Aside from polygamy, which was a most hellish imposition on women, Joseph Smith and the 19th Century Church had a mixed record of...

For many people, the moral outrage they feel at the Church stems from what they perceive as a history of limiting who can participate in...

We discussed earlier the lying and secrecy by Wilford Woodruff and Joseph F Smith as it pertained to polygamy leaving the Church with the...

In 1841, the idea of [1]spiritual wifery was being openly promoted by John C. Bennett but was in the cultural water with respect to...

Almost all histories relating to Mormon polygamy are written in a way that contextualizes all points of data into one seamless narrative...

The CES Letter spends quite a bit of time uncovering Joseph Smith’s polygamy, and rightly so. For decades, polygamy was sold as an...

In 1839, Joseph Smith received a revelation stating that he was to build a temple in the new city of [1]Nauvoo. This temple was meant to...

Early on, the economic laws of Mormonism were proto-socialistic, based on the Owensian theories of applying the economic laws in the Book...

Before we get into this section, lets summarize the succession of modern LDS leadership. Lorenzo Snow Notable Accomplishments Immediately...

In the 1870’s, [1]a revelation was produced, recorded by Warren Cowdery, Oliver’s brother, which purported that Jesus Christ, Moses,...

Once Joseph got the Book of Mormon translated, he set out to restore a church, as was promised by his angelic visitor, Moroni, and that...

The CES Letter spends quite a bit of time poking the [1]witnesses to the Book of Mormon. The Church has used the witnesses in strong...

Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon did not invent the idea that the Native Americans were offspring of ancient Israelites and part of...

While the Book of Mormon is the foundation of Mormonism, the Book of Abraham is the sidebar that often creates more buzz. While it's...

Behold, you have not understood; you have supposed that I would give it unto you, when you took no thought save it was to ask me. But,...