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===One Nation under Gods, page 105 (hardback and paperback)=== | ===One Nation under Gods, page 105 (hardback and paperback)=== | ||
*''The Evening and Morning Star'' was "haranguing non-Mormons" by threatening them with "imminent destruction" if they did not repent. | *''The Evening and Morning Star'' was "haranguing non-Mormons" by threatening them with "imminent destruction" if they did not repent. | ||
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===Endnote 12, page 524 (hardback); page 522 (paperback)=== | ===Endnote 12, page 524 (hardback); page 522 (paperback)=== | ||
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*Note: there is no p. 65 in Vol. 1, No. 10. This error exists in both the hardback and paperback. It should be Vol. 9 for that page and article name. | *Note: there is no p. 65 in Vol. 1, No. 10. This error exists in both the hardback and paperback. It should be Vol. 9 for that page and article name. | ||
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+ | This message is a fairly standard Christian apocalyptic—the days are perilous, the world is becoming more wicked, and the scriptures have foretold it. But, those who accept God and his covenant need not fear, though the days are dark. Most of the message is addressed directly to Latter-day Saints; there is little here that would be out of place in any nineteenth-century Christian reflection on "the last days." | ||
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+ | There is certainly no suggestion that the members of the Church are threatening to inflict "imminent destruction" on non-members, as one might conclude from the author's summary. | ||
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The cited page nowhere "harangues" the non-Mormons. Most of the page is given up to a quotation from the apocryphal book of 2 Esdras. The quoted material runs from [http://www.artbible.info/bible/2_esdras/9.html 9:28-47], [http://www.artbible.info/bible/2_esdras/10.html 10:1-59], [http://www.artbible.info/bible/2_esdras/13.html 13:1-36]. | The cited page nowhere "harangues" the non-Mormons. Most of the page is given up to a quotation from the apocryphal book of 2 Esdras. The quoted material runs from [http://www.artbible.info/bible/2_esdras/9.html 9:28-47], [http://www.artbible.info/bible/2_esdras/10.html 10:1-59], [http://www.artbible.info/bible/2_esdras/13.html 13:1-36]. | ||
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:The love of money fills the hearts of the wicked; but what profit would it be to you, with all your knowledge, of what must shortly come to pass, if you could gain the whole world for thirty or forty years, and then loose your inheritance, and eternal life? This is a solemn question, and when the faithful enter into the joys of their Lord, they will be more apt to say: [1 Cor. 2:9] Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of men to conceive, what the Lord has prepared for them that love him. The Lord will hear when saints do pray. | :The love of money fills the hearts of the wicked; but what profit would it be to you, with all your knowledge, of what must shortly come to pass, if you could gain the whole world for thirty or forty years, and then loose your inheritance, and eternal life? This is a solemn question, and when the faithful enter into the joys of their Lord, they will be more apt to say: [1 Cor. 2:9] Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, neither has it entered into the heart of men to conceive, what the Lord has prepared for them that love him. The Lord will hear when saints do pray. | ||
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Distorted account of three degrees of glory | A FAIR Analysis of: One Nation Under Gods A work by author: Richard Abanes
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This message is a fairly standard Christian apocalyptic—the days are perilous, the world is becoming more wicked, and the scriptures have foretold it. But, those who accept God and his covenant need not fear, though the days are dark. Most of the message is addressed directly to Latter-day Saints; there is little here that would be out of place in any nineteenth-century Christian reflection on "the last days."
There is certainly no suggestion that the members of the Church are threatening to inflict "imminent destruction" on non-members, as one might conclude from the author's summary.
The cited page nowhere "harangues" the non-Mormons. Most of the page is given up to a quotation from the apocryphal book of 2 Esdras. The quoted material runs from 9:28-47, 10:1-59, 13:1-36.
Before these quotations, the author notes:
The author then begins to quote 2 Esdras, and this consumes the rest of the cited page. After the long quote, the author then continues in a similar vein.
And, in the following page:
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