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|link=Mormonism and church integrity/Accusations of hypocrisy in Church practices | |link=Mormonism and church integrity/Accusations of hypocrisy in Church practices | ||
|subject=Accusations of hypocrisy in Church practices | |subject=Accusations of hypocrisy in Church practices | ||
|summary=Critics claim that the Church, as a corporate entity, controls business properties that are not consistent with its stated purposes. Examples include claims that the Church owns controlling stock in the Coca-Cola company, tobacco companies, and alcohol companies. | |summary=Critics claim that the Church, as a corporate entity, controls business properties that are not consistent with its stated purposes. Examples include claims that the Church owns controlling stock in the Coca-Cola company, tobacco companies, and alcohol companies. | ||
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+ | |link=Mormonism and church integrity/"Lying for the Lord" | ||
+ | |subject="Lying for the Lord" | ||
+ | |summary=Critics have long charged the LDS with organizationally and systematically “lying for the Lord,” equating such with a policy of using any means necessary to achieve some “good” goal. This claim is false, and a biased reading of Church history. One must not use ethically questionable tactics because one believes the “end justifies the means.” | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | '''Joseph Smith period''' | ||
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+ | |link= One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Crime_in_Nauvoo | ||
+ | |subject=Crime in Nauvoo | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Counterfeiting_apostles_and_Joseph | ||
+ | |subject=Counterfeiting by Joseph Smith and apostles at Nauvoo? | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Joseph Smith land speculation | ||
+ | |subject= Joseph Smith land speculation | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Joseph Smith taught 'it was right to steal' | ||
+ | |subject= Joseph Smith taught 'it was right to steal' | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Orson_Hyde_says_spirit_of_Lord_may_influence_to_steal | ||
+ | |subject=Orson Hyde says Spirit of Lord may influence to steal | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Joseph_Smith_as_a_martyr/Hiding_Joseph's_gun | ||
+ | |subject=Hiding Joseph's use of a gun at the martyrdom? | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | '''Utah period''' | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Brigham Young pulling the wool over America's eyes | ||
+ | |subject=Brigham Young—pulling the wool over Americans' eyes? | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | '''Present day''' | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Church art and historical accuracy | ||
+ | |subject= Church art and historical accuracy | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Brigham_Young_and_polygamy | ||
+ | |subject=Brigham Young manual hides the truth about polygamy | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Censorship and revision of LDS history | ||
+ | |subject="Censorship" and "revision" of LDS history? | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Biography of Lucy Mack Smith | ||
+ | |subject=Brigham Young destroys Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph? | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Non-existent quotes/Haight: assistance of the moon | ||
+ | |subject=Did David B. Haight use astrological ideas about the moon, only to be censored later? | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Prophet's_mother_said_First_Vision_was_of_an_"angel"#Not_published_until_late.3F | ||
+ | |subject=Lucy Mack Smith letter about First Vision suppressed? | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Boyd_K._Packer_on_the_truth | ||
+ | |subject=President Boyd K. Packer on the truth | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Boyd_K._Packer_on_the_truth#Part_II:_The_mantle_and_the_intellect | ||
+ | |subject=Elder Packer address to CES | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }}: "Mantle is Far, Far Greater than the intellect" | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Censorship_and_revision_of_LDS_history/Sidney Rigdon trial in Times and Seasons versus History of the Church | ||
+ | |subject=Sidney Rigdon trial in Times and Seasons versus History of the Church | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Censorship_and_revision_of_LDS_history/Wilford Woodruff criticizes publication of polygamists | ||
+ | |subject=Wilford Woodruff criticizes publication of polygamists | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Cognitive dissonance | ||
+ | |subject= Cognitive dissonance | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Authorship_of_History_of_the_Church | ||
+ | |subject=History of the Church—authorship? | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Hypocrisy in Church Practices | ||
+ | |subject=Hypocrisy claimed in Church financial holdings | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Religious_revivals_in_1820/Gordon_B._Hinckley_cited_false_information | ||
+ | |subject=Gordon B. Hinckley cited false information on the First Vision? | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Church integrity/"Lying for the Lord"/Jeffrey R. Holland on Hyrum's Book of Mormon | ||
+ | |subject=Jeffrey R. Holland on Hyrum's Book of Mormon | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Paid clergy | ||
+ | |subject= Paid clergy | ||
+ | |summary= | ||
+ | }} | ||
+ | {{SummaryItem | ||
+ | |link= Testimony and doubt reconciliation | ||
+ | |subject= Testimony and doubt reconciliation | ||
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|subject=City Creek Center Mall in Salt Lake City | |subject=City Creek Center Mall in Salt Lake City | ||
|summary=Members and critics have questions about the Church's involvement in the redevelopment of the city center in Salt Lake. | |summary=Members and critics have questions about the Church's involvement in the redevelopment of the city center in Salt Lake. | ||
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Contents
- 1 Mormonism and church integrity
- 1.1 Topics
- 1.1.1 Accusations of hypocrisy in Church practices
- 1.1.2 "Lying for the Lord"
- 1.1.3 Crime in Nauvoo
- 1.1.4 Counterfeiting by Joseph Smith and apostles at Nauvoo?
- 1.1.5 Joseph Smith land speculation
- 1.1.6 Joseph Smith taught 'it was right to steal'
- 1.1.7 Orson Hyde says Spirit of Lord may influence to steal
- 1.1.8 Hiding Joseph's use of a gun at the martyrdom?
- 1.1.9 Brigham Young—pulling the wool over Americans' eyes?
- 1.1.10 Church art and historical accuracy
- 1.1.11 Brigham Young manual hides the truth about polygamy
- 1.1.12 "Censorship" and "revision" of LDS history?
- 1.1.13 Brigham Young destroys Lucy Mack Smith's history of Joseph?
- 1.1.14 Did David B. Haight use astrological ideas about the moon, only to be censored later?
- 1.1.15 Lucy Mack Smith letter about First Vision suppressed?
- 1.1.16 President Boyd K. Packer on the truth
- 1.1.17 Elder Packer address to CES
- 1.1.18 Sidney Rigdon trial in Times and Seasons versus History of the Church
- 1.1.19 Wilford Woodruff criticizes publication of polygamists
- 1.1.20 Cognitive dissonance
- 1.1.21 History of the Church—authorship?
- 1.1.22 Hypocrisy claimed in Church financial holdings
- 1.1.23 Gordon B. Hinckley cited false information on the First Vision?
- 1.1.24 Jeffrey R. Holland on Hyrum's Book of Mormon
- 1.1.25 Paid clergy
- 1.1.26 Testimony and doubt reconciliation
- 1.1.27 City Creek Center Mall in Salt Lake City
- 1.1 Topics
Mormonism and church integrity
==Topics
==
Accusations of hypocrisy in Church practices
Summary: Critics claim that the Church, as a corporate entity, controls business properties that are not consistent with its stated purposes. Examples include claims that the Church owns controlling stock in the Coca-Cola company, tobacco companies, and alcohol companies."Lying for the Lord"
Summary: Critics have long charged the LDS with organizationally and systematically “lying for the Lord,” equating such with a policy of using any means necessary to achieve some “good” goal. This claim is false, and a biased reading of Church history. One must not use ethically questionable tactics because one believes the “end justifies the means.”Joseph Smith period
Crime in Nauvoo
Counterfeiting by Joseph Smith and apostles at Nauvoo?
Joseph Smith land speculation
Joseph Smith taught 'it was right to steal'
Orson Hyde says Spirit of Lord may influence to steal
Hiding Joseph's use of a gun at the martyrdom?
Utah period
Brigham Young—pulling the wool over Americans' eyes?
Present day