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Contents
- 1 Response to claims made in "Chapter 8: Temple Builder"
- 1.3 Claim
- Joseph elaborated on Isaiah's prophecy regarding the learned man and the sealed book to match details of Martin Harris' visit to Charles Anthon.
- Joseph modified Isaiah's prophecy to include references to the Book of Mormon witnesses and return of the gold plates to the Lord.
- Joseph's description of the three degrees of glory contrasted Book of Mormon descriptions of a "lake of fire and brimstone."
- The Missouri Mormons never forgave Joseph for returning to Ohio.
- The "Civil War" prophecy was abandoned and excluded from early collections of Joseph's revelations because they thought it had failed.
- Joseph couldn't initially called the Kirtland Temple a "temple," since there was already land dedicated for a temple in Missouri.
Response to claims made in "Chapter 8: Temple Builder"
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Claims made in "Chapter 9: Expulsion from Eden" |
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Claim
- Joseph inserted into Genesis a prophecy of his own coming.
Author's source(s) - George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism, 1932, pp. 75-85.
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.: the author presumes Joseph is the author.
- Joseph Smith Translation as a restoration of the original Bible text
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Claim
- Joseph elaborated on Isaiah's prophecy regarding the learned man and the sealed book to match details of Martin Harris' visit to Charles Anthon.
Author's source(s) - George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism, 1932, pp. 75-85.
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
- Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/King James Bible
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Claim
- Joseph modified Isaiah's prophecy to include references to the Book of Mormon witnesses and return of the gold plates to the Lord.
Author's source(s) - George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism, 1932, pp. 75-85.
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
- Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/King James Bible
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Claim
- Joseph's description of the three degrees of glory contrasted Book of Mormon descriptions of a "lake of fire and brimstone."
Author's source(s) - Author's opinion.
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Claim
- The Missouri Mormons never forgave Joseph for returning to Ohio.
Author's source(s) - No sources provided. Author's conjecture.
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
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Claim
- The "Civil War" prophecy was abandoned and excluded from early collections of Joseph's revelations because they thought it had failed.
Author's source(s) - Source not provided
- The author's claim is false: LDS missionaries continued to preach the prophecy: Civil War prophecy
- Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy
- Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Civil War
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Claim
- Joseph couldn't initially called the Kirtland Temple a "temple," since there was already land dedicated for a temple in Missouri.
Author's source(s) - Author's opinion.
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