Joseph Smith.

Why don't all black Mormons have vitiligo like Joseph Smith said they would?
by Have A Nice Day on June 22nd, 2011 | 7 answers | in Joseph Smith

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MORMONS: How can one tell when Joseph Smith, Jr. was speaking as The Prophet and when as just a man?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 14th, 2011 | 2 people like this | 2 answers | in Joseph Smith

MORMONS: Where is the parchment of "John, the beloved disciple...written and hid up by himself" that D&C 7 was translated from?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on December 20th, 2010 | no answers | in Joseph Smith

MORMONS: Why is it that Joseph Smith, Jr's First Vision account is nearly identical to others in and around Palmyra during the same period
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on June 1st, 2010 | 1 person likes this | 3 answers | in Joseph Smith

Was Joseph Smith a fraud and Eisegete?
by AndyP on February 20th, 2010 | 6 answers | in Joseph Smith

The 1833 BoC says that Joseph Smith was to get NO other gift than translating the Book of Mormon. Then the 1835 D&C contradicts that. Why?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on February 17th, 2010 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

MORMONS: When are you going to get and start using your own Jupiter Talisman, and Seer Stone for divine power like Joseph Smith did?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on January 30th, 2010 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

Currently looking for historical documents for Joes "First Vision" versions. Documentation on revivals, letters from church etc. R-LDS?
by Joseph Smith was a fraud and Eisegete on January 13th, 2010 | no answers | in Joseph Smith

Was the white top hat that Joseph Smith, Jr. used for skrying and the translation of the Book of Mormon felt, straw, or something else?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on January 4th, 2010 | 2 answers | in Joseph Smith

W. Parrish a former private secretary to Joseph Smith, on Smith & Rigdon: "...they lie by revelation, swindle by revelation..." Thoughts?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on December 31st, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith, Jr. "No man can learn you more than what I have told you." On what basis could he make this claim?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on December 22nd, 2009 | 2 answers | in Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith "God made Aaron to be the mouthpiece for the children of Israel, and He will make me be god to you in His stead..." Meaning...?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on December 22nd, 2009 | 2 answers | in Joseph Smith

Why did Joseph Smith need to publish HIS extra-Biblical Book of Moses when one already existed? Why didn't he just publish the existing one?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on December 22nd, 2009 | 4 answers | in Joseph Smith

MORMONS: Why didn't divinely called translator Joseph Smith silence his skeptics by translating something from a KNOWN 19th Century tongue?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on December 17th, 2009 | 7 answers | in Joseph Smith

How many people did Joseph Smith excommunicate in his lifetime?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on December 16th, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

LdS Church Historian, B.H. Roberts: In 1830 Joseph Smith, Jr. claimed that God revealed to him: "Some revelations are of God: some revelations are of man: and some revelations are of the devil." So how do we know which of Smith's revelations are which?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on November 24th, 2009 | 1 person likes this | 6 answers | in Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith claimed that the Kinderhook Plates contained the history of a descendant of Ham. If Smith truly was a prophet with the gift of 'seership' and supernatural discernment why couldn't he physically/spiritually see or discern that they were fake?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on November 21st, 2009 | 4 answers | in Joseph Smith

G.B. Hinckley describing his revelations: "They're very sacred to me. They're the kind of things you don't want to put before the world." Why? Joseph Smith regularly published accounts of his visions/revelations so why don't modern LdS Church Prophets?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on November 19th, 2009 | 3 answers | in Joseph Smith

Mormons, ExMormons, and Mormon Studies Scholars how would you respond to this assertion from famous Mormon Critic, Sandra Tanner: "...[The Book of Abraham] is one area where Smith's translations can be put to the test and he fails."
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on November 15th, 2009 | 5 answers | in Joseph Smith

Did an "Angel of Light" promise Joe Smith (and his church) "all the kingdoms of the earth" if they did "certain things", and is that why they are so intent on taking over?
by Anonymous on November 2nd, 2009 | 2 answers | in Joseph Smith

