Mormonism

Examines Joseph Smith’s prophetic claims, LDS scripture, temple ordinances, priesthood restoration, and whether Mormonism truly restores ancient Christianity.

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Origins & History

28 resources

• Why Did Joseph Smith Marry Other Mormon Men's Wives?
• The LDS Church's Double Standard on Scripture
• The Book of Abraham: Mormonism's Biggest Problem
• Jesus Christ vs. Joseph Smith: Why the Fruits Are Not the Same
• Did Adam Live in Missouri? Adam-ondi-Ahman, Joseph Smith’s Revelation, and the Biblical Problem
• Who Was Zelph? Joseph Smith, the ‘Plains of the Nephites,’ and Book of Mormon Geography
• What Happened to the Law of Consecration? The United Order, Common Property, and Modern LDS Tithing
• Did LDS Patriarchal Blessings Really Prophesy the Future? Lineage, Promises, and the Problem of Falsifiability
• The Book of Mormon and the Mound-Builder World: Does It Fit Nineteenth-Century Ideas About Ancient America?
• Does the Book of Moses Preserve Ancient Enoch Traditions? Joseph Smith, 1 Enoch, and the Book of Giants
• How Did the Word of Wisdom Become a Commandment? Coffee, Tea, Alcohol, and Changing LDS Worthiness Standards
• Did Mormon Doctrine of God Change? Lectures on Faith, D&C 130, and Joseph Smith’s Developing Theology
• Joseph Smith’s Council of Fifty: Was Mormonism Building the Kingdom of God as a Political Government?
• Does Nahom Prove the Book of Mormon Is Ancient? NHM, Yemen, and One of Mormonism’s Best Archaeological Arguments
• What Is “Reformed Egyptian”? The Book of Mormon, the Anthon Transcript, and Joseph Smith’s Lost Language
• Did View of the Hebrews Influence the Book of Mormon? Ethan Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and a Nineteenth-Century Parallel
• Why Did Joseph Smith Destroy the Nauvoo Expositor? Plural Marriage, Dissent, Law, and Prophetic Power
• Who Was Supposed to Succeed Joseph Smith? Brigham Young, Sidney Rigdon, James Strang, the Smith Family, and the Mormon Succession Crisis
• The Book of Mormon and the Antebellum Myth of Hebrew America
• The Restoration That Fractured
• The Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
• The Kinderhook Plates: A Small Hoax with Large Implications
• The First Vision — Multiple Accounts
• When Racism Was Taught as Divine Law: The LDS “Curse of Cain” Problem
• The Book of Mormon and the Missing Evidence
• Joseph Smith, Freemasonry, and the Origins of the Mormon Temple Ceremony
• (Video) Brigham Young's 1852 Defense of Slavery
• Brigham Young's 1852 Defense of Slavery

Joseph Smith & Early Mormonism

23 resources

• Why Did Joseph Smith Marry Other Mormon Men's Wives?
• The LDS Church's Double Standard on Scripture
• The Book of Abraham: Mormonism's Biggest Problem
• Jesus Christ vs. Joseph Smith: Why the Fruits Are Not the Same
• Did Adam Live in Missouri? Adam-ondi-Ahman, Joseph Smith’s Revelation, and the Biblical Problem
• Who Was Zelph? Joseph Smith, the ‘Plains of the Nephites,’ and Book of Mormon Geography
• What Happened to the Law of Consecration? The United Order, Common Property, and Modern LDS Tithing
• Does the Book of Moses Preserve Ancient Enoch Traditions? Joseph Smith, 1 Enoch, and the Book of Giants
• Did Mormon Doctrine of God Change? Lectures on Faith, D&C 130, and Joseph Smith’s Developing Theology
• Joseph Smith’s Council of Fifty: Was Mormonism Building the Kingdom of God as a Political Government?
• What Is “Reformed Egyptian”? The Book of Mormon, the Anthon Transcript, and Joseph Smith’s Lost Language
• Did View of the Hebrews Influence the Book of Mormon? Ethan Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and a Nineteenth-Century Parallel
• Why Did Joseph Smith Destroy the Nauvoo Expositor? Plural Marriage, Dissent, Law, and Prophetic Power
• Did Joseph Smith’s Bible Translation Borrow From Adam Clarke? The JST and a Nineteenth-Century Commentary
• Who Was Supposed to Succeed Joseph Smith? Brigham Young, Sidney Rigdon, James Strang, the Smith Family, and the Mormon Succession Crisis
• When Was the Priesthood Actually Restored? Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and the Development of the Restoration Accounts
• The Book of Mormon and the Antebellum Myth of Hebrew America
• The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible: Restoration or Revision?
• The First Vision — Multiple Accounts
• When Racism Was Taught as Divine Law: The LDS “Curse of Cain” Problem
• (Video) Why Did Joseph Smith Marry Other Mormon Men's Wives? (1 min)
• Joseph Smith, Freemasonry, and the Origins of the Mormon Temple Ceremony
• (Video) Jesus Christ vs. Joseph Smith: Why the Fruits Are Not the Same

