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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 20
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- Jedediah Grant advocated blood atonement.
- Murder was worthy of death.
- Adultery and immorality were worthy of death.
- Brigham Young said that he would put a javelin through the heart of an adulterous woman.
- Stealing was worthy of death.
- Using the name of the Lord in vain was worthy of death.
- Not receiving the Gospel was worthy of death.
- Marrying an African was worthy of death.
- Breaking covenants was worthy of death.
- Apostasy was worthy of death.
- Lying was worthy of death.
- Counterfeiting was worthy of death.
- Condemning Joseph Smith was worthy of death.
- Blood atonement was "put into practice" in Utah.
- Modern church leaders have confirmed the principle but denied the practice of blood atonement.
Response to claims made in "Chapter 20: Blood Atonement"
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490 - Heber C. Kimball claimed that the apostles killed Judas
The author(s) of The Changing World of Mormonism make(s) the following claim:
Heber C. Kimball claimed that the apostles killed Judas. Reed Peck said that Joseph Smith told him of a revelation in which Apostle Peter stated that he had hung Judas.Author's sources:
- The Reed Peck Manuscript, p.13
- Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 6:125-126.
FAIR's Response
Template:Question: Did Heber C. Kimball claim that the apostles killed Judas?
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.Author's sources: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 4:53-54.
FAIR's Response
"Blood atonement"
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.
Jump to details:
- Question: What is "blood atonement"?
- Charles Penrose (1912): "Do you believe in "blood-atonement"?
- Question: Did early Mormon leaders teach 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?
- Question: Were apostates secretly put to death by "blood atonement" during the administration of Brigham Young?
- Question: Was Thomas Coleman (or Colbourn) "blood atoned"?
- Question: Did Brigham Young's preaching style induce people to perform "blood atonement"?
- Utah crime and violence
491-492
Claim
- Jedediah Grant advocated blood atonement.
Author's source(s) - Jedediah Grant, Journal of Discourses 4:49-50. [ATTENTION!]
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
493
Claim
- Adultery and immorality were worthy of death.
Author's source(s) - Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 7:20.
- Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 6:38.
- Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 7:19.
- George A. Smith, Journal of Discourses 1:97.
493
Claim
- Brigham Young said that he would put a javelin through the heart of an adulterous woman.
Author's source(s) - Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 3:247.
496
Claim
- Stealing was worthy of death.
Author's source(s) - Times and Seasons, vol. 4, pp.183-84
- History of the Church 7:597
- Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 1:108-109.
- Orson Hyde, Journal of Discourses 1:73.
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
496
Claim
- Not receiving the Gospel was worthy of death.
Author's source(s) - Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 3:226.
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
498
Claim
- Breaking covenants was worthy of death.
Author's source(s) - Jedediah Grant, Journal of Discourses 4:49-51. [ATTENTION!]
- Deseret News, July 27, 1854
- Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 4:375.
498-499
Claim
- Apostasy was worthy of death.
Author's source(s) - Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 1:83.
- Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 4:219-220.
- Heber C. Kimball, Journal of Discourses 6:34-35.
500
Claim
- Lying was worthy of death.
Author's source(s) - "Manuscript History of Brigham Young," December 20, 1846
500
Claim
- Counterfeiting was worthy of death.
Author's source(s) - "Manuscript History of Brigham Young," February 24,1847
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
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
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
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