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26 December 2018
- 08:1408:14, 26 December 2018 diff hist −14 Question: Could Joseph Smith translate Egyptian? →Question: Could Joseph Smith translate Egyptian?
- 07:4807:48, 26 December 2018 diff hist +500 Question: How is it possible for a Church leader or prophet to have been influenced by racism, yet be consistent with the Lord not allowing prophets to lead the Church astray? →We will get things wrong, because we are NOT Jesus Christ: He allows us to learn as we go along
- 07:3907:39, 26 December 2018 diff hist +80 Question: How is it possible for a Church leader or prophet to have been influenced by racism, yet be consistent with the Lord not allowing prophets to lead the Church astray? →The prophets will not lead the Church astray from the mission of leading people to Christ: This does not exempt prophets from saying or doing things that are incorrect
- 07:3007:30, 26 December 2018 diff hist +1,439 Question: Did other Church leaders believe that plural marriage was a requirement for exaltation? →Question: Did other Church leaders believe that plural marriage was a requirement for exaltation?
- 07:0707:07, 26 December 2018 diff hist +203 Detailed response to CES Letter, Prophets →Response to claim: "Brigham declared that he never preached a sermon that the 'children of men may not call scripture.'"
- 07:0607:06, 26 December 2018 diff hist +808 Detailed response to CES Letter, Prophets No edit summary
- 06:5806:58, 26 December 2018 diff hist +329 Neil L. Andersen: "The doctrine...is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk...The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men" →Neil L. Andersen: "The doctrine...is not hidden in an obscure paragraph of one talk...The leaders of the Church are honest but imperfect men"
- 06:5706:57, 26 December 2018 diff hist +203 Question: How does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints establish new doctrine? →Establishing new doctrine
- 06:4506:45, 26 December 2018 diff hist +88 Question: Is plural marriage required in order to achieve exaltation? →Brigham was stating that the command to practice plural marriage was from God, and it is wrong to seek to abolish a command from God
- 06:3406:34, 26 December 2018 diff hist +139 Question: Does D&C 132 state that polygamy is required for our exaltation? →The verse that is cited as supporting this cannot be logically read as a support of polygamy being required for exaltation
- 06:3206:32, 26 December 2018 diff hist −1 Question: Does D&C 132 state that polygamy is required for our exaltation? No edit summary
- 06:3106:31, 26 December 2018 diff hist 0 Question: Does D&C 132 state that polygamy is required for our exaltation? No edit summary
- 06:3006:30, 26 December 2018 diff hist +6,163 N Question: Does D&C 132 state that polygamy is required for our exaltation? Created page with "{{FairMormon}} <onlyinclude> ==Question: Does D&C 132 state that polygamy is required for our exaltation?== ===The verse that is cited as supporting this cannot be logically r..."
- 06:1806:18, 26 December 2018 diff hist +79 Plural marriage as a requirement for exaltation No edit summary
- 06:1806:18, 26 December 2018 diff hist +81 Plural marriage as a requirement for exaltation No edit summary
- 02:3002:30, 26 December 2018 diff hist +2 Question: Why would Elisha have two she-bears maul 42 children? →The text is making a lot of rhetorical points that go unnoticed without additional context
- 02:3002:30, 26 December 2018 diff hist +3,887 N Question: Why would Elisha have two she-bears maul 42 children? Created page with "{{FairMormon}} <onlyinclude> ==Question: Why would Elisha have two she-bears maul 42 children?== ===The text is making a lot of rhetorical points that go unnoticed without add..."
- 02:2902:29, 26 December 2018 diff hist +137 Violence in the scriptures No edit summary
18 December 2018
- 21:2321:23, 18 December 2018 diff hist +516 Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director No edit summary
- 19:4719:47, 18 December 2018 diff hist +13 Question: Was the only purpose of polygamy to "multiply and replenish the earth" and "bear the souls of men"? →The institution of the practice of polygamy made available the blessings of eternal marriage to everyone
- 09:1409:14, 18 December 2018 diff hist +1,587 Question: Does the Book of Mormon contain anti-Masonic language? →Latter-day Saints saw the Book of Mormon's prophecies as fulfilled by the U.S. government
- 07:2907:29, 18 December 2018 diff hist −1 Question: Was the only purpose of polygamy to "multiply and replenish the earth" and "bear the souls of men"? →The institution of the practice of polygamy made available the blessings of eternal marriage to everyone
- 07:0707:07, 18 December 2018 diff hist +6 Question: Was the only purpose of polygamy to "multiply and replenish the earth" and "bear the souls of men"? →The institution of the practice of polygamy made available the blessings of eternal marriage to everyone
- 07:0707:07, 18 December 2018 diff hist −1 Question: Was the only purpose of polygamy to "multiply and replenish the earth" and "bear the souls of men"? →The institution of the practice of polygamy was part of the "restoration of all things"
- 07:0607:06, 18 December 2018 diff hist +5,529 Question: Was the only purpose of polygamy to "multiply and replenish the earth" and "bear the souls of men"? →Question: Was the only purpose of polygamy to "multiply and replenish the earth" and "bear the souls of men"?
