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Contents
- 1 One Nation Under Gods: Source Analysis, Sorted by Page Number
- 1.1
- 1.2 Sub-articles
- 1.2.1 Dallin H. Oaks on God
- 1.2.2 Historical Suppression in the Church
- 1.2.3 Calling All Mormon Scholars
- 1.2.4 An Example of Biased Histories
- 1.2.5 The Mormon Quest for Power
- 1.2.6 Perception and Reality
- 1.2.7 Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri
- 1.2.8 Destroying Governments and Religions
- 1.2.9 Morally, ethically, spiritually superior?
- 1.2.10 "This is My Beloved Son"
- 1.2.11 Lucy and the angel
- 1.2.12 Seeing the Plates
- 1.2.13 Reformed Egyptian
- 1.2.14 Tall Tales
- 1.2.15 Prophetic Autobiography
- 1.2.16 No Book of Mormon archaeology
- 1.2.17 Christianity is satanic
- 1.2.18 Divining rods to Kimball and Young
- 1.2.19 Those Power-Hungry Mormons
- 1.2.20 Distorted account of three degrees of glory
- 1.2.21 Haranguing non-Mormons
- 1.2.22 Missouri belongs to the Mormons
- 1.2.23 Disobey secular law
- 1.2.24 Redeemed by September 1836
- 1.2.25 Joseph gave couples marriage certificates
- 1.2.26 Joseph owned 144 acres in Kirtland
- 1.2.27 Warren Parrish and Kirtland Safety Society "revelation"
- 1.2.28 Joseph Smith's Narcissism
- 1.2.29 Brigham Young said that Joseph on par with Jesus Christ?
- 1.2.30 Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report
- 1.2.31 Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"
- 1.2.32 The Wrestling Prophet
- 1.2.33 America's Fighting Prophet
- 1.2.34 Joseph hit a baptist preacher
- 1.2.35 D and C 98 justifies murder
- 1.2.36 Rockwell admitting to shooting Boggs
- 1.2.37 Debauchery and despotism at Nauvoo
- 1.2.38 Nauvoo police violence
- 1.2.39 Killing Lambert Symes
- 1.2.40 Irvine Hodge murder
- 1.2.41 Other homicides by members of the Council of Fifty
- 1.2.42 Flogging those out of fellowship
- 1.2.43 Whistling and Whittling Brigades
- 1.2.44 Counterfeiting apostles and Joseph
- 1.2.45 Brigham, the Dictator
- 1.2.46 Gentiles have no right to property
- 1.2.47 Brigham and the Kingdom of God
- 1.2.48 Ruling Over the Earth
- 1.2.49 Ettie V. Smith
- 1.2.50 Brigham as President of the United States
- 1.2.51 Church and state all one now
- 1.2.52 Heber C. Kimball--violence and intimidation
- 1.2.53 Early federal territorial officials
- 1.2.54 Cutting off from the earth
- 1.2.55 Murder unfaithful Mormons to save souls
- 1.2.56 Apostles killed Judas
- 1.2.57 Brigham and bowie knife
- 1.2.58 Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"
- 1.2.59 Orders to Starve Gentiles
- 1.2.60 Brigham Young ordered Mountain Meadows Massacre
- 1.2.61 Brigham Young orders MMM monument demolished
- 1.2.62 Blood atone Washington politicians
- 1.2.63 Saints sole rulers over every government
- 1.2.64 Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy
- 1.2.65 Hyde on US to be divided
- 1.2.66 Beating John W. Dawson
- 1.2.67 Too much education damaging
- 1.2.68 Conception of Christ
- 1.2.69 LDS "Birth Machines"
- 1.2.70 Wife swapping
- 1.2.71 Damned without plural marriage
- 1.2.72 John Taylor September 1886 revelation
- 1.2.73 Polygamy absolutely essential to godhood
- 1.2.74 Wilford Woodruff demolished Endowment House?
- 1.2.75 Above the law
- 1.2.76 Approved marriages 1890-1899
- 1.2.77 Vengeance hymns
- 1.2.78 Joseph F. Smith finally admits
- 1.2.79 Double standard on race
- 1.2.80 Mormon Doctrine and race issues
- 1.2.81 Special relationship with Christ
- 1.2.82 Natural before spiritual
- 1.2.83 Orson Pratt condemns the Bible
- 1.2.84 Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine
- 1.2.85 Forged Rocky Mountain prophecy
- 1.2.86 Stephen A. Douglas prophecy
- 1.2.87 Most accurate history in all the world
- 1.2.88 Advertising for the Tanners
- 1.2.89 The LDS as Mindless Followers
- 1.2.90 President Hinckley and enemies of the Church
- 1.2.91 Church leaders will always know deception
- 1.2.92 Poisoning myth
- 1.2.93 Brigham Young on thieves
- 1.2.94 Boyd K. Packer on the truth
- 1.2.95 The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith
One Nation Under Gods: Source Analysis, Sorted by Page Number
Index of Claims | A FAIR Analysis of: One Nation Under Gods A work by author: Richard Abanes
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Loaded and prejudicial language |
All page numbers are currently from the paperback edition of One Nation under Gods (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002), except where noted.
