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817:; that it failed to use the funds for charitable purposes and instead used them in for-profit ventures; and that it misled contributors and the public about the usage and extent of those funds. According to the whistleblower, applicable law requires the funds be used for religious, educational or other charitable purposes for the fund to maintain its tax-exempt status. Other commentators have argued that such expenditures may not be legally required as claimed. In response to the allegations, the church's First Presidency stated that "the Church complies with all applicable law governing our donations, investments, taxes, and reserves," and that "a portion" of funds received by the church are "methodically safeguarded through wise financial management and the building of a prudent reserve for the future." 7199:
distress, and depression, and lower levels of self-esteem and quality of life. ... This study does affirm and extend the existing literature by suggesting that psychosocially based beliefs about SSA etiology active participation in non-LGBT-affirming churches, being single and celibate, and mixed-orientation marriage—all of which are common beliefs and/or practices within modern, active LDS culture—are associated with poorer psychosocial health, well-being, and quality of life for LGBT Mormons. Conversely, biological beliefs about SSA etiology, complete disaffiliation from the LDS Church, legal same-sex marriage, and sexual activity are all associated with higher levels of psychosocial health, well-being, and quality of life for LGBT Mormons.
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the staff consists of certified public accountants, certified internal auditors, certified information systems auditors, and other credentialed professionals. Based upon audits performed, the Church Auditing Department is of the opinion that, in all material respects, contributions received, expenditures made, and assets of the Church for the year 2006 have been recorded and administered in accordance with appropriate accounting practices, approved budgets, and Church policies and procedures.
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justice of the peace in Bainbridge, New York, in 1826. The Tanners have also highlighted changes such as the title page of the 1830 edition of the Book of Mormon that described Smith as "Author and Proprietor" of the book, which was revised in subsequent editions to be "Translator", and the description of
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have long been the subject of external criticism, as well as internal controversy and disaffection by members. Because of its ban against same-sex sexual activity and same-sex marriage, the LDS church taught for decades that any adherents attracted to the same sex could and should change that through
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as more LDS immigrants arrived and took over the land of Native nations, "Resources the Indians had relied on for generations diminished, and in time they felt forced to resist and fight for their own survival ... the land and cultural birthright Indians once possessed in the Great Basin were largely
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had been performed by members of the church. After that criticism, church leaders put a policy in place to stop the practice, with an exception for baptisms specifically requested or approved by victims' relatives. Jewish organizations again criticized the church in 2002, 2004, 2008, and 2012 stating
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The Tanners argue that early church leaders established the practice of polygamy in order to justify behavior that would otherwise be regarded as immoral. The Ostlings criticize Joseph Smith for marrying at least 32 women during his lifetime, including several under the age of 16, a fact acknowledged
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between the 1950s and the 1990s, wherein indigenous children were adopted by white church members. Criticism resulted during and after the program, including claims of improper assimilation and even abuse. However, many of the involved students and families praised the program. Church leaders taught
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had become "a white and a delightsome people" to "a pure and a delightsome people" (2 Nephi 30:6). In 1840, the "white and delightsome" of the original Book of Mormon text was changed by Joseph Smith to "pure and delightsome" in the third edition; it reverted to "white and delightsome" after Smith's
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that the church failed to honor the 1995 agreement. The LDS Church says it has put institutional safeguards in place to avoid the submission of the names of Holocaust victims not related to Mormon members, but that the sheer number of names submitted makes policing the database of names impractical.
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point out that the LDS Church actively campaigns against same-sex marriage statutes, including donating $ 500,000 in 1998 towards a campaign to defeat such a referendum in Alaska. The church's support (80 to 90 percent of the early volunteers who walked door-to-door in election precincts and as much
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issued a letter to local leaders stating that they had "interpreted oral sex as constituting an unnatural, impure, or unholy practice." The letter was not distributed to the general membership. This letter also instructed local leaders not to inquire into the specifics of married members' sex lives.
