- Paperback: 397 pages
- Publisher: Sharon Banister (1 Jan 1988)
- ISBN-10: 0940999307
- ISBN-13: 978-0940999305
- Product Dimensions: 22.6 x 15.2 x 1.8 cm
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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful
WOW. A MUST! I'm back here ordering more copies!
12 Feb 2002
Listen, if there is a mormon in your life, you simply must give them this book. It is NOT "anti-mormon" in the least, as it only quotes from LDS sources and the Bible. It goes through many different areas and asks the reader to reconcile various teachings in different sources with each other, with the Bible, with other LDS teachings, etc.
All I can say is, "WOW!" The author is extremely gracious, and is on a TRUTH quest. She opens the book with quotes from LDS leaders INVITING people to TEST and investigate the LDS beliefs.
Many of her questions are questions I had as well.
Her questions force the reader to come to terms with the fact that LDS teachings are often inconsistent with each other, and with the Bible. This book will help LDS folks see the many errors in their beliefs.
I highly recommend this book both, especially as a tool...give it to an LDS member and ask for their input...the questions are unanswered and you can ask them to help you get the answers.
Through answering the questions, the LDS person will at least face the actual teachings that are so problematic. Since it is not a traditional book (there is no dialogue, or traditional writing...only questions and source material presented to back-up the question), it is not seen as anti-LDS.
This is the ONE book to buy and GIVE to LDS'ers!
10 of 13 people found the following review helpful
Crisply Precise Logic, No Pushiness
22 Nov 2002
Banister's method of examining Mormonism is original, disarmingly simple, and starkly clear: She quotes and documents (with adequate context), without interpretations of her own, earlier authoritative LDS statements side by side with later ones on exactly the same topic, then asks a question and provides choice-boxes for the reader to check, or space to write in an answer. This method is followed for over 650 questions.
In essence, she asks if two clearly inconsistent or contradictory statements can both be true, and if not, which, if either, is true, and how the reader could decide this. She never tells the reader that anything is untrue; she just presents and asks. Thus, the book serves as a test of honesty as well as of clear thinking.
The cumulative effect of 650+ such quote comparisons and questions is powerful. An example: After documenting opposing authoritative quotes, she asks, "Can you explain how [Mormon Apostle's name] could have said that prophecy was being fulfilled [which he did say] if such prophecy never existed and was only a 'typographical error' [which another LDS authority's letter states]? Yes_[Give Explanation]______________________ No______."
Another: "Since only about 40% of 2,200 pages [of Joseph Smith's personal history] was completed at the time of Joseph Smith's death [which previous, authoritative quotes demonstrated], could he have 'thoroughly supervised the writing of his history' as the Preface to the History states? Yes ___ No _ "
Another: "If Joseph Smith was 'troubled" about the use of liquor, why did he issue himself a liquor license? Reason: __________ ".
The author is always respectful, never rhetorical, never gloats. There is only the analog of, "Since you have testified under oath to this court that you, your wife and two children were in Los Angeles at noon on Mother's Day 2001, why does a Macy's security camera in New York City clearly show all four of you together there at noon on the same day?"
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful
Lots of information
29 Dec 2006
This is not necessarily a book to set down and read, however that is what I did. It presents a question and then presents the evidence which shows the change/problem/inconsistancy. If taken topic by topic or used as a reference when a topic arises, it is an excellent resource. It is presented from an evangelical Christian perspective. One of the other reviews talks about changes between the Book of Commandments and the D&C and justifies them by talking about edits made by Old Testament prophets. The edits between the Book of Commandments and D&C are not edits. They are significant doctrinal changes. For example D&C 5:11-21 lost 50% of its content and approximately that amount of other information was added, completely changing the meaning of the section. Section 68 did not originally have ANY information about a higher or Melchezidek Priesthood. The re-write more than doubled the size of the section and competely changed the meaning. There are other books I would recommend for first books or for giving to believing Mormons, but the detail and content is great.
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