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===Chapter 13: My Kingdom is of this World===
 
  
 
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Contents

Response to claims made in "Chapter 13: My Kingdom is of this World"


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

181

Claim
  • Joseph Smith was rumored to have "seduced" Fannie Alger.

Response

181

Claim
  • It was rumored that Fannie Alger was driven out of the house by Emma.

Response

181

Claim
  • Joseph and Fannie were "found together."

Response

182

Claim
  • Joseph accused Oliver Cowdery of "perpetuating the scandal."

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources

182

Claim
  • Oliver was excommunicated for "insinuating that the prophet had been guilty of adultery."

Response
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182

Claim
  • Fannie Alger did not admit to being the Prophet's plural wife.

Response

183

Claim
  • Martin Harris was brought to trial for adultery "as early as 1832."

Response
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182

Claim
  • Joseph told Ezra Booth to "take a wife from among the Lamanites."

Response

183

Claim
  • Joseph performed marriages even though it was against Ohio law. The marriage of Newel Knight and Lydia Goldthwait Baily was performed by Joseph against the law.

Author's source(s)
  • No source provided.
Response
  • The Knight-Bailey wedding was not illegal, since Newel Knight obtained a marriage license from the secular authorities. The state of Ohio did not contest Joseph's performance of the marriage, since it then issued a marriage certificate for the Knights' marriage. Joseph later performed other marriages in Ohio, and these couples likewise received marriage certificates after Joseph submitted the necessary paperwork.
  • Illegal marriages in Ohio
  • Joseph Smith/Polygamy

185

Claim
  • Oliver Cowdery wrote a formal statement that the Church denied polygamy in August 1835.

Response

187

Claim
  • Joseph realized "that for a prophet it is easier to change marriage laws than to contravene them."

Author's source(s)
  • Author's opinion
Response

187

Claim
  • The Mormons believe that when they become "sufficiently purified" that the treasures in the earth would be "poured into their lap."

Response

189

Claim
  • Isaac McWithy was brought to trial before the High Council because he would not sell his farm to Joseph Smith.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources

192

Claim
  • Joseph's trip to Salem in August 1836 with Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon and Hyrum was to look for buried gold beneath a house.

Response