Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 8

Chapter 8: Temple Builder

Page	Claim	Response	Author's sources
116	Joseph inserted into Genesis a prophecy of his own coming.	Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.: the author presumes Joseph is the author. Joseph Smith Translation as a restoration of the original Bible text	George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism, 1932, pp. 75-85.
117	Joseph elaborated on Isaiah's prophecy regarding the learned man and the sealed book to match details of Martin Harris' visit to Charles Anthon.	Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this. Book of Mormon plagiarized from the Bible?	George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism, 1932, pp. 75-85.
117	Joseph modified Isaiah's prophecy to include references to the Book of Mormon witnesses and return of the gold plates to the Lord.	Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this. Book of Mormon plagiarized from the Bible?	George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism, 1932, pp. 75-85.
118	Joseph's description of the three degrees of glory contrasted Book of Mormon descriptions of a "lake of fire and brimstone."	Will "endless punishment" last forever?	Author's opinion.
120	The Missouri Mormons never forgave Joseph for returning to Ohio.	Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.	No sources provided. Author's conjecture.
124	The "Civil War" prophecy was abandoned and excluded from early collections of Joseph's revelations because they thought it had failed.	The author's claim is false: LDS missionaries continued to preach the prophecy: Civil War prophecy Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy Joseph Smith prophesies	Source not provided
127	Joseph couldn't initially called the Kirtland Temple a "temple," since there was already land dedicated for a temple in Missouri.		Author's opinion.