Sub-articles
Dallin H. Oaks on God
Summary: One critic of Mormonism claims that Dallin Oaks told Mormons in 1995 "that so-called Christianity sees God as an entirely different kind of being."Historical Suppression in the Church
Summary: xv (HB): Boyd K. Packer, BYU Studies 21:264-265Calling All Mormon Scholars
Summary: xv (HB): Allen Roberts, Private Eye WeeklyAn Example of Biased Histories
Summary: xvi (HB): John E. Hallwas and Roger D. Launius, Cultures in ConflictThe Mormon Quest for Power
Summary: xviii (HB): Fred Esplin, Utah HolidayPerception and Reality
Summary: xx (HB): Fred Esplin, Utah HolidayChrist Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri
Summary: xx (HB): Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 11:249Destroying Governments and Religions
Summary: xxi (HB): Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the ChurchMorally, ethically, spiritually superior?
Summary: xxiv (HB): Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses"This is My Beloved Son"
Summary: 16: Richard AbanesLucy and the angel
Summary: 27: Lucy Mack Smith, "Preliminary Manuscript" of Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many GenerationsSeeing the Plates
Summary: 53, Richard AbanesReformed Egyptian
Summary: 55, John A. Wilson, Letter to Martin CowanTall Tales
Summary: 64, Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many GenerationsProphetic Autobiography
Summary: 72, Dan Vogel, Early Mormon DocumentsNo Book of Mormon archaeology
Summary: 75, Dee F. Green, "Book of Mormon Archeology: the Myths and the Alternatives," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon ThoughtChristianity is satanic
Summary: 86, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Journal of DiscoursesDivining rods to Kimball and Young
Summary: 89Those Power-Hungry Mormons
Summary: 95: Albert Chandler, Early Mormon DocumentsDistorted account of three degrees of glory
Summary: 103n2Haranguing non-Mormons
Summary: 105Missouri belongs to the Mormons
Summary: 110Disobey secular law
Summary: 116Redeemed by September 1836
Summary: 122: Joseph Smith, History of the ChurchJoseph gave couples marriage certificates
Summary: 129Joseph owned 144 acres in Kirtland
Summary: 135Warren Parrish and Kirtland Safety Society "revelation"
Summary: 136Joseph Smith's Narcissism
Summary: 171: Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the ChurchBrigham Young said that Joseph on par with Jesus Christ?
Summary: 174: Brigham Young, Journal of DiscoursesThou Shalt Not Raise a False Report
Summary: 175: Levi Edgar Young, Letter to Sandra TannerJoseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"
Summary: 177, Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the ChurchThe Wrestling Prophet
Summary: 178: Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the ChurchAmerica's Fighting Prophet
Summary: 179: Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the ChurchJoseph hit a baptist preacher
Summary: 179D and C 98 justifies murder
Summary: 191Rockwell admitting to shooting Boggs
Summary: 192Debauchery and despotism at Nauvoo
Summary: 196: History of the ChurchNauvoo police violence
Summary: 212Killing Lambert Symes
Summary: 213Irvine Hodge murder
Summary: 213Other homicides by members of the Council of Fifty
Summary: 213Flogging those out of fellowship
Summary: 213-214Whistling and Whittling Brigades
Summary: 214Counterfeiting apostles and Joseph
Summary: 216-217Brigham, the Dictator
Summary: 220: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 14:205Gentiles have no right to property
Summary: 221-222Brigham and the Kingdom of God
Summary: 222: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:310Ruling Over the Earth
Summary: 222: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:317Ettie V. Smith
Summary: 223Brigham as President of the United States
Summary: 223Church and state all one now
Summary: 223Heber C. Kimball--violence and intimidation
Summary: 223Early federal territorial officials
Summary: 227-228Cutting off from the earth
Summary: 233Murder unfaithful Mormons to save souls
Summary: 234-235Apostles killed Judas
Summary: 235Brigham and bowie knife
Summary: 236 (PB only)Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"
Summary: 236-237: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:311Orders to Starve Gentiles
Summary: 245: Brigham Young, Personal letter (1857)Brigham Young ordered Mountain Meadows Massacre
Summary: 245Brigham Young orders MMM monument demolished
Summary: 251Blood atone Washington politicians
Summary: 260Saints sole rulers over every government
Summary: 266Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy
Summary: 270Hyde on US to be divided
Summary: 270Beating John W. Dawson
Summary: 271Too much education damaging
Summary: 271Conception of Christ
Summary: 287LDS "Birth Machines"
Summary: 289: Eugene England, Dialogue (Winter 1987)Wife swapping
Summary: 295Damned without plural marriage
Summary: 301John Taylor September 1886 revelation
Summary: 316Polygamy absolutely essential to godhood
Summary: 317Wilford Woodruff demolished Endowment House?
Summary: 320Above the law
Summary: 325Approved marriages 1890-1899
Summary: 331Vengeance hymns
Summary: 334Joseph F. Smith finally admits
Summary: 339Double standard on race
Summary: 355-372Mormon Doctrine and race issues
Summary: 358-360Special relationship with Christ
Summary: 379-380Natural before spiritual
Summary: 380Orson Pratt condemns the Bible
Summary: 383-384Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine
Summary: 389: Gordon B. Hinckley, General Conference (1997)Forged Rocky Mountain prophecy
Summary: 406Stephen A. Douglas prophecy
Summary: 406Most accurate history in all the world
Summary: 407Advertising for the Tanners
Summary: 408: Hugh Nibley, Personal letter (1966)The LDS as Mindless Followers
Summary: 414: Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report (October 1987)President Hinckley and enemies of the Church
Summary: 418Church leaders will always know deception
Summary: 424Poisoning myth
Summary: 443 (PB)Brigham Young on thieves
Summary: 443 (PB)Boyd K. Packer on the truth
Summary: 441 (PB)The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith
Summary: 475: Joseph Smith, Jr., The Articles of Faith