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<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 226. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 133, n42 (PB) ( Index of claims ) Todd Compton, In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997), 28. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 28 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/joseph-smith-polygamy.htm Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 60. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 205.( Index of claims ) Richard S. Van Wagoner, Mormon Polygamy: A History (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989), 6. Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) ||To learn more about 1835 Doctrine and Covenants denies polygamy/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), Chapter 15. ( Index of claims ) George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), xiii-xv, 5, 57, 75, 88, 103, 119, 137, 185, 289, 356, 453, 473. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review)) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 136. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), Chapter 2.( Index of claims ) This criticism originates from many fronts, both non-members, ex-members and members. ||To learn more about Alleged whitewashing of Church history/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 254, 268. ( Index of claims ) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 6. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Apostasy/Not complete/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 6. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Apostasy/Prediction of/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers ||To learn more about Apostasy/Priesthood on earth during the apostasy/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 6. ( Index of claims ) Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers ||To learn more about Apostasy/The "gates of hell"/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources ===Source(s) of the criticism=== Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers ||To learn more about Articles of Faith/Differing versions/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 273. ( Index of claims ) D.A. Carson, "Did Paul Baptize for the Dead?," Christianity Today (10 August 1998): 63. Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 15. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 517.( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Luke P. Wilson, "Did Jesus Establish Baptism for the Dead," Heart and Mind (January-March, 1997): 1-4. ||To learn more about Baptism for the dead in early Christianity/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> FAIR Answers—back to home page Source(s) of the criticism ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), 172. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Bible/Three degrees of glory not biblical/2 Corinthians 12:2-4/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 201. ( Index of claims ) Floyd C. McElveen, The Mormon Illusion (Ventura: Reagal Books, 1977), 121. ||To learn more about Bible/Three degrees of glory not biblical/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Charles M. Larson, By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri, 2nd ed., (Grand Rapids, MI: Institute for Religious Research, 1992), xxx. ||To learn more about Book of Abraham facsimiles/Missing portions/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Duwayne R. Anderson, Farewell to Eden: Coming to terms with Mormonism and Science (First Books Library, 2003), 116. Website: MormonThink, Article: "Conflicts with Science," URL: mormonthink.com (Last accessed: 3 Aug. 2009) FAIR review ||To learn more about Book of Abraham/Astronomy/Kolob-Sun/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Charles M. Larson, By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri, 2nd ed., (Grand Rapids, MI: Institute for Religious Research, 1992), 173–174. ||To learn more about Book of Abraham/By his own hand/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Dehlin, "Questions and Answers," Mormon Stories Podcast (25 June 2014). ||To learn more about Book of Abraham/How was it produced/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). Charles M. Larson, By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri, 2nd ed., (Grand Rapids, MI: Institute for Religious Research, 1992), . Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 10. ( Index of claims ) Search for the Truth DVD (2007) Resources Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) ||To learn more about Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri/Church disclosure of "Book of the Dead"/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 100. ( Index of claims ) Edward H. Ashment, "Reducing Dissonance: The Book of Abraham as a Case Study." In The Word of God: Essays on Mormon Scripture, edited by Dan Vogel (Salt Lake City: Signature, 1990), 221–35. Brent Lee Metcalfe, "Nibley's Illusory Variants," mormonscripturestudies.com. ||To learn more about Book of Abraham/Joseph Smith Papyri/Kirtland Egyptian Papers/Background/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Edward H. Ashment, The Use of Egyptian Magical Papyri to Authenticate the Book of Abraham: A Critical Review, Salt Lake City: Resource Communications, 1993. Charles M. Larson, By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri, 2nd ed., (Grand Rapids, MI: Institute for Religious Research, 1992), . Jerald and Sandra Tanner, "Solving the Mystery of the Joseph Smith Papyri," Salt Lake City Messenger 82 (September 1992): 1–12. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), Chapter 11.