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User contributions for TrevorHolyoak
A user with 158 edits. Account created on 18 March 2007.
10 May 2024
- 05:0005:00, 10 May 2024 diff hist +4 "Approaching Mormon Doctrine," LDS Newsroom (May 2007): "Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine" →"Approaching Mormon Doctrine," LDS Newsroom (May 2007): "Not every statement made by a Church leader, past or present, necessarily constitutes doctrine"
28 April 2024
- 03:4203:42, 28 April 2024 diff hist +2 m Question: How quickly could one join the Methodists in the 1830s? →Orthodox Christians may have the waiting period waved, but this still requires membership in an orthodox denomination, which Joseph Smith did not have
22 May 2023
- 19:0019:00, 22 May 2023 diff hist +198 Sarah Allen's Response to Letter For My Wife No edit summary current
9 March 2023
- 23:2323:23, 9 March 2023 diff hist +420 Sarah Allen's Response to Letter For My Wife No edit summary
6 March 2023
- 18:1418:14, 6 March 2023 diff hist −23 Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision/1843 (The Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette account) →Source text
- 18:1218:12, 6 March 2023 diff hist +76 Accounts of Joseph Smith's First Vision/1843 (The Pittsburgh Weekly Gazette account) →Source text
22 February 2023
- 20:5120:51, 22 February 2023 diff hist +353 Sarah Allen's Response to Letter For My Wife No edit summary
2 December 2022
- 20:1920:19, 2 December 2022 diff hist −1 m Mormonism and church leadership/Criticisms →Question: Was Russell M. Nelson part of a satanic cult called “Skulls and Bones” in college?
6 September 2022
- 17:1917:19, 6 September 2022 diff hist +1 Question: Why would Lehi be living in Jerusalem if he was of the tribe of Joseph? →Israelites from the Northern tribes, including the tribes of Joseph, had fled to Jerusalam in the 8th century BC
- 17:1817:18, 6 September 2022 diff hist −169 Lehi's ancestry and place of residence No edit summary
23 August 2022
- 17:5517:55, 23 August 2022 diff hist −373 m Question: Did Joseph Fielding Smith remove the 1832 account of Joseph Smith's First Vision from its original letterbook and hide it in his safe? Reverted edits by SpencerMarsh (talk) to last revision by TrevorHolyoak
10 August 2022
- 18:0218:02, 10 August 2022 diff hist 0 m Question: Did Emma Smith discover her husband Joseph with Fanny Alger in a barn? →William McLellin claimed to have heard a story that Fanny and Joseph were in the barn and Emma had observed them
21 July 2022
- 17:1217:12, 21 July 2022 diff hist −369 Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider the practice of masturbation sinful? →What do I do if I'm struggling with masturbation?
11 July 2022
- 19:4719:47, 11 July 2022 diff hist +190 Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ/Aversion therapy performed at BYU No edit summary
- 19:4619:46, 11 July 2022 diff hist +1 Question: Did the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) ever conduct aversion therapy? →Question: Did the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) ever conduct aversion therapy?
- 19:4319:43, 11 July 2022 diff hist −2 Question: Did the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) ever conduct aversion therapy? →Question: Did the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) ever conduct aversion therapy?
- 19:1619:16, 11 July 2022 diff hist +191 Question: Did the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (Mormons) ever conduct aversion therapy? →The Church never conducted aversion therapies of any sort. However, aversion therapy was conducted at BYU in the 1970s
31 May 2022
- 17:2417:24, 31 May 2022 diff hist +10 Understanding revelation →Question: How do Latter-day Saints understand prophetic revelation?
12 April 2022
- 00:5200:52, 12 April 2022 diff hist +50 Question: Was Moses a real person? →Biblical scholarship still holds the possibility of a Moses like figure in history
- 00:5100:51, 12 April 2022 diff hist −1,249 Question: Was Moses a real person? →Biblical scholarship still holds the possibility of a Moses like figure in history
4 April 2022
- 23:4623:46, 4 April 2022 diff hist −742 Question: Was “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” drafted by lawyers in Hawaii in response to legal concerns the Church had over the legalization of gay marriage? →Question: Was “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” drafted by lawyers in Hawaii in response to legal concerns the Church had over the legalization of gay marriage?
3 April 2022
- 03:4103:41, 3 April 2022 diff hist +40 Response to Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith No edit summary
- 03:3703:37, 3 April 2022 diff hist +15 Response to Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith No edit summary
9 March 2022
- 19:1519:15, 9 March 2022 diff hist −12 Question: What is the "second anointing"? →Question: What is the "second anointing"?
7 March 2022
- 18:3718:37, 7 March 2022 diff hist +12 Question: Does FAIR provide "official" answers to questions? →FAIR provides information and opinions, but does not speak for the Church
- 18:3518:35, 7 March 2022 diff hist −97 Question: Does FAIR provide "official" answers to questions? →Question: Does FAIR provide "official" answers to questions?
