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{{Navigation | {{Navigation code for CES Letter | ||
|name= | |name=CES Letter | ||
|group1= | |group1=Introduction | ||
|list1= | |list1= | ||
|group2= | |group2=Book of Mormon | ||
| | |subgroup2.1=1769 KJV Errors | ||
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*[[KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon]] | *[[KJV translation errors in the Book of Mormon]] | ||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/26/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-2 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 2: Book of Mormon Questions (Section A)] | *[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/26/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-2 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 2: Book of Mormon Questions (Section A)] | ||
| | |subgroup2.2=17th Century Italics | ||
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*[[KJV italicized text in the Book of Mormon]] | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/26/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-2 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 2: Book of Mormon Questions (Section A)] | |||
|subgroup2.3=Mistranslations | |||
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|subgroup2.4=DNA | |||
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*[[DNA and the Book of Mormon]] | |||
*[[Identifying ancient DNA related to Book of Mormon people]] | |||
*[[Geographical issues related to DNA and the Book of Mormon]] | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/27/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-3 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 3: Book of Mormon Questions (Section B)] | |||
|subgroup2.5=Anachronisms | |||
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*[[Principles for assessing anachronisms|Anachronism overview]] | |||
*[[Horses in the Book of Mormon|Horses]] | |||
*[[Elephants in the Book of Mormon|Elephants]] | |||
*[[Other animals in the Book of Mormon|Other animals]] | |||
*[[Synagogues and churches]] | |||
*[[Climate in the Book of Mormon|Climate]] | |||
*[[Metals and materials in the Book of Mormon|Metals and materials]] | |||
*[[Metal plates in ancient Israel]] | |||
*[[Plants in the Book of Mormon|Plants]] | |||
*[[Objects and artifacts in the Book of Mormon|Objects and artifacts]] | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/08/27/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-3 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 3: Book of Mormon Questions (Section B)] | |||
|subgroup2.6=Archaeology | |||
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*[[Population and demographics in the Book of Mormon|Population and demographics]] | |||
*[[Biblical archaeology compared to the Book of Mormon]] | |||
*[[Thomas Stuart Ferguson and Mormon archaeology]] | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/01/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-4 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 4: Book of Mormon Questions (Section C)] | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/03/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-5 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 5: Book of Mormon Questions (Section D)] | |||
|subgroup2.7=Geography | |||
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*[[Church statements on Book of Mormon geography]] | |||
*[[Evaluating Book of Mormon geography theories]] | |||
*[[Old world geography in the Book of Mormon]] | |||
*[[Lehi's journey in the Old World]] | |||
*[[Possible locations for the Valley of Lemuel]] | |||
*[[Possible locations for Shazer]] | |||
*[[Possible locations for Nahom]] | |||
*[[Possible locations for Nephi's Bountiful]] | |||
*[[The Hill Cumorah]] | |||
*[[Mesoamerican Model of Book of Mormon geography|Mesoamerican Model]] | |||
*[[Hemispheric Geography Model of Book of Mormon geography|Hemispheric Geography Model]] | |||
*[[Great Lakes Model of Book of Mormon geography|Great Lakes Model]] | |||
*[[Heartland Model of Book of Mormon geography|Heartland Model]] | |||
*[[Hoaxes related to Book of Mormon geography claims]] | |||
*[[Geographical issues related to DNA and the Book of Mormon]] | |||
*[[Population and demographics in the Book of Mormon|Population and demographics]] | |||
*[[Theory of Book of Mormon place names from area around Joseph Smith's home]] | |||
*[[Theory of Book of Mormon place names from Comoros Islands]] | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/08/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-6 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 6: Book of Mormon Questions (Section E)] | |||
|subgroup2.8=View of the Hebrews | |||
