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Scriptures
Contradictions?
The Holy Bible
| Holy Bible FAIR wiki articles |
- "Adding to" or "taking away" from the Bible
- Basics
- Archaeology and the Bible
- Being "born again"—what does the Bible mean?
- Christianity is a mystery
- Completeness and sufficiency
- Cosmology of the Bible
- Bible says the Christian gospel is "a mystery" not to be known before Christ?
- "Eternal" biblical commands altered by later prophets
- Flood, global or local
- Genealogy, condemnation of
- Hebrews 7 and the Aaronic Priesthood
- Inerrancy and the Bible
- Insufficient?
- Joseph Smith Translation
- Isaiah, multiple authors of
- Lost scripture
- On-going divine revelation not necessary
- Open canon vs. closed canon
- Textual criticism
- Three degrees of glory not biblical
- Translations
- Transmission versus translation
- Trustworthy?
Joseph Smith Translation
| Joseph Smith Translation wiki articles |
- And the Book of Mormon
- As a restoration of the original Bible text
- As the Church's official Bible
- Discrepancies Between Translations: Book of Mormon, King James Version, Joseph Smith Translation
The Book of Mormon
| Book of Mormon wiki articles |
- Archaeology
- Book of Mormon basics
- Chronology
- Demographics
- Did Joseph Smith attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright?
- DNA evidence
- Early reaction to the Book of Mormon
- Bible forbids "adding to or taking away" from God's word
- New revelation is blasphemous or unnecessary [needs work]
- Book of Mormon is a clumsy or obvious forgery [needs work]
- Difficult to explain Book of Mormon before Spalding theory [needs work]
- Joseph Smith the obvious author [needs work]
- Joseph Smith obviously not the author [needs work]
- The existence of the Book of Mormon marks members of the Church as Christian heretics [needs work]
- No intelligent person could believe the Book of Mormon do be divine [needs work]
- Sidney Rigdon had major role in authorship
- Spalding theory
- "Familiar spirit", Book of Mormon as a
- Fulness of the gospel, Book of Mormon and the
- Historicity
- Isaiah, multiple authors of
- Joseph Smith Translation and the Book of Mormon
- Lamanite curse
- Most correct book, Book of Mormon as the
- Plain and precious Book of Mormon doctrines
- Printing timeframe—was the pace of printing the Book of Mormon miraculous?
- "Red skin" curse?
- Textual changes
- Translation chronology, Book of Mormon
- Translation method, Book of Mormon
See also: "Anachronisms"•Authorship•DNA issues•Geography issues•Hebraic influence•Witnesses
| Book of Mormon and KJV Bible text FAIR wiki articles |
- Book of Mormon plagiarized from Bible?
- Book of Mormon "translation errors" from KJV?
- Book of Mormon/Translation
- Book of Mormon and the Dead Sea Scrolls
| Joseph Smith Translation wiki articles |
- And the Book of Mormon
- As a restoration of the original Bible text
- As the Church's official Bible
- Discrepancies Between Translations: Book of Mormon, King James Version, Joseph Smith Translation
Anachronisms?
Authorship
| Book of Mormon authorship theories |
- Authorship theories (Summary article)
| Book of Mormon plagiarism accusations—wiki articles |
- Plagiarism accusations (Summary article)
Evidences of authenticity
| Book of Mormon evidences—FAIR wiki articles |
- Book of Mormon evidences (Summary article)
| Hebrew influences on Book of Mormon text—wiki articles |
| A Few Hundred Hints of Egyptian and Northwest Semitic in Uto-Aztecan, Brian Stubbs, 2006 FAIR Conference (YouTube Video) |
- Part 1: A Few Hundred Hints of Egyptian and Northwest Semitic in Uto-Aztecan
- Part 2: A Few Hundred Hints of Egyptian and Northwest Semitic in Uto-Aztecan
- Part 3: A Few Hundred Hints of Egyptian and Northwest Semitic in Uto-Aztecan
- Part 4: A Few Hundred Hints of Egyptian and Northwest Semitic in Uto-Aztecan
- Part 5: A Few Hundred Hints of Egyptian and Northwest Semitic in Uto-Aztecan
- Plain and Precious Book of Mormon doctrines
Geography
| Book of Mormon Geography |
Models and settings
- Old World
- New World
Nineteenth century issues
- Borders of the Lamanites
- "Continents" in Joseph Smith's era
- Lamanites in the Doctrine and Covenants
- Joseph Smith statements about geography
- Book of Mormon and the Mound Builders
- Place names from Joseph's environment?
