FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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A user with 11,272 edits. Account created on 6 November 2017.
10 June 2019
- 20:1920:19, 10 June 2019 diff hist +147 Detailed response to CES Letter, Science No edit summary
- 20:1220:12, 10 June 2019 diff hist +8 Detailed response to CES Letter, Temples & Freemasonry →LDS Truth Claims: Temple Ordinances
- 20:1220:12, 10 June 2019 diff hist +198 Detailed response to CES Letter, Temples & Freemasonry No edit summary
- 20:0620:06, 10 June 2019 diff hist +195 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 18:2918:29, 10 June 2019 diff hist +1 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Exodus 21:7-11
- 18:2818:28, 10 June 2019 diff hist 0 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Exodus 21:7-11
- 18:2718:27, 10 June 2019 diff hist +4 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Numbers 5: The Trial of Jealousy
- 18:1318:13, 10 June 2019 diff hist +96 Detailed response to CES Letter, Scriptures /* Response to claim: "To believe in the scriptures, I have to believe in a god who endorsed...stoning disobedient children...killing people who worked on the Sabbath, death penalty for those that mixed cotton with polyester...Got a rebellious kid who...
- 18:1118:11, 10 June 2019 diff hist −40 Question: Was the only purpose of polygamy to "multiply and replenish the earth" and "bear the souls of men"? →Can this be included in the interpretation of D&C 132: 63?
- 17:5717:57, 10 June 2019 diff hist +5 Detailed response to CES Letter, Scriptures →Response to claim: "To believe in the scriptures, I have to believe in a god who endorsed murder, genocide...pillage, plunder...2. Numbers 31...3. 1 Nephi 4...7. Numbers 21: 5-9"
- 17:5617:56, 10 June 2019 diff hist −2 Detailed response to CES Letter, Scriptures No edit summary
- 17:4717:47, 10 June 2019 diff hist +2,582 Question: Do the scriptures endorse murder? →A Moral Philosophical Note for Consideration
- 16:0916:09, 10 June 2019 diff hist +445 Question: Did Joseph Smith produce any children by his plural wives? The case for children →Josephine Fisher (Josephine Lyon)
7 June 2019
- 23:4223:42, 7 June 2019 diff hist −56 Question: What is the difference between Joseph Smith's first vision and other reported visions of God at the time? →One difference between Joseph's vision and others is that Joseph was told not to join any denomination
6 June 2019
- 22:4522:45, 6 June 2019 diff hist −162 Question: Was Martin Harris a gullible witness who would simply believe anything he was told? →Martin was actually quite skeptical in the beginning of Joseph's ability to translate
- 22:3322:33, 6 June 2019 diff hist +197 Martin Harris/Was he unstable, gullible and superstitious No edit summary
- 22:3122:31, 6 June 2019 diff hist +173 Martin Harris/Was he unstable, gullible and superstitious No edit summary
5 June 2019
- 17:3617:36, 5 June 2019 diff hist +83 Question: If prophets are fallible, does this make spiritual epistemology unreliable? →Where the Critics Focus when Making this Argument
30 May 2019
- 22:1822:18, 30 May 2019 diff hist −15 Philosophy and the Restored Gospel No edit summary
- 22:1822:18, 30 May 2019 diff hist −1 Philosophy and the Restored Gospel No edit summary
- 21:2921:29, 30 May 2019 diff hist +736 Question: What are some common ways that critics attempt to dismiss the work of FAIR? /* FairMormon uses biased scholarship to substantiate their views. Unbiased scholars don't accept the Book of Mormon nor Book of Abraham as factual or historical. Unbiased historians acknowledge Joseph Smith's history as deeply problematic. You can't t...
- 19:5519:55, 30 May 2019 diff hist +4,113 Question: What are some common ways that critics attempt to dismiss the work of FAIR? →There are a few common ways that critics dismiss the work of FairMormon
29 May 2019
- 20:4220:42, 29 May 2019 diff hist +3 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →"The Weaker Vessell" 1 Peter 3:7
- 20:4020:40, 29 May 2019 diff hist +1,835 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist?
- 19:0919:09, 29 May 2019 diff hist −7 Question: Are Mormon women placed under covenant in temples to subjugate themselves to their husbands? →Why was it eliminated?