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The LDS Church has a zero tolerance policy concerning sexual misconduct. It also gives specific instruction on conducting one-on-one interviews with youths, including encouraging them to have parents or other trustworthy adults sit directly outside the room. Church leaders are to avoid any situation
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again applied for statehood. This time the federal government did not object to starting the statehood process. Six years later, the process was completed and Utah was admitted as a state in 1896. The Ostlings note that soon after the church suspended the practice of polygamy, the federal government
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The Church Auditing Department has been granted access to all records and systems necessary to evaluate the adequacy of controls over receipts of funds, expenditures, and safeguarding of Church assets. The Church Auditing Department is independent of all other Church departments and operations, and
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notes that, in the 1970s and 1980s, "just as American women pressed for greater influence", the LDS Church decreased the visibility and responsibilities of women in various areas including welfare, leadership, training, publishing, and policy setting. Despite this, Bushman asserts, "most LDS women
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Soon after Mormons colonized the Salt Lake Valley in 1847, Native American child slaves became a vital source of their labor, and were exchanged as gifts. The settlers initially had some peaceful relations, but because resources were scarce in the desert, hostilities broke out with the local Native
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between the 1978 and 1997 editions, where "We can become Gods like our Heavenly Father" was changed to "We can become like our Heavenly Father", and "our Heavenly Father became a God" was changed to "our Heavenly Father became God". But, official LDS Church publications still affirm the doctrine of
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In the 1830s, the church was heavily criticized for Smith's handling of a banking failure in Kirtland, Ohio. After the Mormons migrated west, there was fear and suspicion about the LDS Church's political and military power in Missouri, culminating in the 1838 Mormon War and the Mormon Extermination
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told members to "orget everything that I have said, or what President Brigham Young or President George Q. Cannon or whomsoever has said .... We spoke with a limited understanding." Both the original policy and the reversal are criticized. The Tanners state that the church's 1978 policy change of
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With substantial evidence of serious harms associated with exposure to particularly for minors, 21 states (and multiple cities and counties) have passed bipartisan laws or regulations prohibiting SOGICE. ... Furthermore, compared with LGBTQ youths with no exposure, those exposed to SOGICE showed
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do not dispute that some early members may have had homosexual tendencies, but they call Quinn's assertion of tolerance a distortion of church history that has little support from other historians. They state the current leadership of the church "is entirely consistent with the teachings of past
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The Tanners cite the selective use of Brigham Young's statements, presented in a manner to give the illusion that he was in favor of blacks receiving the priesthood. The Tanners also state that the church attempted to discredit evidence that Joseph Smith was arrested, tried, and found guilty by a
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issues, some of which relate to the large size and the long time span of the civilizations mentioned in the book. After Joseph Smith founded the movement in upstate New York in the 1820s, the faith drew its first converts while Smith was dictating the text of the Book of Mormon from golden plates
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Today, the Church disavows the theories advanced in the past that black skin is a sign of divine disfavor or curse, or that it reflects unrighteous actions in a premortal life; that mixed-race marriages are a sin; or that blacks or people of any other race or ethnicity are inferior in any way to
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In 2018 over 800 protesters gathered and marched to the LDS Church headquarters to deliver a petition with over 55,000 signatures asking for an end to semiannual, closed-door, one-on-one interviews between adult male local church leaders and children and teens during which many members have been
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Bar chart showing age differences at the time of polygamous marriage between teenage brides and early Latter Day Saint church leaders. The average age of first marriage for white US women from 1850 to 1880 was 23, with those marrying at ages from 15 to 19 ranging from 6.5 to 27.5 percent of the
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The wording "white and a delightsome" was introduced in the 1st edition of the Book of Mormon in 1830. This was changed to "pure and a delightsome" in the 3rd edition in 1840. The 1841 and 1849 European editions of the Book of Mormon were printed in England by the Twelve Apostles, and were the
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Over the past two centuries, the relationship between Native American people and the LDS Church has included friendly ties, displacement, battles, slavery, education placement programs, official and unofficial discrimination, and criticism. Church leadership and publications taught that Native
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The major findings from the study are that non-biologically based views regarding the etiology of SSA , remaining active in the LDS Church, remaining single, and engaging in mixed-orientation marriages were all associated with higher reported levels of internalized homophobia, sexual identity
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has developed the BITE model to explain and classify the influence techniques used by authoritarian and cult-like groups to ensure their members' compliance. BITE stands for the four control aspects of control which authoritarian groups practice on their membership: control over Behavior,
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Historian Fawn Brodie argued that given its authors' intentions to reform the church, the paper was "extraordinarily restrained" given the explosive allegations it could have raised. A prospectus for the newspaper was published on May 10, and referred to Smith as a "self-constituted
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Mormon historian D. Michael Quinn has accused LDS Church leaders of urging historians to hide "controversies and difficulties of the Mormon past". Mormon scholar Allen Robers says church leaders "attempt to control depictions of the Mormon past". Non-Mormon professor John Hallwas of
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before they can enter a temple. The Mormonism Research Ministry calls this "coerced tithing" because church members that do not pay the full tithe cannot enter the temple, and thus cannot receive the ordinances required to receive the highest order of exaltation in the next life.
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omits any mention of Young's polygamy, and that the book's chronological summary of Young's life includes the date of his first marriage, the date of the first wife's death, and the date of the second legal marriage, but omits mention of Young's dozens of other marriages.
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Prior to 2006, the introduction to church-published editions of the Book of Mormon stated Lamanites form the "principal ancestors of the American Indians." Since the 2006 edition, the same passage now reads they are "among the ancestors of the American Indians."
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marriages (that is, he married women who were already married to other men) and that he warned some potential spouses of eternal damnation if they did not consent to be his wife; in at least two cases, Smith married orphan girls who had come to live at his home.
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We work on the assumption that the closer you get to Joseph Smith in the sources, the stronger he will appear, rather than the reverse, as is so often assumed by critics. His warmth, his sincerity, and his absolute devotion to the cause come through page after
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which describe dark skin as a sign of a curse and a mark from God to distinguish a more righteous group of people from a less righteous group, and by citing passages describing white skin as "delightsome" while dark skin is portrayed as unenticing
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Here was my husband, gray headed, taking to his bed young girls in mockery of marriage. Of course there could be no joy for him in such an intercourse except for the indulgence of his fanaticism and of something else, perhaps, which I hesitate to
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reduced its legal efforts to seize church property. Despite this, Mormon leaders after 1890 continued to sanction and participate in plural marriages in secret, in smaller numbers, both in the U.S. and in Mexico, for the next several decades.
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quotes Joseph Smith as stating, "It is the first principle of the Gospel to know for a certainty the Character of God. 
 He was once a man like us; 
 God himself, the Father of us all, dwelt on an earth, the same as Jesus Christ himself did".
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that the church "refuses to acknowledge and undo its racist past, and until it does that, members continue to suffer psychological damage from it" and that "the church has not done enough to rectify its racist past". The large majority of
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Some black members and critics have called on the church to do more to apologize for the restrictions, while other black members have argued against that effort. In 2004 Darron Smith, a critical black church member, contends in his book,
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The Tanners and the Ostlings accuse the church of being overly greedy and materialistic, citing the large amount of wealth accumulated by the church, and citing the strong emphasis on tithing, and suggest that the church is more like a
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However, this portion of the letter was often ignored, and in response to letters of protest from members, another letter was issued to local leaders in October reiterating the prohibition on inquiring into specific sexual practices.
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Young, Brigham (April 9, 1852), "Self-Government – Mysteries – Recreation and Amusements, not in Themselves Sinful – Tithing – Adam, Our Father and Our God", in Watt, G.D.,
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advisory board, responds to critics that those on the project "work on the assumption that the closer you get to Joseph Smith in the sources, the stronger he will appear, rather than the reverse, as is so often assumed by critics."
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death in subsequent editions, as editions were based on one published in England. In 1981, the First Presidency approved a change that adopted the 1840 version by Smith, as saying that converts would become "pure and delightsome".