- Zarahemla near Nauvoo, Illinois?
- Zelph
- Zion: location of Zion
Modern issues
- Archaeology, the Bible, and Book of Mormon
- DNA and geographic issues
- Demographics and Population sizes
- "Disdaining" or "dismissing" Joseph's views?
- Historicity of Book of Mormon
Witnesses
| Book of Mormon witnesses wiki articles |
- Book of Mormon witnesses (Summary article)
- "Interested" and so not to be trusted [needs work]
- Many of the witnesses were related
Three Witnesses
- Martin Harris and Charles Anthon
- "Mass hypnosis" of the witnesses?
- Character and mental stability of witnesses
- Faithfulness of witnesses to testimony
- "Eye of Faith" and "Spiritual Eye" statements by Martin Harris
- Literal nature of witness experience
- Strangite parallels for witnesses?
- David Whitmer told to leave the Church?
- David Whitmer said was not an actual visitation?
Eight Witnesses
Other Witnesses
Geography
| Book of Mormon Geography |
Models and settings
- Old World
- New World
Nineteenth century issues
- Borders of the Lamanites
- "Continents" in Joseph Smith's era
- Lamanites in the Doctrine and Covenants
- Joseph Smith statements about geography
- Book of Mormon and the Mound Builders
- Place names from Joseph's environment?
- Zarahemla near Nauvoo, Illinois?
- Zelph
- Zion: location of Zion
Modern issues
- Archaeology, the Bible, and Book of Mormon
- DNA and geographic issues
- Demographics and Population sizes
- "Disdaining" or "dismissing" Joseph's views?
- Historicity of Book of Mormon
DNA
| DNA wiki articles |
- Summary article
- Book of Mormon and DNA evidence: Full article
- Geography and DNA issues
- Are all Amerindians Lamanites?
Other Book of Mormon topics
| Slaying Laban wiki articles |
Other Book of Mormon
- Amerindians as Lamanites
- Moroni as an angel of Satan
- Moroni or Nephi?
- Sami Hanna on the Book of Mormon
- Stick of Ephraim
Doctrine and Covenants
| D&C Wiki articles |
- Contradiction between Section 132 and Jacob 2?
- Direct quotations from God?
- Independence temple to be built "in this generation"
- Lamanites in the Doctrine and Covenants
- Official Declaration—1 the result of political pressure
- Revelation after Joseph Smith
- Rod of Aaron / Rod of nature / Working with the rod
- Textual changes
Lectures on Faith
| Lectures on Faith Wiki articles |
The Pearl of Great Price
The Book of Abraham
| FAIR Book of Abraham wiki articles |
- Book of Abraham papyri (summary)
- "By his own hand on papyrus"
- Book of Joseph
- Evidence for antiquity from Book of Abraham translation
- Hiding Book of the Dead connection?
- Size of missing papyrus
- Kirtland Egyptian Papers
- Why would Abraham lie?
- Was Joseph Smith's theology influenced by the writings of Thomas Dick?
Abraham's Astronomy
Evidences of authenticity
Joseph Smith—History
| First Vision wiki articles |
Overview
Leading up to the vision:
The vision:
- First Vision accounts (summary)
- Paul's accounts of his vision
- Can't see God without priesthood?
After the vision:
- No reference in 1830s publications?
- Seldom mentioned in LDS publications before 1877?
- No reference in non-LDS publications before 1843?
- Joseph saw "God" in 1830 publication?
- No published references to Father and Son until 1838?
- Joseph unsure of God in 1823?
- Lucy joined Presbyterians in 1823?
