FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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- Question: Why are there no women prophets in the church today? → Question: Why are there no women prophets in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints today?
- Question: Why did Brigham Young build a whiskey distillery in Utah? → Brigham Young and the Word of Wisdom#Why did Brigham Young build a whiskey distillery in Utah?
- Question: Why did Brigham Young initiate the priesthood ban? → Origin of the priesthood ban#Why did Brigham Young initiate the priesthood ban?
- Question: Why did Brigham Young instruct members of the Church to grow tobacco in Utah? → Brigham Young and the Word of Wisdom#Why did Brigham Young instruct members of the Church to grow tobacco in Utah?
- Question: Why did Brigham Young say that women "have no right to meddle in the affairs of the Kingdom of God"? → Brigham Young's statements regarding plural marriage#Why did Brigham Young say that women .22have no right to meddle in the affairs of the Kingdom of God.22.3F
- Question: Why did Bruce R. McConkie say that polygamy would be practiced again before the Second Coming? → The Church of Jesus Christ and plural marriage today#Why did Bruce R. McConkie say that polygamy would be practiced again before the Second Coming?
- Question: Why did Emma Smith and Brigham Young dislike one another? → Why did Emma Smith and Brigham Young dislike one another?
- Question: Why did Jesus say “Never have I showed myself unto man whom I have created” when Enoch and others had already seen Jehovah face to face? → Question: Why did Jesus say “Never have I showed myself unto man whom I have created” to the Brother of Jared, when Enoch and others had already seen Jehovah face to face?
- Question: Why did Joseph Fielding Smith say that the consumption of tea may bar someone from the celestial kingdom? → Modern implementation of the Word of Wisdom#Why did Joseph Fielding Smith say that the consumption of tea may bar someone from the celestial kingdom?
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith attempt to leave through the window of Carthage Jail? → Joseph Smith's qualification as a martyr#Question: Why did Joseph Smith attempt to leave through the window of Carthage Jail?
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith change Mormon 7:7 from "is" to "are" → Question: Why did Joseph Smith change the wording in Mormon 7:7 from "is one God" to "are one God"?
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith claim that Thomas B. Marsh, who later apostatized, would be "exalted," and that he would preach "unto the ends of the earth"? → Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith#Why did Joseph Smith claim that Thomas B. Marsh, who later apostatized, would be "exalted," and that he would preach "unto the ends of the earth"?
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith eventually stop using the seer stones to receive revelation? → Joseph Smith and folk magic or the occult#Why did Joseph Smith eventually stop using the seer stones to receive revelation?
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith make changes to the Book of Mormon? → Question: Why did Joseph Smith make changes to the Book of Mormon such as modifying "God" to read "the Son of God"?
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith say "I had not been married scarcely five minutes...before it was reported that I had seven wives"? → Joseph Smith hid polygamy from the general Church membership#Why did Joseph Smith say .22I had not been married scarcely five minutes...before it was reported that I had seven wives.22.3F
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith say that David Patten would serve a mission when he was killed only six months later? → Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith#Why did Joseph Smith say that David Patten would serve a mission when he was killed only six months later?
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith say that the Book of Mormon was the "most correct book"? → The Book of Mormon as the most correct book#Why did Joseph Smith say that the Book of Mormon was the "most correct book"?
- Question: Why did Joseph describe the United Order in revelation as "everlasting" and "immutable and unchangeable" until Jesus comes? → Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith#Why did Joseph describe the United Order in revelation as "everlasting" and "immutable and unchangeable" until Jesus comes?
- Question: Why did Joseph described the United Order in revelation as "everlasting" and "immutable and unchangeable" until Jesus comes? → Question: Why did Joseph describe the United Order in revelation as "everlasting" and "immutable and unchangeable" until Jesus comes?
- Question: Why did Joseph eventual stop using the seer stones to receive revelation? → Question: Why did Joseph Smith eventually stop using the seer stones to receive revelation?
- Question: Why did Joseph eventually stop using the seer stones to receive revelation? → Question: Why did Joseph Smith eventually stop using the seer stones to receive revelation?
- Question: Why did Joseph keep the doctrine of plural marriage private? → Joseph Smith hid polygamy from the general Church membership#Why did Joseph keep the doctrine of plural marriage private?
- Question: Why did Joseph prophesy that the wicked "of this generation" would be swept from the face of the land and the Lost Ten tribes would be gathered? → Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith#Why did Joseph prophesy that the wicked "of this generation" would be swept from the face of the land and the Lost Ten tribes would be gathered?
