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− | || | + | ||Why are "LDS documents...strangely silent" about Joseph Smith's activities between 1820 and 1823? |
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*Just how much documentation does the author think exists on the activities of a 14 to 17-year-old farm boy living on the frontier during this period? The Church didn't even exist during this time, therefore there would be no "LDS documents." | *Just how much documentation does the author think exists on the activities of a 14 to 17-year-old farm boy living on the frontier during this period? The Church didn't even exist during this time, therefore there would be no "LDS documents." | ||
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− | || | + | ||Was the angel that appeared to Joseph originally named "Nephi" instead of "Moroni?" |
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*[[Nephi or Moroni]] | *[[Nephi or Moroni]] | ||
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====26, 492n19-20 (HB)==== | ====26, 492n19-20 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||Oliver Cowdery | + | ||Did Oliver Cowdery say that the First Vision took place in 1823 when Joseph was in his 17th year? |
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*[[Oliver Cowdery not aware of First Vision in 1834-35]] | *[[Oliver Cowdery not aware of First Vision in 1834-35]] | ||
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====26, 492n21 (HB)==== | ====26, 492n21 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||Joseph's brother William | + | ||Does Joseph's brother William associate Moroni's visit with a revival? |
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*[[William Smith said First Vision was an "angel"?]] | *[[William Smith said First Vision was an "angel"?]] | ||
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====27, 493n23 (HB)==== | ====27, 493n23 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||George A. Smith | + | ||Did George A. Smith merge the First Vision and Moroni's visit? |
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*[[George A. Smith said First Vision was an "angel"]] | *[[George A. Smith said First Vision was an "angel"]] | ||
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− | ||Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph's mother, | + | ||Did Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph's mother, say that the First Vision was of the angel in 1823? |
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*[[../../Use of sources/Lucy and the angel|Lucy and the angel]] | *[[../../Use of sources/Lucy and the angel|Lucy and the angel]] | ||
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− | ||Joseph | + | ||Did Joseph engage in "ritual magic and divination?" |
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*[[Joseph Smith and the occult]] | *[[Joseph Smith and the occult]] | ||
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− | ||Joseph | + | ||Was Joseph Smith a "money digger?" |
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*[[Joseph Smith and money digging]] | *[[Joseph Smith and money digging]] | ||
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− | ||Joseph | + | ||Did Joseph use a "peep stone" to search for buried treasure? |
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*[[Joseph Smith and seer stones]] | *[[Joseph Smith and seer stones]] | ||
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− | ||Joseph's father | + | ||Was Joseph's father a "firm believer" in witchcraft and the supernatural? |
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*[[../../Presentism|Presentism]] | *[[../../Presentism|Presentism]] | ||
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====29, 494-5n33-34 (HB)==== | ====29, 494-5n33-34 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||Martin Harris | + | ||Did Martin Harris say that Joseph was associated with a company of money diggers? |
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*[[Joseph Smith and money digging]] | *[[Joseph Smith and money digging]] | ||
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====29, 495n36 (HB)==== | ====29, 495n36 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||Joshua Stafford | + | ||Did Joshua Stafford say that Joseph's family "told marvelous stories about ghosts, hob-goblins, caverns, and verious other mysterious matters." |
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*[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Joshua Stafford|The Hurlbut affidavits—Joshua Stafford]] | *[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Joshua Stafford|The Hurlbut affidavits—Joshua Stafford]] | ||
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====29-30, 495n37 (HB)==== | ====29-30, 495n37 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||" | + | ||Did "most of the residents" of Palmyra and Manchester consider the Smith family a "close-knit clan of occultists?" |
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*[[Joseph Smith and the occult]] | *[[Joseph Smith and the occult]] | ||
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====30, 495n38 (HB)==== | ====30, 495n38 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||William Stafford | + | ||Did William Stafford state that Joseph used a seer stone to see "the spirits in whose charge these treasures were, clothed in ancient dress?" |
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*[[The Hurlbut affidavits#William Stafford|The Hurlbut affidavits—William Stafford]] | *[[The Hurlbut affidavits#William Stafford|The Hurlbut affidavits—William Stafford]] | ||
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− | ||Joseph Capron | + | ||Did Joseph Capron state that Joseph encouraged others to participate in money digging in order to obtain wealth? |
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*[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Joseph Capron|The Hurlbut affidavits—Joseph Capron]] | *[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Joseph Capron|The Hurlbut affidavits—Joseph Capron]] | ||
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− | ||Rev. John Sherer | + | ||Did the Rev. John Sherer say that Joseph Smith was a "juggler" (i.e. a "con-man")? |
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====31, 495n42 (HB)==== | ====31, 495n42 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||William Stafford | + | ||Did William Stafford state that Joseph believed that the state of the moon determined the best time to obtain treasures? |