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The church teaches that a living person, acting as proxy, can be baptized by immersion on behalf of a deceased person, citing 1 Corinthians 15:29; Malachi 4:5–6; John 5:25; and 1 Peter 4:6 for doctrinal support. These
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contend that the church distorts its history in order to portray itself in a more favorable light. Specifically, they allege that there was a systematic removal of events that portray Joseph Smith in a negative light.
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cite quotes from church leaders such as Brigham Young, who said, "You must not think, from what I say, that I am opposed to slavery. No! The negro is damned, and is to serve his master till God chooses to remove the
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If confirmed, the $ 100 billion net worth would exceed the combined net worths of the world's largest university endowment (Harvard University) and the world's largest philanthropic foundation (Gates Foundation).
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The Tanners state that throughout the 20th century the church denied scholars access to many key church documents, and in 1979 said that it had refused to publish Joseph Smith's diary. Apologists point out that
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Responding to Authoritarian Cults and Extreme Exploitations: A New Framework to Evaluate Undue Influence. Steven Hassan and Thomas Gutheil. Psychiatric Times. February 5, 2022. Accessed September 24, 2024.
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says of LDS historians: " do not mention Mormon intimidation, deception, repression, theft, and violence, or any other matters that might call into question the sacred nature of the Mormon experience."
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c. 600 BC and traveled with his family to the Western Hemisphere, arriving in the Americas c. 589 BC. After the translation was complete, Smith said he returned the golden plates to the Angel Moroni.
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preached: "No woman will get into the celestial kingdom, except her husband receives her, if she is worthy to have a husband; and if not, somebody will receive her as a servant". In Mormon doctrine,
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The sheer variety of Brigham Young's marriages makes it difficult to make sense of them. He married—was sealed to, in Mormon parlance—young (Clarissa Decker, 15) and old (Hannah Tapfield King, 65).
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by Brigham Young, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, His Two Counsellors, the Twelve Apostles, and Others, vol. 1, Liverpool: F.D. & S.W. Richards, 1854, pp. 46–53,
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The Tanners argue that the church's 1890 reversal of its policy on polygamy was done for political reasons, citing the fact that the change was made during the church's lengthy conflict with the
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completely demoralizes good men and makes bad men correspondingly worse. As for the women—well, God help them! First wives it renders desperate, or else heart-broken, mean-spirited creatures.
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1.76 times greater odds of seriously considering suicide, 2.23 times greater odds of having attempted suicide, and 2.54 times greater odds of multiple suicide attempts in the previous year.
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point to the restrictions as evidence that past LDS Church policies were racist in nature. Before the change in policy, most other adult males in the LDS Church were given the priesthood.
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Wilford Woodfruff & (Emma Smith born March 1st 1838 at Diahman Davis County Missouri) was Sealed for time & Eternity by President Brigham Young at 7 oclock P.M. March 13, 1853.
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gave sermons against racism. In 2005 he taught that no one who utters denigrating remarks can consider himself a true disciple of Christ, and noted the irony of racial claims to the
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allowing all worthy male members, including people of black African descent, to hold the priesthood was not divinely inspired as the church said, but simply a matter of convenience.
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issued a statement calling the practice "erroneous" and directing its dioceses to keep parish records from the Genealogical Society of Utah which is affiliated with the LDS Church.
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The name of each wife is followed by her age at marriage, the place of marriage, and the year the couple married. ... Lorenzo Snow ... Sarah Minnie Jensen, 16, Salt Lake City, 1871
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The Tanners criticize the church's revision of the temple endowment ceremony over the years, saying that revisions were made to obscure provocative practices of the early church.
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However, Bushman notes that evidence of sexual relations between Smith and any wives of his followers is sparse or unreliable. Compton argues that some marriages were likely
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during the second half of the 19th century, the church became the target of nationwide criticism for that practice, as well as for the church's theocratic aspirations in
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Mormons Ron Wood and Linda Thatcher do not dispute that the change was a result of federal intervention and say that the church had no choice in the matter. The 1887
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Fagan, Garrett G.; Feder, Kenneth L. (1 December 2006). "Crusading against straw men: an alternative view of alternative archaeologies: response to Holtorf (2005)".
