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	*The authors makes a statement in the main text and then only provides crucial clarification in the endnotes at the back of the book. In the main text, the text makes it appear as if the ''Book of Commandments'' was successfully printed and distributed, but that it was unavailable to most Church members because there were "very few copies." Then, just ''two years'' later, the revelations were supposed to be "showing their age" for a variety of reasons.		*The authors makes a statement in the main text and then only provides crucial clarification in the endnotes at the back of the book. In the main text, the text makes it appear as if the ''Book of Commandments'' was successfully printed and distributed, but that it was unavailable to most Church members because there were "very few copies." Then, just ''two years'' later, the revelations were supposed to be "showing their age" for a variety of reasons.
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	*The repeated use of the term "Celestial Sex" is intended to offend those who hear it.		*The repeated use of the term "Celestial Sex" is intended to offend those who hear it.
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	{{:Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe in a practice called "celestial sex," and that this is the manner in which "spirit children" are formed?}}		{{:Question: Do Latter-day Saints believe in a practice called "celestial sex," and that this is the manner in which "spirit children" are formed?}}
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	**Nudists		**Nudists
	*This "laundry list" of groups and their abhorrent practices are presented in order argue ''against'' the application of the term "Christian" to Latter-day Saints. Examining this list closely—are ''any'' of these things taught, advocated or practiced by Latter-day Saints? ''This'' is the category into which Latter-day Saints are to be consigned? Such a comparison and its use as justification for denying the use of the term "Christian" to Latter-day Saints is insulting.		*This "laundry list" of groups and their abhorrent practices are presented in order argue ''against'' the application of the term "Christian" to Latter-day Saints. Examining this list closely—are ''any'' of these things taught, advocated or practiced by Latter-day Saints? ''This'' is the category into which Latter-day Saints are to be consigned? Such a comparison and its use as justification for denying the use of the term "Christian" to Latter-day Saints is insulting.
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	\|claim=The author claims that "'''"LDS apologists and BYU professors are advocating''' a new ''unofficial'' opinion that Lehi and his people represented only a ''' 'small band' ''' of Israelites, compared to a larger population of indigenous people in the New world." He then asserts that "'''according to Mormon 1:7''' in the Book of Mormon, '''the Nephite and Lamanite populations were hardly small''': "The whole face of the land had become covered with buildings, and the people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand of the sea [about A.D. 322]."		\|claim=The author claims that "'''"LDS apologists and BYU professors are advocating''' a new ''unofficial'' opinion that Lehi and his people represented only a ''' 'small band' ''' of Israelites, compared to a larger population of indigenous people in the New world." He then asserts that "'''according to Mormon 1:7''' in the Book of Mormon, '''the Nephite and Lamanite populations were hardly small''': "The whole face of the land had become covered with buildings, and the people were as numerous almost, as it were the sand of the sea [about A.D. 322]."
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	#*Jeffrey Meldrum, "The Children of Lehi: DNA and the ''Book of Mormon'', lecture at the 2003 FAIR Conference, Aug. 8, 2003.		#Jeffrey Meldrum, "The Children of Lehi: DNA and the ''Book of Mormon'', lecture at the 2003 FAIR Conference, Aug. 8, 2003.
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	\|claim=The book asserts that FARMS claims that B.H. Roberts was only playing "devils advocate" when he wrote the critical documents now contained in Studies of the Book of Mormon. The book goes on to claim that FARMS has have never provided documentation to support this assertion, and that FARMS only focuses on Roberts' declarations that were made before he reached what the book calls his "final conclusion."		\|claim=The book asserts that FARMS claims that B.H. Roberts was only playing "devils advocate" when he wrote the critical documents now contained in Studies of the Book of Mormon. The book goes on to claim that FARMS has have never provided documentation to support this assertion, and that FARMS only focuses on Roberts' declarations that were made before he reached what the book calls his "final conclusion."
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	#*{{BYUS\|author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|date=1979\|vol=19\|num=4\|start=427\|end=}} {{pdflink\|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?Type=7&ProdID=1634}}		#{{BYUS\|author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|date=1979\|vol=19\|num=4\|start=427\|end=}} {{pdflink\|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?Type=7&ProdID=1634}}
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	An endnote provides the following clarification: "(p. 370 n.9)The press that printed the sheets of revelations was destroyed by an anti-Mormon mob. The sheets, scattered in the streets, were gathered up and assembled into a 160-page book."		An endnote provides the following clarification: "(p. 370 n.9)The press that printed the sheets of revelations was destroyed by an anti-Mormon mob. The sheets, scattered in the streets, were gathered up and assembled into a 160-page book."
