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==Sidney Rigdon==
 
==Sidney Rigdon==

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Early reactions to the Book of Mormon

The Book of Mormon was met by a storm of criticism from early critics. This page archives examples of these early responses.

"Adding to or taking away"

Blasphemy

Clumsy or obvious forgery

Difficult to explain before the Spalding theory

Joseph Smith clearly the author

Joseph Smith clearly not the author

Heretical

No intelligent person could believe it

Sidney Rigdon

Spalding theory

Main article: Spalding theory