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|L1=Response to claim: 190 - According to "historian Polly Aird," the Parrish and Potter murders committed during the Mormon reformation were "the best documented case of killing for the sin of apostasy" and "involved the entire church reporting line from Brigham Young down"
|L2=Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions the "execution-style killing of six California emigrants"
|L3=Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions that "castration and murder of another apostate"
|L4=Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions "blood atonement killings by Danite Porter Rockwell"
|L5=Response to claim: 193 - The author claims that there was a "burgeoning traffic of apostates now fleeing Zion" because of the Mountain Meadows affair and that this was "the largest emigration up to that time, overshadowing even the California gold rush of 1852"
|L6=Response to claim: 200 - Paiute chiefs said that they were not there at the beginning of the massacre and only became involved "under written orders from Brigham Young"
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==Response to claim: 190 - According to "historian Polly Aird," the Parrish and Potter murders committed during the Mormon reformation were "the best documented case of killing for the sin of apostasy" and "involved the entire church reporting line from Brigham Young down"==
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|title=American Massacre
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According to "historian Polly Aird," the Parrish and Potter murders committed during the Mormon reformation were "the best documented case of killing for the sin of apostasy" and "involved the entire church reporting line from Brigham Young down."
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#Polly Aird, "Escape from Zion: The United States Army Escort of Mormon Apostates, 1859," ''Nevada Historical Society Quarterly'' 44/3 (Fall 2001): 196-237.
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{{misinformation|Evidence indicated that Brigham Young had nothing to do with the murders.}}
{{:Question: Were Brigham Young and the entire Church hierarchy responsible for the "Parrish-Potter" murders?}}

==Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions the "execution-style killing of six California emigrants"==
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The author mentions the "execution-style killing of six California emigrants."
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#No source provided.
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{{propaganda|Without a source or evidence, it is impossible to assess this claim. The burden of proof is on the author. Which immigrants?  When?  How killed?
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==Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions that "castration and murder of another apostate"==
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|title=American Massacre
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The author mentions that "castration and murder of another apostate."
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#No source provided.
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{{misinformation|The castration did occur, but it had nothing to do with the man being an aposate.}}
{{:Question: Did Bishop Warren S. Snow forcibly castrate twenty-four-year-old Thomas Lewis?}}

==Response to claim: 190 - The author mentions "blood atonement killings by Danite Porter Rockwell"==
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|title=American Massacre
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The author mentions "blood atonement killings by Danite Porter Rockwell."
|authorsources=<br>
#No source provided.
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{{propaganda|The author provides no evidence of these supposed "blood atonement killings" by Porter Rockwell.
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{{:Source:Peace and Violence:Gospel Topics:Danites}}
{{:Question: Did Joseph Smith and Sidney Rigdon support the formation of a vigilante band called the Danites?}}
{{:Question: When was the Danite band formed and why?}}
{{:Question: Is it true that the Danites were pledged to “plunder, lie, and even kill if deemed necessary?"}}
{{:Question: How were the activities of the Danite band exposed?}}
{{:Question: Did the Danite band persist even after they were exposed?}}

==Response to claim: 193 - The author claims that there was a "burgeoning traffic of apostates now fleeing Zion" because of the Mountain Meadows affair and that this was "the largest emigration up to that time, overshadowing even the California gold rush of 1852"==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=American Massacre
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The author claims that there was a "burgeoning traffic of apostates now fleeing Zion" because of the Mountain Meadows affair and that this was "the largest emigration up to that time, overshadowing even the California gold rush of 1852."
|authorsources=<br>
#Aird, 197.
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{{propaganda|There is no historical support for an exodus of people leaving Utah that even comes close to comparing to the California gold rush.}}

==Response to claim: 200 - Paiute chiefs said that they were not there at the beginning of the massacre and only became involved "under written orders from Brigham Young"==
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Paiute chiefs said that they were not there at the beginning of the massacre and only became involved "under written orders from Brigham Young."
|authorsources=<br>
#U.S. House of Representatives, ''Utah and the Mormons'', 17.
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{{disinformation|Paiute chiefs would have been unable to read any letter from Brigham Young, even if such had existed. <ref>{{FR-16-1-9}}</ref>
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