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| − | ==Index to claims made in ''One Nation Under Gods''==
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| − | This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within the FAIRwiki. An effort has been made to provide the author's original sources where possible.
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| − | It should be noted that Richard Abanes' response to the list of problems documented by FAIR is that the editing on the hardback edition of ''One Nation Under Gods'' was incomplete and that many of the problems were corrected in the paperback edition, published a year later. (This corrected paperback edition bears no markings indicating that it is a second edition or an updated edition; it simply appears as a paperback edition of the original.) Despite the author's statements, many of the problems noted exist in both the hardback and paperback versions. FAIR members are in the process of updating the problems so they address both editions of the book.
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| − | In the table below the Hardback is represented by "HB" and the Paperback by "PB."
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| − | *[[/Introduction|Claims made in "Introduction: A Thread of Prophecy"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 1|Claims made in "Chapter 1: Vagabond Visionaries"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 2|Claims made in "Chapter 2: Moroni, Magic, and Masonry"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 3|Claims made in "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 4|Claims made in "Chapter 4: Smith's Golden Book"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 5|Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 6|Claims made in "Chapter 6: No rest for the Righteous"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 7|Claims made in "Chapter 7: Woes In Ohio"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 8|Claims made in "Chapter 8: Big Trouble In Little Missouri"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 9|Claims made in "Chapter 9: March to Martyrdom"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 10|Claims made in "Chapter 10: A New Beginning"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 11|Claims made in "Chapter 11: Bloody Brigham"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 12|Claims made in "Chapter 12: Wars and Rumors of Wars"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 13|Claims made in "Chapter 13: Unholy Matrimony"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 14|Claims made in "Chapter 14: The Politics of Compromise"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 15|Claims made in "Chapter 15: Making the Transition"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 16|Claims made in "Chapter 16: Mormon Racism: Black Is ''Not'' Beautiful"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 17|Claims made in "Chapter 17: Is Mormonism Christian?"]]
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| − | *[[/Chapter 18|Claims made in "Chapter 18: Cover-Ups, Conspiracies, and Controversies"]]
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| − | *[[/Notes|Claims made in "Notes"]]
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| − | ===Claims made in "Chapter 2: Moroni, Magic, and Masonry"===
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| − | |23||The author claims that "LDS documents are strangely silent about their prophet's activities during the three years immediately following his 1820 First Vision."||[[One Nation Under Gods#Absurd claims|Absurd claims]]||
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| − | *Author's opinion.
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| − | *Just how much documentation does he think exists on the activities of a 14 to 17-year-old farm boy living on the frontier during this period? The Church didn't even exist during this time, therefore there would be no "LDS documents."
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| − | |25||The angel was originally named "Nephi" instead of "Moroni."||[[Nephi or Moroni]]||
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| − | *Oliver Cowdery, ''Times and Seasons, April 15, 1842, vol. 3, no. 12, 753.
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| − | *1851 edition of the ''Pearl of Great Price'', p. 41.
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| − | *Joseph Smith ''1832 History'' cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'' vol. 1, 29-30.
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| − | |26, 492 n.19-20||Oliver Cowdery said that the First Vision took place in 1823 when Joseph was in his 17th year.||[[Oliver Cowdery not aware of First Vision in 1834-35]]||
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| − | *Oliver Cowdery, "Letter III," ''Messenger and Advocate'', December 1834, vol. 1, no. 3, 41-43.
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| − | *Oliver Cowdery, "Letter IV," ''Messenger and Advocate'', February 1835, vol. 1, no. 5, 77-80.
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| − | |26, 492 n.21||Joseph's brother William associates Moroni's visit with a revival.||[[William Smith said First Vision was an "angel"?]]||
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| − | *William Smith, ''William Smith on Mormonism'' cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', vol. 1, 494.
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| − | |27, 493 n.23||George A. Smith merged the First Vision and Moroni's visit.||[[George A. Smith said First Vision was an "angel"]]||
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| − | *George A. Smith, ''Journal of Discourses'', vol. 12, 334. (November 15, 1863)
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| − | |27, 493 n.24||Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph's mother, said that the First Vision was of the angel in 1823.||[[Prophet's mother said First Vision was of an "angel"]]||
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| − | *Lucy Mack Smith, "Preliminary Manuscript" of ''Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations'', cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', vol. 1, 289-291.
