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Featured Multi-post Articles

Some­times there is too much infor­ma­tion for just one post — each of these series approach their top­ic from mul­ti­ple angles for a more com­plete analysis.

Introduction to Examining Church Claims

Don Cohen No Comments 

This entry is part 1 of 7 in the series Exam­in­ing Church Claims — Don Cohen

The Church was orga­nized in Man­ches­ter, New York, on April 6, 1830. The orig­i­nal name used on that date was actu­al­ly the “Church of Christ.” This was changed in… 

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Tribe of Manasseh — North American Nephite Model

Dave Mack 81 Comments 

I have always loved apolo­get­ics. I enjoy dis­cussing doc­trine, scrip­tur­al ver­sus and evi­dence that sup­port or are seen as evi­dence against the Book of Mor­mon or LDS church. For that rea­son I have stud­ied the most com­mon com­plaints and evi­dence for and against the church. 

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Leaving the Church: A Compilation of the Evidence Against the LDS Church

Eric Nel­son 18 Comments 

I hope those of you who read this doc­u­ment do not get the wrong idea: I am not leav­ing the Church out of anger, sin, or lazi­ness. I am not leav­ing due to anti-Mor­mon lit­er­a­ture or to pur­sue dif­fer­ent lifestyle choic­es. And I am not leav­ing in hopes of bringing… 

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Why I No Longer Believe

Wes T No Comments 

I have always appre­ci­at­ed that LDS mem­bers are taught to val­ue intel­li­gence and truth. I want the church to be true. It has gen­er­al­ly been a pos­i­tive force in my life. I would appre­ci­ate dis­cussing this with any­one who reads through this document. 

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Additional Submitted Stories and Articles

The fol­low­ing are a mix of addi­tion­al per­son­al accounts or opin­ions about how Mor­monism has impact­ed their lives.

Other translations by Joseph Smith, Jr

Wes T No Comments 

Trans­la­tion, Series

This entry is part 15 of 16 in the series My Search for Truth — Wes T

I had pre­vi­ous­ly been able to con­vince myself that the rea­son we don’t have the gold plates is because Joseph Smith, Jr would have been hunt­ed to an… 

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Book of Abraham: Facsimile 1

Wes T No Comments 

Trans­la­tion, Book of Abra­ham, Series

This entry is part 12 of 16 in the series My Search for Truth — Wes T

This is Fac­sim­i­le 1, locat­ed at the front of the Book of Abra­ham in the Pearl of Great Price. Joseph Smith described this scene as “The idol­a­trous priest… 

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TRUTH RESTORED

John Krok 1 Comment 

Sto­ry

[cap­tion id=“attachment_5084” align=“alignright” width=“500”] Pho­to­graph by Welden C. Ander­sen and Richard E. Tur­ley Jr.[/caption] For­mer LDS Church his­to­ri­an D Michael Quinn has quot­ed the fol­low­ing remarks giv­en to him dur­ing the course of an inter­view with Elder Boyd K Pack­er, then an Apos­tle of the LDS Church; “I have a hard time with… 

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