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Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been tagged as “book of mormon”

Book of Mormon Geophysics

FireTag August 28, 2010apologetics, book of mormon, geography, historicity, Mormon, mormon, science 21 Comments

When most people use their rational faculties to test their testimonies about their religious scriptures, they tend to concentrate on things like history, archeology, or …

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Pyramids-R-US

FireTag July 31, 2010apostasy, book of mormon, community of christ, Culture, education, general, Government, history, LDS, Leaders, Money, Mormon, Mormons, news, politics, repentance, righteousness, science, thought 47 Comments

Last week I spent a supper hour (it took that long) reading an article called “America’s Ruling Class – And the Perils of Revolution” by …

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Wandering Mormons as Nephites

FireTag June 27, 2010book of mormon, doctrine, doubt, faith, families, Jews, Mormons, salvation, scripture 14 Comments

More than two years ago, the Holy Spirit began insisting that I re-read the Book of Mormon. Of course, I didn’t immediately recognize the impulse …

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Faith & Doubt

guest June 19, 2010Mormon 46 Comments

Today’s guest post is by Glenn.  When I was at BYU, I got interested in the study of folklore – the way that traditional culture …

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Patriarchal Hierarchy and the Kingship Model

Bored in Vernal June 3, 2010abuse, feminism, Government, LDS lessons, Leaders, Mormon, patriarchy, Priesthood, scripture 98 Comments

OT SS Lesson #21 When we lived in Saudi Arabia a few years ago, I obtained a faculty position in the fairly newly-formed department of …

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Looking for an Apologist to Discuss Book of Mormon for Podcast

John Dehlin May 7, 2010Mormon 27 Comments

MM Community, I’m looking to do a podcast series for Mormon Stories on Book of Mormon Historicity and DNA.  I’ve approached Mike Ash to participate, …

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Joseph Fielding McConkie and the Lens of Literalism

Aaron R. aka Rico March 30, 2010metaphor, Mormon, scripture, theology, thought 50 Comments

In a recently published book ‘Between the Lines: Unlocking Scripture with Timeless Principles’ (2009), Joseph Fielding McConkie tries to deal with the issue of discerning …

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Committing Spiritual Murder: Analysing Alma 39

Aaron R. aka Rico January 26, 2010Anti-Mormon, apologetics, apostasy, faith, Mormon, spirituality, testimony 44 Comments

Michael Ash in a Sunstone article entitled ‘The Sin “Next to Murder”’ has argued that Alma’s exhortation to his son Corianton (who had ran off …

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Dialogue Subscribers and Book of Mormon Historicity?

Aaron R. aka Rico January 7, 2010book of mormon, historicity, Mormon 19 Comments

In 2005 Dialogue conducted research among it’s subscribers.  There was over a 1,000 responses which (assuming that everyone answered every question) is a fairly good …

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Twilight Poll: Anti-Feminism or Fanciful Fiction?

Hawkgrrrl December 4, 2009Mormon 14 Comments

Because of the New Moon movie, Twilight is getting a lot of discussion in the media.  Since the author, Stephanie Meyer, is LDS, a few …

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On Agency and Accountability: An Inter-dependent View

Aaron R. aka Rico September 20, 2009accountability, book of mormon, Mormon, theology 68 Comments

Jeff Spector wrote a post on Agency a few months ago which I enjoyed alot.  The discussion led me down a slightly different path and I …

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Have you read the Sealed Portion of the Book of Mormon Yet?

Aaron R. aka Rico September 13, 2009apostasy, book of mormon, books, christ, church, doctrine, LDS, Mormon 282 Comments

Christopher Nemelka has published the sealed portion of the Book or Mormon and has also translated the 116 pages of missing manuscript.  His website can …

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Enos Envy

Shawn Larsen July 23, 2009book of mormon, Mormon, prayer 16 Comments

Over my lifetime, I have offered all manner of prayers.  These range from earnest, well-intended pleas on behalf of others (“please comfort my sister as …

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Science vs. Religion: A Poll

Hawkgrrrl July 21, 2009Mormon 85 Comments

When there is a seeming conflict between science and religion, people tend to make a mental choice that either favors religion or science.  Which is …

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Early Mormonism in Context

Hawkgrrrl July 16, 2009Mormon 22 Comments

We tend to view Mormonism in the context of its current contemporaries:  Baptists, Catholics, Muslims, Buddhists, and atheists (among many others).  But how does Mormonism …

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The Genius of Mormonism: Israel is Back, Baby! (POLL incl.)