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| − | |27||Joseph engaged in "ritual magic and divination."||[[Joseph Smith and the occult]]||
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| − | |28||Joseph was a "money digger"||[[Joseph Smith and money digging]]||
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| − | |28||Joseph used a "peep stone" to search for treasure.||[[Joseph Smith and seer stones]]||
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| − | |29, 494 n.30||Joseph's father was "a firm believer in witchcraft and other supernatural things; and had brought up his family in the same beief."|| ||
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| − | *Fayette Lapham, "Interview with the Father of Joseph Smith, the Mormon Prophet, Forty Years Ago. His Account of the Finding of the Sacred Plates," ''Historical Magazine (May 1870) cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', vol. 1 458.
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| − | |29, 494-5 n.33-34||Martin Harris said that Joseph was associated with a company of money diggers.||[[Joseph Smith and money digging]]||
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| − | *Brooke, 362, endnote #2
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| − | *Martin Harris, "Mormonism-No. II", ''Tiffany's Monthly'', August 1859, vol. 5, 164.
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| − | |29, 495 n.36||Joshua Stafford said that Joseph's family "told marvelous stories about ghosts, hob-goblins, caverns, and verious other mysterious matters."||[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Joshua Stafford|The Hurlbut affidavits—Joshua Stafford]] ||
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| − | *Joshua Stafford cited in Howe, ''Mormonism Unvailed'', p. 258.
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| − | |29-30, 495 n.37||"Most of the residents" of Palmyra and Manchester considered the Smith family a "close-knit clan of occultists."||[[Joseph Smith and the occult]]||
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| − | *"Gold Bible, No. 3," ''Palmyra Reflector'', February 1, 1831, cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', vol. 2, 242.
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| − | |30, 495 n.38||William Stafford stated that Joseph used a seer stone to see "the spirits in whose charge these treasures were, clotehd in ancient dress."||[[The Hurlbut affidavits#William Stafford|The Hurlbut affidavits—William Stafford]]||
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| − | *William Stafford cited in Howe, ''Mormonism Unvailed'', p. 238.
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| − | |30, 495 n.40||Joseph Capron stated that Joseph encouraged others to participate in money digging in order to obtain wealth.||[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Joseph Capron|The Hurlbut affidavits—Joseph Capron]]||
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| − | *Joseph Capron cited in Howe, ''Mormonism Unvailed'', p. 259.
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| − | |31, 495 n.41||Rev. John Sherer said that Joseph Smith was a "juggler" (i.e. a "con-man")|| ||
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| − | *John Sherer, letter to American Home Missionary Society, November 18, 1830 quote in Persuitte, p. 36.
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| − | |31, 495 n.42||William Stafford stated that Joseph believed that the state of the moon determined the best time to obtain treasures.||[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Williams Stafford|The Hurlbut affidavits—William Stafford]]||
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| − | *William Stafford, cited in Howe, ''Mormonism Unvailed'' 238.
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| − | *NOTE: Stafford's testimony was given on Dec. 8th, 1833—three years ''after'' the publication of the Book of Mormon.
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| − | |31, 495 n.43||Joseph Smith made animal sacrifices to "appease whatever spirits might be guarding the buried treasure."|| ||
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| − | *Emily M. Austin, ''Mormonism; or, Life among the Mormons'', 32ff quoted in Wesley P. Walters, "Joseph Smith's Bainbridge, N.Y., Court Trials," ''Westminster Theological Journal'' (Winder 1974), vol. 36, 125.
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| − | |31, 496 n.44||Hiel Lewis claimed that dogs, cats and other animals were sacrificed.|| ||
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| − | *Hiel Lewis, ''Amboy Journal'', June 4, 1879 quote in Tanner and Tanner, ''Mormonism, Magic and Masonry'', p. 33.
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| − | |33, 495 n.48||Joshua Stafford said that Joseph showed him a piece of wood from a box of money that had "mysteriously moved back into the hill."||[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Joshua Stafford|The Hurlbut affidavits—Joshua Stafford]]||
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| − | *Joshua Stafford, cited in Howe, ''Mormonism Unvailed'' 258.
