Mormon took place in Mesoamerica, but many Nephites and Lamanites migrated ...e and North American Periphery of Book of Mormon Geography," ''Proceedings of the 2013 FAIR Conference'' (August 2013) </ref>2 KB (220 words) - 15:47, 13 April 2024
- ...e a part of the tribe of Manasseh, and whose ancestors landed on the coast of Chile"== ...st, and from them descended all the Indians of America.<ref>{{CriticalWork:AS:Golden Bible|pages=3}}</ref>935 bytes (150 words) - 15:06, 13 April 2024
- ...of Joseph are represented as crossing the sea, and settling this continent of North and South America"== ...{{ea}}<ref>{{MAfairwiki|author=William Smith|article=Evidences of the Book of Mormon|vol=3|num=4|date=January 1837|start=433|end=435}} {{link|url=http://3 KB (448 words) - 12:25, 3 December 2019
- ...n the broad light of history, as far back, at least, as the first peopling of the continent after the flood"== ...of the Church of Jesus Christ of ‘Latter-day Saints,’ to the Citizens of Washington, and to the Public in General|vol=1|num=5|date=March 1840|pages=2 KB (287 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- ...41): "What heart can be so indifferent as not to wish to peruse the record of half a world?"== ...and silver of Europe. {{ea}}<ref>{{MS1|author=Parley P. Pratt|article=Book of Mormon|vol=1|num=10|date=February 1841|pages=263–264}} {{link|url=htt999 bytes (169 words) - 15:46, 13 April 2024
- ...ing already shown that the Book of Mormon describes the christian religion as being on the Western Continent..."== ...at the Isthmus of Darien 600 years before Christ, which it styles the law of Moses....<ref>{{CriticalWork:Scott:Mormon Bible IV|pages=111–115}}</r1 KB (159 words) - 15:47, 13 April 2024
- ...s as the risen Messiah and the Saviour of the world, not of Asia only, but of America also"== ...also.''<ref>{{TS1|author=Parley P. Pratt|article=“A Letter to the Queen of England|vol=3|num=2|date=15 November 1841|pages=591–596}} {{link|url=1 KB (197 words) - 15:46, 13 April 2024
- ...avels had some influence, as an external evidence of the truth of the Book of Mormon"== ...external evidence of the truth of the Book of Mormon, which is now worthy of much consideration; but the internal evidence I think will satisfy every ho4 KB (675 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- ...of the continent of America, the Book of Mormon, backs up the description of immense 'ruins' in central America"== ...were it necessary, in order to establish the truth of their reality, just as they are found, showing that civilized nations, possessing the highest atta4 KB (645 words) - 15:46, 13 April 2024
- ...u, as well as of most other countries of Spanish America, are of the blood of Lehi"== ...u, as well as of most other countries of Spanish America, are of the blood of Lehi.<ref>Parley P. Pratt to Brigham Young, 13 March, 1852, in Parley P. Pr1 KB (171 words) - 15:46, 13 April 2024
- ...les as Cumorah, by another as Ramah, is situated near Palmyra in the State of New York"== ...ands of Joseph Smith in the present dispensation. [{{Book:Talmage:Articles of Faith|pages=255-256, 260}}]1 KB (255 words) - 15:45, 13 April 2024
- ...e history of all pre-Columbian peoples...The book does not give an history of all peoples who came to America before Columbus"== ...ok of Mormon: A Religious-Literary Study'' (Salt Lake City: LDS Department of Education, 1940), 11.</ref>2 KB (295 words) - 14:58, 13 April 2024
- ...Mesoamerica as presumptive culture source for costumes destined for a Book of Mormon re-enactments== ...Mesoamerica as presumptive culture source for costumes destined for a Book of Mormon re-enactments.981 bytes (137 words) - 14:09, 13 April 2024
- ==Critical claim: LDS scholars such as Dee F. Green have stated that Book of Mormon archaeology is a "myth"== ===Source of the claim: Richard Abanes, ''Becoming Gods'', page 66. Endnote 362n88===684 bytes (113 words) - 15:34, 8 June 2016
- ...listening to "a voice in his head" telling him to kill Laban as the result of a psychosis or delusion?== ...ke away mine own life; yea, and he would not hearken unto the commandments of the Lord; and he also had taken away our property." ({{s|1|Nephi|4|11}}).3 KB (468 words) - 15:28, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What can we learn about the Book of Mormon as an ancient text?== ===Some aspects of the Book of Mormon record make little sense if it is read as a 19th century creation===2 KB (360 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
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- ...attempted, without shame to preach their false doctrine against the gospel of truth"== ...es (A.D. 110-180), is quoted by Eusebius in his ''Ecclesiastical History'' as saying:1 KB (200 words) - 15:45, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Is the definition of a Christian martyr always understood only as one who does not fight back?== ...e is, has the definition of a Christian martyr always been understood only as one who does not fight back?9 KB (1,514 words) - 22:10, 30 April 2024
- ...on: Are some Mormon publications misrepresented as "official" publications of the Church?]]109 bytes (13 words) - 20:17, 3 August 2018
- ...on: Are some Mormon publications misrepresented as "official" publications of the Church?== ...nn claimed that the ''Encyclopedia of Mormonism'' "was an official product of the LDS Church."6 KB (949 words) - 23:10, 30 April 2024
- ...Book of Mormon not an ancient work because it contains "Greek words" such as "alpha and omega" or "Christ"?]]138 bytes (23 words) - 22:25, 28 October 2016
- ...elical interpretations of Deuteronomy 18 would cause one to have to reject as true prophets?== ...n the Bible where a true prophet prophesied something which did not happen as he stated===11 KB (1,785 words) - 15:10, 13 April 2024
- ...: If "the wages of sin is death" as described in Romans 6:23, and the fall of Adam and Eve was a transgression rather than a sin, then why did it introdu ...at is the wages of sin is spiritual death—being outside the presence of God===2 KB (279 words) - 15:23, 13 April 2024
- ...am and Eve, why did he forbid the fruit? Why did he not simply create them as mortals?== ...o read between the lines. After all, you might respond with the same sorts of questions. If God didn't ever want Adam and Eve to eat the fruit then why p9 KB (1,716 words) - 15:23, 13 April 2024
