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| − | ==Criticism==
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| − | *Critics expand to idea of [[Blood atonement|blood atonement]] to include a long list of crimes that were alleged to be "worthy of death."
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| − | ===Source(s) of the criticism===
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| − | *Bill McKeever, "Blood Atonement - If It Was Never Taught, Why Do So Many Mormons Believe It?", Mormonism Research Ministry (web site)
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| − | *{{AntiBook:Tanner:Changing World|pages=Chapter 20}}
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| − | ==Response==
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| − | Critics have created a long list of crimes for which they claim the 19th century church required death through [[Blood atonement|blood atonement]]. The critics conflate blood atonement with captial punishment in order to promote the idea that the 19th century church was willing to kill anyone who disobeyed the law.
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| − | ===Blood atonement: what it is?===
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| − | {{MainArticle|wikilink=[[Blood atonement]]}}
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| − | Blood atonement is a concept taught by Brigham Young and several other early Church leaders. It states that:
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| − | 1. There are certain sins of ''apostacy'' that may not be covered by Christ's atonement. Such apostacy would involve church members who had already been endowed and made covenants in the temple.
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| − | 2. That a person willing to repent of such sins might need to be '''willing allow their own blood to be shed'' to do so.
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| − | ===Critics expand "blood atonement" to include a list of unrelated crimes===
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| − | Critics mine statements from early church leaders to make it appear that "blood atonement" was being applied to others for a variety of crimes against their will. The following table lists the crimes that the critics claim were "worthy of death," and the sources that they use to support this assertion.
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| − | !width="35%"|Crime the critics claim was "worthy of death"
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| − | !width="65%"|Critics' [[Use of sources|use of sources]]
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| − | |Murder||History of the Church 5:296; Doctrines of Salvation 1:136; Mormon Doctrine, 1958, p.314"
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| − | |Adultery and immorality||Journal of Discourses 7:20; Journal of Discourses 6:38; Journal of Discourses 7:19; Journal of Discourses 1:97
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| − | |Stealing||Times and Seasons, vol. 4, pp.183-84; History of the Church 7:597; Journal of Discourses 1:108-9; Journal of Discourses 1:73"
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| − | |Using the name of the Lord in vain||Journal of Hosea Stout, vol. 2, p.71; p.56 of the typed copy at Utah State Historical Society
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| − | ||Not receiving the Gospel||Journal of Discourses 3:226
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| − | |Marrying an African||Journal of Discourses 10:110; Wilford Woodruff's Journal, January 16,1852; Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Spring 1973, p.26
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| − | |Lying was worthy of death.||"Manuscript History of Brigham Young," December 20, 1846
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| − | |Counterfeiting||"Manuscript History of Brigham Young," February 24,1847
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| − | |Condemning Joseph Smith||Quest for Empire, p.127; Daily journal of Abraham H. Cannon,"" December 6, 1889, pp.205-6
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| − | ==Conclusion==
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| − | ==Endnotes==
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| − | ''None''
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| − | ==Further reading==
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| − | ===FAIR wiki articles===
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| − | *[[Blood atonement]]
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| − | ===FAIR web site===
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