by Dan Wees | Apr 11, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“Your ideas, as we understand them, appear to contemplate the intermarriage of the Negro and white races, a concept which has heretofore been most repugnant to most normal-minded people from the ancient patriarchs until now… there is a growing tendency,...
by Dan Wees | Apr 10, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“The [LDS temple tokens] are most sacred, and are guarded by solemn covenants and obligations of secrecy.” Pre-1990 LDS temple ceremony text. The words “of secrecy” were removed in 1990, as well as several representations and references to “penalties.” “And again I...
by Dan Wees | Apr 8, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“It is not the number of changes, grammar, spelling, punctuation, KJV matches, 19th century parallels, or anachronisms which is problematic individually, rather the density of these issues combined. It’s incredible to hear the faithful dismiss this evidence as...
by Dan Wees | Apr 7, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“One might ask, ‘If the gospel is so wonderful, why would anyone leave?’ Sometimes we assume it is because they have been offended or lazy or sinful. Actually, it is not that simple. In fact, there is not just one reason that applies to the variety of...
by Dan Wees | Apr 7, 2021 | Miscellaneous
Horses greet Lehi’s band of weary travelers immediately upon their arrival in the Western Hemisphere (1 Nephi 18:25), and are then mentioned thirteen additional times in the Book of Mormon: 2 Nephi 12:7; 15:28. Enos 1:21. Alma 18:9, 10, 12; 20:6. 3 Nephi 3:22; 4:4;...
by Dan Wees | Apr 7, 2021 | Miscellaneous
“And now it came to pass when the Lamanites had found that the people of Limhi had departed out of the land by night, that they sent an army into the wilderness to pursue them; And after they had pursued them two days, they could no longer follow their tracks;...
