FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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29 October 2018
- 00:5700:57, 29 October 2018 diff hist +29,080 Question: Did Joseph Smith identify any elements of Facsimile 2 that are in agreement with what Egyptologists say they represent? →Question: Did Joseph Smith identify any elements of Facsimile 2 that are in agreement with what Egyptologists say they represent?
28 October 2018
- 08:4708:47, 28 October 2018 diff hist +21 Oliver Cowdery and Abraham 1:2 No edit summary
- 08:4608:46, 28 October 2018 diff hist +1 Oliver Cowdery and Abraham 1:2 No edit summary
- 08:4508:45, 28 October 2018 diff hist −1 Oliver Cowdery and Abraham 1:2 No edit summary
- 08:4508:45, 28 October 2018 diff hist −94 Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations No edit summary
- 08:4208:42, 28 October 2018 diff hist +410 N Oliver Cowdery and Abraham 1:2 Created page with "{{FairMormon}} <onlyinclude> {{H2 |L=Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations/Oliver Cowdery |H=Did Joseph Smith plagiarize a patriarchal blessing compiled by Oliver Cowdery? |..."
- 08:3408:34, 28 October 2018 diff hist −113 Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations No edit summary
- 08:3308:33, 28 October 2018 diff hist +2 Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations No edit summary
- 08:3308:33, 28 October 2018 diff hist +6 Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations No edit summary
- 08:3208:32, 28 October 2018 diff hist +14 Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations No edit summary
26 October 2018
- 22:4222:42, 26 October 2018 diff hist +215 Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations No edit summary
23 October 2018
- 23:2223:22, 23 October 2018 diff hist +3 Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork? →Artists have been approached by the Church in the past to paint a more accurate scene, yet denied the request for artistic vision.
- 23:2123:21, 23 October 2018 diff hist +2 Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork? →Artists have been approached a few times in the past to paint a more accurate scene, yet denied the request for artistic vision.
- 23:1923:19, 23 October 2018 diff hist +31 Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork? →Artists have been approached a few times in the past to paint a more accurate scene, yet denied the request for artistic vision.
- 23:1823:18, 23 October 2018 diff hist +1,873 Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork? →Question: Is the Church trying to hide something through its use of artwork?
- 22:1322:13, 23 October 2018 diff hist +240 Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? →FairMormon will change its findings occasionally as each response is the product of a particular state of scholarship, the often unique perspective of an apologist, and often with a particular criticism/rebranding of that criticism in mind
- 22:0622:06, 23 October 2018 diff hist +1,055 Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? →The objective of apologetics is to provide answers to critical questions by searching for criticism to answer, surfacing sources, evaluating logic/hidden assumptions, and forming a coherent, well-researched response to those questions
- 21:0821:08, 23 October 2018 diff hist +844 Question: Were the Isaiah passages in the Book of Mormon simply plagiarized from the King James Bible? →A closer look at these duplicate Isaiah texts actually provides us an additional witness of the Book of Mormon's authenticity
- 20:2820:28, 23 October 2018 diff hist +1,400 Question: Is someone unreliable because they practiced "treasure hunting" and believed in the use of seer stones to find lost objects? →Question: Is someone unreliable because they practiced "treasure hunting" and believed in the use of seer stones to find lost objects?
- 20:1920:19, 23 October 2018 diff hist +173 Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? →Question: How does FairMormon respond to criticism?
22 October 2018
- 05:5605:56, 22 October 2018 diff hist +204 Detailed response to CES Letter, Conclusion →Response to claim: "Among the first sources I looked to for answers were official Church sources such as Mormon.org and LDS.org. I couldn’t find them."
