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− | |group1= | + | |group1=Introduction |
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− | |group2= | + | |group2=Book of Mormon |
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− | | | + | |subgroup2.1=1769 KJV Errors |
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*[[KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon]] | *[[KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon]] | ||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/26/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-2 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 2: Book of Mormon Questions (Section A)] | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/26/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-2 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 2: Book of Mormon Questions (Section A)] | ||
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− | | | + | |subgroup2.2=17th Century Italics |
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+ | *[[KJV italicized text in the Book of Mormon]] | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/26/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-2 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 2: Book of Mormon Questions (Section A)] | ||
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+ | |subgroup2.3=Mistranslations | ||
+ | |sublist2.3= | ||
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+ | |subgroup2.4=DNA | ||
+ | |sublist2.4= | ||
+ | *[[DNA and the Book of Mormon]] | ||
+ | *[[Identifying ancient DNA related to Book of Mormon people]] | ||
+ | *[[Geographical issues related to DNA and the Book of Mormon]] | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/27/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-3 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 3: Book of Mormon Questions (Section B)] | ||
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+ | |subgroup2.5=Anachronisms | ||
+ | |sublist2.5= | ||
+ | *[[Principles for assessing anachronisms|Anachronism overview]] | ||
+ | *[[Horses in the Book of Mormon|Horses]] | ||
+ | *[[Elephants in the Book of Mormon|Elephants]] | ||
+ | *[[Other animals in the Book of Mormon|Other animals]] | ||
+ | *[[Synagogues and churches]] | ||
+ | *[[Climate in the Book of Mormon|Climate]] | ||
+ | *[[Metals and materials in the Book of Mormon|Metals and materials]] | ||
+ | *[[Metal plates in ancient Israel]] | ||
+ | *[[Plants in the Book of Mormon|Plants]] | ||
+ | *[[Objects and artifacts in the Book of Mormon|Objects and artifacts]] | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/27/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-3 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 3: Book of Mormon Questions (Section B)] | ||
+ | |subgroup2.6=Archaeology | ||
+ | |sublist2.6= | ||
+ | *[[Population and demographics in the Book of Mormon|Population and demographics]] | ||
+ | *[[Biblical archaeology compared to the Book of Mormon]] | ||
+ | *[[Thomas Stuart Ferguson and Mormon archaeology]] | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/01/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-4 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 4: Book of Mormon Questions (Section C)] | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/03/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-5 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 5: Book of Mormon Questions (Section D)] | ||
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+ | |subgroup2.7=Geography | ||
+ | |sublist2.7= | ||
+ | *[[Church statements on Book of Mormon geography]] | ||
+ | *[[Evaluating Book of Mormon geography theories]] | ||
+ | *[[Old world geography in the Book of Mormon]] | ||
+ | *[[Lehi's journey in the Old World]] | ||
+ | *[[Possible locations for the Valley of Lemuel]] | ||
+ | *[[Possible locations for Shazer]] | ||
+ | *[[Possible locations for Nahom]] | ||
+ | *[[Possible locations for Nephi's Bountiful]] | ||
+ | *[[The Hill Cumorah]] | ||
+ | *[[Mesoamerican Model of Book of Mormon geography|Mesoamerican Model]] | ||
+ | *[[Hemispheric Geography Model of Book of Mormon geography|Hemispheric Geography Model]] | ||
+ | *[[Great Lakes Model of Book of Mormon geography|Great Lakes Model]] | ||
+ | *[[Heartland Model of Book of Mormon geography|Heartland Model]] | ||
+ | *[[Hoaxes related to Book of Mormon geography claims]] | ||
+ | *[[Geographical issues related to DNA and the Book of Mormon]] | ||
+ | *[[Population and demographics in the Book of Mormon|Population and demographics]] | ||
+ | *[[Theory of Book of Mormon place names from area around Joseph Smith's home]] | ||
+ | *[[Theory of Book of Mormon place names from Comoros Islands]] | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/08/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-6 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 6: Book of Mormon Questions (Section E)] | ||
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+ | |subgroup2.8=View of the Hebrews | ||
+ | |sublist2.8= | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/10/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-7 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 7: Book of Mormon Questions (Section F)] | ||
