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| | #REDIRECT [[Temples in the Book of Mormon]] |
| ==Criticism==
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| Critics attack the presence of an Israelite temple built by the Nephites. They do so on one or more of the following grounds:
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| * they claim that Israelites considered the Jerusalem temple the sole legitimate site of worship, and so would not have reproduced it.
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| * they claim that the Nephite population would have been too small to match the work required to built a temple "like unto Solomon's temple" ([http://scriptures.lds.org/2_ne/5/16#16 2 Nephi 5:16]).
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| ===Source(s) of the Criticism===
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| ''No temple besides Jerusalem:''
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| ''Not enough people:''
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| *John Ankerberg and John Weldon, ''Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism'' (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 322.
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| *Latayne Colvett Scott, ''The Mormon mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church'' (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 83.
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| ==Response==
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| ===Only one temple?===
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| ''info''
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| {{Joseph_Smith_BoM_against_expectations}}
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| ===Not enough people?===
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| ==Conclusion==
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| A summary of the argument against the criticism.
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| ==Further reading==
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| ===FAIR wiki articles===
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| {{Book of Mormon anachronisms}}
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| ===FAIR web site===
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| *FAIR Topical Guide:
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| ===External links===
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| *Links to external web pages
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| ===Printed material===
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| *Daniel C. Peterson, “Is the Book of Mormon True? Notes on the Debate,” in ''Book of Mormon Authorship Revisited: The Evidence for Ancient Origins'', edited by Noel B. Reynolds, (Provo, Utah : Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1997), [http://gospelink.com/library/doc?doc%5fid=264962 Chapter 6].
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| *John L. Sorenson, "Kingship and Temple in 2 Nephi 5-10," in John L. Sorenson and Melvin J. Thorne (eds.), ‘'Rediscovering the Book of Mormon’' (Salt Lake City, Utah : Deseret Book Co. ; Provo, Utah : Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies, 1991), 66–68. ISBN 0875793878.[http://gospelink.com/library/doc?doc_id=296810]
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