- ...ecause respect and obedience toward parents is regarded as the cornerstone of all order and authority"]]195 bytes (27 words) - 17:06, 19 October 2017
- ...ook of Mormon and Book of Moses describe "God" as creating, while the Book of Abraham describes "Gods?"== ...ve that God is one, but accept the Biblical witness that this is a oneness of purpose, intent, mind, will, and love===1 KB (208 words) - 15:39, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[The 8th Article of Faith]]38 bytes (6 words) - 16:49, 29 November 2023
- ...s/Studies of the Book of Mormon/A Book of Mormon Study/View of the Hebrews as ground plan]]130 bytes (23 words) - 22:08, 8 August 2017
- ...er to a CES Director'' feel the need to make a single hostile quote appear as if it were two separate quotes?== ...had not been picked out of—–—[him/me?] but should have let it passed as it was…”<br>4 KB (629 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Is Mormon insistence on baptism as an essential ordinance of salvation "unChristian" or "unbiblical"?== ===Biblical data and early Christians are unanimous that baptism was regarded as an essential commandment===19 KB (3,062 words) - 23:23, 30 April 2024
- ...hat there was uncertainty among Mormon Church officials about the identity of the personages that appeared to Joseph Smith during his First Vision?== ...stant Church historian Andrew Jenson twice referred to one of the visitors as an "angel"===3 KB (560 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Do Latter-day Saints consider the Holy Bible to be the Word of God?== ...ay Saints regard the Holy Bible? Do they consider the Bible to be the Word of God?7 KB (1,189 words) - 10:33, 27 April 2024
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- ==Question: Can a person identify as gay or lesbian and still be a member of the Church in good standing?== ...sexual feelings take the form of an intimate physical relationship outside of marriage.11 KB (1,760 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did BYU ever use vomiting as part of aversion therapy?== ...w with Dr. Thorne, available as the FAIR podcast referenced above, as well as by a specific statement to this effect from BYU:1 KB (185 words) - 15:12, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[The documentary hypothesis and the Book of Mormon]]63 bytes (9 words) - 18:04, 5 March 2023
- ...ion of the Lord? How can you say you have apostles, if that be the measure of an apostle?” ...ostles. He hadn’t been a witness of the ministry nor of the resurrection of the Lord. How did he gain his testimony sufficient to be an apostle? And th2 KB (380 words) - 22:30, 1 May 2024
- ...es the eighth Article of Faith statement about believing the Bible "as far as it is translated correctly" imply that Bible translators are trying to hide192 bytes (30 words) - 11:51, 20 April 2017
- #REDIRECT [[Joseph Smith listed as author and proprietor of the Book of Mormon]]80 bytes (13 words) - 17:15, 5 March 2023
- ...[[Question: Do the Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") use praise of God as part of their prayers and songs in worship?]]125 bytes (20 words) - 14:47, 7 April 2019
- #REDIRECT[[The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible]]54 bytes (8 words) - 16:33, 30 November 2023
- ...dentify as transgender, does this invalidate the Latter-day Saint doctrine of eternal gender?== ...or people who identify as transgender in order to invalidate the doctrine of eternal, binary gender.12 KB (1,905 words) - 15:27, 13 April 2024
- #REDIRECT [[Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon]]64 bytes (11 words) - 05:04, 11 March 2023
- ...dentify as transgender, does this invalidate the Latter-day Saint doctrine of eternal gender?]]197 bytes (27 words) - 07:13, 19 May 2023
- ...mon share a similarity in describing women as "tender"—prey to the lusts of men?== ...equals before God. They are not, as the critics put it, prey to the lusts of men.652 bytes (108 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- ...e a part of the tribe of Manasseh, and whose ancestors landed on the coast of Chile"]]184 bytes (30 words) - 12:19, 3 December 2019
- ...of Joseph are represented as crossing the sea, and settling this continent of North and South America"]]177 bytes (28 words) - 12:25, 3 December 2019
- ...n the broad light of history, as far back, at least, as the first peopling of the continent after the flood"]]203 bytes (34 words) - 12:25, 3 December 2019
- ...avels had some influence, as an external evidence of the truth of the Book of Mormon"]]160 bytes (25 words) - 15:57, 3 December 2019
- ...e history of all pre-Columbian peoples...The book does not give an history of all peoples who came to America before Columbus"]]248 bytes (41 words) - 16:47, 3 December 2019
- ...Mesoamerica as presumptive culture source for costumes destined for a Book of Mormon re-enactments]]149 bytes (20 words) - 21:21, 3 December 2019
- ...narratives of the Book of Mormon resemble a Methodist conversion narrative as would have been understood in Joseph Smith's time?== ...on] resemble those of [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Methodism Methodists] of [https://archive.bookofmormoncentral.org/node/451 Joseph Smith’s] day. Pa21 KB (3,188 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- ...h produce the Book of Mormon by using the Methodist preaching device known as “laying down heads”?== ...ttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Homily homiletic] composition technique known as “laying down heads.”13 KB (1,960 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ...use characters from the Bible as templates for the characters in the Book of Mormon?== ...odie claimed the following in her book ''No Man Knows My History: the Life of Joseph Smith''33 KB (5,361 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ...Did Joseph Smith use Paul as a template for the character Alma in the Book of Mormon?== ...appears to them, causing them to fall and tremble because of fear. Because of this experience, Alma was converted to the Gospel and labored to spread it18 KB (2,847 words) - 23:13, 28 April 2024
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- ...What are some ways that the theology of love in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints compares with other religious traditions?== ...logist would be to confirm the Plan of Salvation and Restoration as a plan of love.10 KB (1,601 words) - 21:43, 12 April 2024
