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- |L1=A HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. |L3=COPY OF A LETTER, WRITTEN BY J. SMITH JR. AND OTHERS, WHILE IN PRISON.69 KB (12,268 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...nd arriving at truth through rigorous thought. It is a tool that the Light of Christ can use to help us discern good from bad, true from false ([https:// This fallacy attacks the person making the argument, rather than the argument itself.44 KB (7,051 words) - 17:45, 13 April 2024
- |L=Question: What are the Hurlbut affidavits |H=Question: What are the Hurlbut affidavits10 KB (1,556 words) - 19:06, 6 May 2024
- ==Question: Did Joseph Smith derive his religious ideas in part from a mysticism called Kabbalah?== ...kabbalistic ideas, this is sufficient grounds for presuming a connection. The evidence behind this connection, is, however, on shaky evidential ground.19 KB (2,997 words) - 21:55, 27 April 2024
- ==Question: What is the relationship between the JST and biblical manuscripts?== ...e not entirely sure, but in either case the JST does claim to be, in part, a restoration.4 KB (737 words) - 16:33, 28 April 2024
- == Church sources discussing issues with The seer stone and/or the stone with the hat== ...cation=The ''Friend'', The ''Ensign'', lds.org, and a book by Apostle Neal A. Maxwell}}9 KB (1,315 words) - 23:49, 30 April 2024
- ...rrounding its publication lead to the martyrdom of Joseph and Hyrum Smith. The full text is provided below for study. ...further Church proceedings will appear in our columns, except in the form of brief communications.--ED.72 KB (12,886 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...ulfilling the words of Jacob upon Ephraim and Manasseh in the 48th chapter of Genesis.== ''From a speech delivered in May 6, 1882 recorded in'' {{JDfairwiki|author=Erastus S6 KB (1,135 words) - 14:26, 30 April 2024
- '''The Origin of Man.'''<br>'''By The First Presidency of the Church.''' ...ld by the Church upon this important subject will be timely and productive of good.16 KB (2,907 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- A statement by the First Presidency of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. "God created man in his own image, in the image of God created he him: male and female created he them."3 KB (595 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- ...one of which is to prophesy future events: The key issue is the possession of divine authority, in that they give whatever message(s) God wishes communic ...vents. They commonly issue challenges such as, "If Gordon B. Hinckley is a prophet, tell me one event that he's prophesied." Do LDS prophets "prophesy"?5 KB (753 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- |L2=A STANCH WESLEYAN. |L3=CAUSES OF DEATH AMONGST WOMEN.-67 KB (11,841 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What evidence does the Book of Abraham demonstrate to support its own antiquity?== ===The Book of Abraham has a number of evidences to support it===208 KB (32,568 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- <center><H2>The Unwritten Order of Things</H2> ...remember his first name, but I shall never forget the first thing he said the first day we met.24 KB (4,424 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/A Letter to an Apostle |H=Response to "A Letter to an Apostle"4 KB (697 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- |L=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/Oliver Cowdery not aware of First Vision in 1834-35 |H=Oliver Cowdery's awareness of the story of the First Vision in 1834-354 KB (580 words) - 12:15, 27 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Prophecy and Revelation |H=<em>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith</em> or <em>Search for the Truth</em> DVD12 KB (1,949 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Polygamy |H=<em>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith</em> or <em>Search for the Truth</em> DVD49 KB (8,019 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/First Vision |H=<em>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith</em> or <em>Search for the Truth</em> DVD14 KB (2,321 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/The "Occult" |H=<em>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith</em> or <em>Search for the Truth</em> DVD17 KB (2,868 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Witnessing to Mormons |H=<em>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith</em> or <em>Search for the Truth</em> DVD29 KB (4,776 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/The Priesthood |H=<em>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith</em> or <em>Search for the Truth</em> DVD14 KB (2,187 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...FAIR has received since posting the response to the ''Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith'' DVD. Names and email addresses have been removed for privacy reasons. ...every message we've received, the following is representative of the types of messages FAIR is getting. We've included both supportive and critical messa34 KB (5,824 words) - 22:40, 9 May 2024
