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.
The history of the church can withstand scrutiny. We don’t need to be afraid of it. It is inspiring. Sometimes we will have questions. But there are good answers.