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*[[Criticism of Mormonism/Websites/MormonThink/Kirtland Temple Dedication#Response to claim: "Both Elias and Elijah also are reported to have appeared as two separate beings in the Kirtland temple....However, Elias and Elijah are the same person"|Response to claim: "Both Elias and Elijah also are reported to have appeared as two separate beings in the Kirtland temple....However, Elias and Elijah are the same person"]]


==Response to claim: "Some who were genuinely drunk probably added fuel to the environment by claiming to see things just to support their beloved prophet"==
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|claim=It's likely that Joseph said he was seeing something angelic and told the congregation what he claimed to be seeing....That would likely cause some to believe the prophet so much as to get caught up in the spirit and cause them to imagine they were witnessing something extraordinary - made much easier if they were fasting and had a sudden dose of wine. Some who were genuinely drunk probably added fuel to the environment by claiming to see things just to support their beloved prophet.
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{{propaganda|The critics are speculating on motives without engaging the actual sources.
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{{:Question: Was the "pentecost" at the Kirtland Temple dedication actually a drunken orgy?}}

==Response to claim: "Both Elias and Elijah also are reported to have appeared as two separate beings in the Kirtland temple....However, Elias and Elijah are the same person"==
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|claim=Both Elias and Elijah also are reported to have appeared as two separate beings in the Kirtland temple (D&C 110:12, 13)....However, Elias and Elijah are the same person. Elijah is the Hebrew name of Elias (Greek). But Joseph thought they were two different people and thus referred to them as such.
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{{misinformation|More than one individual has been referred to as "Elias." The name is used as a title.
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