Brigham Young & Utah Mormonism

4 resources

• Who Was Supposed to Succeed Joseph Smith? Brigham Young, Sidney Rigdon, James Strang, the Smith Family, and the Mormon Succession Crisis
• When Racism Was Taught as Divine Law: The LDS “Curse of Cain” Problem
• (Video) Brigham Young's 1852 Defense of Slavery
• Brigham Young's 1852 Defense of Slavery

The Book of Mormon

14 resources

• The LDS Church's Double Standard on Scripture
• Who Was Zelph? Joseph Smith, the ‘Plains of the Nephites,’ and Book of Mormon Geography
• The Book of Mormon and the Mound-Builder World: Does It Fit Nineteenth-Century Ideas About Ancient America?
• Does Chiasmus Prove the Book of Mormon Is Ancient? Alma 36, Hebrew Literary Structure, and the Evidence
• Does Nahom Prove the Book of Mormon Is Ancient? NHM, Yemen, and One of Mormonism’s Best Archaeological Arguments
• What Is “Reformed Egyptian”? The Book of Mormon, the Anthon Transcript, and Joseph Smith’s Lost Language
• Did View of the Hebrews Influence the Book of Mormon? Ethan Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and a Nineteenth-Century Parallel
• How Much Has the Book of Mormon Changed? The 1830 Text, Later Editions, and Significant Revisions
• Deutero-Isaiah and the Book of Mormon: How Could Nephi Quote Texts Written After He Left Jerusalem?
• Why Does the Book of Mormon Contain King James Bible Language? KJV Fingerprints, Italicized Words, and Translation Dependence
• The Book of Mormon and the Antebellum Myth of Hebrew America
• The Witnesses of the Book of Mormon
• When Racism Was Taught as Divine Law: The LDS “Curse of Cain” Problem
• The Book of Mormon and the Missing Evidence

The Book of Abraham

2 resources

• The Book of Abraham: Mormonism's Biggest Problem
• (Video) The Book of Abraham: Mormonism's Biggest Problem

