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- Source:Sorenson:Ancient American Setting:232:Linen and silk textiles in ancient America → Sorenson: Linen and silk textiles in ancient America
- Source:Sorenson:Ancient American Setting:284:Iron use in pre-Columbian Mesoamerica → Sorenson: "Iron use was documented in the statements of early Spaniards, who told of the Aztecs using iron-studded clubs"
- Source:Sorenson:Ancient American Setting:285:Lumps of hematite, magnetite and ilmenite used in Oaxaca → Sorenson: "Lumps of hematite, magnetite, and ilmenite were brought into Valley of Oaxaca"
- Source:Sorenson:Ancient American Setting:290:Swine → Sorenson: "There is an animal which they call chic, wonderfully active, as large as a small dog, with a snout like a sucking pig. The Indian women raise them"
- Source:Sorenson:Ancient American Setting:294:Cattle → Sorenson: "The Miami Indians, for example, were unfamiliar with the buffalo and simply called them 'wild cows'"
- Source:Sorenson:JBMS 15:2:By 1400 BC, smiths in Armenia had discovered how to carburize iron by prolonged heating in contact with carbon → Sorenson: "By 1400 BC, smiths in Armenia had discovered how to carburize iron by prolonged heating in contact with carbon"
- Source:Sorenson:Several puzzles about the history of the Nephites and Lamanites are linked to the question of whether they found others already living in their promised land → John L. Sorenson: "Several puzzles about the history of the Nephites and Lamanites are linked to the question of whether they found others already living in their promised land"
- Source:Sorenson:Silk and Linen in the Book of Mormon:Ensign:April 1992 → Sorenson: "At the time of the Spanish conquest, natives in Mexico would gather cocoons from a type of wild silkworm and spin the thread into expensive cloth"
- Source:Sorenson:Viva Zapato! Hurray for the Shoe!:RBBM:6:1:Linen and flax → Sorenson: "linen-like cloth made from plants other than flax"
- Source:Southerton:2008-2014:if a small group...entered a massive population...it would be hard to detect their mitochondrial or Y chromosome DNA → Southerton (2008/2014): "It's true that if a small group (say 10 people) entered a massive population (say 1 million), that it would be hard to detect their mitochondrial or Y chromosome DNA"
- Source:Spencer W. Kimball:Feb 1977:There are probably sixty million Lamanites in America → Spencer W. Kimball (Feb 1977): "There are probably sixty million Lamanites in America"
- Source:Sperry:Some Problems of Interest Relating to the Brass Plates:1995:Questions arise as to how Jeremiah's prophecies appeared on the brass plates → Sidney B. Sperry (1995): "Questions arise as to how Jeremiah's prophecies appeared on the brass plates"
- Source:Stephen Robinson:BYUS 27:4:1987:In the case of the Jupiter coin, this same extrapolation error is compounded with a very uncritical acceptance of the artifact in the first place → Stephen Robinson: "In the case of the Jupiter coin, this same extrapolation error is compounded with a very uncritical acceptance of the artifact in the first place"
- Source:Teachings of Presidents of the Church:Joseph Smith:2007:The doctrines and principles relating to plural marriage were revealed to Joseph Smith as early as 1831 → Teachings of Presidents of the Church: Joseph Smith (2007): "The doctrines and principles relating to plural marriage were revealed to Joseph Smith as early as 1831"
- Source:Testimony of Jacob Gates:Improvement Era:March 1912:My eyes saw, my ears heard...It was no dream, no vain imagination of the mind—it was real → Oliver Cowdery: "My eyes saw, my ears heard...It was no dream, no vain imagination of the mind—it was real"
- Source:The Apocalypse of Abraham:Go out from thy father Terah, and get thee out from the house, that thou also be not slain → The Apocalypse of Abraham: "Go out from thy father Terah, and get thee out from the house, that thou also be not slain"
- Source:The Palmyra Reflector:14 Feb 1831:Cowdery and his friends had frequent interviews with angels → The Palmyra Reflector (1831): "Jo Smith had now received a commission from God...Cowdery and his friends had frequent interviews with angels"
- Source:Times and Seasons:1 May 1843:the wealth, architecture and splendor of ancient Mexico; when recent developements proved beyond a doubt, that there was ancient ruins in central America → Times and Seasons (1 May 1843): "the wealth, architecture and splendor of ancient Mexico; when recent developments proved beyond a doubt, that there was ancient ruins in central America"
