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Gary Bowler, "Does The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints Teach That God Had Sex with Mary?," (Mesa, Arizona: FAIR, February 2002) An introductory one-page FAIR Brochure. that addresses this common sensationalistic claim of anti-Mormons.

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Stephen R. Gibson, "Was Jesus Begotten of the Holy Ghost?," One-Minute Answers to Anti-Mormon Questions (Bountiful, Utah: Horizon Publishers) The Bible states that Jesus was begotten by the Holy Ghost, yet Brigham Young stated, "When the Virgin Mary conceived the child Jesus, the Father had begotten him in his own likeness. He was not begotten by the Holy Ghost" (Journal of Discourses, Vol.1, p.50). Why the discrepancy?

W. John Walsh, Was Mary a Virgin?.

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