Joseph Smith written explanations of the 1st visions contain significant contradiction

Reasons to agree

1. The fact that the different versions of the vision include different visitations indicates that the story is not true.


2. The 1832 version of the story says that only one personage, Jesus Christ, appeared to him.


3. The 1838 version of the story says that God and Jesus Christ appeared to him.

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Joseph Smith's contradicted stories of the 1st vision should lead us to question his accuracy

Reasons to agree

1. Joseph Smith written explanations of the 1st visions contain significant contradictions. 

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Joseph Smith written explanations of the 1st visions contain significant contradictions

Reasons to agree

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Joseph Smith did not really see God and Jesus Christ in the "Sacred Grove"

Reasons to agree

1. Joseph Smith's contradicted stories of the 1st vision should lead us to question his accuracy. 


2. If Joseph Smith really had seen God and Jesus Christ he would have written about it sooner than 1832, 11 years after its alleged occurrence.

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(+3) The LDS church should stop having missionaries knock on random doors.

Reasons to agree

1. The Church would get more converts by doing service than knocking on people's doors. 


2. Knocking on people's doors is annoying


3. Knocking on people's doors makes more enemies than friends.


4. I know, I know... the kids have to go on missions, because Jesus told them to go, and if they go on missions they have to have things to do to keep them busy, but when they are not teaching, they should be doing service. 

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The lds church should stop proselytizing missions and just do service missions

Reasons to agree

1. Proselytizing missions are not working any more. 


2. Pure religion, is helping others. 


3. Missionaries could still baptize, but they wouldn't proselytizing . 

Reasons to disagree

1.  It wouldn't work. The book of Mormon doesn't have Christ setting up service missions when he visited the Americas in 3rd Nephi: he told them to go and baptize. 

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1. By this shall men know ye are my disciples, if you have love one for another.

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All things are done by common consent in the LDS church

Reasons to agree

1. The church has to vote to have things included as doctrine. ie the 1979 addition to the D&C about the black and the preisthood.

Reasons to disagree

1.  The brothern tell us how things are, and we either have to do it or leave. 


2. When I hear the words "by common consent" I think of everyone voting. Nothing like this has ever happened in the Church. 


3. One or two "votes" in a period of 150 years of history of the Church History doesn't qualify for "ALL things being done by common consent". The Church really could do all things by common consent, now that we have the internet. Should we have built the new mall in salt lake? Should women get the priesthood? Should Bishops have to have a degree in theology? Should we have gay marriage? Does anyone know if the website "by common consent" actually advocates restructuring the way decisions are made, or do they just want individuals to pay more attention to the wise decisions of our superiors? 

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1. all things shall be done by common consent in the church, by much prayer and faith, for all things you shall receive by faith.

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All things shall be done by common consent in the church

Reasons to agree

1. The raising of the right hand, as done in the LDS church, does not result in a church being led by common consent. 

Reasons to disagree

1.  It would be impractical to allow everyone to vote.


2. It is better to just have common consent among the 12


3. We have common consent, when everyone raises their right hand

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Doubting and questioning is a factor of personality not intelligence or righteousness

Reasons to agree

1. There are smart people inside and outside of every church. 


2. Doubting and questioning is a factor of integrity, or the ability to tell yourself that you won't push down and ignore doubt. 

Reasons to disagree

1.  Some stories are not logical. It takes some intelligence to see error in logic. 


2. Stupid people are more easily led. 

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1. Wanting to think they are smart even though they believe. 

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1. Wanting to think they are smart because they doubt. 

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There is more than one way to be a good Mormon

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Reasons to disagree

1.  There are a lot of OK ways to be a good Mormon, but Christ was the only good example. 

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Educational material prepaired by the LDS church for potential converts should address negative aspects of the Church's history

Reasons to agree

1. Churches should not tell a sanitized version of their history. 


2. The ends do not Justify the means.


3. If the Church is beautiful, people should be able to recognize its beauty without liposuction, implants, or masks. If the Church has warts, it should accept them, like Cindy Crawford did.  Beuty is in the eye of the behold. Churches shouldn't try to change their past, they should just be honest about it and move forward. 

Reasons to disagree

1. All complete stories are too long. Everyone has to pick and chose which stories to tell, and people with faith are going to pick the faith promoting aspects of history. Mormons know that Anti Mormons are going to tell all the negative aspects. If anyone is going to tell the positive story, the only people to do it is the Mormons. Mormons believe that not being a Member leads to more sin and suffering in the world, and so they justify themselves, which makes sense from that perspective. 


2. It is OK for Churches to tell a sanitized version of their history. Everyone has their bias, and so when you hear someone from a Church you know they are going to be telling a biased version of history. 

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