- Joined other churches?
- All churches wrong?
- Fabricated to bolster authority?
- Details added over time?
- Created to offset leadership crisis?
Others' accounts:
- George Q. Cannon
- Cowdery version of 1834-5?
- Orson Hyde
- Andrew Jenson
- Heber C. Kimball|
- Orson Pratt
- George A. Smith
- Lucy Mack Smith
- Orson Spencer
- John Taylor
- Brigham never spoke of 1st vision?
- Brigham claimed an angel?
- Seldom published pre-1877 (short)
Other criticisms:
| Joseph Smith other visionary issues wiki articles |
Moroni's visit:
- Moroni's visit (summary)
- Joseph Smith's early conception of God
- Personages who appeared to Joseph Smith
- Swedenborg and three degrees of glory
| God wiki articles |
- The Father: A Spirit vs. Embodied
- Corporeality of God
- Creatio ex nihilo / Creation out of nothing
- Dallin H. Oaks on God as seen by LDS and other Christians
- Elohim and Jehovah
- Foreknowledge of God
- God is a Spirit
- Godhead and the Trinity and Nicene creed
- Heavenly Mother?
- Infinite regress of Gods?
- Kolob
- "No God beside me" - (includes Isaiah 43-46 issues)
- No man has seen God
- Polytheism - Are Mormons polytheists?
- Spirit bodies for humans and 1 Cor 15
- Theosis or human deification
- Unchanging Nature of God
Articles of Faith
LDS Church history
Joseph Smith, Jr.
| Joseph Smith, Jr. wiki articles |
- Character
- The Council of Fifty
- Did Joseph boast of keeping the Church intact?
- Joseph Smith's supposed narcissism?
- Greek psalter
- Healings and miracles?
- Holy Ghost, Joseph Smith is the
- Kinderhook Plates
- King of the world, anointed
- Joseph Smith land speculation
- Lazy Smiths?
- Lucy Mack Smith and Joseph's "amusing recitals" of Ancient Americans
- Was Joseph Smith a martyr?
- Masonic cry of distress
- Money digging/treasure seeking
- Moonmen
- Occult activities or "magick"?
- Personality and temperament
- Political activities
- Seer stones, use of
- Status in LDS belief
- Brigham Young applied 1 John 4:3 to Joseph?
- Teller of tall tales?
- As translator
| Joseph Smith and legal issues wiki articles |
- D&C 98 teaches Saints to disobey secular law?
- Joseph Smith and legal trials
- Kirtland Safety Society
- Nauvoo city charter
- Nauvoo Expositor
| Prophecy wiki articles |
- Joseph Smith prophecies
- Can't kill Joseph within 5 years of August 1843?
- Civil War prophecy
- David Patten to serve a mission?
- Forged prophecy about Saints in Rocky Mountains?
- Government to be overthrown and wasted
- Independence temple to be built "in this generation"
- Joseph and Orson Hyde to drink of wine in Palestine?
- Notes from Kirtland Safety Society to be "as good as gold"?
- Prophetic test in Deuteronomy
- Queens to pay respect to Relief Society within ten years?
- Second Coming in 1890 (56 years)
- Stephen A. Douglas prophecy
- Ten tribes return and wicked swept away?
- Thomas B. Marsh to be "exalted"
- United Order everlasting, immutable, and unchangeable?
- Zion redeemed by September 1836?
- Official doctrine: what is it?
Post-Joseph Smith and non-Joseph Smith prophecies
- Joseph Smith, Sr.
- Oliver Cowdery
- Martin Harris
- David Whitmer
- Revelation after Joseph Smith
- Other related issues and claims
| First Vision wiki articles |
Overview
Leading up to the vision:
The vision:
- First Vision accounts (summary)
- Paul's accounts of his vision
- Can't see God without priesthood?
After the vision:
- No reference in 1830s publications?
- Seldom mentioned in LDS publications before 1877?
- No reference in non-LDS publications before 1843?
- Joseph saw "God" in 1830 publication?
- No published references to Father and Son until 1838?
- Joseph unsure of God in 1823?
