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Anti-Mormon attacks usually repeat the same tired arguments over and over again. Despite the fact that virtually all the attacks and questions have been answered decades ago, new publications simply repeat the old themes as if there had been no reply.
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Critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seek to discredit Joseph Smith's First Vision by pointing to seeming discrepancies in the historical and written record. For example, they point to differences between the various accounts that Joseph Smith gave of the vision and claim that the Prophet changed his story. They also argue that the earliest followers of Joseph Smith either didn't know about the First Vision, or seem to have been confused about it.
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Some anti-Mormon ministries are using a list of "50 Questions" which they seem to think are difficult for Latter-day Saints to answer. One ministry seems to suggest that such questions are a good way to deceive Latter-day Saints, since the questions "give...them hope that you are genuinely interested in learning more about their religion.
  
When the entire record is examined, though, Joseph's accounts show remarkable consistency, and early Latter-day Saints do show a knowledge and understanding of the vision and its importance in the Restoration.
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This ministry tells its readers what their real intent should be with their Mormon friend: "to get them thinking about things they may have never thought about and researching into the false teachings of their church."  Thus, the questions are not sincere attempts to understand what the Latter-day Saints believe, but are a smokescreen or diversionary tactic to introduce anti-Mormon material.
  
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The questions are not difficult to answer, nor are they new.
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Latest revision as of 12:48, 6 June 2017

50 Questions—50 Answers

Anti-Mormon attacks usually repeat the same tired arguments over and over again. Despite the fact that virtually all the attacks and questions have been answered decades ago, new publications simply repeat the old themes as if there had been no reply.

Some anti-Mormon ministries are using a list of "50 Questions" which they seem to think are difficult for Latter-day Saints to answer. One ministry seems to suggest that such questions are a good way to deceive Latter-day Saints, since the questions "give...them hope that you are genuinely interested in learning more about their religion."

This ministry tells its readers what their real intent should be with their Mormon friend: "to get them thinking about things they may have never thought about and researching into the false teachings of their church." Thus, the questions are not sincere attempts to understand what the Latter-day Saints believe, but are a smokescreen or diversionary tactic to introduce anti-Mormon material.

The questions are not difficult to answer, nor are they new.

Read more...