Earlier this year, someone posted 95 Reformational theses geared toward MormonISM. I took a look at those "95" areas of discussion...and put this chart together for people to study these things on their own.
| Thesis # |
Links |
MRM.tv; John Ankerberg links; Mormonisminvestigated (UK) youtube linkage, etc. |
| 1. Smith's peepstone usage in Book of Mormon 'translation' |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #15 from this article) + Translation of the Book of Mormon + Book of Mormon translation + A Seer Stone and a Hat - "Translating" the Book of Mormon |
Top 10 Mormon Problems (see #3) |
| 2. The Missing Mormon archaeology of Book of Mormon civilizations |
The Scientific Search for Nephite Remains (Mormon Archaeology ) |
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| 3. Book of Mormon history -- anachonisms |
Anachronisms |
Where did the Book of Mormon come from? + Top 10 Mormon Problems (see #4 & #5))# |
| 4. DNA as relating to undergirding Book of Mormon history |
Lamanite DNA (scroll down) + DNA Science Challenges LDS History |
DNA vs. the Book of Mormon |
| 5. Note how Book of Mormon names matches up, with slight revisions, with local names where Joseph Smith resided |
In Search of Book of Mormon Geography + Book of Mormon Geography: Which Theory do you Believe? |
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| 6. Early Mormon theology and latter-day fallout from disbelieving Mormon theology/doctrine |
Resources on Lds theology + "This Is My Doctrine": The Development of Mormon Theology + The Evolution of Mormon Theology + Joseph Smith’s Modalism: Sabellian Sequentialism or Swedenborgian Expansionism? |
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| 7 to 11. Losing faith in Book of Mormon as historical account |
The Book of Mormon + Book of Mormon Difficulties |
John Ankerberg Show "Book of Mormon is not qualified" + Top 10 Mormon Problems |
| 10. First Nephi has LOTS of issues |
The Book of Mormon and the King James Version (KJV Translation errors show up in the Book of Mormon) |
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| 12 to 14. Book of Abraham really an Egyptian funeral document? |
The Book of Abraham + The Book of Abraham + Book of Abraham + Death Blow to Mormonism – The Book of Abraham is a Fake? + The Book of Abraham + Min is Not God! |
The Lost Book of Abraham + Top 10 Mormon Problems |
| 15. Fake Kinderhook Plates which fooled Joseph Smith |
The Kinderhook Plates |
Top 10 Mormon Problems (see #7) |
| 17. Joseph Smith marries 14-year-old...and dozens of wives |
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Joseph Smith's 14 year old bride Helen Mar Kimball 100 |
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| 18. Polyandry: Joseph Smith married the wives of 11 fellow Mormons |
Joseph Smith Married Other Men's Wives: Would you share your spouse with the Prophet? |
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| 18 thru 25. Polygamy--including post-manifesto polygamy/Polyandry -- "polyandry" including Joseph Smith being married to 11 women already married -- who remained married |
Polygamy [Everything you might want to possibly know about historical Mormon polygamy] + LDS Leaders Still Believe There Will be Polygamy in Heaven |
The 34 wives of Joseph Smith (and their 11 husbands) + Lifting the Veil of Polygamy + Top 10 Mormon Problems (see #8) |
| 20. Joseph Smith secret 'marriage' to teen Fanny Alger minus authority to do so |
Alger History and Ancestry: Fanny W. Alger 1817-1879 + Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (See #17, 18 from this article) |
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| 21. LDS Leaders' Lies to Cover-Up Historical Polygamy |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #56 thru #59, #64, #71, #72, #76 thru #113, #132 from this article) + LDS Leaders, Their Ethics and Lying for the Lord |
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| 22. Joseph Smith lied to his original wife |
See # 22, 24, 29, 30, 39, 40 etc. from this list: Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] |
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| 23. Polygamy: How it went from 'everlasting' to 'embarrassing' |
Great Moments in Mormon History |
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| 24. Post-manifesto Mormon polygamy |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #56 through #59, #76 thru #113, and #125 from this article) + see Solemn Covenant: THE MORMON POLYGAMOUS PASSAGE -- see appendix list of about 260 plural marriages solemnized between 1890-1910 |
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| 25. Lds 'scriptures' inconsistent with each other |
The Book of Mormon vs Mormonism |
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| 28. Joseph Smith, post 'first vision,' tries to join Methodist church |
Joseph Smith Tries to Join the Methodists |
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| 29. Multiple/conflicting versions of Joseph Smith's 'First Visions' |
Joseph Smith's First Vision: Examining the evidence related to Joseph Smith’s claim to have seen the Father and the Son + The First Vision + First Vision plagiarized |
Heart of the Matter: First Vision II |
| 30. Why lengthy lag time of announcing 'First Vision'? (Authenticity or credibility of 'priesthood restoration'/Is Lds church 'One True Church?') |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #1 from this article) + Priesthood Restoration + The Great Apostasy + Did Brigham Young teach that Christians are ignorant people? |
Those Abominable Creeds + |
| 31. Smith's history of treasure-digging |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #11 from this article) + Joseph Smith and Money-Digging + See post #15 |
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| 32. Joseph Smith repeatedly claimed angel 'Nephi' -- Not 'Moroni' was 'Angel' that visited him |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #5 from this article) |