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+ | |subgroup2.9=The Late War | ||
+ | |sublist2.9= | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/10/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-7 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 7: Book of Mormon Questions (Section F)] | ||
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+ | |subgroup2.10=The First Book of Napoleon | ||
+ | |sublist2.10= | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/10/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-7 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 7: Book of Mormon Questions (Section F)] | ||
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+ | |subgroup2.11=Early Godhead | ||
+ | |sublist2.11= | ||
+ | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/08/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-6 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 6: Book of Mormon Questions (Section E)] | ||
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+ | • Introduction | ||
+ | • Book of Mormon | ||
+ | o 1769 KJV Errors | ||
+ | o 17th Century Italics | ||
+ | o Mistranslations | ||
+ | o DNA | ||
+ | o Anachronisms | ||
+ | o Archaeology | ||
+ | o Geography | ||
+ | o View of the Hebrews | ||
+ | o The Late War | ||
+ | o The First Book of Napoleon | ||
+ | o Early Godhead | ||
+ | • Book of Mormon Translation | ||
+ | • First Vision | ||
+ | o Four Different Accounts | ||
+ | o Contradictions | ||
+ | o Late Appearance | ||
+ | o Other Problems | ||
+ | • Book of Abraham | ||
+ | o Papyrus Found | ||
+ | o Common Pagan Funerary Text | ||
+ | o Facsimile Summary | ||
+ | o Cosmology | ||
+ | o King James Version Text | ||
+ | o Anachronisms | ||
+ | o Light from Kolob | ||
+ | o The Philosophy of a Future State | ||
+ | o Elder Holland BBC Interview | ||
+ | • Polygamy and Polyandry | ||
+ | • Prophets | ||
+ | o Adam-God | ||
+ | o Blood Atonement | ||
+ | o Polygamy | ||
+ | o Blacks Ban | ||
+ | o Mark Hofmann | ||
+ | • Kinderhook Plates & Translator Claims | ||
+ | o Kinderhook Plates | ||
+ | o Book of Abraham | ||
+ | • Testimony and Spiritual Witness | ||
+ | o Same Claims | ||
+ | o Outsider Test for Faith | ||
+ | o Unreliable Method | ||
+ | o Book of Mormon Copyright Revelation | ||
+ | o Discrepancy | ||
+ | o Paul H. Dunn | ||
+ | o Apostle Counsels | ||
+ | o How Reliable Is the Spirit? | ||
+ | o Real vs. Not Real | ||
+ | • Priesthood Restoration | ||
+ | o Before 1832 | ||
+ | o David Whitmer | ||
+ | o Backdating | ||
+ | o Absence in Book of Commandments | ||
+ | o Retrofitted | ||
+ | o Ordained by Lyman Wight | ||
+ | • Witnesses | ||
+ | o Magical Worldview | ||
+ | o Witnesses | ||
+ | o Second Sight | ||
+ | o No Document of Actual Signatures | ||
+ | o Conclusion | ||
+ | • Temples & Freemasonry | ||
+ | o 7 Weeks After | ||
+ | o True Masonry | ||
+ | o Same Masonic Version | ||
+ | o Zero Links to Solomon’s Temple | ||
+ | o Temple Changes | ||
+ | o Secret Tokens & Signs | ||
+ | o Separate Families? | ||
+ | • Science | ||
+ | o Death before the Fall | ||
+ | o Multiple Hominid Species | ||
+ | o Neanderthal DNA Present in Adam’s Descendants | ||
+ | o Discredited Claims | ||
+ | • Other | ||
+ | o Church’s Dishonesty, Censorship, and Whitewashing Over Its History | ||
+ | o CENSORSHIP | ||
+ | o Church Finances | ||
+ | o Names of the Church | ||
+ | o Anti-intellectualism | ||
+ | • Conclusion |
Revision as of 12:39, 20 May 2023
• Introduction
• Book of Mormon
o 1769 KJV Errors
o 17th Century Italics
o Mistranslations
o DNA
o Anachronisms
o Archaeology
o Geography
o View of the Hebrews
o The Late War
o The First Book of Napoleon
o Early Godhead
• Book of Mormon Translation
• First Vision
o Four Different Accounts
o Contradictions
o Late Appearance
o Other Problems
• Book of Abraham
o Papyrus Found
o Common Pagan Funerary Text
o Facsimile Summary
o Cosmology
o King James Version Text
o Anachronisms
o Light from Kolob
o The Philosophy of a Future State
o Elder Holland BBC Interview
• Polygamy and Polyandry
• Prophets
o Adam-God
o Blood Atonement
o Polygamy
o Blacks Ban
o Mark Hofmann
• Kinderhook Plates & Translator Claims
o Kinderhook Plates
o Book of Abraham
• Testimony and Spiritual Witness
o Same Claims
o Outsider Test for Faith
o Unreliable Method
o Book of Mormon Copyright Revelation
o Discrepancy
o Paul H. Dunn
o Apostle Counsels
o How Reliable Is the Spirit?
o Real vs. Not Real
• Priesthood Restoration
o Before 1832
o David Whitmer
o Backdating
o Absence in Book of Commandments
o Retrofitted
o Ordained by Lyman Wight
• Witnesses
o Magical Worldview
o Witnesses
o Second Sight
o No Document of Actual Signatures
o Conclusion
• Temples & Freemasonry
o 7 Weeks After
o True Masonry
o Same Masonic Version
o Zero Links to Solomon’s Temple
o Temple Changes
o Secret Tokens & Signs
o Separate Families?
• Science
o Death before the Fall
o Multiple Hominid Species
o Neanderthal DNA Present in Adam’s Descendants
o Discredited Claims
• Other
o Church’s Dishonesty, Censorship, and Whitewashing Over Its History
o CENSORSHIP
o Church Finances
o Names of the Church
o Anti-intellectualism