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11 February 2021
- 21:5221:52, 11 February 2021 diff hist −4 Question: Did Joseph Smith plagiarize Shakespeare's ''Hamlet''? →Question: Did Joseph Smith plagiarize Shakespeare's "Hamlet"?
- 21:5221:52, 11 February 2021 diff hist +2 Question: Did Joseph Smith plagiarize Shakespeare's ''Hamlet''? →Question: Did Joseph Smith plagiarize Shakespeare's Hamlet?
- 21:5121:51, 11 February 2021 diff hist +10 Possible 19th Century influences on Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 21:4821:48, 11 February 2021 diff hist +130 Possible 19th Century influences on Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 00:1800:18, 11 February 2021 diff hist +64 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →”Let your women keep silence in the churches” (1 Cor 14:34-35 ; 1 Timothy 2:11-15)
- 00:1600:16, 11 February 2021 diff hist +19 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Exodus 21:7-11
- 00:1500:15, 11 February 2021 diff hist +13 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Introduction to Criticism
- 00:1500:15, 11 February 2021 diff hist +409 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist?
8 February 2021
- 23:2623:26, 8 February 2021 diff hist +191 Question: How do Latter-day Saints reconcile scriptural accounts of the Flood of Noah with scientific evidence of continuous human habitation on the earth? →Whether the Flood covered the entire earth at once, multiple smaller floods happened over a period of time, a localized flood happened, or no flood at all occured makes no difference
19 January 2021
- 02:3302:33, 19 January 2021 diff hist +1 Question: Did Christ teach against same-sex relationships during his mortal ministry? →Same-sex relationships is a type of fornication
- 02:3302:33, 19 January 2021 diff hist −7 Question: Did Christ teach against same-sex relationships during his mortal ministry? →Christ taught against fornication and adultery
- 02:3202:32, 19 January 2021 diff hist +23 Question: Did Christ teach against same-sex relationships during his mortal ministry? →God and Christ reinstated the definition of marriage between a man and a woman in this dispensation in Doctrine and Covenants 49:15-17
- 02:3202:32, 19 January 2021 diff hist +1,675 Question: Did Christ teach against same-sex relationships during his mortal ministry? →Question: Did Christ teach against same-sex relationships during his mortal ministry?
- 02:1302:13, 19 January 2021 diff hist +492 Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ No edit summary
- 01:5701:57, 19 January 2021 diff hist +3 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? →Proclamation of the Twelve Apostles of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (April 6 and October 22, 1845
- 01:5701:57, 19 January 2021 diff hist +5,725 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? →There are five that could potentially be cited by critics
- 00:3000:30, 19 January 2021 diff hist +15 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? →There are three generally cited by critics
13 January 2021
- 21:2721:27, 13 January 2021 diff hist −11 Question: What did Oliver Cowdery's associates say about his character? →Conclusion
- 21:2621:26, 13 January 2021 diff hist +13 Question: Did LDS scholar Hugh Nibley support the "Heartland model" of Book of Mormon geography? →Nibley repeatedly mentioned a variety of geographical theories, including Central America
- 21:2621:26, 13 January 2021 diff hist −23 Question: Did LDS scholar Hugh Nibley support the "Heartland model" of Book of Mormon geography? →Nibley repeatedly mentioned a variety of geographical theories, including Central America
- 21:2221:22, 13 January 2021 diff hist +6 Question: Is everything that is published by the Church considered Mormon doctrine? →We consider the inspired words of the prophets as scripture for our time. Not everything taught in the 19th century applies to the 21st century
- 21:2021:20, 13 January 2021 diff hist +28 Question: How does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints establish new doctrine? →Establishing new doctrine
- 21:1821:18, 13 January 2021 diff hist +28 Question: What is official or core Mormon doctrine? →Question: What is official or core Mormon doctrine?
8 January 2021
- 03:4803:48, 8 January 2021 diff hist +108 Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text? →The JST is not intended primarily or solely as a restoration of lost Bible text
- 03:4503:45, 8 January 2021 diff hist +10 Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text? →The JST is not intended primarily or solely as a restoration of lost Bible text
- 03:4403:44, 8 January 2021 diff hist +163 Question: Was the Joseph Smith Translation intended to be a restoration of original Bible text? →The JST is not intended primarily or solely as a restoration of lost Bible text
4 January 2021
- 21:5621:56, 4 January 2021 diff hist −25 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →"The Weaker Vessell" 1 Peter 3:7
- 21:5521:55, 4 January 2021 diff hist +1 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →More bitter than the woman…whose heart is in snares (Ecclesiastes 7:26)
- 21:4821:48, 4 January 2021 diff hist −65 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Deuteronomy 25:11-12 - Female Mutilation?
- 21:4321:43, 4 January 2021 diff hist +4 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Impurity at Birth (Leviticus 12:1-8)
- 21:4221:42, 4 January 2021 diff hist +63 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Exodus 21:7-11
- 21:3721:37, 4 January 2021 diff hist −53 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →General lack of female writers in the scriptures
- 21:3621:36, 4 January 2021 diff hist +104 Question: Are the scriptures misogynistic/sexist? →Polygamy and Concubinage
- 20:5620:56, 4 January 2021 diff hist +1,225 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
- 20:4120:41, 4 January 2021 diff hist −32 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →A Review of The Different Neurological Phenomena
- 20:2520:25, 4 January 2021 diff hist −1 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →Confirmation Bias
- 20:2420:24, 4 January 2021 diff hist −1 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →Confirmation Bias
- 20:2020:20, 4 January 2021 diff hist −1 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →Confirmation Bias
- 20:1920:19, 4 January 2021 diff hist +251 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →Confirmation Bias
- 20:0920:09, 4 January 2021 diff hist −4 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →Review of the Criticism
- 20:0420:04, 4 January 2021 diff hist −458 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →The Latter-day Saint Conception of the Soul
- 20:0120:01, 4 January 2021 diff hist +121 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →Spiritual Experiences Bring Not Just Feelings But Knowledge
- 20:0020:00, 4 January 2021 diff hist −1 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology?
- 19:5919:59, 4 January 2021 diff hist −3,990 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology?
1 January 2021
- 02:4502:45, 1 January 2021 diff hist +360 Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director No edit summary
22 December 2020
- 06:0806:08, 22 December 2020 diff hist +163 Bible passages in the Book of Mormon No edit summary
20 December 2020
- 21:2221:22, 20 December 2020 diff hist +2 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
- 21:2221:22, 20 December 2020 diff hist +821 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
- 21:0821:08, 20 December 2020 diff hist −1,189 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? →More Core or Non-Negotiable Propositions
- 05:4905:49, 20 December 2020 diff hist +86 Question: How can one approach reconciling confusing, seemingly disturbing, or otherwise troubling texts from the scriptures? →Kenton Sparks on recognizing that scripture is in need of redemption and not immune from criticism