Category Archives: Mormonism

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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Is the Expression “Make a Record” Evidence for the Book of Mormon? A Case Study in Testing Mormon Apologetic Arguments

Posted on July 16, 2018 by robbowman

The “Book of Mormon Central” website, founded by LDS scholars Lynne Wilson and John W. Welch in 2015 and operated by the Book of Mormon Archaeological Forum, has quickly become a popular source for apologetic arguments in defense of the … Continue reading →

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What’s in Your Christology? Comparing Trinitarian and Nontrinitarian Views of Jesus Christ

Posted on October 1, 2017 by robbowman

Jesus famously asked his disciples, “Who do people say that I am?” (Mark 8:27). The answers people were considering at the time were generally variations on a single notion, which was that Jesus was some sort of prophetic figure. Today … Continue reading →

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An Evangelical Goes to Provo

Posted on August 11, 2017 by robbowman

Every year FairMormon, the most popular pro-LDS apologetics organization, holds a conference at which Mormons, including some scholars from Brigham Young University, defend their beliefs. I attended it in 2012 and this year attended its 2017 conference on August 2nd … Continue reading →

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