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...the second anointing." The questions usually revolve around the following issues: ...d seek out celestial marriage—find the right ordinance; second, look for a legal administrator, someone who holds the sealing power—and that power is exerci ...

...here is a supplement to the lesson manual to assist teachers in addressing issues that might arise in the course of teaching. It is in no way intended to rep *Keystone in Doctrine: If the Book of Mormon is true, then Joseph Smith was a prophet and the doctrines taught in the revelations he received are a ...

...aints' use of the Nauvoo charter in the 1840s was within the mainstream of legal theory of the time=== ...0s was within the mainstream of legal theory of the time. Critics rely on legal presentism, in which they hope that readers will judge the Saints' actions ...

|H=<em>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith</em> or <em>Search for the Truth</em> DVD {{DVDHeadingBox|Joseph Smith's Character: The Translator}} ...

|uplink=[[../|Joseph Smith, Jr.]] =An analysis of Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith, Jr." (Version 19 May 2009)= ...

...ut the bishop in his place over polygamy. He kept saying I was wrong about Joseph having other wives and being illegal and such. I proved him wrong and he at ...nt by MormonThink's second managing editor, David Twede (posting as "Jesus Smith"), on ''Recovery from Mormonism'', December 26, 2012.</ref> ...

|A=George D. Smith ...59 - Orson Pratt, Sidney Rigdon, and Ebenezer Robinson "declined to affirm Smith's good character" ...

|A=George D. Smith ...marriage record "may have been deleted" after his disagreement with Joseph Smith ...

|H=<em>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith</em> or <em>Search for the Truth</em> DVD ...clear that Joseph centered his life around lust, wealth, and power. Joseph Smith joins a long list of those who have used the name of Christ to enrich thems ...

..."/CriticalSources ||[[Template:Critical sources box:Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri/Church disclosure of "Book of the Dead"/CriticalSources|edit]] ...d/CriticalSources ||[[Template:Critical sources box:Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri/Kirtland Egyptian Papers/Background/CriticalSources|edit]] ...

'''Summary:''' Critics have raised several theological issues with the Book of Abraham. These include questions about race, lying, the in ...tement. This ambiguous language may also have been playing on Mesopotamian legal definitions, but this point is debated. ...

...s Christ of Latter-day Saints deceived its members regarding controversial issues about its origins, history, and/or scripture?== ...ng time that the Church deceives their members by not informing them about issues that are supposedly damning to the Church’s credibility. A mantra of many o ...

...ponse to "Why People Leave the LDS Church" (2008)/Historical and doctrinal issues ...of "Why People Leave the LDS Church" (2008)&mdash;Historical and doctrinal issues ...

|A=George D. Smith ...ms that Louisa Beaman "was about to become the first plural wife of Joseph Smith" ...

...es (seeing God face-to-face), as in the first vision of the Prophet Joseph Smith, which came at the beginning of the present dispensation ({{s||JS-H|1|15-20 ...s of angelic persons, such as the appearance of the angel Moroni to Joseph Smith ({{s||JS-H|1|30-32}}) ...

...ng. There was no priesthood restriction in place during the time of Joseph Smith. ...ing the ban. In 1949, the First Presidency, led by President George Albert Smith, indicated that the priesthood ban had been imposed by "direct commandment ...

|title=the wikipedia article on Joseph's First Vision<ref name="at_the_time>Due to the nature of wikipedia, articl ...tter Day Saint movement]] evolved over time. There is little evidence that Smith discussed the First Vision publicly prior to 1830. ...

=Did Joseph Smith institute polygamy because he had a "voracious sexual appetite"?= It is claimed by some critics of Mormonism that Joseph Smith (and/or other Church members) had a voracious sexual appetite, and that bec ...

{{Navigation:Social issues}}{{blankline}} ...ize the value of this record. A copy has been placed on-line at the Joseph Smith Papers website of the Church [http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/nau ...

|L11=Response to claim: "Joseph’s money digging and his arrest, trial and almost certain conviction for bei |L12=Response to claim: Joseph Smith's "arrest on similar charges in 1830 and in 1837 for plotting the murder of ...