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==Question==
 
 
 
Did Joseph Smith teach that the moon was inhabited?
 
 
 
==Answer==
 
 
 
The source for this claim is not Joseph Smith himself; the first mention comes in 1881 in Oliver B. Huntington's journal; he later wrote an article about this for a Church magazine:
 
 
 
:As far back as 1837, I know that he [Joseph SmithJ said the moon was inhabited by men and women the same as this earth, and that they lived to a greater age than we d~that they live generally to near the age of a 1,000 years.
 
 
 
:He described the men as averaging nearly six feet in height, and dressing quite uniformly in something near the Quaker style.{{ref|ywj1}}
 
 
 
 
 
==Endnotes==
 
#{{note|ywj1}} ''Young Woman's Journal'' (1892) Vol. 3: 263.
 
 
 
==Further reading==
 
===FAIR wiki articles===
 
*[[Fallibility of prophets]]
 
 
 
===FAIR web site===
 
*FAIR Topical Guide: [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/ai082.html Infallibility]
 
*FAIR Topical Guide: [http://www.fairlds.org/apol/ai258.html Personal beliefs of prophets]
 
 
 
===External links===
 
*Stephen R. Gibson, [http://www.lightplanet.com/response/answers/moon.htm Didn't Joseph Teach the Moon was Inhabited?]
 
===Printed material===
 
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