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| | #REDIRECT[[Names in the Book of Mormon]] |
| ==Criticism==
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| Critics claim some Book of Mormon names are used improperly or in an inappropriate context.
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| Examples include:
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| *using "Alma" as a man's name, rather than a woman's name
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| ===Source(s) of the Criticism===
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| *"That Man Alma," ''Utah Evangel'' 33:3 (April 1986): 2.
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| *Walter Martin, The Maze of Mormonism (Santa Ana, California: Vision House, 1978), 327.
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| *Robert McKay, "A Mormon Name," ''Utah Evangel'' 31:8 (August 1984): 4.
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| *John L. Smith, editorial comment on Robert McKay, "A Mormon Name," ''Utah Evangel'' 31:8 (August 1984): 4.
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| ==Response==
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| ===Alma===
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| Despite claims into the 1980s by anti-Mormon critics, the name "Alma" has been known since the 1960s as a male Hebrew name. It occurs in contexts from 2200 B.C. to the second century B.C.[http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/conf/2001RopM.html]
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| ==Conclusion==
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| A summary of the argument against the criticism.
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| ==Further reading==
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| ===FAIR wiki articles===
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| {{Book of Mormon anachronisms}}
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| ===FAIR web site===
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| *FAIR Topical Guide:
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| ===External links===
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| *Links to external web pages
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| ===Printed material===
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| *Printed resources whose text is not available online
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| Matthew Roper, "Right on Target: Boomerang Hits and the Book of Mormon" [http://www.fairlds.org/pubs/conf/2001RopM.html]
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