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	#*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr._(1832-1834)#1 December 1832—Saturday Joseph Smith's diary, Dec. 1, 1832], "[I] wrote and corrected revelations &c."		#[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr._(1832-1834)#1 December 1832—Saturday Joseph Smith's diary, Dec. 1, 1832], "[I] wrote and corrected revelations &c."
	*Dean Jessee, PJS, vol. 2, p. 4		*Dean Jessee, PJS, vol. 2, p. 4
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	#*Robert L. Millet, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cd2971ec9b17b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "I Have a Question,"] ''Ensign'', Aug. 1987, p. 19.		#Robert L. Millet, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cd2971ec9b17b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "I Have a Question,"] ''Ensign'', Aug. 1987, p. 19.
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	#*The author provides no sources to support this claim.		#The author provides no sources to support this claim.
	*A search of the endnotes for Chapter 6 shows no references to 1982 anti-Mormon film ''The God Makers'', from which the offensive term "Celestial Sex" originated.		*A search of the endnotes for Chapter 6 shows no references to 1982 anti-Mormon film ''The God Makers'', from which the offensive term "Celestial Sex" originated.
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	#*Bruce R. McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 750.		#Bruce R. McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 750.
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	*Latter-day Saints accept "Son of Man" as a messianic title, and do not attempt to reinterpret or alter it.		*Latter-day Saints accept "Son of Man" as a messianic title, and do not attempt to reinterpret or alter it.
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	#*No source is provided to support the assertion and implication that LDS reinterpret the title "Son of Man" as "son of a man."		#No source is provided to support the assertion and implication that LDS reinterpret the title "Son of Man" as "son of a man."
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	#*{{JDfairwiki\|author=Brigham Young\|vol=11\|disc=19\|start=123}}		#{{JDfairwiki\|author=Brigham Young\|vol=11\|disc=19\|start=123}}
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	*{{Detail\|Jesus Christ/Latter-day Saints aren't Christians\|l1=Latter-day Saints aren't Christians?}}		*{{Detail\|Jesus Christ/Latter-day Saints aren't Christians\|l1=Latter-day Saints aren't Christians?}}
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	#*Jeffrey Meldrum, "The Children of Lehi: DNA and the ''Book of Mormon'', lecture at the 2003 FAIR Conference, Aug. 8, 2003.		#*Jeffrey Meldrum, "The Children of Lehi: DNA and the ''Book of Mormon'', lecture at the 2003 FAIR Conference, Aug. 8, 2003.
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	*The book seems to propose that the proposition that Lehi's small group intermingled with a larger population of Native Americans in approximately 600 B.C. is somehow contradicted and invalidated by the fact that the population was as numerous as "the sand of the sea" in A.D. 322, ''almost 1000 years later''. The logic behind this comparison is elusive. If anything, the idea that Lehi's group mingled with an existing population ''supports'' the idea that they would become quite numerous over a long period of time.		*The book seems to propose that the proposition that Lehi's small group intermingled with a larger population of Native Americans in approximately 600 B.C. is somehow contradicted and invalidated by the fact that the population was as numerous as "the sand of the sea" in A.D. 322, ''almost 1000 years later''. The logic behind this comparison is elusive. If anything, the idea that Lehi's group mingled with an existing population ''supports'' the idea that they would become quite numerous over a long period of time.
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	#*{{BYUS\|author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|date=1979\|vol=19\|num=4\|start=427\|end=}} {{pdflink\|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?Type=7&ProdID=1634}}		#*{{BYUS\|author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|date=1979\|vol=19\|num=4\|start=427\|end=}} {{pdflink\|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?Type=7&ProdID=1634}}
	*[A version also appears in {{newlight\| author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|start=7\|end=27}}]		*[A version also appears in {{newlight\| author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|start=7\|end=27}}]
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	#*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr._(1832-1834)#1 December 1832—Saturday Joseph Smith's diary, Dec. 1, 1832], "[I] wrote and corrected revelations &c."		#*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr._(1832-1834)#1 December 1832—Saturday Joseph Smith's diary, Dec. 1, 1832], "[I] wrote and corrected revelations &c."
