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THE FAIR JOURNAL                                            April 2008
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       The Foundation for Apologetic Information and Research
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     Apologetics: The branch of theology that is concerned with
     defending or proving the truth of Christian doctrines. (The
     American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth
     Edition, 2000.)


INSIDE THE JOURNAL
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  * MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT. Scott Gordon discusses some of the 
    differences between the LDS and FLDS churches.

  * FAIR CONFERENCE SPEAKERS. FAIR has announced some of the speakers 
    and topics that will be part of this year's FAIR Conference.

  * NEW ON THE WEBSITE. "Will the Real Martin Luther Please Stand Up." 
    John Tvedtness examines several beliefs and teachings of Martin 
    Luther that seem to be more compatible with LDS beliefs than 
    traditional Protestant theology or doctrine.

  * RESOURCES ON THE WEB. FAIR has additional videos posted on 
    YouTube.

  * RESOURCES ON THE WEB. A recent lecture by Daniel C. Peterson on
    the evidences of the Book of Mormon is now available on YouTube.

  * RESOURCES ON THE WEB. Deseret News has create a series of graphs 
    showing Church growth in a number of areas in the last eight 
    years.

  * RESOURCES ON THE WEB. Meridian Magazine has published a FAIR 
    article responding to criticisms relating to Book of Mormon 
    population sizes.

  * FAIR RESOURCES. With the recent news reports about the FLDS in 
    Texas, it is important to be able to succinctly explain
    differences between The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day 
    Saints and other groups claiming ties to the teachings of Joseph 
    Smith.

  * ASK THE APOLOGIST. Got a question you are dying to ask? Here's
    how.

  * FAIR TOPICAL GUIDE. The Topical Guide on the FAIR Web site is one
    of the most popular resources offered. Learn what is available and
    help us expand our references.

  * FAIR WIKI. The FAIR Wiki is an excellent resource for someone
    looking for a summary of an issue and for pointers to more
    detailed information. Links to many new and changed articles are
    included in this issue.

  * FAIR LDS BOOKSTORE. This month the FAIR Bookstore has three great 
    books on sale, including the most recent FARMS Review.

  * ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS. Interested in writing for FAIR? Learn how you
    can have your apologetics work published.

  * PUBLISHING NOTES. Learn how you can become more involved in FAIR
    and how you can reuse the material we publish.

  * FAIR JOURNAL ARCHIVES. All of the FAIR Journal issues since
    October 2001 are on the FAIR web site.


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MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT

The recent raids on the FLDS church in Texas once again brought the 
attention of the public back to The Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints at a time when things had begun to quiet down after 
Mitt Romney dropped out of the presidential race. The fact that 
journalists and other media figures have sometimes called the members 
of the FLDS church Mormon has led to confusion, and this in turn has 
led to many questions being asked about the differences between the 
LDS and FLDS churches. 

It is understandable why many people outside of the Church would 
confuse the LDS and FLDS churches. Few people pay attention to the 
various splinter groups of any sect or denomination. For example, do 
you know the differences between the various Muslim, Baptist, and 
Lutheran faith traditions? Probably not. Some journalists have begun 
to make the attempt to clarify to their readers that the LDS and FLDS 
churches are two different groups. But many people still don't 
understand that.

An example of this confusion can be seen in Jon Krakauers book, "Under 
the Banner of Heaven," where the author argues that the LDS church 
should "do something" about the polygamy problem. I'm not exactly sure 
what Mr. Krakauer had in mind that the LDS church should do. Frankly, 
I am uncomfortable with the suggestion that any church should take 
action against someone other than terminating his or her membership in 
that church. But Krakauer seems to believe that we somehow have 
influence over a group that is not now and never has been a part of 
us. I'm sure that those who have left the Church would be very 
uncomfortable if the press started saying the LDS church should "do 
something" about the ex-Mormon Foundation or the ex-Mormon Internet 
message boards.

So where did the FLDS church come from and just how closely connected 
is it to the LDS church? The FLDS claim that their line of authority 
starts with Wilford Woodruff, but then their leadership continues as 
follows:

  * Lorin Wolley, excommunicated from the LDS church in 1924.
  * Leslie Broadbent, excommunicated from the LDS church in 1929.
  * John Barlow, excommunicated from the LDS church in 1923.
  * Joseph Musser, excommunicated from the LDS church in 1929.
  * Charles Zitting, excommunicated from the LDS church in 1928.
  * Leroy Johnson, excommunicated from the LDS church in 1935.
  * Rulon Jeffs, excommunicated from the LDS church 1941.

