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- Question: Why did the Saints leave Missouri before the temple was built? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why didn't God simply preserve Nephi's life using divine power instead of requiring him to kill Laban? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why didn't Gordon B. Hinckley say more about the King Follett Discourse in the TIME Magazine interview? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why didn't Joseph's siblings wake up during Moroni's visit? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why didn't Joseph ''say'' that his family didn't wake up during Moroni's visit? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why do General Authorities receive living stipends? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why does "Nahom" constitute archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why does '''TIME''''s report make it appear the Pres. Hinckley is downplaying Joseph Smith's statements in the King Follett Discourse? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why does Church artwork portray Joseph as being alone during Moroni's visit? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why does Isaiah in the Book of Mormon not match the Dead Sea Scrolls? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why does the Book of Mormon match the King James Version (KJV) of the Bible so closely? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why does the Church teach that marriage is essential for full exaltation, when Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7:1 that it is good for a man not to marry? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why does the church spend so much money on temples when children are dying of starvation? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why is baptism for the dead not mentioned in the Book of Mormon? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why is confidentiality associated with the temple ordinances? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why is the Masonic symbol of the "All Seeing Eye" present on the Salt Lake Temple? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why should the poor and destitute pay tithing? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why was the phrase "or out of the waters of baptism" added to 1 Nephi 20:1? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why would God send poisonous serpents to kill the Children of Israel? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why would God tell Abraham to lie about his wife Sarah? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why would Joseph Smith use a non-religious vehicle for presenting a temple ordinance? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why would a loving God kill the firstborn of Egypt? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Why would a loving God would kill innocent children in the flood of Noah's day? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Will the U.S. Constitution eventually "hang by a thread"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Would alterations in a different handwriting to the stolen 116 pages of Book of Mormon manuscript have been readily apparent? (used on 3 pages)
- Questions: What biblical evidence is there for a pre-mortal existence? (used on 3 pages)
- Reverend Taggart (1833): "Joe Smith...told them he had seen Jesus Christ and the Apostles and conversed with them, and that he could perform miracles" (used on 3 pages)
- Richard Anderson: All eleven Book of Mormon witnesses publicly reaffirmed their testimony as printed (used on 3 pages)
- Sorenson: "At the time of the Spanish conquest, natives in Mexico would gather cocoons from a type of wild silkworm and spin the thread into expensive cloth" (used on 3 pages)
- Sorenson: "linen-like cloth made from plants other than flax" (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Anderson:Confirming Records of Moroni's Coming:Improvement Era:73 9:This wording in the present Pearl of Great Price is modified from the first printing, in which the messenger was identified as "Nephi" (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Ashurst-McGee"A Pathway to Prophethood:This argument falls short theoretically. For those who do not believe in Joseph's visions, there was nothing to wake anyone anyway. (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Benajah Williams:July 1820:Had a two Days meeting at Sq Bakers in Richmond (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Book of Mormon and DNA Studies:Gospel Topics:These events may severely reduce or totally eliminate certain genetic profiles (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Christofferson:Ensign:January 1998:The principle of vicarious service should not seem strange to any Christian (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Christofferson:The Prophet Joseph Smith:BYUI Devotional:2013:The June 1839 Manuscript History of the Church says it was Nephi who appeared to Joseph Smith in 1823 rather than Moroni (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Doctrine and Covenants Study Guide:Unit 31:These papyri contain authentic Egyptian writings, but they do not date to the time of Abraham, nor do they contain the actual personally handwritten account of Abraham (used on 3 pages)
- Source:First Presidency statement:1931:Leave geology, biology, archaeology and anthropology, no one of which has to do with the salvation of the souls of mankind, to scientific research (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Gardner:SecondWitness:4:287:Mesoamerican king, litter and battle beast (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Bible, Inerrancy of:As the Bible was compiled, organized, translated, and transcribed, many errors entered the text (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Book of Mormon Translation:As Joseph grew to understand his prophetic calling, he learned that he could use this stone for the higher purpose of translating scripture (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Book of Mormon Translation:These two instruments—the interpreters and the seer stone—were apparently interchangeable (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:Today, any person who practices plural marriage cannot become or remain a member of the Church (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Race and the Priesthood:During the first two decades of the Church’s existence, a few black men were ordained to the priesthood (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Gospel Topics:The Manifesto and the End of Plural Marriage:Reed Smoot hearings (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham:Mormon and non-Mormon Egyptologists agree that the characters on the fragments do not match the translation given in the book of Abraham (used on 3 pages)
- Source:How Do I Recognize and Understand the Spirit:Preach My Gospel:As you pray for inspiration, you should also confirm your feelings (used on 3 pages)
- Source:Improvement Era:January 1968:Often the funerary texts contained passages from the "Book of the Dead," a book that was to assist in the safe passage of the dead person into the spirit world (used on 3 pages)
- Source:JD 11:262:Brigham Young:There is also a man down the street who tried to exhibit the endowments to a party who was here (used on 3 pages)
- Source:John Taylor:2 March 1879:JD 20:167 and 257:First Vision Father and Son or angel (used on 3 pages)