- <metadesc>Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith Search for the Truth DVD Good News for Mormons</metadesc> ...lick [http://www.emediawire.com/releases/2007/3/emw515522.htm here] to see the original.</h2>10 KB (1,680 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- {{DVDHeadingBox|Misleading and distorted quotes—a selection}} ...-align:left;color:#000;padding:0.2em 0.4em;">This page contains a sampling of misleading or distorted quotes used in various DVD sections.</h2>27 KB (4,448 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Adam Clarke's Bible Commentary significanly influence the JST?== ...red Source: Rethinking Joseph Smith’s Bible Translation”. In a summary of their research, Wayment and his research assistant wrote:15 KB (2,398 words) - 16:33, 28 April 2024
- ...kernel of truth, but are distorted so as to be virtually unrecognizable to a Latter-day Saint. ...e quotes may be technically correct, they may be taken out of context, out of historical context, or taken from sources which have been discredited or ar21 KB (3,648 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- ...d Church leaders#What do the scriptures teach about paid ministry?|What do the scriptures teach about paid ministry?]] ==What do the scriptures teach about paid ministry?==23 KB (3,695 words) - 21:11, 7 May 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith |H=No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith13 KB (2,102 words) - 22:56, 11 May 2024
- It is sometimes wondered how one might respond to a situation in which an impression to do or believe something doesn’t come ...lly exclusive and two or more may be true of one's particular situation at the same time.40 KB (6,655 words) - 15:39, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods |A=Richard Abanes12 KB (1,873 words) - 22:57, 11 May 2024
- |L1=A HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. |L3=EXTRACT FROM THE VOICE OF WARNING. THE KINGDOM OF GOD.66 KB (11,467 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |L1=RISE OF THE CHURCH. |L5=THE TESTIMONY OF THREE WITNESSES.69 KB (12,223 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |L1=A HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. |L2=EXTRACT FROM THE BOOK OF MORMON73 KB (12,947 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- ...onism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance" |H=Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"?5 KB (778 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- |L1=A HISTORY, OF THE PERSECUTION, OF THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST, OF LATTER DAY SAINTS IN MISSOURI. CONTINUED. |L4=FROM THE ELDERS.65 KB (11,746 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 1 |A=Richard Abanes15 KB (2,307 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 2 |A=Richard Abanes23 KB (3,492 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 3 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet"27 KB (4,316 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 9 |A=Richard Abanes33 KB (5,140 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 10 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 10: A New Beginning"24 KB (3,642 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 13 |A=Richard Abanes34 KB (5,154 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 8 |A=Richard Abanes13 KB (1,864 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 16 |A=Richard Abanes28 KB (4,263 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Question: Did Joseph Smith have a long history of "womanizing" before practicing plural marriage? |H=Question: Did Joseph Smith have a long history of "womanizing" before practicing plural marriage?24 KB (3,823 words) - 21:52, 9 May 2024
