A Quiz of the "Uncorrelated Facts" related to The Church Of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

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1. What was Joseph Smith up to before he started translating the BoM and founding the church? Did he get into any trouble for that?
2. How many first vision accounts are there? How are they different?
3. How has the Church portrayed, in official art, the translation of the BoM? How did JS actually do it? What role did the golden plates play? How does this relate to his pre-church days?
4. What is a seer stone? What did the church teach about Joseph Smith and seerstones prior to ~2000? When did the first photograph of the Jospeh Smith’s seerstone surface from the church?
5. What 2 works of 19th century literature is the BoM most similar to? How are they similar? How significant, percent-the-same, are the similarities compared to other literature of the time? How much access did JS likely have to these texts?
6. What are the kinderhook plates? How did JS do at translating them?
7. Did the witnesses of the BoM see the physical plates?
8. Name 3 anachronisms in the BoM.
9. Name 4 pieces of archeological evidence for the BoM itself, not just mesoamerican culture.
10. Name 4 or more significant doctrinal or historical revisions in the BoM.
11. Who does the church claim are the ancestors of the Nephites and Lamenites? What did they used to claim before 1995? What does DNA evidence show?
12. What did the Nauvoo Expositor print that caused it to be destroyed? Who ordered its destruction?
13. What does the papyrus example portray that was used to produce the Book of Abraham? What does the church teach about the origin of the Book of Abraham? What did they used to teach pre 1995?
14. What 3 things did the lord use an angel and flaming sword for in this dispensation? What made these events so important?
15. How many wives did JS have? How old was the youngest? How many were married to other men at the time JS married them? How did he come to marry them, and his other wives?
16. What pressure was the federal government putting on the church due to Mormons practicing polygamy, and in what year?
17. When was polygamy renounced? Is polygamy still a doctrine of the church?
18. What did past prophets teach about the inhabitants of the moon and the sun?
19. What is the Adam-God theory?
20. What is the doctrine of Blood Atonement?
21. What specifically did the church teach, over the pulpit, about blacks? What pressure was being put on the church that could have caused them to renounce the ban on blacks holding the priesthood?
22. True/False: The temple ceremony used to include a pantomime of one’s own death/suicide as a covenant. If true, what did this oath represent?
23. How close to Mesianic temple rituals is the LDS ritual?
24. Who is Joseph Bishop and what is his history as an MTC president? How many books has he written for the church through Deseret Book? Are they available for purchase today?
25. Who is Mckenna Denson and how does she relate to Joseph Bishop? Who is Greg Bishop and what role did he play in Mckenna’s story? When did Mckenna’s accusations unfold and when did Utah’s HB330 bill appear?
26. What evidence exists about victims of sexual assault in the church (e.g. lawsuits)? Characterize how does the church typically treats these victims via Kirton Mckonkie?
27. Who is Sam Young and why was he excommunicated?
28. Who is Bill Reel and why was he excommunicated?
29. Are there any verifiable lies told by apostles? What did Jeff Holland say about growth in April 2017? How did the church statistics verify his claim?
30. What is the Mark Hoffman scandal?
31. What is the compensation package for high ranking general authorities?
32. What portion of revenue does the church give toward charity compared to the Seventh Day Adventists? How much does 1 temple usually cost?
33. What is the value of the Church’s stock market portfolio?
34. What is The Corporation of the President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints? How does the actual Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints related to this? What is the corporate organization behind the church?
35. What is the average ward budget?
36. In which cases is a disciplinary council required? In which cases is it not required?
37. What is the church’s current stance on gay members? What about children of gay members? How is the definition of apostasy related?
38. Does Russel Nelson claim the church is fully restored? What has he said in the past on this topic? What has the church traditionally taught?
39. Utah’s teen suicide rate is extremely high, what are cited reasons from the victims for their suicide? What else gets cited as the reason? What does Dan Reynolds film Believer have to say about this topic?
40. What does the trend of leaving members look like in the last few years? What do they cite as main reasons for leaving? What does the church know about this trend? What have they been advised to do in response? What have they done? What church-produced reports are there detailing “Faith Crisis?” What did LDS scholar Terryl Givens say about members leaving the church?
41. According to the Church, what are “Uncorrelated Facts?”