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- Question: Did Joseph Smith have any children through any of his polyandrous marriages? (2 categories)
- Question: What is the light which comes from the presence of God? (2 categories)
- Question: Does the Book of Abraham state that the sun gets its photons from Kolob? (2 categories)
- Question: Why are many of the quotes from Isaiah in the Book of Mormon identical to those in the King James Bible? (2 categories)
- Matthews: "To regard the New Translation...as a product of divine inspiration given to Joseph Smith does not necessarily assume that it be a restoration of the original Bible text" (2 categories)
- Question: How is the Joseph Smith Translation best understood? (2 categories)
- Question: Why does "Nahom" constitute archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon? (2 categories)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith have access to materials related to Nahom at Allegheny College? (2 categories)
- Question: How does archaeology in the New World fit with the Book of Mormon? (2 categories)
- Question: How would Book of Mormon archaeology compare to that of the Bible? (2 categories)
- Question: What do we find when we turn to the records of the ancient (i.e. before A.D. 400) Americas? (2 categories)
- Question: What archaeological evidence might be considered the minimal irrefutable proof needed to convince a non-believing world of the authenticity of the Nephite scripture? (2 categories)
- Question: How would an archaeologist distinguish a Christian's pot from that of a non-Christian? (2 categories)
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have acquired the names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" from a map of the Comoro archipelago off the coast of Africa? (2 categories)
- Question: Were the names "Moroni" and "Cumorah" available on maps accessible to Joseph Smith? (2 categories)
- Question: Has the book ''View of the Hebrews'' been readily available? (2 categories)
- Question: Is there a link between Ethan Smith, author of ''View of the Hebrews'', and Oliver Cowdery? (2 categories)
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith make changes to the Book of Mormon such as modifying "God" to read "the Son of God"? (2 categories)
- Question: Does Church art always reflect reality? (2 categories)
- Question: Why are people concerned about Church artwork? (2 categories)
- Question: How do non-Mormon artists treat the Nativity? (2 categories)
- Question: What message does the Book of Mormon translation painting convey? (2 categories)
- Question: Are the ages stated in Joseph's accounts of the First Vision 'all over the place?' (2 categories)
- Question: Is there a case where Joseph stated that his age was 17 rather than 14 at the time of the First Vision? (2 categories)
- Question: How do the First Vision accounts compare on the subject of Joseph's motivation for praying? (2 categories)
- Joseph Smith: "Jesus Christ became a ministering spirit (while his body was lying in the sepulcher)...After His resurrection He appeared as an angel to His disciples" (2 categories)
- Joseph Smith (14 Nov. 1835): "I received the first visitation of angels, which was when I was about fourteen years old" (2 categories)
- Question: Did the actual words "God the Father" and "Jesus Christ" appear in Joseph's 1838 account of the First Vision? (2 categories)
- Question: Did Joseph mention a "pillar of fire" or a "pillar of light" in his 1832 account of the First Vision? (2 categories)
- Joseph Smith (1832): "a piller of fire light above the brightness of the sun at noon day come down from above" (2 categories)
- Joseph Smith (9 Nov. 1835): "a pillar of fire appeared above my head...a personage appeard in the midst of this pillar of flame" (2 categories)
- Orson Pratt (1840): "a very bright and glorious light in the heavens...He expected to have seen the leaves and boughs of the trees consumed, as soon as the light came in contact with them" (2 categories)
- Joseph Smith (1842): "surrounded with a brilliant light which eclipsed the sun at noon-day" (2 categories)
- Question: Why did Joseph Smith state the he was visited by two personages and then just five days later say that he was visited by angels? (2 categories)
- Joseph Smith (14 Nov. 1835): "I received the first visitation of Angels which was when I was about 14" (2 categories)
- Question: Does the use of the capitalized word "Angel" in the 14 November 1835 account refer to Deity? (2 categories)
- Question: Was the ''History of the Church'' falsified when "first visitation of Angels" was changed to "my first vision"? (2 categories)
- Question: How early was the story of the First Vision known among the members of the Church? (2 categories)
- Question: Does Church manual, ''The Teachings of the Presidents of the Church: Brigham Young'', attempt to "hide history" by portraying Brigham Young (a well-known polygamist) as having only one wife? (2 categories)
- Question: Aren't tithing funds from "long ago" ultimately the source of all current Church funds? (2 categories)
- Question: How many times was the name of the Church changed through revelation? (2 categories)
- Question: What names did the Church go by prior to the revelation which established the correct one? (2 categories)
- Question: Why did Elder Boyd K. Packer state that "Some things that are true are not very useful"? (2 categories)
- Question: Does the Strengthening Church Members Committee still exist? (2 categories)
- Question: What does the Church teach on the subject of death before the Fall of Adam? (2 categories)
- Question: Was there no death on the entire earth before the Fall? (2 categories)
- Question: What was the state of things on the Earth prior to the placement of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden? (2 categories)
- Question: What changes have been made to the ''Gospel Principles'' manual regarding the question of death on the earth before the Fall of Adam? (2 categories)
- Question: Is the concept of no death before the fall on the ''entire earth'' Church doctrine? (2 categories)
- Question: How do Latter-day Saints reconcile scriptural accounts of the Flood of Noah with scientific evidence of continuous human habitation on the earth? (2 categories)