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| − | ==Church sources discussing issues with Violence and conflict==
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| − | ===The Danites===
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| − | {{HiddenFact|fact=A group Church members called the Danites attacked non-Mormons|location=The ''Friend'', the ''New Era'', the ''Ensign''}}
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| − | ====The ''Friend''====
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| − | *'''July 1993 ''Friend''''': One Mormon, Sampson Avard, formed a group, called the Danites, to seek revenge on the Missourians. But when the Danites attacked the nonmembers, it only gave them more reason to distrust the Saints.<br>—Sherrie Johnson, “Persecutions in Missouri,” Friend, Jul 1993, 47 {{link|url=http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=042555faa5cab010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=21bc9fbee98db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}}
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| − | ====The ''New Era''====
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| − | *'''March 1972 ''New Era''''': Zane Grey, Robert Louis Stevenson, Joaquin Miller, and a host of lesser-known writers have used the Danites, but perhaps the most well-known treatment is that of A. Conan Doyle in A Study of Scarlet...<br>—Neal E. Lambert and Richard H. Cracroft, “Through Gentile Eyes: A Hundred Years of the Mormon in Fiction,” New Era, Mar 1972, 14 {{link|url=http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=6abc18e7c379b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=024644f8f206c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}}
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| − | ====The ''Ensign''====
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| − | *'''April 1979 ''Ensign''''': Sampson Avard, an elder in Far West, may have taken license from the address to organize a covert society called the Danites which engaged in activities that did much damage to the Church’s reputation.<br>—Max H Parkin, “Missouri’s Impact on the Church,” Ensign, Apr 1979, 57 {{link|url=http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=bcf7d0640b96b010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=2354fccf2b7db010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}}
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| − | ====Other Church magazines====
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| − | *'''March 1979 ''Tambuli''''': Exaggerated reports of this confrontation reached Governor Boggs. He was told that the Saints were burning towns, driving established settlers from their homes and undermining civil authority through the activities of a group known as the “Danites”—a band of avengers. Joseph Smith was charged with being the prime instigator but had nothing to do with it and exposed the participants when he became aware of it.<br>—Glen M. Leonard, “Triumph and Tragedy,” Tambuli, Mar 1979, 34 {{link|url=http://lds.org/ldsorg/v/index.jsp?hideNav=1&locale=0&sourceId=ad105991d66db010VgnVCM1000004d82620a____&vgnextoid=f318118dd536c010VgnVCM1000004d82620aRCRD}}
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