Sidney Rigdon

Modern temples echo ancient patterns

Like their ancient predecessors, modern prophets have been directed to build temples — and, sometimes, have been told even in detail how to do so. These temples... Read more »

April 4, 2013

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Too many credible gospel witnesses to believe they all lied

Leaving a general conference session a couple of weeks ago, I noticed a demonstrator holding a sign announcing that Joseph Smith had "lied." Read more »

Oct. 18, 2012

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Historic ties between Haun's Mill and Lehi in Utah County

The Haun's Mill Massacre site in Missouri is a sacred historic location to the Latter-day Saint people. Less is known, however, about the significance to the city and... Read more »

July 18, 2012

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New Joseph Smith documents available, and a twist in the Mormon.org profiles

A huge cache of important Joseph Smith documents are now available online. Plus, did Ray Bradbury write Mormon roadshows? And reaching out internationally with the... Read more »

June 8, 2012

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A simple explanation works best for the Restoration

We left off last week with the notion that the Book of Mormon was plagiarized from a manuscript written by Solomon Spalding, who had died in 1816. Sidney Rigdon, so... Read more »

May 3, 2012

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Joseph Smith's account of the Restoration is difficult to counter

As I see it, the single most persuasive secular argument for the authenticity of the founding events of the Restoration isn't actually a single argument or line of... Read more »

April 26, 2012

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