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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Question: Is the fact that Latter-day Saint missionaries were teaching around 1 November 1830 that Joseph Smith had seen “God” personally a reference to having seen Jesus Christ, but not the Father? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was the First Vision fabricated to give Joseph Smith "Godly authority?" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: When and how often did Brigham Young refer to elements of Joseph Smith's First Vision in his discourses? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does Doctrine and Covenants 121:28 contradict the First Vision? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe Jesus was born 1830 years before the Church's organization on 6 April 1830? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the fact that the Doctrine and Covenants refers to North American Indians as "Lamanites" contradict the theory that the Book of Mormon events took place in Mesoamerica? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How have views within the Church regarding the origins of the American Indians changed over the years? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why do modern day prophets and Church members in general believe that Polynesians are Lamanites? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What do the scriptures say about plural marriage? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Because Mormons do not currently practice plural marriage, does this mean that early leaders who taught that is was required were wrong? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: If early Church leaders taught that plural marriage was required, does this mean that current members are not capable of achieving exaltation? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is the "Law of Adoption" practiced among 19-century Mormons and why has it changed? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why is the "Ass" (Donkey) mentioned in the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is Nephi's mention of Jeremiah being put into prison anachronistic, since Jeremiah would not have been in prison at the time that Lehi left Jerusalem? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Do the legal concepts in the Book of Mormon better match Joseph Smith's day, or the ancient world? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What are the geographical assumptions upon which DNA-based attacks on the Book of Mormon are based? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon erroneously claim that John the Baptist baptized people in the village of Bethabara? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is the Book of Mormon reference to windows that can be "dashed in pieces" an anachronism? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why does "and it came to pass" appear so often in the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What is "brass" in the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← links)
- Book of Mormon/Warfare/Seasonality (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why do most of the battles in the Book of Mormon occur between the 11th and 3rd months of the year, and none in the 6th through 9th months? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Are all swords mentioned in the Book of Mormon made of metal? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did the use of metal swords mentioned in the Book of Mormon persist? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did swords exist in Pre-Columbian America during the Book of Mormon time period? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the term "familiar spirit" in the Book of Mormon refer to occult practices? (transclusion) (← links)
- Lehi's journey in the Old World (transclusion) (← links)
- Old world geography in the Book of Mormon (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How realistic is the name "Shazer" described in the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the Church authoritatively identify the location of the Hill Cumorah? (transclusion) (← links)
- Evaluating Book of Mormon geography theories (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How should a valid Book of Mormon geography be modeled? (transclusion) (← links)
- Mesoamerican Model of Book of Mormon geography (transclusion) (← links)
- Source:Times and Seasons:15 Dec 1844:As to the original inhabitants of the continent of America, the Book of Mormon, backs up the description of immense "ruins" in central America (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Did Moroni bury the gold plates in the Hill Cumorah referenced in the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← links)
- Ezra Taft Benson (Dec 1980): "wise and inspired men in North, Central, and South America were raised up who proclaimed the sovereign truth that all men" (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Why is baptism for the dead not mentioned in the Book of Mormon? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Could Satan have deceived Nephi into killing Laban? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Could the angel which came to Nephi have been a demonic "angel of light" sent to deceive him? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Was Nephi simply listening to "a voice in his head" telling him to kill Laban as the result of a psychosis or delusion? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is the story of Nephi killing Laban and then putting on his clothes believable? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is it an anachronism that the Book of Mormon teaches that Christians existed before Christ’s birth? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: What do "if-and conditionals" tell us about the Book of Mormon translation? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Is there any Biblical evidence that the apostasy began? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does the fact that Jesus said, "upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" mean that universal apostasy was impossible? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints relate to other branches of Christianity? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: Does belief in a "complete apostasy" imply that there were no true Christians between the Apostasy and the Restoration? (transclusion) (← links)
- Question: How do Mormons see the relationship between works and grace? (transclusion) (← links)