Evidence that Joseph F. Smith, LDS apostle and Church president, lied to preserve, protect, and promote polygamy. Sources: LDS Church Authority and New Plural Marriages, 1890-1904 https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V18N01_11.pdf https://www.amazon.com/Solemn-Covenant-MORMON-POLYGAMOUS-PASSAGE/dp/0252018338?ref_=ast_author_mpb See Chapter on lying for the Lord.

The history of Brigham’s introduction of the race-based Priesthood ban and other changes to Church doctrine and structure. Sources: Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview, Lester E. Bush, Jr. https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V08N01_13.pdf Writing “Mormonism’s Negro Doctrine: An Historical Overview” (1973): Context and Reflections, 1998, Lester E. Bush, Jr. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/mormonhistory/vol25/iss1/1/ Download PDF and go to page 233. David […]

Brigham Young’s correspondence and firsthand pioneer accounts paint a different picture of the Willie and Martin handcart disaster. ———- Recommended Church history research: 1. The research that led to the Church’s policy change on Blacks and the priesthood: https://www.dialoguejournal.com/wp-content/uploads/sbi/articles/Dialogue_V08N01_13.pdf 2. The author who wrote the above paper on Blacks and the priesthood discusses the development […]

Although D&C Section 110 claims Joseph Smith and Oliver Cowdery received visitations from Elijah, Moses, and Elias in the Kirtland Temple in 1836, neither Joseph nor Oliver ever mentioned any such visitations in their public teachings and publications. This video provides examples of Joseph Smith’s public teachings that repeatedly referred to the return of Elijah […]