- Source:Times and Seasons:1 May 1843:the wealth, architecture and splendor of ancient Mexico; when recent developments proved beyond a doubt, that there was ancient ruins in central America → Times and Seasons (1 May 1843): "the wealth, architecture and splendor of ancient Mexico; when recent developments proved beyond a doubt, that there was ancient ruins in central America"
- Source:Times and Seasons:1 Oct 1843:a very interesting work entitled 'Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan,'...This is a work that ought to be in the hands of every Latter Day Saint → Times and Seasons (1 Oct 1843): "a very interesting work entitled 'Incidents of travel in Central America, Chiapas and Yucatan,'...This is a work that ought to be in the hands of every Latter Day Saint"
- Source:Times and Seasons:Mar 1840:The ancient events of America now stand revealed in the broad light of history, as far back, at least, as the first peopling of the continent after the flood → Times and Seasons (Mar 1840): "The ancient events of America now stand revealed in the broad light of history, as far back, at least, as the first peopling of the continent after the flood"
- Source:Translation and Historicity of the Book of Abraham:Gospel Topics:Some evidence suggests that Joseph studied the characters on the Egyptian papyri and attempted to learn the Egyptian language → Gospel Topics on LDS.org: "Some evidence suggests that Joseph studied the characters on the Egyptian papyri and attempted to learn the Egyptian language"
- Source:Ulrich:Believest thou:2005 FAIR Conference:How do the goosebumps and tearfulness I experience when someone speaks in a testimony meeting differ → Dr. Wendy Ulrich (2005): "How do the goosebumps and tearfulness I experience when someone speaks in a testimony meeting differ from the goosebumps and tearfulness I experience when the 4:00 parade begins at Disneyland?"
- Source:W.W. Phelps:Feb 1835:The first one is where you sat day after day and wrote the history of the second race that inhabited this continent → W.W. Phelps (Feb 1835): "The first one is where you sat day after day and wrote the history of the second race that inhabited this continent"
- Source:W.W. Phelps:Jan 1836:The book of Mormon has made known who Israel is, upon this continent → W.W. Phelps (Jan 1836): "The book of Mormon has made known who Israel is, upon this continent"
- Source:W.W. Phelps:Oct 1835:the Indians, whose history and doings, upon this western continent, it unfolds as plainly → W.W. Phelps (Oct 1835): "the Indians, whose history and doings, upon this western continent, it unfolds as plainly"
- Source:Washburn and Washburn:1939:An Approach to the Study of Book of Mormon Geography:Book cover → Washburn and Washburn (1939), An Approach to the Study of Book of Mormon Geography: Book cover
- Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:13:Mormon reject Augustinian ideas about depravity and original sin → Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:13:Mormons reject Augustinian ideas about depravity and original sin
- Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:14:Joseph Smith could hold his own in early Christian debates → Creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo)#"Smith would have held his own in debating with" Neo-Platonists, Gnostics, and early Christian theologians
- Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:15:Christian beliefs do not need to have Neo-Platonic influence to be true → Creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo)#LDS doctrine rejects Neo-Plantonic accretions, but this does not make them automatically false
- Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:16:Joseph Smith more coherent than Augustine on matter and the divine → Creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo)#Augustine's views about matter are perhaps less coherent than Joseph Smith's
- Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:17:Creedal Christians can learn from Mormon views about Jesus and creation → Creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo)#Non-LDS Christian Stephen H. Webb: Creedal Christians can learn from LDS views about Jesus Christ and creation
- Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:18:Joseph Smith's doctrine and character demand our amazement → Stephen H. Webb: "Evidence That Demands Our Amazement... Joseph Smith was a remarkable person"
- Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:19:Vastness of Joseph Smith's theology - it is not pagan → Creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo)#Joseph Smith's theology is not pagan—his theology is vast as the multiverse, and eliminates Neo-Platonism and Augustine