- |L=Question: Did Joseph Smith have a youthful struggle with unchastity? |H=Question: Did Joseph Smith have a youthful struggle with unchastity?10 KB (1,580 words) - 22:09, 5 May 2024
- ...Joseph Smith say that polygamists were allowed to go beyond normal bounds of social interaction? ...Joseph Smith say that polygamists were allowed to go beyond normal bounds of social interaction?8 KB (1,451 words) - 22:29, 5 May 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised)/Index |H=Index to claims made in ''The Kingdom of the Cults'' (Revised edition)118 KB (18,356 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Notable omissions |A=Richard Abanes18 KB (3,162 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Becoming Gods/Use of sources |T=[[../|Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism]]24 KB (3,862 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Lucy and the angel |H=Lucy Mack Smith described an angel instead of God in the First Vision?6 KB (993 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Sarcasm |A=Richard Abanes4 KB (620 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Poisoning myth |H=Latter-day Saint historians and the poisoning myth14 KB (2,409 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- |L1=EXTRACT FROM THE PROPHECY OF ENOCH. |L3=Copy of a Letter written by O. Cowdery, on the restoration of the Priesthood.66 KB (11,956 words) - 15:50, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism: Shadow or Reality/Index |A=Jerald and Sandra Tanner7 KB (1,253 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/An Insider's View of Mormon Origins/Chapter 6 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 6: Witnesses to the Golden Plates"33 KB (5,205 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ==Russell Y. Anderson - "The 1826 Trial of Joseph Smith"== ...evidence the anti-Mormons use against Joseph Smith along with the rest of the story.6 KB (1,067 words) - 15:56, 13 April 2024
- |H=Reed C. Durham letter issued after his 1974 talk “Is There No Help for the Widow’s Son?” ''Reed C. Durham wrote and circulated this letter after an address given at a Mormon History Association meeting on 20 April 1974.''2 KB (408 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Nauvoo Polygamy/Use of sources |H=''Nauvoo Polygamy'': Use of sources26 KB (4,113 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What is the history and origin of the term "anti-Mormon?"== ===1841 Anti-Mormon Almanac for the year 1842===31 KB (4,585 words) - 12:04, 27 April 2024
- |title=Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet *[[/Index|Index of claims]]319 bytes (40 words) - 22:34, 11 May 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/American Massacre/Chapter 2 |T=[[../../|American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows]]13 KB (1,987 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/American Massacre/Chapter 3 |T=[[../../|American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows]]27 KB (4,121 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/American Massacre/Chapter 10 |T=[[../../|American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows]]13 KB (1,990 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 1 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 1: A Marvelous Work?"11 KB (1,759 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 4 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 4: Joseph Smith and Money-Digging"16 KB (2,501 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- ...sm and history/Boyd K. Packer's talk: "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect" |H=Boyd K. Packer's talk: "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater Than the Intellect"19 KB (3,153 words) - 15:02, 13 April 2024
- {{DVDHeadingBox|Questions at a Recent Public Meeting}} ...luding clergy from other denominations. Written questions were taken from the audience, and answered extemporaneously.24 KB (4,127 words) - 15:40, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/1/5 |H=BELIEVING THE BIBLE—THE GOSPEL—PERSECUTION—SPIRIT-RAPPING,ETC.12 KB (2,336 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/1/9 ...gi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/JournalOfDiscourses3&CISOPTR=9599 ''Journal of Discourses'', Volume 1]45 KB (8,337 words) - 14:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/1/12 ...gi-bin/docviewer.exe?CISOROOT=/JournalOfDiscourses3&CISOPTR=9599 ''Journal of Discourses'', Volume 1]18 KB (3,447 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/1/15 |H=PERSECUTIONS OF THE CHURCH—APOSTATES—FREEDOM—SELF-DEFENCE12 