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12 February 2019
- 03:0703:07, 12 February 2019 diff hist +1 Question: Why isn't the temple ceremony based upon an earlier version of Freemasonry rather than what existed in Joseph Smith's time? →Further Reading and Video Content
- 03:0603:06, 12 February 2019 diff hist +451 Question: Why isn't the temple ceremony based upon an earlier version of Freemasonry rather than what existed in Joseph Smith's time? →If one assumes that any part of the ritual is based upon Freemasonry, then Joseph Smith used ritual elements known to him and his followers to teach a uniquely restorationist view
- 02:2202:22, 12 February 2019 diff hist +511 Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director No edit summary
10 February 2019
- 23:3323:33, 10 February 2019 diff hist +114 Question: What are the differences between the Strangite witness statements and those of the Three and Eight Witnesses to the Book of Mormon? →Chauncy Loomis reports that Samuel Graham described how the Plates of Laban were fabricated, and Samuel Bacon finds remnants of the plates hidden in Strang's ceiling
- 23:2823:28, 10 February 2019 diff hist +723 Question: Who was James Strang? No edit summary
- 23:1523:15, 10 February 2019 diff hist +1,750 Question: Who was James Strang? →Question: Who was James Strang?
- 06:1106:11, 10 February 2019 diff hist −42 Detailed response to CES Letter, Testimony and Spiritual Witness →Response to claim: "This thought-provoking video raises some profound questions and challenges to the Latter-day Saint concept of "testimony" and receiving a witness from the Holy Ghost..."
- 05:4105:41, 10 February 2019 diff hist +1 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
- 05:4105:41, 10 February 2019 diff hist +168 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
8 February 2019
- 08:2108:21, 8 February 2019 diff hist +111 Question: Who was James Strang? →How does he compare to Joseph Smith?
- 08:1908:19, 8 February 2019 diff hist +348 Question: Who was James Strang? →Question: Who was James Strang?
- 06:4406:44, 8 February 2019 diff hist +11,725 N Question: What scriptures might challenge the view of a limited geography and the Nephites not being alone on the continent or other issues regarding DNA? Created page with "{{FairMormon}} <onlyinclude> ==Question: What scriptures might challenge the view of a limited geography and the Nephites not being alone on the continent or other issues rega..."
- 06:2806:28, 8 February 2019 diff hist +319 DNA and the Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 05:4905:49, 8 February 2019 diff hist +86 Question: Could Joseph Smith have learned about Hebraisms from Gilbert Hunt's "The Late War"? No edit summary
- 05:4805:48, 8 February 2019 diff hist +56 Question: Could Joseph Smith have learned about Hebraisms from Gilbert Hunt's "The Late War"? →There are several things wrong with assuming that he could.
- 05:4405:44, 8 February 2019 diff hist +1 Question: Could Joseph Smith have learned about Hebraisms from Gilbert Hunt's "The Late War"? No edit summary
- 05:4405:44, 8 February 2019 diff hist −1 Question: Could Joseph Smith have learned about Hebraisms from Gilbert Hunt's "The Late War"? No edit summary
- 05:4305:43, 8 February 2019 diff hist +50 Question: Could Joseph Smith have learned about Hebraisms from Gilbert Hunt's "The Late War"? No edit summary
- 05:4205:42, 8 February 2019 diff hist +598 Question: Could Joseph Smith have learned about Hebraisms from Gilbert Hunt's "The Late War"? →Could Joseph Smith have learned about Hebraisms from Gilbert Hunt's "The Late War"?
- 05:0705:07, 8 February 2019 diff hist −2 Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? →Subheadings that promote main points of the response and
- 05:0705:07, 8 February 2019 diff hist +1,355 Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? No edit summary
7 February 2019
- 09:0009:00, 7 February 2019 diff hist +303 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham →Response to claim: "Why are there anachronisms in the Book of Abraham?"
- 08:0108:01, 7 February 2019 diff hist +2 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? No edit summary
- 07:5907:59, 7 February 2019 diff hist +144 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →The earliest manuscripts of Abraham 1:12,14 have the text squeezed either between lines of the text or in the upper margin of the manuscript.