	*Dean Jessee, PJS, vol. 2, p. 4		*Dean Jessee, PJS, vol. 2, p. 4
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	*The authors makes a statement in the main text and then only provides crucial clarification in the endnotes at the back of the book. In the main text, the text makes it appear as if the ''Book of Commandments'' was successfully printed and distributed, but that it was unavailable to most Church members because there were "very few copies." Then, just ''two years'' later, the revelations were supposed to be "showing their age" for a variety of reasons.		*The authors makes a statement in the main text and then only provides crucial clarification in the endnotes at the back of the book. In the main text, the text makes it appear as if the ''Book of Commandments'' was successfully printed and distributed, but that it was unavailable to most Church members because there were "very few copies." Then, just ''two years'' later, the revelations were supposed to be "showing their age" for a variety of reasons.
	*{{Detail\|Doctrine and Covenants/Textual changes}}		*{{Detail\|Doctrine and Covenants/Textual changes}}
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	#*Robert L. Millet, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cd2971ec9b17b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "I Have a Question,"] ''Ensign'', Aug. 1987, p. 19.		#*Robert L. Millet, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cd2971ec9b17b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "I Have a Question,"] ''Ensign'', Aug. 1987, p. 19.
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	#*The author provides no sources to support this claim.		#*The author provides no sources to support this claim.
	*A search of the endnotes for Chapter 6 shows no references to 1982 anti-Mormon film ''The God Makers'', from which the offensive term "Celestial Sex" originated.		*A search of the endnotes for Chapter 6 shows no references to 1982 anti-Mormon film ''The God Makers'', from which the offensive term "Celestial Sex" originated.
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	*The repeated use of the term "Celestial Sex" is intended to offend those who hear it.		*The repeated use of the term "Celestial Sex" is intended to offend those who hear it.
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	#*Bruce R. McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 750.		#*Bruce R. McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 750.
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	*From the cited source, McConkie states,"Our spirit bodies had their beginning in pre-existence when we were born as the spirit children of God our Father. Through that birth process spirit element was organized into intelligent entities."		*From the cited source, McConkie states,"Our spirit bodies had their beginning in pre-existence when we were born as the spirit children of God our Father. Through that birth process spirit element was organized into intelligent entities."
	*Bruce R. McConkie is quoted in the endnote, but he never mentions anything about "sexual unions."		*Bruce R. McConkie is quoted in the endnote, but he never mentions anything about "sexual unions."
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	Now concerning the title "Son of Man," there are several ways to interpret this phrase. But none of them imply that God the Father is a man. One might notice, for instance, that '''contrary to what Mormons may assert''', the phrase does not say "son of ''a'' man." There are no indefinite articles in the Greek. Each instance simply reads, "Son of Man."		Now concerning the title "Son of Man," there are several ways to interpret this phrase. But none of them imply that God the Father is a man. One might notice, for instance, that '''contrary to what Mormons may assert''', the phrase does not say "son of ''a'' man." There are no indefinite articles in the Greek. Each instance simply reads, "Son of Man."
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	*The book implies through the construction of this text that Mormons believe that the title "Son of Man" actually means "son of ''a'' man."		*The book implies through the construction of this text that Mormons believe that the title "Son of Man" actually means "son of ''a'' man."
	*Latter-day Saints accept "Son of Man" as a messianic title, and do not attempt to reinterpret or alter it.		*Latter-day Saints accept "Son of Man" as a messianic title, and do not attempt to reinterpret or alter it.
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	*From the cited source,		*From the cited source,
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	...the Branch Davidians, who called themselves "Christian" but stored illegal weapons, abused children, and murdered law enforcement officers? What about The Family, a "Christian" group that currently engages in premarital "sharing" with multiple partners and allows adultery with consent? How about so-called "Christian" witches? There are also a significant number of liberal "Christian"...who deny the virgin birth, the deity of Jesus, and Christ's physical resurrection. And let us not forget "Christian" nudists.		...the Branch Davidians, who called themselves "Christian" but stored illegal weapons, abused children, and murdered law enforcement officers? What about The Family, a "Christian" group that currently engages in premarital "sharing" with multiple partners and allows adultery with consent? How about so-called "Christian" witches? There are also a significant number of liberal "Christian"...who deny the virgin birth, the deity of Jesus, and Christ's physical resurrection. And let us not forget "Christian" nudists.
