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012 Why Did Plural Marriage Begin in the Church?
Plural marriage—a form of religious polygamy (or polygyny to be technical)—is one of the most controversial and faith-challenging aspects of the hist…
3 years, 3 months ago
011 Q&R! Tackling Tough Book of Mormon Translation Questions
The more carefully one studies the production process of the Book of Mormon, the more interesting the questions become. For example, since Joseph Smi…
3 years, 3 months ago
010 What is the Best External Evidence for the Book of Mormon?
Aside from the text of the Book of Mormon itself and a personal witness from God’s Spirit, what is the best evidence for the truthfulness of the Book…
3 years, 3 months ago
009 If Not a Supernatural Translation, Then What? Examining the Other BM Translation Theories
What would you say if somebody told you that a 23 year old farm boy dictated to a scribe a sacred text of 531 pages while looking down at stones plac…
3 years, 3 months ago
008 Translating the Book of Mormon with Stones in a Hat?
If we had video footage of the translation process of the Book of Mormon, what would we see? What would we actually watch Joseph Smith “do” during a …
3 years, 4 months ago
007 Joseph Smith’s Creative Efforts to Outsource the Book of Mormon Translation
After four years of waiting, learning, and personal refinement, 21 year old Joseph Smith was finally entrusted by the angel Moroni with the ancient r…
3 years, 4 months ago
006 Joseph Smith’s ”Second Vision” and the Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon
About three and a half years after his “first vision,” Joseph Smith experienced his “second vision.” It occurred on the evening of the 21st of Septem…
3 years, 4 months ago
005 Q&R! What About Others Who Claimed Similar Visions in Joseph Smith’s Day? Etc.
The more carefully one studies Joseph Smith’s First Vision and the context of his world at that time, the more interesting the questions become. For …
3 years, 4 months ago
004 How Do 2nd and 3rd Hand Accounts Add to Our Understanding of the First Vision?
Thousands of people heard Joseph Smith’s testimony first hand. Some of those testimonies included him telling about his First Vision experience. Some…
3 years, 5 months ago
003 How Did Orson Pratt Influence Joseph Smith’s 1842 First Vision Narrative?
Did you know that the first time the story of Joseph Smith’s First Vision was ever printed was in a pamphlet written by apostle Orson Pratt and publi…
3 years, 5 months ago