Though The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints does not usually respond to criticisms directly, some church members have made an effort to catalogue criticisms and have taken apologetic positions from time to time in defense of their religion. Even when supported by General Authorities of the LDS Church, however, these apologetic positions do not necessarily reflect the official positions of the Church nor the beliefs of Latter-day Saints at large.
In general the controversies can be categorized as follows:
General note about critical analyses of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
List of controversial subjects
List of prominent critics or controversial Mormons
General categorization of criticisms and apologetics of Mormonism
In general, Mormon apologists respond to the attacks in the following ways:External links