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- * [[Mormonism and the Bible|The Holy Bible]] * [[Book of Mormon]]3 KB (369 words) - 18:24, 27 March 2024
- ...identity of the angel that visited Joseph Smith in 1823 as "Nephi" instead of "Moroni" ...ph Smith originally identify the angel that visited him as "Nephi" instead of "Moroni"?3 KB (403 words) - 21:31, 26 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Book of Abraham {{DVDHeadingBox|Book of Abraham}}11 KB (1,667 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Burning in the Bosom ...about the truth of Mormonism; they had a burning in the bosom. Well, many of us have prayed; I've prayed, and I have tremendous joy in knowing Jesus." -31 KB (5,234 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/By His Own Hand upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri9 KB (1,516 words) - 14:12, 13 April 2024
- ...release from the DVD's producers appeared on 30 March 2007. This version of the letter has comments added in <font color="blue">blue</font> by FAIR. Cl ...eph Smith DVD Distribution Conceived and Carried out by a Broad Consortium of Churches, Ministries and Non-Profit Organizations10 KB (1,680 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...e "false teachings" of our church. FAIR addresses the answers to this list of 50 disingenuous questions. ...ature tends to recycle the same themes. Some ministries are using a series of fifty questions, which they believe will help "cultists" like the Mormons.13 KB (2,209 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...nts has terms or expressions which may not be familiar to outsiders. Some of these are described below. ...ch it is generally given to young men starting at age 12. In the Community of Christ and most other restorationist churches, it is generally given to adu27 KB (4,268 words) - 15:00, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101 |H=Response to "Mormonism 101"8 KB (1,181 words) - 22:48, 11 May 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/Who is God ...;padding:0.2em 0.4em;"> Claim: According to Joseph, "The Father has a body of flesh and bones as tangible as man's; the Son also..." ({{s||D&C|130|22}})22 KB (3,787 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...monism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith |H=The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith?5 KB (724 words) - 14:16, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 2 |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 223 KB (3,492 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 5 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion"16 KB (2,387 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 17 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 17: Is Mormonism Christian"22 KB (3,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Notes ...modern LDS editions of the Pearl of Great Price, one of the Standard Works of the Mormon church. The AOF are on-line at <nowiki>http://www.exmormon.org/f1 KB (220 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 12 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 12: Wars and Rumors of Wars"18 KB (2,890 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 16 |>=[[../Chapter 17|Claims made in "Chapter 17: Is Mormonism Christian?"]]28 KB (4,263 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Absurd claims ...the point of being unrecognizable by any practicing Latter-day Saint. Some of these claims are discussed in this section. The following claims (highlight14 KB (2,213 words) - 14:15, 13 April 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/Appendix B |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Appendix B31 KB (5,042 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy |H=Attitude of Saints toward Civil War prophecy25 KB (4,401 words) - 14:15, 13 April 2024
- ...mouth save those recorded in scripture. Dr. Blomberg's comments are worthy of response, since they demonstrate how even a sincere and relatively well-inf ...would-say-to-mormons/ summarized here]. Unlike many critics of the Church of Jesus Christ, Dr. Blomberg is known for his more balanced views and sincere16 KB (2,615 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 6 |T=The Changing World of Mormonism13 KB (1,970 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 12 |T=The Changing World of Mormonism12 KB (1,895 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 13 |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 139 KB (1,370 words) - 13:33, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 22 |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 229 KB (1,316 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- ...ph Smith plagiarize a book by Charles Anthon to provide names for the Book of Mormon?== ===There are a number of methodological problems to this that make the probability miniscule===22 KB (3,651 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ==Church sources discussing issues with Origin of the Book of Abraham and Joseph Smith papyri== ===The papyri and the Book of the Dead===2 KB (359 words) - 00:06, 1 May 2024