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| 33. Gold plates difficult for Joseph Smith to move |
How Heavy Were Those Gold Plates? |
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| 34. Loss of credibility of so-called 'Book of Mormon witnesses' |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #14 from this article) + The Witnesses + Book of Mormon witnesses |
Top 10 Mormon Problems (see #9) |
| 36. No early mention of Melchizedek priesthood in Mormon church |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #10 from this article) |
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| 38. Joseph Smith wouldn't have been able to pass a 'Word of Wisdom' interview |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #6 from this article) |
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| 43. Masonic influences in temple ceremony |
Masonic Influence in the Endowment Ceremony + Masonry/Temple |
Top 10 Mormon Problems (see #10) + Sandra Tanner on Mormon Temples |
| 45 & 46. Lds temple ceremony changes: Why change something 'direct from Mormon god?' |
Temple Ritual Changed...Again + Only The Latest In A Long Line: Temple Ceremony Changes Through History + Why the temple ceremony was changed in 1990 - LDS-Mormon + Why the need for secret death oaths in the LDS Temple Endowment Ceremony? [Secretive Mormon church] |
Sandra Tanner on Mormon Temples + Top 10 Mormon Problems (see #10) |
| 48. Lds church making Jews into 'Mormons' post-death as their 'saviors?' |
Are Mormon people LITERAL saviors of dead Jews, others? (The OTHER World Series: Vanity) |
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| 50. Joseph Smith shenanigans re: Nauvoo Expositor |
Nauvoo City Council’s minutes of 1840s provide chaos, contention and lies [Lds' Smith Shenanigans] + Unparralled Outrage at Nauvoo + The Martyrdom: The Prophet Seals His Testimony with His Blood [168th anniversary of Lds censorship] |
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| 51. Joseph Smith died in a gun battle |
PALMER'S ALMANAC: Mormon prophet Joseph Smith met with violent end + The Nauvoo Expositor Affair [Death of Mormon Joseph Smith] |
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| 53. Mormon cosmology? |
Mormon Science and Space Doctrines [Kolobian cosmology] |
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| 56. Lds prophet prophecies that failed to pass (Losing faith in Joseph Smith) |
The Prophecies of Joseph Smith + this earlier 2003 FR posted piece: Failed prophecies of Joseph Smith + Joseph Smith |
Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith +The Prophecies of Joseph Smith + First steps into a New Life |
| 57. Brigham Young's "Adam" = Mormon god teaching over 20 years |
Adam God doctrine |
BYU Professor Admits Adam-God Taught By Brigham Young |
| 58 to 61. Losing confidence in Lds general authorities |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] + An American Fraud: One Lawyer's Case Against Mormonism + Resources on Lds theology + How Well Do You Know Mormon Church Leaders of the Past? + Can Mormons Trust Their Prophets? |
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| 62. Lack of Mormon leader discernment when meeting with con artist/ murderer-to-be Mark Hofmann scandal |
Film in the works about Hinckley and the Mark Hofmann Episode |
Mormon Stories Podcast: The Mormon Forgery Bombings – The Complex Legacy of Mark Hofmann 25 Years Later |
| 65. Do official Mormon sources exist? What about the Journal of Discourses? |
Do “Official” Mormon Sources Exist? |
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| 66. Church history cover-up by Lds leaders |
Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #7, #129) |
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| 67. Studying Mormon church history leading to disbelief -- therefore church leaders pre-empt scope of much Lds historical scholarship |
Historical issues + Interesting Looks at Mormon History |
The Early Years of Mormonism |
| 69. Lds church placing illegal aliens in leadership positions |
2 LDS branch presidents in Utah deported to Guatemala, El Salvador |
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| 72. Mormon 'testimonial' manipulation |
Ten Lies I Told as a Mormon Missionary |
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| 73. Mormon 'prophet' Hinckley covered up Mormon teaching of becoming gods |
Mormon Profits and Lying |
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| 74. Blood atonement: How Jesus' blood is anemic per Mormonism |
Blood Atonement |
What is Mormon Doctrin of "blood atonement"? |
| 76. Mountain Meadows Massacre: First 9/11 terrorist act in USA |
Mountain Meadows Massacre:“MOUNTAIN MEADOWS MASSACRE HORROR CONTINUES 150 YEARS LATER” + Lying for the Lord [Not the typical version / Well worth the read] (see #133-134) |
Mountain Meadow Massacre |
| 78 to 81. Mormon Racism: Exclusion of blacks from Priesthood into 1978 |
Blacks and the priesthood + Racism + Racial Statements in LDS Scriptures + See Bott file & links |
>Racism and Mormonism + Top 10 Mormon Problems |
| 83. Lds stances re: women |
Great Moments in Mormon History + Making Mormon 'Spirit' Babies [Ecumenic] |
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| 87. Lack of Lds church financial transparency -- even to its own members/leaders |
Mormon church earns $7 billion a year from tithing, analysis indicates |
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| 89. Supposedly 'lay clergy' Mission Presidents receive 'sweet' 'benefits' deal |
Unpaid Mormon leaders get pretty sweet deal |
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| 94. Relying upon emotional sentiments? (A 'testimony') |
Quick Responses to the 10 Most Common LDS Questions (See #7) |
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