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Joseph Smith: Alleged false prophecies
Summary: Critics point to Deuteronomy 18:20-22 as a 'test' for a true prophet:
Accusations of false prophecy
Specific accusations of Joseph Smith having uttered "false prophecy" are treated in the following wiki articles:
Summary: Sarah Scott's claim that Joseph Smith said on 27 August 1843 that nobody could kill him "till the Temple would be completed."
Summary: Joseph Smith made an 1832 prophecy of the Civil War. Critics use a variety of tactics to dismiss this prophetic "hit."
Summary: Joseph Smith, under the inspiration of the Lord, issued a call for David Patten to go on a mission the following spring. Since Patten died before fulfilling this mission, is this a failed prophecy?
Summary: Critics Jerald and Sandra Tanner claim that a prophecy from Joseph about the Saints' move to the Rocky Mountains was forged after the fact and inserted into the History of the Church.
Summary: Since it is more than 150 years since this prophecy was uttered, and because the US government still exists, does this mean that this is a false prophecy?
Summary: Is Joseph Smith's declaration that the Independence, Missouri temple "shall be reared in this generation" an example of a failed prophecy?
Summary: Despite the fact that the Saints were forced to leave Missouri around a year after the "prediction" was given to build a temple in Independence, Missouri, they still hoped to return and see the prophecy come to fruition.
Summary: Did Joseph utter a false prophecy in telling Orson Hyde that he would drink wine with him in Palestine? Did Joseph show his disregard for the Word of Wisdom by promising to drink wine?
Summary: Critics make light of Joseph Smith's claim that Kirtland Safety Society notes would be "as good as gold."
Summary: Critics point to Deuteronomy 18:20-22 as a 'test' for a true prophet:
Summary: A record exists of Joseph prophesying that queens would pay their respects to the Relief Society within ten years of its formation. That no queens did so is held up as a sign of false prophecy.
Summary: Is it true that Joseph Smith prophesied Jesus Christ's return in 1890?
Summary: It is claimed that a "forged prediction" was added to the history of the Church related to the political career of Stephen A. Douglas.)
Summary: Did Joseph prophesy that the wicked "of this generation" would be swept from the face of the land and the Lost Ten tribes would be gathered within Joseph Smith's generation?
Summary: Thomas B. Marsh was told that he would be "exalted," and that he would preach "unto the ends of the earth." (See DC 112:.) Was this prophecy "unfulfilled," given because of Marsh's apostasy?
Summary: Did Joseph make a false prophecy when he described the United Order in revelation as "everlasting," "immutable and unchangeable," "until I [Jesus] come?"
Summary: Joseph predicted that Zion would be redeemed by September 1836.
Summary: Critics insist that any statement by any LDS Church leader at any point in time represents LDS doctrine and is thus something that is secretly believed, or that should be believed, by Latter-day Saints.
Fulfilled prophecies
- The Word of Wisdom states that it is given in part because of the "evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days" (DC 89꞉4). Modern developments have vindicated this prophetic warning.
- A list of some examples of fulfilled prophecies can be found here:
- Jeff Lindsay, "Fulfilled Prophesies of Joseph Smith," off-site
Miscellaneous
Summary: Does the "White Horse" prophecy predict the "transformation of the U.S. government into a Mormon-ruled theocracy?" Is it true that the "White Horse" prophecy "continues to be a dominant element of the faith espoused by Joseph Smith's followers" because they believe that they will be "officers and administrators" during Christ's millennial reign?
Question: What is the "White Horse Prophecy?"
|sublink1=Question: What do critics of the Church say about the "White Horse Prophecy"?
|sublink2=Question: Will the U.S. Constitution eventually "hang by a thread"?
|sublink3=Question: Are the "Mormons" secretly planning to eventually take over the U.S. Government?
|sublink4=Question: How have Church leaders reacted to the stories of the White Horse prophecy?
|sublink5=Question: Does the "White Horse Prophecy" imply Church support for some candidates over others?
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