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- ...acsimiles/Facsimile 2/Identification of the ithyphallic Egyptian god "Min" as "God sitting upon his throne"]]137 bytes (19 words) - 17:51, 17 March 2024
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- ...t (or other Greek terms such as "alpha" and "omega") mentioned in the Book of Mormon before Christ's birth?]]145 bytes (25 words) - 22:37, 29 April 2024
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- ...Book of Abraham have been influenced by Thomas Dick's book The Philosophy of a Future State?== ...scribed in the Book of Abraham by reading Thomas Dick’s ''The Philosophy of a Future State''===5 KB (867 words) - 21:12, 30 April 2024
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- ...age, in the page revision history, on the diff page, and in the watchlists of users who are watching that article. ...the interest of Wikipedians with an expertise in the area. This may not be as necessary for "minor changes", but (e.g.) "fixed spelling" would be nice ev2 KB (285 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
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- ...nd arriving at truth through rigorous thought. It is a tool that the Light of Christ can use to help us discern good from bad, true from false ([https:// ...discredit Joseph Smith. Joseph was often the target of such efforts; many of the [[The Hurlbut affidavits|early anti-Mormon "affidavits"]] against Josep44 KB (7,051 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
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- ''This is a list of on-line Christian and related (such as gnosticism) texts.'' *[http://www.ccel.org/ccel/schaff/npnf102.iv.html City of God]2 KB (246 words) - 15:07, 13 April 2024
- ...chase documents such as Mark Hofmann's "Salamander letter" with the intent of hiding and suppressing them? ...chase documents such as Mark Hofmann's "Salamander letter" with the intent of hiding and suppressing them?}}4 KB (643 words) - 21:26, 9 May 2024
- {{Epigraph|But as you cannot always judge the righteous, or as you cannot always tell the wicked from the righteous, therefore I say unto ...Gordon B. Hinckley were a true prophet, why did he not discern the nature of the Hofmann forgeries?}}1 KB (193 words) - 16:33, 26 April 2024
- ...rst vision anymore than I am worried that there are four different writers of the gospels in the New Testament, each with his own perceptions, each telli ...ink|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1984/10/god-hath-not-given-us-the-spirit-of-fear?lang=eng}}8 KB (1,156 words) - 20:51, 4 May 2024
- |L1=Was Joseph Smith's participation in "money digging" as a youth a blot on his character? |L3=Was "money digging" Joseph Smith's primary source of income during his early years?2 KB (242 words) - 20:40, 27 April 2024
- ...h Smith’s neighbors which claim that the Smith family possessed a number of character flaws |L4=Hurlbut's collection of the statements was made at the request of an anti-Mormon committee in Kirtland, Ohio10 KB (1,556 words) - 19:06, 6 May 2024
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- ...to tell fortunes; he had a stone which he used to put in his hat, by means of which he professed to tell people's fortunes.<ref>E.D. Howe, ''Mormonism Un ...oseph Smith, Jr. "he had a stone which he used to put in his hat, by means of which he professed to tell people's fortunes."3 KB (546 words) - 19:07, 6 May 2024
- ...ey Chase claimed that the Smiths were lazy, intemperate that they "boasted of their skill" at lying==== ...h family on 2 December 1833, three years after the publication of the Book of Mormon:1 KB (234 words) - 20:47, 27 April 2024
- ...his event because it was remarkable and fairly minor—hardly the sign of Joseph being perpetually drunk. * The lack of other claims in the affidavits that Joseph Jr. was a drunk is also telling&2 KB (270 words) - 20:48, 27 April 2024
- ...tin Harris said that Mormonism was false and that he could "make money out of it"=== ...'What if it is a lie'''; if you will let me alone '''I will make money out of it!'''"9 KB (1,529 words) - 20:51, 27 April 2024
- ...he Hurlbut affidavits say about Joseph Smith claiming that he was "as good as Jesus Christ"?== ...r depositions together said that Joseph Smith claimed that he was "as good as Jesus Christ"===3 KB (451 words) - 20:55, 27 April 2024
- ...t Joseph Smith's religious ideas derived in part from ''Kabbalah'', a type of (usually Jewish) mysticism. Critics and the unwary presume that because a f ...id. And, thus far, that proof has not been forthcoming. Extensive reviews of the works which purport to find this strain in Joseph Smith's thought are a19 KB (2,997 words) - 21:55, 27 April 2024
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- ...which were later referred to as "Urim and Thummim") to translate the Book of Mormon. |L1=Joseph Smith's use of seer stones as a youth1 KB (184 words) - 13:59, 30 April 2024
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- ...ts to "hide history" by portraying Brigham Young (a well-known polygamist) as having only one wife. ...pt to "hide history" by portraying Brigham Young (a well-known polygamist) as having only one wife?1 KB (190 words) - 22:25, 5 May 2024
- ...use she continued to insist that her husband had never taught the doctrine of plural marriage |L4= Brigham and Emma did not agree on the disposition of Joseph's estate8 KB (1,370 words) - 22:31, 5 May 2024
- ...ten exclude from their discussion of the Kinderhook plates, and the extent of Joseph Smith's involvement. ...tory of the Church say that Joseph Smith said "I have translated a portion of them..."?5 KB (745 words) - 21:48, 30 April 2024
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- ==Question: What is the nature of the Joseph Smith Translation (JST)?== ===Question: Is the JST intended primarily or solely as a restoration of lost Bible text?===2 KB (367 words) - 16:31, 28 April 2024
- ...original ''intent'' and ''clarifying the message'' of the original author of the text in question. We are not entirely sure, but in either case the JST ...e in the JST and whether a particular change was meant to be a restoration of original text.4 KB (737 words) - 16:33, 28 April 2024
