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Joseph Smith’s Polygamy Denials
Introduction Joseph Smith denied the practice of polygamy1 on several occasions. He was also responsible for the publication or distribution of several additional denials. A complete listing of early Church leader polygamy denials up to 1850 is available here. A few notes: Hyperlinks to original source material may be found by…
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Faith of a naturalist: response to “Faith of a Science Teacher” questions
Introduction On February 12, 2017, The Faith of a Science Teacher published a post entitled “Questions about the Church and Gospel of Jesus Christ”. I think many of these questions are very poignant. Having thought for many years about these same kinds of questions, I decided to offer up some…
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Eyes vs Heart
There may be those that attack a 14yr old boy prophet, the Book of Mormon prophets, living prophets, and a living Christ. There were those that accused, and today accuse, Jesus Christ of not being Christian, of having, and being the devil. There are those that deny the existence of Heavenly Father,…
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To peek behind the curtain: weighing the decision to investigate LDS truth-claims
Why not investigate? From the perspective of a believing member, there are many valid reasons to avoid critically1 investigating the truth-claims of the Church.2 Lack the time, energy, interest, or capability To investigate requires time and effort. Most members are busy raising a family and have many demands on their…
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Five Key Facts
This is a very short summary of what I view as the 5 most important facts in understanding alternative models for LDS truth claims. To the best of my knowledge, every point made in this document is accepted as factual by both LDS and non-LDS scholars (please correct me if…
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Understanding Book of Mormon Geography
It has become apparent to me that the reason why it has been impossible to pin locations for the Book of Mormon till now is because the Book of Mormon mentions six seas and the narrow passage and narrow neck are two separate geographic features. The narrow passage is not…
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Reformed Egyptian Four Surviving Characters
Reformed Egyptian In 1680 Father Chretian Le Clercq a Roman Catholic missionary lived among the Micmac Indians for twelve years. After spending this time with the Micmac, he then sailed back to France and wrote a book about the customs and religion of the Micmac Indians. He helped the Micmac…
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Archeological Evidence of the West Sea Fortified Line
Archeological Evidence of the West Sea Fortified Line The Nephites were under constant attack from the Lamanite particularly by the West Sea. To fortify against these attacks a fortified line needed to be built The fortified line described in the Book of Helaman is near Bountiful and extended from the West Sea…
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Exact Location of the Waters of Ripliancum
Ether Chapter 15 discusses the end of the Jaredite people through war. Two opposing factions fight until the death of all those involved. From the Book of Mormon we can derive the exact location of the waters of Ripliancum This location is based on the Six Sea Model http://bookofmormonevidence.blogspot.com/2016/09/alma-chapter-22-bom-map.html Ether 15 7…
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Archeological Evidence of the Fortified cities by the East Sea
Archeological Evidence of the Fortified Cities by the East Sea This evidence is based on the Six Sea Model http://bookofmormonevidence.blogspot.com/2016/09/alma-chapter-22-bom-map.html I will be using the Hopewell mound fortifications found in New York State and Pennsylvania for archeological evidence for the fortifications described in Alma Chapter 50 and refortified in Alma Chapter 52. E.G…
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Joseph Smith and Polyandry
Of all the aspects of church history I found polyandry to be the most surprising and the most shocking. But because I hold the Book of Mormon to be authentic and brought about how Joseph Smith stated. I have to give Joseph Smith the benefit of the doubt that his actions…
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X2A’J Bible and Book of Mormon DNA
DNA marker x2a’j is probably the greatest DNA evidence for the Book of Mormon thus far. X2a’j is not found in North America but its importance to Native American DNA is virtually unknown. It’s the 5‑ton elephant in the room that researcher’s geneticist do not want to talk about. Outside of…
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