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: Do the Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") use praise of God as part of their prayers and songs in worship?
- Question: Do the conversion narratives of the Book of Mormon resemble a Methodist conversion narrative as would have been understood in Joseph Smith's time?
- Question: Do the earliest manuscripts of the Book of Abraham demonstrate that Joseph was translating from the Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language?
- Question: Do the legal concepts in the Book of Mormon better match Joseph Smith's day, or the ancient world?
- Question: Do the names "Elkenah," "Libnah," "Mahmackrah," and "Korash" in Facsimile 1 have any correlation to known ancient deities?
- Question: Do the statements in the Book of Abraham regarding Kolob's revolution time make any sense?
- 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?