Category: Truth and Discernment
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 23
Facing Reality Reality is sometimes very hard to face. For instance, on July 26, 1969, the Salt Lake Tribune reported that members of the International Flat Earth Research Society still do not believe that the earth is round. They feel that the moon landing was “part of a great deception by NASA” and that the “astronauts are…
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Unmasking a Mormon Spy
Details of the Tanners’ experience with ‘undercover’ individuals and questions about FBI knowledge of their operations.
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Joseph Smith’s “Caractors” Found!
Important Discovery Puts President Kimball On The Spot By Jerald and Sandra Tanner On May 3, 1980, the Church Section of the Mormon newspaper, Deseret News, reported that an amazing discovery had been made: A hand-written sheet of paper with characters supposedly copied directly from the gold plates in 1828, and also bearing other writing…
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The Thinking Has Been Done: The Mountain Meadows to Guyana
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Since the recent massacre in Guyana there has been a great deal of discussion concerning what constitutes a cult and the process of brainwashing used by such a group. The Salt Lake Tribune for November 26, 1978 reported: The brainwashing, said the experts, was just as subtle as the charismatic…
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Honesty with Mormons on Spalding
On June 25, 1977, researchers claimed handwriting evidence indicated the Book of Mormon was authored by Solomon Spaulding. Counterarguments and handwriting analyses disproved this theory, questioning the researchers’ conclusions.
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Mormons, Hughes & the C.I.A.
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In our last issue of the Salt Lake City Messenger we pointed out some interesting facts that seem to point to a relationship between the Mormon Church and the CIA. For one thing, we proved that a company which handled international public relations for the Mormon Church was used as…
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Mormons and the Watergate Scandal
Justice Department Warns Church About Illegal Taping By Jerald and Sandra Tanner During 1973, as the details of the Watergate cover-up began to unfold, we were struck with the many parallels to Mormon history. Since that time we have found more parallels. Even more important, however, has been the discovery that Mormons were involved with…
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“The Thinking Has Been Done”
“When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done. When they purpose a plan—it is God’s plan. . . . When they give direction, it should mark the end of controversy.”
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From a Tea-Chest? (Kinderhook Plates)
The Kinderhook Plates, partially translated by Joseph Smith as containing a history linked to a descendant of Ham, were later revealed through scientific analysis and historical research to be a fraud.
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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.