Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 25
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Response to claims made in "Chapter 25: Candidate for President"
353
Claim
- Hyrum Smith claimed to receive a revelation that the Democratic candidate was to receive the Mormon vote.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
354
Claim
- Joseph said that God was his "right hand man."
Author's source(s)
- History of the Church 6:71-78
Response
355-356
Claim
- Joseph "had become a law unto himself" and totally disregarded Illinois state law.
Author's source(s)
Response
356
Claim
- A council of fifty "princes" was formed to be the "highest court on earth."
Author's source(s)
Response
356
Claim
- The Council of Fifty ordained and crowned Joseph as "King of the Kingdom of God."
Author's source(s)
- William Marks, Zion's Harbinger and Baneemy's Organ, Vol. 3 (July 1853) p. 52.
Response
364
Claim
- Joseph's presidential candidacy included a proposal to free the slaves, "in a complete reversal of his earlier stand."
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
365
Claim
- The Book of Abraham contained "anti-Negro sentiments."
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
365
Claim
- The Negro is denied a place in the Mormon priesthood (as of 1971 printing).
Response