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VIDEO REPLIES Book of Mormon 1769 KJV Errors 17th Century Italics Red Sea Mistranslations DNA Anachronisms Archaeology Proposed Locations Geography View of the Hebrews The Late War First Book of Napoleon Excerpt Comparison FBN Comparison Trinitarian view Book of Mormon Translation Rock in a Hat Translation Art Translation Accounts First Vision The Book of Abraham Papyrus Found Common Pagan Funerary Text Joseph & Translation Joseph & Translation Pt. 2 26 Facsimile #2 Infographic Facsimile 1 Facsimile 2 – Egyptian God Min Facsimile 3 28 Facsimile 3 response Egyptologists Cosmology King James Version Text Ananchronisms Light from Kolob The Philosophy of a Future State Elder Holland BBC Interview Egyptologist Quotes Conclusion Polygamy-Polyandry Polygamy Young Brides Promises of Salvation Polyandry Marinda Johnson Hyde Elder Jensen Quote Foster Daughters Helen Mar Kimball D&C 132 D&C 132 vs Joseph Destroyed The Law of Sarah Fanny Alger Public Denials of Polygamy Carefully Worded Denials Secrecy & Denials Refuting John C. Bennett Topics Addressed Elsewhere D&C 1835 Edition Warren Jeffs Left out Emma’s Four Approvals Prophets Yesterday’s Doctrine Blood Atonement Adam God Spencer W. Kimball Quote Bruce R McConkie Quote Blood Atonement of Christ Polygamy New and Everlasting Covenant President Hinckley Quote Blacks Ban Mark Hofmann Conclusion Kinderhook Plates & Translator Claims Kinderhook Plates and the Book of Abraham Testimony & Spiritual Witness Same Claims Outsider Test for Faith Outsider Test for Faith (Pt. 2) Is the Holy Spirit Inefficient? First Vision Contradictions? Book of Mormon Copyright Revelation Discrepancy Apostle Counsels How Reliable is the Spirit? Real vs. Not Real Real vs. Not Real (Pt. 2) Priesthood Restoration Bushman on the Priesthood Restoration Before 1832 & David Whitmer Backdating & Retrofitted Absence in BOC & Ordained by Lyman Wight Witnesses Introduction Magical Worldview Oliver Cowdery’s Rod & Gift of Aaron 51 comparing BC and D&C 52 no whitewashing Witnesses Witnesses Shared Worldview Three Witnesses Individual Accounts Martin Harris David Whitmer Oliver Cowdery Second Sight + Metcalf Quotes 1 & 2 55 Accounts of Book of Mormon Witnesses Master Martin’s Experience Eight Witnesses – Quotes Not Included 56 EIGHT WITNESSES Accounts James Strang James Strang’s 7 Witnesses LDS Followers of Strang No Document of Actual Signatures Stephen Burnnett-Quote Again Legality of Witnesses Testimonies Conclusion Unsavory Characters Signatures Duped Shakers Martin Harris and the Shakers Temples & Freemasonry 7 Weeks After True Masonry Same Masonic Version Zero Links to Solomon’s Temple Temple Changes Secret Tokens & Signs Separate Families? Science Introduction Death Before the Fall Discredited Claims Literal Reading of the Bible Other Concerns Church’s Dishonesty, Censorship, and Whitewashing Over Its History Priesthood Ban Start Zina Huntington Church Finances City Creek Mall Paying Tithing Tithing Before Rent Names of the Church Anti-Intellectualism Conclusion 80 Don’t panic 80 grieving 80 Joseph Smith 81 1890 Manifesto 81 treasure digging 81 continuous revelation 82 Do what is right 82 repeated references 83 Rembrandt vs. Picasso 83 Stay Tuned Light and Truth Letter

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