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| − | *NOTE: Stafford's testimony was given Nov. 15, 1833—three years ''after'' the publication of the Book of Mormon.
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| − | |36, 497 n.63||LDS historian Reed C. Durham stated that "virtually all aspects of the Royal Arch Freemasonry legend of Enoch 'seem transformed into the history of Joseph Smith, so much that even it appears to be a kind of symbolic acting out of Masonic lore.'"|| ||
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| − | *Reed C. Durham, "Is There no Help for the Widow's Son," Presidential Address, Mormon History Association Conference, April 20, 1974.
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| − | |36||Joseph Smith adapted Masonic rituals for the temple endowment.||[[Temple endowment and Freemasonry]]||
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| − | |40||The Book of Mormon denounces Freemasonry by condemning "secret combinations," "secret signs," and "secret oaths."|| ||
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| − | *{{s||Helaman|6|26}}
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| − | ===Claims made in "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet"===
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| − | |41, 500 n.2-4||Joseph used at least two seer stones.||[[Joseph Smith and seer stones]]||
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| − | *D. Michael Quinn, ''Early Mormonism and the Magic World View'', 245.
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| − | *E.W. Vanderhoof, ''Historical Sketches of Western New York'', quoted in Quinn, 43.
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| − | *Quinn, 43.
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| − | |42, 500 n.7||Issac Hale, Emma's father, disapproved of Joseph because of his money digging activities.||[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Isaac Hale|The Hurlbut affidavits—Isaac Hale]]||
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| − | *Isaac Hale, cited in Howe ''Mormonism Unvailed'' 262-263.
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| − | *Martin Harris, ''Tiffany's Monthly'', August 1859, vol. 5, 164.
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| − | |44||Joseph was pronounced "guilty" of performing illegal activities with the stone.||[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]]||
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| − | *A.W. Benton, ''Evangelical Magazine and Gosepl Advocate'', April 9, 1831, New Series 2, 120.
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| − | |46, 503 n.18||Hugh Nibley said, "If this court recored is authentic, it is the most damning evidence in existence against Joseph Smith.||[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]]||
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| − | *Hugh Nibley, ''The Myth Makers'', 142.
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| − | |46, 503 n.20||Francis Kirkham claimed that "If any evidence had been in existence that Joseph Smith had used a seer stone for fraud and deception, and expcially had he made this confession in a court of law as early as 1826, or four years before the ''Book of Mormon'' was printed, and this confession was in a court record, it would have been impossible for hism to have organized the resorted Church.||[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]]||
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| − | *Francis Kirkham, '' A New Witness for Christ in the America'', 386.
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| − | |47, 503 n.22||Joseph realized that "money-digging alone was bringing in ony about $14 a month, which was not nearly enough to support a family."||[[Joseph Smith and money digging]]||
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| − | *''History of the Church'' 3:29
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| − | |47, 503 n.23||Joseph initially "attached no religious significance" to the "golden book" that he told people he would be retrieving. He instead "touted it as a book that would 'tell him how to get money that was buried in the ground.'"|| ||
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| − | *Parley Chase, letter to James T. Cobb, April 3, 1879 quoted in Wyl, ''Joseph Smith, the Prophet, His Family, and His Friends'', 276.
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| − | |48, 503 n.25||Joseph decided to convert his book into a saga about America's ancient inhabitants as a money making scheme.|| ||
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| − | *{{CriticalWork:Brodie:No Man Knows|pages=83}}
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| − | *The author simply repeats Brodie's supposition. There is no actual evidence that this was the case.
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| − | |503 n.25||Joseph tried to sell the copyright of the Book of Mormon in Canada.||[[Did Joseph Smith attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright?]]||
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| − | *Hiram Page, letter to William McLellin, February 2, 1848.
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| − | *David Whitmer, ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'', 30-31.
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| − | |48, 503-4 n.29-32||One of Joseph's early descriptions of Moroni was of a bloody ghost with his throat cut.|| ||
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| − | *Hiel Lewis, ''Amboy Journal'', April 30, 1879, quote in Wesley P. Walters, "The Mormon Prophet Attempts to Join the Methodists," reprinted in Wyl, ''Mormon Portraits'', 79-80.