Scripture & Authority

23 resources

• The LDS Church's Double Standard on Scripture
• The Book of Abraham: Mormonism's Biggest Problem
• The Berean Test: Why Acts 17 Challenges Mormon Revelation
• Did Adam Live in Missouri? Adam-ondi-Ahman, Joseph Smith’s Revelation, and the Biblical Problem
• Who Was Zelph? Joseph Smith, the ‘Plains of the Nephites,’ and Book of Mormon Geography
• The Book of Mormon and the Mound-Builder World: Does It Fit Nineteenth-Century Ideas About Ancient America?
• Does the Book of Moses Preserve Ancient Enoch Traditions? Joseph Smith, 1 Enoch, and the Book of Giants
• Does the Bible Teach Three Kingdoms of Heaven? Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial, and D&C 76
• Did Mormon Doctrine of God Change? Lectures on Faith, D&C 130, and Joseph Smith’s Developing Theology
• Does Chiasmus Prove the Book of Mormon Is Ancient? Alma 36, Hebrew Literary Structure, and the Evidence
• Does Nahom Prove the Book of Mormon Is Ancient? NHM, Yemen, and One of Mormonism’s Best Archaeological Arguments
• What Is “Reformed Egyptian”? The Book of Mormon, the Anthon Transcript, and Joseph Smith’s Lost Language
• Did View of the Hebrews Influence the Book of Mormon? Ethan Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and a Nineteenth-Century Parallel
• Can a Spiritual Witness Prove the Book of Mormon Is True? Moroni’s Promise and the Problem of Competing Revelations
• Did Joseph Smith’s Bible Translation Borrow From Adam Clarke? The JST and a Nineteenth-Century Commentary
• How Much Has the Book of Mormon Changed? The 1830 Text, Later Editions, and Significant Revisions
• Deutero-Isaiah and the Book of Mormon: How Could Nephi Quote Texts Written After He Left Jerusalem?
• Why Does the Book of Mormon Contain King James Bible Language? KJV Fingerprints, Italicized Words, and Translation Dependence
• The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible: Restoration or Revision?
• When Racism Was Taught as Divine Law: The LDS “Curse of Cain” Problem
• (Video) The Book of Abraham: Mormonism's Biggest Problem
• The LDS Church's Double Standard on Scripture
• Did Jesus Abandon His Church?

Great Apostasy & Restoration Claims

9 resources

• The LDS Church's Double Standard on Scripture
• The Berean Test: Why Acts 17 Challenges Mormon Revelation
• When Was the Priesthood Actually Restored? Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and the Development of the Restoration Accounts
• Did Christianity Disappear After the Apostles? Testing the Great Apostasy Claim
• The Biblical Case Against Total Apostasy and Lost Revelation
• The Restoration That Fractured
• When Racism Was Taught as Divine Law: The LDS “Curse of Cain” Problem
• The Historical and Theological Problems with Mormonism’s Claim of “Restoration”
• Did Jesus Abandon His Church?

Race Doctrine, Priesthood & Temple Ban

5 resources

• Infographic: The LDS Church’s Historical Teachings on Race
• When Racism Was Taught as Divine Law: The LDS “Curse of Cain” Problem
• Race & the Priesthood — a Reversal
• (Video) Brigham Young's 1852 Defense of Slavery
• Brigham Young's 1852 Defense of Slavery

Priesthood & Prophetic Authority

8 resources

• The Berean Test: Why Acts 17 Challenges Mormon Revelation
• What Is the Second Anointing? ‘Calling and Election Made Sure’ in LDS Temple Theology
• Did LDS Patriarchal Blessings Really Prophesy the Future? Lineage, Promises, and the Problem of Falsifiability
• Joseph Smith’s Council of Fifty: Was Mormonism Building the Kingdom of God as a Political Government?
• Why Did Joseph Smith Destroy the Nauvoo Expositor? Plural Marriage, Dissent, Law, and Prophetic Power
• Who Was Supposed to Succeed Joseph Smith? Brigham Young, Sidney Rigdon, James Strang, the Smith Family, and the Mormon Succession Crisis
• When Was the Priesthood Actually Restored? Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, and the Development of the Restoration Accounts
• Did Christianity Disappear After the Apostles? Testing the Great Apostasy Claim

LDS Doctrine & Theology

14 resources

• Why Did Joseph Smith Marry Other Mormon Men's Wives?
• What Happened to the Law of Consecration? The United Order, Common Property, and Modern LDS Tithing
• Did LDS Patriarchal Blessings Really Prophesy the Future? Lineage, Promises, and the Problem of Falsifiability
• Does the Bible Teach Three Kingdoms of Heaven? Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial, and D&C 76
• How Did the Word of Wisdom Become a Commandment? Coffee, Tea, Alcohol, and Changing LDS Worthiness Standards
• Did Mormon Doctrine of God Change? Lectures on Faith, D&C 130, and Joseph Smith’s Developing Theology
• Is Tithing Required for the Highest LDS Exaltation? Temple Recommends, Ordinances, and the ‘Paywall’ Charge
• Did Jesus Teach Eternal Marriage? Matthew 22, Temple Sealings, and the Resurrection
• One God or a Council of Gods? Nicene Christianity and the LDS Godhead
• When Racism Was Taught as Divine Law: The LDS “Curse of Cain” Problem
• Becoming Gods? Mormonism, Exaltation, and the Changing Doctrine of God
• Did Jesus Abandon His Church?
• (Video) Brigham Young's 1852 Defense of Slavery
• Brigham Young's 1852 Defense of Slavery

