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- KJV italicized text in the Book of Mormon (3 categories)
- Hamblin: "there are no references to Nephite steel after 400 B.C." (3 categories)
- William Smith (1884): "When the plates were brought in they were wrapped up in a tow frock. My father then put them into a pillow case. Father said, 'What, Joseph, can we not see them?'" (3 categories)
- William Smith (1893): "I did not see them uncovered, but I handled them and hefted them while wrapped in a tow frock and judged them to have weighed about sixty pounds" (3 categories)
- Brigham Young (1855): "The Lord did not come with the armies of heaven...But He did send His angel to this same obscure person, Joseph Smith jun" (3 categories)
- Use of Church funds (3 categories)
- Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power/Index (3 categories)
- Hugh Nibley/Abuse charges/Beck husband reaction (3 categories)
- David Whitmer (1878): "I saw them just as plain as I see this bed" (3 categories)
- Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Denver Snuffer/Excommunication/Criticism of Church leaders (3 categories)
- Question: Why were textual changes made to the Book of Mormon over the years after it was first published? (3 categories)
- Question: Were there not enough people available in Nephi's time to build a temple "after the manner of the temple of Solomon"? (3 categories)
- Question: In what context are chariots mentioned in the Book of Mormon? (3 categories)
- Miller and Roper: "two distinct species of peccary live in Mesoamerica....They were hunted and eaten as early as Olmec times" (3 categories)
- Sorenson: "There is an animal which they call chic, wonderfully active, as large as a small dog, with a snout like a sucking pig. The Indian women raise them" (3 categories)
- Sorenson: "Lumps of hematite, magnetite, and ilmenite were brought into Valley of Oaxaca" (3 categories)
- Sorenson: "Iron use was documented in the statements of early Spaniards, who told of the Aztecs using iron-studded clubs" (3 categories)
- Gardner: "a correct approach to a Mesoamerican battle required all three elements: king, litter, and battle beast" (3 categories)
- Question: How did the apostle Paul describe spiritual experiences? (3 categories)
- Question: How did newspaper accounts describe the nature of the witnesses experience? (3 categories)
- Question: What did the other witnesses say regarding "spiritual" versus "natural" viewing of the plates? (3 categories)
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon contain anti-Masonic language? (3 categories)
- Question: Was there no mention of revival activity in 1820 in the newspaper? (3 categories)
- Question: By what name did Joseph Smith refer to the First Vision? (3 categories)
- Source:Christofferson:The Prophet Joseph Smith:BYUI Devotional:2013:Critics have also claimed that there were no religious revivals in the Palmyra, New York, area in 1820 (3 categories)
- Question: At what age did Joseph Smith become concerned about religion? (3 categories)
- Wikipedia: Bighorn sheep "crossed to North America over the Bering land bridge" (3 categories)
- Miller and Roper: "there are sheep native to America. The most common type is the Mountain Sheep, Ovis canadensis" (3 categories)
- Question: What do we find in Mesoamerican archaeology with respect to place names, such as city names? (3 categories)
- Question: Did Oliver Cowdery ever deny his Book of Mormon witness because he thought that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet? (3 categories)
- Question: Did David Whitmer ever deny his Book of Mormon witness because he thought that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet? (3 categories)
- Question: Were any of the changes to the Book of Mormon made in reaction to sectarian criticism? (3 categories)
- Mormonism and doctrine (3 categories)
- John C. Bennett and Plural Marriage in Nauvoo (3 categories)
- Did Joseph have lustful motives for practicing polygamy? (3 categories)
- Question: Do Mormons believe Jesus Christ was a polygamist? (3 categories)
- Question: Do Mormons believe Jesus Christ was married? (3 categories)
- Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Could Joseph Smith have written the Book of Mormon (3 categories)
- Topical Guide/Book of Mormon/Coming Forth (3 categories)
- Origin of the Book of Mormon (3 categories)
- Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 5 (3 categories)
- City Creek Center in Salt Lake City (3 categories)
- Joseph Smith/Seer stones (3 categories)
- Mormonism and Wikipedia/Golden plates/Claimed engravings (3 categories)
- Mormonism and Wikipedia/Golden plates/Sealed portion (3 categories)
- Mormonism and Wikipedia/Golden plates/Unsuccessful retrieval (3 categories)
- Mormonism and Wikipedia/Golden plates/Story (3 categories)
- Mormonism and Wikipedia/Joseph Smith, Jr./Early years/051909 (3 categories)
- Mormonism and Wikipedia/Joseph Smith, Jr./1838 to 1839/051909 (3 categories)
- Mormonism and Wikipedia/Golden plates/Background (3 categories)