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|claim=The author claims that Latter-day Saints are raised to "obey figures of Mormon authority unquestioningly, and to believe that LDS doctrine is the law of God." | |claim=The author claims that Latter-day Saints are raised to "obey figures of Mormon authority unquestioningly, and to believe that LDS doctrine is the law of God." | ||
}}[[Blood_of_the_Prophets:_Brigham_Young_and_the_Massacre_at_Mountain_Meadows/Omissions/Total_submission_to_Brigham_Young|Obey Brigham unquestioningly?]] | }}[[Blood_of_the_Prophets:_Brigham_Young_and_the_Massacre_at_Mountain_Meadows/Omissions/Total_submission_to_Brigham_Young|Obey Brigham unquestioningly?]] | ||
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* Compare with similar treatment in {{CriticalWork:Bagley:Blood of the Prophets|pages=9}} | * Compare with similar treatment in {{CriticalWork:Bagley:Blood of the Prophets|pages=9}} | ||
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==Response to claim: 45 - A fourteen-year-old Latter-day Saint girl was forced to wear robes by her kidnapper that "resembled the sacred robes she had donned with her family when they entered the Mormon temple"== | ==Response to claim: 45 - A fourteen-year-old Latter-day Saint girl was forced to wear robes by her kidnapper that "resembled the sacred robes she had donned with her family when they entered the Mormon temple"== |
[[../Chapter 1|Chapter 1]] | A FAIR Analysis of: [[../../|Under the Banner of Heaven]], a work by author: Jon Krakauer
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[[../Chapter 5|Chapter 5]] |
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The author claims that Latter-day Saints are raised to "obey figures of Mormon authority unquestioningly, and to believe that LDS doctrine is the law of God."
Summary: It is claimed that the Church teaches that we should not exercise independent thought. "When our leaders speak, the thinking has been done."
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The author claims that a fourteen-year-old Latter-day Saint girl was forced to wear robes by her kidnapper that "resembled the sacred robes she had donned with her family when they entered the Mormon temple."
The author claims that the "words of Joseph Smith" are taught as having been "handed down by God Himself."
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