|sublist2.8= | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/10/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-7 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 7: Book of Mormon Questions (Section F)] | |||
|subgroup2.9=The Late War | |||
|sublist2.9= | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/10/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-7 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 7: Book of Mormon Questions (Section F)] | |||
|subgroup2.10=The First Book of Napoleon | |||
|sublist2.10= | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/10/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-7 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 7: Book of Mormon Questions (Section F)] | |||
|subgroup2.11=Early Godhead | |||
|sublist2.11= | |||
*[https://www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/blog/2021/09/08/the-ces-letter-rebuttal-part-6 CES Letter Rebuttal, Part 6: Book of Mormon Questions (Section E)] | |||
}} | }} | ||
• Introduction | |||
• Book of Mormon | |||
o 1769 KJV Errors | |||
o 17th Century Italics | |||
o Mistranslations | |||
o DNA | |||
o Anachronisms | |||
o Archaeology | |||
o Geography | |||
o View of the Hebrews | |||
o The Late War | |||
o The First Book of Napoleon | |||
o Early Godhead | |||
• Book of Mormon Translation | |||
• First Vision | |||
o Four Different Accounts | |||
o Contradictions | |||
o Late Appearance | |||
o Other Problems | |||
• Book of Abraham | |||
o Papyrus Found | |||
o Common Pagan Funerary Text | |||
o Facsimile Summary | |||
o Cosmology | |||
o King James Version Text | |||
o Anachronisms | |||
o Light from Kolob | |||
o The Philosophy of a Future State | |||
o Elder Holland BBC Interview | |||
• Polygamy and Polyandry | |||
• Prophets | |||
o Adam-God | |||
o Blood Atonement | |||
o Polygamy | |||
o Blacks Ban | |||
o Mark Hofmann | |||
• Kinderhook Plates & Translator Claims | |||
o Kinderhook Plates | |||
o Book of Abraham | |||
• Testimony and Spiritual Witness | |||
o Same Claims | |||
o Outsider Test for Faith | |||
o Unreliable Method | |||
o Book of Mormon Copyright Revelation | |||
o Discrepancy | |||
o Paul H. Dunn | |||
o Apostle Counsels | |||
o How Reliable Is the Spirit? | |||
o Real vs. Not Real | |||
• Priesthood Restoration | |||
o Before 1832 | |||
o David Whitmer | |||
o Backdating | |||
o Absence in Book of Commandments | |||
o Retrofitted | |||
o Ordained by Lyman Wight | |||
• Witnesses | |||
o Magical Worldview | |||
o Witnesses | |||
o Second Sight | |||
o No Document of Actual Signatures | |||
o Conclusion | |||
• Temples & Freemasonry | |||
o 7 Weeks After | |||
o True Masonry | |||
o Same Masonic Version | |||
o Zero Links to Solomon’s Temple | |||
o Temple Changes | |||
o Secret Tokens & Signs | |||
o Separate Families? | |||
• Science | |||
o Death before the Fall | |||
o Multiple Hominid Species | |||
o Neanderthal DNA Present in Adam’s Descendants | |||
o Discredited Claims | |||
• Other | |||
o Church’s Dishonesty, Censorship, and Whitewashing Over Its History | |||
o CENSORSHIP | |||
o Church Finances | |||
o Names of the Church | |||
o Anti-intellectualism | |||
• Conclusion |
• Introduction
• Book of Mormon
o 1769 KJV Errors
o 17th Century Italics
o Mistranslations
o DNA
o Anachronisms
o Archaeology
o Geography
o View of the Hebrews
o The Late War
o The First Book of Napoleon
o Early Godhead
• Book of Mormon Translation
• First Vision
o Four Different Accounts
o Contradictions
o Late Appearance
o Other Problems
• Book of Abraham
o Papyrus Found
o Common Pagan Funerary Text
o Facsimile Summary
o Cosmology
o King James Version Text
o Anachronisms
o Light from Kolob
o The Philosophy of a Future State
o Elder Holland BBC Interview
• Polygamy and Polyandry
• Prophets
o Adam-God
o Blood Atonement
o Polygamy
o Blacks Ban
o Mark Hofmann
• Kinderhook Plates & Translator Claims
o Kinderhook Plates
o Book of Abraham
• Testimony and Spiritual Witness
o Same Claims
o Outsider Test for Faith
o Unreliable Method
o Book of Mormon Copyright Revelation
o Discrepancy
o Paul H. Dunn
o Apostle Counsels
o How Reliable Is the Spirit?
o Real vs. Not Real
• Priesthood Restoration
o Before 1832
o David Whitmer
o Backdating
o Absence in Book of Commandments
o Retrofitted
o Ordained by Lyman Wight
• Witnesses
o Magical Worldview
o Witnesses
o Second Sight
o No Document of Actual Signatures
o Conclusion
• Temples & Freemasonry
o 7 Weeks After
o True Masonry
o Same Masonic Version
o Zero Links to Solomon’s Temple
o Temple Changes
o Secret Tokens & Signs
o Separate Families?
• Science
o Death before the Fall
o Multiple Hominid Species
o Neanderthal DNA Present in Adam’s Descendants
o Discredited Claims
• Other
o Church’s Dishonesty, Censorship, and Whitewashing Over Its History
o CENSORSHIP
o Church Finances
o Names of the Church
o Anti-intellectualism
• Conclusion
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