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- Question: Is there any evidence of the apostasy from materials from early Christian history besides the Bible?
- Question: Is there more than one state of "hell"?
- Question: Is there no biblical requirement to receive baptism?
- Question: Other than the Sweet Potato, are there other possible connections between the Pacific islands and the New World?
- Question: Other than the story of Thomas Lewis, are there other accounts of men being castrated by Mormons in the 1850s?
- Question: Regarding the gold plates, did Martin Harris claim that "the eight witnesses never saw them and hesitated to sign that instrument for that reason, but they were persuaded to do it"?
- Question: Should Church members simply have "blind trust" in their leaders?
- Question: Should Latter-day Saints ("Mormons") reject "wayward" family members or those who leave the Church?
- Question: Should the Book of Mormon describe Jewish customs or laws?
- Question: Should the phrase "Red Sea" in the Book of Mormon actually be the "Reed Sea" based on a suspected mistranslation in the Bible?
- Question: Should there be archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Should we expect to find ancient swords in either the Old World or the New World?
- Question: Should we reject statements made by Joseph Smith regarding Book of Mormon geography?
- Question: Should “the plains” of Moreh in the Book of Abraham actually be “the oak” of Moreh?
- Question: Since John the Apostle and the three Nephites did not die, then how could there have been a "complete apostasy" on the earth?
- Question: Since Mormons believe that God possesses a physical body, does that mean that He cannot be omnipresent?
- Question: Since Nephi beheaded Laban, wouldn't there be a large amount of blood afterward?
- Question: Since the Word of Wisdom teaches us to abstain from alcohol, why did Paul encourage Timothy to drink wine for the stomach?
- Question: Was "not receiving the Gospel" a crime that was "worthy of death" among 19th century Mormons?
- Question: Was Helen Mar Kimball's plural marriage to Joseph Smith consummated?
- Question: Was Joseph Fielding Smith issuing a prophecy when he said that men would never walk on the moon?
- Question: Was Joseph Smith's family lazy, shiftless and seeking to make a living without performing any labor?
- Question: Was Joseph Smith too ignorant, unlearned and foolish to have authored the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Was Joseph Smith’s only mission to bring forth the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Was Mormonism featured in a book written by Dan Brown, the author of The DaVinci Code?
- Question: Was Moses a real person?
- Question: Was Nephi simply listening to "a voice in his head" telling him to kill Laban as the result of a psychosis or delusion?
- Question: Was Oliver Cowdery a "treasure hunter and 'rodsman'?
- Question: Was Orson Hyde unaware of the details of the Father and Son appearing to Joseph in the First Vision?
- Question: Was Paul a "real" apostle, with authority over the Church like the original Twelve?
- Question: Was Surveyor General David H. Burr threatened with death by Mormons while he was in Utah?
- Question: Was Thomas Coleman (or Colbourn) "blood atoned"?
- Question: Was Thomas Lewis castrated because he wanted to marry a young woman who was desired by an older man as a plural wife?
- Question: Was Utah was a hotbed of violence, murder, and lawlessness that can be attributed to Mormon doctrine and practices?
- Question: Was William Clayton an example of the evils and problems of plural marriage?
- Question: Was William Smith promised in a blessing that he would remain on the earth until Christ comes?
- Question: Was Zarahemla located near present-day Nauvoo?
- Question: Was every word of the Book of Mormon translation provided directly from God?
- Question: Was failure to keep the Word of Wisdom grounds for a disciplinary council in the 19th century Church?
- Question: Was it revealed to Joseph Smith that the Book of Mormon city of Zarahemla was located on the Mississippi River opposite where Nauvoo is located today?
- Question: Was knowledge of chiasmus available in Joseph Smith's era?
- Question: Was the "Law of Tithing" an Old Testament law that was done away with when Jesus Christ fulfilled the Law of Moses?
- Question: Was the Book of Mormon clearly authored by an uninspired Joseph Smith?
- Question: Was the Book of Mormon figure Ishmael a descendant of Ephraim?
- Question: Was the Church of Christ organized in Fayette? Or was it Manchester?
- Question: Was the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints found guilty of 'election fraud' with respect to their support of California Proposition 8 and fined as a result?
- Question: Was the Gospel of Christ a mystery that was unknown until the advent of Christ?
- Question: Was the Kirtland Safety Society a "wildcat bank"?
- Question: Was the Mormons' use of the Nauvoo city charter to invalidate writs from other jurisdictions improper?
- Question: Was the apostasy after Christ complete?