- ...e differences between the Genesis account of creation and that of the Book of Abraham?== ...aders can find and read these by reading ''Traditions about the Early Life of Abraham'' done by FARMS. Just a few key differences include:24 KB (4,636 words) - 15:30, 13 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and Wikipedia/First Vision/Recorded accounts of the vision |H=An analysis of the Wikipedia article "First Vision"64 KB (9,919 words) - 18:25, 11 May 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/5/31 |H=THE RIGHTS OF MORMONISM37 KB (7,149 words) - 14:52, 13 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and science/Global or local Flood/Statements |H=Statements by General Authorities on the subject of the scope of the Flood of Noah13 KB (2,056 words) - 15:04, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/18/34 ...THE GOSPEL, CERTAIN AND SURE—ITS FRUITS GOOD, AND MANIFEST IN THE LIVES OF THOSE WHO RECEIVE IT22 KB (4,000 words) - 14:41, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/22/13 ...CONTRITE HEART NECESSARY—SHOULD BE AN INCREASE OF SPIRITUAL GIFTS—WORD OF WISDOM—THE RETURN TO JACKSON COUNTY39 KB (7,483 words) - 14:45, 13 April 2024
- |L=Journal of Discourses/25/27 ...F THE PRIESTHOOD—LACK OF DIVINE AUTHORITY—PROOFS OF THE DIVINE MISSION OF THE LATTER-DAY SAINTS—PLURAL MARRIAGE A RELIGIOUS INSTITUTION—A BIBLE D43 KB (8,004 words) - 14:48, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 1 |T=[[../../|Mormonism 101]]14 KB (2,223 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 8 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 8: The Book of Mormon"39 KB (6,268 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 9 ...aims made in "Chapter 9: The Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price"19 KB (3,121 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 10 |T=[[../../|Mormonism 101]]29 KB (4,781 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101/Chapter 16 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 16: Lamanites, Seed of Cain, and Polygamy"29 KB (4,646 words) - 14:13, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Studies of the Book of Mormon/A Parallel |<=[[../A Book of Mormon Study|A Book of Mormon Study]]3 KB (513 words) - 14:17, 13 April 2024
- {{Navigation:Book of Abraham}} |L=Book of Abraham facsimiles4 KB (620 words) - 20:56, 1 May 2024
- |L=Mormonism and Wikipedia/Golden plates/Story |H=An analysis of claims made in the Wikipedia article "Golden plates" - Story3 KB (452 words) - 13:34, 13 April 2024
- ...nciple(s) is (are) meant to be taught to modern believers by the existence of violence in the scriptures (and particularly the Old Testament) that is eit ...arsh?|There are crimes for which capital punishment is required]] and some of these can seem quite trivial. Among those crimes are blasphemy, cursing you51 KB (8,337 words) - 21:51, 12 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and Wikipedia/Joseph Smith, Jr./Distinctive views and teachings |H=An analysis of Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith"37 KB (4,789 words) - 20:12, 11 May 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Becoming Gods/Chapter 2 |T=[[../../|Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism]]44 KB (6,755 words) - 14:11, 13 April 2024
- ===LDS-authored publications which discuss various accounts of the First Vision (1998-2003)=== '''2003''' Mark L. McConkie, Remembering Joseph. Personal Recollections of Those Who Know the Prophet Joseph Smith (Deseret Book Company. Salt Lake Ci11 KB (1,641 words) - 14:31, 13 April 2024
- ===LDS-authored publications which discuss various accounts of the First Vision (1990-1997)=== ...and again in 1851 in a small missionary pamphlet titled “Pearl of Great Price.”11 KB (1,658 words) - 14:31, 13 April 2024
- ===LDS-authored publications which discuss various accounts of the First Vision (1984-1989)=== [NOTE: This is part of a series, Sources of American Spirituality, published by a Catholic Press]15 KB (2,244 words) - 14:31, 13 April 2024
- ===LDS-authored publications which discuss various accounts of the First Vision (1910-1968)===16 KB (2,380 words) - 14:31, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims in "Mormonism Overview" |>=[[../Section 4|Claims made in "Basics of Mormonism: Falling Upward"]]34 KB (5,224 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |H=Response to claims in "Watchman Fellowship: Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Profile" |H=Response to claims in "Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Profile" by Watchman Fellowship10 KB (1,518 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/For my Wife and Children (Letter to my Wife)/Chapter 21 ...fe and Children" ("Letter to my Wife"): Chapter 21 - The Translation (Book of Abraham)8 KB (1,227 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/For my Wife and Children (Letter to my Wife)/Chapter 1 |>=[[../Chapter 2|Chapter 2 - The Translation (Book of Mormon)]]33 KB (5,345 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/The Foundation for LDS Scholarship/Writing Prompt 2 |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/The Foundation for LDS Scholarship/Writing Prompt 24 KB (596 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- ...re is no need for on-going divine revelation; some even charge that claims of visions from God or revelations to a modern prophet is a blasphemous idea. ...ding the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price<br><br> —Copyright 2005-2006 Alpha and Omega Ministries6 KB (984 words) - 15:38, 13 April 2024
