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Critics of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints seek to discredit Joseph Smith's First Vision by pointing to seeming discrepancies in the historical and written record. For example, they point to differences between the various accounts that Joseph Smith gave of the vision and claim that the Prophet changed his story. They also argue that the earliest followers of Joseph Smith either didn't know about the First Vision, or seem to have been confused about it.
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On 25 March 2007, evangelical Christians are distributing a new anti-Mormon video to thousands of homes across the United States. Though it purports to be an objective Christian evaluation of the teachings, history, and beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it contains much that is inaccurate and very little that is balanced. Rather than focus on what they believe, the video's producers have taken it upon themselves to describe and interpret LDS beliefs and teachings, often in ways that would be objectionable or unrecognizable to Latter-day Saints.
  
When the entire record is examined, though, Joseph's accounts show remarkable consistency, and early Latter-day Saints do show a knowledge and understanding of the vision and its importance in the Restoration.
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The video contains many of the same anti-Mormon claims that misguided critics have been repeating for years. The issues it raises have been repeatedly addressed by faithful Latter-day Saints, but the video does not address or take those responses into account. FAIR has prepared a point-by-point response to the claims made in the video.
  
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Revision as of 12:50, 24 March 2007

Jesus Christ/Joseph Smith

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On 25 March 2007, evangelical Christians are distributing a new anti-Mormon video to thousands of homes across the United States. Though it purports to be an objective Christian evaluation of the teachings, history, and beliefs of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, it contains much that is inaccurate and very little that is balanced. Rather than focus on what they believe, the video's producers have taken it upon themselves to describe and interpret LDS beliefs and teachings, often in ways that would be objectionable or unrecognizable to Latter-day Saints.

The video contains many of the same anti-Mormon claims that misguided critics have been repeating for years. The issues it raises have been repeatedly addressed by faithful Latter-day Saints, but the video does not address or take those responses into account. FAIR has prepared a point-by-point response to the claims made in the video.

Read more...