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- Question: What criticisms are raised with regard to Book of Mormon archaeology compared to that of the Bible? (2 categories)
- Question: Is the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon authorship credible? (2 categories)
- Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits say about the Spalding manuscript and the Book of Mormon? (2 categories)
- Question: Does Jesus Christ's statement "they neither marry, nor are given in marriage" contradict the Latter-day Saint doctrine of eternal marriage? (2 categories)
- Question: Has the Church tried to hide Joseph's use of a seer stone? (2 categories)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Book of Mormon Translation:According to these accounts, Joseph placed either the interpreters or the seer stone in a hat (2 categories)
- Source:Nelson:A Treasured Testament:Ensign:July 1993:The details of this miraculous method of translation are still not fully known. Yet we do have a few precious insights (2 categories)
- Source:Marcus B. Nash:Joseph Smith Memorial Devotional:June 2013:This was dictated, word by word, as he looked into instruments the Lord prepared for him, using a hat to shield his eyes from extraneous light (2 categories)
- Source:Nicholson:The Spectacles, The Stone:This essay focuses primarily on the methods and instruments used in the translation process (2 categories)
- Source:Gardner:The Gift and the Power:it’s stone that becomes the trigger that allows the seer to do what the seer does (2 categories)
- Question: Did Church leaders ever teach that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven?" (2 categories)
- Question: Did the Church repudiate the idea of neutrality in the "war in heaven?" (2 categories)
- Question: In what way did Joseph Smith implement the Word of Wisdom during his lifetime? (2 categories)
- Source:Revelations in Context:The Word of Wisdom:it required time to wind down practices that were so deeply ingrained (2 categories)
- Question: Was the "Pentecost" at the Kirtland Temple dedication actually a drunken orgy? (2 categories)
- Question: Who is the author of ''History of the Church''? (2 categories)
- Source:Gospel Topics:The Manifesto and the End of Plural Marriage:Reed Smoot hearings (2 categories)
- Source:Gospel Topics:The Manifesto and the End of Plural Marriage:Joseph F. Smith broke the law (2 categories)
- Question: Does the Bible forbid plural marriage? (2 categories)
- Question: Was Heber C. Kimball concerned that missionaries would "take all the best" convert women as plural wives before they returned to Salt Lake City? (2 categories)
- Source:James H. Reeves:Palmyra Courier:24 May 1872:Martin Harris "quite skeptical, as well as superstitious" (2 categories)
- Question: Did Solomon Spaulding's doctor state that Spaulding talked to him about the Nephites in his manuscript? (2 categories)
- Question: What statements have Latter-day Saints leaders made regarding the location of the Garden of Eden? (2 categories)
- Question: Do any other religious traditions view the Garden of Eden as "local"? (2 categories)
- Question: If the Garden of Eden was in Missouri, how did Abraham, Moses and other prophets end up in the Old World? (2 categories)
- Mountain Meadows Massacre/History (2 categories)
- Question: Was Brigham Young's letter ordering immigrants to be left alone "mysteriously lost"? (2 categories)
- Mountain Meadows Massacre/Brigham Young (2 categories)
- Mountain Meadows Massacre/Personalities (2 categories)
- Question: Why do Mormons use water instead of wine for their sacrament services? (2 categories)
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe in a "different" Jesus than "mainstream" Christians? (2 categories)
- Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus (2 categories)
- Question: Why do Latter-day Saints not pray directly to Jesus Christ? (2 categories)
- Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations (2 categories)
- Question: What are the differences between Genesis 11-12 and Abraham 2? (2 categories)
- Question: Can the Spirit confirm to me that I'm okay to leave the Church? (2 categories)
- Mormonism and gender issues (2 categories)
- Latter-day Saint scripture (2 categories)
- The Bible (2 categories)
- Ritual child abuse accusations in the 1990s (2 categories)
- Criticisms of Brigham Morris Young (2 categories)
- Criticisms of Paul H. Dunn (2 categories)
- Question: When, if ever, is it okay to disagree with Church leaders? (2 categories)
- When spiritual impressions seem mistaken (2 categories)
- Question: How can one reconcile unfulfilled promises in patriarchal blessings? (2 categories)
- Question: Why was the phrase "or out of the waters of baptism" added to 1 Nephi 20:1? (2 categories)
- Question: Did Heber C. Kimball deny that the Father appeared in the First Vision? (2 categories)
- Question: What is sexism? (2 categories)
- Question: Does the fact that Jesus said, "upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" mean that universal apostasy was impossible? (2 categories)
- Racial issues and the Church of Jesus Christ (2 categories)