Couldn't it be reasonably argued that that the creeds that the LdS Church rejects and calls "abominable" were actually just a primitive form and expression of the "Restoration" that Joseph Smith claimed to be ushering in as God's Living Prophet?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on November 2nd, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

Are there any prophecies that Joseph Smith made that came true after his lifetime?
by Coexist on October 31st, 2009 | 5 answers | in Joseph Smith

Is there any evidence that Joseph Smith had sexual intercourse with his polygamous wives? (and PLEASE provide supportable evidence that can be cross checked not just your opinions or the opinions of others - thanks. However, snarky jokes are always fun!)
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 29th, 2009 | 6 answers | in Joseph Smith

LdS Historian Richard Bushman in his Mormon Stories interview admits that given his personal history Joseph Smith appears to be a "scalawag" but asks, that if that were the case why did Brigham Young & Wilford Woodruff devote themselves to him? Thoughts?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 29th, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

The results of the recently released Wordprint analysis of The Book of Commandments strongly indicate that was written primarily by Sidney Rigdon, with Oliver Cowdrey and Joseph Smith as secondary sources. Then why did Joseph Smith get credit for the BoC?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 27th, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

Long time linguist Richard Packham recently presented new evidence that the Book of Mormon is clearly a 19th Century American (not ancient or foreign) literary work. How did your examination of this evidence (referenced) impact your opinion of this work?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 25th, 2009 | 2 answers | in Joseph Smith

The newest evidence strongly indicates that the Book of Mormon was compiled by Sidney Rigdon & Oliver Cowdrey and then recited to unsuspecting transcribers by Joseph Smith using concealed documents. How does this impact your opinion of this work?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 21st, 2009 | 5 answers | in Joseph Smith

Mormons: If death is the wages of sin (Romans 6:23), and Adam's and Eve's disobedience in eating from the tree of the knowledge of good and evil was not actually sin, then why did it introduce death into the world (Romans 5:12)?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 20th, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

Grant Palmer points to six sources for the Book of Mormon comprising 75% of the work. The remaining 25% appears to be original. If the book is ancient why was 3/4's of the book’s content from Smith’s time & local culture and well known to him?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 20th, 2009 | 3 answers | in Joseph Smith

If soon-to-be-assassinated Joseph Smith was, "like a lamb led to the slaughter" then was he armed and why did he send written orders commanding the Nauvoo Legion to march on Carthage and break him out of jail?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 13th, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

How could Joseph Smith (in History of the Church Vol 6, p. 474) cite Paul's statement in 1 Corinthians 8:4-6 that "there are gods many and lords many" to justify his claim that there are countless gods when within context it says the exact opposite?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on October 8th, 2009 | 3 answers | in Joseph Smith

The great question of Book of Mormon critics since 1830: How did Joseph Smith "pull off" the seer stone in the hat trick in "translating" the Book of Mormon?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on September 24th, 2009 | 3 answers | in Joseph Smith

The great question of Mormon Studies Scholars everywhere (deliberately left open and broad): How much did Emma Hale Smith know?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on September 24th, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

Did Joseph Smith use Psychedelic Substances to Facilitate Visionary Experiences? More to the point, did hallucinogens facilitate Joseph Smith's visions & those of early Mormon converts? The referenced link (below) says, "Yes!" Thoughts?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on September 24th, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith

Since the LdS Church rejects William Clayton's 1843 Kinderhook Plates translation entries in Joseph Smith's diary, why don't they also reject James Mulholland's 1838 First Vision (aka the Pearl of Great Price "official version") entry in Smith's diary?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on September 20th, 2009 | 3 answers | in Joseph Smith

Latayne Scott in a recent interview posed this thought provoking question: Why is it that the vast majority of Joseph Smith's direct disciples and wives (that is those who knew him intimately) left him, denounced him and became publicly critical of him?
by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on September 19th, 2009 | one answer | in Joseph Smith