- Source:Webb:BYUS:2011:7:Mormons and creatio ex nihilo → Creation out of nothing (creatio ex nihilo)#Mormons and ''creatio ex nihilo'' (creation out of nothing)
- Source:Welch:JBMS 8:2:this sidelight in the book of Alma contains enough facts to support meaningful parallels between King Mosiah's weights and measures and those used in other ancient cultures → John Welch (1999): "This sidelight in the book of Alma contains enough facts to support meaningful parallels between King Mosiah's weights and measures and those used in other ancient cultures"
- Source:Whitmer:David Whitmer Proclamation, 19 March 1881:I do now again affirm the truth of all my statements, as then made and published → David Whitmer (1881): "I do now again affirm the truth of all my statement, as then made and published"
- Source:Wickersham:Examination of the Principles of Mormonism:the ruins of Central America...the existence of such ruins were known long before the publication of the Book of Mormon → A critic of the Book of Mormon (1843): "the ruins of Central America...the existence of such ruins were known long before the publication of the Book of Mormon"
- Source:Widtsoe:Encyclopedia of Mormonism:Earth:The Old Testament records a flood that was just over fifteen cubits → John A. Widtsoe (1943): "The Old Testament records a flood that was just over fifteen cubits (sometimes assumed to be about twenty-six feet) deep and covered the entire landscape"
- Source:Widtsoe:Evidences and Reconciliations:Did Joseph Smith Introduce Plural Marriage:that he practiced it himself are amply proved by existing facts → John A. Widtsoe (apostle, 1943): "That Joseph Smith actually was the person who introduced plural marriage into the Church and that he practiced it himself are amply proved by existing facts"
- Source:Wikipedia:Amaranth → Wikipedia: Amaranth and the Aztecs
- Source:Wikipedia:Bighorn sheep:Native to North America → Wikipedia: Bighorn sheep "crossed to North America over the Bering land bridge"
- Source:Wikipedia:Mammoth:Mammoths are members of the family Elephantidae → Wikipedia: Mammoths "were members of the family Elephantidae"
- Source:Wilford Woodruff:27 Aug 1843:the Book of Mormon...it gave a history of all those cities that have been of late discovered by Catherwood & Stephens, that it named those cities → Wilford Woodruff (27 Aug 1843): "the Book of Mormon...it gave a history of all those cities that have been of late discovered by Catherwood & Stephens, that it named those cities"
- Source:William Owen:Skeptical account:Ten persons say they have seen them and hefted them, three declare that an angel of God appeared to them and showed them to them → William Owen (skeptical account): "Ten persons say they have seen them and hefted them, three declare that an angel of God appeared to them and showed them to them"
- Source:William Smith:Jan 1837:a remnant of the branches or seed of Joseph are represented as crossing the sea, and settling this continent of North and South America → William Smith (Jan 1837): "a remnant of the branches or seed of Joseph are represented as crossing the sea, and settling this continent of North and South America"
- Source:William Smith:Sermon preached by Bro. William B. Smith:1884:When the plates were brought in they were wrapped up in a tow frock. My father then put them into a pillow case → William Smith (1884): "When the plates were brought in they were wrapped up in a tow frock. My father then put them into a pillow case. Father said, 'What, Joseph, can we not see them?'"
- Source:William Smith:The Old Soldier's Testimony:1884:It was not written from the Spaulding Romance. That story is false → The Spalding Theory of Book of Mormon authorship#William Smith (1884): "It was not written from the Spaulding Romance. That story is false"
- Source:William Smith:The Old Soldier's Testimony:1884:When the plates were brought in they were wrapped up in a tow frock. My father then put them into a pillow case → William Smith (1884): "When the plates were brought in they were wrapped up in a tow frock. My father then put them into a pillow case. Father said, 'What, Joseph, can we not see them?'"
- Source:William Smith:William Smith on Mormonism:1883:he escaped to the house and brought the plates with him, wrapped up in a tow frock → William Smith (1883): "he escaped to the house and brought the plates with him, wrapped up in a tow frock. He could not permit us to see them, because he said the angel told him not to do so"