Category Archives: Mormonism

Did Moses Literally See the Face of God?

Posted on June 24, 2019 by robbowman

Exodus 33:11 says that the Lord spoke “face to face” with Moses, but Exodus 33:20 says that Moses could not see the Lord’s face. Is this a contradiction? Two preliminary observations may be helpful. First, we should notice that Exodus … Continue reading →

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Joseph Smith and the Many Wives of David and Solomon: Authorized or Abominable?

Posted on May 28, 2019 by robbowman

In all of the debate over Joseph Smith’s teachings and practices regarding polygamy, little attention seems to have been given to an explicit contradiction in his scriptural revelations. This contradiction concerns what the Lord thought of David and Solomon having … Continue reading →

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Don’t Know Much about Book of Mormon Geography

Posted on January 30, 2019 by robbowman

On January 29, 2019 (yesterday as of the time of this writing), the LDS Church published an article online entitled “Book of Mormon Geography,” another installment in its series of innocuously titled “Gospel Topics” essays. Begun in 2013, this series … Continue reading →

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Leaving IRR but Not Leaving Mormonism Alone!

Posted on October 17, 2018 by robbowman

Last month, I announced that the Institute for Religious Research, where I have worked since 2008, was facing a deep financial crisis that made its future after the spring of next year very doubtful. Since that announcement, a few people … Continue reading →

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Are You Smarter than a Trinitarian? Part Two: Responding to Mormon Misrepresentations of the Trinity

Posted on September 4, 2018 by robbowman

In Part One of this response to LDS apologist Ronald Kimmons’s flow chart on the Trinity, I summarized his argument and replied to red herrings or misdirections included in that chart that are not germane to the issue of whether … Continue reading →

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Are You Smarter than a Trinitarian? Part One: Responding to Mormon Misdirection on the Trinity

Posted on August 23, 2018 by robbowman

Ronald Kimmons is a Latter-day Saint businessman with political ambitions, a self-described “digital marketing professional, linguist, and smartypants” who has also spent a lot of time answering questions on the popular Q&A website Quora. According to his Quora profile, Kimmons, … Continue reading →

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Answers to Mormon Answers on Moroni 8:18

Posted on August 18, 2018 by robbowman

August 18 is observed annually with the message “We Agree with Moroni 8:18” by evangelical Christians who seek to share the biblical faith with Latter-day Saints. Moroni 8:18, a verse near the end of the Book of Mormon, states: For … Continue reading →

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And Don’t Call Us Mormons: The LDS Church and Language Control

Posted on August 16, 2018 by robbowman

Earlier today the website Mormon Newsroom issued an “Official Statement” from Russell Nelson, the President and Prophet of the LDS Church: The Lord has impressed upon my mind the importance of the name He has revealed for His Church, even … Continue reading →

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Yea, Verily, Yea: The Word Yea and the Book of Mormon’s Imitation of the King James Version

Posted on July 31, 2018 by robbowman

  Yesterday I posted a short article here summarizing the first three articles on IRR’s website in a new series entitled “Moroni’s New Testament.” In those articles, I showed that the author of the writings attributed to Moroni in the … Continue reading →

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Moroni’s New Testament: Proof that the Author of the Book of Mormon Used the King James Version

Posted on July 30, 2018 by robbowman

Many passages of the Book of Mormon are demonstrably dependent on the New Testament. The most obvious use of the New Testament in the Book of Mormon comes in 3 Nephi 12–14, most of which is copied nearly verbatim from … Continue reading →

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