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Abraham/Papyri/Long article/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 171–172. ( Index of claims ) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 17–24. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Abraham/Plagiarism accusations/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 172. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon anachronisms/Chariots and Wheels/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 4 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/book-of-mormon-problems.htm Bruce H. Porter and Rod L. Meldrum, Prophecies and Promises: The Book of Mormon & The United States of America (Salt Lake City, UT: Digital Legend, 2009), 91–113. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 43, 168. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon geography/Statements/No revealed geography/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “Martin Harris, the Mormon,” Rochester Daily Democrat (New York) (23 June 1841). off-site Reports Martin Harris' murder, and implies this may be to silence him from renouncing his witness. Painesville Telegraph (Ohio) (30 June 1841). off-site Rebuts the claims of Martin's death. “Extraordinary Imposition of the ‘Latter Day Saints’—Mormonism—Matter for the Consideration of every good citizen—Important Facts—All should feel that they have a direct interest in them. From the Saturday Courier,” Western Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) (21 July 1841). off-site Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 62, 361 n. 69-72. ( Index of claims ) (Sources: Palmer) Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 5–7. off-site “Mormonism—No. III,” Ezra Booth to Rev. I. Eddy, 24 October 1831 Ohio Star (Ravenna, Ohio) (27 October 1831). off-site Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 36–37. off-site Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), Chapter 5. ( Index of claims ) Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 46–47. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the way. No. VI,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (5 September 1840): 94. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way. No. VII,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 18, no. 25 (12 September 1840), n.p.. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way No. X,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (10 October 1840): 114-115. off-site Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 45. off-site Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 13–. (Affidavits examined) off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 7-11, 58-67. off-site E. G. Lee, The Mormons, or Knavery Exposed (Frankford, Philadelphia: Webber & Fenimore, 1841), 1. off-site Full title Richard Livesey, An Exposure of Mormonism, being a statement of facts relating to the self-styled “Latter day Saints,” and the Origin of the Book of Mormon (Preston: J. Livesey, 1838), 2. off-site Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 204. ( Index of claims ) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 8. ( Index of claims ) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) Chapter 6. ( Index of claims ) Parley P. Pratt to Oliver Cowdery, 26 May 1836, "[No title]," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 2 no. 8 (May 1836), 318–20. off-site Discusses Pratt's missionary encounter with this criticism. La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34, citing Howe. off-site Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 94–97, 108.( Index of claims ) Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 3:464–472. Dan Vogel, Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004), 466–469 Dan Vogel, "The Validity of the Witnesses' Testimonies," in American Apocrypha, ed. Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), 79–121. William S. West, A Few Interesting Facts, Respecting the Rise Progress and Pretensions of the Mormons (1837), 15-16. off-site Saw plates "only in their imagination." Past responses W.I. Appleby, Mormonism Consistent! Truth Vindicated, and Falsehood Exposed and Refuted: Being A Reply to A. H. Wickersham (Wilmington DE: Porter & Nafe, 1843), 1–24. S. Bennett, A Few Remarks by way of reply to an anonymous scribbler... (Philadelphia, PA: Brown, Bicking & Guilpert, 1840), 1-4. off-site Full title Parley P. Pratt, Plain Facts (Manchester: W. R. Thomas, 1840), 2. off-site Full title Benjamin Winchester, “The Claims of the Book of Mormon Established—It also Defended,” The Gospel Reflector (Philadelphia) 1, no. 6 (15 March 1841): 121–28. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon witnesses:CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). MormonThink.com website (as of 4 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/book-of-mormon-problems.htm ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Animals/Elephants/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 70–71. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 30. ( Index of claims ) (Sources: not attributed, but most likely Brodie) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Animals/Story of Jaredites added to explain presence of animals in New World/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources William E. Biederwolf, Mormonism under the Searchlight (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1947), 16. Marvin W. Cowan, Mormon Claims Answered, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1997 [original self-published, 1975]), 34. M.T. Lamb, The Golden Bible: Or, the Book of Mormon. Is It From God? (New York: Ward and Drummond, 1887), 109-110. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Covering Up the Black Hole in the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1990), 61–62. Sandra Tanner, "Bible and Book of Mormon Contradictions," Utah Lighthouse Ministry, no date, #6. James Tolle, Is the Book of Mormon from God? (Pasadena, Tex.: Haun Publishing Company, 1957), 18. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Biblical/Firstling sacrifices/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 353, 364 Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 14. off-site Oliver Barr, “Mormonism No. iii,” Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 5, no. 18 (16 January 1837): 273-75. off-site Stephen Post, “Mormon Defence,” Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 6, no. 7 (1 August 1837): 98–100. off-site Replies to the above Oliver Barr, “The Mormon Defence Refuted [Mormonism, no. 4],” Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 6, no. 9 (1 September 1837): 138–39. off-site Stephen Post, “Mormon Defence.--No. II,” Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 6, no. 15 (1 December 1837): 230–31. off-site Oliver Barr, “Mormonism--No. V,” The Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 6, no. 18 (15 January 1838): 275. off-site Oliver Barr, “‘This wisdom descendeth not from above’” [Mormonism—No. 2] Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 5, no. 16 (15 December 1836): 241–43. off-site Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 70. ( Index of claims ) Alexander Campbell, Delusions (Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1832), p. 92 of original; originally published in Millennial Harbinger 2 (7 February 1831): 85–96. off-site O. Cowdery reply #1 #2 Full title A Disciple, "[Reply to John E. Page,]" Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (29 June 1842). off-site A Disciple, "[Reply to John E. Page,]" Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (2 July 1842). off-site A Disciple, ["Concluding Remarks,"] Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (22 July 1842). off-site Weldon Langfield, The Truth about Mormonism: A Former Adherent Analyzes the LDS Faith (Bakersfield, Calif.: Weldon Langfield Publications, 1991), 53 Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 206. ( Index of claims ) Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon Mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 86 La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 7 (17 February 1838). off-site Sandra Tanner, "Bible and Book of Mormon Contradictions," Utah Lighthouse Ministry, no date, #8. Kurt Van Gorden, Mormonism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995), 25 n. 52 Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Past responses John Hardy, Hypocrisy Exposed (Boston: Albert Morgan, 1842), 3-12 off-site Full title John E. Page, "To a Disciple," Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (1 July 1842). off-site "This is in perfect accordance with all the circumstances under which they wrote; and a great proof in favor of the Book of Mormon, because an impostor in forging a book would have said Bethlehem, for every school boy knows that Bethlehem is the place where the Lord was born." John E. Page, “Mormonism Concluded: To ‘A Disciple.’” Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (20 July 1842). off-site George Reynolds, "Objections to the Book of Mormon," Millennial Star 44/16 (17 April 1882): 244–47 ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Biblical/Jerusalem vs Bethlehem/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Biblical/Josephites and Jerusalem/CriticalSources Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 9. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Biblical/Josephites and Jerusalem/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 119–122.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Biblical/New Testament text/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 29–30. off-site Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 115.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Biblical/Quoting Malachi/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John L. Smith, "What about those Gold Plates?" The Utah Evangel 33/6 (September 1986): 8. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Cement/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 172. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Chariots/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/CriticalSources Past responses “Mormonism,” New York Weekly Messenger and Young Men’s Advocate (29 April 1835). Reprinted from The Pioneer (Rock Springs, Illinois), March 1835. off-site Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 11–12, 14–16. off-site The author has an entire section dedicated to "barbarisms" of the "gross violations of the propriety of language" and another on supposed "modernisms." J. Goodson, "Dear Sir," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 3 no. 1 (October 1836), 397–99. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 7 (17 February 1838) off-site Josiah Priest, American Antiquities, 5th ed. (Albany: Hoffman and White, 1835), 79. off-site S. Williams, Mormonism Exposed (1838), 6. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 72, 366 n.130. ( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 44–45, 54-55. (Affidavits examined) off-site [mocks the idea of defending against Lamanites of only 20 individuals; claims (rightly) that large enough sizes could not come from "five or six females."] John C. Kunich, "Multiply Exceedingly: Book of Mormon Population Sizes," in Brent Lee Metcalfe (editor), New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Book, 1993), 231–67. See also Sunstone 14 (June 1990): 27–44. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) xiv. ( Index of claims ) Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism, as Developed in the Recent Discussion Between the Author and Elders Wharton & Appleby, With a Brief Statement of Facts in Regard to Said Discussion (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1-21. off-site Reply ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Demographics/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “The Book of Gold,” The Philadelphia Album (Pennsylvania) (18 December 1830): 405. Reprinted from Auburn Free Press (New York) circa December 1830. off-site “Mormonism,” New York Weekly Messenger and Young Men’s Advocate (29 April 1835). Reprinted from The Pioneer (Rock Springs, Illinois), March 1835. off-site “Mormonism is spreading faster . . .,” Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, New York) (23 August 1831). off-site Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 40 (HB) ( Index of claims ) E.S. Abdy, Journal of a Residence and Tour in the United States of North America, from April, 1833, to October, 1834, 3 Vols., (London: John Murray, 1835), 3:53-54. Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 63–66. ( Index of claims ) John L. Brooke, The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844 (Cambridge University Press, 1996), 168–171, 174–177, 226, 230, 233. Alexander Campbell, Delusions (Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1832), p. 89 of original; originally published in Millennial Harbinger 2 (7 February 1831): 85–96. off-site O. Cowdery reply #1 #2 Full title Alexander Campbell, “Inspiration of the Scriptures,” Millennial Harbinger 7, no. 8 (August 1836): 347. off-site Ed Decker, Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism (Eugene: Harvest House, 1995), 210–211, 280. John Hayward, The Religious Creeds and Statistics of Every Christian Denomination... (Boston: John Hayward, 1836), 132–38. off-site Full title Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 88. (Affidavits examined) off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 43,45. off-site Robert N. Hullinger, Joseph Smith's Response to Skepticism (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1992), 99–120 [originally published as Mormon Answer to Skepticism: Why Joseph Smith Wrote the Book of Mormon (St. Louis, Mo.: Clayton, 1980)]. Thomas F. O'Dea, The Mormons (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957), 23, 35, 57. David Persuitte, Joseph Smith and the Origins of The Book of Mormon (2nd edition), (McFarland & Company, October 2000), 173–180 ( Index of claims ) Walter F. Prince, "Psychological Tests for the Authorship of the Book of Mormon," American Journal of Psychology 28 (July 1917): 373–389. Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon Mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 75 La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34. off-site Claims kidnapping of Morgan affected the writing. Dan Vogel, "Mormonism's 'Anti-Masonick Bible,'" John Whitmer Historical Association Journal 9 (1989): 17–30.. Dan Vogel, "Echoes of Anti-Masonry: A Rejoinder to the Critics of the Anti-Masonic Thesis," in American Apocrypha, ed. Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), 275–320. Jason Whitman, “The Book of Mormon,” The Unitarian (Boston) 1 (January 1834): 39. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Gadianton masons and anti-masonry/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Oliver Cowdery, "Trouble in the West.”," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 1 no. 7 (April 1835), 104–107. off-site Oliver Cowdery discusses the novel claim that Joseph sold books and forged copper plates. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Gold plates/Joseph faking the plates/Critical Sources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources A Little Talk, Between John Robinson and his Master about Mormonism, Shewing its Origin, Absurdity, and Impiety (Bedford: W. White, 1840), 1–8. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): n.p.. off-site Complains that Joseph's "brass plates" would be too heavy to carry! ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Gold plates/Weight of the plates/Critical Sources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 74, 514n67 ( Index of claims ) John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), =322 Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Ed Decker, Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism (Eugene: Harvest House, 1995), 113. James White, Letters to a Mormon Elder: Eye Opening Information for Mormons and the Christians Who Talk with Them (Southbridge, MA: Crowne, 1990), 145 ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Language/"Adieu"/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “The Book of Mormon and the Mormonites,” Athenaeum, Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art 42 (July 1841): 370–74. off-site Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 119–122.( Index of claims ) La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34. off-site Critics may complain about such words as: alpha, omega, Christ, Jesus, or synagogue. Past responses Parley P. Pratt, "Reply to the Athenæum: Being An Exposition of the Ignorance and Folly of men Who Oppose the Truth," Millennial Star 2 no. 1 (May 1841), 1-5. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Language/Greek words/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 57. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 199. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Language/Hebrew and Native American languages/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “Mormonism,” New York Weekly Messenger and Young Men’s Advocate (29 April 1835). Reprinted from The Pioneer (Rock Springs, Illinois), March 1835. off-site John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 294-5 Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 26. off-site Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, et al., The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2002), Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Alexander Campbell, Delusions (Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1832), p. 94of original; originally published in Millennial Harbinger 2 (7 February 1831): 85–96. off-site O. Cowdery reply #1 #2 Full title Marvin W. Cowan, Mormon Claims Answered, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1997 [original self-published, 1975]), chapter 4. Hank Hanegraaff, The Mormon Mirage: Seeing Through the Illusion of Mainstream Mormonism (Charlotte, NC: Christian Research Institute, 2008), ?. Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 268–. (Affidavits examined) off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 12. off-site John Hyde, Mormonism : Its Leaders and Designs, 2nd ed., (New York: W.P. Fetridge & Co., 1857), 216 Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 187, n10; 199. ( Index of claims ) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 57. ( Index of claims ) Philanthropist of Chester County, Mormonism Unmasked, Showed to be an Impious Imposture, and Mr. Bennett’s Reply Answered and Refuted (Philadelphia: T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1840), 6. off-site Response Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon Mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 63-4 Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Archaeology and the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1969; reprinted with second appendix, 1972), 17–19. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 141-145.( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?, 5th edition, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987), 97–125, 125A, 125G. Kurt Van Gorden, Mormonism (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 1995), 8, footnote 7 Wilhelm Wyl, Mormon Portraits Volume First: Joseph Smith the Prophet, His Family and Friends (Salt Lake City: Tribune Printing and Publishing Co., 1886), 196 footnote. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Language/Reformed Egyptian/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources A Little Talk, Between John Robinson and his Master about Mormonism, Shewing its Origin, Absurdity, and Impiety (Bedford: W. White, 1840), 1–8. off-site Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 22. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34, citing Howe. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Language/Reformed Egyptian/Egyptian too bulky/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Anthony A. Hoekema, Mormonism (Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1963), 89–90. John Hyde, Mormonism : Its Leaders and Designs, 2nd ed., (New York: W.P. Fetridge & Co., 1857), 217–218 M.T. Lamb, The Golden Bible: Or, the Book of Mormon. Is It From God? (New York: Ward and Drummond, 1887), 11.: "No such records were ever engraved upon golden plates, or any other plates, in the early ages." Thomas J. Finley, "A Review of Hugh Nibley's Comparisons between the Book of Mormon and the Lachish Letters" (1998). This paper was originally delivered to the Society for the Study of Alternate Religions (SSAR) at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, 19 November 1998, Orlando, Florida. Stuart Martin, The Mystery of Mormonism (London: Odhams Press, 1920), 27. La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 8 (24 February 1838). "[The Book of Mormon] speaks...of the Jewish Scriptures, having been kept by Jews on plates of brass, six hundred years before Christ. The Jews never kept any of their records on plates of brass." [See reply by Pratt (1838), p. 36.] Brent Lee Metcalfe, "Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 26 no. 3 (1993), 156–157. [152–184] Past responses William J. Adams Jr., "Lehi's Jerusalem and Writing on Metal Plates," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 3/1 (1994). [204–206] link William J. Adams Jr., "More on the Silver Plates from Lehi's Jerusalem," Journal of Book of Mormon Studies 4/2 (1995). [136–137] link Kevin L. Barney, "A Seemingly Strange Story Illuminated (Review of: "The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books")," FARMS Review of Books 13/1 (2001): 1–20. off-site Kevin L. Barney, "A More Responsible Critique (Review of: Does the Book of Mormon Reflect an Ancient Near Eastern Background?)," FARMS Review 15/1 (2003): 97–146. off-site Paul R. Cheesman, Ancient Writing on Metal Plates (Bountiful, Utah: Horizon, 1985). Paul R. Cheesman, "Ancient Writing on Metal Plates," Ensign (October 1979): 42–47. Ariel L. Crowley, About the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City: Deseret News, 1961). Thomas S. Ferguson, "Gold Plates and the Book of Mormon," Improvement Era (April 1962): 232—33, 270—71. John Gee and John A. Tvedtnes, "Ancient Manuscripts Fit Book of Mormon Pattern," Insights (February 1999): 3—4. Franklin S. Harris Jr., "Others Kept Records on Metal Plates, Too," Instructor (October 1957): 318–21; later reprinted in pamphlet "Gold Plates Used Anciently" (Salt Lake City: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1963). William J. Hamblin, "Metal Plates and the Book of Mormon," in Pressing Forward with the Book of Mormon: The FARMS Updates of the 1990s, ed. John W. Welch and Melvin J. Thorne (Provo, UT: