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11 September 2019
- 20:3720:37, 11 September 2019 diff hist +9,169 N Standards for prophetic succession Created page with "{{FairMormon}} <onlyinclude> ==Question: What are the standards for prophetic succession in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?== ===Requirements from the Doctrin..."
- 19:5419:54, 11 September 2019 diff hist +229 1844 Succession to Joseph Smith No edit summary
- 19:2819:28, 11 September 2019 diff hist −81 Question: Is there a link between Ethan Smith, author of ''View of the Hebrews'', and Oliver Cowdery? →Both Ethan Smith and Oliver Cowdery lived in Poultney, Vermont while Smith served as the pastor of the church that Oliver Cowdery's family attended
- 19:2819:28, 11 September 2019 diff hist +113 Question: Is there a link between Ethan Smith, author of ''View of the Hebrews'', and Oliver Cowdery? →Testimony from Lorenzo Saunders
- 19:2619:26, 11 September 2019 diff hist +2,827 Question: Is there a link between Ethan Smith, author of ''View of the Hebrews'', and Oliver Cowdery? →Question: Is there a link between Ethan Smith, author of View of the Hebrews, and Oliver Cowdery?
7 September 2019
- 20:3720:37, 7 September 2019 diff hist +21 Geographical issues related to DNA and the Book of Mormon No edit summary
6 September 2019
- 18:2218:22, 6 September 2019 diff hist +29 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →Defending the Doctrine from other New Testament Literature
- 18:2118:21, 6 September 2019 diff hist −5 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →Quirnius/Cyrenius
- 18:1818:18, 6 September 2019 diff hist 0 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →Response to Claimed Contradictions that Supposedly Undermine the Historicity of the Infancy Narratives of the Matthean and Lucan Accounts.
- 18:1318:13, 6 September 2019 diff hist +34 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →Response to Claimed Mistranslation
- 18:1218:12, 6 September 2019 diff hist +26 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →Response to Claimed Contradictions that Supposedly Undermine the Historicity of the Matthean and Lucan Accounts.
- 18:0718:07, 6 September 2019 diff hist +304 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →What about the Book of Mormon Itself?
- 18:0518:05, 6 September 2019 diff hist +310 Question: Was Moses a real person? →Question: Was Moses a real person?
- 00:0400:04, 6 September 2019 diff hist +49 Question: Are lions anachronistic to the Book of Mormon? →Several options exist for this
- 00:0300:03, 6 September 2019 diff hist +232 Question: Are lions anachronistic to the Book of Mormon? No edit summary
5 September 2019
- 03:5503:55, 5 September 2019 diff hist +54 Question: How can one properly view scriptural texts that appear to endorse genocide, pillage, and plunder in the Bible? →A Moral/Philosophical Note for Consideration from the Latter-day Saint Soteriological Point of View
- 03:5403:54, 5 September 2019 diff hist +256 Question: Do the scriptures endorse murder? →A Moral/Philosophical Note for Consideration
- 03:5303:53, 5 September 2019 diff hist +3,307 Question: How can one properly view scriptural texts that appear to endorse genocide, pillage, and plunder in the Bible? →Latter-day Saint Soteriological Understanding
- 03:5103:51, 5 September 2019 diff hist 0 Question: Do the scriptures endorse murder? No edit summary
- 03:4803:48, 5 September 2019 diff hist +562 Question: How can one properly view scriptural texts that appear to endorse genocide, pillage, and plunder in the Bible? →Helpful Tidbits
- 03:3803:38, 5 September 2019 diff hist +550 Understanding revelation →Revelation is received, interpreted, and transmitted through cognitive/human processes
4 September 2019
- 22:4522:45, 4 September 2019 diff hist +10 Understanding revelation →The authority/success of recorded revelation differs between books of scripture
- 22:4322:43, 4 September 2019 diff hist +12 Understanding revelation →All revelation is wisdom that is largely independent of the agent receiving it.
