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A user with 11,255 edits. Account created on 6 November 2017.
27 April 2023
- 19:1019:10, 27 April 2023 diff hist +104 The Bible/Scripture interpretation No edit summary
26 April 2023
- 17:0217:02, 26 April 2023 diff hist +208 Sarah Allen's Response to Letter For My Wife No edit summary
- 16:3316:33, 26 April 2023 diff hist +11 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? →Preservation
- 16:3116:31, 26 April 2023 diff hist +170 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? →Preservation
- 16:2816:28, 26 April 2023 diff hist +21 Other animals in the Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 16:2816:28, 26 April 2023 diff hist −1 Other animals in the Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 16:2516:25, 26 April 2023 diff hist −1 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham →Response to claim: "scholars have found the original papyrus Joseph translated"
- 16:2316:23, 26 April 2023 diff hist −1 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham →Response to claim: "Elder Jeffrey R. Holland was directly asked about the papyri not matching the Book of Abraham in a March 2012 BBC interview"
- 16:2216:22, 26 April 2023 diff hist −6,312 Detailed response to CES Letter, Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 16:1016:10, 26 April 2023 diff hist +14 Detailed response to CES Letter, First Vision No edit summary
- 16:0816:08, 26 April 2023 diff hist +1 Detailed response to CES Letter, First Vision →Response to claim: "In the 1832 account, Joseph said that before praying he knew that there was no true or living faith or denomination upon the earth"
- 16:0816:08, 26 April 2023 diff hist +1 Detailed response to CES Letter, First Vision →Response to claim: "Why did Joseph hold a Trinitarian view of the Godhead, as shown previously with the Book of Mormon, if he clearly saw that the Father and Son were separate embodied beings in the official First Vision?"
- 16:0716:07, 26 April 2023 diff hist +1 Detailed response to CES Letter, First Vision →Response to claim: "FairMormon and apologists have to do everything they can to stretch the 1817-1818 Revival as long as possible - all the way into 1820"
- 16:0716:07, 26 April 2023 diff hist +1 Detailed response to CES Letter, First Vision →Response to claim: "FairMormon is arguing here that Joseph Smith did not in fact see God the Father and his son Jesus Christ, which is an apostate view"
- 16:0716:07, 26 April 2023 diff hist +1 Detailed response to CES Letter, First Vision →Response to claim: "Joseph intended the exact wording to be 'pillar of light' – not 'pillar of fire'"
- 16:0616:06, 26 April 2023 diff hist −6,482 Detailed response to CES Letter, First Vision No edit summary
25 April 2023
- 21:2921:29, 25 April 2023 diff hist +563 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon No edit summary
22 April 2023
- 07:1407:14, 22 April 2023 diff hist +624 Question: How can one view contradictions in Scripture in a faithful way? →5. God commands and revokes as seems good to him
21 April 2023
- 21:0721:07, 21 April 2023 diff hist +8 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon →2. Are the KJV translation errors really errors? If so, do they give us an erroneous ethical or theological message about God?
- 21:0621:06, 21 April 2023 diff hist +108 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon →2. Are the KJV translation errors really errors? If so, do they give us an erroneous ethical or theological message about God?
- 21:0321:03, 21 April 2023 diff hist −5 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon →1. Do the translation errors prove that Joseph Smith plagiarized from his contemporary King James Version of Isaiah, Micah, and Matthew in order to create the Book of Mormon?
- 21:0321:03, 21 April 2023 diff hist −2 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon →1. Do the translation errors prove that Joseph Smith plagiarized from his contemporary King James Version of Isaiah, Micah, and Matthew in order to create the Book of Mormon?
- 21:0221:02, 21 April 2023 diff hist 0 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon →1. Do the translation errors prove that Joseph Smith plagiarized from his contemporary King James Version of Isaiah, Micah, and Matthew in order to create the Book of Mormon?
- 21:0121:01, 21 April 2023 diff hist +6 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon →2. Are the KJV translation errors really errors? If so, do they give us an erroneous ethical or theological message about God?
- 20:5520:55, 21 April 2023 diff hist +614 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 20:4920:49, 21 April 2023 diff hist +4 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 20:4820:48, 21 April 2023 diff hist +3 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon →We Don't Have the Original Manuscripts of the Biblical Text. Even If We Did, There's Doubt that the Book of Mormon's Translation Would Be in Error
- 20:4720:47, 21 April 2023 diff hist +199 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon →We Don't Have the Original Manuscripts of the Biblical Text. Even If We Did, There's Doubt that the Book of Mormon's Translation Would Be in Error
- 20:4020:40, 21 April 2023 diff hist +651 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 19:4119:41, 21 April 2023 diff hist −6 KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon No edit summary
- 18:4718:47, 21 April 2023 diff hist −1 Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider the practice of masturbation sinful? →The Scriptural Case Against Masturbation
- 18:4618:46, 21 April 2023 diff hist +49 Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider the practice of masturbation sinful? →The Scriptural Case Against Masturbation
- 18:4418:44, 21 April 2023 diff hist +67 Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider the practice of masturbation sinful? →What do I do if I'm struggling with masturbation?
19 April 2023
- 21:5721:57, 19 April 2023 diff hist 0 Sarah Allen's Response to Letter For My Wife No edit summary
- 21:5721:57, 19 April 2023 diff hist +287 Sarah Allen's Response to Letter For My Wife No edit summary
- 18:2518:25, 19 April 2023 diff hist +267 Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? →Scriptural Allergism
- 18:2118:21, 19 April 2023 diff hist +1,775 Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? →Scriptural Allergism
- 18:2118:21, 19 April 2023 diff hist +383 Tips for reading and understanding scripture →4. If Scripture is Making a Scientific Claim, Weigh it with Science
- 18:1118:11, 19 April 2023 diff hist +643 Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? →Response to Question
- 16:3416:34, 19 April 2023 diff hist −2 Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? →Conclusion
- 16:2716:27, 19 April 2023 diff hist +125 Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? →Proximate Motivation
- 16:2516:25, 19 April 2023 diff hist +76 Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? No edit summary
- 16:0216:02, 19 April 2023 diff hist +767 Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? →Proximate Motivation
- 15:5415:54, 19 April 2023 diff hist +1,584 Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? →Defensive Violence
- 15:3315:33, 19 April 2023 diff hist +33 Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? →Preventative Clemency
17 April 2023
- 20:4220:42, 17 April 2023 diff hist +30 Question: How can Latter-day Saints reconcile having other people receive spiritual experiences that motivate them to believe in and become part of other religions? →Question: How can Latter-day Saints reconcile having other people receive spiritual experiences that motivate them to believe in and become part of other religions?
- 20:3620:36, 17 April 2023 diff hist +225 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?
- 20:3520:35, 17 April 2023 diff hist +420 Question: Is the Latter-day Saint conception of testimony from the Holy Ghost threatened by neuroscience or psychology? →Short Answer to Criticism
- 20:3320:33, 17 April 2023 diff hist +580 Question: How can Latter-day Saints reconcile having other people receive spiritual experiences that motivate them to believe in and become part of other religions? →The Latter-day Saint Conceptions of God, the Devil, the Holy Ghost, False Spirits, Good Angels, Bad Angels, and Light
- 14:1314:13, 17 April 2023 diff hist −8 Question: Is gender a social construct? →Question: Is gender a social construct?