22 February 2022
- 22:5622:56, 22 February 2022 diff hist −14 Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider the practice of masturbation sinful? →Introduction to Question
5 February 2022
- 22:5222:52, 5 February 2022 diff hist +8 Question: In the spirit world after this life, will those who lived in President Hinckley's time will be bowed to? →This claim is false, and has been repeatedly disavowed by the Church
21 January 2022
- 18:1618:16, 21 January 2022 diff hist −6 Template:Templedisclaimer No edit summary current
14 January 2022
- 00:2000:20, 14 January 2022 diff hist −3 Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Robert Ritner →Claims about the Kirtland Egyptian Papers
13 January 2022
- 16:0716:07, 13 January 2022 diff hist −5 Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider the practice of masturbation sinful? →Introduction to Question
- 16:0616:06, 13 January 2022 diff hist +136 Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider the practice of masturbation sinful? →Introduction to Question
- 16:0316:03, 13 January 2022 diff hist +111 Question: Why does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints consider the practice of masturbation sinful? →Introduction to Question
20 December 2021
- 21:1321:13, 20 December 2021 diff hist −37,813 Question: Was “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” drafted by lawyers in Hawaii in response to legal concerns the Church had over the legalization of gay marriage? →It seems that it is true that these legal concerns played a role but it does not appear that they played the only role.
17 December 2021
- 21:5221:52, 17 December 2021 diff hist +248 Sarah Allen CES Response Posts No edit summary
8 December 2021
- 23:3623:36, 8 December 2021 diff hist +364 Sarah Allen CES Response Posts No edit summary
16 September 2021
- 19:5819:58, 16 September 2021 diff hist −1,694 Question: What is the Adam Clarke Commentary and what do critics of Mormonism claim about it as it regards the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible? →The Adam Clarke Commentary Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments was a 19th century commentary on the Bible.
- 19:5319:53, 16 September 2021 diff hist −277 Question: What is the Adam Clarke Commentary and what do critics of Mormonism claim about it as it regards the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible? →Kent P. Jackson, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University, responded to Wayment's and Wilson-Lemmon's work on October 2, 2020 with criticisms that revealed devastating weaknesses in their theory.
- 19:4919:49, 16 September 2021 diff hist +151 Question: What is the Adam Clarke Commentary and what do critics of Mormonism claim about it as it regards the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible? →Further Reading
- 19:4619:46, 16 September 2021 diff hist −60 Question: What is the Adam Clarke Commentary and what do critics of Mormonism claim about it as it regards the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible? →Kent P. Jackson, Emeritus Professor of Ancient Scripture at Brigham Young University, responded to Wayment's and Wilson-Lemmon's work on October 2, 2020 with criticisms that revealed devastating weaknesses in their theory.
28 June 2021
- 17:3217:32, 28 June 2021 diff hist −7 Question: Have the doctrines in the Mormon document "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" long been taught in the Church? →Question: Have the doctrines in the Mormon document "The Family: A Proclamation to the World" long been taught in the Church?
12 April 2021
- 00:4800:48, 12 April 2021 diff hist +1 Question: At the Reed Smoot Senate hearings, did Joseph F. Smith tesify that he never received revelation? No edit summary
21 March 2021
- 18:3918:39, 21 March 2021 diff hist −2 Mormonism/Atheism/Epistemic Responsibility No edit summary
18 March 2021
- 20:2220:22, 18 March 2021 diff hist −373 Question: Did Joseph Fielding Smith remove the 1832 account of Joseph Smith's First Vision from its original letterbook and hide it in his safe? →Response to the critical perspective
8 March 2021
- 21:3221:32, 8 March 2021 diff hist −6 Template:Main Page No edit summary
18 February 2021
- 05:4805:48, 18 February 2021 diff hist −1 m Question: Does the Book of Mormon plagiarize the King James Bible? →The Book of Mormon emulates the language and style of the King James Bible because that is the scriptural style Joseph Smith, translator of the Book of Mormon, was familiar with
26 October 2020
- 19:1719:17, 26 October 2020 diff hist −28 m Fallibility of prophets Reverted edits by RogerNicholson (talk) to last revision by FairMormonBot
30 September 2020
- 18:5618:56, 30 September 2020 diff hist +71 Question: Was “The Family: A Proclamation to the World” drafted by lawyers in Hawaii in response to legal concerns the Church had over the legalization of gay marriage? No edit summary
24 September 2020
- 16:5516:55, 24 September 2020 diff hist −1 m Question: Did Joseph Smith ignorantly include an error from the Bible into the Book of Mormon when including the Lord's Prayer in 3 Nephit 13:13? →Question: Did Joseph Smith ignorantly include an error from the Bible into the Book of Mormon when including the Lord's Prayer in 3 Nephit 13:13?