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	*So, lets examine the author's stated criteria for disallowing the "broad definition" of the term "Christian:"		*So, lets examine the author's stated criteria for disallowing the "broad definition" of the term "Christian:"
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	*Jeffrey Meldrum, "The Children of Lehi: DNA and the ''Book of Mormon'', lecture at the 2003 FAIR Conference, Aug. 8, 2003.		#*Jeffrey Meldrum, "The Children of Lehi: DNA and the ''Book of Mormon'', lecture at the 2003 FAIR Conference, Aug. 8, 2003.
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	*The book seems to propose that the proposition that Lehi's small group intermingled with a larger population of Native Americans in approximately 600 B.C. is somehow contradicted and invalidated by the fact that the population was as numerous as "the sand of the sea" in A.D. 322, ''almost 1000 years later''. The logic behind this comparison is elusive. If anything, the idea that Lehi's group mingled with an existing population ''supports'' the idea that they would become quite numerous over a long period of time.		*The book seems to propose that the proposition that Lehi's small group intermingled with a larger population of Native Americans in approximately 600 B.C. is somehow contradicted and invalidated by the fact that the population was as numerous as "the sand of the sea" in A.D. 322, ''almost 1000 years later''. The logic behind this comparison is elusive. If anything, the idea that Lehi's group mingled with an existing population ''supports'' the idea that they would become quite numerous over a long period of time.
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	*{{BYUS\|author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|date=1979\|vol=19\|num=4\|start=427\|end=}} {{pdflink\|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?Type=7&ProdID=1634}}		#*{{BYUS\|author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|date=1979\|vol=19\|num=4\|start=427\|end=}} {{pdflink\|url=http://byustudies.byu.edu/Products/MoreInfoPage/MoreInfo.aspx?Type=7&ProdID=1634}}
	*[A version also appears in {{newlight\| author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|start=7\|end=27}}]		*[A version also appears in {{newlight\| author=Truman G. Madsen\|article=B.H. Roberts and the Book of Mormon\|start=7\|end=27}}]
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	An endnote provides the following clarification: "(p. 370 n.9)The press that printed the sheets of revelations was destroyed by an anti-Mormon mob. The sheets, scattered in the streets, were gathered up and assembled into a 160-page book."		An endnote provides the following clarification: "(p. 370 n.9)The press that printed the sheets of revelations was destroyed by an anti-Mormon mob. The sheets, scattered in the streets, were gathered up and assembled into a 160-page book."
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	*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr._(1832-1834)#1 December 1832—Saturday Joseph Smith's diary, Dec. 1, 1832], "[I] wrote and corrected revelations &c."		#*[http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Diary_of_Joseph_Smith,_Jr._(1832-1834)#1 December 1832—Saturday Joseph Smith's diary, Dec. 1, 1832], "[I] wrote and corrected revelations &c."
	*Dean Jessee, PJS, vol. 2, p. 4		*Dean Jessee, PJS, vol. 2, p. 4
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	Until recently, the common belief clearly implied throughout the history of Mormonism...was that Jesus' conception occurred via sexual intercourse between Heavenly Father (Elohim) and Mary.		Until recently, the common belief clearly implied throughout the history of Mormonism...was that Jesus' conception occurred via sexual intercourse between Heavenly Father (Elohim) and Mary.
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	<blockquote>Interestingly, when BYU professor Robert L. Millet attempted to justify baptism for the dead using the Corinthians verse, he actually changed the second sentence of biblical text, replacing the word "they" with "we." The substitution, of course, makes it seem as if Paul was saying that he and all the Corinthians were baptizing the dead.		<blockquote>Interestingly, when BYU professor Robert L. Millet attempted to justify baptism for the dead using the Corinthians verse, he actually changed the second sentence of biblical text, replacing the word "they" with "we." The substitution, of course, makes it seem as if Paul was saying that he and all the Corinthians were baptizing the dead.
