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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.
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* 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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Response to claims made in "Chapter 18: Nauvoo"


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

257

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

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources

269

Claim
  • Nauvoo had a brothel near the temple.

Author's source(s)
  • Times and Seasons 2:599 (Aug. 2, 1841)
  • Wasp 1:26 (Oct. 15, 1842)
Response
  • The brothel was run by John C. Bennett; the Mormons eventually pushed the whole thing into a ravine.
  •  Misrepresentation of source: Brodie does not disclose the opposition of Joseph and the Mormons to the brothel, as described in her cited source(s).
  • John C. Bennett—Brothel at Nauvoo

272

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

Response