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point to comments by certain church leaders as evidence that women are subject to different rules regarding entry into heaven. They state that 19th-century leader
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has hypothesized that early church leaders had a more tolerant view of homosexuality. He writes that several early church leaders and prominent members, including
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argue that the LDS Church treats women as inferior to men. The Cult Awareness and Information Centre also point to comments such as those made by church leader
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along with twenty-six other universities on its censured list of universities that do not allow tenured professors sufficient freedom in teaching and research.
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On December 28, 2020, seven lawsuits were filed against the LDS Church, based on allegations which stated that it covered up decades of sexual abuse among its
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The Ostlings say that the LDS Church retaliates against members that publish information that undermines church policies, citing excommunications of scientist
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stated in 1997 that "none of the principal food plants and domestic animals of the Old World (except the dog) were present in the New World before Columbus."
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between LDS pastoral leaders and (especially) adolescent congregants, believing them "an invitation" for abuse. An editorial in the sectarian (LDS Church)
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in the United Kingdom) to perform annual audits of its not-for-profit, for-profit, and educational entities. Lay leaders at the local level are not paid.
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Current teachings and policies leave homosexual members with the options of: potentially harmful attempts to change their sexual orientation, entering a
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who had a belief in Christ many hundreds of years before Jesus's birth. According to the book, the Nephites are one of four groups (the others being the
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say that the admission rules are unreasonable because admission to the temple requires that a church member must first declare that they pay their full
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President Snow often referred to this couplet as having been revealed to him by inspiration during the Nauvoo period of the church. See, for example,
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that church contributions are collected and spent in accordance with church policy. Moreover, the church engages a public accounting firm (currently
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married a sixteen-year-old girl, his tenth wife, younger than his daughter Celestia). Sarah Pratt lashed out at Orson in an 1877 interview, stating:
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Deborah Laake and Colleen McDannell say that the church takes a repressive stance towards sexuality and that this may be psychologically unhealthy.
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Steven Hassan – What the Mormon Church Can Learn From Cults to Do/Be Better Ep. 938-939. Mormon Stories. June 6, 2018. Accessed September 24, 2024.
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Journal of Discourses by Brigham Young, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, His Two Counsellors, and the Twelve Apostles
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Journal of Discourses by Brigham Young, President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, His Two Counsellors, and the Twelve Apostles
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wrote: "Straight members have absolutely no idea what it is like to grow up gay in this church. It is a life of constant torment, self-hatred and
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The BITE Model of Authoritarian Control & Mormonism: An Exploration with Ex-Mormon John Dehlin. June 14, 2018. Accessed September 24, 2024.
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and in 2018 surrounding the 40th anniversary of the lifting of race restrictions. The church published the following statement in December 2013:
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Polygamy is perhaps the most controversial early Mormon practice, and was a key contributing factor for Smith's murder. Under heavy pressure—
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compiled a number of records in order to produce a history of the church. Among the records examined were the various accounts related to
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over property seizures and statehood. The Ostlings say that, soon after the church received the revelation that polygamy was prohibited,
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Buerger, David John (2002), The Mysteries of Godliness: A History of Mormon Temple Worship (2nd ed.), Salt Lake City: Signature Books,
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In December 2019, a whistleblower alleged the church holds over $ 100 billion in investment funds, which are managed by an affiliate,
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The Book of Mormon mentions several animals, plants, and technologies for which there is no evidence in Book of Mormon time frames in
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contended that the church tries to hide past racial practices, citing the 1981 change in the Book of Mormon, which stated that the
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point out that this reversal of policy occurred as the LDS Church began to expand outside the United States into countries such as
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criticize the church for changing the principle asserting that God was once a man. They cite changes to the LDS Church publication
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Dr. Steven Hassan's BITE Model of Authoritarian Control (PDF). Freedom of Mind Resource Center. 2023. Accessed September 24, 2024.
