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What happens when rather than get in close to the sticky issues of Mormonism you step back? In fact step back so far as to see the 30,000 foot view and look at what Mormonism has standing in the way of its truth claims. And how such speaks to just how reasonable and rational it is to release one’s belief in the faith and to step away having allowed oneself to be a rational logical critical thinking human being.

What happens when rather than get in close to the sticky issues of Mormonism you step back? In fact step back so far as to see the 30,000 foot view and look at what Mormonism has standing in the way of its truth claims. And how such speaks to just how reasonable and rational it is to release one’s belief in the faith and to step away having allowed oneself to be a rational logical critical thinking human being.

1. Scriptural Issues
   1. Book of Mormon 19th Century Material
   2. Book of Mormon Anachronisms
   3. Plagiarism from New Testament
   4. Book of Abraham issues
   5. Bible Translation plagiarized from Adam Clarke’s commentary
   6. Theological changes in canon over time
   7. 2nd and 3rd Isaiah
      
2. Spiritual Manifestation Issue
   1. Moroni vs Nephi
   2. First Vision Discrepancies
   3. Seeing the Cumorah Cave in Palmyra New York in spite of being a clean hill
   4. Peter James and John PH restoration added late
   5. Moroni blessing Manti
   6. Brigham Young Transfiguration
      
3. Issues with Joseph Smith’s Character
   1. Lying about polygamy to Emma and others
   2. Manipulating Lucy Walker 
   3. Pattern of approaching girls or young women in his home for intimate relationships (Lucy Walker, Fanny Alger, Partridge Sisters, Lawrence Sisters) 
   4. Polyandry 
   5. Nancy Rigdon & The Happiness Letter 
   6. Underage girls (two 14 year olds, two 16 year olds, two 17 year olds) 
   7. Treasure Digging
   8. Other financial frauds: Kirtland anti-bank, land issues, bad loans
      
4. Science and Critical Thinking
   1. Great Flood 
   2. Tower of Babel 
   3. Shiz rises after head cut off 
   4. 2000 stripling warriors in a battle with a more experienced larger military force and not a single soul was lost not to the battle and not to infection afterwards inspite of many fainting from bloodloss 
   5. Battles in the Millions around Cumorah and what it takes to have military engagement that large 
   6. Moroni blessing Manti 
   7. Trans Oceanic Voyage 
   8. Lamanite DNA 
   9. Age of the earth & Evolution
      
5. Church Administration
   1. Second Anointings 
   2. 100’s of Billions of dollars saved in investments rather than solving world problems 
   3. Nepotism 
   4. Leaders are insulated and promote yes men 
   5. Well paid Leaders 
   6. SCMC
      
6. Past Prophetic Deception 
   1. Adam God Doctrine 
   2. Racial Curse and Racial Valiancy 
   3. Joseph Smith mock wedding with Partridge Sisters 
   4. Treasure Digging 
   5. Mountain Meadows (Brigham’s destruction of the marker and lying about it and blaming the Native Americans) 
   6. 1890, 1904 Manifesto
   7. 1933 lying about the 1886 John Taylor Revelation
      
7. Modern Prophetic Deception
   1. Elder Holland (BBC Interview, Story about missionary meeting his brother, Double Digit Stake Creation every week of our lives) 
   2. Paul Dunn 
   3. President Nelson (Flight of Death, Zimbabwe, Lady in the hat)
   4. Bruce R McConkie lying about Brigham teaching Adam God 
   5. Elder Oaks lying about Electroshock Therapy at BYU under his presidency 
   6. Whitewashing and carefully worded denials of the Gospel Topic Essays
   7. Tom Monson Jr
   8. Quinton Cook – Hospital<