Warren Jeffs, son of Rulon Jeffs, was born in 1956 and has never been 
a member of the LDS church. Most members of the FLDS church have never 
been members of the LDS church but are the children or grandchildren 
of Latter-day Saints who were excommunicated in the 1920s and 1930s.

There are those who say that modern fundamentalists are a reflection 
of 19th-century Mormonism and that looking at this group is like 
looking into our past. I reject that claim because there are deep and 
significant differences between the two groups. Granted, both groups 
believe in the Book of Mormon and both groups either practice, or have 
practiced, plural marriage. I'm sure that upon investigation you can 
find other similarities as well. But the differences between the two 
groups, both past and present, are great. 

We do not isolate ourselves from the communities where we live. Even 
when geographically isolated, we have always been known for actively 
engaging the rest of society through missionary travels and 
encouraging others to visit our communities. Latter-day Saints have 
always eagerly sought out magazines, newspapers, and books from other 
parts of the country and world and have strongly encouraged our 
members to be well-read and acquainted with the events of the world.

While keeping to our standards of modesty, we retain the dress and 
grooming standards of the cultures where we live.

We strongly encourage education and have a long history of sending LDS 
men and women to the best colleges and universities in the world, both 
as students and as educators, and today LDS members average a higher 
level of education than the general population of the United States 
and Canada.

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s331

The FLDS practice the "Law of placing," or assignment of marriages, 
combined with a high level of control of the membership. This 
contrasts greatly with the LDS. We have no arranged marriages and the 
average age for LDS marriages is 23. Throughout LDS history, free 
agency has been a ruling principle. In 19th century LDS plural 
marriages women were freely allowed to marry, divorce, and leave the 
community. My own great-great-grandmother, Elizabeth Clark Crouch, was 
in a plural marriage, and she divorced her husband and left the 
community with no ramifications. There was no danger of having her 
children reassigned to anyone else. It was more difficult for men to 
obtain a divorce, as it was believed that the men should provide 
economic and social support since there was no state welfare program 
and women had limited employment opportunities. Kathryn M. Daynes 
discusses the economic underpinnings of plural marriage in her book 
titled "More Wives Than One: Transformation of the Mormon Marriage 
System, 1840-1910."

Some critics try to draw parallels with the FLDS because in the 19th 
century some LDS women were getting married while still teenagers.
While we are sometimes uncomfortable with these younger marriages, a
study comparing marriage ages shows that the Latter-day Saints were in
line with the general population. Looking at 1850 census data, we find
that the national teenage marriage rate was higher than the teenage
marriage rate in Utah. And while early Mormons were criticized for the
practice of polygamy, there are no known attacks on the church based
on the ages of the girls getting married. You can read more
information about that here.

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s332

We had no lost boys like the FLDS church does. Young men were not cast 
out to create an imbalance of men and women. You can read more on that 
topic and more on marriage age here

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s333

Another difference with the FLDS church is their idea that more wives 
equals a greater chance of exaltation. While our critics like to claim 
we believed that, Brigham Young stated quite clearly that not everyone 
would, or should, practice plural marriage. Several members of church 
leadership--including apostles--were not polygamists. Some of
Brigham's more controversial statements, when read in context, seem to
use plural marriage as an example to focus on the idea of being
willing to follow God rather than whether or not you actually
practiced plural marriage. If plural marriage were required for
heaven, why did some members of the Quorum of the Twelve apostles, our
top leadership group, not practice it?

If you would like to read more about fundamentalist Mormonism, I 
recommend the book "Modern Polygamy and Mormon Fundamentalism: The 
Generations after the Manifesto" by Brian C. Hales.

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s334 

You can also find more information on the Internet about the FLDS 
church and other fundamentalist groups here, in Hales' website: 

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s335

There are many differences between the LDS and FLDS churches, and 
except in very superficial ways, the FLDS church does not look like 
either the current LDS church nor the LDS church of the 19th century. 
The LDS church has issued a press release and video highlighting some 
of the differences between the LDS and FLDS faiths. You can listen to 
Elder Quentin L. Cook speak on the subject here

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s336

I am both hopeful and confident that The Church of Jesus Christ of 
Latter-day Saints will continue to become better known, better 
understood, and better appreciated for the dedication of its members 
to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.

