400 pages -- Workbook-style. Question-And-Answer Format. A study in workbook style directed to any Latter-day Saint who will examine his beliefs and compare them with LDS documents and with the Bible. An excellent study for others to learn more about the Latter-day Saint beliefs.
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In essence, this is a 392 page questionnaire designed to lead someone through a series of confrontations with hard, cold facts... There is no doubt that For Any Latter-Day Saint is a valuable resource for anyone dealing with the issue of Mormonism and its relation to the truth. -- Rocky Mountain Christian newspaper: Book Review by Bret Carter
This book is unique in its approach. It is very well researched and documented and has been published with a very pleasing typeface which is extremely easy to read. -- The Inner Circle newspaper, (Sept 1988), Book Review by Dennis A. Wright
This work is not the run of the mill work written to expose Mormonism in a polemical way ... this is the classic book, outlining a gentle caring way to deal with people with whose doctrines we may disagree. -- Alan C. Mitchell, Minister, Kuna, Idaho
This book is unique in its approach. It is very well researched and documented and has been published with a very pleasing typeface which is extremely easy to read. -- The Inner Circle newspaper, (Sept 1988), Book Review by Dennis A. Wright
This work is not the run of the mill work written to expose Mormonism in a polemical way ... this is the classic book, outlining a gentle caring way to deal with people with whose doctrines we may disagree. -- Alan C. Mitchell, Minister, Kuna, Idaho
About the Author
S.I. BANISTER grew up in the Ohio River town of Ironton, Ohio. A 1970 graduate of Abilene Christian University in Abilene, Texas, she received her Bachelor of Arts in Mass Communications. She is a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Army Reserves and currently lives in Texas with her husband, John Jr. Her daughter, Bethany Rose, is a university student.
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19 of 24 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
WOW. A MUST! I'm back here ordering more copies!,
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This review is from: For Any Latter-Day Saint: One Investigator's Unanswered Questions (Paperback)
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:
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Crisply Precise Logic, No Pushiness,
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This review is from: For Any Latter-Day Saint: One Investigator's Unanswered Questions (Paperback)
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:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Lots of information,
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This review is from: For Any Latter-Day Saint: One Investigator's Unanswered Questions (Paperback)
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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