KB (2,168 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/1/29 ...EGATE OF UTAH—THE SPIRIT OF GOD AND THE SPIRIT OF THE WORLD—POTENCY OF THE GOSPEL22 KB (4,189 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/1/33 |H=MANAGEMENT OF THE KANYONS—PAYING DEBTS—KEEPING STORES—MATERIAL FOR THE TEMPLE41 KB (8,061 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/1/35 |H=EFFECTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE GOSPEL—THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS AND THE CHRISTIAN WORLD44 KB (8,351 words) - 14:32, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/2/2 |H=THE POWER OF GOD AND THE POWER OF SATAN20 KB (3,822 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/2/24 |T=Journal of Discourses 2: SAINTS SUBJECT TO TEMPTATION—TRUE RICHES, VIRTUE, AND SANCT30 KB (5,547 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/2/32 ...HE CONSTITUTION AND GOVERNMENT OF THE UNITED STATES—RIGHTS AND POLICY OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS43 KB (8,245 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/2/33 |H=THE CHURCH AND KINGDOM OF GOD, AND THE CHURCHES AND KINGDOMS OF MEN40 KB (7,557 words) - 14:43, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/3/5 |H=PREACHING THE GOSPEL19 KB (3,486 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/3/6 |H=THE HISTORY OF MAHOMEDANISM32 KB (5,826 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/3/10 |T=Journal of Discourses 3: INSTRUCTIONS TO NEWCOMERS15 KB (3,018 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/3/16 |H=NECESSITY OF HOME MISSIONS—PURIFICATION OF THE SAINTS—CHASTISEMENT—HONESTY IN BUSINESS30 KB (5,862 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/3/19 ...F PROPHECY—DESTRUCTION OF JERUSALEM—RESTORATION OF ISRAEL—THE COMING OF CHRIST43 KB (8,126 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/3/21 ...AVING THE SPIRIT OF REVELATION—FAITH AND WORKS—THE POWER OF GOD AND OF THE DEVIL27 KB (5,207 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/3/24 |H=THE FIRST PRINCIPLES OF THE GOSPEL49 KB (9,394 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/3/28 ...ACULOUS GIFTS, BUT THROUGH OBEYING THE TRUTH, AND OBTAINING THE WITNESS OF THE SPIRIT39 KB (7,617 words) - 14:49, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/3/42 ...GOSPEL—THE SAINTS SHOULD DIVEST THEMSELVES OF OLD TRADITIONS—POLICY OF MAKING GOOD FARMS AND STORING UP GRAIN40 KB (7,360 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/4/4 |H=WHY THE SAINTS REJOICE—THE SPIRIT RECEIVED THROUGH LAYING ON OF HANDS—CLEANLINESS18 KB (3,311 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/4/6 ...DERS SHOULD GO THEIR MISSIONS WITHOUT PURSE OR SCRIP—THE LORD DEALS WITH THE SAINTS—JESUS THEIR PRESIDENT—SATAN ANGRY34 KB (6,501 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/4/12 ...NIES ON THE PLAINS—THOSE WHO ENTER HEAVEN HAVE TO PASS THE INSPECTION OF THE FIRST PRESIDENCY8 KB (1,454 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and Wikipedia/Joseph Smith, Jr./1831 to 1838 |H=An analysis of Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith"51 KB (7,331 words) - 20:13, 11 May 2024
- |L=Mormonism and Wikipedia/Joseph Smith, Jr./Legacy |H=An analysis of Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith"37 KB (5,298 words) - 20:12, 11 May 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/4/27 ...ERN THE LIGHT—EXHORTATIONS TO MALE AND FEMALE TO SEEK AFTER THE LIGHT OF THE HOLY GHOST—WOMEN WHO LEAVE THEIR HUSBANDS, ETC.23 KB (4,390 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/4/35 ...OF CHRIST—PARABLE OF THE VINE—A WILD ENTHUSIASTIC SPIRIT NOT OF GOD—THE SAINTS SHOULD NOT UNWISELY EXPOSE EACH OTHERS' FOLLIES59 KB (11,521 words) - 14:50, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/4/43 ...HAT IS LAID AT THE ROOT OF THE TREE—REGENERATION—PRODUCTS OF POLYGAMY, A NUMEROUS OFFSPRING, ETC.20 KB (3,933 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/4/49 |H=MAN THE HEAD OF WOMAN—KINGDOM OF GOD—THE SEED OF CHRIST—POLYGAMY—SOCIETY IN UTAH22 KB (4,043 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/4/50 ...RITUAL AS WELL AS IN NATURAL ORGANIZATIONS—GOD THE FATHER OF THE SPIRITS OF ALL MANKIND—ETC.30 KB (5,768 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/5/2 ...NTS' ENEMIES YET TO COME TO THEM FOR SUCCOUR—HOME MANUFACTURE—DISTRESS OF NATIONS15 KB (2,842 words) - 14:51, 13 April 2024
- |L1=RISE OF THE CHURCH. LETTER IV |L2=THE GOSPEL. NO. IV66 KB (11,923 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024