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- ...It is claimed that Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon supported the formation of a vigilante band called the “Danites," and that the Danites were pledged ...of Far West, some leaders and members organized a paramilitary group known as the Danites"3 KB (412 words) - 21:21, 26 April 2024
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- ...Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery's day similarly believed in divining rods as instruments for revelation. Cowdery was among those who believed in and use ...Oliver desired, the revelation went on to say, the Lord would add the gift of translation to the revelatory gifts Oliver already possessed (D&C 8:8-11).2 KB (235 words) - 23:48, 30 April 2024
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- ...seph using the stone to receive revelation. Sometimes the hat is mentioned as well. These facts are found hidden in the official Church magazines the ''E ...her the use of the seer stone or the stone and the hat as part of the Book of Mormon translation process?}}9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:49, 30 April 2024
- ...in turn, to conclude that the LDS endowment is nothing but a variant form of Masonic initiation and therefore not from a divine source. <small>Video published by The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.</small>4 KB (630 words) - 21:24, 26 April 2024
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- ...of years. These articles help address these stories and practices in light of the Restored Gospel. ...ecause respect and obedience toward parents is regarded as the cornerstone of all order and authority"4 KB (659 words) - 15:58, 13 April 2024
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- ...ue published. The events surrounding its publication lead to the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The full text is provided below for study. ...further Church proceedings will appear in our columns, except in the form of brief communications.--ED.72 KB (12,886 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
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- ===Latter-day Saints reject the interpretive baggage of the Greeks and Reformers, and claim that Christ is eternal, but not in the ...criptures.lds.org/rev/22/13#13 22:13]). The title also appears in the Book of Mormon once ([http://scriptures.lds.org/3_ne/9/18#18 3 Nephi 9:18]) and the3 KB (517 words) - 21:30, 26 April 2024
- ...e and Covenants? Revelations used to be printed in Church periodicals such as the Times and Seasons and the Evening and Morning Star. Why are revelations |L2=Apostles as personal witnesses of Christ2 KB (252 words) - 22:28, 1 May 2024
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- ...them are my children and too young at the time to comment on the veracity of the book; the other named person is Martha and her view is expressed in 320 ...(often unflatteringly) in this book have little or no access to the court of public opinion.3 KB (639 words) - 14:25, 13 April 2024
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- ...Mormonism in error because Christianity requires a "closed canon" instead of the Church's "open canon"? ...Mormonism in error because Christianity requires a "closed canon" instead of the Church's "open canon"?}}</onlyinclude>2 KB (237 words) - 14:06, 27 April 2024
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- ...mbers. These are ''unofficial'' statements, but serve to show the variety of opinions that have been expressed on the topic. ==Encyclopedia of Mormonism==9 KB (1,439 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...ations in successive generations. One or more common origins for all forms of life are assumed.<br><br> ...recorded in the scriptures and expounded by inspired teachers. (Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, pp. 139-151.)<br><br>27 KB (4,776 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
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- ...s was upon the face of the deep. And the Spirit of God moved upon the face of the waters." (Gen. 1:1-2). ...nit by which to measure back through the ages to the time at which, so far as the earth is concerned, time began.35 KB (6,198 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...r "Mormon Doctrine" by Elder Bruce R. McConkie, is an official publication of the Church. <br><br> ...ong as may be necessary to arrive at facts and at a complete understanding of the truth. <br><br>861 bytes (142 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
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- ...ating judgment to understand very much about some of the advanced theories of philosophy or science. <BR><BR> ...er the aims of the Church school, than theories which deal with the origin of life. <BR><BR>5 KB (919 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...general gospel interest answered for guidance, not as official statements of Church policy'' <BR><BR> ...he earth's history as indicated from fossils fits with the earth's history as the scriptures present it?<BR><BR>10 KB (1,685 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...hildren in the Creation and include a more detailed version of the origins of evil.<BR><BR> ...not a static, quality. According to Raffaele Pettazzoni, a noted historian of religions, "What happened in the beginning has an exemplary and defining va16 KB (2,574 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...s and over what period of time that often dominate secular discussions are of limited interest for Latter-day Saints. <BR><BR> ...te of existence; that an understanding of all the details about the origin of man is not vital to one's salvation, although the matter is related to seve4 KB (701 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...lity of worlds. In itself this is not a unique concept among the religions of the world, but the LDS doctrine is distinctive (Crowe, pp. 241-46). ==THE AGE OF THE EARTH==10 KB (1,599 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...volved from fish to reptile and then to ape, can never understand the fall of man and the atonement. These truths are mysteries to him and only contempt ...e man, or later? Was it in the Stone Age, or the Bronze Age, or in the Age of Iron? . . . And if there never was a Fall, why should there be any Atonemen3 KB (598 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...s hypothesis true, scientists could save their time searching from one end of the earth to the other to find in fossils the evidence which they seek. It ...teresting figures on this question. In his very excellent work, The Origin of Man, pages 84-86, he has given us the following important information:7 KB (1,146 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ==THE AGE OF THE EARTH== ...ou are not quite so excited." As far as I could see, we parted on the best of terms.16 KB (2,942 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...ment Association Manual of 1908-1909. Both these brethren regard the earth as having a very great antiquity. ...g which is best discussed dispassionately on a basis of a careful weighing of the evidence. Any other approach will not influence serious scholars.6 KB (1,047 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