--Scott Gordon
  President


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FAIR Conference Speakers

We are excited to invite you to our upcoming FAIR conference. We have 
a lineup that combines some of our favorite speakers from past
conferences as well as some newcomers. 

Order your tickets now. Last year, we filled to capacity. Make sure 
you reserve your spot here:

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Will the Real Martin Luther Please Stand Up
by John A. Tvedtnes

Martin Luther, the father of the Protestant Reformation, was a
remarkable and complex man. John Tvedtness looks at some of the
beliefs of Martin Luther and shows how they sometimes little resemble
the beliefs that have developed within Protestantism over the
following centuries. Tvedtnes briefly examines some of Luther's
statements about sola scriptura, sola fide, and deification to see
how the Reformer's view in some ways more closely resembles LDS
beliefs than most people realize. In his discussion of polygamy, 
Tvedtnes shows that Luther's views on marriage would be scandalous by 
modern Protestant standards.

Tvedtnes is not claiming that Luther was Mormon, or even almost so, in 
his teachings, but rather "were the real Martin Luther to stand up 
today, he would not recognize some of the dogmatic issues imposed on 
the Reformation by some later adherents of Protestantism."

Read the article:

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s330


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RESOURCES ON THE WEB: FAIR YOUTUBE VIDEOS

FAIR continues to add videos and other features to the YouTube 
website. A series of playlists have been created for videos related to 
the same topic. Visitors will find many videos of older FAIR 
Conference talks along with videos responding to specific questions 
and particular anti-Mormon publications and videos.

Visit the website:

    http://www.youtube.com/user/fairldsorg


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RESOURCES ON THE WEB: DR. PETERSON LECTURES ON THE BOOK OF MORMON

In April, 2008, Dr. Daniel Peterson spoke at the Olivewood bookstore 
on evidences of The Book of Mormon. He spoke for about an hour and a 
half. The topics of the lecture included the translation of the Book 
of Mormon and how both the testimony of witnesses and evidences of the 
Original Manuscript of the Book of Mormon corroborate the traditional 
LDS narrative. Other topics in the lecture were the Book of Mormon 
witnesses, Hebraisms, intratextual references, geography, cultural 
references, and warfare. Those familiar with Peterson's lecture style 
know that he is always engaging and entertaining as well as 
informative.

Note: The sound quality of the recording is excellent, however this 
was filmed without a tripod and there are some parts where the video 
is a bit shaky.

Part 1 of the lecture:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiNgnk_L748

Part 2 of the lecture:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJor1cCNeTc

Part 3 of the lecture:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_MPv5LtCjFU

Part 4 of the lecture:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6-W8T9oAxw

Part 5 of the lecture:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9s0Fx23njQ

Part 6 of the lecture:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_qm-8spkMs

Part 7 of the lecture:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W48064zGe5k

Part 8 of the lecture:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fa92vjRLQSM

Part 9 of the lecture:
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gx2G3unJfHU


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RESOURCES ON THE WEB: DESERET NEWS 2007 ANNUAL REPORT

Desertet News has published a series of graphs showing the Church 
statistics announced in General Conferences in 1997, 1999, 2001, 2003, 
2005, and 2007.

See the article:

    http://deseretnews.com/cn/view/1,1721,495007119,00.html


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RESOURCES ON THE WEB: WHERE DID ALL THOSE PEOPLE COME FROM?

Meridian Magazine has published another FAIR article in their 
"Answering the Critics" section. In this article, "Where Did All Those 
People Come From?", the issue of population size and growth in the 
Book of Mormon is examined. Even a superficial reading of the Book of 
Mormon is sufficient to realize that within the lifetime of the 
children of Lehi and Sariah the number of Lamanites and Nephites had 
increased far beyond what could reasonably be explained by natural 
population growth.

Critics have often used the population growth issue as a way to attack 
the authenticity of the Book of Mormon, but Book of Mormon scholars 
have come away with a consistent picture of the Lehite colony that was 
established not in an empty land but in a land where other people 
already lived.

This article summarizes some of the evidence that shows that the 
Lehites were not alone and then explains how this fits into the 
overall pattern found within the Book of Mormon text itself.