- Question: Why did Mark E. Petersen say that blacks would go the the Celestial Kingdom as servants? → Repudiated ideas about race#Why did Mark E. Petersen say that blacks would go the the Celestial Kingdom as servants?
- Question: Why did Mark E. Peterson say that blacks would go the the Celestial Kingdom as servants? → Question: Why did Mark E. Petersen say that blacks would go the the Celestial Kingdom as servants?
- Question: Why did several years pass before Oliver Cowdery talked about the priesthood restoration? → Joseph Smith and the priesthood#Why did several years pass before Oliver Cowdery talked about the priesthood restoration?
- Question: Why did several years pass before Oliver talked about the priesthood restoration? → Question: Why did several years pass before Oliver Cowdery talked about the priesthood restoration?
- Question: Why did the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants include a statement of marriage that denied the practice of polygamy at a time when some were actually practicing it? → 1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy#Why did the 1835 Doctrine and Covenants include a statement of marriage that denied the practice of polygamy at a time when some were actually practicing it?
- Question: Why did the Nauvoo City Council feel it was necessary to destroy the ''Nauvoo Expositor''? → Joseph Smith and the Nauvoo Expositor#Why did the Nauvoo City Council feel it was necessary to destroy the ''Nauvoo Expositor''?
- Question: Why did the Prophet construct the 1832 narrative in a manner such as to exclude explicit mention of the Father's appearance? → Differences in First Vision accounts
- Question: Why did the author of the ''Letter to a CES Director'' feel the need to make a single hostile quote appear as if it were two quotes? → Question: Why did the author of the ''Letter to a CES Director'' feel the need to make a single hostile quote appear as if it were two separate quotes?
- Question: Why didn't God simply preserve Nephi's life using divine power instead of requiring him to kill Laban? → Violence in the scriptures#Why didn't God simply preserve Nephi's life using divine power instead of requiring him to kill Laban?
- Question: Why didn't the newspapers in Palmyra take notice of Joseph Smith's First Vision? → Events after the First Vision
- Question: Why do General Authorities receive living stipends? → Paid and unpaid Church leaders
- Question: Why do Latter-day Saints use the King James Version of the Bible? → The King James Version
- Question: Why do Mormon apologetics? → Question: Why do apologetics?
- Question: Why do Mormons typically refer to homosexual/gay/lesbian issues with such terms as "same-sex attraction"? → Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ#Why do Latter-day Saints typically refer to homosexual/gay/lesbian issues with such terms as "same-sex attraction"?
- Question: Why do Mormons use the King James Version of the Bible? → Question: Why do Latter-day Saints use the King James Version of the Bible?
- Question: Why do Mormons use water instead of wine for their sacrament services? → Word of Wisdom implementation over time#Why do Mormons use water instead of wine for their sacrament services?
- Question: Why do some critics think that Sidney Rigdon was the author of the Book of Mormon? → The Spalding Theory of Book of Mormon authorship#Why do some critics think that Sidney Rigdon was the author of the Book of Mormon?
- Question: Why do women not exercise priesthood offices in the Church? → Question: Why do women not hold priesthood offices in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
- Question: Why do women not exercise priesthood offices in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? → Question: Why do women not hold priesthood offices in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
- Question: Why do women not hold priesthood offices in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints? → Women and the priesthood#Why do women not hold priesthood offices in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?
- Question: Why does '''TIME''''s report make it appear the Pres. Hinckley is downplaying Joseph Smith's statements in the King Follet Discourse? → Question: Why does '''TIME''''s report make it appear the Pres. Hinckley is downplaying Joseph Smith's statements in the King Follett Discourse?
- Question: Why does ''History of the Church'' say that Joseph Smith said "I have translated a portion of them..."? → Kinderhook Plates
- Question: Why does 2 Nephi 19:1 change the word "sea" in Isaiah 9 to "Red Sea"? → Isaiah and the Book of Mormon#2 Nephi 19:1-The 'Red' Sea?
- Question: Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative? → Plural marriage in the Book of Mormon#Why does Doctrine and Covenants 132 speak favorably about some Old Testament practitioners of plural marriage, while Jacob 2 is negative?
- Question: Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament? → Violence in the scriptures#Why does God act so violently in scripture and especially the Old Testament?
- Question: Why does Isaiah in the Book of Mormon not match the Dead Sea Scrolls? → Isaiah and the Book of Mormon#Why does Isaiah in the Book of Mormon not match the Dead Sea Scrolls?
- Question: Why does Joseph Smith's 1832 account of the First Vision not mention two personages? → Differences in First Vision accounts