- 19:0819:08, 29 May 2019 diff hist +1,401 Question: Are Mormon women placed under covenant in temples to subjugate themselves to their husbands? →Question: Are Latter-day Saint (Mormon) women placed under covenant in temples to subordinate themselves to their husbands?
22 May 2019
- 06:1406:14, 22 May 2019 diff hist +478 Question: Does the Book of Mormon support trinitarianism? →Question: Does the Book of Mormon support trinitarianism?
- 06:0306:03, 22 May 2019 diff hist −214 Detailed response to CES Letter, Polygamy and Polyandry →Response to claim: "Most members of the Church are completely unaware that this alleged...1831 revelation Joseph F. Smith is referring to was a secret (and still uncanonized) 'revelation'"
- 06:0206:02, 22 May 2019 diff hist +41 Detailed response to CES Letter, Polygamy and Polyandry →Response to claim: "Most members of the Church are completely unaware that this alleged...1831 revelation Joseph F. Smith is referring to was a secret (and still uncanonized) 'revelation'"
- 05:5805:58, 22 May 2019 diff hist +219 Detailed response to CES Letter, Polygamy and Polyandry No edit summary
- 05:5505:55, 22 May 2019 diff hist −371 Detailed response to CES Letter, Polygamy and Polyandry →Response to claim: "Joseph Smith was married to at least 34 women"
- 05:5305:53, 22 May 2019 diff hist +3,278 Detailed response to CES Letter, Polygamy and Polyandry No edit summary
- 05:1105:11, 22 May 2019 diff hist −17 Question: What is the difference between Joseph Smith's first vision and other reported visions of God at the time? →Joining a church at that time required one to explain one's standing with God to a preacher
12 May 2019
- 19:0719:07, 12 May 2019 diff hist +30 Tips for reading and understanding scripture →Scripture, if making a scientific claim, should be weighed with science
- 19:0519:05, 12 May 2019 diff hist −210 Tips for reading and understanding scripture →Scripture must be read holistically. Both to understand what we need to defend and to understand all that the Lord wants us to understand about any given topic.
8 May 2019
- 01:4901:49, 8 May 2019 diff hist −98 Question: Do all other religions confirm their beliefs through spiritual witness? →Latter-day Saint Offshoots
- 01:4901:49, 8 May 2019 diff hist −3,539 Detailed response to CES Letter, Testimony and Spiritual Witness No edit summary
17 April 2019
- 21:2521:25, 17 April 2019 diff hist +99 Question: Is Latter-day Saint epistemology a valid form of epistemology? →Argument from Uniquity
- 21:2421:24, 17 April 2019 diff hist +227 Question: Is Latter-day Saint epistemology a valid form of epistemology? →Argument from Uniquity
- 21:2421:24, 17 April 2019 diff hist −2 Question: Is Latter-day Saint epistemology a valid form of epistemology? →Argument from Uniquity
- 21:2321:23, 17 April 2019 diff hist +126 Question: Is Latter-day Saint epistemology a valid form of epistemology? →Argument from Uniquity
- 21:2221:22, 17 April 2019 diff hist +760 Question: Is Latter-day Saint epistemology a valid form of epistemology? →Argument from Uniquity
9 April 2019
- 23:0423:04, 9 April 2019 diff hist +347 Understanding revelation →Revelation is given to prophets "line upon line; precept upon precept"
- 22:5322:53, 9 April 2019 diff hist +4,432 Understanding revelation →Revelation is given to prophets "line upon line; precept upon precept"
7 April 2019
- 15:0715:07, 7 April 2019 diff hist −918 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Mormon →Response to claim: "DNA analysis has concluded that Native American Indians do not originate from the Middle East"
4 April 2019
- 04:0404:04, 4 April 2019 diff hist +274 Question: Is Latter-day Saint epistemology a valid form of epistemology? →Arguments/Questions from Reliability
- 04:0304:03, 4 April 2019 diff hist −13 Question: Can one simply decide when one feels and doesn't feel the Spirit? →Question: Can one simply decide when to feel the Spirit and when not to feel the Spirit?
- 03:5603:56, 4 April 2019 diff hist +149 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 03:5303:53, 4 April 2019 diff hist +155 Detailed response to CES Letter, First Vision No edit summary
- 03:5003:50, 4 April 2019 diff hist +150 Detailed response to CES Letter, Polygamy and Polyandry No edit summary