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===Chapter 25: Candidate for President===
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===Claims made in "Chapter 25: Candidate for President"===
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||Hyrum Smith claimed to receive a revelation that the Democratic candidate was to receive the Mormon vote.
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*Hyrum Smith claimed to receive a revelation that the Democratic candidate was to receive the Mormon vote.
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||Joseph said that God was his "right hand man."
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*Joseph said that God was his "right hand man."
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* {{SourceDistortion}}: [[Joseph_Smith%27s_narcissism|God his right hand man?]]
 
* {{SourceDistortion}}: [[Joseph_Smith%27s_narcissism|God his right hand man?]]
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*''History of the Church'' 6:71-78
 
*''History of the Church'' 6:71-78
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||Joseph "had become a law unto himself" and totally disregarded Illinois state law.
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*Joseph "had become a law unto himself" and totally disregarded Illinois state law.
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* {{HistoricalError}}
 
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*[[Nauvoo city charter]]
 
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**[[Nauvoo_city_charter/habeas_corpus|Habeas corpus]]
 
**[[Nauvoo_city_charter/habeas_corpus|Habeas corpus]]
 
**[[Nauvoo_city_charter/Usurpation_of_power|Usurpation of power?]]
 
**[[Nauvoo_city_charter/Usurpation_of_power|Usurpation of power?]]
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||A council of fifty "princes" was formed to be the "highest court on earth."
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*A council of fifty "princes" was formed to be the "highest court on earth."
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*[[The Council of Fifty]]
 
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||The Council of Fifty ordained and crowned Joseph as "King of the Kingdom of God."
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*The Council of Fifty ordained and crowned Joseph as "King of the Kingdom of God."
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*[[The Council of Fifty]]
 
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*William Marks, ''Zion's Harbinger and Baneemy's Organ'', Vol. 3 (July 1853) p. 52.
 
*William Marks, ''Zion's Harbinger and Baneemy's Organ'', Vol. 3 (July 1853) p. 52.
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||Joseph's presidential candidacy included a proposal to free the slaves, "in a complete reversal of his earlier stand."
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*The Book of Abraham contained "anti-Negro sentiments."
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||The Negro is denied a place in the Mormon priesthood (as of 1971 printing).
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*The Negro is denied a place in the Mormon priesthood (as of 1971 printing).
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*This, of course, changed in 1978.
 
*This, of course, changed in 1978.
 
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Revision as of 14:30, 26 January 2010


"Chapter 24: The Wives of the Prophet"
A FAIR Analysis of:
Criticism of Mormonism/Books
A work by author: Fawn Brodie
 Claims made in "Chapter 26: Prelude to Destruction"

Claims made in "Chapter 25: Candidate for President"

353

Claim
  • Hyrum Smith claimed to receive a revelation that the Democratic candidate was to receive the Mormon vote.

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources

354

Claim
  • Joseph said that God was his "right hand man."

Author's source(s)
  • History of the Church 6:71-78
Response

355-356

Claim
  • Joseph "had become a law unto himself" and totally disregarded Illinois state law.

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
Response

356

Claim
  • A council of fifty "princes" was formed to be the "highest court on earth."

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
Response

356

Claim
  • The Council of Fifty ordained and crowned Joseph as "King of the Kingdom of God."

Author's source(s)
  • William Marks, Zion's Harbinger and Baneemy's Organ, Vol. 3 (July 1853) p. 52.
Response

364

Claim
  • Joseph's presidential candidacy included a proposal to free the slaves, "in a complete reversal of his earlier stand."

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources

365

Claim
  • The Book of Abraham contained "anti-Negro sentiments."

Response
 FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources

365

Claim
  • The Negro is denied a place in the Mormon priesthood (as of 1971 printing).

Response
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