- 22:4222:42, 4 September 2019 diff hist +751 Understanding revelation →Question: How do Mormons understand prophetic revelation?
- 22:3522:35, 4 September 2019 diff hist +152 Question: Can Latter-day Saints have a non-literal view of the creation story, or have a somewhat more mythic view of the first five books of Moses given the Church's teaching of a historical Adam? →Less Core or More Negotiable Things
- 21:2521:25, 4 September 2019 diff hist +1 The Documentary Hypothesis →But what about the P source?
- 21:2321:23, 4 September 2019 diff hist +245 The Documentary Hypothesis →The Book of Abraham
- 21:2121:21, 4 September 2019 diff hist +2,417 Question: Did Joseph Smith believe that Abraham wrote the text on the papyrus himself? →Question: Did Joseph Smith believe that Abraham wrote the text on the papyrus himself?
- 21:0021:00, 4 September 2019 diff hist +188 The Documentary Hypothesis →Dating the authorship of the Book of Moses
- 20:5320:53, 4 September 2019 diff hist +1 The Documentary Hypothesis →The Book of Mormon contains all five of the Books of Moses (Genesis-Deuteronomy) and thus all four sources of it (J,E,D, and P) are included
- 20:5220:52, 4 September 2019 diff hist +115 Question: How can one view contradictions in Scripture in a faithful way? →Theological Tensions/Contradictions
- 20:1620:16, 4 September 2019 diff hist +91 Question: How do we explain multiple "Isaiahs" and the Book of Mormon? →Issues of Translation
- 20:1520:15, 4 September 2019 diff hist +91 Question: How do we explain multiple "Isaiahs" and the Book of Mormon? →A Proposed Scenario
- 20:1420:14, 4 September 2019 diff hist −6 Question: How do we explain multiple "Isaiahs" and the Book of Mormon? →Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
- 20:1420:14, 4 September 2019 diff hist +136 Question: How do we explain multiple "Isaiahs" and the Book of Mormon? →Isaiah in the Book of Mormon
3 September 2019
- 18:1118:11, 3 September 2019 diff hist +172 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →Shulem, one of the king's principal waiters (Fig 5)
- 18:0218:02, 3 September 2019 diff hist 0 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →Shulem, one of the king's principal waiters (Fig 5)
2 September 2019
- 19:0919:09, 2 September 2019 diff hist +127 Question: How can one view contradictions in Scripture in a faithful way? →Theological Tensions/Contradictions
- 06:2706:27, 2 September 2019 diff hist +205 Question: Could Joseph Smith translate Egyptian? →Question: Could Joseph Smith translate Egyptian?
1 September 2019
- 09:3109:31, 1 September 2019 diff hist +311 Understanding revelation →Sometimes we are required to actively seek a revelation to receive it
- 09:1809:18, 1 September 2019 diff hist +114 Understanding revelation →What can change through revelation?
- 09:1209:12, 1 September 2019 diff hist +1,292 Understanding revelation →Question: How do Mormons understand prophetic revelation?
- 01:5601:56, 1 September 2019 diff hist +185 Understanding revelation →Revelation is sometimes given "from the top, down."
31 August 2019
- 19:4419:44, 31 August 2019 diff hist +1 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →What about the Book of Mormon Itself?
- 19:0819:08, 31 August 2019 diff hist 0 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →Quirnius/Cyrenius
- 19:0719:07, 31 August 2019 diff hist +3 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 19:0419:04, 31 August 2019 diff hist +1 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →Response to Claimed Contradictions that Supposedly Undermine the Historicity of the Matthean and Lucan Accounts.
- 19:0319:03, 31 August 2019 diff hist −1 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →How Reliable Are Matthew’s and Luke’s Accounts Generally?
- 19:0319:03, 31 August 2019 diff hist 0 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →How Reliable Are Matthew’s and Luke’s Accounts Generally?
- 19:0219:02, 31 August 2019 diff hist −3 Virgin birth of Jesus Christ in the Book of Mormon →Defending the Doctrine from other New Testament Literature