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View (previous 50 | next 50) (20 | 50 | 100 | 250 | 500)- Question: Was the First Vision fabricated to give Joseph Smith "Godly authority?" (← links)
- Question: Is it true that there is no mention of Joseph Smith seeing the Father and Son in any “contemporary” newspaper, diary, LDS publication, or writing of any kind until the year 1838? (← links)
- Question: Was the general membership of the LDS Church not familiar with the First Vision story until late in the nineteenth century? (← links)
- Question: What LDS publications between 1840 and 1877 include references to Joseph Smith's First Vision? (← links)
- Question: Is there any mention of the First Vision in non-Mormon literature before 1843? (← links)
- Question: If the First Vision story was known by the public before 1840, then would anti-Mormons “surely” have seized upon it as an evidence of Joseph Smith’s imposture? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith violate the Word of Wisdom by drinking tea? (← links)
- Question: Did Willard Richards violate the Word of Wisdom by using tobacco at Carthage Jail? (← links)
- Question: When and how often did Brigham Young refer to elements of Joseph Smith's First Vision in his discourses? (← links)
- Question: Does Doctrine and Covenants 121:28 contradict the First Vision? (← links)
- Question: Is the Father embodied or a spirit in the first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants? (← links)
- Question: How many visions of heavenly beings did Joseph Smith actually have and what was the nature of their visits? (← links)
- Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe Jesus was born 1830 years before the Church's organization on 6 April 1830? (← links)
- Question: Would the angel Moroni have struck his head on the ceiling when he appeared to Joseph Smith in his room? (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith violate the Word of Wisdom by drinking alcohol in Carthage Jail before he was killed? (← links)
- Question: Was the removal of the name "Michael" from the original vision of the Celestial Kingdom and attempt to hide a "slip up" by Joseph Smith? (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:Millennial Star 2:52:Martin Harris...gave me a particular description of the plates (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:Letter from George A. Smith:All would be damned that rejected it (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses:112-113:1:Do you know that is the sun shining on us (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:Investigating the Book of Mormon Witnesses:113:1:As many of the plates as Joseph Smith translated I handled with my hands (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:EMD 2:338:no man ever heard me in any way deny the truth of the Book of Mormon (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:Origin and History of the Mormonites:Yet I saw them with the eye of faith (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:Mormonism Unvailed:He does not pretend that he ever saw the wonderful plates but once (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:Joel Tiffany 1859:I knew that Joseph had not credit enough to buy so much lead (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:William Harrison Homer 1869:For I saw the angel, I heard his voice (← links)
- Source:Martin Harris:Metcalfe:Ten Years Before the Mast:EMD 2:346-347:While praying I passed into a state of entrancement (← links)
- Question: How do dinosaurs fit into God's plan? (← links)
- Source:New Era:Feb 2016:What does the Church believe about dinosaurs? (← links)
- Question: Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative? (← links)
- Question: Does the fact that the Doctrine and Covenants refers to North American Indians as "Lamanites" contradict the theory that the Book of Mormon events took place in Mesoamerica? (← links)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Book of Mormon and DNA Studies:The evidence assembled to date suggests that the majority of Native Americans carry largely Asian DNA (← links)
- Question: Are all Amerindians the exclusive descendants of the Book of Mormon prophet Lehi? (← links)
- Source:JBMS:Sorenson and Roper:Lehi saw from the beginning that Nephites and Lamanites were labels that would include a variety of groups that could have differing biological origins, cultures, and ethnic heritages (← links)
- Question: How have views within the Church regarding the origins of the American Indians changed over the years? (← links)
- Question: Can one pay tithing on only net or surplus income and still be a temple worthy and faithful Latter-day Saint? (← links)
- Source:Robert D. Hales:The Divine Law of Tithing:The First Presidency has written what the law of tithing is for us today (← links)
- Question: How did the Sweet Potato, which is native to the New World, arrive in Polynesia? (← links)
- Question: Why do modern day prophets and Church members in general believe that Polynesians are Lamanites? (← links)
- Question: Other than the Sweet Potato, are there other possible connections between the Pacific islands and the New World? (← links)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:The Bible and the Book of Mormon teach that the marriage of one man to one woman is God’s standard, except at specific periods when He has declared otherwise (← links)
- Question: What purposes could plural marriage possibly serve? (← links)
- Question: What do the scriptures say about plural marriage? (← links)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:Latter-day Saints do not understand all of God’s purposes for instituting, through His prophets, the practice of plural marriage during the 19th century (← links)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith, Sr. practice "divination"? (← links)
- Question: Did early Mormon leaders teach the plural marriage was a requirement for exaltation? (← links)
- Question: Because Mormons do not currently practice plural marriage, does this mean that early leaders who taught that is was required were wrong? (← links)
- Question: If early Church leaders taught that plural marriage was required, does this mean that current members are not capable of achieving exaltation? (← links)
- Source:Doctrine and Covenants and Church History Seminary Teacher Manual:LESSON 140:Do not speculate about whether plural marriage is a requirement for the celestial kingdom (← links)
- Source:Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah:Gospel Topics:During the years that plural marriage was publicly taught, all Latter-day Saints were expected to accept the principle as a revelation from God (← links)
- Source:Charles W. Penrose:Improvement Era:September 1912:it is not stated that plural marriage is thus essential (← links)