Mormon Mirage

Reason #53: The warfare in the Book of Mormon

  The Book of Mormon raises questions when we examine its accounts of warfare. Where is evidence of the great mounds…

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Reason #50: The Book of Mormon and Polygamy

  Probably one of the hottest areas of controversy rages around the Book of Mormon"'s teachings on polygamy. Those unfamiliar…

16 years ago

Reason #45: Joseph Smith’s Boasting about Languages

  On one occasion Joseph Smith Jr., the founder of the LDS religion,  quoted from seventeen different languages (not always…

16 years ago

Reason #44: The Whitewashing of LDS History

Mormons are taught that abstinence from tea, coffee, alcohol, and tobacco is essential for entrance into the celestial kingdom. If…

16 years ago

Koinonia Blog

I'm preparing a series of blog posts requested by Zondervan's Academic Blog, Koinonia which will appear in about a month.  I'm…

16 years ago

Reason #43: Joseph and Nauvoo

There's an error in the upcoming edition of The Mormon Mirage. (Yes, since I'm human, there will be errors.)  This…

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Reason #41: The Sheer Number of Joseph Smith’s False Prophecies

  Because of the Sheer Number of Joseph Smith"'s False Prophecies: False prophecy became a habit for Joseph Smith. Most…

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Reason #40: Joseph Smith’s Failed “Miracles”

  False Prophecies and Failed Abilities of Joseph Smith: While at Kirtland Ohio, Joseph made a prophecy that is unfamiliar…

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Reason #39: Because dissent or questions were stifled in Mormonism from the very beginning

In the formative years of the LDS Church, any revelation received by church members was only considered valid if it…

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Reason #38: The Situation of Those Who First Heard the Mormon “Gospel”

I have often wondered how I would have responded, had I been an adult in New England in the early…

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