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*What I learned growing up in the Church: Joseph Smith went to the jail in Carthage like a "Lamb to the Slaughter" | *What I learned growing up in the Church: Joseph Smith went to the jail in Carthage like a "Lamb to the Slaughter" | ||
*What the history/facts tell us: Exposure of polygamy and destruction of printing press led to martyrdom. | *What the history/facts tell us: Exposure of polygamy and destruction of printing press led to martyrdom. | ||
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+ | "Chapter 22: The Martyrdom," ''Church History In The Fulness Of Times'' Student Manual, (2003), 273–285 {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/manual/church-history-in-the-fulness-of-times-student-manual/chapter-twenty-two-the-martyrdom?lang=eng&query=expositor}} | ||
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+ | '''The Expositor Affair.''' Leaders of the conspiracy were exposed in the ''Times and Seasons'' and were excommunicated from the Church. Thwarted in their plans, the dissenters decided to publish an opposition newspaper. The first and only issue of their paper, which was called the ''Nauvoo Expositor'', appeared on 7 June 1844. Throughout the paper they accused Joseph Smith of teaching vicious principles, practicing whoredoms, advocating so-called spiritual wifery, grasping for political power, preaching that there were many gods, speaking blasphemously of God, and promoting an inquisition. | ||
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A FAIR Analysis of: "Why People Leave the LDS Church" (2008) A work by author: John P. Dehlin
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I was left to all kinds of temptations; and, mingling with all kinds of society, I frequently fell into many foolish errors, and displayed the weakness of youth, and the foibles of human nature; which, I am sorry to say, led me into divers temptations, offensive in the sight of God.
I am not worried that the Prophet Joseph Smith gave a number of versions of the first vision anymore than I am worried that there are four different writers of the gospels in the New Testament, each with his own perceptions, each telling the events to meet his own purpose for writing at the time. I am more concerned with the fact that God has revealed in this dispensation a great and marvelous and beautiful plan that motivates men and women to love their Creator and their Redeemer, to appreciate and serve one another, to walk in faith on the road that leads to immortality and eternal life.
—“God Hath Not Given Us the Spirit of Fear,” Gordon B. Hinckley, Ensign, Oct 1984, 2 off-site
Things to think about
Quotes to think about
During a 10-year period (1832–42), Joseph Smith wrote or dictated at least four accounts of the First Vision. These accounts are similar in many ways, but they include some differences in emphasis and detail. These differences are complementary. Together, his accounts provide a more complete record of what occurred. The 1838 account found in the Pearl of Great Price is the primary source referred to in the Church.
—Accounts of the First Vision, Gospel Study, Study by Topic, located on lds.org. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Joseph's vision was at first an intensely personal experience—an answer to a specific question. Over time, however, illuminated by additional experience and instruction, it became the founding revelation of the Restoration.
—“Joseph Smith: An Apostle of Jesus Christ,” Dennis B. Neuenschwander, Ensign, Jan 2009, 16–22 off-site
Additional information
The Expositor Affair. Leaders of the conspiracy were exposed in the Times and Seasons and were excommunicated from the Church. Thwarted in their plans, the dissenters decided to publish an opposition newspaper. The first and only issue of their paper, which was called the Nauvoo Expositor, appeared on 7 June 1844. Throughout the paper they accused Joseph Smith of teaching vicious principles, practicing whoredoms, advocating so-called spiritual wifery, grasping for political power, preaching that there were many gods, speaking blasphemously of God, and promoting an inquisition.
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