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Richard Abanes lists the following as church members excommunicated or censured for views unacceptable to the church hierarchy:
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migrated west, there was fear and suspicion about the LDS Church's political and military power in Missouri, culminating in the
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Some Jewish groups criticized the LDS Church in 1995 after discovering that vicarious baptisms for the dead for victims of the
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taken from them." Within 50 years of Mormon settlement, the population of Utah's Native Americans was reduced by almost 90%.
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is a group of current and former members of the LDS Church who have criticized the church's policies on homosexuality.
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Affirmation.org has particularly criticized sexual repression of homosexuals, both inside and outside of the church.
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Due to the categorization of Ensign Peak Advisors as an "integrated auxiliary of a church", not a public foundation.
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would not be accepted as a state if polygamy was practiced—the church formally and publicly renounced the practice
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Order (Missouri Executive Order 44) by Governor Lilburn Boggs. In the 1840s, criticism of the church included its
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state that these leaders were a product of their time and locale. They say that many leaders, including Smith,
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and righteous striving. The church provided therapy and programs for attempting to change sexual orientation.
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publicly condemned racism and called upon all church members to abandon attitudes and actions of prejudice.
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tend to be good-natured and pragmatic: they work on the things that they can change and forget the rest."
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The Ostlings consider other omissions to be distortion, noting that the widely distributed church manual
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married Helen Mar Kimball, a daughter of two close friends, 'several months before her 15th birthday'.
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Adherents of the Latter Day Saint movement give varied responses to these criticisms. Some invoke the
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was crippling the church and "something dramatic had to be done to reverse trend." After the church
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anyone else. Church leaders today unequivocally condemn all racism, past and present, in any form.
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Galliher, Renee; Bradshaw, William; Hyde, Daniel; Dehlin, John; Crowell, Katherine (April 2015).
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Letter of October 15, 1982, to all Stake Presidents and Bishops. BYU Library Special Collections.
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for decades that Native Americans' darker skin would be made lighter due to their righteousness.
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acknowledged reports that church leaders did not fully adhere to the 1890 prohibition. After the
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Making Lamanites: Mormons, Native Americans, and the Indian Student Placement Program, 1947–2000
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The Second Annual Church Educational System Religious Educator's Symposium, August 17–19, 1978.)
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Letter of January 5, 1982, to all Stake Presidents and Bishops. BYU Library Special Collections.
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are of the opinion the LDS Church uses BITE techniques to exert undue control over its members.
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responds to the "author and proprietor" charge by arguing this title conformed to the governing
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organization, acknowledges changes to the endowment ceremony and points out that (according to
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From 1852 to 1978 church policy excluded men of black African descent from ordination to the
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writing on them, which he said he found buried after being directed to their location by the
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Joseph Smith, the Prophet, His Family, and His Friends: A Study Based on Facts and Documents
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A House Full of Females: Plural Marriage and Women's Rights in Early Mormonism, 1835–1870
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In the early 1970s, Ford McBride did research in electroshock therapy while a student at
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Galliher, Renee; Bradshaw, William; Dehlin, John; Crowelle, Katherine (25 April 2014).
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Critics find fault with the church's temple policies and ceremonies, which include an
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was translated. In the 1830s, one of several criticisms was for Smith's handling of a
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Academic critics have questioned the legitimacy of Smith as a prophet as well as the
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perspectives may view certain alleged or former LDS Church doctrines (including the
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that have large, ethnically mixed populations, and as the church prepared to open a
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responded to these charges by pointing out that methods by Roberts used in creating
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Conservative Christian Identity & Same-Sex Orientation: The Case of Gay Mormons
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encouraged church members to reach out to homosexuals with love and understanding.
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A Response to D. Michael Quinn's Homosexual Distortion of Latter-day Saint History
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state that verses to support baptism for the dead are not justified by contextual
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A contemporary Mormon view is that these Israelite civilizations rose and fell in
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Having Visions: The Book of Mormon : Translated and Exposed in Plain English
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Criticisms for the past policies on race discrimination were renewed during the
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asked about their sexual behaviors and thoughts in ways they felt were harmful.
