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|L1=Response to claim: 506 - LDS leaders teach the "endless punishement" won't last forever
|L2=Response to claim: 506 - Joseph Smith's later teachings regarding endless punishment contradict the Book of Mormon
|L3=Response to claim: 507 - Brigham Young taught that there would be no women in hell
|L4=Response to claim: 507 - LDS leaders teach that "very few" will become "sons of perdition"
|L5=Response to claim: 508 - The idea of "spirit prison" as an opportunity for the dead to be taught and receive the gospel contradicts the Book of Mormon
|L6=Response to claim: 510 - The concept of three degrees of glory is not consistent with the Book of Mormon
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==Response to claim: 506 - LDS leaders teach the "endless punishement" won't last forever==
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|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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LDS leaders teach the "endless punishement" won't last forever.
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{{information|This is correct, since Latter-day Saints consider "endless" one of the names of God, and that "endless punishment" is therefore "God's punishment."
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{{:Question: What is the nature of "endless" or "eternal" punishment?}}
{{:Question: What is the meaning of "eternal" life?}}

==Response to claim: 506 - Joseph Smith's later teachings regarding endless punishment contradict the Book of Mormon==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
|claim=
Joseph Smith's later teachings regarding endless punishment contradict the Book of Mormon.
|authorsources=<br>
*Doctrine and Covenants 19:6
*Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 2, p.160
*{{s||Alma|42|16}}
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{{misinformation|The authors are incorrect. The Book of Mormon supports the Latter-day Saint view of "endless" punishment.
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{{:Question: Does the Book of Mormon support the idea that "eternal" or "endless" punishment can be temporary?}}

==Response to claim: 507 - Brigham Young taught that there would be no women in hell==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
|claim=
Brigham Young taught that there would be no women in hell.
|authorsources=<br>
#{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|disc=59|vol=8|start=222}}
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{{information|Brigham apparently believed this, but it is not doctrine.
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{{:Question: Are there women who would be among those cast into outer darkness? Are there female "Sons of Perdition"?}}

==Response to claim: 507 - LDS leaders teach that "very few" will become "sons of perdition"==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
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LDS leaders teach that "very few" will become "sons of perdition."
|authorsources=<br>
#Joseph Smith—Seeker After Truth, pp.177-78
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{{information|This is correct.
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{{:Question: Will the Sons of Perdition be given another chance to achieve celestial glory?}}

==Response to claim: 508 - The idea of "spirit prison" as an opportunity for the dead to be taught and receive the gospel contradicts the Book of Mormon==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
|claim=
The idea of "spirit prison" as an opportunity for the dead to be taught and receive the gospel contradicts the Book of Mormon.
|authorsources=<br>
*Doctrines of Salvation 2:183
*Doctrines of Salvation 3:60
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Heber C. Kimball|disc=43|vol=4|start=223}}
*{{s||Alma|34|32-35}}
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{{misinformation|The Book of Mormon is addressed to those who have heard the gospel in this life; the doctrine of post-mortal evangelization is a different matter.
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==Response to claim: 510 - The concept of three degrees of glory is not consistent with the Book of Mormon==
{{IndexClaimItemShort
|title=The Changing World of Mormonism
|claim=
The concept of three degrees of glory is not consistent with the Book of Mormon.
|authorsources=<br>
*{{s|1|Nephi|15|35}} 
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Orson Pratt|disc=9|vol=20|start=70}}
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{{misinformation|The Book of Mormon is targeted at the fundamentals of the gospel; the doctrine of the degrees of glory is biblical ({{s|1|Corinthians|15|40-42}}, {{b|2|Corinthians|12|2}}) and complementary to it.
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{{:Question: How can the Book of Mormon contain the "fulness of the Gospel" if it does not speak of ordinances such as baptism for the dead or celestial marriage?}}
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