Doctrine of God & Exaltation

6 resources

• What Is the Second Anointing? ‘Calling and Election Made Sure’ in LDS Temple Theology
• Does the Bible Teach Three Kingdoms of Heaven? Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial, and D&C 76
• Did Mormon Doctrine of God Change? Lectures on Faith, D&C 130, and Joseph Smith’s Developing Theology
• Is Tithing Required for the Highest LDS Exaltation? Temple Recommends, Ordinances, and the ‘Paywall’ Charge
• One God or a Council of Gods? Nicene Christianity and the LDS Godhead
• Becoming Gods? Mormonism, Exaltation, and the Changing Doctrine of God

Temple, Polygamy & Eternal Marriage

8 resources

• Why Did Joseph Smith Marry Other Mormon Men's Wives?
• Jesus Christ vs. Joseph Smith: Why the Fruits Are Not the Same
• What Is the Second Anointing? ‘Calling and Election Made Sure’ in LDS Temple Theology
• How Did the Word of Wisdom Become a Commandment? Coffee, Tea, Alcohol, and Changing LDS Worthiness Standards
• Is Tithing Required for the Highest LDS Exaltation? Temple Recommends, Ordinances, and the ‘Paywall’ Charge
• Did Jesus Teach Eternal Marriage? Matthew 22, Temple Sealings, and the Resurrection
• Why Did Joseph Smith Destroy the Nauvoo Expositor? Plural Marriage, Dissent, Law, and Prophetic Power
• (Video) Why Did Joseph Smith Marry Other Mormon Men's Wives? (1 min)

Mormonism vs Historic Christianity

18 resources

• Why Did Joseph Smith Marry Other Mormon Men's Wives?
• The LDS Church's Double Standard on Scripture
• The Book of Abraham: Mormonism's Biggest Problem
• The Berean Test: Why Acts 17 Challenges Mormon Revelation
• Jesus Christ vs. Joseph Smith: Why the Fruits Are Not the Same
• Did Adam Live in Missouri? Adam-ondi-Ahman, Joseph Smith’s Revelation, and the Biblical Problem
• What Is the Second Anointing? ‘Calling and Election Made Sure’ in LDS Temple Theology
• Does the Bible Teach Three Kingdoms of Heaven? Celestial, Terrestrial, Telestial, and D&C 76
• Can a Spiritual Witness Prove the Book of Mormon Is True? Moroni’s Promise and the Problem of Competing Revelations
• Did Jesus Teach Eternal Marriage? Matthew 22, Temple Sealings, and the Resurrection
• Did Christianity Disappear After the Apostles? Testing the Great Apostasy Claim
• One God or a Council of Gods? Nicene Christianity and the LDS Godhead
• When Racism Was Taught as Divine Law: The LDS “Curse of Cain” Problem
• The Historical and Theological Problems with Mormonism’s Claim of “Restoration”
• Becoming Gods? Mormonism, Exaltation, and the Changing Doctrine of God
• The Book of Mormon and the Missing Evidence
• Joseph Smith, Freemasonry, and the Origins of the Mormon Temple Ceremony
• Did Jesus Abandon His Church?

Common LDS Objections

4 resources

• The LDS Church's Double Standard on Scripture
• The Berean Test: Why Acts 17 Challenges Mormon Revelation
• Can a Spiritual Witness Prove the Book of Mormon Is True? Moroni’s Promise and the Problem of Competing Revelations
• Did Jesus Abandon His Church?

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