http://blog.epicswell.com Stuff and Things Thu, 05 Jun 2008 21:40:19 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I've posted a page that contains numerous questions regarding the authenticity of the LDS church. Here is the link to the page. http://blog.epicswell.com/questioning-mormonism/ Here is the intro I wrote for the page. Let me know if you have any to add. It should be pretty comprehensive, but I'm quite sure I've missed ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2008/06/questioning-mormonism/ Jonathon Blake always comes up with the best info: From Hope for Parents of Wayward Children: The Prophet Joseph Smith declared—and he never taught a more comforting doctrine—that the eternal sealings of faithful parents and the divine promises made to them for valiant service in the Cause of Truth, would save not ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2008/04/im-saved-no-really/ The question of who was to be the true successor to Joseph Smith Jr. was always answered by a story of a meeting of saints where several men gave speaches regarding why they should be the successor and when Brigham Young spoke people thought that Brigham sounded like Joseph Smith ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2008/04/sidney-rigdon-real-successor-to-joseph-smith-jr/ Leading the Witness: Asking a question which puts words in the mouth of the witness or suggests the answer. So I was thinking this morning about the possibility of discussing my disaffection with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints with family and realized that I wouldn't want to use ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2008/04/leading-the-witness/ The mysteries of heaven are opening... I finally know where the Golden Plates are! Thanks goes out to Lyndon Lamborn for mentioning it in his "Mormon_Problems" document. The answer is hidden in Brigham Young's Journal of Discourses, volume 19, pages 39-40. "I lived right in the country where the plates were found ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2008/03/i-know-what-happened-to-the-golden-plates/ I'll be using the subject of the post found here as my jumping off point. http://blog.mrm.org/2008/03/mormons-don%e2%80%99t-necessarily-believe-in-christ/ My question is this... if I don't beleive that Joseph Smith is/was a prophet... if I don't beleive that the Book of Mormon is what the church says it is... if I don't beleive that God ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2008/03/should-the-church-keep-me/ While browsing FLAK this morning, something I haven't done in months, I came across a reference comparing the September 6 to Galileo Galilei. I knew that Galileo Galilei was imprisoned by the Catholic church due to his views on how the Earth revolves around the earth, but I had ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2008/01/the-lds-church-excommunicates-galileo/ I know that I haven't posted much lately, and there has been a lot that has gone one over the last few months. I don't want to go into too much detail, but I would like to point out a few of the biggest events. One of my brothers got married ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2008/01/welcome-brother/ As my belief in Mormon doctrine diminishes, I sometimes think about what might take their place. The doctrine that families can be sealed together for time and all eternity is a benefit that is greatly touted by the church in order to gain members. Only those who have been baptized, ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2007/09/eternal-families/ Question 1: Did Joseph Smith use the Urim and Thummim to translate the Book of Mormon? Question 2: Did Joseph Smith use the Gold Plates to translate the Book of Mormon? After several decades in the church I would have answered "Yes" to both questions. Sadly, the answers are both questions is ... http://blog.epicswell.com/2007/09/reasons-behind-my-disaffection-reason-6-translating-the-book-of-mormon/