Hawkgrrrl July 13, 2009Mormon 40 Comments

One of the attractive components to Mormon theology was the notion that Mormons were a chosen people, and both figuratively and literally part of the …

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Oliver Cowdery Was Punk’d!

guest February 5, 2009Asides, church, curiosity, doubt, faith, history, joseph, LDS, Leaders, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, prayer, questioning, religion, spirituality, testimony, theology, thought 26 Comments

When you hear the name Oliver Cowdery, you probably think of the story that culminates in the revelation that became Section 9 of the Doctrine …

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The Book of Mormon’s Doctrine of Deity

Bruce Nielson October 11, 2008book of mormon, christ, christianity, Mormon, Trinity 39 Comments

I am fascinated by the Book of Mormon’s teachings (i.e. doctrines) about deity. I am almost equally fascinated with the many scholarly attempts to force …

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The Book of Mormon: A 20th Century Text

John Nilsson September 23, 2008book of mormon, church, doubt, faith, General Authorities, historicity, history, LDS, Leaders, Mormon, President Monson, scripture, smith 16 Comments

There are many positions on which century the Book of Mormon originated in, but most seem to fall into two general camps: the book was …

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Our Foundation Stories Part IV: The Book of Mormon Translation

John Nilsson June 16, 2008book of mormon, books, curiosity, faith, God, historicity, history, joseph, LDS, Mormon, mormon, prophets, restoration, smith, theology 44 Comments

Was the Book of Mormon translated? Was the Book of Mormon revealed? Was it inspired? Was it all three, or a combination of the above? …

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The Book of Mormon: Would You Regularly Study Inspired Fiction?

Bruce Nielson June 10, 2008book of mormon, Mormon, questioning 88 Comments

I’m intrigued by those on the bloggernacle that see The Book of Mormon as fiction but inspired by God. It’s common to hear someone that …

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Our Foundation Stories Part III: The Book of Mormon Comes Forth

John Nilsson June 9, 2008book of mormon, church, faith, God, history, joseph, LDS, Mormon, questioning, restoration, scripture, theology 7 Comments

As a child, the story of Moroni visiting Joseph Smith seemed familiar to me, but I couldn’t put my finger on just why. Only later, …

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The Book of Mormon: For Our Day

KC Kern May 18, 2008book of mormon, church, Mormon 26 Comments

Ezra Taft Benson taught that “the Book of Mormon … was written for our day. The Nephites never had the book; neither did the Lamanites …

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God’s Hit List in the Book of Mormon

Hawkgrrrl April 26, 2008Asides, book of mormon, death, faith, lamanites, Nephi, obedience, plan of salvation, questioning, religion, scripture, theology 40 Comments

One of the most unseemly and disturbing images in the Book of Mormon is when Nephi is commanded to cut the head off of Laban who …

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What if Joseph Smith Published the Book of Mormon Last Year?

Bruce Nielson April 25, 2008book of mormon, Mormon 14 Comments

Many of you may have heard about a man named Joseph Smith that recently claimed to have found some plates of gold, shown to him …

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“The Whole Church is Under Condemnation”: The Talk that Changed the Church

Bruce Nielson April 2, 2008book of mormon, christ, christianity, church, Mormon, Mormons 58 Comments

April 1986: President Benson presides over his first General Conference. Did anyone listening to his humble little talk, called “Cleaning the Inner Vessel,” realize that …

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The Unfinished Restoration: A Global Vision

Andrew March 5, 2008apologetics, book of mormon, LDS, Mormon, mormon, Mormons, prophets, religion, restoration, theology 21 Comments

Mormons tend to think of the Restoration as a discrete series of events that began with the First Vision and concluded with the Martyrdom. Because …

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Whose Record is 4th Nephi?

KC Kern January 30, 2008book of mormon 5 Comments

In the latter part of the Book of Mormon, we see a resurgence of the name “Nephi.” First, we have Helaman’s son, Nephi (Helaman 3:21) …

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