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- ...Mormons believe that there is there progression between the three degrees of glory?== ===There is no official pronouncement on this question. Some leaders of the Church have, however, expressed deep skepticism about this idea===7 KB (1,203 words) - 21:33, 9 May 2024
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- ...850): "the Lord took one of his sons, whose name was Mulek, with a company of those who would hearken unto His words, and brought them over the ocean, an Orson Pratt, ''Divine Authenticity of the Book of Mormon, no. 6'' (Liverpool, England: 15 October 1850): 91–92.4 KB (722 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...nds of Ephraim, when the book itself tells us that Lehi was of the lineage of Manasseh?"== As cited in B. H. Roberts's 1909 ''New Witnesses for God'', vol. 32 KB (397 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
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- ...asseh...Ishmael, who was the other founder of the colony, was a descendant of Ephraim"== ...d calls it ' . . . for Joseph, the stick of Ephraim, and for all the house of Israel his companions.'3 KB (466 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...aces due south, which, at such a northern latitude, would be the direction of the most light; its front is, therefore, the south elevation. ...e, however, would say that the west elevation is the front of the building as there are no doors on the east elevation.2 KB (352 words) - 21:35, 9 May 2024
- ...arently concerned that Joseph might bilk his employer, Josiah Stowell, out of some money. Mr. Stowell’s testimony clearly said this was not so and that ...the Prophet's Life:Ensign:June 1994:Tried and acquitted on fanciful charge of being a "disorderly person"3 KB (483 words) - 23:24, 29 April 2024
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- ...e and weigh the words of the standard works (since they are our ''standard of truth'') and we take into consideration what has been taught by the living As taught in Preach My Gospel:9 KB (1,563 words) - 21:34, 12 April 2024
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- ==Question: Why does the Book of Mormon mention "satyrs" in 2 Nephi 23:21? Aren't satyrs mythological creatu ...Ricks|article=How do we explain the mention of "satyrs," commonly regarded as mythical creatures, in 2 Nephi 23:21 and Isaiah 13:21 and 34:14?|date=Febru3 KB (435 words) - 15:39, 13 April 2024
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- ...one of which is to prophesy future events: The key issue is the possession of divine authority, in that they give whatever message(s) God wishes communic ...rophesy by foretelling unknown events. They commonly issue challenges such as, "If Gordon B. Hinckley is a prophet, tell me one event that he's prophesie5 KB (753 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
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- ==Question: What evidence does the Book of Abraham demonstrate to support its own antiquity?== ===The Book of Abraham has a number of evidences to support it===208 KB (32,568 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- ...Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints resign because of its support of Prop 8?== ...my, over the [[Blacks and the priesthood|priesthood ban]], over the repeal of the priesthood ban, over the Church's position on the ERA, and now over Pro2 KB (338 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- Mormonism and prophets/Revelation after Joseph Smith/David Whitmer/Brigham Young ordination blessing...no criticism about the blessing given to Brigham Young upon his ordination as an apostle. His blessing is referenced by at least one other blessing, howe ..., that he may cast out Devils, heal the sick raise the dead, open the eyes of the blind, go forth from land to land and from sea to sea, and that heathen1 KB (248 words) - 10:02, 5 July 2017
- <center><H2>The Unwritten Order of Things</H2> ...cher did not center on the subject he taught. Dr. Schaefer was a professor of mathematics at Washington State University at Pullman, Washington. He was q24 KB (4,424 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...iolate the Biblical command against "graven images" by displays sculptures of Christ?== ...dus 20:3-4 does not mean that one cannot have pictures, statues, or images of earthly or heavenly things in one's home or in church===4 KB (712 words) - 23:49, 29 April 2024
- ==Question: Why is the Masonic symbol of the "All Seeing Eye" present on the Salt Lake Temple?== ...not a symbol created by the Masonic fraternity and, in fact, was utilized as an emblem in Christian architecture long before Speculative Freemasonry bec6 KB (953 words) - 21:51, 12 April 2024
- ==Question: What is the Mormon understanding of the nature of angels?== ...ls is consistent with Biblical passages which portray at least some angels as former righteous mortals===4 KB (622 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- ...ebook1}}</ref> and in 2000 published a more 'theoretical' approach to Book of Mormon geography.<ref>{{MormonsMap1|}}</ref> ...g|frame|'''Figure 3:'''Sorenson's proposed geography, with the narrow neck of land at the Tehuantepec Isthmus.<ref>From {{Aas1|start=front cover}}; graph4 KB (521 words) - 14:08, 13 April 2024
