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- Muhlestein and Gee: "It is now apparent that human sacrifice did indeed occur in ancient Egypt" (2 categories)
- Detailed response to CES Letter, First Vision (2 categories)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith give a woman only one day to decide about entering a plural marriage, and would refusal mean terrible consequences? (2 categories)
- Helen Mar Kimball: "I have encouraged and sustained my husband in the celestial order of marriage because I knew it was right" (2 categories)
- Question: What is the light which comes from the presence of God? (2 categories)
- Matthews: "To regard the New Translation...as a product of divine inspiration given to Joseph Smith does not necessarily assume that it be a restoration of the original Bible text" (2 categories)
- Question: What did the husband of Mary Heron know about her sealing to Joseph Smith for eternity? (2 categories)
- Question: What do we find when we turn to the records of the ancient (i.e. before A.D. 400) Americas? (2 categories)
- Elder's Journal/1/1 (2 categories)
- Question: How could Joseph and Fanny have been married in 1831 if the sealing power had not yet been restored? (2 categories)
- Question: Has the book ''View of the Hebrews'' been readily available? (2 categories)
- Question: Is there a case where Joseph stated that his age was 17 rather than 14 at the time of the First Vision? (2 categories)
- Joseph Smith (9 Nov. 1835): "a pillar of fire appeared above my head...a personage appeard in the midst of this pillar of flame" (2 categories)
- Question: Was the ''History of the Church'' falsified when "first visitation of Angels" was changed to "my first vision"? (2 categories)
- Question: Does Church manual, ''The Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young'', attempt to "hide history" by portraying Brigham Young (a well-known polygamist) as having only one wife? (2 categories)
- Question: Aren't tithing funds from "long ago" ultimately the source of all current Church funds? (2 categories)
- Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 8 (2 categories)
- John A. Widtsoe (1943): "The Old Testament records a flood that was just over fifteen cubits (sometimes assumed to be about twenty-six feet) deep and covered the entire landscape" (2 categories)
- Criticism of Mormonism/Articles/Mormon Women, Prozac(R) and Therapy (2 categories)
- Multiple accounts of the First Vision/Orson Pratt's statements regarding the First Vision (2 categories)
- Question: Where was the Melchizedek Priesthood restored? (2 categories)
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe that they were the only ones with a "legitimate right to be stewards" of all property on the earth? (2 categories)
- Question: What did William Stafford claim about Joseph Smith in the Hurlbut affidavits? (2 categories)
- Question: If a person faithfully practices Mormonism during this life, do they become a god after they die? (2 categories)
- Question: What happens when a Mormon criticizes Church leaders? (2 categories)
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon describe the Lamanites as being "cursed" with a "red skin"? (2 categories)
- Question: Was Isaac McWithy brought before the High Council on charges of "insolence" because he refused to sell his land to Joseph Smith for $3000? (2 categories)
- Question: Why does the Book of Mormon mention "synagogues" when they were not present among the Jews until after the Babylonian captivity? (2 categories)
- Source:Damrosch:The Narrative Covenant:Naham means "to mourn" (2 categories)
- Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Denver Snuffer/Inconsistent claims/Misleading citation of Brigham Young, Heber C. Kimball, and George A. Smith (2 categories)
- Question: Did Brigham Young order that the Mount Meadows monument be destroyed? (2 categories)
- Source:Marcus B. Nash:Joseph Smith Memorial Devotional:June 2013:This was dictated, word by word, as he looked into instruments the Lord prepared for him, using a hat to shield his eyes from extraneous light (2 categories)
- Gospel Topics: "the Bible mentions other physical instruments used to access God’s power: the rod of Aaron, a brass serpent, holy anointing oils, the Ark of the Covenant, and even dirt from the ground mixed with saliva" (2 categories)
- Question: Did Church leaders ever teach that Blacks were neutral in the "war in heaven?" (2 categories)
- Question: What is "reformed Egyptian"? (2 categories)
- Question: Did Heber C. Kimball claim that the apostles killed Judas? (2 categories)
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have utilized place names and locations from the region in which he lived to create the Book of Mormon? (2 categories)
- Question: Was the "Pentecost" at the Kirtland Temple dedication actually a drunken orgy? (2 categories)
- Source:Palmyra Register:28 June 1820:5 July 1820:It was far from our intention to charge the Methodists with retailing ardent spirits while professedly met for the worship of their God (2 categories)
- The Palmyra Reflector (1831): "Jo Smith had now received a commission from God...Cowdery and his friends had frequent interviews with angels" (2 categories)
- Question: Does the Book of Mormon refer to "coins"? (2 categories)
- Question: Did John Whitmer, one of the Eight Witnesses, actually say that he saw the plates by a "supernatural power"? (2 categories)
- Question: Is a man unreliable because he lived in the 19th-Century? (2 categories)
- Question: What did contemporary witnesses have to say about the Book of Mormon translation process? (2 categories)
- Question: What is the correct interpretation of Facsimile 3? (2 categories)
- Multiple accounts of the First Vision/Brigham Young said the Lord didn't appear (2 categories)
- Question: Did Charles Anthon validate the characters that Martin Harris brought to him that had been copied from the Book of Mormon plates? (2 categories)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith violate marriage laws in Ohio by performing marriages? (2 categories)
- Question: Was the Church forthright in identifying the rediscovered papyri prior to their examination by non-LDS Egyptologists? (2 categories)
- Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Brigham as President of the United States (2 categories)