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- Question: How were divorces formalized among Mormons on the frontier in the 19th century? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: How were metals used in the Book of Mormon? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If "the wages of sin is death" as described in Romans 6:23, and the fall of Adam and Eve was a transgression rather than a sin, then why did it introduce death into the world? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If God rejected the fig leaf aprons worn by Adam and Eve, why do Mormons wear aprons representing this in the temple? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If Gordon B. Hinckley were a true prophet, why did he not discern the nature of the Hofmann forgeries? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If a doctrine is repudiated, does that mean that it was false when it was being taught? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If early Church leaders taught that plural marriage was required, does this mean that current members are not capable of achieving exaltation? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If every President of the Church is a prophet, seer, and revelator, why have so few revelations after Joseph Smith been added to the Doctrine and Covenants? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: If modern Egyptologists say that this is a representation of Min, and Min is a “pagan” God, how could Joseph Smith say that it represents God sitting on his throne? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: In what manner was the Aaronic Priesthood restored? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is ''History of the Church'' not accurate because Joseph Smith did not write it himself? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is ''History of the Church'' not accurate because Joseph Smith himself did not write it himself? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is Mormon insistence on baptism as an essential ordinance of salvation "unChristian" or "unbiblical"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is Mormonism in error because Christianity requires a "closed canon" instead of the Church's "open canon"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is Wikipedia's portrayal of Martin Harris as a gullible, superstitious man accurate? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is interracial marriage prohibited or condemned within the Church? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is it ever allowable to modify a religious ceremony? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is it possible that Joseph Smith simply added the Book of Ether to the Book of Mormon as an "afterthought" in order to explain the variety of animals in the New World? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is it true that Mormon missionaries are not allowed to swim because Satan has dominion over the waters? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is it true that Mormons are forbidden from drinking cola drinks such as Coke, Pepsi and Dr Pepper? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is it true that there used to be fourteen Articles of Faith? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is someone unreliable because they practiced "treasure hunting" and believed in the use of seer stones to find lost objects? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is textual criticism of Biblical texts superior to receiving revelation on that text through a prophet of God? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the Bible without error? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the Father embodied or a spirit in the first edition of the Doctrine and Covenants? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the Mormon doctrine of "agency" or "free will" false, since all human choices are predetermined by the laws of physics? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the Mormon temple garment simply "magic underwear"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the concept of "original sin" part of all Christian theology? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the mention of barley in the Book of Mormon an anachronism? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the mention of gold in the Book of Mormon an anachronism? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the mention of silver in the Book of Mormon an anachronism? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the mention of the metal "ziff" in the Book of Mormon an anachronism? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the representation of Min actually Egyptian "pornography"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Is the suicide rate in Utah higher than the national average? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Many who listened to Elder Dunn's stories felt the spirit. Why would one feel the spirit upon hearing a story that was fabricated? Doesn't this confirm a lie? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Of what material were the Book of Mormon "gold" plates constructed? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Regarding the gold plates, did Martin Harris claim that "the eight witnesses never saw them and hesitated to sign that instrument for that reason, but they were persuaded to do it"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Should Mormons reject "wayward" family members or those who leave the Church? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Should we pay tithing before paying for food or rent? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Since Joseph Smith "married" the wives of 11 other men, why were those women not "destroyed" as specified in the Doctrine and Covenants since they continued to live with their "previous" husbands? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Bishop M'Kendree, a Methodist revivalist preacher, the model for King Benjamin in the Book of Mormon? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Helen Mar Kimball's marriage to Joseph Smith ever consummated? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith's 1832 prophecy of the Civil War invalid because slaves did not rise up against their masters in the Civil War? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith's marriage to 14-year-old Helen Mar Kimball indicative of "pedophilia"? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith afraid to reproduce the text of the lost 116 pages of Book of Mormon manuscript because he could not do so? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith found guilty of being a "con man" in 1826? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Joseph Smith sealed or married to other men's wives without the knowledge or consent of their husband? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Nicean Trinitarianism always a key part of Christian belief? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was Parley P. Pratt murdered because he stole another man's wife? (used on 3 pages)
- Question: Was a "magic dagger" once owned by Hyrum Smith? (used on 3 pages)