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==Response to claim: The Church has "deviated" from proper wording for baptism==
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|title=Denver Snuffer, "Preserving The Restoration," Lecture 10, Mesa, Arizona (9 September 2014)
|claim="When I was baptized into the LDS Church, the baptismal prayer was, "Having been commissioned of Jesus Christ, I baptize you in the name of the Father..." When I was rebaptized, I was rebaptized by one who had authority from Christ, therefore, in that baptisms the words were, "Having authority given me of Jesus Christ…" If all you are going to do is baptize someone again according to the LDS pattern, with the commission in the Church, do not bother doing it. But if you follow these principles, and if the Spirit empowers you to baptize, then baptize having authority from Christ and follow His words. We have deviated long enough. It is time to return."<ref>{{CriticalWork:Snuffer:Mesa|pages=16}}</ref>
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Snuffer claims to sustain Joseph Smith, but claims that Joseph's instructions about the prayer were a "deviation" that he (Snuffer) is now to set right.

==Response to claim: The Church does not believe that "tithing is for the poor"==
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|title=Denver Snuffer, "Preserving The Restoration," Lecture 10, Mesa, Arizona (9 September 2014)
|claim="Tithing is for the poor."<ref>{{CriticalWork:Snuffer:Mesa|pages=30}}</ref>
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==Response to claim: "If you knew what" God" was up to, you could prevent it"==
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|title=Denver Snuffer, "Preserving The Restoration," Lecture 10, Mesa, Arizona (9 September 2014)
|claim="Prophecy is not given so you can anticipate the details beforehand. Prophecy is only given so that after the event takes place, you can then understand the scriptures’ meaning. Only after He has acted can you understand how the Lord intended to accomplish His will and fulfill His promise. Prophecy’s purpose is not to allow you beforehand to know the events with enough specificity so that God's will could be anticipated, prevented, and frustrated. If you knew what He was up to, you could prevent it. But because you do not, when the prophecies are fulfilled, then you know the Lord has acted. God can use any means He chooses to accomplish His promises. Everything God is doing is not disclosed at the time it is underway."<ref>{{CriticalWork:Snuffer:Mesa|pages=11}}</ref>
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==Response to claim: "You should ordain no one to an office" in the priesthood==
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|title=Denver Snuffer, "Preserving The Restoration," Lecture 10, Mesa, Arizona (9 September 2014)
|claim="You should ordain no one to an office" in the priesthood
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