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Response to claims in "False Prophecy in the Doctrine and Covenants"


A FAIR Analysis of:
Watchman Fellowship
A work by author: James K. Walker

Claim
The true test of a prophet is that all his prophecies come to pass (Deut. 18:20-22), and “…the Bible never recommends prayer as a way of discerning true and false prophets”.

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Claim
Joseph Smith predicted in 1835 that, "The coming of the Lord, which was nigh - even fifty-six years should wind up the scene" (History of the Church, Vol. 2 p. 182). Because that didn’t happen by 1891 suggests Joseph was a false prophet but doesn’t prove it conclusively.

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  • History of the Church, Vol. 2, p. 182.

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Claim
Two unfulfilled “close-dated unconditional prophecies” preserved in Doctrine and Covenants Section 84:3-5 (construction of a temple in MO) and Section 114 (David Patten serving a mission to all the world) prove that Joseph Smith was a false prophet.

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