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- Question: How have leaders of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints reacted to the stories of the White Horse prophecy? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: How is the Joseph Smith Translation best understood? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: How many seer stones did Joseph Smith have in his possession? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: How quickly could one join the Methodists in the 1830s? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: How reliable is the testimony of Bishop Philip Klingensmith with regard to the Mountain Meadows Massacre? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: How were divorces formalized among Mormons on the frontier in the 19th century? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: How were metals used in the Book of Mormon? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If "the wages of sin is death" as described in Romans 6:23, and the fall of Adam and Eve was a transgression rather than a sin, then why did it introduce death into the world? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If God rejected the fig leaf aprons worn by Adam and Eve, why do Mormons wear aprons representing this in the temple? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If Mormons don't drink coffee and tea because it contains caffeine, then why do they consume other products which contain caffeine? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If a doctrine is repudiated, does that mean that it was false when it was being taught? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If modern Egyptologists say that this is a representation of Min, and Min is a “pagan” God, how could Joseph Smith say that it represents God sitting on his throne? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: In what manner was the Aaronic Priesthood restored? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is ''History of the Church'' not accurate because Joseph Smith did not write it himself? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is ''History of the Church'' not accurate because Joseph Smith himself did not write it himself? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is Mormon insistence on baptism as an essential ordinance of salvation "unChristian" or "unbiblical"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is Mormonism in error because Christianity requires a "closed canon" instead of the Church's "open canon"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is Wikipedia's portrayal of Martin Harris as a gullible, superstitious man accurate? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is interracial marriage prohibited or condemned within the Church? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is it ever allowable to modify a religious ceremony? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is it possible that Joseph Smith simply added the Book of Ether to the Book of Mormon as an "afterthought" in order to explain the variety of animals in the New World? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is it true that Mormon missionaries are not allowed to swim because Satan has dominion over the waters? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is it true that there used to be fourteen Articles of Faith? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is someone unreliable because they practiced "treasure hunting" and believed in the use of seer stones to find lost objects? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is textual criticism of Biblical texts superior to receiving revelation on that text through a prophet of God? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the Bible without error? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the Father embodied or a spirit in the first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the Mormon doctrine of "agency" or "free will" false, since all human choices are predetermined by the laws of physics? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the Mormon temple garment simply "magic underwear"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the concept of "original sin" part of all Christian theology? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the mention of "Ur of the Chaldees" in the Book of Abraham an anachronism? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the mention of barley in the Book of Mormon an anachronism? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the mention of gold in the Book of Mormon an anachronism? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the mention of silver in the Book of Mormon an anachronism? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the mention of the metal "ziff" in the Book of Mormon an anachronism? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the representation of Min actually Egyptian "pornography"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the suicide rate in Utah higher than the national average? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is there a case where Joseph stated that his age was 17 rather than 14 at the time of the First Vision? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Many who listened to Elder Dunn's stories felt the spirit. Why would one feel the spirit upon hearing a story that was fabricated? Doesn't this confirm a lie? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Of what material were the Book of Mormon "gold" plates constructed? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Regarding the gold plates, did Martin Harris claim that "the eight witnesses never saw them and hesitated to sign that instrument for that reason, but they were persuaded to do it"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Should Mormons reject "wayward" family members or those who leave the Church? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Should we pay tithing before paying for food or rent? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Since Joseph Smith "married" the wives of 11 other men, why were those women not "destroyed" as specified in the Doctrine and Covenants since they continued to live with their "previous" husbands? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Bishop M'Kendree, a Methodist revivalist preacher, the model for King Benjamin in the Book of Mormon? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Captain Kidd "hanged for crimes allegedly committed in the vicinity of Moroni on Grand Comoro?" (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith's 1832 prophecy of the Civil War invalid because slaves did not rise up against their masters in the Civil War? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith afraid to reproduce the text of the lost 116 pages of Book of Mormon manuscript because he could not do so? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith found guilty of being a "con man" in 1826? (used on 3 pages)