A number of faithful LDS historians agree that Joseph Smith had sexual relations with a number of his plural wives. After reading the firsthand accounts from some of these women, the pattern becomes very alarming as we see: Faithful LDS Historians Statements From Plural Wives About Their Sexual Relationship with Joseph Smith Joseph Married ManyContinue reading “Joseph Smith: Patterns Of A Sexual Predator”
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The Gold Plates Never Physically Existed In Reality
The Three Witnesses When reading this testimony statement of the three witnesses, it is very ambiguous and often leads the reader to an inaccurate perception of what actually happened. For example, all it says is: we three witnesses saw an angel and we saw the plates…and that’s it! It fails to mention what these witnessesContinue reading “The Gold Plates Never Physically Existed In Reality”
Joseph Smith: From Treasure Seer to Religious Seer
Joseph Smith practiced folk magic and used a seer stone to try to find buried treasure. (Treasure digging was part of folk magic) Question: “Was not Jo Smith a money digger?” Answer (by Joseph Smith in 3rd person): “Yes, but it was never a very profitable job to him, as he only got fourteen dollarsContinue reading “Joseph Smith: From Treasure Seer to Religious Seer”
Why Did Joseph Smith Create An Illegal Bank? – The Kirtland Safety Society
In 1837, the church was in a troublesome amount of debt. As expected, Joseph Smith tried to come up with a way to solve this financial crisis. The idea that he and other LDS leaders agreed on was to start their own bank. But in order to successfully start a banking institution, you need toContinue reading “Why Did Joseph Smith Create An Illegal Bank? – The Kirtland Safety Society”
The 3 Witnesses – Can We Trust Their Testimonies?
I was talking with some LDS missionaries on my back porch as we were finishing up dinner. I said something along the lines of, “I want to follow the evidence wherever it leads.” Then one of them challenged me and asked, “Well what evidence is there for the atonement?” I generally listed off a fewContinue reading “The 3 Witnesses – Can We Trust Their Testimonies?”
The 8 Witnesses – Can We Trust Their Testimonies?
I am going to start by repeated my opening statement that I made in my article pertaining to the 3 Witnesses: “When talking about the reliability of Joseph Smith’s testimony of the gold plates and the Book of Mormon, a big pillar of truth for LDS members is what is written in the first coupleContinue reading “The 8 Witnesses – Can We Trust Their Testimonies?”
Geographic Evidence: The Bible vs The Book of Mormon
In one of my other posts, called “How Did We Get The Book Of Mormon?” (https://jllds.org/2023/12/21/how-did-we-get-the-book-of-mormon-pt-1/), I mentioned a discussion that I had with one of my missionary friends. After I gave him my answer, he responded and said, “How then do you go about explaining the geographic specifications that are mentioned in the BOM?Continue reading “Geographic Evidence: The Bible vs The Book of Mormon”
How Did We Get The Book Of Mormon
An LDS missionary friend of mine once asked me, “Paul, I got a question for you: Where do you believe the Book of Mormon came from?” To start, we know that Joseph Smith was the seer/translator while Oliver Cowdry, John Whitner and Emma Smith were the scribes. However, I believe that a fair and unbiasedContinue reading “How Did We Get The Book Of Mormon”
BOM Intro Page & DNA
In 2005 and all years prior, the BOM Introduction page read, “all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are the principal ancestors of the American Indians.” But if you look in your Book of Mormon starting in 2006 and onward, it now reads: “all were destroyed except the Lamanites, and they are among theContinue reading “BOM Intro Page & DNA”
What Did Joseph Smith Add To The Bible?
After Joseph Smith published the Book of Mormon in March 1830, he began the new task of retranslating the Bible just three months later in June. The Book of Mormon implies that this was a much-needed task as it says in 1 Nephi 13:26: Then two verses later in 1 Nephi 13:28, we read: “Wherefore,Continue reading “What Did Joseph Smith Add To The Bible?”
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