- ...ok Usamacinta for Sidon/Grijalva, thus becoming hopelessly lost. The Book of Mormon text is even accurate in the direction which the Sidon flows at a cr ...west of the North-South-oriented coast of the Gulf of Mexico near the city of [http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=22.22,-97.85&spn=0.3,0.3&q=22.22,-97.85 Tam5 KB (698 words) - 14:04, 13 April 2024
- ...o Sorenson's model,<ref>{{Book:Hauck:Deciphering the Geography of the Book of Mormon}} </ref> but one reviewer considered his alterations too radical to * Narrow neck of land - no isthmus connection, but considers it a "narrow corridor"1,017 bytes (158 words) - 14:04, 13 April 2024
- ...k of Mormon geography/Michigan artifacts|Michigan artifacts]]") and [[Book of Mormon geography/Burrows Cave artifacts|Burrows Cave]] "artifacts."<ref>Ed ..."Michigan Relics as Evidence," in {{FAIR:Reviews of DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography:Identifying the Nephites}}.]]5 KB (780 words) - 14:04, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/A Letter to an Apostle ...related to "specific questions I had and still have with the truth claims of the Church". <ref> Paul A. Douglas, ''Letter to an Apostle,'' (July 2013),4 KB (697 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- ...nsula.<ref>{{Sunstone1|author=Ralph A. Olsen|article=A Malay Site for Book of Mormon Events|start=32|date=March 2004|num=131}}{{pdflink|url=http://www.su * {{Sunstone|author=Ralph A. Olsen|article=A Malay Site for Book of Mormon Events|start=30|end=34|date=March 2004|num=131}}{{pdflink|url=http:/877 bytes (126 words) - 14:08, 13 April 2024
- |L=Book of Mormon/Gold plates |H=The Book of Mormon and "gold" plates2 KB (382 words) - 11:55, 27 April 2024
- ==Question: Why does the age when Abraham left Haran in the Book of Abraham differ from the Bible?== ...aran is stated to be 75 years old in Genesis, and 62 years old in the Book of Abraham===2 KB (295 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- ...ses recorded in the Book of Mormon looked upon the plates and handled them of which they bear witness"== ...nuscript, Family and Church History Department, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints</ref>2 KB (264 words) - 14:58, 13 April 2024
- {{Navigation:Book of Mormon}} {{:Question: Are there any other witnesses to the Book of Mormon plates besides the Three and Eight witnesses?}}2 KB (388 words) - 13:38, 13 April 2024
- ...Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?== ...h?|url=https://knowhy.bookofmormoncentral.org/knowhy/where-is-the-location-of-the-hill-cumorah|number=489}}10 KB (1,611 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Mormon scholar Hugh Nibley fake or distort most of his footnotes?== ===Any claim made by Nibley should be assessed on the basis of its logic, rigor, and accuracy===8 KB (1,348 words) - 15:16, 13 April 2024
- ...mith's First Vision/Personages that appeared referred to by Church leaders as "angels" ...hurch leaders referred to the personages that appeared in the First Vision as "angels"2 KB (273 words) - 00:21, 7 May 2024
- |L1=Question: Why does Joseph Smith's 1832 account of the First Vision not mention two personages? ...nstruct the 1832 narrative in a manner such as to exclude explicit mention of the Father's appearance?2 KB (298 words) - 12:14, 27 April 2024
- |L=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/Oliver Cowdery not aware of First Vision in 1834-35 |H=Oliver Cowdery's awareness of the story of the First Vision in 1834-354 KB (580 words) - 12:15, 27 April 2024
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- ...As Angel:Unknown to many, the early church fathers often referred to Jesus as an Angel |L4=Question: What prior knowledge did George Q. Cannon have of the First Vision?1 KB (231 words) - 15:06, 13 April 2024
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- ...68): "revealed to Joseph by the ministration of angels, the true condition of the religious world" ...(1994): "Unknown to many, the early church fathers often referred to Jesus as an Angel....in antiquity the word 'angel' meant 'messenger.'"1 KB (230 words) - 12:21, 27 April 2024
- ...(1994): "Unknown to many, the early church fathers often referred to Jesus as an Angel....in antiquity the word 'angel' meant 'messenger.'" ...As Angel:Unknown to many, the early church fathers often referred to Jesus as an Angel}}1 KB (200 words) - 12:24, 27 April 2024
- ...mean that he understood this extraordinary event represented the beginning of a new gospel dispensation=== ...] to a call from God the Father and Jesus Christ to restore the true order of things [1842 account]."11 KB (1,850 words) - 21:48, 26 April 2024
- |H=Persecution of Joseph Smith in response to his First Vision |L1=Question: Does Joseph Smith's 1832 account of the First Vision not mention that he was persecuted for telling others abou1 KB (184 words) - 21:49, 26 April 2024
- ...among the most prolific anti-Mormon authors. However, non-Mormon scholars of LDS issues have noted that the Tanners display a consistent bias in their w ...t.lib.utah.edu/u?/dialogue,17372 Career Apostates:Reflections on the Works of Jerald and Sandra Tanner]|vol=17|num=2|date=Summer 1984|start=45|end=46}}</2 KB (285 words) - 21:59, 11 May 2024
- ...ms that the First Vision was fabricated by Joseph Smith to give him a line of "Godly authority" |L2=Question: Did Joseph Smith’s account of the First Vision grow more detailed and more colorful after he first record3 KB (444 words) - 12:30, 27 April 2024
- ...roup of Mormons in southwestern Utah brutally killed all the adult members of a non-Mormon wagon train on its way to California. The group was encamped i ...ine Valley Mountains, about 30 miles west of Cedar City and 28 miles north of St. George in Southern Utah. Today it is easily accessible by improved road4 KB (711 words) - 15:05, 13 April 2024
- |L=Book of Mormon/Textual changes/"the Son of" |H="God" changed to "Son of God" in the Book of Mormon1 KB (186 words) - 14:06, 13 April 2024
- |H=Understanding pre-1978 statements by members and leaders of the Church regarding the priesthood ban ...s no obligation for current members to accept such sentiments as the "word of the Lord" for our time: They most certainly do not reflect the Church's cur3 KB (462 words) - 15:03, 13 April 2024
- |L1=Gospel Topics: "Church leaders pondered promises made by prophets such as Brigham Young that black members would one day receive priesthood and templ ...does the revelatory process work in the case of something like the lifting of the priesthood ban?2 KB (288 words) - 20:52, 30 April 2024
