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===Chapter 18: Nauvoo===
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===Claims made in "Chapter 18: Nauvoo"===
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||Over the years, the stories of Josephs healings of the sick in Nauvoo multiplied.
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*Over the years, the stories of Josephs healings of the sick in Nauvoo multiplied.
 
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||Nauvoo had a brothel near the temple.
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*Nauvoo had a brothel near the temple.
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* {{HistoricalDistortion}}: the brothel was run by John C. Bennett; the Mormons eventually pushed the whole thing into a ravine.
 
* {{HistoricalDistortion}}: the brothel was run by John C. Bennett; the Mormons eventually pushed the whole thing into a ravine.
 
* {{SourceDistortion}}: Brodie does not disclose the opposition of Joseph and the Mormons to the brothel, as described in her cited source(s).
 
* {{SourceDistortion}}: Brodie does not disclose the opposition of Joseph and the Mormons to the brothel, as described in her cited source(s).
 
*[[Polygamy book/John C. Bennett/Brothel at Nauvoo|John C. Bennett—Brothel at Nauvoo]]
 
*[[Polygamy book/John C. Bennett/Brothel at Nauvoo|John C. Bennett—Brothel at Nauvoo]]
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*''Times and Seasons'' 2:599 (Aug. 2, 1841)
 
*''Times and Seasons'' 2:599 (Aug. 2, 1841)
 
*''Wasp'' 1:26 (Oct. 15, 1842)
 
*''Wasp'' 1:26 (Oct. 15, 1842)
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||Joseph's bodyguards in Nauvoo were the remnants of the Danite band.
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*Joseph's bodyguards in Nauvoo were the remnants of the Danite band.
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*[[Danites]]{{nw}}
 
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Revision as of 20:48, 26 January 2010


A FAIR Analysis of:
Criticism of Mormonism/Books
A work by author: Fawn Brodie

Claims made in "Chapter 18: Nauvoo"

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  • Over the years, the stories of Josephs healings of the sick in Nauvoo multiplied.

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{{IndexClaim |claim=

  • Nauvoo had a brothel near the temple.

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  • Times and Seasons 2:599 (Aug. 2, 1841)
  • Wasp 1:26 (Oct. 15, 1842)

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Claim
  • Joseph's bodyguards in Nauvoo were the remnants of the Danite band.

Response