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	*Robert L. Millet, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cd2971ec9b17b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "I Have a Question,"] ''Ensign'', Aug. 1987, p. 19.		#*Robert L. Millet, [http://www.lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD&locale=0&sourceId=cd2971ec9b17b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&hideNav=1 "I Have a Question,"] ''Ensign'', Aug. 1987, p. 19.
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	I have often spoken of the LDS belief in eternal "Celestial Sex" (i.e. the process by which Mormons believe they will procreate spirit children in eternity with their spouses, see chapter 6). But this has brought LDS criticisms because the actual phrase "Celestial Sex" is not used by LDS leaders—'''even though sexual union is how many Mormons believe they will procreate in the Celestial Kingdom'''. {{ea}}		I have often spoken of the LDS belief in eternal "Celestial Sex" (i.e. the process by which Mormons believe they will procreate spirit children in eternity with their spouses, see chapter 6). But this has brought LDS criticisms because the actual phrase "Celestial Sex" is not used by LDS leaders—'''even though sexual union is how many Mormons believe they will procreate in the Celestial Kingdom'''. {{ea}}
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	*The author provides no sources to support this claim.		#*The author provides no sources to support this claim.
	*A search of the endnotes for Chapter 6 shows no references to 1982 anti-Mormon film ''The God Makers'', from which the offensive term "Celestial Sex" originated.		*A search of the endnotes for Chapter 6 shows no references to 1982 anti-Mormon film ''The God Makers'', from which the offensive term "Celestial Sex" originated.
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	...thanks to Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother—'''who, through some kind of sexual union''', "clothed" each of us with a spirit-body.'' {{ea}}		...thanks to Heavenly Father and Heavenly Mother—'''who, through some kind of sexual union''', "clothed" each of us with a spirit-body.'' {{ea}}
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	*Bruce R. McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 750.		#*Bruce R. McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 750.
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	*From the cited source, McConkie states,"Our spirit bodies had their beginning in pre-existence when we were born as the spirit children of God our Father. Through that birth process spirit element was organized into intelligent entities."		*From the cited source, McConkie states,"Our spirit bodies had their beginning in pre-existence when we were born as the spirit children of God our Father. Through that birth process spirit element was organized into intelligent entities."
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	*The book implies through the construction of this text that Mormons believe that the title "Son of Man" actually means "son of ''a'' man."		*The book implies through the construction of this text that Mormons believe that the title "Son of Man" actually means "son of ''a'' man."
	*Latter-day Saints accept "Son of Man" as a messianic title, and do not attempt to reinterpret or alter it.		*Latter-day Saints accept "Son of Man" as a messianic title, and do not attempt to reinterpret or alter it.
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	*No source is provided to support the assertion and implication that LDS reinterpret the title "Son of Man" as "son of a man."		#*No source is provided to support the assertion and implication that LDS reinterpret the title "Son of Man" as "son of a man."
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	According to Brigham Young, our spirit body was created '''via a sexual union''' of Heavenly Father and Mother..."[God] created man, as we create our children," said Young, "[f]or there is no other process of creation in heaven, on the earth, in the earth, or under the earth, or in all the eternities, that is, that were, or that ever will be." {{ea}}		According to Brigham Young, our spirit body was created '''via a sexual union''' of Heavenly Father and Mother..."[God] created man, as we create our children," said Young, "[f]or there is no other process of creation in heaven, on the earth, in the earth, or under the earth, or in all the eternities, that is, that were, or that ever will be." {{ea}}
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	*This "laundry list" of groups and their abhorrent practices are presented in order argue ''against'' the application of the term "Christian" to Latter-day Saints. Examining this list closely—are ''any'' of these things taught, advocated or practiced by Latter-day Saints? ''This'' is the category into which Latter-day Saints are to be consigned? Such a comparison and its use as justification for denying the use of the term "Christian" to Latter-day Saints is insulting.		*This "laundry list" of groups and their abhorrent practices are presented in order argue ''against'' the application of the term "Christian" to Latter-day Saints. Examining this list closely—are ''any'' of these things taught, advocated or practiced by Latter-day Saints? ''This'' is the category into which Latter-day Saints are to be consigned? Such a comparison and its use as justification for denying the use of the term "Christian" to Latter-day Saints is insulting.
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