- ...ers since the ban. Among these are the notion that Blacks were somehow not as "valiant" in the pre-existence, and that interracial marriage is forbidden. |L2=Mormonism and the "curse of Cain"1 KB (165 words) - 20:54, 30 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/For my Wife and Children (Letter to my Wife)/Cha |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/For my Wife and Children (Letter to my Wife)/Cha8 KB (1,317 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- |L=Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Eight witnesses/Shown to me by a supernatural power ...ysical encounter with the golden plates (as they so testified on the pages of the book itself), but rather a spiritual or visionary experience only.1 KB (237 words) - 12:31, 27 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD ...t difficult for believing Latter-day Saints to see that expression of love as sincere.9 KB (1,317 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Intro ...aration put forth by Patrick Powell, "Today we're going to investigate two of the world's most prominent and influential men to determine once and for al8 KB (1,361 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Eternal Life ...how Joseph Smith could claim that the Book of Mormon was another Testament of Jesus Christ." - Patrick Powell (Host)</h2>44 KB (7,529 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Archaeology ...or:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Is There Archaeological Support for the Book of Mormon?</h2>15 KB (2,306 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Prophecy and Revelation ...lign:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Is {{s||D&C|84|3-5}} an example of a failed prophecy?</h2>12 KB (1,949 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Polygamy ...before Solomon or David ever came on the scene, God had warned the nation of Israel, in Deuteronomy 17, he told them when you establish a King, make sur49 KB (8,019 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/First Vision ...ce he didn't have the priesthood in 1820 he could not have really seen God as he claimed.</h2>14 KB (2,321 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/The "Occult" ...pass judgment on historical figures. The segment opens with the portrayal of an inverted pentagram, with sinister flames behind the symbol. The DVD obvi17 KB (2,868 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/The Translator ...#a3b0bf;text-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">Claim: "The Book of Mormon was not translated from the golden plates. According to his scribes12 KB (1,933 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/DNA ...prove conclusively that the DNA found on the victim did not match the DNA of the convict."</h2>19 KB (3,134 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Book of Abraham {{DVDHeadingBox|Book of Abraham}}11 KB (1,667 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Witnessing to Mormons ...one remain, and yet in the Bible multitudes of cities have been found just as the Bible said." - Floyd McElveen</h2>29 KB (4,776 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Summary ...that it will touch the hearts of all who watch through the grace and truth of Christ Jesus.''26 KB (4,387 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Call to Leaders ...portion of the video calls for LDS leaders to stop the supposed deception of Mormonism.4 KB (604 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Credits ...t people associated with the production of the video. There is one section of the credits, entitled "Special Thanks" that lists people who provided comme19 KB (2,864 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- {{DVDHeadingBox|Letter of Instruction to Distributors}} ...ibute the DVD. It provides a glimpse of their attitudes toward the Church of Jesus Christ, and the members whom they claim to be treating with "love."5 KB (781 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Does Colossians 1:16 teach that Jesus created all things out of nothing?== ...lieve in the post-Biblical doctrine of ''creatio ex nihilo'' (creation out of nothing)===4 KB (711 words) - 23:49, 29 April 2024
- ...ife, as did Abraham, Jacob, David, and other biblical heroes, with no hint of divine disapproval.<br><br>—Michael Coogan, ''God and Sex: What the B |L3=Question: What are the "works of Abraham" and how does this relate to plural marriage?3 KB (411 words) - 17:32, 5 May 2024
- ...yle of the world with less danger of his life or his character, than to do as he did. The Lord commanded him to teach & to practice that principle.<br><b ...olitical Science in America; an Address by Mr. Bernard Shaw to the Academy of Political Science, at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, on the 11th.3 KB (440 words) - 22:15, 5 May 2024
- ...a witness received a dramatic experience which convinced them, independent of Joseph, that plural marriage was the correct path for them to follow ...a witness received a dramatic experience which convinced them, independent of Joseph, that plural marriage was the correct path for them to follow===23 KB (4,026 words) - 18:00, 5 May 2024
- {{DVDHeadingBox|Letter of Instruction to Distributors}} ...and the members whom they claim to be treating with "love." This version of the letter has comments added in <font color="blue">blue</font> by FAIR. Cl14 KB (2,363 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/The Good Test ...ection. Justly judged on our actions, we would not be allowed into heaven. As the video points out, however, Christ died for our sins so that we might be2 KB (339 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Burning in the Bosom ...about the truth of Mormonism; they had a burning in the bosom. Well, many of us have prayed; I've prayed, and I have tremendous joy in knowing Jesus." -31 KB (5,234 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/The Priesthood ...olor:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">"We are priests. In two different sections of scripture God calls every believer a priest." - Floyd McElveen (Author and14 KB (2,187 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/A New Beginning ...with Christ can be enriched further by a full understanding of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.