- Lucy joined Presbyterians in 1823?
- Joined other churches?
- All churches wrong?
- Fabricated to bolster authority?
- Details added over time?
- Created to offset leadership crisis?
Others' accounts:
- George Q. Cannon
- Cowdery version of 1834-5?
- Orson Hyde
- Andrew Jenson
- Heber C. Kimball|
- Orson Pratt
- George A. Smith
- Lucy Mack Smith
- Orson Spencer
- John Taylor
- Brigham never spoke of 1st vision?
- Brigham claimed an angel?
- Seldom published pre-1877 (short)
Other criticisms:
| Joseph Smith other visionary issues wiki articles |
Moroni's visit:
- Moroni's visit (summary)
- Joseph Smith's early conception of God
- Personages who appeared to Joseph Smith
- Swedenborg and three degrees of glory
| God wiki articles |
- The Father: A Spirit vs. Embodied
- Corporeality of God
- Creatio ex nihilo / Creation out of nothing
- Dallin H. Oaks on God as seen by LDS and other Christians
- Elohim and Jehovah
- Foreknowledge of God
- God is a Spirit
- Godhead and the Trinity and Nicene creed
- Heavenly Mother?
- Infinite regress of Gods?
- Kolob
- "No God beside me" - (includes Isaiah 43-46 issues)
- No man has seen God
- Polytheism - Are Mormons polytheists?
- Spirit bodies for humans and 1 Cor 15
- Theosis or human deification
- Unchanging Nature of God
| "Magic" wiki articles |
- Joseph Smith and legal trials
- Joseph Smith and money digging
- Joseph Smith and the "occult" or "magick"
- Seer stones, use of
Brigham Young
First Vision and Brigham Young
Mormon Reformation
| Brigham Young and Mormon Reformation FAIR wiki articles |
- Brigham Young's preaching style
- Crimes alleged to be "worthy of death"
- Brigham Young: "bowie knife" (JD 1:83)
- Brigham Young: "cut their throats" (JD 2:311)
- Brigham Young: "cutting off from the earth" (JD 4:53)
- Brigham Young: "killing the evil doers" (JD 3:50}
- Brigham Young: "meanest devils" (JD 6:176)
- Brigham Young: murder unfaithful Mormons to save souls? (JD 4:219-20)
- Brigham Young: dictator? (JD 14:205)
- Brigham Young: President of the US?
Mountain Meadows Massacre and Brigham Young
| Brigham Young and the Mountain Meadows Massacre FAIR wiki articles |
- Brigham Young ordered Mountain Meadows Massacre?
- Brigham Young ordered MMM memorial demolished?
- Brigham Young and the prosecution of Mountain Meadows Massacre
- Orders to starve Gentiles?
Plural marriage and Brigham Young
| Brigham Young and plural marriage FAIR wiki articles |
- Brigham Young and polygamy
- Brigham said polygamist go 'beyond normal bounds'?
- Boasted could get more wives?
- Brigham Young 8 October 1861 discourse on plural marriage
- Emma Smith and Brigham Young
- Hiding history—does the Church try to hide Brigham's polygamy?
- Polygamy required for exaltation? Brigham Young in Journal of Discourses 11:269
- Brigham Young: Women not to meddle?
Reviews of works about Brigham Young
| Reviews of works about Brigham Young FAIR wiki articles |
- Will Bagley
- George D. Smith
- Carol Whang Shutter
- September Dawn (film)
Teachings of Brigham Young
| Teachings of Brigham Young FAIR wiki articles |
- Brigham taught that the moon and sun were inhabited
- Racist?
- Brigham says his sermons are "scriptures"?
- Brigham Young on need to know for ourselves
- Brigham's speeches are "scripture"?
- Brigham Young as Young Earth Creationist?
- Did Brigham Young think too much education was damaging?
Miscellaneous Brigham Young issues
| Brigham Young miscellaneous topics FAIR wiki articles |
- Counterfeiting by Brigham Young and other apostles at Nauvoo?
- Brigham announced his own death and resurrection?
