Author Archives: Mithryn

Fourth Nonstandard Discussion – Eternal Families and Progression

Thank your investigator for having you back. Today we’re going to talk about something even more important than our previous topics. One of the central tenets of the correlated church is the concept that “families are forever,” also called, “eternal … Continue reading

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Third Nonstandard Discussion – Authority and Priesthood

Follow up with any commitments your investigator has made. You might want to watch a video with them. Anything from Mormonstories.org is recommended. We’ve talked about many important things in our previous meetings. Did you have any concerns or thoughts … Continue reading

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Second Nonstandard Discussion – The Importance of Truth

Take a moment to follow up on the last discussion with the investigator. Did they read the material? Did they pray about it? If they prayed and did not receive a witness that the correlated story is false, let them know … Continue reading

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First Nonstandard Discussion – Joseph Smith’s First Vision

We believe in Joseph Smith the same way many members of the church do. We believe he was a real person, led to do some amazing things. We would like to share some of what we know about him. Ask … Continue reading

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Exploring Mormon Institute 2013 – D&C Lesson 5: “This Is the Spirit of Revelation”

Purpose To help class members understand how to prepare to receive understand the difficulties, problems, and errors caused by personal revelation and to encourage them to do so help them view such a source skeptically. Attention Activity Look at these pictures:     What … Continue reading

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Stamp Collecting and God

The story was retold here (14th paragraph about Jose Garcia). I don’t know if they still tell this story in the MTC, but I want to offer my perspective on it (forgive me if my memory isn’t perfect, it’s been over … Continue reading

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“Anti-mormon”

Can someone explain to me what it means? Personally, my definition is “Anything that was made up, is false, or intentionally distorts the true history and doctrine of the church.” Got that? If a person’s definition is “Anything that disagrees … Continue reading

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Book of the Dead funerary rite from Ancient Egypt

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FAIR article on seer stones

http://en.fairmormon.org/Joseph_Smith/Seer_stones Note: they freely admit that, not only did Joseph have them, but 100% of the current book of Mormon was translated via a stone in a hat. This is the apologist site FOR the church.

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Elder Todd Christofferson’s talk on “What is Doctrine” flowchart

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