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| Chapter 5 | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: George D. Smith
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Chapter 7 |
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"Efforts to suppress the story of Nauvoo until the 1852 announcement [of polygamy in Utah] restricted the breadth and depth of the records that were kept. |
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Censorship of Church History (edit) |
356 |
After 1890 the church tried to "phase out a practice the prophet had mandated as essential to salvation." |
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Necessary for salvation? (edit) |
356 |
"Official accounts" of plural marriage have been "redacted." |
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Censorship of Church History (edit) |
364-365 |
Joseph and Brigham admitted that the practice of polygamy meant they were "free to go beyond the normal 'bounds'" and "the normal rules governing social interaction had not applied to" Joseph. |
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366 |
"Elizabeth [Whitney] was arranging conjugal visits between her daughter, Sarah Ann, and [Joseph]…." |
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Whitney "love letter" (edit) |
392 |
The author has a subsection in "How Plural Marriage Worked," entitled "Female subordination." |
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400 |
"Joseph Lee Robinson put it bluntly: 'There are some on this stand that would cut my throat or take my hearts blood,' he said, if he told them what God had revealed to him. |
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408 |
"Joseph had already fled three states under pressure that arose, in part, from suspicious relationships with young women." |
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408 |
Joseph was "arrested for violating freedom of the press." |
Nauvoo Expositor (edit) |
Endnotes
- [note] George D. Smith, "Nauvoo Roots of Mormon Polygamy, 1841–46: A Preliminary Demographic Report," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 27 no. 1 (Spring 1994), 26.