- Threats against early federal officials?
- Women not to meddle?
- Whistling and whittling brigades
- Urban legend: Was Brigham's hearse used at Disneyland?
Plural marriage
| Plural marriage wiki articles |
Scriptural and doctrinal issues
- Book of Mormon Condemns Polygamy
- Contradiction between D&C 132 and Jacob 2
- 1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy
- Plural marriage is not Biblical?
- The Law of Adoption
- Purpose of plural marriage
- Brigham Young 8 October 1861 discourse on plural marriage
- Polygamists are to go beyond normal "bounds"?
Joseph Smith
- Joseph Smith and polygamy (Summary article)
- Youth
- Beginnings
- Initiation of the practice
- Eternal marriage—introduction of the doctrine
- Divine manifestations to plural wives and families
- Emma
- Wives
- Fanny Alger—affair or marriage?
- Fanny Alger—William McLellin account
- Helen Mar Kimball
- Sarah Ann Whitney
- Zina Huntington Jacobs
- Mismanagement of the Lawrence estate?
- Controversies
- Adulterous before 12 July 1843, according to Lorenzo Snow?
- John C. Bennett
- John C. Bennett—Brothel at Nauvoo
- "Censorship" and "revision" of LDS history?
- Lustful motives?
- Ohio marriages illegal?
- Pro-polygamy pamphlet, "The Peace Maker"
- Polygamy/Remarrying without civil divorce
- Women locked in a room?
- Polygamous marriages to young women
- Polyandry
- Children by plural marriage?
- "Love letters?"
- Did some women turn Joseph down?
- Incestuous sealings of brother and sister?
- Hiding history? (non-wiki) - has the Church hidden plural marriage?
Other Nauvoo period
Utah period
- Breaking the law (non-wiki)
- Prevalence of polygamy
| Brigham Young and plural marriage FAIR wiki articles |
- Brigham Young and polygamy
- Brigham said polygamist go 'beyond normal bounds'?
- Boasted could get more wives?
- Brigham Young 8 October 1861 discourse on plural marriage
- Emma Smith and Brigham Young
- Hiding history—does the Church try to hide Brigham's polygamy?
- Polygamy required for exaltation? Brigham Young in Journal of Discourses 11:269
- Brigham Young: Women not to meddle?
- Leaders worried missionaries take the best converts for wives?
- Required for exaltation?
- Parley P. Pratt's marriage and murder
- Plural marriage during the Mormon Reformation
- Remarrying without civil divorce?
- Quote mining—marrying "all the women you want"; having "thousands of wives"?
- Quote mining—plural marriage difficulties
Cessation of plural marriage
Reviews and theories
- In Sacred Loneliness Book Reviews
- The modern Church and polygamous groups
- Anti-Mormon polygamy polemic: 19th century and modern (non-wiki)
- Polygamy and depression in nineteenth century? (non-wiki)
- What are the "Works of Abraham"?
Lying about polygamy?
- Lying about polygamy? (non-wiki)
- Lying in Nauvoo era? (non-wiki)
- Lying in Utah before Manifesto (1890)? (non-wiki)
- Lying after the Manifesto? (non-wiki)
Mountain Meadows Massacre
Restoration of the Church and priesthood
| FAIR Priesthood wiki articles |
- Bible teachings about priesthood
- Christians don't need a mediating priesthood?
- Elias and Elijah at the Kirtland Temple
- Jesus is the only Melchizedek priesthood holder
- Location of the organization of the Church
- No Paid Ministry
- Priesthood non-transferable?
- Need for priesthood restoration
- Date of the restoration of the Melchizedek priesthood
- Women and the priesthood
- Resurrection as a Priesthood Ordinance
- Is There a "Priesthood of All Believers"?
| 1978 Priesthood revelation FAIR wiki articles |
- Blacks and the priesthood (summary)
- Fallibility of prophets
- Lamanite curse
- Protestant critics' double standard on race: a case study
- Racist statements by Church leaders
Temple worship
| Vicarious baptism for the dead FAIR wiki articles |
- Baptism for the dead
- How do I keep someone from performing vicarious baptism for me?
