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****{{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Book of Dead Scan (full size zoom)|l1=Book of Dead Scan (full size zoom)} | ****{{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Book of Dead Scan (full size zoom)|l1=Book of Dead Scan (full size zoom)} | ||
**{{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Papyri|l1=Papyri (Short article)}} | **{{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Papyri|l1=Papyri (Short article)}} | ||
− | **{{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Papyri | + | **{{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Papyri|l1=Long article|Papyri (Long article)}} |
**{{FAIR response|Kirtland Egyptian Papers}} | **{{FAIR response|Kirtland Egyptian Papers}} | ||
**{{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations|l1=Plagiarism accusations}} | **{{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations|l1=Plagiarism accusations}} | ||
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****{{FAIR response|Book of Mormon witnesses/Eight witnesses/shown to me by a supernatural power}} | ****{{FAIR response|Book of Mormon witnesses/Eight witnesses/shown to me by a supernatural power}} | ||
***{{FAIR response|Book of Mormon witnesses/Other Book of Mormon witnesses}} | ***{{FAIR response|Book of Mormon witnesses/Other Book of Mormon witnesses}} | ||
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* First Vision | * First Vision | ||
+ | *{{FAIR response|First Vision}} | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Methodist camp meetings|Methodist camp meetings in 1820]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Joseph became "partial to the Methodist sect" in 1820|Joseph became "partial" to Methodists]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Religious revivals in 1820|Religious revivals in 1820]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Smith family place of residence in 1820|Place of residence in 1820]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts|First Vision accounts (summary)]] | ||
+ | **[[First Vision/Accounts/1832|1832 account (overview)]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Joseph Smith's early conception of God|Early understanding of God?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Doesn't mention new dispensation|No new dispensation?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Different age provided|Different age?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Motivation is different|Different motivation?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Doesn't mention persecution|No persecution?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Doesn't mention a revival|No revival?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Doesn't forbid joining a church|Not forbidden to convert?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Says wicked will be destroyed but 1838 doesn't|Wicked destroyed?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Only one Personage appears|Only one Deity?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Vision set in heaven or on earth|In heaven or earth?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Eternal life regardless of church affiliation|Unconditional salvation?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1832/Struggle with Satan not mentioned|Struggle with Satan?]] | ||
+ | **[[First Vision/Accounts/1835|1835 account (overview)]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Accounts/1835/Mentions "Angels"|Personages were angels?]] | ||
+ | **[[First Vision/Accounts/1838|1838 account (overview)]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Religious revivals in 1820|1820 Revival?]] | ||
+ | ***[[First Vision/Methodist camp meetings|"It commenced with the Methodists"]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Paul's accounts|Paul's accounts of his vision]] | ||
+ | **[[First Vision/Do Greek scholars solve the discrepancies in Paul's vision accounts|Scholars solved discrepancies?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Doctrine and Covenants 84 says God not seen without priesthood|Can't see God without priesthood?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/No reference to First Vision in 1830s publications|No ref in 1830s publications?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Seldom mentioned in LDS publications before 1877|Seldom mentioned in LDS pubs bef 1877?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/No mention in non-LDS literature before 1843|No ref in non-LDS pubs before 1843?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/1830 statement about seeing "God"|Taught Joseph saw "God" in 1830 pub?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Lack of contemporary Father and Son vision until 1838|No published ref to Father and Son until 1838?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Joseph Smith did not know if God existed in 1823|Joseph unsure of God in 1823?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Lucy Mack Smith and the Presbyterians|Lucy joined Presbyterians in 1823?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Joseph Smith joined other churches|Joined other churches?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Contradiction about knowing all churches were wrong|All churches wrong?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Fabricated to give "Godly authority"|Fabricated to bolster authority?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Story became more detailed and colorful after 1832|Details added over time?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/1838/Account modified to offset leadership crisis|Created to offset leadership crisis?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/George Q. Cannon referred to "angels"|George Q. Cannon]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/Oliver Cowdery not aware of First Vision in 1834-35|Cowdery version of 1834-5?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/Orson Hyde referred to "angels"|Orson Hyde]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/Andrew Jenson called personage an "angel"|Andrew Jenson]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/Heber C. Kimball denied the Father appeared|Heber C. Kimball|]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/Orson Pratt confused about "angel" or Father-Son|Orson Pratt]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/George A. Smith said First Vision was an "angel"|George A. Smith]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/Prophet's mother said First Vision was of an "angel"|Lucy Mack Smith]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/Orson Spencer said an "angel" was the first manifestation|Orson Spencer]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/John Taylor's understanding of the First Vision|John Taylor]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/Brigham Young never mentioned the First Vision|Brigham never spoke of 1st vision?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Accounts/Brigham Young said the Lord didn't appear|Brigham claimed an angel?]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Seldom mentioned in LDS publications before 1877|Seldom published pre-1877 (short)]] | ||
+ | *[[First Vision/Seldom mentioned in LDS publications before 1877 (long)|(long)]] | ||
* Polygamy | * Polygamy | ||
* Prophets After Joseph | * Prophets After Joseph | ||
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***{{FAIR response|Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text|l1=As a restoration of the original Bible text?}} | ***{{FAIR response|Joseph Smith Translation/As a restoration of the original Bible text|l1=As a restoration of the original Bible text?}} | ||
***{{FAIR response|Joseph Smith Translation/As the Church's official Bible|l1=As the Church's official Bible?}} | ***{{FAIR response|Joseph Smith Translation/As the Church's official Bible|l1=As the Church's official Bible?}} | ||
− | ****{{FAIR response|Joseph Smith Translation/As the Church's official Bible/JST an embarrassment to leaders|JST an embarrassment to leaders?}} | + | ****{{FAIR response|Joseph Smith Translation/As the Church's official Bible/JST an embarrassment to leaders|l1=JST an embarrassment to leaders?}} |
***{{FAIR response|Joseph Smith Translation/Relationship to the Book of Mormon|l1=Relationship to the Book of Mormon}} | ***{{FAIR response|Joseph Smith Translation/Relationship to the Book of Mormon|l1=Relationship to the Book of Mormon}} | ||
* Zelph | * Zelph |
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Index of claims and responses to MormonThink
The following index correlates claims made on the MormonThink web site with responses in the FAIR Wiki.