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| − | *Fayette Lapham, reprinted in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', vol. 1, 459.
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| − | |50-51, n.34-36||"The Smiths eventually changed Joseph's 'dream' of a ghost to a 'vision' of a spirit (but not yet an angel)...A 'toad-like' creature 'assumed the appearance of a man' and struck Joseph on the side of his head, telling him that it was not yet time to retrieve the plates."||[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Willard Chase|The Hurlbut affidavits—Willard Chase]] ||
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| − | *Willard Chase, cited in Howe, ''Mormonism Unvailed'', 242.
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| − | |51||"A subsequent version of Smith's ever-changing tale..."|| ||
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| − | *No source given.
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| − | *The author wishes to portray all of these stories as successive evolutions.
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| − | |51||"Until well into the late 1800s it was widely understood that Smith found the golden plates not by a dream, or a ghost, or a vision—but by looking into his peep-stone and seeing where they had been deposited.||[[One Nation Under Gods#Absurd claims|Absurd claims]] ||
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| − | *Orasmus Turner, ''History of the Pioneer Settlement of Phelps and Gorham's Purchase, and Morris Reserve. (1852)
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| − | *Hosea Stout, ''On the Mormon Frontier: The Diary of Hosea Stout'', vol. 2, 593.
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| − | *Martin Harris, ''Tiffany's Monthly'', vol. 5, 163, 169.
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| − | *Widely understood?? The author cites several second-hand sources...from the 1850s!
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| − | |51||"all of the ''religious'' aspects of Smith's adventures came much later."|| ||
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| − | *Orasmus Turner, 214.
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| − | *Hiel Lewis.
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| − | |52||Joseph Smith claimed that the moon was inhabited.||[[Joseph Smith and moonmen]]||
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| − | *Oliver B. Huntington, "The Inhabitants of the Moon," ''Th eYOung Woman's Journal'', 1892, vol. 3, 263-264.
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| − | |52||Joseph taught the doctrine of "Caucasians advancing to godhood"|| ||
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| − | |52||Joseph taught the notion that "Blacks, Indians, and other people of color are cursed spirits."||[[Lamanite curse]]||
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| − | |53, 505-506n47 (HB)<br>53, 503-504n47 (PB)||"After all, no one had actually seen the plates, nor would anyone''ever'' see them"||[[One Nation Under Gods#Absurd clams|Absurd claims]]<br>[[../Use of sources/Seeing the Plates|Use of sources: Seeing the Plates]] ||
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| − | *Testimony of the Three Witnesses
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| − | *Testimony of the Eight Witnesses
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| − | |505 n.47||The witnesses only saw the plates through "visionary experiences."|| ||
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| − | |505 n.47||The eight witnesses only saw the plates as long as they were covered with a cloth of some kind.|| ||
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| − | |505 n.47||Martin Harris said that none of the eight witnesses ever saw the plates, and that he only handled them in a box or under a cloth.|| ||
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| − | *Stephen Burnett, letter to Br Johnson, April 15, 1838, Joseph Smith Papers, Letterbook, April 20, 1837-February 9, 1843, 64-66 cited in {{CriticalWork:Tanner:Changing World|pages=108}}.
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| − | |505 n.47||Joseph Smith claimed that the Three Witnesses saw the plates in a vision.|| ||
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| − | *Joseph Smith, "History of Joseph Smith—Continued", ''Times and Seasons'', September 1, 1842, vol. 3, no. 21, 897-898.
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| − | |505 n.47||David Whitmer "agreed that neither he, nor the other Three Witnesses, ever physically saw or handled the plates.|| ||
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| − | *David Whitmer, interview recorded by P. Wilhelm Poulson, c. early 1878, reprinted in ''Deseret Evening News'', August 16, 1878.
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| − | *{{CriticalWork:Brodie:No Man Knows|pages=77-80}}
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| − | *{{CriticalWork:Tanner:Mormonism Shadow|pages=50-55}}
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| − | |508 n.59||"Mormons often try to discredit Anthon by pointing out an alleged discrepancy between his letters, but there exists no such discrepancy.|| ||
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| − | *Persuitte, 303-304, endnote#19.
