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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Destroying Governments and Religions
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Do Mormons believe that other governments and religions must be destroyed?
| Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri | A FAIR Analysis of: One Nation Under Gods A work by author: Richard Abanes
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Author's Claims
One Nation under Gods, page xx-xxi (hardback); page xiv-xvii (paperback)
The book says:
"As for other governments and religions, according to Joseph Smith, they 'must eventually be destroyed from the earth.'" (hardback edition)
"As for all non-Mormon (i.e. heathen) nations, according to Joseph Smith, they 'must eventually be destroyed from the earth.'" (paperback edition)
Author's Sources
Endnote 17, page 479
Joseph Smith, statement of December 30, 1842, HC (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book Company, 1976/1980), vol. 5, 212.
Mormonism and government/Other governments and religions must be destroyed