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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Methodist camp meetings | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Methodist camp meetings | ||
|subject=Methodist camp meetings in the Palmyra area | |subject=Methodist camp meetings in the Palmyra area | ||
|summary=It is claimed that any association Joseph had with Methodism did not occur until the 1824-25 revival in Palmyra, and that his claim that the "unusual excitement" started with the Methodists in 1820 is therefore incorrect. | |summary=It is claimed that any association Joseph had with Methodism did not occur until the 1824-25 revival in Palmyra, and that his claim that the "unusual excitement" started with the Methodists in 1820 is therefore incorrect. | ||
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| + | |sublink2=Question: Did Joseph Smith join the Methodists as an "exhorter" years after being told not to join another church during the First Vision? | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Joseph became "partial to the Methodist sect" in 1820 | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Joseph became "partial to the Methodist sect" in 1820 | ||
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|summary=It is claimed that Joseph didn't become "partial to the Methodist sect" until at least 1823, after Alvin's death, or as late as 1838, rather than in 1820 as he claimed in his 1838 First Vision account. | |summary=It is claimed that Joseph didn't become "partial to the Methodist sect" until at least 1823, after Alvin's death, or as late as 1838, rather than in 1820 as he claimed in his 1838 First Vision account. | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Religious revivals in 1820 | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Religious revivals in 1820 | ||
|subject=Were there revivals in 1820? | |subject=Were there revivals in 1820? | ||
|summary=It is claimed that there were no religious revivals in the Palmyra, New York area in 1820, contrary to Joseph Smith's claims that during that year there was "an unusual excitement on the subject of religion...indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected by it" | |summary=It is claimed that there were no religious revivals in the Palmyra, New York area in 1820, contrary to Joseph Smith's claims that during that year there was "an unusual excitement on the subject of religion...indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected by it" | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Religious revivals in 1820/Gordon B. Hinckley cited false information | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Religious revivals in 1820/Gordon B. Hinckley cited false information | ||
|subject=Gordon B. Hinckley cited false information? | |subject=Gordon B. Hinckley cited false information? | ||
|summary=It is claimed that there were no religious revivals in the Palmyra, New York area in 1820, and that Gordon B. Hinckley cited false information in a book called Truth Restored. | |summary=It is claimed that there were no religious revivals in the Palmyra, New York area in 1820, and that Gordon B. Hinckley cited false information in a book called Truth Restored. | ||
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|link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Smith family place of residence in 1820 | |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Smith family place of residence in 1820 | ||
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|summary=It is claimed that there are discrepancies in Joseph's account of his family's early history, which make his 1820 and subsequent revelations impossible, and that there is no evidence that the Smith family was in the Palmyra area in 1820 for the religious excitement and First Vision which Joseph reported. | |summary=It is claimed that there are discrepancies in Joseph's account of his family's early history, which make his 1820 and subsequent revelations impossible, and that there is no evidence that the Smith family was in the Palmyra area in 1820 for the religious excitement and First Vision which Joseph reported. | ||
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|link=Mormonism and Wikipedia/First Vision | |link=Mormonism and Wikipedia/First Vision | ||
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Contents
- 1 Criticisms of events leading up to the First Vision
- 1.1 Criticisms of events leading up to the First Vision
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2 Methodist camp meetings in the Palmyra area
- 1.1.3 Joseph became "partial to the Methodist sect" in 1820
- 1.1.4 Were there revivals in 1820?
- 1.1.5 Gordon B. Hinckley cited false information?
- 1.1.6 Smith family place of residence in 1820
- 1.1.7 A FairMormon Analysis of Wikipedia article "First Vision"
- 1.1 Criticisms of events leading up to the First Vision
Criticisms of events leading up to the First Vision
Criticisms of events leading up to the First Vision