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A FAIR Analysis of:
Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows
A work by author: Will Bagley

Claims made in "Chapter 1: Their Innocent Blood Will Cry unto the Lord of Hosts"

7

Claim
  •  Author's quote: [celestial marriage] allowed the most ordinary backwoodsman to become a god and rule over worlds of his own creation with as many wives as his righteousness could sustain....

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
  • Compare treatment in American Massacre: p. 26.
Response

9

Claim
  •  Author's quote: ...[Mormons gave] total submission to a leader they considered ordained by God....

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
  • Compare treatment in Under the Banner of Heaven: p. 45.
Response

15

Claim
  • Joseph Smith fought against freedom of the press because of the destruction and suppression of the Expositor.

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
Response

15

Claim
  • Joseph Smith was charged with seduction, polygamy, counterfeiting, and setting up a theocracy.

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
Response

16

Claim
  •  [ATTENTION!] Expositor?

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
  • Compare treatment in American Massacre: p. 27.
Response

21

Claim
  •  Author's quote: [Temple requires members] to avenge the blood of the Prophet, whenever the opportunity offered, and to teach their children to do the same....

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
Response