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- Question: Do the temple endowment's similarities to Masonic initiation rites have ancient roots?
- Question: Do the temple endowment's similarities to Masonic rites have ancient roots?
- Question: Do we do not need a mediating priesthood since it has been "fulfilled in Christ?"
- Question: Do we need to know where the Book of Mormon took place?
- Question: Does Doctrine and Covenants 5 stipulate that there be only three witnesses to the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?
- Question: Does FAIR provide "official" answers to questions?
- Question: Does Gilbert Hunt's book ''The Late War'' contain rare phrases that do not appear in other works but only appear in the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Does Izapa Stela 5 depict Lehi's vision of the Tree of Life in the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Does Jesus's statement that in the resurrection they "neither marry nor given in marriage" a refutation of the Mormon concept of eternal marriage?
- Question: Does Jesus already know who will be returning to God's presence?
- Question: Does Joseph Smith fail the "prophetic test" found in Deuteronomy 18?
- Question: Does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints prohibit its members from using playing cards?
- Question: Does belief in a "complete apostasy" imply that there were no true Christians between the Apostasy and the Restoration?
- Question: Does chiasmus exist in Joseph Smith's writings?
- Question: Does chiasmus exist in the Doctrine and Covenants?
- Question: Does consecration of everything that one has to the Church include political offices?
- Question: Does increasing education among Mormons lead to decreased faith or religious practice?
- Question: Does the 1845 Proclamation say some would live to see Second Coming
- Question: Does the Bible predict an apostasy?
- Question: Does the Bible teach that individual works are unnecessary?
- Question: Does the Biblical reference by Paul to "apostles and prophets" refer to Church offices?
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon accurately represent the behavior of serpents during a drought?
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon contradict the Bible regarding when are children capable of sin?
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon erroneously claim that John the Baptist baptized people in the village of Bethabara?
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon fit best in a geography located around the Great Lakes, between the United States and Canada?
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon talk of Jesus Christ?
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon’s reference to “slippery treasures” stem from Joseph Smith’s involvement in money digging and the occult?
- Question: Does the Church's public affairs department act independently of direction from Church leadership?
- Question: Does the Church claim that Native Americans were the ''exclusive'' descendants of Lehi or Mulek?
- Question: Does the Church forbid the reading of "anti-Mormon" criticisms, or discourage its members from considering such matters?
- Question: Does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") disregard people's own cultural traditions?
- Question: Does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") teach members to put service in the Church over the needs of their families?
- Question: Does the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints distort its membership numbers and rate of growth for public relations purposes?
- Question: Does the Church violate the Biblical command against "graven images" by displays sculptures of Christ?
- Question: Does the Nauvoo Temple display symbols that are either occult or Masonic?
- Question: Does the Oath of Vengeance have any biblical precedent?
- Question: Does the definition of the Trinity predate the Nicene and Athanasian Creeds?
- 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?
- Question: Does the fact that the Book of Mormon has chapters demonstrate that it is a modern production?
- Question: Does the film ''The God Makers'' accurately represent Mormon beliefs?
- Question: Does the mistaken "discovery" of cold fusion by Pons and Fleishman in Utah reflect on Mormon gullibility, inability to do science, or dishonesty?
- Question: Does the ordination blessing given to Heber C. Kimball contain a false prophecy that he may "stand unto the coming of our Lord"?
- Question: Does the present-day Church seek to hide or downplay the Journal of Discourses?
- Question: Does the statement in 1 Corinthians 15:50 that flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of heaven mean that resurrected beings cannot enter heaven?
- Question: Does the use of tribal affiliation in the Book of Mormon imply a genetic link between the members?
- Question: During the millennium, will there be a secular government in addition to Christ's reign?
- Question: For Latter-day Saints, when our leaders speak, has the thinking been done?
- Question: Gordon L. Weight's booklet ''Miracle on Palmyra’s Main Street" claims that the rate at which the first edition of the Book of Mormon was printed could only have occurred miraculously. Is this true?
- Question: Has The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints deceived its members regarding controversial issues about its origins, history, and/or scripture?
- Question: Has the Church deemphasized references to Joseph Smith in recent years?