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===Claims made in Chapter 21: The Hereafter=== | ===Claims made in Chapter 21: The Hereafter=== | ||
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| − | LDS leaders teach the "endless punishement" won't last forever. | + | |claim= |
| − | | | + | *LDS leaders teach the "endless punishement" won't last forever. |
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| − | | | + | *[[Plan of salvation/What is "endless punishment"]] |
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* {{attn}} | * {{attn}} | ||
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====506==== | ====506==== | ||
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| − | Joseph Smith's later teachings regarding endless punishment contradict the Book of Mormon. | + | |claim= |
| − | | | + | *Joseph Smith's later teachings regarding endless punishment contradict the Book of Mormon. |
| − | *[[ | + | |response= |
| − | | | + | *[[Plan of salvation/What is "endless punishment"]] |
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*Doctrine and Covenants 19:6 | *Doctrine and Covenants 19:6 | ||
*Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 2, p.160 | *Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 2, p.160 | ||
*{{s||Alma|42|16}} | *{{s||Alma|42|16}} | ||
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====507==== | ====507==== | ||
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| − | Brigham Young taught that there would be no women in hell. | + | |claim= |
| − | | | + | *Brigham Young taught that there would be no women in hell. |
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| + | *[[Plan of salvation/Sons of Perdition/Can women be "Sons of Perdition"]] | ||
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*{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|disc=59|vol=8|start=222}} | *{{JDfairwiki|author=Brigham Young|disc=59|vol=8|start=222}} | ||
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====507==== | ====507==== | ||
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| − | LDS leaders teach that "very few" will become "sons of perdition." | + | |claim= |
| − | | | + | *LDS leaders teach that "very few" will become "sons of perdition." |
| − | *[[ | + | |response= |
| − | | | + | *[[Plan of salvation/Sons of Perdition/Eventual fate]] |
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*Joseph Smith—Seeker After Truth, pp.177-78 | *Joseph Smith—Seeker After Truth, pp.177-78 | ||
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| − | The idea of "spirit prison" as an opportunity for the dead to be taught and receive the gospel contradicts the Book of Mormon. | + | |claim= |
| − | | | + | *The idea of "spirit prison" as an opportunity for the dead to be taught and receive the gospel contradicts the Book of Mormon. |
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*{{Fundamentalism}} | *{{Fundamentalism}} | ||
*{{FalseStatement}}: The Book of Mormon is addressed to those who have heard the gospel in this life; the doctrine of post-mortal evangelization is a different matter. | *{{FalseStatement}}: The Book of Mormon is addressed to those who have heard the gospel in this life; the doctrine of post-mortal evangelization is a different matter. | ||
| − | * [[Book of Mormon | + | * [[Book of Mormon/Contains the fulness of the gospel]] |
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*Doctrines of Salvation 2:183 | *Doctrines of Salvation 2:183 | ||
*Doctrines of Salvation 3:60 | *Doctrines of Salvation 3:60 | ||
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Heber C. Kimball|disc=43|vol=4|start=223}} | *{{JDfairwiki|author=Heber C. Kimball|disc=43|vol=4|start=223}} | ||
*{{s||Alma|34|32-35}} | *{{s||Alma|34|32-35}} | ||
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====510==== | ====510==== | ||
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| − | The concept of three degrees of glory is not consistent with the Book of Mormon. | + | |claim= |
| − | | | + | *The concept of three degrees of glory is not consistent with the Book of Mormon. |
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*{{Fundamentalism}} | *{{Fundamentalism}} | ||
*{{FalseStatement}}: The Book of Mormon is targeted at the fundamentals of the gospel; the doctrine of the degrees of glory is biblical ({{s|1|Corinthians|15|40-42}}, {{b|2|Corinthians|12|2}}) and complementary to it. | *{{FalseStatement}}: The Book of Mormon is targeted at the fundamentals of the gospel; the doctrine of the degrees of glory is biblical ({{s|1|Corinthians|15|40-42}}, {{b|2|Corinthians|12|2}}) and complementary to it. | ||
| − | *[[Book of Mormon | + | *[[Book of Mormon/Contains the fulness of the gospel]] |
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*{{s|1|Nephi|15|35}} | *{{s|1|Nephi|15|35}} | ||
*{{JDfairwiki|author=Orson Pratt|disc=9|vol=20|start=70}} | *{{JDfairwiki|author=Orson Pratt|disc=9|vol=20|start=70}} | ||
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Chapter 22 |
Claims made in Chapter 21: The Hereafter
506
Claim
- LDS leaders teach the "endless punishement" won't last forever.
Author's source(s) - [ATTENTION!]
506
Claim
- Joseph Smith's later teachings regarding endless punishment contradict the Book of Mormon.
Author's source(s) - Doctrine and Covenants 19:6
- Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 2, p.160
- Alma 42꞉16
507
Claim
- Brigham Young taught that there would be no women in hell.
Author's source(s) - Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 8:222.
507
Claim
- LDS leaders teach that "very few" will become "sons of perdition."
Author's source(s) - Joseph Smith—Seeker After Truth, pp.177-78
508
Claim
- The idea of "spirit prison" as an opportunity for the dead to be taught and receive the gospel contradicts the Book of Mormon.
Author's source(s) - Doctrines of Salvation 2:183
- Doctrines of Salvation 3:60
- Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 4:223.
- Alma 34꞉32-35
- Author(s) impose(s) own fundamentalism on the Saints
- The author's claim is false: The Book of Mormon is addressed to those who have heard the gospel in this life; the doctrine of post-mortal evangelization is a different matter.
- Book of Mormon/Contains the fulness of the gospel
510
Claim
- The concept of three degrees of glory is not consistent with the Book of Mormon.
Author's source(s) - 1 Nephi 15꞉35
- Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses 20:70.
- Author(s) impose(s) own fundamentalism on the Saints
- The author's claim is false: The Book of Mormon is targeted at the fundamentals of the gospel; the doctrine of the degrees of glory is biblical (1 Corinthians 15꞉40-42, 2 Corinthians 12:2) and complementary to it.
- Book of Mormon/Contains the fulness of the gospel