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| − | |55, 508n60 (HB)<br>55, 506n60 (PB)||Scholars have declared that there is no language called "Reformed Egyptian."||[[Book of Mormon anachronisms/Reformed Egyptian|Reformed Egyptian]]<br>[[../Use of sources/Reformed Egyptian|Use of sources: Reformed Egyptian]]||
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| − | *John A. Wilson, letter to Marvin Cowan, March 16, 1966 quoted in {{CriticalWork:Tanner:Changing World|pages=144}}
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| − | |55, 508 n.62||Joseph used his "peep-stone" to translate the Book of Mormon.||[[Book of Mormon translation method]]||
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| − | *Hiel Lewis, "Review of Mormonism: Rejoinder to Elder Cadwell." ''Amboy Journal'', June 4, 1879, quoted in {{CriticalWork:Quinn:Magic World View|pages=172}}.
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| − | |56, 508 n.63-65||Emma Smith and David Whitmer said that Joseph translated using his seer stone in a hat.||[[Book of Mormon translation method]]||
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| − | *Emma Smith Bidamon, Interview with Joseph Smith, III, February 1879, reprinted in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', vol. 1, 539.
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| − | *Martin Harris, Interview with Anthony Metcalf, c. 1873-1874. Quoted in A. Metcalf, ''Ten Years Before the Mast...'', reprinted in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', vol. 2, 346-347.
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| − | *David Whitmer, ''An Address to all believers in Christ'', 12.
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| − | |60||"This story would prove to be one of Smith's best tales."
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| − | |64, 511n24 (HB)||Joseph Smith's "amusing recitals" of ancient American inhabitants.
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| − | *Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations [Liverpool: S.W. Richards, 1853), 85, reprinted in Dan Vogel, ed., ''Early Mormon Documents'' [Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1996], vol. 1, 296.
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| − | |72, 514n61 (HB)||The name "Lemuel" may have been derived from the name of the Smith's landlord, Lemuel Durfee.
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| − | *Vogel, [''Early Mormon Documents''] vol. 1, 321, footnote #128.
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| − | |95, 522n74 (HB)||Martin Harris stated that "all temporal and spiritual power would be given over to The Prophet Joseph Smith."||[[../Use of sources/Those Power-Hungry Mormons|Those Power-Hungry Mormons]]||
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| − | *Chandler, reprinted in Vogel, vol. 3, 222-223.
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| − | |171, 542n1 (HB)||"I combat the errors of the ages;...I solve mathematical problems of universities, with truth--diamond truth; and God is my 'right hand man.'...[God] will make me be God to you in his stead,...and if you don't like it, you must lump it....I have more to boast of than ever any man had....I boast that no man ever did such a work as I."||[[../Use of sources/Joseph Smith's Narcissism|Use of sources: Joseph Smith's Narcissism]]||
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| − | *Joseph Smith, HC (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1976/1980) vol. 6, 78, 319-320, 408-409.
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| − | |175, 543n21 (HB)||Joseph Smith is considered "as important to their spirituality as Jesus Christ."||[[../Use of sources/Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report|Use of sources: Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report]]||
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| − | *21. Levi Edgar Young, letter dated April 14, 1961. Quoted in {{CriticalWork:Tanner:Mormonism Shadow|pages=252}}
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| − | |177, 544n29 (HB)||Joseph Smith declared: "I am the only man that has been able to keep the whole church together....Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it."||[[Did Joseph Smith 'boast' of keeping the Church intact ]]<br>[[../Use of sources/Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"|Use of sources: Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"]]||
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| − | *''History of the Church'', vol. 408-409.
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| − | |178, 544n34 (HB)||Joseph claimed: "I wrestled with William Wall, the most expert wrestler in Ramus, and threw him."||[[../Use of sources/The Wrestling Prophet|Use of sources: The Wrestling Prophet]] ||
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| − | *''History of the Church'', vol. 5, 302.
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| − | *HC, vol. 5, 466.
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| − | |220, 553n77 (HB)||Brigham "proudly admitted" "'I have been your dictator for twenty-seven years--over a quarter of a century I have dictated this people.'"||[[../Use of sources/Brigham, the Dictator|Use of sources: Brigham, the Dictator]]||
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| − | *Brigham Young, August 13, 1871, JOD (Liverpool: George Q. Cannon, 1862; lithographed reprint of original edition, 1966), vol. 14, 205.