See the article:

   http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s326 

See the FAIR Wiki article:

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s329

Two FAIR Brochures are available that discuss these issues. These 
are in PDF format and will be downloaded to your computer.

Download the PDF of "Were the Lehites Alone in the Americas?"

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s327

Download the PDF of "Who Are the Lamanites?"

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s328


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FAIR RESOURCES: FLDS AND OTHER DENOMINATIONS AND GROUPS

Since the time of Joseph Smith there have been over a hundred groups 
outside of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who have 
claimed authority and through the restoration accomplished through 
Joseph Smith. Some of these have involved the continued practice of 
plural marriage after the manifesto and others have rejected or added 
doctrines and practices not accepted by the Church of Jesus Christ.

FAIR has several wiki pages designed to help readers and journalists 
understand the distinctions between these groups and the Church of 
Jesus Christ. Latter-day Saints are accutely aware of the problem of 
non-LDS writers declaring and defining what they believe to be the 
"real" LDS doctrines. For this reason FAIR is sensitive to the 
importance of allowing all religious groups to define themselves in 
their own terms. With this in mind, the wiki pages are designed to 
give only the bare minimum needed to see the major differences between 
these groups and the Church of Jesus Christ, and where possible links 
have been provided to the official websites for these groups.

MormonFAQ: Who are they? A brief overview of the Church.

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s324

MormonFAQ: Other Groups. A brief overview of a few other groups.

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s325


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ASK THE APOLOGIST

FAIR invites the public to submit questions relating to LDS beliefs,
practices, and history. Some questions are asked sincerely by members
and investigators, others are clearly hostile questions challenging
the veracity of the Church and its teachings. Many of these responses
may end up on the Web site as a FAIR paper or brochure. If you have a
question, you may submit it through the FAIR web site.

    http://www.fairlds.org/contact.php

Questions sent to FAIR will be shared with members of FAIR, so it is
not uncommon to receive several responses that approach the issue from
different angles.


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FAIR TOPICAL GUIDE

The Topical Guide is one of the most important LDS apologetic
resources available. If you aren't familiar with this part of FAIR's
Web site, check it out at

    http://www.fairlds.org/apol

The following are the Topical Guide updates for the month.

* "Journal of Discourses"

    PDF scans of the original printed editions of the Journal of 
    Discourses and PDF and HTML updated versions of the Journal of 
    Discourses are now accessible online. The updated sets include 
    modernized spellings and punctuation corrections.

    Scripture and Influential Writings > Journal of Discourses
    http://fairlds.org/apol/ai161.html

* "Signs of the Last Days"

    This is a web site that lists many of the key texts discussing the 
    last days before the second coming.

    Doctrinal Issues > Second Coming
    http://fairlds.org/apol/ai234.html

* Sterling Adams
    Reviews of two books on early religious justification for slavery.

    Sterling Adams reviews two books on the justification of slavery 
    among religions from the Abrahamic tradition. The reviews include 
    Stephen R. Haynes, "Noah's Curse: The Biblical Justification of 
    American Slavery," and David Goldenberg's "The Curse of Ham: Race 
    and Slavery in early Judaism, Christianity, and Islam."

    Early LDS History > Race and Culture Issues
    http://fairlds.org/apol/ai086.html

* Kevin Barney
    "On Nephi's Steel Bow"

    Kevin Barney examines the Book of Mormon account wherein Nephi 
    broke his "steel" bow. Was Nephi's bow constructed of "steel" as 
    we know it today? How could the Book of Mormon contain the word 
    "steel" if such a metal was unknown to Nephi? Barney offers some 
    insightful answers.

    Book of Mormon > Metals and Metal Plates
    http://fairlds.org/apol/ai267.html

* Richard Van Wagner and steven Walker
    "Joseph Smith: 'The Gift of Seeing'"

    Van Wagner and Walker examine the details surrounding Joseph's use 
    of a seer stone to translate the Book of Mormon.

    Magic and Occult > Seer Stones
    http://fairlds.org/apol/ai252.html


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FAIR WIKI

The FAIR wiki project was started in 2006 to provide a more flexible
and searchable resource for Latter-day Saints and allow others to get
answers to Gospel questions. The wiki is, by design, always a "work in
progress," with many editors at FAIR contributing to articles on a
daily basis. You can access the FAIR wiki at:

    http://www.fairmormon.org

This month the FAIR wiki focuses attention on wiki articles that have 
been updated. Each month hundreds of changes are made in the wiki as 
new information is incorporated, errors are found and corrected, and 
new topics are added. The following are only a few of the many wiki 
entries that have been modified this month.

