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- Question: How should a valid Book of Mormon geography be modeled? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: How similar are the Late War and the Book of Mormon in their descriptions of Christopher Columbus? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: How valid are the names used in the Holley Map? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: How was the wording of the "rod of nature" revelation that became Doctrine and Covenants 8:6–8 altered over time? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: How well does the geography of the Old World match the Book of Mormon? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: How were metals used in the Book of Mormon? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: How were the missing portions of the Joseph Smith Papyri facsimiles restored? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: How would a statement that "God is a spirit" be interpreted in ancient Judasism? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If a doctrine is repudiated, does that mean that it was false when it was being taught? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If a person faithfully practices Mormonism during this life, do they become a god after they die? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If God rejected the fig leaf aprons worn by Adam and Eve, why do Mormons wear aprons representing this in the temple? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If God was once like us, does that mean that God was once a sinner? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If modern Egyptologists say that this is a representation of Min, and Min is a “pagan” God, how could Joseph Smith say that it represents God sitting on his throne? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If Mormon are "really" Christians, why do they insist on preaching to other Christians? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If only God the Father had a physical body at the time Adam was created, why did He say 'Let us make man in OUR image'? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If people receive false positives in personal revelation, does this make spiritual epistemology unreliable? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If polygamy was commanded of God in order to "raise seed," then why were Adam and Noah not commanded to practice polygamy? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If prophets are fallible, does this make spiritual epistemology unreliable? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If the Doctrine and Covenants contained quotations from God, why would Joseph Smith later edit God's words? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If the Garden of Eden was in Missouri, how did Abraham, Moses and other prophets end up in the Old World? (15:23, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If the priesthood during Old Testament times could only be held by the tribe of Aaron, how did Lehi's descendants, who were of the tribe of Joseph, hold the priesthood? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: If we believe the story of the Three Witnesses, should we also believe witnesses of UFO's, Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: In Mormonism, how do I know when I should confess a sin to my bishop? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: In the 1800s, did Latter-day Saints "glorify vengeance" through the singing of hymns? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: In the Kirtland Egyptian Papers, why is each Egyptian character matched to an entire paragraph of English text? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: In what context are chariots mentioned in the Book of Mormon? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: In what context are elephants mentioned in the Book of Mormon? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: In what manner was the Aaronic Priesthood restored? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: In what manner was the Melchizedek Priesthood restored? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is "Mormon doctrine" constantly changing? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is 1 Corinthians 15:40 used as a "proof text" by Latter-day Saints to support the Three Degress of Glory? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is a "burning in the bosom" simply a subjective, emotion-based, unreliable way to practice self-deception? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is a blessing given to Lyman Johnson that he would live until the gathering was accomplished a false prophecy? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is a Latter-day Saint testimony simply based on "feelings"? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is a man unreliable because he lived in the 19th-Century? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is a Mormon disciplinary council really called a "court of love?" (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is everything that is published by the Church considered Mormon doctrine? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is finding links between Hebrew and ancient American languages realistic? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is flax anachronistic to the time of the Book of Mormon? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is Gilbert Hunt's phrase "the fourth day of this seventh month" in ''The Late War'' a source for the Book of Mormon phrase "the fourth day of this seventh month" in Alma 10:6? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is it an anachronism that the Book of Mormon teaches that Christians existed before Christ’s birth? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is it appropriate to celebrate holidays as a Christian? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is it ever allowable to modify a religious ceremony? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is it impossible to receive salvation because no one can keep the commandments continually? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is it impossible to receive salvation because the conditions we must meet are too high for any man to obtain? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is it impossible to receive the grace of Jesus Christ so long as we are sinning? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is it inconceivable that anybody could run carrying a 50 lb. set of metal plates, jumping over logs and such and be able to outrun three men? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is it possible that the Nephites and Lamanites are associated with the pre-Classic Maya, and the Jaredites are associated with the Olmec? (15:24, 13 April 2024)
- Question: Is it possible to deduce Joseph Smith's thoughts and dreams years after his death? (15:24, 13 April 2024)