Mormonism and church integrity

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Accusations of lying and hypocrisy on the part of the Church

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• Accusations of hypocrisy in Church practices related to the Word of Wisdom
• "Lying for the Lord"
• Joseph Smith fired a gun at Carthage Jail
• No paid ministry
• City Creek Center Mall in Salt Lake City
• Accusations of lying in the 19th-century Church
• Dealing with doubts about the Church and its integrity

Accusations of lying in the 19th-century Church

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• Question: Are there government records that prove that the apostles were involved in counterfeiting in Nauvoo?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith engage in "land speculation" in Nauvoo?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith really tell Orrin Porter Rockwell 'it was right to steal'?
• Question: Did Orson Hyde state that it was permissible to "steal & be influenced by the spirit of the Lord to do it" as long as it was against non-Mormons?
• Question: Did Brigham say "We shall pull the wool over the eyes of the American people"?
• Question: Why is History of the Church written in first-person, as if Joseph Smith himself wrote it?

1. REDIRECT Approaching history

Dealing with doubts about the Church and its integrity

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• Question: How can a person reaffirm their testimony when they learn disconcerting facts that may bring their testimony into doubt?
• Question: What is "cognitive dissonance" and how does it relate to Mormonism?