- Baptism for the dead not in Book of Mormon?
- Refusing baptism for the dead
- Temple work for Holocaust victims
| Temple—wiki articles |
- Temple_ordinances_revealed
- Obsolete after Christ
- Do LDS temples always face east?
- Why does the Church build expensive temples?
- Baptism for the dead
- Jews and early Christians on marriage after death
- Changes to the endowment
- Temple garments = "magic underwear"?
- Oath of vengeance
- Penalties in the endowment
- Symbols on the Nauvoo Temple
- Relationship of temples and Freemasonry
- Freemasonry_Origins - from Priesthood ordinances
- Freemasonry_(summary) - many resources
- Hugh_W._Nibley_on_Freemasonry
- Adam-God and the "Lecture at the Veil"
Other Church history
| Emma Smith wiki articles |
| Forgery wiki articles |
- Christopher Marc Nemelka
- Forgeries
- Geographical
- Kinderhook plates
- "Lost 116 pages"?
- Mark Hofmann
- James Strang
| Hugh Nibley wiki articles |
| Political issues in Church history wiki articles |
- Authoritarianism and Church leaders?
- Joseph Smith and politics
- Brigham Young: women not to meddle?
- Communism and the United Order the same?
Modern period
Other Church history
| Miscellaneous Church history FAIR wiki articles |
- Authorship of History of the Church
- B.H. Roberts' testimony of the Book of Mormon
- Blood atonement
- Castration of sinners in Utah?
- Censorship and revision of LDS history?
- Danites
- Excommunication of scholars [needs work]
- President Boyd K. Packer on the truth
- Boyd K. Packer address to CES: "Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the intellect"
- Economics of LDS immigration
- Garden of Eden in Missouri?
- Graven images and statues of angel Mormoni
- Hyrum Smith [needs work]
- Journal of Discourses
- Kirtland Safety Society
- Lying for the Lord?
- Missionaries exploited poverty in England
- Modern prophets
- Name of the Church
- Nauvoo Expositor
- Predestination [needs work]
- Reports of Drunken Behavior at the Kirtland Temple Dedication
- The Seer (periodical by Orson Pratt)
- Succession in the Presidency of the Church [needs work]
- Women and the priesthood [needs work]
Doctrinal questions and controversies
God
| God wiki articles |
- The Father: A Spirit vs. Embodied
- Corporeality of God
- Creatio ex nihilo / Creation out of nothing
- Dallin H. Oaks on God as seen by LDS and other Christians
- Elohim and Jehovah
- Foreknowledge of God
- God is a Spirit
- Godhead and the Trinity and Nicene creed
- Heavenly Mother?
- Infinite regress of Gods?
- Kolob
- "No God beside me" - (includes Isaiah 43-46 issues)
- No man has seen God
- Polytheism - Are Mormons polytheists?
- Spirit bodies for humans and 1 Cor 15
- Theosis or human deification
- Unchanging Nature of God
Jesus Christ
| Jesus Christ wiki articles |
- Alpha and Omega
- April 6
- Atonement not carried out on the cross?
- Are LDS Christians?
- Have LDS only recently claimed to be Christian?
- If LDS are Christians, why do they preach to other Christians?
- Do the LDS worship a "different Jesus"?
- Did Gordon B. Hinckley say that Latter-day Saints do not believe in the Biblical Christ?
- Other Christians on different denominations
- Does the Church use the sign or symbol of the cross?
- Birthday
- Brother of Satan
- Conception
- Date of birth?
- Could the premortal Jesus be divine without a physical body?
- Elohim and Jehovah
- Jesus Christ: Lord of the Universe: do LDS see God as 'local'?
- Jesus is the only Melchizedek priesthood holder
- Jesus saves, not a church
- Praying to Jesus?
- "Rapture": What is it, and do Latter-day Saints believe in it?
- Savior of other worlds
- Was Jesus Christ married?
- Was Jesus crucified on a cross?
- Gospel of Judas
The Holy Ghost
| Holy Ghost wiki articles |
- Anachronistic Holy Ghost in Book of Mormon?
