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=Critical analysis of Joseph Smith's 1832 First Vision account=
 
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==At about the age of twelve years my mind become seriously imprest==
 
{{Epigraph|At about the age of twelve years my mind become seriously imprest with regard to the all importent concerns <del>of</del> for the wellfare of my immortal Soul which led me to searching the scriptures believeing as I was taught, that they contained the word of God...}}
 
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==my intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations==
 
{{Epigraph|...thus applying myself to them and my intimate acquaintance with those of different denominations led me to marvel excedingly for I discovered that <ins>they did not <del>adorn</del></ins> <del>instead</del> of adorn<del>ing</del> their profession by a holy walk and Godly conversation agreeable to what I found contained in that sacred depository...}}
 
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==this was a grief to my Soul thus from the age of twelve years to fifteen==
 
{{Epigraph|...this was a grief to my Soul thus from the age of twelve years to fifteen I pondered many things in my heart concerning the sittuation of the world of mankind the contentions and divi[si]ons the wicke[d]ness and abominations and the darkness which pervaded the <del>of the</del> minds of mankind my mind become excedingly distressed...}}
 
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==for I become convicted of my sins==
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[[es:La Primera Visión de José Smith/Cuentas/1832]]
{{Epigraph|for I become convicted of my sins...}}
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[[pt:A Primeira Visão/Contas/1832]]
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*{{Detail|/Motivation is different|l1=Was Joseph's motivation in the 1832 account different than later accounts?}}
 
 
 
==by searching the scriptures I found that mankind did not come unto the Lord...==
 
{{Epigraph|...and by searching the scriptures I found that <del>mand</del> <ins>mankind</ins> did not come unto the Lord but that they had apostatised from the true and liveing faith and there was no society or denomination that built upon the gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the new testament...}}
 
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==I felt to mourn for my own sins and for the sins of the world==
 
{{Epigraph|...and I felt to mourn for my own sins and for the sins of the world...}}
 
 
 
*{{Detail|/Motivation is different|l1=Was Joseph's motivation in the 1832 account different than later accounts?}}
 
 
 
==I cried unto the Lord for mercy==
 
{{Epigraph|...therefore I cried unto the Lord for mercy for there was none else to whom I could go and to obtain mercy and the Lord heard my cry in the wilderness...}}
 
 
 
==in the 16th year of my age==
 
{{Epigraph|...and while in <ins>the</ins> attitude of calling upon the Lord <ins>in the 16th year of my age</ins>...}}
 
 
 
*{{Detail|/Different age provided|l1=Did Joseph give a different age in the 1832 account?}}
 
 
 
==I saw the Lord==
 
a piller of <del>fire</del> light above the brightness of the sun at noon day come down from above and rested upon me and I was filled with the spirit of god and the <ins>Lord</ins> opened the heavens upon me and I saw the Lord and he spake unto me
 
 
 
*{{Detail|/Struggle with Satan not mentioned|l1=Why isn't the Prophet's struggle with Satan in the 1832 account?}}
 
*{{Detail|/Only one Personage appears|l1=Did Joseph Smith claim to see only one Personage in his 1832 vision account?}}
 
*{{Detail|/Vision set in heaven or on earth|l1=Is the 1832 vision set in heaven or on the earth?}}
 
 
 
==thy sins are forgiven thee==
 
{{Epigraph|saying Joseph <ins>my son</ins> thy sins are forgiven thee. go thy <ins>way</ins> walk in my statutes and keep my commandments behold I am the Lord of glory I was crucifyed for the world that...}}
 
 
 
*{{Detail|/Doesn't forbid joining a church|l1=Did Joseph really not mention being forbidden to join other churches in 1832?}}
 
*{{Detail|Joseph Smith's First Vision/Joseph Smith joined other churches|l1=Did Joseph join other churches after the First Vision?}}
 
*{{Detail|/Doesn't mention new dispensation|l1=Was the idea of a new dispensation a later addition to Joseph's account?}}
 
 
 
==all those who believe on my name may have Eternal life==
 
{{Epigraph|all those who believe on my name may have Eternal life <ins>behold</ins> the world lieth in Sin}}
 
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*{{Detail|/Eternal life regardless of church affiliation|l1=Does the 1832 account say that eternal life is given to everyone regardless of church affiliation?}}
 
 
 
==mine anger is kindling against the inhabitants of the earth==
 
{{Epigraph|<del>and</del> at this time and none doeth good no not one they have turned asside from the gospel and keep not <ins>my</ins> commandments they draw near to me with their lips while their hearts are far from me and mine anger is kindling against the inhabitants of the earth to visit them acording to th[e]ir ungodliness and to bring to pass that which <ins>hath</ins> been spoken by the mouth of the prophets and Ap[o]stles behold and lo I come quickly}}
 
 
 
*{{Detail|/Says wicked will be destroyed but 1838 doesn't|l1=Why does the 1832 account mention destruction of the wicked but the 1838 account doesn't?}}
 
 
 
==I could find none that would believe==
 
{{Epigraph|as it [is] written of me in the cloud <ins>clothed</ins> in the glory of my Father and my soul was filled with love and for many days I could rejoice with great Joy and the Lord was with me but [I] could find none that would believe the hevnly vision}}
 
 
 
*{{Detail|/Doesn't mention persecution|l1=Was persecution for his vision absent in Joseph's 1832 account?}}
 
 
 
==I pondered these things==
 
{{Epigraph|nevertheless I pondered these things in my heart <del>about that time my mother and</del> but after many days</span>I fell into transgression and sinned in many things which brought a wound upon my soul and there were many things which transpired that cannot be writen and my Fathers family have suffered many persicutions and afflictions and it&mdash;came to pass when I was seventeen years of age I called again upon the Lord and he shewed unto me a heavenly vision}}
 
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