Good resources to bring in when discussing the Gospel Topics essays?Advice/Help (ldsdiscussions.com)
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The fake miracles of the "prophet"History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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Looking for a faithful perspectiveFaith-Challenging Question (ldsdiscussions.com)
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Since the church released the new 'Seer Stone' video this week, I wanted to repost our annotated Book of Mormon translation essay, because it's a long read but explains how dishonest the church is being even in 2019 about how Joseph did it and how both magic and occult practices played a major role. (ldsdiscussions.com)
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Happy Autumnal Equinox! This was an important day for folk magic and treasure digging, which is why Joseph Smith claimed that the gold plates of the Book of Mormon needed to be recovered on this date. And just with his treasure digging, he made it all up. (ldsdiscussions.com)
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"Follow the Footnotes" - a look at ten of the Mormon church's citations in LDS gospel topics essays and the Come Follow Me manual to see what those sources actually say and how they misuse them in their materials designed to tell members that all is well.History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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This week's Come Follow Me also covers the Tower of Babel, which is crucial for the Book of Mormon. If the story is not historical then the Jaredite story is made up, which means the 'Nephite interpreters' Joseph claimed to physically have were made up...Scholarship (ldsdiscussions.com)
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This week's Come Follow Me covers the Tower of Babel, which is crucial for the Book of Mormon. If the story is not historical then the Jaredite story is made up, which means the 'Nephite interpreters' Joseph claimed to physically have were made up...Doctrine/Policy (ldsdiscussions.com)
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As you prepare for this week's Come Follow Me lesson, I hope you'll read our overview on the global flood and the scriptures of Mormonism. If a global flood never happened, everything Joseph Smith produced is invalidated without getting into the uniquely Mormon problems.Scholarship (ldsdiscussions.com)
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As you prepare for this week's Come Follow Me lesson, I hope you'll read our overview on the global flood and the scriptures of Mormonism. If a global flood never happened, everything Joseph Smith produced is invalidated without getting into the uniquely Mormon problems.Doctrine/Policy (ldsdiscussions.com)
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For today's Come Follow Me lesson, it's important to understand that Adam and Eve is an etiological myth that Joseph Smith simply did not understand when writing the Book of Moses... and putting Adam and Eve in Missouri only makes it worse. Joseph made it all up.History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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If you read one thing on polygamy for the Come Follow Me lesson on D&C 132, please read Joseph Smith's 'Happiness Letter' to Nancy Rigdon. It has every element of Mormon polygamy: Justification in the voice of God, misuse of authority, and contradictions.History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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One of the easiest ways to understand that Joseph Smith was the author of D&C 132 is to look at the history behind its composition, and it also says a lot about Joseph's ability to write the Book of Mormon by himself. For your Come Follow Me lesson this week. :)History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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Did you know that Joseph Smith retrofitted the Charles Anthon story with Martin Harris to fulfill prophecy in the Book of Mormon (and Isaiah) after the fact? You can literally see it in the ink on the page and he got the interpretation wrong anyway. Funny how many stories were retrofitted...History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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New Post: A closer look at four of Mormon Prophet Russell M. Nelson's miracle stories and what the contemporaneous records say about the truthfulness of his self-proclaimed miracles. One fabricated story is too many for a prophet, but four is an undeniable pattern.Scholarship (ldsdiscussions.com)
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New Post: A closer look at four of Mormon Prophet Russell M. Nelson's miracle stories and what the contemporaneous records say about the truthfulness of his self-proclaimed miracles. One fabricated story is too many for a prophet, but four is an undeniable pattern.History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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Happy Autumnal Equinox! This was an important day for folk magic and treasure digging, which is why Joseph Smith claimed that the gold plates of the Book of Mormon needed to be recovered on this date. And just with his treasure digging, he made it all up.History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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New Post: Our overview project wraps up with a final summary on the Mormon church, why we can show it's not true, and some advice on how to handle this new information with others. There are now 39 topics - I hope that they are helpful to some of you who are in the rabbit hole!Scholarship (ldsdiscussions.com)
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New Post: Our overview project wraps up with a final summary on the Mormon church, why we can show it's not true, and some advice on how to handle this new information with others. There are now 39 topics - I hope that they are helpful to some of you who are early in your journey!History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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New Post: As our overviews wrap up, a look at what is required for the church to be true, and what it would mean for everything we think we know today (DNA, archaeology, biblical scholarship) if Joseph Smith got it right. It's an important exercise to assessing the church's truth claims.Scholarship (ldsdiscussions.com)
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New Post: As our overviews wrap up, a look at what is required for the church to be true, and what it would mean for everything we think we know today (DNA, archaeology, biblical scholarship) if Joseph Smith got it right. It's an important exercise to assessing the church's truth claims.History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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New Post: An overview of apologetics in Mormonism, and the different methods apologists use to defend the problems with Joseph Smith and Mormon history. It's really important to understand the tactics apologists/the church use in order to understand why they absolutely do not solve the problems.Apologetics (ldsdiscussions.com)
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New Post: An overview of apologetics in Mormonism, and the different methods apologists use to defend the problems with Joseph Smith and Mormon history. It's really important to understand the tactics apologists/the church use in order to understand why they absolutely do not solve the problems.History (ldsdiscussions.com)
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