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| + | ==Familiar anti-Mormon arguments== | ||
| + | *It is claimed that Joseph "was familiar with nineteenth century writer Thomas Dick..." (p. 7) This is a well-known accusation made by Fawn Brodie. See [[Was Joseph Smith's theology influenced by the writings of Thomas Dick?]]. | ||
| − | = | + | ==Joseph's guilt is always assumed== |
| − | + | Joseph is simply assumed to be guilty of any offense. | |
| + | *He is even "haunted by the suspicion, which followed him from place to place, that he crossed moral boundaries in his friendship with other women." (p. 28) | ||
| + | *In Illinois Joseph "was still hunted by law officials for old offenses." (p. 34) | ||
| + | *The author assumes that Joseph "went about courting" various women, despite the total lack of evidence that any "courtships" occurred. (p. 54) | ||
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| + | It is claimed that Joseph's "dispensationalism had many past antecedents." (p. 8) | ||
| + | "Joseph's personal charisma was working its effect where he needed to rely on others for help. He elicited sympathy and created a sense of urgency; his enterprises bore a strange significance." (p. 28) | ||
| + | Author's quote:"As we consider Joseph Smith's new religious texts in early 1842, we should review what was known of the language of ancient Egyptian, not only in 1823 when Smith began to anticipate the Book of Mormon's 'reformed Egyptian records,' but later in the 1830s and 1840s when he prepared his second Egyptian scripture, the Book of Abraham." (p. 112) | ||
| + | The author speculates that "Smith's association of these unrelated cultures [Egypt and the New World] simply reflected the prevailing misperceptions of the pre- to mid-nineteenth century." (p. 112) | ||
| + | The Joseph Smith Translation of the Bible is claimed to have "altered over 3,400 verses but left the deities singular and in a Trinitarian format." (p. 113n157) | ||
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Nauvoo Polygamy: Assumptions and presumptions
| Romance | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Nauvoo Polygamy, a work by author: George D. Smith
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Nauvoo Polygamy: Assumptions and presumptions
Familiar anti-Mormon arguments
- It is claimed that Joseph "was familiar with nineteenth century writer Thomas Dick..." (p. 7) This is a well-known accusation made by Fawn Brodie. See Was Joseph Smith's theology influenced by the writings of Thomas Dick?.
Joseph's guilt is always assumed
Joseph is simply assumed to be guilty of any offense.
- He is even "haunted by the suspicion, which followed him from place to place, that he crossed moral boundaries in his friendship with other women." (p. 28)
- In Illinois Joseph "was still hunted by law officials for old offenses." (p. 34)
- The author assumes that Joseph "went about courting" various women, despite the total lack of evidence that any "courtships" occurred. (p. 54)