Category: Moonmen
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Early Deseret Almanacs and the Doctrine of God
By Kurt Van Gorden Kurt Van Gorden is an ordained minister and directs two missions to the cults:Jude 3 Missions and the Utah Gospel Mission.He is a researcher, contributor, and editor for 16 apologetic books.http://www.utahgospelmission.com Title page of 1851 Deseret Almanac.(All images are from the digitized collection of Kurt Van Gorden. Public Domain.) In 2007,…
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New Light on Moonmen
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the Messenger for August 1969, we quoted Oliver B. Huntington (a friend of Joseph Smith) as saying: Inhabitants of the moon “The inhabitants of the moon are more of a uniform size than the inhabitants of the earth, being about 6 feet in height. “The dress very much like…
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The Test
Recent evidence, especially the 1967 rediscovery of the Book of Abraham papyrus, disproves Joseph Smith’s translation. Egyptologists found it unrelated to Abraham, undermining Smith’s claims and the Church’s racist teaching.
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Moonmen and Nephites
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner By revelation from God, Joseph Smith professed knowledge about people apparently inhabiting the moon. Just as there has been no good evidence ever supporting such a claim, archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon peoples has remained practically non-existent despite many dubious claims. At the time Joseph Smith established the…