For years LDS apologists have tried to find the remains or other evidence of pre-Columbian horses. One such attempt is the statement by Daniel Peterson in this video. He refers to horse bones found in the upper Mid-west that says preliminary reports identified...
Many Mormons, upon being confronted with irrefutable evidence that Joseph Smith married multiple teenaged girls, respond that it was common in the 1800's for older men to marry teenaged girls. However, this chart and information seem to dispute that. Chart courtesy of...
( This is an image of Joseph Smith's “Alphabet and Grammar,” containing most of the text of the Pearl of Great Price's Book of Abraham 1:13-17. The arrows point to symbols found on the papyri from which Smith supposedly translated the PofGP. The...
I know that one of the spiritual limps I’ll carry with me for the rest of my life is an aftereffect of believing in a god who didn’t exist. To this day I struggle with the concept of a triune God, and I know that many Christians without my cultic baggage do as well....
Recently the LDS Church has changed chapter headings in its online Book of Mormon (a revised print edition isn't currently scheduled.) But, given the burgeoning number of people who read primarily online, these changes are significant. They reflect the way the...
My atheist friend, Richard Packham, has an excellent online article that shows the shallowness of LDS arguments to support the Book of Mormon. Below, mostly in Packham's words, are some of the arguments he makes in his article: Most Mormon defenses of the authenticity...
