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===Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion"===
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===Claims made in "Chapter 7: Woe In Ohio"===
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===Claims made in "Chapter 8: Big Trouble In Little Missouri"===
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===Claims made in "Chapter 9: March to Martyrdom"===
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===Claims made in "Chapter 10: A New Beginning"===
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===Claims made in "Chapter 11: Bloody Brigham"===
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Revision as of 20:29, 6 December 2008

Index to claims made in One Nation Under Gods

This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within the FAIRwiki. An effort has been made to provide the author's original sources where possible.

Claims made in "Introduction: A Thread of Prophecy"

Page Claim Response Use of sources
xvii The "White Horse" prophecy predicts the "transformation of the U.S. government into a Mormon-ruled theocracy. The White Horse prophecy
  • John J. Roberts, Journal of John J. Roberts
  • Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses 6:152
  • James Burgess, James Burgess Notebook, LDSCA, vol. 1 cited in Andrew F. Ehat and Lyndon W. Cook, The Words of Joseph Smith: The Contemporary Accounts of the Nauvoo Discourses of the Prophet Joseph, p. 279.
  • Sandra Tanner, "Joseph Smith's 'White Horse' Prophecy,"
xviii The "White Horse" prophecy "continues to be a dominant element of the faith espoused by Joseph Smith's followers" because they believe that they will be "officers and administrators" during Christ's millennial reign. The White Horse prophecy
  • Fred Esplin, "Mormon journalist and University of Utah spokesperson", "The Saints Go Marching On," Utah Holliday, June 1981, 34.
xix Various Church leaders have reiterated the "White Horse" prophecy. The White Horse prophecy
  • Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:182
  • George Q. Cannon, Journal of Discourses 23:123; 23:104
  • Preston Nibley, Deseret News, December 15, 1948 quoted in Ogden Kraut, The White Horse Prophecy, 65
xx "Mormons thereafter will reign with Christ, and every American citizen, along with the rest of the world, will be forced to recognize Mormonism as the one true religion." The White Horse prophecy
  • Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses 7:53
xxi As for other governments and religions, according to Joseph Smith, they "must eventually be destroyed from the earth." Other governments and religions to be destroyed from the earth?
  • History of the Church 5:212
xxiv The Church refuses to divulge "routine (financial) information that other religions are happy to provide over the phone."
xxiv Mormons believe that they are "morally, ethically, and spiritually superior to non-Mormons."
  • Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses, 4:269
  • Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation 1:236"

Claims made in "Chapter 1: Vagabond Visionaries"

Page Claim Response Use of sources
6 "To most of his contemporaries, Joseph Smith was nothing but a charlatan from a family of illiterate wnderers; a shiftless trouble-maker—albeit a charismatic and imaginative one—with a penchant for superstitions, storytelling, and decision-making based on the occult traditions of ninteteenth century rural folk magic." The Hurlbut affidavits—Nathaniel Lewis
  • Nathaniel Lewis cited in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 267
9-11 "[T]he Smiths finally gave up on finding deliverance from their poverty by any means that might be termed legitimate employment. They turned instead to borrowing, fast-talking, and 'money-diffing' through occult divination." The Hurlbut affidavits
  • Joseph Capron, cited in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed, 260
  • Roswell Nichols, cited in Howe, 257
  • Parley Chase, cited in Howe, 248
  • Howe, 261
  • Richard L. Anderson, ""Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Reappraised,"" BYU Studies (Spring 1970), vol. 10, 283-314."
15 Local newspapers show no revival occurring in 1820 in the area of Palmyra-Manchester, New York. Religious revivals in 1820
  • H. Michael Marquardt and Wesley P. Walters, Inventing Mormonism, 15-41.
15 Smith probably incorporated an 1824 revival into his First Vision story. Conflation of 1824-25 revival?
  • Marvin S. Hill, "The First Vision Controversy: A Critique and Reconciliation," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought (Summer 1982), vol. 15, 31-46.
15 Joseph's 1832 First Vision account states that he was 15 rather than 14 years old. Different age provided in the 1832 text
15 Joseph's 1832 account states that he only saw Jesus and doesn't mention God the Father. Only one Personage appears in the 1832 account
15 The main message of the 1832 account was the forgiveness of Joseph's sins. Motivation in 1832 account is different
15 The 1832 account omits information about "God condemning Christian churches as corrupt." 1832 account doesn't forbid joining a church
16-17 Orson Pratt said that the two personages were angels. Orson Pratt confused about "angel" or Father-Son
  • Orson Pratt, sermon by Orson Pratt, reprinted in Vogel, Early Mormon Documents, vol. 1, 146-147.
17 Church historian Andrew Jenson said that "The angel again forbade Joseph to join any of these churches." Andrew Jenson called personage an "angel"
  • Andrew Jenson, Joseph Smith, The Prophet, Jan. 1888, vol. 3, nos. 1-3, p. 355.
18 John Taylor only calls the Father and Son "two glorious personages" and does not mention "this is my beloved son." John Taylor's understanding of the First Vision
  • John Taylor, letter to the Editor of the Interpreter Anglais et Francais, June 25, 1850 cited in Vogel, Early Mormon Documents, vol. 1, 191.
18 The 1824 revival caused Joseph's mother, sister and two brothers to join the Presbyterian church. Conflation of 1824-25 revival?
  • Wesley Walters, "New Light On Mormon Origins From the Palmyra N.Y. Revival," Evangelical Theological Society (Fall 1967), vol. 10, no. 4, 227-244; Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, (Spring 1969), vol. 4, no 1, 60-81.
18 The 1824 revival cause Joseph to join a Baptist church. Joseph Smith joined other churches
  • Fayette Lapham cited in Vogel, Early Mormon Documents, vol. 1 458.
18 No publications from the Palmyra or Manchester areas mentioned Joseph's vision. No reference to First Vision in 1830s publications?

Claims made in "Chapter 2: Moroni, Magic, and Masonry"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 4: Smith's Golden Book"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 6: No Rest for the Righteous"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 7: Woe In Ohio"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 8: Big Trouble In Little Missouri"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 9: March to Martyrdom"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 10: A New Beginning"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 11: Bloody Brigham"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 12: Wars and Rumors of Wars"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 13: Unholy Matrimony"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 14: The Politics of Compromise"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 15: Making the Transition"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 16: Mormon Racism: Black Is Not Beautiful"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 17: Is Mormonism Christian"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Chapter 18: Cover-Ups, Conspiracies, and Controversies"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Appendix C: Abrahams Book?"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Claims made in "Appendix D: Failed Joseph Smith Prophecies"

Page Claim Response Use of sources

Further reading

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