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Stories of the Three Nephites: Ancient Americans Who Appear Frequently in Mormon Folklore

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By: Shawn Landis

The Mormon Trail: The Route LDS Pioneers Took to Settle in Utah

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By: Shawn Landis

Fast and Testimony Meeting: A Chance for Members to Share their Testimonies

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By: Shawn Landis

LDS Opposition to Same-Sex Marriage: Mormon Leadership Views Gay Couple's Wedding as Moral Issue

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By: Shawn Landis

Low LDS Convert Retention Rate: The Growth of the Mormon Church Now Relies on People Born into Faith

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By: Shawn Landis

Disaffected Mormon Underground: New Order Mormons Retain Membership; May Not Believe in the Church

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By: Shawn Landis

Thomas S. Monson: 16th LDS President: This Prophet, Seer, and Revelator Became President Early in 2008

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By: Shawn Landis

Patriarchal Blessings: This Special Type of Blessing Serves as Personal Scripture

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By: Shawn Landis

Smiles for Diversity: This St. George, Utah Organization Helps Lost Get an Education

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By: Shawn Landis

LDS Baptism for the Dead: The Controversial Practice of Mormon Posthumous Conversion Ritual

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By: Shawn Landis

LDS Temple Weddings: Marriages Last Forever when Conducted in a Sealing Ceremony

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By: Shawn Landis

Community of Christ Overview: Differences Between the Utah Based Mormon Church and the Former RLDS

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By: Shawn Landis

LDS Singles Wards: The Indepent Mormon Movie Was Based on a Real Congregation Type

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By: Shawn Landis

Smithsonian Book of Mormon Usage: The Museum Never Uses Mormon Texts for Archealogical Research

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By: Shawn Landis

Mormon Boy Scouting Program: How LDS Troops Differ frrom Those Sponsored by Other Organizations

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By: Shawn Landis

Mark Hoffman's Salamander Letters: LDS Leaders Would Fall Victim to a Conman's Strange Scheme

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By: Shawn Landis

FLDS Children's Scriptures Taken: Copies of the Book of Mormon Taken Away by Texas CPS

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By: Shawn Landis

LDS Senior Missionary Program: Elderly Mormons Can Go on Missions Not Focused on Conversion

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By: Shawn Landis

The South Park Mormon Episode: What Trey Parker and Matt Stone Got Wrong about LDS History

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By: Shawn Landis

Prank Call Initiated FLDS Raid: Known Prankster Rosita Swinton Called Texas Shelter

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By: Shawn Landis

LDS Wikimedia Copyright Complaint: Intellectual Reserve Claims Wikimedia Posted Copyrighted Material

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By: Shawn Landis

FLDS Children's Schedule Released: Guidelines Given for the Youth of the Polygamist Sect in Custody

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By: Shawn Landis

Book of Mormon Translation Process: Did Joseph Smith Use a Seerstone or the Urim and Thummim?

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By: Shawn Landis

FLDS Letter to President Bush: Sect Leaders Accuse Texas Authorities of Civil Rights Abuses

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By: Shawn Landis

Proof of Mormon Scripture in Egypt: Does Science Validate Book of Abraham in the Pearl of Great Price?

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By: Shawn Landis

No LDS Access to Catholic Records: Concern over Baptism for the Dead Caused the Vatican to Forbid it

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By: Shawn Landis

The Different Mormon Jesus: A Criticism of the LDS Based Solely on Theological Grounds

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By: Shawn Landis

The Lost Boys of the FLDS: 400 to 1,000 Teenage Boys Have Been Abandoned by the Sect

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By: Shawn Landis

Mormons: Fastest Growing Church: This Often-repeated Claim Is Not Supported by Actual Data

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Sherlock Holmes and the Mormons: In a Study in Scarlet, Holmes Has His First and Only LDS Experience

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Utah's Pioneer Day: A Not Quite Religious Holiday Celebrated by Mormons in Many Places

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By: Shawn Landis

Insider's View of Mormon Origins: Grant Palmer Knew His Book Would Cause Controversy

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By: Shawn Landis

The September Six: This Event Started Boyd K. Packer's War on Mormon Intellectuals

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By: Shawn Landis

Fundamentalist Mormons: How the FLDS and Other Groups Confuse the Public about the Faith

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By: Shawn Landis

Mormons in the U.S. Congress: Which U.S. Senators and Representatives Are Mormon?

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By: Michael Rowland

Mormon Church Calls New Apostle: D. Todd Christofferson Joins the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles

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By: Michael Rowland

The Mormon Reptilian Conspiracy: An Entertaining but Inaccurate Theory of David Icke

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By: Shawn Landis

The Muslim Mormon Connection: American Muslims and Mormons Have Created a Deepening Friendship

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By: Michael Rowland

Utah's High Anti-Depressant Usage: Is the Problem the Mormon Church or Another Factor in the State?

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By: Shawn Landis

Mormonism's Black Priesthood Ban: People of African Descent Were Not Able to be Ordained until 1978

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By: Shawn Landis

Mind Control and the Mormon Church: The LDS Organization is Frequently Accused of Using These Techniques

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By: Shawn Landis

Are Mormons Christian? New Official Church Website Declares the Mormon View of Christ

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By: Michael Rowland

Popular Myths About Mormons: Are Mormons Christian? Do Mormons Practice Polygamy?

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By: Michael Rowland

The Adam-God Doctrine: Another Discarded Theological Innovation of Brigham Young

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By: Shawn Landis

Temple Garments: The Holy Underwear of the Mormons

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By: Shawn Landis

An Individual Liahona: Using the Holy Spirit as a Personal Compass

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By: Shawn Landis

CTR Rings: Similar to WWJD Bracelets and More to the Point

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By: Shawn Landis

Moroni's Promise: The First Step in Gaining a Testimony of the Gospel

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By: Shawn Landis

Are Jesus and Satan Brothers? Romney Did Not Answer this Question

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By: Shawn Landis

Types of Mormons: TBMS, NOMs, Fundamentalists and More

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By: Shawn Landis

Defining Mormon Doctrine: Bruce R. McConkie's Book is Not Officially Binding

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By: Shawn Landis

Joseph Smith's First Vision: The Official Story of the Founding of the Mormon Church

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By: Shawn Landis

Heavenly Mother: The Wife of God in Mormon Theology

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By: Shawn Landis

Joseph Smith's Assassination: The Death of the First Mormon Prophet

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By: Shawn Landis

The Nauvoo Expositor Newspaper: Joseph Smith Ordered Its Destruction

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By: Shawn Landis

BYU Electroshock Aversion Therapy: The Mormon University Atttempted to Cure Homosexuality

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By: Shawn Landis

Blood Atonement: A Discarded Mormon Doctrine

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By: Shawn Landis

The Haun's Mill Massacre: An Event of the Missouri Mormon War

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By: Shawn Landis

Joseph Smith's Gold Digging Trial: A Nagging Legacy for Mormons, Mormon Historians and Apologists

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By: Shawn Landis

The Word of Wisdom: Why Mormons Do Not Drink Coffee

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By: Shawn Landis

The Mormon Bible: It's the Bible Itslef, Not the Book of Mormon

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By: Shawn Landis

The Role of Polygamy in Mormon History: The Church No Longer Practices Plural Marriage in a Physical Form

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By: Shawn Landis

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