- 00:1800:18, 18 December 2018 diff hist +9 Question: Does the Book of Mormon contain anti-Masonic language? No edit summary
17 December 2018
- 20:5720:57, 17 December 2018 diff hist +1 Question: Does the Book of Mormon contain anti-Masonic language? →Latter-day Saints saw the Book of Mormon's prophecies as fulfilled by the U.S. government
- 20:5620:56, 17 December 2018 diff hist +2 Question: Does the Book of Mormon contain anti-Masonic language? No edit summary
- 20:5520:55, 17 December 2018 diff hist +1,541 Question: Does the Book of Mormon contain anti-Masonic language? →Question: Does the Book of Mormon contain anti-Masonic language?
14 December 2018
- 06:3006:30, 14 December 2018 diff hist +1 Question: Are Latter-day Saint ("Mormon") women taught to be “gratefully subservient to Mormon males” and that women must “not aspire…to independent thought”? No edit summary
- 06:2906:29, 14 December 2018 diff hist +1 Question: Are Latter-day Saint ("Mormon") women taught to be “gratefully subservient to Mormon males” and that women must “not aspire…to independent thought”? →These claims are total nonsense
- 06:2406:24, 14 December 2018 diff hist +179 Question: Are Latter-day Saint ("Mormon") women placed under covenant in temples to subordinate themselves to their husbands? →Question: Are Latter-day Saint (Mormon) women placed under covenant in temples to subordinate themselves to their husbands?
- 06:2006:20, 14 December 2018 diff hist +42 Mormonism and gender issues/Women in Mormon culture No edit summary
- 06:1906:19, 14 December 2018 diff hist +5,086 N Question: Are Latter-day Saint ("Mormon") women placed under covenant in temples to subordinate themselves to their husbands? Created page with "{{FairMormon}} <onlyinclude> ==Question: Are Latter-day Saint (Mormon) women placed under covenant in temples to subordinate themselves to their husbands?== {{templedisclaimer..."
13 December 2018
- 20:3020:30, 13 December 2018 diff hist +517 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Mormon /* Response to claim: "In addition to the statements made by those professors, here are some more statements made by both LDS and non-LDS archaeologist and anthropologist individuals and organizations...'The first myth we need to eliminate is that Book...
- 06:5806:58, 13 December 2018 diff hist +115 Question: Can a person "feel the spirit" while watching movies? →The Spirit testifies of all true principles, regardless of the source
- 06:5806:58, 13 December 2018 diff hist +108 Question: Many who listened to Elder Dunn's stories felt the spirit. Why would one feel the spirit upon hearing a story that was fabricated? Doesn't this confirm a lie? →Simply receiving a warm feeling about a speech or article is not enough to call it revelation or a confirmation of the spirit
- 06:5606:56, 13 December 2018 diff hist +111 Question: Many who listened to Elder Dunn's stories felt the spirit. Why would one feel the spirit upon hearing a story that was fabricated? Doesn't this confirm a lie? →Simply receiving a warm feeling about a speech or article is not enough to call it revelation or a confirmation of the spirit
- 06:5306:53, 13 December 2018 diff hist +121 Question: Can a person receive a spiritual witness about any book? →Personal revelation may come while reading a book.
- 06:5206:52, 13 December 2018 diff hist −268 When spiritual impressions seem mistaken →There are a variety of ways to view these situations
- 06:5106:51, 13 December 2018 diff hist +118 Question: Can a person "feel the spirit" while watching movies? →The Spirit testifies of all true principles, regardless of the source
11 December 2018
- 20:4420:44, 11 December 2018 diff hist 0 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →Abraham in Egypt (Figure 10)
- 20:4320:43, 11 December 2018 diff hist −1 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →The idolatrous Gods of Libnah, Korash, and Mahmackrah (Figures 6, 7, and 8)
- 20:3620:36, 11 December 2018 diff hist −132 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 20:2620:26, 11 December 2018 diff hist +269 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham No edit summary
6 December 2018
- 10:4810:48, 6 December 2018 diff hist +10,126 Question: What did Oliver Cowdery's associates say about his character? →Harvey Gibson, a political opponent of Oliver's, and another lawyer, said that Cowdery was an "irreproachable gentleman"
- 09:5409:54, 6 December 2018 diff hist +95 Detailed response to CES Letter, Priesthood Restoration No edit summary
- 09:5109:51, 6 December 2018 diff hist −3 Detailed response to CES Letter, Priesthood Restoration →Response to Claim "If Joseph was already an elder and apostle, what was the necessity of being ordained again?"
- 09:4309:43, 6 December 2018 diff hist +1,124 Detailed response to CES Letter, Priesthood Restoration No edit summary
- 03:5003:50, 6 December 2018 diff hist −586 Detailed response to CES Letter, Testimony and Spiritual Witness No edit summary