Recommended
last update: 2020-05-16
book-of-mormon
- Book of Mormon parallels to 1800s thought
- How could Joseph Smith have composed the Book of Mormon?
- Recent LDS Scholar observations favoring a modern origin for the Book of Mormon
- Scholar Survey: King James Version translation errors in Book of Mormon Isaiah passages
- Place names near or somewhat near Joseph Smith
- NHM (Nahom) as evidence for the ancientness of the Book of Mormon
- Royal Skousen: Protestant concerns in the Book of Mormon
- Royal Skousen: Is the Book of Mormon English translation a literal translation of what was on the plates?
- Reasons to discount aspects of Emma’s testimony of the creation of the Book of Mormon
- Religious interest and capability suggested by Joseph Smith’s 1832 statement
- Columbus was mythologized in a popular 1828 biography
- Evaluating Zemnarihah’s execution–is chopping down of the tree evidence favoring an ancient Book of Mormon?
- Archaeology of Cumorah
- Royal Skousen: cultural milieu dates to late 1600s
- When was ‘repair’ removed from Alma 39:13?
- The Book of Mormon, the twelve points of Pelagianism, and Protestant thought in the early 1800s
- How likely was trito-Isaiah to have been avoided at random in the Book of Mormon translation?
- The premortal existence in pre-1830’s thought
- Does Haplogroup T indicate transoceanic contact?
- A short critique of pre-Columbian horses as evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon
- Jaredite barges and submarines in the early 1800s
- Excerpt: Does Mitochondrial Haplogroup X Indicate Ancient Trans-Atlantic Migration to the Americas? A Critical Re-Evaluation
- Excerpt on Isaiah from Hardy’s Reader’s Guide
- Izapa Stela 5 does not support the Book of Mormon
- Palmyra was rich in books
- Angola as a placename in the Book of Mormon
- Pre-1830 teachings of felix culpa (fortunate fall)
- A short critique of discovered metal tablets as evidence for the authenticity of the Book of Mormon
- Moroni quotes sections of Mark that are of dubious origin
- Zenos and the Allegory of the Olive Tree
- Potential sources for the Allegory of the Olive Tree
- Summarizing the best arguments against chiasmus as evidence of ancientness
- Could Joseph have hidden material in his hat to draw upon during the dictation process?
- McConkie and Ostler argue against the seer stone
- The BOM is true because it was written so quickly - VS - The Quran is true because it took so long to write
- Was Joseph Smith intellectually and educationally capable of authoring the Book of Mormon?
book-of-abraham
- Resources on the Book of Abraham
- Brian Hauglid argues against missing papyri theory: ‘They were working off of the papryri that we actually have in the Church today’
- Analysis of Olishem as evidence for the antiquity of the Book of Abraham
book-of-enoch
faith-transitions
- Report, chronicles, and presentation on LDS faith crises
- The Shunning Key: Whom Mormons shun and why
- How those who leave the LDS Church are viewed
- Why former members are angry
- Are members breaking promises when they leave the LDS Church?
first-vision
polygamy
- Joseph Smith’s Polygamy Denials
- Logic behind the sealing ceremony
- Notes on Nancy Marinda Johnson Hyde marriage to Joseph Smith
- Evidence of sex within Joseph Smith’s polygamy
- Joseph Smith instructed others to burn communication
- William Holmes Walker not sealed by JS to Olive Hovey Farr
- Scriptural instructions for practicing polygamy
- The primary focus of the sealing ceremony in its first 2 years was to enable polygamy
- Those who knew about plural marriage but not sealed
- Evidence suggesting Emma approved of some marriages
- Why did Joseph not sire children with his plural wives?
- Helen Mar Kimball Whitney 1881 Autobiography
- What to call the polygamy denials?
- How did Joseph Smith’s wives refer to their unions?
- A Critique of Joseph Smith’s Polygamy: ‘Thou Shalt not Lie’ and Denials of Polygamy
- Martha Brotherton Affidavit
- Martha Brotherton and the Five Ironies
- Contemporary evidence that Joseph Smith practiced polygamy
- The October 5, 1843 Journal Entry
questioning
race-and-priesthood
- Paul Reeve: New justifications for the Black Priesthood/Temple ban
- Jane Manning James Patriarchal Blessing indicates she has ‘a mark’
- Joseph F. Smith reverses position on Elijah Able’s Priesthood ordination
science
sociology-and-psychology
- The three-fold nature of the LDS Church: corporate, totalistic, and individual-growth
- LDS Indoctrination and Retentive Socialization
temple
truth-claims
- Truth-claim summaries and apologetics
- Questions to Ask
- Resources on faith, spiritual witnesses, and epistemology
- Testimony, spiritual experiences, and truth: A careful examination
- The Dominant Narrative and Apologetic Fallback
- Five Key Facts
unclassified
- Early LDS testimony may be unreliable
- The 6 Sources of Revelation
- Conclusion: God and the LDS Church as surrogate parent
- Asking: What is the complete list of books held in the the vault?
- Healings: Comparing James and Albert Talmage’s stories
- Suicide: an old sectarian notion
- How transparent was LDS Church with living allowances
- The Church does not apologize
- Comparing scriptural and modern prophets
- Prophecy: Not long until calamities overtake human family
- The Apologetic Slide
- On the existence of ghosts
- McConkie: no secret doctrines, no private practices
- You should have known vs. be wary of critical sources
- A Prophet doesn’t poll to see wind of public opinion
- Bruce R. McConkie misled in public about the teaching of the Adam God theory
- Why won’t God stop Mike Norton?
- Science is as substantive as religion in helping us to derive morality’s ought
- Elder Bednar and the April 6th Birthday of Jesus
- Legrand Richards denied the existence of the seerstone
- Factors in LDS leadership selection
- The All Powerful Partition Algorithm
- Bill Reel and Stake President ask five questions to LDS leadership
- The Proclamation on the Family: Scripture or Revelation?
- Mixed messages on working outside the home
- Subordination of women to men in the LDS Church
- Resources related to the helps and harms of the LDS Church
- Most LDS service inwardly focused
- Problems with the expansionist model
- Ether 13:2 implies a worldwide flood
- Joseph Smith’s cure for cholera
- JS Papers commentary on Joseph Smith’s Translation of the Kinderhook Plates
- Irene Bates patriarchal blessing theme table
- Statements on building up Jackson county
- Failed second coming predictions in early LDS Church
- The parts of an LDS spiritual experience
- The Pearl of Great Price provided justification for the priesthood ban
- Primary resources on the Priesthood/Temple Ban
- Morality Transcends Religious Belief
- The LDS Church ban on oral sex
word-of-wisdom
- Letter to parents: Thoughts on the Word of Wisdom
- Excerpt from ‘A Social History of the Nation’s Favourite Drink’
- Influences on the Word of Wisdom
- Alcohol usage among Latter-day Saint Prophets
- Health studies on coffee
- Health studies on tea
responses
- Response to Tad Callister’s talk “The Book of Mormon: Man-Made or God-Given?”
- Response to LDS Living article on Evidence supporting the Book of Mormon
- Response to Five Compelling Archeological Evidences For the Book of Mormon
- Response to representations of former members in the April 2020 General Conference
- Response to evidence in support of the Book of Mormon
- Finding Truth: Response to ‘8 Anti-Mormon Tactics That Satan Uses To Attack The Latter-day Saints’
- Response to LDS Truth Claims video #34