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+ | |L1=Response to claim: 45: Latter-day Saints are raised to "obey figures of Mormon authority unquestioningly" | ||
+ | |L2=Response to claim: 45 - A fourteen-year-old Latter-day Saint girl was forced to wear robes by her kidnapper that "resembled the sacred robes she had donned with her family when they entered the Mormon temple" | ||
+ | |L3=Response to claim: 45 - The "words of Joseph Smith" are taught as having been "handed down by God Himself" | ||
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==Response to claim: 45: Latter-day Saints are raised to "obey figures of Mormon authority unquestioningly"== | ==Response to claim: 45: Latter-day Saints are raised to "obey figures of Mormon authority unquestioningly"== | ||
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* Compare with similar treatment in {{CriticalWork:Bagley:Blood of the Prophets|pages=9}} | * Compare with similar treatment in {{CriticalWork:Bagley:Blood of the Prophets|pages=9}} | ||
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{{disinformation| A fourteen-year-old LDS girl's experience with the temple would have only involved performing baptisms for the dead, and would not have required the wearing of any "sacred robes."}} | {{disinformation| A fourteen-year-old LDS girl's experience with the temple would have only involved performing baptisms for the dead, and would not have required the wearing of any "sacred robes."}} | ||
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|title=Under the Banner of Heaven | |title=Under the Banner of Heaven |
[[../Chapter 1|Chapter 1]] | A FAIR Analysis of: [[../../|Under the Banner of Heaven]], a work by author: Jon Krakauer
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[[../Chapter 5|Chapter 5]] |
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The author claims that Latter-day Saints are raised to "obey figures of Mormon authority unquestioningly, and to believe that LDS doctrine is the law of God."
The author claims that a fourteen-year-old Latter-day Saint girl was forced to wear robes by her kidnapper that "resembled the sacred robes she had donned with her family when they entered the Mormon temple."
The author claims that the "words of Joseph Smith" are taught as having been "handed down by God Himself."
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