For practically all the questions that seem to trouble people or that are used in an effort to dislodge members from their faith, satisfactory answers are available. The sincere truth-seeker is not forced to accept the sensational allegations of enemies as the final word. Obviously The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints has a number of informed, articulate defenders.
The best response to bad history, it has been said, is good history.
Not that conscientious, scholarly history will satisfy the anti- Mormons. They have another agenda. Our worthy opponents will not cease to mine Mormon history for anything negative they can use.
So our eager anti-Mormon comes to us with his version of Church history. He has probably picked up his example from other anti- Mormons. He is pretty sure his Latter-day Saint neighbor will not know about it. His eyes are bright with anticipation. “Gotcha! What do you say to that! In view of that, how can you possibly be a Mormon?” If he doesn’t say these things, he implies them.