- ...es pure religion. The reason is, men have little faith and lack the spirit of God. ...t have discovered that Isaiah had his eyes on the last days, when he spoke of what should happen at a future period. For instance:68 KB (12,352 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ====To the Elders of the Church of the Latter Day Saints.==== ...the disciples,) it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but unto them (that is unbelievers) it is not given, for whosoever72 KB (13,069 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- ...g him that these heavy judgments had fallen upon him in consequence of his great wickedness. In the midst of all these sore calamities he expressed his confidence in the resurrection,69 KB (12,309 words) - 14:59, 13 April 2024
- |L1=HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH. |L2=MORMONISM!78 KB (13,760 words) - 15:53, 13 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and Wikipedia/First Vision/Interpretations and responses to the vision |H=An analysis of the Wikipedia article "First Vision"61 KB (9,421 words) - 18:25, 11 May 2024
- ...true prophet, why did he fail to realize that “Elias” is the N.T. form of the name “Elijah”? (D & C 110:12,13 and 1 Kings 17:1 and James 5:17) Ho ...issouri when the Pearl of Great Price declares that it was in the vicinity of Assyria and had the Euphrates and Hiddekel Rivers in it?"51 KB (8,385 words) - 19:04, 8 May 2024
- ...ill greatly amuse most Latter-day Saints. Nevertheless, we respond to each of these "facts" here. ...ian creeds are abomination to God, and your pastor or Priest is a hireling of Satan"46 KB (7,585 words) - 14:22, 13 April 2024
- |affiliation=Atheist former member of the Church; Founder of Exmormon Foundation. ...ted for appropriateness. Packham is known for discussing temple matters in great detail.28 KB (4,541 words) - 15:58, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/25 items that would allegedly "make the Church true" |H=''MormonThink's'' list of 25 items that would allegedly "make the Church true"45 KB (7,307 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/The First Vision |>=[[../The Book of Abraham|The Book of Abraham]]53 KB (8,534 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Lying for the Lord |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Lying for the Lord27 KB (4,214 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and culture/Response to "Why People Leave the LDS Church" (2008)/Historical |H=An analysis of "Why People Leave the LDS Church" (2008)—Historical and doctrinal iss61 KB (9,677 words) - 15:01, 13 April 2024
- |H=An analysis of "Why People Leave the LDS Church" (2008)—Social and cultural issues ...e historical and doctrinal issues raised in the presentation. For a review of the social considerations raised in this presentation, see [[../Historical10 KB (1,639 words) - 15:01, 13 April 2024
- ...s highest mountains, that the geologic evidence (primarily in the fields of stratigraphy and sedimentation) does not indicate a worldwide flood occurre ...re assured that these events actually occurred by the multiple testimonies of God’s prophets.70 KB (11,848 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...rally “rendered” by the “Singing Mothers” and the sober sustaining of the stake No Liquor-Tobacco Committee. ...the earliest and most important pillars of my faith came not through some great insight into the gospel but through an experience I could only have had b36 KB (6,144 words) - 15:17, 13 June 2022
- ...reason or motive for seeking divine help – bible reading and conviction of sins, a revival, a desire to know if God exists, wanting to know which chur ...the following accounts in their list showing just how “consistent” all of the First Vision accounts are?"]] (from Debunking FAIR's Debunking, July 2053 KB (8,277 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- *After the First Vision he claims that he was persecuted because of the vision. ...ccount in 1832....It came about much later and the question is why....most of them hadn’t even heard.8 KB (1,324 words) - 14:24, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism Unmasked/Chapter 2 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 2: The Marketing of an Image"10 KB (1,535 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism Unmasked/Chapter 3 |H=Response to claims made in "Chapter 3: The Making of a Religion"44 KB (6,668 words) - 14:14, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Media efforts by MormonThink managing editor Tom Phill ...p://www.lds.org/ensign/1997/05/they-showed-the-way?lang=eng}} As President of the Church, this was re-posted on josephsmith.net on September 11, 2013. {{21 KB (3,494 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ...was written and endorsed by all members of the First Presidency and Quorum of the Twelve Apostles. ...ish to claim that the ''Proclamation'' is not official are either ignorant of these teachings, or are seeking to deceive their audience.28 KB (4,291 words) - 23:16, 1 May 2024
- ...the Methodists, but soon became general among all the sects in that region of country." ...Joseph’s account. This has been thoroughly summarized by Pearl of Great Price Central. Their analysis may be accessed by clicking on the hyperlinked text2 KB (297 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- ==Purpose of Revelation== ...love and unity one with another by virtue of having one purpose and means of bringing about that purpose.23 KB (3,850 words) - 15:58, 13 April 2024
