FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Difference between revisions of "Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Chapter 5"
(→Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion": link) |
(→Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion": template test) |
||
Line 11: | Line 11: | ||
=Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion"= | =Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion"= | ||
{{BeginClaimsTable}} | {{BeginClaimsTable}} | ||
− | |83, 517n2 (HB) | + | {{cpn|83, 517n2 (HB)}}"The Mormon church was formally organized in New York..." |
|| | || | ||
*There is no church called the "Mormon Church." "The Church of Christ" was formally organized in New York. | *There is no church called the "Mormon Church." "The Church of Christ" was formally organized in New York. |
Revision as of 12:34, 22 December 2008
Claims made in "Chapter 4: Smith's Golden Book" | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Richard Abanes
|
Claims made in "Chapter 6: No rest for the Righteous" |
Claims made in "Chapter 5: People of Zion"
Page | Claim | Response | Author's sources |
---|---|---|---|
83, 517n2 (HB) |
"The Mormon church was formally organized in New York..." |
|
|
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). |
| |
86, n22-23 (HB) | "anti-Christendom" became a "defining feature of Mormonism," which denounced all denominational forms of Christianity as "satanic." |
| |
86, n24-25 | Mormonism "officially still teaches that all Christian churches are corrupt," and that "Satan sits in the place of God in Christianity." |
| |
95, 522n74 (HB) | Martin Harris stated that "all temporal and spiritual power would be given over to The Prophet Joseph Smith." |
|