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*John Taylor, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_13/How_to_Know_the_Things_of_God How to Know the Things of God], ''Journal of Discourses'', vol. 13, 225. | *John Taylor, [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Journal_of_Discourses/Volume_13/How_to_Know_the_Things_of_God How to Know the Things of God], ''Journal of Discourses'', vol. 13, 225. | ||
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| − | |86, n24-25||Mormonism "officially still teaches that all Christian churches are corrupt. | + | |86, n24-25||Mormonism "officially still teaches that all Christian churches are corrupt," and that "Satan sits in the place of God in Christianity." |
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| Claims made in "Chapter 4: Smith's Golden Book" | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Richard Abanes
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Claims made in "Chapter 6: No rest for the Righteous" |
Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion"
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| 83, 517n2 (HB) | "The Mormon church was formally organized in New York..." |
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| 517n2 (HB) | "[t]he Mormon church's official name evolved from The Church of Christ (April 1830) to The Church of the Latter Day Saints (May 1834) to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (April 1838). |
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| 86, n22-23 (HB) | "anti-Christendom" became a "defining feature of Mormonism," which denounced all denominational forms of Christianity as "satanic." |
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| 86, n24-25 | Mormonism "officially still teaches that all Christian churches are corrupt," and that "Satan sits in the place of God in Christianity." |
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| 95, 522n74 (HB) | Martin Harris stated that "all temporal and spiritual power would be given over to The Prophet Joseph Smith." |
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