"No Paid Ministry." One criticism occasionally raised involves the 
living allowances available for some mission presidents and some 
general Church leaders. The complaint usually is either that Church 
leadership is doing what they do for financial gain or else that 
Latter-day Saints are not hones when they claim the Church has a lay 
ministry.

    http://www.fairlds.org/cgi-bin/site.pl?s323


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FAIR LDS BOOKSTORE

This past month at the bookstore we have been especially busy. We want 
to thank you for your continued support with the orders placed with 
us. Last month's specials were so popular that we have had to reorder 
the books. We are still waiting for some of the books to come in from 
the publisher, but trust they will be here soon. Thank you for your 
patience; orders will be sent out as soon as the books arrive.

This month we are bringing to you on special:

==> "FARMS Review, Volume 19 Number 2 (2007)," edited by Daniel C.
    Peterson (Neal A. Maxwell Institute for Religious Scholarship,
    2007, paperbook, 328 pages)

This is the newest issue of the FARMS Review. Don't let the 2007 date 
fool you; the volume was not released until this month. The purpose of 
the FARMS Review is to help serious readers make informed choices and 
judgments about books published on the Book of Mormon and associated 
topics, as well as to publish substantial free-standing essays on 
related matters.

You can purchase this volume of the FARMS Review for only $8.75, 32%
off its retail price. It is regularly $12.95.

    http://store.fairlds.org/prod/pFR1902.html


==> "Who Are the Children of Lehi? DNA and the Book of Mormon," by
    D. Jeffrey Meldrum and Trent D. Stephens (Kofford Books, 2007,
    hardback, 176 pages, ISBN: 1-58958-048-6)

The Book of Mormon stands as the keystone of the LDS faith. Millions 
regard it as a book of scripture, another testament of Christ, 
produced in the New World by the descendants of a small party of 
Israelite immigrants who are among the ancestors of the American 
Indians. Yet DNA sequencing of modern natives of both North and South 
America clearly imply that their ancestors came from Asia, not the 
biblical lands of the Middle East. How serious is this challenge to 
long-held assumptions about the identity of Book of Mormon peoples? 
Does the DNA evidence undermine the historicity of the Book of Mormon? 
This book helps to answer some of these questions.

You can purchase this book for $23.95, 30% off its retail price. It is
regularly $29.95.

    http://store.fairlds.org/prod/p1589580486.html


==> "Apocryphal Writings and the Latter-day Saints," edited by C.
    Wilfred Griggs (Kofford Books, 2008, hardback, 333 pages,
    ISBN: 1-58958-089-3)

This sought-after volume of essays takes an in-depth look at the 
apocrypha and how Latter-day Saints should approach it in their gospel 
study. With notable LDS authors such as Stephen E. Robinson, Joseph F. 
McConkie, and Robert L. Millet, this volume is an essential addition 
to any well-rounded Mormon studies Library.

You can purchase this book for $19.96, 20% off its retail price. It is
regularly $24.95.

    http://store.fairlds.org/prod/p1589580893.html

Let us know how we can help you.

--FAIR Bookstore Volunteers


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ARTICLE SUBMISSIONS

We welcome article submissions for the FAIR Journal and Web site. If 
you would like to submit an article, please review the editing 
guidelines at:

    http://www.fairlds.org/EdStyle.pdf

Submit your article to the FAIR Journal Editor, Paul McNabb, by going 
to

    http://www.fairlds.org/contact.php

An appropriate article would be one that affirms the truthfulness of 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.

While LDS apologetics involves refuting critics of the Church, its 
doctrines, and its leaders, articles don't necessarily have to deal 
with anti-Mormonism. FAIR will consider articles that deal with new 
evidence of the Book of Mormon, scriptural passages that involve a 
unique LDS interpretation, a viewpoint or quote from the early 
Christian Fathers or other historical figures, an inspiring missionary 
story, Church history, a view on a current event related to the 
Church, or a piece from an historical journal.

We may also accept articles from people who are not members of The 
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints that may not necessarily 
meet the guidelines of supporting the church if it is a topic of 
general interest to people involved in apologetics.

A submission may range in length from several pages to a single 
paragraph.


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