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*NOTE: Stafford's testimony was given on Dec. 8th, 1833—three years ''after'' the publication of the Book of Mormon. | *NOTE: Stafford's testimony was given on Dec. 8th, 1833—three years ''after'' the publication of the Book of Mormon. | ||
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− | ||Joseph Smith | + | ||Did Joseph Smith make animal sacrifices to "appease whatever spirits might be guarding the buried treasure?" |
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====31, 496n44 (HB)==== | ====31, 496n44 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||Hiel Lewis | + | ||Did Hiel Lewis claim that dogs, cats and other animals were sacrificed? |
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====33, 495n48 (HB)==== | ====33, 495n48 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||Joshua Stafford | + | ||Did Joshua Stafford say that Joseph showed him a piece of wood from a box of money that had "mysteriously moved back into the hill?" |
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*NOTE: Stafford's testimony was given Nov. 15, 1833—three years ''after'' the publication of the Book of Mormon. | *NOTE: Stafford's testimony was given Nov. 15, 1833—three years ''after'' the publication of the Book of Mormon. | ||
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====36, 497n63 (HB)==== | ====36, 497n63 (HB)==== | ||
− | ||LDS historian Reed C. Durham | + | ||Why did LDS historian Reed C. Durham state that the Freemasonry legend of Enoch "seem transformed into the history of Joseph Smith, so much that even it appears to be a kind of symbolic acting out of Masonic lore?" |
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− | ||Joseph Smith | + | ||Did Joseph Smith adapt Masonic rituals for the temple endowment? |
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*[[Temple endowment and Freemasonry]] | *[[Temple endowment and Freemasonry]] | ||
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− | || | + | ||Does the Book of Mormon denounce Freemasonry by condemning "secret combinations," "secret signs," and "secret oaths?" |
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* If the Book of Mormon is so anti-Masonic, why did Joseph (as claimed above) then ''adapt'' Masonry for temple ritual? He cannot be both pro- and -anti-Masonic. | * If the Book of Mormon is so anti-Masonic, why did Joseph (as claimed above) then ''adapt'' Masonry for temple ritual? He cannot be both pro- and -anti-Masonic. |
Revision as of 20:57, 13 January 2009
Claims made in "Chapter 1: Vagabond Visionaries" | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Richard Abanes
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Claims made in "Chapter 3: From Profit to Prophet" |
Claims made in "Chapter 2: Moroni, Magic, and Masonry"
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23 (HB) |
Why are "LDS documents...strangely silent" about Joseph Smith's activities between 1820 and 1823? |
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25 (HB) |
Was the angel that appeared to Joseph originally named "Nephi" instead of "Moroni?" |
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26, 492n19-20 (HB) |
Did Oliver Cowdery say that the First Vision took place in 1823 when Joseph was in his 17th year? |
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26, 492n21 (HB) |
Does Joseph's brother William associate Moroni's visit with a revival? |
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27, 493n23 (HB) |
Did George A. Smith merge the First Vision and Moroni's visit? |
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27, 493n24 (HB) |
Did Lucy Mack Smith, Joseph's mother, say that the First Vision was of the angel in 1823? |
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27 (HB) |
Did Joseph engage in "ritual magic and divination?" |
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28 (HB) |
Was Joseph Smith a "money digger?" |
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28 (HB) |
Did Joseph use a "peep stone" to search for buried treasure? |
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29, 494n30 (HB) |
Was Joseph's father a "firm believer" in witchcraft and the supernatural? |
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29, 494-5n33-34 (HB) |
Did Martin Harris say that Joseph was associated with a company of money diggers? |
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29, 495n36 (HB) |
Did Joshua Stafford say that Joseph's family "told marvelous stories about ghosts, hob-goblins, caverns, and verious other mysterious matters." |
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29-30, 495n37 (HB) |
Did "most of the residents" of Palmyra and Manchester consider the Smith family a "close-knit clan of occultists?" |
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30, 495n38 (HB) |
Did William Stafford state that Joseph used a seer stone to see "the spirits in whose charge these treasures were, clothed in ancient dress?" |
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30, 495n40 (HB) |
Did Joseph Capron state that Joseph encouraged others to participate in money digging in order to obtain wealth? |
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31, 495n41 (HB) |
Did the Rev. John Sherer say that Joseph Smith was a "juggler" (i.e. a "con-man")? |
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31, 495n42 (HB) |
Did William Stafford state that Joseph believed that the state of the moon determined the best time to obtain treasures? |
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31, 495n43 (HB) |
Did Joseph Smith make animal sacrifices to "appease whatever spirits might be guarding the buried treasure?" |
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31, 496n44 (HB) |
Did Hiel Lewis claim that dogs, cats and other animals were sacrificed? |
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33, 495n48 (HB) |
Did Joshua Stafford say that Joseph showed him a piece of wood from a box of money that had "mysteriously moved back into the hill?" |
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36, 497n63 (HB) |
Why did LDS historian Reed C. Durham state that the Freemasonry legend of Enoch "seem transformed into the history of Joseph Smith, so much that even it appears to be a kind of symbolic acting out of Masonic lore?" |
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36 (HB) |
Did Joseph Smith adapt Masonic rituals for the temple endowment? |
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40 (HB) |
Does the Book of Mormon denounce Freemasonry by condemning "secret combinations," "secret signs," and "secret oaths?" |
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