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Photo: When Quentin L. Cook told Brigham Young University students to “Choose truth when deception is easy,” ChatGPT heard him loud and clear—then chose neon when beige was easy. No truths were altered in the making of this image… just the color palette. 🌈 On March 3, 2026, Elder Quentin L. Cook of the Quorum…
ChatGPT image: That awkward moment for Joseph Smith when the 116 pages of the lost manuscript come back annotated in red ink from Heaven’s Editorial Department. Seven Doctrinal Fault Lines That Separate Mormon Theology from Historic Christian Faith Are Mormons Christians? Let us be honest from the first sentence: Mormonism is not Christianity. It is…
Photo: A remarkable photo-realistic visualization of history, generated by Google Gemini. This detailed image vividly captures the introduction to the essay: a stout and earnest farmer, Martin Harris (left), having braved the bitter winter, presents mysterious ancient characters on a slip of paper to the esteemed classical scholar Professor Charles Anthon (right) at Columbia College…
Place two of America’s most controversial religious movements side by side under the cold light of honest scrutiny, and what emerges is not merely comparison — it is a mirror. The parallels between Scientology and Mormonism are nothing short of startling. Both organizations guard their most unconventional teachings behind carefully constructed layers of secrecy, revealing…
The Vast Wealth of the LDS Church, the Doctrine of Tithing, and the Biblical Mandate of Stewardship Introduction: The Widow’s Mite and the World’s Richest Church Imagine a widow in rural Mexico. She is a faithful Latter-day Saint, a convert of ten years. She earns the equivalent of $3.50 a day making tortillas. She has…
Jesus casts out the devils. Artist: Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld. Engraver: W. Am[l?]and, inscribed lower left. Source: Die Bibel in Bildern, Plate 191. Mormon Apostleship. In Christian theology and ecclesiology, the apostles, particularly the Twelve Apostles (also known as the Twelve Disciples or simply the Twelve), were the primary disciples of Jesus according to the…
What Scripture, History, and Archaeology Reveal About the Church Christ Never Lost The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, commonly known as the Mormon church, was founded on several fundamental claims about the state of Christianity in the early 19th century. Central to Mormon theology is the assertion that Joseph Smith was called by…
Photo: A lifelike image by Google Gemini depicts the Mountain Meadows Massacre — the September 11, 1857, slaughter in which a militia force composed entirely of Latter-day Saint settlers and allied Paiute Indians murdered approximately 120 emigrant men, women, and children of the Baker-Fancher wagon train at Mountain Meadows in what is now southern Utah….
A Scholarly Examination of the “Translation” of Ancient Egyptian Papyri Introduction: A Text Under Siege Have you ever wondered about the authenticity of the Book of Abraham, a foundational text in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church)? Believed by some to be a direct translation of ancient Egyptian papyri by Joseph…
Photo: In February 1828, Martin Harris arrived in Harmony, Pennsylvania, to assist the Prophet. By June, the Prophet had translated 116 pages with Martin Harris as his scribe. Martin asked for Joseph’s permission to return to New York and show the manuscript pages to his wife, but the Lord forbade it. Because of Martin’s continual…