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.
Mormonism and history/Gospel Topics essays
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The Church's Gospel Topics essays on LDS.org
"The First Presidency and the Quorum of the Twelve both have been very supportive of this process....I think they sense the need to provide accurate information to our members to counter a lot of sensationalism that tends to come about online or on the Internet over some of these historical topics. We want them to be able to go to a place where they can read accurate information and be able to seek to understand those historical chapters in the context of time and place and understand these answers have been approved by the presiding Brethren of the church. I think that will give many of our members confidence that they can rely on those answers.
—Elder Steven E. Snow, Church Historian, quoted in "LDS Church enhances web pages on its history, doctrine," Deseret News (9 December 2013) off-site
Questions
What has the Church done to help members learn about historical issues?
The Church has posted a series of essays on LDS.org in the Gospel Topics section. These essays have been written by historians and reviewed and approved by the First Presidency. In addition, material on these topics has been incorporated into new Seminary manuals.
Topics
- First Vision Accounts (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Book of Mormon Translation (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Race and the Priesthood (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Plural Marriage and Families in Early Utah (Click here for full article)
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∗ ∗ ∗ - Book of Mormon and DNA studies (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Becoming like God (Click here for full article)
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