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"Biblical condemnation of genealogy," FAIR Wiki (City Unknown: FAIR) This FAIR Wiki article engages the claim that Mormons violate the Bible's warning against doing geneaology.

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David H. Pratt, "Family History, Genealogy," Encyclopedia of Mormonism, Edited by Daniel H. Ludlow (New York: Macmillan Publishing, 1992), 492-494

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George H. Fudge, "How do we interpret scriptures in the New Testament that seem to condemn genealogy?," Ensign, March 1986, 49.

Other Resources

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Stephen R. Gibson, "Why Don't Latter-day Saints Avoid "Endless Genealogy"?," One-Minute Answers to Anti-Mormon Questions (Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers) If genealogies are as important as Latter-day Saints say, why does the New Testament tell Christians to avoid endless genealogies (I Timothy 1:4, Titus 3:9)?

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