- Burning in the bosom
- Critics claim praying to know the truth is not reliable
- Divinity without a body?
- Identity
- Joseph Smith is the Holy Ghost?
- Moroni's promise
- Testimony and doubt reconciliation
- Will the Holy Ghost receive a body?
Adam
| Wiki articles involving Adam |
- Adam-God
- Ancient of Days
- Fall of Adam
- Garden of Eden in Missouri?
- General authorities' statements as scripture
- Original sin
- Procreation before the Fall
| Evolution |
- Age of the Earth
- Creatio ex nihilo
- Death before the Fall
- Dinosaurs
- Evolution (official statements)
- Noah's flood
- Peleg
- Pre-Adamites
- Procreation before the Fall
- Un-official primary sources on evolution
| Mormonism and science wiki articles |
- Mormonism and science (Summary article)
Grace and works
| Grace wiki articles |
- Have Mormons been saved? (off-site, non-wiki)
- Do members of the Church despair because they cannot keep all the commandments?
- Does the Church neglect the doctrine of grace?
- Early Christian views on salvation
- Perfection
- Relationship between works and grace
- Salvation by faith alone?
- Scriptures on grace and works
- Unforgiveable sin?
- Grace, the meaning of Baptism
- Moroni 10:32
Obedience
| Obedience FAIR wiki articles |
- Authoritarianism and Church leaders
- Bishops and confession of sin
- Authoritarianism and Church leaders
- Bishops and confession of sin
Relationships
| Mormon culture and attitudes wiki articles |
- Anti-Mormon
- Attitude to non-members
- Bias against Mormons
- Birth control
- Church over family?
- Depression and the Latter-day Saints
- Education—does it threaten faith?
- Internet Mormons vs. Chapel Mormons
- Marriage not needed for exaltation?
- Mental health and the Latter-day Saints
- Mormonism and diverse cultural traditions
- Praise in Prayer and Song
- Salvation of non-members
- Temple work for Holocaust victims
- Wayward family members, attitude toward
- Whore of the earth
Other questions and controversies
| Apostasy FAIR wiki articles |
- Apostasy (Overview)
- Hell, LDS concept of
- Baptism essential
- Children are capable of sin?
- Original sin
- Why does the Church preach to other Christians?
- Three degrees of glory
| Accusations of dishonesty wiki articles |
Joseph Smith period
- Crime in Nauvoo
- Counterfeiting by Joseph Smith and apostles at Nauvoo?
- Joseph Smith land speculation
- Lying for the Lord?
- Joseph Smith taught 'it was right to steal'
- Orson Hyde says Spirit of Lord may influence to steal
- Hiding Joseph's use of a gun at the martyrdom?
Utah period
Present day
- Church art and historical accuracy
- Brigham Young manual hides the truth about polygamy
- "Censorship" and "revision" of LDS history?
- Brigham Young destroys Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph?
- Did David B. Haight use astrological ideas about the moon, only to be censored later?
- Lucy Mack Smith letter about First Vision suppressed?
- President Boyd K. Packer on the truth
- Elder Packer address to CES: "Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the intellect"
- Sidney Rigdon trial in Times and Seasons versus History of the Church
- Wilford Woodruff criticizes publication of polygamists
- Cognitive dissonance
- History of the Church—authorship?
- Hypocrisy claimed in Church financial holdings
- Lying for the Lord?
- Paid clergy
- Testimony and doubt reconciliation
| Word of Wisdom wiki articles |
- Word of Wisdom (Summary article)
- Phasing in of enforcement
- Almon Babbitt copied Joseph's violations?
- Eat meat sparingly
- Hot drinks
- Tobacco
- Alcohol
- Does the Church control Coca Cola, or companies marketing tobacco and alcohol?
- Joseph Smith asked for a pipe and tobacco for Willard Richards?
- Sacrament uses water instead of wine
Plan of salvation
| Plan of Salvation wiki articles |
- Angels
- Birth control
- Nature of God/Deification of man
- Flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of Heaven
- Original sin
- Premortal existence
- Three degrees of glory
- Salvation of non-members
- Sons of Perdition
- When are children capable of sin?
