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===Accusations of false prophecy=== | ===Accusations of false prophecy=== | ||
Specific accusations of Joseph Smith having uttered "false prophecy" are treated in the following wiki articles: | Specific accusations of Joseph Smith having uttered "false prophecy" are treated in the following wiki articles: | ||
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− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Can't be killed within 5 years of August 1843|subject=Can't kill Joseph within 5 years of August 1843?}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Civil War|subject=Civil War prophecy}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem3|link=Revelation_after_Joseph_Smith/Missouri_myths#Myth_.233:_Destruction_in_Missouri|subject=Alexander Doniphan and destruction in Missouri}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem3|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy|subject=Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/David Patten to serve mission|subject=David Patten to serve a mission}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Forged_Rocky_Mountain_prophecy|subject=Forged prophecy about Saints in Rocky Mountains?}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem3|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Forged Rocky Mountain prophecy/Tanners use of sources|subject=Tanners' use of sources}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Government to be overthrown and wasted|subject=Government to be overthrown and wasted}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Independence temple to be built "in this generation"|subject=Independence temple to be built "in this generation"}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Saints left Missouri before temple was built|subject=The Saints had to leave Missouri before the temple was built in Independence}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Joseph and Orson Hyde to drink of wine in Palestine|subject=Joseph and Orson Hyde to drink of wine in Palestine?}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Kirtland Safety Society/Good as gold|subject=Notes from Kirtland Safety Society to be "as good as gold"?}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/The prophetic test in Deuteronomy 18|subject=Prophetic test in Deuteronomy}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Queens to pay respect to Relief Society within ten years|subject=Queens to pay respect to Relief Society within ten years?}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Second Coming to be in 1890|subject=Second Coming in 1890 (56 years)}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Stephen_A._Douglas_prophecy|subject=Stephen A. Douglas prophecy}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Ten tribes return and wicked swept away|subject=Ten tribes return and wicked swept away?}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Thomas B. Marsh to be "exalted"|subject=Thomas B. Marsh to be "exalted"}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/United Order is everlasting|subject=United Order everlasting, immutable, and unchangeable?}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem2|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Redeemed_by_September_1836|subject=Zion redeemed by September 1836?}} | |
− | + | {{SummaryItem|link=Fallibility_of_prophets#Standard_of_doctrine_in_the_Church|subject=Official doctrine: what is it?}} | |
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== Critics claim that Joseph Smith was not a true prophet, and that he made "false prophecies."
To see citations to the critical sources for these claims, [[../CriticalSources|click here]]
==Detailed Analysis
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Fulfilled prophecies
- The Word of Wisdom states that it is given in part because of the "evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days" (DC 89꞉4). Modern developments have vindicated this prophetic warning.
- A list of some examples of fulfilled prophecies can be found here:
- Jeff Lindsay, "Fulfilled Prophesies of Joseph Smith," off-site
Accusations of false prophecy
Specific accusations of Joseph Smith having uttered "false prophecy" are treated in the following wiki articles:
Joseph Smith prophecies
- Can't kill Joseph within 5 years of August 1843? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Civil War prophecy (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - David Patten to serve a mission (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Forged prophecy about Saints in Rocky Mountains? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Government to be overthrown and wasted (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Independence temple to be built "in this generation" (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - The Saints had to leave Missouri before the temple was built in Independence (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Joseph and Orson Hyde to drink of wine in Palestine? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Notes from Kirtland Safety Society to be "as good as gold"? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Prophetic test in Deuteronomy (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Queens to pay respect to Relief Society within ten years? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Second Coming in 1890 (56 years) (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Stephen A. Douglas prophecy (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Ten tribes return and wicked swept away? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Thomas B. Marsh to be "exalted" (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - United Order everlasting, immutable, and unchangeable? (Click here for full article)
∗ ∗ ∗ - Zion redeemed by September 1836? (Click here for full article)
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- Can't kill Joseph within 5 years of August 1843? (Click here for full article)
Official doctrine: what is it?
== Notes == None
Further reading
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