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| − | *Young, July 8, 1855, in JOD, vol. 2, 310.
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| − | |222, 554n89 (HB)||Brigham said: "[W]e will roll on the Kingdom of our God, gather out the seed of Abraham, build the cities and temples of Zion, and establish the Kingdom of God to bear rule over all the earth."||[[../Use of sources/Ruling Over the Earth|Use of sources: Ruling Over the Earth]]||
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| − | *Young, July 8, 1855, in JOD, vol. 2, 317.
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| − | |236-237, 563n53 (HB)||"Apostates certainly were viewed as the worst of sinners, although every reprobate received the same penalty. As Brigham instructed his flock: 'If any miserable scoundrels come here, cut their throats.'"||[[../Use of sources/Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"|Use of sources: Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"]]||
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| − | *Brigham Young, July 8, 1855, in JOD, vol. 2., 311.
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| − | |244-245, 566n82 (HB)||"...as the wagon-train traversed the southern route, conflict erupted between the emigrants and the Mormons, who refused to sell badly needed food and supplies to the travelers. Such conduct was unthinkable to the Baker-Fancher company. They had no idea that the refusals were in obedience to Brigham's prohibition on trading with the Gentiles."||[[../Use of sources/Orders to Starve Gentiles|Use of sources: Orders to Starve Gentiles]]||
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| − | *On August 2, 1857, just one month before the massacre, Brigham Young wrote to [sic] a letter to church leaders telling them to make sure that no one sold as much as "one kernal" of food to the Saints "enemies" (Brigham Young letter to Bronson and Haight, August 2, 1857, MS 1234 LDSCA).
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| − | |289, 578n51 (HB)||"According to the late BYU scholar Eugene England, Mormon women literally are to become 'birth machines' so Mormon males can continue creating and populating various worlds without end."||[[../Use of sources/LDS "Birth Machines"|Use of sources: LDS "Birth Machines"]]||
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| − | *Jessie L. Embry, "Burden or Pleasure?: A Profile of LDS Polygamous Husbands," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (Winter 1987), vol. 20, no. 4, 148.
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| − | |389, 603n45 (HB)||Gordon B. Hinckley said: "None of you need worry because you read something that was incompletely reported. You need not worry that I do not understand some matters of doctrine. I think I understand them thoroughly."||[[../Use of sources/Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine|Use of sources: Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine]]||
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| − | *Gordon B. Hinckley, October 1997 General Conference Address.
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| − | |408, 608n28 (HB)||"Another tactic utilized by Mormon leaders has been to revise Smith's revelations so as to make the church's history more palatable."||[[../Use of sources/Advertising for the Tanners|Use of sources: Advertising for the Tanners]]||
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| − | *Hugh Nibley, letter to Morris L. Reynolds, May 12, 1966. Quoted in Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Case Against Mormonism (Salt Lake City: ULM, 1967), vol. 1, 132.
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| − | |413-414, 609-610n39 (HB)||"Some of the most disturbing instructions about blind obedience came from LDS president Ezra Taft Benson in his 'Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet' speech. His fundamentals for living a righteous Mormon life left little room for independent thought."||[[../Use of sources/The LDS as Mindless Followers|Use of sources: The LDS as Mindless Followers]]||
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| − | *Ezra Taft Benson, "Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet," February 26, 1980.
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| − | |475||AOF: The Articles of Faith are thirteen statements that outline the more socially acceptable Mormon beliefs, usually discussed openly by Latter-day Saints when explaining Mormonism to potential converts. None of the articles deal with any doctrines that might be viewed as offensive or controversial to non-Mormons. The Articles of Faith are contained in modern LDS editions of the Pearl of Great Price, one of the Standard Works of the Mormon church. The AOF are on-line at <nowiki>http://www.exmormon.org/fourteen.htm.</nowiki>||[[../Use of sources/The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith|Use of sources: The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith]]||
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| − | *Link is to an anti-Mormon site which provides a list of fourteen slanted and derogatory statements by a critic of the LDS faith
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