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- James E. Talmage (Apr 1929): "the Book of Mormon does not give us precise and definite information whereby we can locate those places with certainty" (5 revisions)
- LDS Department of Education Study Manual (1938): "the Book of Mormon deals only with the history and expansion of three small colonies which came to America and it does not deny or disprove the possibility of other immigrations" (5 revisions)
- Question: Journal of Discourses 2:210 says Jesus was being married to Mary and Martha in Cana. Why would Jesus be invited to his own wedding? (5 revisions)
- George A. Smith (1868): "revealed to Joseph by the ministration of angels, the true condition of the religious world" (5 revisions)
- Ensign (1977): "plural marriage...Starting during Joseph Smith’s own lifetime but limited to a few dozen families until its official announcement in 1852" (5 revisions)
- Question: Was Orson Hyde unaware of the details of the Father and Son appearing to Joseph in the First Vision? (5 revisions)
- Question: Did Hosea Stout have three men flogged because they "were not in good fellowship"? (5 revisions)
- George A. Smith (1864 - quoting Joseph Smith): "When the light rested upon me I saw two personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description...'This is my beloved son, hear him'" (5 revisions)
- Reference templates/To learn more boxes/Joseph Smith (5 revisions)
- Reference templates/Videos/Olive Wood (5 revisions)
- Mark E. Peterson (1982): "Now, a General Authority might speculate, I suppose. We have had speculation, for instance, on the part of some with respect to Book of Mormon geography" (5 revisions)
- Reference templates/BH Roberts Foundation (5 revisions)
- Latter-day Saint teachings (5 revisions)
- Latter-day Saints and the symbol of the cross (5 revisions)
- Source:Clark:A Key for Evaluating Nephite Geographies:This should be our second question, the first being whether the geography fits the facts of the Book of Mormon (5 revisions)
- Lowell T. Bennion (Sunday School - 1955): "The Book of Mormon itself does not purport to be a history of all pre-Columbian peoples in the Western Hemisphere" (5 revisions)
- Source:Book of Mormon and DNA Studies:Gospel Topics:Much as critics and defenders of the Book of Mormon would like to use DNA studies to support their views, the evidence is simply inconclusive (5 revisions)
- Marion G. Romney (6 Apr 1963): "I have for the past two years been supervising the Latin American missions...the Lamanites, many of whom live in these missions" (5 revisions)
- Sexual assault victims and lack of culpability (5 revisions)
- Question: Was 19th century Mormonism perceived as a group of "radical, immoral, and un-American band of religious zealots"? (5 revisions)
- Source:Book of Mormon and DNA Studies:Gospel Topics:Basic principles of population genetics suggest the need for a more careful approach to the data (5 revisions)
- Reference templates/Videos/FAIR (5 revisions)
- Question: Was the establishment of the Kirtland Safety Society "anti-bank" illegal? (5 revisions)
- Melvin J. Ballard (Apr 1938): "for these millions who are in Mexico, Central America and South America their day must come" (5 revisions)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith, Sr. a believer in witchcraft and the supernatural? (5 revisions)
- Messenger and Advocate/2 (5 revisions)
- Source:Clement of Rome:For this reason righteousness and peace are now far departed from you (5 revisions)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith aware that the date of the autumnal equinox was somehow significant? (5 revisions)
- Source:Gospel Topics:Decisions about birth control and the consequences of those decisions rest solely with each married couple (5 revisions)
- Source:Christian Advocate and Journal:29 Jul 1841:This little band, after wandering long and far, came at last to America, and planted themselves in the western part of the present State of New York (5 revisions)
- Question: Was counterfeiting a crime that was "worthy of death" among 19th century Mormons? (5 revisions)
- Missionary responds to critic (1843): "I contend that it is North and South America both that includes the promised land to the branches of Joseph" (5 revisions)
- Source:Hinckley:Deseret News:2002:What the church requires is only belief that Adam was the first man of what we would call the human race (5 revisions)
- FAIR Study Aids/Gospel Doctrine/Book of Mormon/Lesson Ten (5 revisions)
- Mormonism/Atheism/Epistemic Responsibility (5 revisions)
- Reference templates/FARMS Review/Volume 19 (5 revisions)
- Question: Was the apostasy after Christ complete? (5 revisions)
- Source:James E. Talmage:The Vitality of Mormonism:42:God has not established His Church to make of its members irresponsible automatons (5 revisions)
- Reference templates/FARMS Review/Volume 4 (5 revisions)
- Question: Did any publications prior to 1870 mention the phrase "This is My Beloved Son" in connection with the First Vision? (5 revisions)
- Source:John E. Clark:JBMS:8:1:1999:My purpose here is to present the latest drawing of this monument, to discuss how this drawing was made, and to suggest its implications for the Lehi hypothesis (5 revisions)
- Source:John E. Page:1 Jul 1842:The city was in some region on the South of what is called at this time, North America (5 revisions)
- Source:JBMS 8:1:It is true that firstlings...were not used for the normal burnt offering. However it is a mistake to think that they were not sacrificed at all (5 revisions)
- Reference templates/FARMS Review/Volume 5 (5 revisions)
- Question: Did Heber C. Kimball and Orson Hyde order Nauvoo's police force to kill an apostate named Lambert Symes? (5 revisions)
- Reference templates/Videos/FAIR Conference (5 revisions)
- Source:Chadwick:Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem:Lehi's land of inheritance was most likely not located within the borders of the southern kingdom of Judah (5 revisions)
- FAIR Conference Presentations on the Book of Abraham (5 revisions)
- Source:Chadwick:Glimpses of Lehi's Jerusalem:Lehi's House at Jerusalem and the Land of His Inheritance:Going "up" to Jerusalem (5 revisions)
- Question: Is there no biblical requirement to receive baptism? (5 revisions)