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|S=It is claimed that during the administration of Brigham Young apostates were secretly put to death, and that the teachings of LDS leaders at the time were that apostasy was the unforgivable sin, and that the only thing an apostate could do to redeem himself was to give his own life, willingly or unwillingly.
|L1=Question: What is "blood atonement"?
|L2=Charles Penrose (1912): "Do you believe in "blood-atonement"?
|L3=Question: Did early Mormon leaders teach that apostasy was the unforgivable sin, and that the only thing an apostate could do to redeem himself was to give his own life, willingly or unwillingly?
|L4=Question: Were apostates secretly put to death by "blood atonement" during the administration of Brigham Young?
|L5=Question: Was Thomas Coleman (or Colbourn) "blood atoned"?
|L6=Question: Did Brigham Young's preaching style induce people to perform "blood atonement"?
|L7=Utah crime and violence
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{{Epigraph|There is also a man down the street who tried to exhibit the endowments to a party who was here. You will see what becomes of that man. Do not touch him. He has forfeited every right and title to eternal life; but let him alone, and you will see by and by what will become of him. His heart will ache, and so will the heart of every apostate that fights against Zion; they will destroy themselves. It is a mistaken idea that God destroys people, or that the Saints wish to destroy them. It is not so. The seeds of sin which are in them are sufficient to accomplish their destruction.<br><br> - {{JDfairwiki|vol=11|start=262|disc=39|author=Brigham Young}} (12 August 1866).}}
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{{:Question: What is "blood atonement"?}}
{{:Source:Charles Penrose:Improvement Era:September 1912:Do you believe in "blood-atonement"?}}
{{:Question: Did early Mormon leaders teach that apostasy was the unforgivable sin, and that the only thing an apostate could do to redeem himself was to give his own life, willingly or unwillingly?}}
{{:Question: Were apostates secretly put to death by "blood atonement" during the administration of Brigham Young?}}
{{:Question: Was Thomas Coleman (or Colbourn) "blood atoned"?}}
{{:Question: Did Brigham Young's preaching style induce people to perform "blood atonement"?}}

{{:Crime and violence in Utah}}

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