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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Question: What criticisms are associated with the temple ritual and its relationship to Freemasonry? (← links)
- Question: What are the Kinderhook Plates? (← links)
- Question: Why does ''History of the Church'' say that Joseph Smith said "I have translated a portion of them..."? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith attempt to translate the Kinderhook Plates? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph attempt to translate the Kinderhook Plates using the "gift and power of God?" (← links)
- Question: What does Joseph's attempt to translate the Kinderhook Plates tell us about his "gift of translation?" (← links)
- Question: Why is the statement of William Clayton regarding the Kinderhook Plates in ''History of the Church'' written as if Joseph Smith himself said it? (← links)
- Question: Why does the non-Mormon eyewitness say that the "Egyptian Alphabet" was "from the plates which the Book of Mormon was translated"? (← links)
- Question: When was the "Grammar and Alphabet of the Egyptian Language" produced? (← links)
- Question: Couldn't the "Egyptian Alphabet" have referred to the "reformed Egyptian" characters on the Anthon transcript? (← links)
- Question: Does anyone assert that the GAEL was an actual correlation between Egyptian and the explanations offered? (← links)
- Question: What is the Adam-God Theory? (← links)
- Stephen E. Robinson: "Yet another way in which anti-Mormon critics often misrepresent LDS doctrine is in the presentation of anomalies as though they were the doctrine of the Church" (← links)
- Matthew Brown (2009): "Brigham Young repeated these ideas and expounded upon them during the next 25 years. His viewpoints have been variously classified as doctrine, theory, paradox, heresy, speculation, and some of the mysteries" (← links)
- Question: Is the representation of Min actually Egyptian "pornography"? (← links)
- Question: Who is this Egyptian god "Min"? (← links)
- Question: If modern Egyptologists say that this is a representation of Min, and Min is a “pagan” God, how could Joseph Smith say that it represents God sitting on his throne? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith identify any elements of Facsimile 2 that are in agreement with what Egyptologists say they represent? (← links)
- Question: What did Joseph Smith say about efforts that were made to steal the gold plates from him? (← links)
- Lucy Mack Smith: "They stood in the yard near the door, and were devising plans to find "Joe Smith's gold bible," as they expressed themselves" (← links)
- Question: Do modern Mormon temple rituals have analogues in early Christian practice? (← links)
- Question: Is it inconceivable that anybody could run carrying a 50 lb. set of metal plates, jumping over logs and such and be able to outrun three men? (← links)
- Question: Why didn't Joseph's siblings wake up during Moroni's visit? (← links)
- Source:Ashurst-McGee"A Pathway to Prophethood:This argument falls short theoretically. For those who do not believe in Joseph's visions, there was nothing to wake anyone anyway. (← links)
- Question: Why didn't Joseph ''say'' that his family didn't wake up during Moroni's visit? (← links)
- Question: Has God used his power to enforce sleep on other occasions? (← links)
- Question: Why does Church artwork portray Joseph as being alone during Moroni's visit? (← links)
- Martin Harris: "As sure as you see my hand so sure did I see the angel and the plates" (← links)
- David Whitmer (1887): "We were in the spirit when we had the view...but we were in the body also" (← links)
- Painesville Telegraph (1831): Martin Harris said that "He had seen and handled them all" (← links)
- Question: Does the belief by the witnesses that the experience had visionary qualities contradict the claim that the Book of Mormon plates were real? (← links)
- Question: Did the three witnesses's experience of seeing the plates and the angel take place only in their minds? (← links)
- Question: Were the Book of Mormon witnesses not neutral because they were members of the Church and believers in Joseph's mission? (← links)
- Question: Did Oliver Cowdery ever deny his Book of Mormon witness because he thought that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet? (← links)
- Question: Did Martin Harris ever deny his Book of Mormon witness because he thought that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet? (← links)
- Question: Did David Whitmer ever deny his Book of Mormon witness because he thought that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet? (← links)
- Question: Did the Three Witnesses consider Joseph Smith a "fallen prophet" after they left the Church? (← links)
- Question: What are the Hurlbut affidavits? (← links)
- Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits claim about the Smith family's character and reliability? (← links)
- Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits claim about the Smith family and treasure digging? (← links)
- Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits say about Charles Anthon and the characters copied from the gold plates? (← links)
- Question: What did the Hurlbut affidavits say about Martin Harris? (← links)
- Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits say about Joseph Smith claiming that he was "as good as Jesus Christ"? (← links)
- Question: What do the Hurlbut affidavits say about the Spalding manuscript and the Book of Mormon? (← links)
- Question: Is the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon authorship credible? (← links)
- Question: If we believe the story of the Three Witnesses, should we also believe witnesses of UFO's, Bigfoot, Loch Ness Monster? (← links)
- Question: What do most critics think of the Spalding theory of Book of Mormon origin? (← links)
- Source:Nibley:CW06:Ch22:8:Greek Names (← links)
- Source:Nibley:Teachings of the Book of Mormon:Vol1:430:in Lehi's day Palestine was swarming with Greeks (← links)
- Question: Would an Israelite use Egyptian? (← links)