<p>3 KB (465 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- {{Navigation:Book of Abraham}} |L=Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri/Church disclosure of "Book of the Dead"2 KB (380 words) - 12:35, 27 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smit |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smit9 KB (1,516 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...to insist that only the Bible can be a reliable source to truth. The Acts of the Apostles demonstrates how the early Church functioned, relying both on ...her; and they were all filled with the Holy Ghost, and they spake the word of God with boldness.''7 KB (1,157 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...members should not just "believe them," but should seek their own witness of the truth.</h2> ...natural philosophy; if false it should be opposed and exposed just as much as any other error. Hence upon all such matters we wish to go back to first pr12 KB (2,160 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...selection of quotes dealing with the LDS attitude toward those who are not of their faith. ...relationship from mortal progenitors, but also as literal spirit children of an Eternal Father.7 KB (1,241 words) - 01:49, 27 April 2024
- ...xt-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">The following is a sampling of the email messages FAIR has received since posting the response to the ''Je ...every message we've received, the following is representative of the types of messages FAIR is getting. We've included both supportive and critical messa34 KB (5,824 words) - 22:40, 9 May 2024
- ...release from the DVD's producers appeared on 30 March 2007. This version of the letter has comments added in <font color="blue">blue</font> by FAIR. Cl ...eph Smith DVD Distribution Conceived and Carried out by a Broad Consortium of Churches, Ministries and Non-Profit Organizations10 KB (1,680 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This page contains a sampling of misleading or distorted quotes used in various DVD sections.</h2> The video makes much of a statement by Church President Gordon B. Hinckley:27 KB (4,448 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Why are "hot drinks" forbidden by the Word of Wisdom?== ...urch keep the Word of Wisdom because they are obedient to the commandments of God===13 KB (2,096 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- ==''Revelations in Context'': "The Word of Wisdom rejected the idea of a substitute for alcohol. “Hot drinks”"== ...rs such as Sylvester Graham and William A. Alcott preached against the use of any stimulants whatsoever, including coffee and tea. [18]2 KB (378 words) - 15:46, 13 April 2024
- ...itics of the Mormon doctrines of the plurality of gods and the deification of man?== ...heology but rather a very specific and practical command to recognize YHWH as Israel's only god and the only god to be worshiped===3 KB (482 words) - 22:47, 8 May 2024
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- |L=Apostasy/Patristic evidence of |H=Evidence of an apostasy after Christ from early Christian history other than the Bible2 KB (370 words) - 14:00, 13 April 2024
- ...did Mormons teach that the only way a black man could get into heaven was as a slave?== ...ted by Elder Mark E. Petersen at BYU in the early 1950s. At the time, much of American society believed that blacks were socially and culturally inferior11 KB (1,818 words) - 15:24, 13 April 2024
- ...he angel and the plates.<br><br>—Martin Harris, quoted in "Statement of William M. Glenn to O. E. Fischbacher," May 30, 1943, Cardston, Alberta, Ca ...mdash;Martin Harris, quoted in Robert Aveson, "Three Witnesses to the Book of Mormon," ''Deseret News'', April 2, 1927.5 KB (832 words) - 17:41, 30 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and the nature of God/Heavenly Mother ...o Latter-day Saints believe in a female divine person, a "Heavenly Mother" as counterpart to God, the Heavenly Father?1 KB (188 words) - 22:29, 27 April 2024
- ...second pass through parts of the manuscripts and comprise only a minority of the revisions Joseph Smith made.<ref name="Jackson_Some_Notes">{{Interprete2 KB (247 words) - 16:37, 28 April 2024
- ...red Source: Rethinking Joseph Smith’s Bible Translation”. In a summary of their research, Wayment and his research assistant wrote: ...essing the overall question of what these findings suggest regarding Smith as a translator and his various translation projects.15 KB (2,398 words) - 16:33, 28 April 2024
- ==Question: Why does the Church continue to use the KJV instead of the JST as its official bible?== ...ch a change would require both prophetic instruction and a sustaining vote of the membership.5 KB (793 words) - 22:10, 29 April 2024
- ...s to attempt to show that the Mormon doctrine of deification is a teaching of Satan?== ...an never claimed that Adam and Eve would be gods, just that they would be "as gods, knowing good and evil."===3 KB (498 words) - 21:42, 9 May 2024
- ...s fruit, your eyes will be open, and you will be as gods, having knowledge of good and evil.}} ...tics to attempt to show that the LDS doctrine of deification is a teaching of Satan.2 KB (441 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...used as a proof-text by critics of Mormon doctrine of the corporeal nature of God?== God is Spirit, and only by the power of his Spirit can people worship him as he really is." (TEV)3 KB (541 words) - 21:43, 9 May 2024
- ...ger saints will grow old and be changed in an instant at one hundred years of age ({{b||Isaiah|65|20}}; {{s||D&C|101|30-31}}) to inherit a glorious resur ...dified by other authors. FAIR attempts to reflect LDS doctrine to the best of our ability. Because different groups should have the right to speak for t12 KB (2,015 words) - 23:11, 1 May 2024
- ...[[Question: Is the definition of a Christian martyr always understood only as one who does not fight back?]]118 bytes (19 words) - 17:52, 9 April 2017
- ==Further examples of the use of ''adieu''== {{Main|Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/"Adieu"}}7 KB (1,105 words) - 23:42, 13 April 2024
- ...North American Indians as "Lamanites" contradict the theory that the Book of Mormon events took place in Mesoamerica?]]197 bytes (30 words) - 17:53, 9 April 2017