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Revision as of 04:05, 24 May 2011
Mormonism and church integrity
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Accusations of hypocrisy in Church practices
Summary: Critics claim that the Church, as a corporate entity, controls business properties that are not consistent with its stated purposes. Examples include claims that the Church owns controlling stock in the Coca-Cola company, tobacco companies, and alcohol companies."Lying for the Lord"
Summary: Critics have long charged the LDS with organizationally and systematically “lying for the Lord,” equating such with a policy of using any means necessary to achieve some “good” goal. This claim is false, and a biased reading of Church history. One must not use ethically questionable tactics because one believes the “end justifies the means.”Joseph Smith period
Crime in Nauvoo
Counterfeiting by Joseph Smith and apostles at Nauvoo?
Joseph Smith land speculation
Joseph Smith taught 'it was right to steal'
Orson Hyde says Spirit of Lord may influence to steal
Hiding Joseph's use of a gun at the martyrdom?
Utah period
Brigham Young—pulling the wool over Americans' eyes?
Present day
Church art and historical accuracy
Brigham Young manual hides the truth about polygamy
"Censorship" and "revision" of LDS history?
- Brigham Young destroys Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Did David B. Haight use astrological ideas about the moon, only to be censored later? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Lucy Mack Smith letter about First Vision suppressed? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - President Boyd K. Packer on the truth (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Elder Packer address to CES (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ : "The Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect" - Sidney Rigdon trial in Times and Seasons versus History of the Church (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Wilford Woodruff criticizes publication of polygamists (Click here for full article)
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- Brigham Young destroys Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph? (Click here for full article)