- 07:5307:53, 7 February 2019 diff hist +115 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →The earliest manuscripts of Abraham 1:12,14 have the text squeezed either between lines of the text or in the upper margin of the parchment that Frederick G. Williams scribed
- 07:5007:50, 7 February 2019 diff hist 0 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →The earliest manuscripts of Abraham 1:12,14 have the text squeezed either between lines of the text or in the upper margin of the parchment that Frederick G. Williams scribed
- 07:4907:49, 7 February 2019 diff hist −20 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →The earliest manuscripts of Abraham 1:12,14 have the text squeezed either between lines of the text or in the upper margin of the parchment that Frederick G. Williams scribed
- 07:4907:49, 7 February 2019 diff hist −1 Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? →Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham?
- 07:4707:47, 7 February 2019 diff hist +1,357 N Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraham? Created page with "{{FairMormon}} <onlyinclude> ==Question: Are the statements of Abraham 1:12,14 about the altar and Gods at the “beginning of the record” significant for the Book of Abraha..."
- 07:4007:40, 7 February 2019 diff hist +304 Production of the Book of Abraham No edit summary
3 February 2019
- 20:3820:38, 3 February 2019 diff hist +121 Question: Are the Book of Mormon witnesses unreliable because many of them were related? →Relationships among the Three and Eight Witnesses
- 20:3720:37, 3 February 2019 diff hist +56 Question: Are the Book of Mormon witnesses unreliable because many of them were related? →Relationships among the Three and Eight Witnesses
- 20:3720:37, 3 February 2019 diff hist −56 Question: Are the Book of Mormon witnesses unreliable because many of them were related? →To imply that someone is unreliable simply because of who they are related to is a ad hominem attack
- 20:3620:36, 3 February 2019 diff hist +1,162 Question: Are the Book of Mormon witnesses unreliable because many of them were related? →To imply that someone is unreliable simply because of who they are related to is a ad hominem attack
1 February 2019
- 22:5922:59, 1 February 2019 diff hist +412 Question: Do all other religions confirm their beliefs through spiritual witness? →Question: Do all other religions confirm their beliefs through spiritual witness?
- 02:3002:30, 1 February 2019 diff hist +789 Question: What are the differences between the Genesis account of creation and that of the Book of Abraham? →There are several key differences in the accounts.
- 02:2802:28, 1 February 2019 diff hist +3 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham →Response to claim: "86% of Book of Abraham chapters 2, 4, and 5 are King James Version Genesis chapters 1, 2, 11, and 12."
- 02:2802:28, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 02:2702:27, 1 February 2019 diff hist −106 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 02:2602:26, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1,864 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 02:0502:05, 1 February 2019 diff hist −4 Question: What are the differences between the Genesis account of creation and that of the Book of Abraham? →Aside from the differences, why might there be similarities between the KJV textual rendering of the Abraham account and the Book of Abraham?
- 02:0402:04, 1 February 2019 diff hist +401 Question: What are the differences between the Genesis account of creation and that of the Book of Abraham? →There are several key differences in the accounts.
- 01:5901:59, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1 Question: What are the differences between Genesis 11-12 and Abraham 2? →There are a number of significant differences between the two texts, differences supported by Abrahamic lore in many cases, that make an accusation of simple plagiarism farfetched
- 01:0601:06, 1 February 2019 diff hist −156 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
- 01:0101:01, 1 February 2019 diff hist +8 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
- 00:5700:57, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
- 00:5700:57, 1 February 2019 diff hist +1 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
- 00:5100:51, 1 February 2019 diff hist +204 Question: What indications were there that Brigham Young would be Joseph Smith's successor? →Further Reading
26 January 2019
- 07:2107:21, 26 January 2019 diff hist −6 Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director No edit summary
23 January 2019
- 22:3722:37, 23 January 2019 diff hist +144 Question: Can non-Mormons feel a spiritual experience that cause them to devote themselves to service within another Church? →One purpose of this life is for us to gain a body, and then have experiences that help us to learn and grow and to demonstrate the extent to which we will respond to the light that we do receive