FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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- Question: Did the Church refute the "neutral in the pre-existence" teaching only to preserve their public image? (7 revisions)
- Question: Did the Nauvoo police commit "many murders, vicious beatings, and intimidating assaults" against people that they thought to be enemies of the Church? (7 revisions)
- Question: Did the use of metal swords mentioned in the Book of Mormon persist? (7 revisions)
- Question: Do Hebraisms exist in the Book of Mormon? (7 revisions)
- Question: Do Mormon scriptures portray an "impossible gospel" in which nobody can be saved? (7 revisions)
- Question: Do Mormons believe Jesus Christ was a polygamist? (7 revisions)
- Question: Do Mormons believe that salvation is based upon works? (7 revisions)
- Question: Do Mormons ignore the doctrine of grace at the expense of "works"? (7 revisions)
- Question: Do references to "this continent" made by Joseph Smith refer to North America? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does Doctrine and Covenants 98:31 justify the murder of one's personal enemies? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does chiasmus exist in Joseph Smith's writings? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does chiasmus exist in the Doctrine and Covenants? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does the Bible contain also the necessary elements for Trinitarianism? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon erroneously claim that John the Baptist baptized people in the village of Bethabara? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon rely primarily on those chapters from Isaiah mentioned in Ethan Smith's ''View of the Hebrews''? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon talk of Jesus Christ? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon’s reference to “slippery treasures” stem from Joseph Smith’s involvement in money digging and the occult? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does the Oath of Vengeance have any biblical precedent? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does the fact that the Book of Mormon has chapters demonstrate that it is a modern production? (7 revisions)
- Question: Does the film ''The God Makers'' accurately represent Mormon beliefs? (7 revisions)
- Question: Has the Church deemphasized references to Joseph Smith in recent years? (7 revisions)
- Question: Have Mormon apologists ignored aspects of Quetzalcoatl which are inconsistent with Jesus Christ? (7 revisions)
- Question: Have any archaeological excavations ever been performed on the site of the Hill Cumorah in New York? (7 revisions)
- Question: How can a Latter-day Saint reconcile claimed theological anachronisms in the scriptures? (7 revisions)
- Question: How could Joseph Smith have seen God if the Bible says that God cannot be seen by mortals? (7 revisions)
- Question: How did the Sweet Potato, which is native to the New World, arrive in Polynesia? (7 revisions)
- Question: How do Mormons see the relationship between works and grace? (7 revisions)
- Question: How does one identify "Jewish" or "Middle Eastern" DNA? (7 revisions)
- Question: How should a valid Book of Mormon geography be modeled? (7 revisions)
- Question: If God rejected the fig leaf aprons worn by Adam and Eve, why do Mormons wear aprons representing this in the temple? (7 revisions)
- 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? (7 revisions)
- Question: If the Doctrine and Covenants contained quotations from God, why would Joseph Smith later edit God's words? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is Joseph Smith's report of finding an ancient record on inscribed on metal plates plausible? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is it an anachronism that the Book of Mormon teaches that Christians existed before Christ’s birth? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is it ever allowable to modify a religious ceremony? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is it true that there used to be fourteen Articles of Faith? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is original sin a biblical doctrine? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is temple work a form of "ancestor worship"? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is the Book of Mormon simply a "bad copy of the Bible?" (7 revisions)
- Question: Is the armor described in the Book of Mormon consistent with armor used in ancient Mesoamerica? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is the concept of "original sin" part of all Christian theology? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is the mention of barley in the Book of Mormon an anachronism? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is the mention of the crop "neas" a Book of Mormon anachronism? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is the presence of chiastic structures in the Book of Mormon simply coincidence? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is the rate of antidepressant use in Utah much higher among Mormons than the general population? (7 revisions)
- Question: Is there an "unforgivable sin" that is beyond the reach of Christ's atonement? (7 revisions)
- Question: Of what material were the Book of Mormon "gold" plates constructed? (7 revisions)
- Question: Other than the story of Thomas Lewis, are there other accounts of men being castrated by Mormons in the 1850s? (7 revisions)
- Question: Should Church members simply have "blind trust" in their leaders? (7 revisions)
- Question: Should the phrase "Red Sea" in the Book of Mormon actually be the "Reed Sea" based on a suspected mistranslation in the Bible? (7 revisions)