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A Fair Treatment of the Slaying of Laban

Tyler J Perry “Thou shalt not kill.” – Exodus 20:13 “Slay him, for the Lord hath delivered him into thy hands.” – 1 Nephi 4:12 “That which is wrong under one circumstance, may be, and often is, right under another. God said, ‘Thou shalt not kill’; at another time he said, ‘Thou shalt utterly destroy.’” – “The Happiness Letter” [1] “For God is not the author of confusion, but of peace, as in all churches of the saints.” – 1 Corinthians 14:33 “Behold, mine house is a house of order, saith the Lord God, and not a house of confusion.” – Doctrine and Covenants 132:8 INTRODUCTION In my first mission area, I tracted into the home of a man, who, to my recollection, was an Adventist minister. He was cordial and accepted our invitation to read the Book of Mormon. We set a date to return and check in with his progress. At the time of the appointment, we sat down together and discussed his reading. He had started from the beginning of 1 Nephi. His first objection I, to thi...

Copy and Paste this into Word as a template for a Vote of Opposition

<Date> Dear President <Stake President Name>, In accordance with my rights and responsibilities as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (hereafter, “the Church”) in the <Stake or District Name> in the <Ward or Branch Name>, and under the instruction stated by President Henry B. Eyring in the Saturday Afternoon Session of the 191 st Semi-Annual General Conference of the Church, I would like to submit a vote of opposition under the principle of common consent as taught by the Prophet Joseph Smith in Doctrine and Covenants Section 26. My vote of opposition is on the following proposals: · Russell Marion Nelson as prophet, seer and revelator and President of the Church; Dallin Harris Oaks as First Counselor in the First Presidency; and Henry Bennion Eyring as Second Counselor in the First Presidency · Dallin H. Oaks as President of the Quorum of the T...

Dangerous Anti-Mormon Lies

Tyler J Perry If you as a member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints ever came across material such as Fawn Brodie's No Man Knows My History , the works of Jerald and Sandra Tanner, or the 1912 New York Times article about the Book of Abraham, you may have been told to dismiss them out of hand as “anti-Mormon lies". Indeed, this content that is damaging to the church and its reputation can appear to the believer as the work of the demonic Adversary whose sole goal it is to uproot the kingdom of God on Earth. It is, thus, convenient and, perhaps, even prudent to label this material as both “anti-Mormon” and “lies". However, a difficulty appears when one learns that Fawn Brodie’s work is shown to be truth faithful scholar Richard Bushman's biography of the Prophet Joseph Smith [1]. Worse still, the scholarly work of Jerald and Sandra Tanner has been moved from its place among the “anti-Mormon lies" and into the place of “uncomfortable truths"...

A Response to Mo Wives Mo Problems

Tyler Perry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCnp5FlBAlA&list=WL&index=6 So, this series has been making some waves, whether due to its style, tone, or content. I also doubt that the algorithm is going to put it in your path unless you have a very specific history. FairMormon is an apologetics group that seeks to answer the tough questions directed to the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, whether these be issues with truth claims, church history, racial issues, treatment of LGBTQ people, or issues with modern policy and practices. In other words, this is a source that is favorable of, not critical toward, the church. It is also one of my go-to sources for raising questions in my blogs because the apologetics are frankly terrible, even by apologetic standards. One of the recent (since about 2015) challenges to the church's truth claims has been what is called the CES Letter. The CES Letter is a list of questions (about 70 or 80 pages wor...