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Church-unaffiliated Foundation for Apologetic Information & Research (FAIR)
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Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Great Britain Financial Statements
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in SĂŁo Paulo, Brazil. A few black elders were ordained to the priesthood under
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What You Can Change and What You Can't: The Complete Guide to Self Improvement
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Civil Disobedience: An Encyclopedic History of Dissidence in the United States
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and the Ostlings criticize the LDS Church for maintaining a group called the
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Artistic depiction of Joseph Smith preaching to Native Americans in Illinois
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and restrictions on admission to the priesthood for men of African descent.
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Discussion regarding the historicity of the Book of Mormon often focuses on
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Gay Rights and the Mormon Church: Intended Actions, Unintended Consequences
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in 1868 because of his "obsession with marrying younger women" (at age 57,
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is a Christian organization that has criticized the church's theology. The
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Control over church members' behavior, information, thoughts, and emotions
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unless they are members of the church in good standing. The Ostlings, the
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The church has often been secretive about its finances, especially in the
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Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond
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Cultures in Conflict: A Documentary History of the Mormon War in Illinois
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Secret Ceremonies: A Mormon Woman's Intimate Diary of Marriage and Beyond
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for a more detailed discussion and breakdown of control techniques used.
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BYU English teacher Cecilia Konchar-Farr, for her views on abortion laws
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in 1904, anyone entering into a new plural marriage was excommunicated.
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BYU operated Foundation for Ancient Research and Mormon Studies (FARMS)
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The Other Slavery: The Uncovered Story of Indian Enslavement in America
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All Abraham's Children: Changing Mormon Conceptions of Race and Lineage
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Carthage Conspiracy, the Trial of the Accused Assassins of Joseph Smith
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A letter dated June 20, 2008, sent to Mormon bishops and signed by the
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by D. Michael Quinn Provo, Utah: Maxwell Institute, 1998. pp. 141–263
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Same-Sex Dynamics among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example
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Same-Sex Dynamics Among Nineteenth-Century Americans: A Mormon Example
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Stack, Peggy Fletcher; Pierce, Scott; Noyce, David (4 October 2020).
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A Descriptive Bibliography of the Mormon Church, Volume One 1830–1847
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Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints: Criticism
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is an organization that has criticized the church, in particular the
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The Mormon Illusion: What the Bible Says About the Latter-Day Saints
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2018 protest over leaders' sexual interviews with children and teens
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Historical Department, LDS Church, Salt Lake City, 20 July 1901, 4.
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The Saintly Scoundrel: The Life and Times of Dr. John Cook Bennett
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The History of the Saints; or An Exposé of Joe Smith and Mormonism
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Scout's Honor: Sexual Abuse in America's Most Trusted Institution
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Homosexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA and the Mormon Church
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introduced a doctrine known as "blood atonement", regarding the
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sparked heated debate and protests by gay-rights organizations.
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Hamilton, Andrew; Geisner, Joe; Newcomb, Sarah (January 2020).
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is a prerequisite for exaltation for members of either gender.
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Material Christianity: Religion and Popular Culture in America
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aspirations in Nauvoo, Illinois. Criticism of the practice of
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Hacker, J. David; Hilde, Libra; Jones, James Holland (2010).
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Sexuality and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Criticism of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
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Index

Criticism of the Latter Day Saint movement
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
discrimination
Joseph Smith
golden plates
Book of Mormon
banking failure
Mormons
1838 Mormon War
Mormon Extermination Order
Lilburn Boggs
theocratic
Nauvoo, Illinois
plural marriage
Nauvoo Expositor
death of Smith and his brother
Brigham Young
Utah Territory
significant media criticism
Mountain Meadows Massacre
historical authenticity of the Book of Mormon
Book of Abraham
historical revisionism
homophobia
racism
sexist
Jerald and Sandra Tanner
Fawn Brodie
Evangelical Christians
delusional

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