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8 February 2019
- 05:0705:07, 8 February 2019 diff hist −2 Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? →Subheadings that promote main points of the response and
- 05:0705:07, 8 February 2019 diff hist +1,355 Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? No edit summary
7 February 2019
- 09:0009:00, 7 February 2019 diff hist +303 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham →Response to claim: "Why are there anachronisms in the Book of Abraham?"
- 08:0108:01, 7 February 2019 diff hist +2 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? No edit summary
- 07:5907:59, 7 February 2019 diff hist +144 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →The earliest manuscripts of Abraham 1:12,14 have the text squeezed either between lines of the text or in the upper margin of the manuscript.
- 07:5307:53, 7 February 2019 diff hist +115 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →The earliest manuscripts of Abraham 1:12,14 have the text squeezed either between lines of the text or in the upper margin of the parchment that Frederick G. Williams scribed
- 07:5007:50, 7 February 2019 diff hist 0 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →The earliest manuscripts of Abraham 1:12,14 have the text squeezed either between lines of the text or in the upper margin of the parchment that Frederick G. Williams scribed
- 07:4907:49, 7 February 2019 diff hist −20 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →The earliest manuscripts of Abraham 1:12,14 have the text squeezed either between lines of the text or in the upper margin of the parchment that Frederick G. Williams scribed
- 07:4907:49, 7 February 2019 diff hist −1 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham?
- 07:4707:47, 7 February 2019 diff hist +1,357 N Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? Created page with "{{FairMormon}} <onlyinclude> ==Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraha..."
- 07:4007:40, 7 February 2019 diff hist +304 Production of the Book of Abraham No edit summary
3 February 2019
- 20:3820:38, 3 February 2019 diff hist +121 Question: Are the Book of Mormon witnesses unreliable because many of them were related? →Relationships among the Three and Eight Witnesses
- 20:3720:37, 3 February 2019 diff hist +56 Question: Are the Book of Mormon witnesses unreliable because many of them were related? →Relationships among the Three and Eight Witnesses
- 20:3720:37, 3 February 2019 diff hist −56 Question: Are the Book of Mormon witnesses unreliable because many of them were related? →To imply that someone is unreliable simply because of who they are related to is a ad hominem attack
- 20:3620:36, 3 February 2019 diff hist +1,162 Question: Are the Book of Mormon witnesses unreliable because many of them were related? →To imply that someone is unreliable simply because of who they are related to is a ad hominem attack
1 February 2019
- 22:5922:59, 1 February 2019 diff hist +412 Question: Do all other religions confirm their beliefs through spiritual witness? →Question: Do all other religions confirm their beliefs through spiritual witness?
- 02:3002:30, 1 February 2019 diff hist +789 Question: What are the differences between the Genesis account of creation and that of the Book of Abraham? →There are several key differences in the accounts.
- 02:2802:28, 1 February 2019 diff hist +3 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham →Response to claim: "86% of Book of Abraham chapters 2, 4, and 5 are King James Version Genesis chapters 1, 2, 11, and 12."
- 02:2802:28, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 02:2702:27, 1 February 2019 diff hist −106 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 02:2602:26, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1,864 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 02:0502:05, 1 February 2019 diff hist −4 Question: What are the differences between the Genesis account of creation and that of the Book of Abraham? →Aside from the differences, why might there be similarities between the KJV textual rendering of the Abraham account and the Book of Abraham?
- 02:0402:04, 1 February 2019 diff hist +401 Question: What are the differences between the Genesis account of creation and that of the Book of Abraham? →There are several key differences in the accounts.
- 01:5901:59, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1 Question: What are the differences between Genesis 11-12 and Abraham 2? →There are a number of significant differences between the two texts, differences supported by Abrahamic lore in many cases, that make an accusation of simple plagiarism farfetched
- 01:0601:06, 1 February 2019 diff hist −156 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
- 01:0101:01, 1 February 2019 diff hist +8 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
- 00:5700:57, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
- 00:5700:57, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
- 00:5100:51, 1 February 2019 diff hist +204 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
26 January 2019
- 07:2107:21, 26 January 2019 diff hist −6 Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director No edit summary
23 January 2019
- 22:3722:37, 23 January 2019 diff hist +144 Question: Can non-Mormons feel a spiritual experience that cause them to devote themselves to service within another Church? →One purpose of this life is for us to gain a body, and then have experiences that help us to learn and grow and to demonstrate the extent to which we will respond to the light that we do receive
22 January 2019
- 06:5806:58, 22 January 2019 diff hist +324 Question: How can one approach reconciling confusing, seemingly disturbing, or otherwise troubling texts from the scriptures? →Kenton Sparks on recognizing that scripture is in need of redemption and not entirely immune from criticism
- 06:4706:47, 22 January 2019 diff hist +234 Question: How can one approach reconciling confusing, seemingly disturbing, or otherwise troubling texts from the scriptures? →Kenton Sparks on recognizing that scripture is in need of redemption
- 06:3906:39, 22 January 2019 diff hist +6 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? No edit summary
- 06:3706:37, 22 January 2019 diff hist +6,113 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? No edit summary
21 January 2019
- 19:3219:32, 21 January 2019 diff hist −29 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? No edit summary
20 January 2019
- 00:0300:03, 20 January 2019 diff hist +115 Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri/Text No edit summary
10 January 2019
- 02:4802:48, 10 January 2019 diff hist +1,000 Question: Are there women who would be among those cast into outer darkness? Are there female "Sons of Perdition"? →Question: Are there women who would be among those cast into outer darkness? Are there female "Sons of Perdition"?
9 January 2019
- 08:3308:33, 9 January 2019 diff hist +95 Question: What is the best way to define Latter-day Saint epistemology? →Latter-day Saints take no uniform approach to epistemology. Belief is found at a confluence of reason and revelation
- 07:5907:59, 9 January 2019 diff hist +201 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor?
8 January 2019
- 08:0608:06, 8 January 2019 diff hist +36 Question: What scriptures in the Book of Mormon affirm the presence of other people in the Book of Mormon in the New World? No edit summary
- 08:0608:06, 8 January 2019 diff hist +2,041 Question: What scriptures in the Book of Mormon affirm the presence of other people in the Book of Mormon in the New World? No edit summary
- 08:0108:01, 8 January 2019 diff hist +24,468 N Question: What scriptures in the Book of Mormon affirm the presence of other people in the Book of Mormon in the New World? Created page with "{{FairMormon}} <onlyinclude> ==Question: What scriptures in the Book of Mormon affirm the presence of other people in the New World?== ===Matthew Roper: Nephi’s Neighbors===..."
- 07:5607:56, 8 January 2019 diff hist +257 DNA and the Book of Mormon No edit summary
7 January 2019
- 06:1906:19, 7 January 2019 diff hist +2 Question: Do the scriptures promote racism? →Anti-Semitism
- 06:1806:18, 7 January 2019 diff hist +98 Violence in the scriptures No edit summary
- 06:1706:17, 7 January 2019 diff hist +2 Question: Do the scriptures promote racism? →That race that was cursed according to the Priesthood (Abraham 1:24-27)
- 06:1606:16, 7 January 2019 diff hist −1 Question: Do the scriptures promote racism? No edit summary
- 06:1606:16, 7 January 2019 diff hist +8 Question: Do the scriptures promote racism? →Anti-Semitism
- 06:1306:13, 7 January 2019 diff hist +22 Question: Do the scriptures promote racism? →Question: Do the scriptures promote racism?