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Mormon culture and attitudes
| Mormon culture and attitudes wiki articles |
- Anti-Mormon
- Attitude to non-members
- Bias against Mormons
- Birth control
- Church over family?
- Depression and the Latter-day Saints
- Education—does it threaten faith?
- Internet Mormons vs. Chapel Mormons
- Marriage not needed for exaltation?
- Mental health and the Latter-day Saints
- Mormonism and diverse cultural traditions
- Praise in Prayer and Song
- Salvation of non-members
- Temple work for Holocaust victims
- Wayward family members, attitude toward
Marriage
| Marriage and related issues FAIR wiki articles |
- Marriage beyond this life / Eternal marriage
- Apostles married in early Church?
- Jews and early Christians on marriage after death
- "Neither marry nor are given in marriage"
- Paul: it is good "not to marry"?
- Unmarried Latter-day Saints and others
Science and the Church
| Mormonism and science wiki articles |
- Mormonism and science (Summary article)
Statistical claims
| Statistical issues wiki |
- Antidepressant use among Mormons
- Bankruptcy rate in Utah
- Is the LDS population in Utah shrinking?
- Pornography use in Utah?
- Suicide rate among Mormons
Women and the Church
| Women and the Church wiki articles |
- Women and the Church (Summary)
- Proposed Equal Rights Amendment (ERA) and the Church
- Women as "sons of perdition"?
- Women prophets
Specific Authors, Works and Ministries
| Specific Works |
- Richard Abanes
- One Nation Under Gods — (Index of claims)
- Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism — (Index of claims)
- Inside Today's Mormonism (2007 re-issue of Becoming Gods)
- Will Bagley
- Fawn McKay Brodie
- Todd Compton
- Ed Decker
- Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism
- The God Makers (book)
- The God Makers (film/cartoon)
- Sally Denton
- Dan Erickson
- Norman L. Geisler
- Hurlbut-Howe affidavits
- Ronald V. Huggins
- Jon Krakauer
- Charles Larson
- McKeever & Johnson
- Rodney L. Meldrum
- Brent L. Metcalfe
- Christopher Marc Nemelka
- The "Lost 116 pages"
- The "Sealed Portion"
- Linda King Newell and Valeen Tippetts Avery
- Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling
- Grant Palmer
- Bruce H. Porter
- B.H. Roberts
- D. Michael Quinn
- Early Mormonism and the Magic World View — (Index of claims)
- "LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890–1904"
- The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power
- The Mormon Hierarchy: Extensions of Power — (Index of claims)
- Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example — (Index of claims)
- George D. Smith
- Carol Whang Shutter
- September Dawn (film)
- Simon G. Southerton
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner
| Anti-Mormon Ministries |
- Institute for Religious Research
- Mormonism Research Ministry
- Saints Alive in Jesus
- Utah Lighthouse Ministry
- Watchman Fellowship
| Critical films wiki articles |
Rumors, hoaxes, and urban legends
| Rumors, hoaxes, and urban legends FAIR wiki articles |
- Rumors, hoaxes, and urban legends
- Sami Hanna on the Book of Mormon
- Frank Graham and hurricane relief
- President Packer: 12 October 2008 talk?
- Boyd K. Packer: Youth generals in war in heaven?
- Pandemic warning e-mail from Susan Puls - Did the Church's medical coordinator for Humanitarian Emergency Response warn about an impending flu pandemic?
- Those living in President Hinckley's time will be bowed to?
- Prophecy of Catholic Priest?
- Paul Allen of Microsoft on the "Mormons"?
- Brigham Young's hearse used in Disneyland?
- *Rome Italy Temple and California Prop 8
Other subjects
| Miscellaneous and uncategorized FAIR wiki articles |
- Dan Brown's next book and Mormonism
- Logical fallacies
- Testimony and doubt reconciliation [needs work]
- Joseph Smith's reference library [Humor] [needs work]
- FAIR Errata
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