- ===Not all religions claim that the truth of their beliefs are confirmed through a spiritual witness=== ...ing the witness of the Holy Ghost which we believe can give us a testimony of ''anything'' related to the Gospel should we desire it. (see John 14:26; Mo8 KB (1,242 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- ...June 1839 ''Manuscript History of the Church'' Book A-1 (which was a copy of an April 1838 document—James Mulholland copied George W. Robinson's e * Later drafts of the Manuscript History of the Church reproduced the error (see discussion below).13 KB (2,175 words) - 15:37, 13 April 2024
- Question: Does Doctrine and Covenants 84 say that one cannot see God without holding the priesthood?|L1=This argument is fatally flawed by an improper interpretation of D&C 84:21-22 and also by not taking into account additional texts that were ...22 does not refer to the Melchizedek Priesthood, but rather to "the power of godliness"9 KB (1,581 words) - 20:03, 4 May 2024
- ...ve that prophets and apostles are incapable of error, despite being called of God and receiving revelation=== ...lin:Why People Leave the LDS Church:2008}}; {{CriticalWork:McKeeverJohnson:Mormonism 101|pages=Chapter 18}}; {{CriticalWork:Tanner:Changing World|pages=437}}; {8 KB (1,324 words) - 15:18, 13 April 2024
- ===Dozens of accounts were printed in LDS and non-LDS sources prior to 1870=== ...York Spectator, September 23, 1843: [reprint of the Pittsburgh interview of Joseph Smith]8 KB (1,125 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: After the end of the rebellion in South Carolina, did the Church not mention the Civil War p ...iculties which will cause much bloodshed previous to the coming of the Son of Man will be in South Carolina.7 KB (1,224 words) - 15:09, 13 April 2024
- |L=Mormonism and polygamy/Twentieth century LDS publications on plural marriage ...rical record, but are included here as written as a reference for the type of discussions which continued regarding plural marriage.522 KB (89,579 words) - 15:17, 30 April 2024
- ==Question: How was the text of the Book of Abraham produced by Joseph Smith?== ...//www.pearlofgreatpricecentral.org/how-did-joseph-smith-translate-the-book-of-abraham/|number=39}}3 KB (434 words) - 15:23, 13 April 2024
- ...the text of the Book of Abraham in the same manner as he did for the Book of Mormon?== ...t suggests Joseph Smith used his seer stone in the translation of the Book of Abraham===3 KB (444 words) - 15:15, 13 April 2024
- ...of Abraham, nor do they contain the actual personally handwritten account of Abraham"== ...eat-price?lang=eng "Unit 31: Day 2, The Coming Forth of the Pearl of Great Price,"] ''Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Study Guide for Home-Study S2 KB (327 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Is the Journal of Discourses a "standard work" of the Church?== ...is not a "standard work" according to the Church's ''current'' definition of "standard work."===9 KB (1,416 words) - 15:25, 13 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/The Book of Abraham |H=Response to MormonThink page "The Book of Abraham"32 KB (4,871 words) - 14:20, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Joseph Fielding Smith remove the 1832 account of Joseph Smith's First Vision from its original letterbook and hide it in his Historians with the Joseph Smith Papers noted the provenance of [http://josephsmithpapers.org/paperSummary/history-circa-summer-1832#!/pape14 KB (2,211 words) - 15:13, 13 April 2024
- ...hy does the Mormon church still teach that Joseph Smith was a true prophet of God after he made a false prophecy about a temple built in Missouri in his ...inhabited by people, has the Mormon church ever found scientific evidence of that to be true?"]]14 KB (2,324 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...on-Mormon sources that prove that the peoples and places named in the Book of Mormon are true?"]] ...laim: "10. If the words 'familiar spirit' in Isaiah 29:4 refer to the Book of Mormon, why does 'familiar spirit' always refer to occult practices such as34 KB (5,576 words) - 14:10, 13 April 2024
- ...is a summary with some additional notes, below is some commentary on parts of the conclusion. Fortunately, because we have the restored gospel of Jesus Christ, we can remain steadfast and immovable even when questions ari12 KB (1,840 words) - 20:58, 12 April 2024
- |L=Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/The Foundation for LDS Scholarship ...he falsity of Latter-day Saint teachings and beliefs. The four prompts (as of August 2017) are the following:4 KB (647 words) - 14:19, 13 April 2024
- |L1=An Epistle of the Twelve. |L5=An Address to the Citizens of Salem (Mass.) and Vicinity,71 KB (12,386 words) - 15:51, 13 April 2024
- ...s. There are a number of other scriptures that affirm this equality. A few of the more popular ones include: ...obvious that the Lord has a high view of women and their role in the Plan of Salvation.37 KB (6,055 words) - 15:10, 13 April 2024
- ...he restriction on homosexual sexual behavior in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?== In recent years, it has become an item of interest and controversy to know what scriptural grounds are for prohibitin28 KB (4,043 words) - 21:47, 12 April 2024
- ==Question: How can one address arguments from reliability against the use of spiritual experiences in Latter-day Saint epistemology?== ...The_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints] believe that commitment and belief in the Church and/or27 KB (4,241 words) - 21:34, 12 April 2024