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Response to claims made in "Chapter 20: Blood Atonement"
490
Claim
- Reed Peck said that Joseph Smith told him of a revelation in which Apostle Peter stated that he had hung Judas.
Response
490-491 - Brigham Young advocated blood atonement
The author(s) of The Changing World of Mormonism make(s) the following claim:
Brigham Young advocated blood atonement.
FAIR's Response
Summary: It is claimed that during the administration of Brigham Young apostates were secretly put to death, and that the teachings of LDS leaders at the time were that apostasy was the unforgivable sin, and that the only thing an apostate could do to redeem himself was to give his own life, willingly or unwillingly.
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491-492
Claim
- Jedediah Grant advocated blood atonement.
Author's source(s)
Response
493
Claim
- Murder was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
- History of the Church 5:296
- Doctrines of Salvation 1:136
- Mormon Doctrine, 1958, p.314
Response
493
Claim
- Adultery and immorality were worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
Response
493
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496
Claim
- Stealing was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
Response
496
Claim
- Using the name of the Lord in vain was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
- Journal of Hosea Stout, vol. 2, p.71; p.56 of the typed copy at Utah State Historical Society
Response
496
Claim
- Not receiving the Gospel was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
Response
496
Claim
- Marrying an African was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
- Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 10:110.
- Wilford Woodruff's Journal, January 16,1852
- Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Spring 1973, p.26
Response
498
Claim
- Breaking covenants was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
Response
498-499
Claim
- Apostasy was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
Response
500
Claim
- Lying was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
- "Manuscript History of Brigham Young," December 20, 1846
Response
500
Claim
- Counterfeiting was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
- "Manuscript History of Brigham Young," February 24,1847
Response
500
Claim
- Condemning Joseph Smith was worthy of death.
Author's source(s)
- Quest for Empire, p.127
- Daily journal of Abraham H. Cannon,"" December 6, 1889, pp.205-6
Response
501-503
Claim
- Blood atonement was "put into practice" in Utah.
Author's source(s)
- Confessions of John D. Lee, 1880, pp.282-83
- Utah Historical Quarterly, January 1958, p.62, note 39
Response
501
Claim
- Modern church leaders have confirmed the principle but denied the practice of blood atonement.
Author's source(s)
- Mormon Doctrine, 1958, p.87
- Doctrines of Salvation, vol. 1, pp.133-36
Response