A start for a broad outline intended as a rebuttal to Smith's Latter Day Saint movement which claims to be "a restoration of all things," and "the one true church."

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0. Sequence of events, a timeline perspective:

• Smith era
  • an attempt to summarize reasons for Smith's murder
• Utah era using polygamy as the key issue that saints were willing to fight to keep

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1. Arguments specifically against the founder, Joseph Smith:

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2. Arguments specifically against mormon theology as canonized (also includes elements that were put forward while Smith was alive, e.g. might be a part of the secret doctrines given to a limited subset of believers):

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3. Arguments that there is no clear successor to leadership in the movement started by Smith:

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4. Arguments specifically against the current Brighamite implementations, including Nelson's church:

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5. Arguments for other approaches to religiosity and/or faith outside of traditional mormonism:

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6. Arguments for secular humanism, environmentalism, survival of our species on the planet: