Controversial Questions and Answers (Faith and Beliefs)
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Videos from our Faith and Beliefs series that address the more controversial side of Latter-day Saint history, doctrine, and misconceptions.
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Is the Book of Mormon "skin of blackness" curse racist? | Ep. 202
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Does chiasmus reeeally show up in the Book of Mormon? | Ep. 204
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Did the Church hide the truth about Joseph Smith’s seer stone? | Ep. 201
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Did Oliver Cowdery forge the Book of Mormon witness signatures? | Ep. 200
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What happened to the stone box that held the golden plates in the Hill Cumorah? | Ep. 199
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Joseph Smith's water-walking fail: legit, or just another legend? Ep. 194
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The truth about Joseph Smith, treasure-digging, witchcraft, magic, and the occult. Ep. 193
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Are Latter-day Saints saved by Christ’s grace only “after all they can do”? Ep. 192
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Why did Joseph Smith make changes to the Doctrine and Covenants??? Ep. 182
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Did Joseph Smith send men on missions and then marry their wives? Ep. 180
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Did some of Joseph Smith's wives practice polyandry? Ep. 179
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Did Emma Smith claim she never believed in Joseph’s revelations? Ep. 175
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Do Latter-day Saints actually believe that?! Ep. 164
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Did Joseph Smith endorse a pro-polygamy pamphlet called “The Peacemaker”??? Ep. 163
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Do Latter-day Saints buy their way into heaven? Ep. 162
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Why does the Church own businesses and invest? Ep. 158
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What purpose did the golden plates serve if they weren’t needed for the translation? Ep. 153
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Did the Book of Mormon witnesses & Joseph Smith’s family support James Strang? Ep. 151
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Did James Strang's witnesses never deny their testimonies? Ep. 150
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What was the Latter-day Saint Black priesthood ban? Ep. 149
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Was the angel who visited Joseph Smith named Moroni or Nephi? Ep. 147
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The Bible, Jonah, & historicity; The importance of understanding genre in scripture. Ep. 142
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Do Latter-day Saints believe in evolution? Ep. 139
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What do we know about Joseph Smith’s relationship with Fanny Alger? Ep. 137
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Did Joseph Smith Sr. and Lehi both have the same dream? Ep. 132
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A guide to managing tough questions and unmet expectations. Ep. 129
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Why have there been changes made to the text of the Book of Mormon? Ep. 125
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What is the CES Letter? Ep. 124
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How have Book of Mormon origin theories changed over time? Ep. 116
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Could Joseph Smith have written and recited the Book of Mormon from memory??? Ep. 110
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Did Joseph Smith dictate the Book of Mormon using a secret, pre-written manuscript? Ep. 109
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Joseph Smith married a 14-year-old??? Ep. 108
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Why do Bible passages show up in the Book of Mormon? Ep. 105
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Why isn't there evidence of ancient warfare surrounding the Hill Cumorah in New York? Ep. 104
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Why hasn't archaeology uncovered evidence of Book of Mormon cities and culture? Ep. 103
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Were the Book of Mormon witnesses lying, tricked, or telling the truth? Ep. 101
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Did Joseph Smith hypnotize the witnesses of the golden plates? Ep. 100
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What did the "unofficial" witnesses of the Book of Mormon plates experience? Ep. 99
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Did the 8 Witnesses actually see and handle the golden plates? Ep. 97
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Joseph Smith, seer stones, and ancient Jewish mysticism. Ep. 90
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Brigham Young and blood atonement; What's the deal? Ep. 85
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Joseph Smith's WRONG interpretations of the Book of Abraham facsimiles?! Ep. 83
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Does Egyptian papyri prove Joseph Smith made up the Book of Abraham?! Ep. 82
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What does the original Book of Mormon manuscript reveal about its translation? Ep. 68
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Did Martin Harris actually see the golden plates? Ep. 64
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Did Oliver Cowdery actually see the golden plates? Ep. 63
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Are there anachronisms in the Book of Mormon? Ep. 62
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Did David Whitmer actually see the golden plates? Ep. 60
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The Salamander Letter and the Mark Hofmann forgeries Ep. 59
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Why have there been changes to the Mormon temple endowment? Ep. 58
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Did Joseph Smith steal the temple endowment from Freemasonry? Ep. 57
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Does DNA evidence prove the Book of Mormon is false? Ep. 55
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Did Joseph Smith base Book of Mormon names on his local geography? Ep. 47
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What is the Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible? (JST) Ep. 46
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Are Joseph Smith’s First Vision accounts contradictory? Ep. 42
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Did Joseph Smith STEAL from The Late War to write The Book of Mormon? Ep. 40
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Is The Book of Mormon plagiarized from View of the Hebrews? Ep. 39
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Do the Kinderhook Plates prove Joseph Smith was a false prophet? Ep. 37
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Did Joseph Smith use polygamy just to get with women? Ep. 32
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Did Brigham Young believe Adam was God? Ep. 31
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What’s up with Joseph Smith and his “seer stones?” Ep. 29
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Will my “feelings” tell me if the Book of Mormon is true? Ep. 21
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Did Joseph Smith think he was better than Jesus? | Ep. 208
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Did Joseph Smith lie about priesthood restoration? | Ep. 210
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Did the Book of Napoleon influence the Book of Mormon? | Ep. 212
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Was the Book of Mormon dictated from behind a curtain? | Ep. 213
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Doctor P. Hurlbut: Deception, dead ends, & death threats | Ep. 214
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Did Joseph Smith kill any attackers at Carthage Jail? | Ep. 217
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