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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—Utah would not be accepted as a state if polygamy was practiced—the church formally and publicly renounced the practice in 1890. [citation needed] Utah's statehood soon followed. However, plural ...
In response, Mormon apologists argue that, because Book of Mormon prophets were miraculously shown the peoples of the 19th century, and the audience of the Book of Mormon was people in the 19th century, that Book of Mormon prophets would have been intimately familiar with anti-Universalist rhetoric and purposefully used it to convince modern ...
Other Mormon sacred texts include the Pearl of Great Price and Doctrine and Covenants, which are also recognized as scripture. Religious and scholarly critics outside Mormonism have disputed Mormonism's unique scriptures, questioning the traditional narrative of how these books came to light and the extent to which they describe actual events.
New Age anti-Mormons have generated considerably more controversy than traditional anti-Mormons. The most prominent of their number, Ed Decker , produced The God Makers and The God Makers II , and wrote books by the same name.
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Mormonism is the theology and religious tradition of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by ... Perhaps the most controversial, ...
Mormons are told to avoid 'hot drinks,' such as coffee or tea "Hot drinks," such as coffee and tea, are considered harmful based on a revelation Joseph Smith received from God. The church has even ...
'The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives' began with a controversy that was hard to top "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" was born from controversy: first, Paul's "soft swinging" scandal, ...