FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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- Question: Are Mormon with same-sex attraction encouraged to be closeted or lie about their attractions? → Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ#Are Latter-day Saints with same-sex attraction encouraged to be closeted or lie about their attractions?
- Question: Are Mormon women taught to be “gratefully subservient to Mormon males” and that women must “not aspire…to independent thought”? → Question: Are Latter-day Saint ("Mormon") women taught to be “gratefully subservient to Mormon males” and that women must “not aspire…to independent thought”?
- Question: Are histories written by Mormon historians not reliable? → Histories written by scholars
- Question: Are non-Mormons' spiritual experiences with the Holy Ghost as valid as those claimed by Latter-day Saints? → Question: How can Latter-day Saints reconcile having other people receive spiritual experiences that motivate them to believe in and become part of other religions?
- Question: Are sacred garments used in other religious traditions? → Question: Are sacred garments used in religious traditions other than Mormonism?
- Question: Are some publications misrepresented as "official" publications of the Church? → Question: Are some Mormon publications misrepresented as "official" publications of the Church?
- Question: Are the "Mormons" secretly planning to eventually take over the U.S. Government? → The White Horse prophecy#Are the "Mormons" secretly planning to eventually take over the U.S. Government?
- Question: Are the Biblical textual variants theologically significant? → Textual variants in the Bible
- Question: Are the Biblical textuals variants theologically significant? → Question: Are the Biblical textual variants theologically significant?
- Question: Are the ages stated in Joseph's accounts of the First Vision 'all over the place?' → Differences in First Vision accounts
- Question: Are the names used in the Book of Mormon authentic? → Names in the Book of Mormon
- Question: Are the reasons for discipline ever made public? → History scholars and Church discipline
- Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? → Violence in the scriptures#Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist?
- 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? → Production of the Book of Abraham#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 there any Biblical parallels to Joseph's understanding of the use of seer stones? → Question: Are there any Biblical parallels to Joseph Smith's understanding of the use of seer stones?
- Question: Are there any Biblical parallels to Joseph Smith's understanding of the use of seer stones? → Joseph Smith and folk magic or the occult#Are there any Biblical parallels to Joseph Smith's understanding of the use of seer stones?
- Question: Are there benefits to having youth do private, one-on-one interviews with Bishops to determine worthiness for participating in certain Church ordinances and activities? → Bishop interviews with youth
- Question: Are there not supposed to be any more prophets after Christ's day? → Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith#Are there not supposed to be any more prophets after Christ's day?
- Question: Are there women who would be among those cast into outer darkness? Are there female "Sons of Perdition"? → Plan of salvation/Sons of Perdition
- Question: At what age did Joseph Smith become concerned about religion? → Differences in First Vision accounts
- Question: Because Mormons do not currently practice plural marriage, does this mean that early leaders who taught that is was required were wrong? → Plural marriage as a requirement for exaltation#Because Mormons do not currently practice plural marriage, does this mean that early leaders who taught that is was required were wrong?
- Question: By what name did Joseph Smith refer to the First Vision? → Differences in First Vision accounts
- Question: Can a Prophet Make Mistakes? → Question: Can a prophet make mistakes?
- Question: Can a person identify as gay or lesbian and still be a member of the Church in good standing? → Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ#Can a person identify as gay or lesbian and still be a member of the Church in good standing?
- Question: Can a person openly identify as gay or lesbian and still be a Mormon in good standing? → Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ#Can a person identify as gay or lesbian and still be a member of the Church in good standing?
- Question: Can non-Mormon feel a spiritual experience that cause them to devote themselves to service within another Church? → Question: Can non-Mormons feel a spiritual experience that cause them to devote themselves to service within another Church?
- Question: Can one pay tithing on surplus income and still be a temple worthy and faithful Latter-day Saint? → Question: Can one pay tithing on only net or surplus income and still be a temple worthy and faithful Latter-day Saint?
- Question: Can someone feel the spirit when listening to stories of apostacy? → Question: Can someone feel the spirit when listening to stories of apostasy?
- Question: Can the priesthood authority can be re-conferred by heavenly messengers? → Question: Can the priesthood authority be re-conferred by heavenly messengers?
- Question: Can you summarize what we know about whether or not Joseph Smith fathered any children by his plural wives? → Joseph Smith and children through plural marriage#Can you summarize what we know about whether or not Joseph Smith fathered any children by his plural wives?
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have acquired the names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" from a map of the Comoro archipelago off the coast of Africa? → Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Comoros Islands and Moroni/Captain Kidd
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have acquired the names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" from stories of Captain Kidd that he read in his youth? → Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Comoros Islands and Moroni/Captain Kidd
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have acquired the names “Moroni” and “Cumorah” from stories he read as a youth, maps that he would have had access to, or other people within his local vicinity? → Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Comoros Islands and Moroni/Captain Kidd
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have heard the names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" from American whalers? → Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Comoros Islands and Moroni/Captain Kidd
- Question: Could Joseph Smith translate Egyptian? → Production of the Book of Abraham#Do the Joseph Smith papyri date back to the time of Abraham?
- Question: Could the Book of Mormon be a clumsy, amateurish forgery?/CriticalSources → Template:Critical sources box:Question: Could the Book of Mormon be a clumsy, amateurish forgery?/CriticalSources
- Question: Could the list of items on Joseph's person at the time of his death have been incomplete → Joseph Smith and folk magic or the occult#Could the list of items on Joseph's person at the time of his death have been incomplete?
- Question: Did Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary significanly influence the JST? → The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible#Did Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary significanly influence the JST?
- Question: Did Albert Einstein refer to Elder James E. Talmage as the smartest man he had ever met? → Mormon urban legends or folklore
- Question: Did B.H. Roberts state that it was possible for Joseph Smith to have come up with the Book of Mormon on his own → Joseph Smith's trustworthiness#Did B.H. Roberts state that it was possible for Joseph Smith to have come up with the Book of Mormon on his own?
- Question: Did BYU ever force students to undergo aversion therapy? → Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ#Did BYU ever force students to undergo aversion therapy?
- Question: Did BYU ever use vomiting as part of aversion therapy? → Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ#Did BYU ever use vomiting as part of aversion therapy?
- Question: Did Boyd K. Packer say, ""I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth"? → Question: Did Boyd K. Packer say, "I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth"?
- Question: Did Boyd K. Packer say that today's youth "generals" during the pre-mortal "war in heaven"? → Mormon urban legends or folklore
- Question: Did Brigham Young actually teach that the sun and the moon were inhabited? → Brigham Young on science and education#Did Brigham Young actually teach that the sun and the moon were inhabited?
- Question: Did Brigham Young and Joseph Smith say that polygamists were allowed to go beyond normal bounds of social interaction? → Brigham Young's statements regarding plural marriage#Did Brigham Young and Joseph Smith say that polygamists were allowed to go beyond normal bounds of social interaction?
- Question: Did Brigham Young attempt to suppress and destroy all copies of Lucy Mack Smith's ''Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith''? → Lucy Mack Smith's biography of Joseph Smith
- Question: Did Brigham Young believe that he would one day become president of the United States? → Brigham Young as President of the United States
- Question: Did Brigham Young block prosecution of the individuals responsible for the Mountain Meadows Massacre? → Brigham Young and the Mountain Meadows Massacre#Did Brigham Young block prosecution of the individuals responsible for the Mountain Meadows Massacre?
- Question: Did Brigham Young boast about his ability to get more wives even though he was married to 50-60 women? → Brigham Young's statements regarding plural marriage#Did Brigham Young boast about his ability to get more wives even though he was married to 50-60 women?