21 October 2018
- 19:1019:10, 21 October 2018 diff hist +13 When spiritual impressions seem mistaken →There are a variety of ways to view these situations
20 October 2018
- 05:2705:27, 20 October 2018 diff hist −1 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? No edit summary
- 05:2705:27, 20 October 2018 diff hist +1 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? No edit summary
- 05:2505:25, 20 October 2018 diff hist +1 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? No edit summary
- 05:2405:24, 20 October 2018 diff hist +37 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? No edit summary
- 05:2205:22, 20 October 2018 diff hist +14,646 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? →Environmental factors should be kept in mind when assessing an anachronism
- 04:3304:33, 20 October 2018 diff hist +466 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? →An "anachronism" is an element in a text that is "out of time." That is, it does not match the time and place of the text's claimed production.
- 00:4400:44, 20 October 2018 diff hist +416 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 00:4000:40, 20 October 2018 diff hist −13 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →The idolatrous Gods of Libnah, Korash, and Mahmackrah (Figures 6, 7, and 8)
- 00:3800:38, 20 October 2018 diff hist +5,462 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →The idolatrous Gods of Libnah, Korash, and Mahmackrah (Figures 6, 7, and 8)
19 October 2018
- 23:3123:31, 19 October 2018 diff hist +1 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →Firmament over our heads (Figure 12)
- 23:3023:30, 19 October 2018 diff hist +1,791 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →Firmament over our heads (Figure 12)
- 23:0723:07, 19 October 2018 diff hist +6 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham No edit summary
- 23:0623:06, 19 October 2018 diff hist +1 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →Question: What evidence does the Book of Abraham demonstrate to support its own antiquity?
- 23:0523:05, 19 October 2018 diff hist +6 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham /* Abraham made converts in Haran (Abraham 2:15)Mormons in Transition points to the Patrick commentary (Symon Patrick, et. al., A Critical Commentary and Paraphrase on the Old Testament, 1809, on Genesis 12:5) to discredit this evidence. There is no ev...
- 23:0523:05, 19 October 2018 diff hist +21 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →The stories and worldviews we find in the translated text of our Book of Abraham coincide nicely with what we find from ancient Abrahamic lore
- 22:2922:29, 19 October 2018 diff hist +449 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →The stories and worldviews we find in the translated text of our Book of Abraham coincide nicely with what we find from ancient Abrahamic lore
- 22:2622:26, 19 October 2018 diff hist −1 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →The stories and worldviews we find in the translated text of our Book of Abraham coincide nicely with what we find from ancient Abrahamic lore
- 22:2622:26, 19 October 2018 diff hist +4,729 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham →The stories and worldviews we find in the translated text of our Book of Abraham coincide nicely with what we find from ancient Abrahamic lore
- 20:4320:43, 19 October 2018 diff hist +3,519 Question: Why are Old Testament penalties for disobedience so harsh? →The Law of Moses was a very strict law that was designed to teach the Children of Israel obedience
- 02:2702:27, 19 October 2018 diff hist +8 Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director No edit summary
- 02:2602:26, 19 October 2018 diff hist +155 Criticism of Mormonism/Online documents/Letter to a CES Director No edit summary
18 October 2018
- 02:0702:07, 18 October 2018 diff hist −1,732 Evidences that support the Book of Abraham No edit summary
17 October 2018
- 22:4222:42, 17 October 2018 diff hist +113 Mormonism and apologetics No edit summary
- 22:4122:41, 17 October 2018 diff hist +24 Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? No edit summary
- 22:4122:41, 17 October 2018 diff hist +44 Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? No edit summary
- 22:4022:40, 17 October 2018 diff hist +8,968 N Question: How does FAIR respond to criticism? Created page with "==Question: How does FairMormon respond to criticism?== ===The objective of apologetics is to provide answers to critical questions by searching for criticism to answer, surfa..."
12 October 2018
- 22:4022:40, 12 October 2018 diff hist +189 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? →Environmental factors should be kept in mind when assessing an anachronism
- 21:5621:56, 12 October 2018 diff hist +1,315 Question: What is an anachronism, and what should be borne in mind when assessing the Book of Mormon (or any other text) for supposed "anachronisms"? →Environmental factors should be kept in mind when assessing an anachronism