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| + | *'''Elder Holland's General Conference Talk (Oct. 4, 2009)'''—Elder Holland gave a powerful talk about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. During the course of his talk he mentioned two secular Book of Mormon authorship theories. So who are Ethan Smith and Solomon Spalding? Read the articles below to find out. | ||
| + | **'''[[Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/View of the Hebrews|Book of Mormon Authorship theories—Ethan Smith and View of the Hebrews]]''' | ||
| + | **'''[[Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Spalding manuscript|Book of Mormon Authorship theories—Solomon Spalding's manuscript]]''' | ||
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*'''[[Mormonism and Wikipedia]]'''. FAIR regularly receives queries about specific LDS-themed Wikipedia articles with requests that we somehow "fix" them. Although some individual members of FAIR may choose to edit Wikipedia articles, FAIR as an organization does not. Controversial Wikipedia articles require constant maintenance and a significant amount of time. We prefer instead to respond to claims in the FAIR Wiki rather than fight the ongoing battle that LDS Wikipedia articles sometimes invite. From FAIR’s perspective, assertions made in LDS-themed Wikipedia articles are therefore treated just like any other critical (or, if one prefers, "anti-Mormon") work. FAIR examines and responds to two LDS-related Wikipedia articles in detail: | *'''[[Mormonism and Wikipedia]]'''. FAIR regularly receives queries about specific LDS-themed Wikipedia articles with requests that we somehow "fix" them. Although some individual members of FAIR may choose to edit Wikipedia articles, FAIR as an organization does not. Controversial Wikipedia articles require constant maintenance and a significant amount of time. We prefer instead to respond to claims in the FAIR Wiki rather than fight the ongoing battle that LDS Wikipedia articles sometimes invite. From FAIR’s perspective, assertions made in LDS-themed Wikipedia articles are therefore treated just like any other critical (or, if one prefers, "anti-Mormon") work. FAIR examines and responds to two LDS-related Wikipedia articles in detail: | ||
**[[Mormonism and Wikipedia/First Vision|'''A FAIR Analysis of Wikipedia article "First Vision"''']] | **[[Mormonism and Wikipedia/First Vision|'''A FAIR Analysis of Wikipedia article "First Vision"''']] | ||
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*'''[[Website reviews|FAIR web site reviews.]]''' Many web sites critical of the Church are very obvious in their mission—to pull the foundation from members' faith. Some, however, are much more subtle in their approach. These sites are claimed to be operated by active and believing members of the Church. Their message, unfortunately, is not consistent with building or supporting faith. FAIR reviews one such site. | *'''[[Website reviews|FAIR web site reviews.]]''' Many web sites critical of the Church are very obvious in their mission—to pull the foundation from members' faith. Some, however, are much more subtle in their approach. These sites are claimed to be operated by active and believing members of the Church. Their message, unfortunately, is not consistent with building or supporting faith. FAIR reviews one such site. | ||
**'''[[Website reviews/MormonThink|A FAIR Analysis of ''MormonThink.com'']] | **'''[[Website reviews/MormonThink|A FAIR Analysis of ''MormonThink.com'']] | ||
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- Elder Holland's General Conference Talk (Oct. 4, 2009)—Elder Holland gave a powerful talk about the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon. During the course of his talk he mentioned two secular Book of Mormon authorship theories. So who are Ethan Smith and Solomon Spalding? Read the articles below to find out.
- Mormonism and Wikipedia. FAIR regularly receives queries about specific LDS-themed Wikipedia articles with requests that we somehow "fix" them. Although some individual members of FAIR may choose to edit Wikipedia articles, FAIR as an organization does not. Controversial Wikipedia articles require constant maintenance and a significant amount of time. We prefer instead to respond to claims in the FAIR Wiki rather than fight the ongoing battle that LDS Wikipedia articles sometimes invite. From FAIR’s perspective, assertions made in LDS-themed Wikipedia articles are therefore treated just like any other critical (or, if one prefers, "anti-Mormon") work. FAIR examines and responds to two LDS-related Wikipedia articles in detail:
- FAIR web site reviews. Many web sites critical of the Church are very obvious in their mission—to pull the foundation from members' faith. Some, however, are much more subtle in their approach. These sites are claimed to be operated by active and believing members of the Church. Their message, unfortunately, is not consistent with building or supporting faith. FAIR reviews one such site.