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* The First Vision taught Joseph that body was "incorporated"—i.e., he had form and some location in physical space. But it is not clear that Joseph immediately understood that this corporeality was made of flesh and bone (e.g., he could have been seeing 'spirit bodies' which still have form and location, but not flesh and bone.) | * The First Vision taught Joseph that body was "incorporated"—i.e., he had form and some location in physical space. But it is not clear that Joseph immediately understood that this corporeality was made of flesh and bone (e.g., he could have been seeing 'spirit bodies' which still have form and location, but not flesh and bone.) | ||
* [[Corporeality_of_God|Corporeality of God]] | * [[Corporeality_of_God|Corporeality of God]] | ||
+ | * [[First_Vision/Joseph_Smith%27s_early_conception_of_God|Joseph Smith's early concept of God]] | ||
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Chapter 6 | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Jerald and Sandra Tanner
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Claims made in Chapter 7: The Godhead
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The Book of Mormon teaches that God is a spirit. |
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The Book of Moses says that God created the earth, but the Book of Abraham says that "the Gods" created the earth. |
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God is "just an exalted man." |
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There is a "Heavenly Mother." |
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Jesus Christ was conceived through a physical act rather than by the power of the Holy Ghost. |
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1 Nephi 13:40 was changed from "Christ is the Eternal Father" to "the Lamb of God is the Eternal Father and the Savior of the world." |
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1 Nephi 11:18 was changed from "the mother of God" to "the mother of the Son of God" |
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1 Nephi 11:21 was changed from "the Lamb of God, yea, even the Eternal Father" to "the Lamb of God, yea, even the Son of the Eternal Father." |
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1 Nephi 11:32 was changed from "the Everlasting God" to "the Son of the everlasting God." |
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The Lectures on Faith state that God is a spirit. |
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The Lectures on Faith were removed from the Doctrine and Covenants. |
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The Book of Mormon teaches that God is "unchangable," but LDS leaders taught otherwise. |
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The Lectures on Faith indicate that there are only two personages in the Godhead, and that their mind is the Holy Spirit. |
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LDS leaders can't explain why the Holy Ghost should be denied a body since the Father has one. |
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The Holy Ghost can't be a God since he doesn't have a body. |
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During the First Vision, Joseph learned that the Father and Jesus Christ have bodies of flesh and bones. |
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