THE
KEYSTONE
OF
MORMONISM
ARZA EVANS
Keystone Books Inc.
Reviews
"Honest research. A must-read
for serious students of Mormonism. This is the book we have been waiting
for. I highly recommend The Keystone of Mormonism."
–Phillip Williams
(Phillip Williams is a retired professor of sociology.)
"Reading each
of your chapters was a satisfying experience for me. Each chapter is well
crafted and sufficiently complete to carry conviction. In fact, any one
chapter should suffice to terminate the illusions which were the basis
of our childhood faith and set the reader on the path of rational knowledge."
–Robert Kent
Fielding
(Dr. Fielding is a former professor at B.Y.U. and at
Wesleyan University in Connecticut. He is the
author of The Unsolicited Chronicler and also the
compiler and editor of The Trials of John D. Lee.)
"I found your
book to be interesting and informative. The account of your continuing
personal struggle to overcome your childhood indoctrination and also to
resist powerful social pressures as an adult was moving and descriptive."
–Louise Excell
(Louise Excell is Asst. Professor of English and
Philosophy and English Dept. Chairperson. She
is also a Springdale Town Councilwoman.)
Table of Contents
| 1. THE LAW OF MOSES AND CHRISTIANITY |
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27
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| 2. TALL TALES, A FANTASY WORLD |
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31
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| 3. BEWARE OF FALSE PROPHETS |
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45 |
| 4. CONTRADICTORY DOCTRINE |
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53
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| 5. FICTITIOUS TRANSLATIONS |
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65
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| 6. ANACHRONISMS AND IMAGINARY GEOGRAPHY |
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75
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| 7. CONFLICTS WITH SCIENTIFIC FACTS |
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79
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| 8. PLAGIARISM FROM OTHER BOOKS |
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86
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| 9. THE MOST CORRECT BOOK ON EARTH |
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95
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| 10. CREDIBILITY OF WITNESSES |
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107
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| 11. REASON VS. TESTIMONY |
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111
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| 13. A LEGACY OF DECEPTION |
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134
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| 16. MORMONISM VS. TRADITIONAL CHRISTIANITY |
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192
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| APPENDIX A, (QUOTES FROM
THE NAUVOO EXPOSITOR) |
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259
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| APPENDIX B, (WHO HAS BEEN
HURT BY MORMONISM?) |
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267 |
| APPENDIX C, (OUR CAST OF
CHARACTERS) |
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271
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| INDEX |
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313
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