- Introduction
- Moroni's Visitation
- FAIR's response: Moroni's visit
- FAIR's response: Joseph reported "a spirit" visiting in him in 1827
- FAIR's response: Why didn't Joseph's siblings wake up when Moroni appeared?
- FAIR's response: Moroni's visit/Nephi or Moroni
- Book of Mormon Translation
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon/Translation
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon/Translation/Method
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon/Translation/The lost 116 pages
- FAIR's response: Joseph Smith/Seer stones
- Book of Mormon Problems
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon/Anachronisms
- Could Joseph Have Written the BOM?
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon/Wordprint studies
- Book of Abraham
- FAIR's response: Book of Abraham
- FAIR's response: Book of the Dead
- {{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Book of Dead Scan (full size zoom)|l1=Book of Dead Scan (full size zoom)}
- FAIR's response: Papyri (Short article)
- FAIR's response: Long article and Papyri (Long article)
- FAIR's response: Kirtland Egyptian Papers
- FAIR's response: Plagiarism accusations
- FAIR's response: Philosophy of a Future State by Thomas Dick
- {{FAIR response|Book of Abraham/Hits|Hits]]
- Lost 116 Pages
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon/Translation/The lost 116 pages
- Kinderhook Plates
- FAIR's response: Kinderhook Plates
- The Witnesses
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon witnesses
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon witnesses/David Whitmer told to leave
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon witnesses/Strangite parallels
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon witnesses/Hypnotism
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon witnesses/Recant
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon witnesses/Character
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon witnesses/Spiritual or literal
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon witnesses/Eight witnesses
- FAIR's response: Book of Mormon witnesses/Other Book of Mormon witnesses
- First Vision
- FAIR's response: First Vision
- Methodist camp meetings in 1820
- Joseph became "partial" to Methodists
- Religious revivals in 1820
- Place of residence in 1820
- First Vision accounts (summary)
- Paul's accounts of his vision
- Can't see God without priesthood?
- No ref in 1830s publications?
- Seldom mentioned in LDS pubs bef 1877?
- No ref in non-LDS pubs before 1843?
- Taught Joseph saw "God" in 1830 pub?
- No published ref to Father and Son until 1838?
- Joseph unsure of God in 1823?
- Lucy joined Presbyterians in 1823?
- Joined other churches?
- All churches wrong?
- Fabricated to bolster authority?
- Details added over time?
- Created to offset leadership crisis?
- George Q. Cannon
- Cowdery version of 1834-5?
- Orson Hyde
- Andrew Jenson
- Heber C. Kimball|
- Orson Pratt
- George A. Smith
- Lucy Mack Smith
- Orson Spencer
- John Taylor
- Brigham never spoke of 1st vision?
- Brigham claimed an angel?
- Seldom published pre-1877 (short)
- (long)
- Polygamy
- Prophets After Joseph
- Blacks & Priesthood
- Conflicts With Science
- Testimony & Spiritual Witnesses
- Greek Psalter Incident
- Temple
- Lying For The Lord
- Tithing
- Conclusions
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More Topics
- The Name of the Church
- {{FAIR response|Name of the Church]]
- Nephi or Moroni
- FAIR's response: Moroni's visit/Nephi or Moroni
- Joseph Running with the Gold Plates
- Rod of Aaron
- FAIR's response: Oliver Cowdery and the "rod of nature"
- Influences on the Book of Mormon - by Tom Donofrio
- Joseph's Translation of the Bible
- FAIR's response: Joseph Smith Translation
- FAIR's response: As a restoration of the original Bible text?
- FAIR's response: As the Church's official Bible?
- FAIR's response: JST an embarrassment to leaders?
- FAIR's response: Relationship to the Book of Mormon
- Zelph
- FAIR's response: Zelph
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Other
- FAIR reviews MormonThink
- FAIR's response: Website reviews/MormonThink
- Mormon Podcasts
- Personal Stories & LDS Heretics
- Book of Mormon Studies