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Series: Leaving the Church - Eric NelsonLeaving the Church, Part 2 — Book of Abraham
This entry is part 2 of 13 in the series Leaving the Church — Eric Nelson 1. Background Perhaps the most problematic issue undermining the Church is the Book of Abraham. In July…
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Unexpected Results
Three weeks ago, I was a true believer. I wasn’t the best at church attendance, but I would look forward to the days I could go and I would sit, rapt and…
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Factual Claims
This entry is part 2 of 7 in the series Examining Church Claims — Don Cohen The Church makes many specific claims about matters of history (both its own, and that of other peoples),…
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Series: My Search for Truth - Wes TOther translations by Joseph Smith, Jr
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 even earlier death if…
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Series: My Search for Truth - Wes TBook of Abraham: Facsimile 3
This entry is part 14 of 16 in the series My Search for Truth — Wes T Facsimile 3 is described by Joseph Smith as “Abraham sitting upon Pharaoh’s throne, by the politeness of the…
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Series: My Search for Truth - Wes TBook of Abraham: Facsimile 2
This entry is part 13 of 16 in the series My Search for Truth — Wes T Facsimile 2 is actually a representation of a “hypocephalus”. Egyptians would put these under the head of…
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Series: My Search for Truth - Wes TBook of Abraham: Facsimile 1
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…
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Series: My Search for Truth - Wes TBook of Abraham
The majority of members don’t know where the Book of Abraham(found in the Pearl of Great Price) comes from. Here is a brief history from Wikipedia: Several papyri and eleven mummies were…
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Series: My Search for Truth - Wes TBook of Mormon Issue 6+: Everything else
Quoted Isaiah Scriptures Scholars divide the book of Isaiah into three parts. There is very little disagreement about this fact. Here are the three parts and when they were written: Chapters 1…
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Series: My Search for Truth - Wes TBook of Mormon Issue 5: Hebrew DNA
I will go into this in more depth at some time, but until just recently (2006), the introduction page in the Book of Mormon said all of the people chronicled in the…
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Series: My Search for Truth - Wes TBook of Mormon Issue 4: Language
This entry is part 8 of 16 in the series My Search for Truth — Wes T The text of the Book of Mormon indicates that the peoples within the narrative took great care…
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Series: My Search for Truth - Wes TBook of Mormon Issue 3: Technology
We already discussed the chariots which I think is a huge problem. Several additional technology advances are completely out of place. I’ll go through these more briefly than the previous sections, but…