FARMS, 1999). off-site William J. Hamblin, "Sacred Writings on Bronze Plates in the Ancient Mediterranean," (Provo, Utah: FARMS, 1994). William J. Hamblin, Insights (July 1994): 2. Mark E. Petersen, Those Gold Plates! (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1979), 4–5. Parley P. Pratt, Mormonism Unveiled (New York: O. Pratt and E. Fordham, 1838), 36. John A. Tvedtnes, "A Book That Does Not Wear Out," in The Book of Mormon and Other Hidden Books: Out of Darkness Unto Light (Provo: FARMS, 2000). ISBN 978-0934893534. H. Curtis Wright, "Ancient Burials of Metallic Foundation Documents in Stone Boxes," in Occasional Papers, University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science 157 (1982): 1-42; reprinted with revisions in H. Curtis Wright, "Ancient Burials of Metal Documents in Stone Boxes," in By Study and Also by Faith: Essays in Honor of Hugh W. Nibley on the Occasion of His Eightieth Birthday, 27 March 1990, ed. John M. Lundquist and Stephen D. Ricks (Salt Lake City: Deseret Book and FARMS, 1990). ISBN 0875793398. Vol. 1 off-site Vol. 2 off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Metal plates/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Sandra Tanner, "Bible and Book of Mormon Contradictions," Utah Lighthouse Ministry, no date, #7. Saints Alive Ministry Newsletter. May-June 1999. Life After Ministries. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Mulek/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources "That Man Alma," Utah Evangel 33:3 (April 1986): 2. Walter Martin, The Maze of Mormonism (Santa Ana, California: Vision House, 1979), 327. Robert McKay, "A Mormon Name," Utah Evangel 31:8 (August 1984): 4. John L. Smith, editorial comment on Robert McKay, "A Mormon Name," Utah Evangel 31:8 (August 1984): 4. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 124.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Names/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 262-263. off-site John R. Farkas and David A. Reed, Mormonism: Changes, Contradictions, and Errors (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, 1995), 152. Ed Decker, Decker's Complete Handbook on Mormonism (Eugene: Harvest House, 1995), 114. Hank Hanegraaff, The Mormon Mirage: Seeing Through the Illusion of Mainstream Mormonism (Charlotte, NC: Christian Research Institute, 2008), ?. Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon Mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 90 Piccoola, "[Letter to the Editors,]" Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (11 July 1842). off-site Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism, as Developed in the Recent Discussion Between the Author and Elders Wharton & Appleby, With a Brief Statement of Facts in Regard to Said Discussion (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1-21. off-site Reply Reverend Benjamin Willmore, "Mormonism Absurd," West Bromwich, [1858?]. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Shiz struggles to breathe/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “The Book of Mormon and the Mormonites,” Athenaeum, Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art 42 (July 1841): 370–74. off-site Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 58, 359 n. 50, 51. ( Index of claims ) La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Synagogues/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources No temple besides Jerusalem: "Dr." James White, "Temples Made With Hands," Alpha & Omega web site, e-tract. Not enough people: Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 8. ( Index of claims ) John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 322 MormonThink.com website (as of 4 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/book-of-mormon-problems.htm Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon Mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 83 ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Temple in New World/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 90. ( Index of claims ) Philanthropist of Chester County, Mormonism Unmasked, Showed to be an Impious Imposture, and Mr. Bennett’s Reply Answered and Refuted (Philadelphia: T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1840), 2-24. off-site Response Mocks the idea of darkness in which one cannot light a fire—a realistic touch if volcanic action was responsible. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Three days of darkness/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Oliver Barr, “Mormonism No. iii,” Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 5, no. 18 (16 January 1837): 273–75. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Two natures of Christ/CriticalSources ||edit
<nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources FAIR Answers—back to home page Source(s) of the criticism [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 26. off-site Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 37, 59. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 7 (17 February 1838). off-site Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism, as Developed in the Recent Discussion Between the Author and Elders Wharton & Appleby, With a Brief Statement of Facts in Regard to Said Discussion (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1-21. off-site Reply </small></td> </tr> Past responses </td> W.I. Appleby, Mormonism Consistent! Truth Vindicated, and Falsehood Exposed and Refuted: Being A Reply to A. H. Wickersham (Wilmington DE: Porter & Nafe, 1843), 1-21. </td> </tr> </table> ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Anachronisms/Windows/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Joel P. Kramer and Scott R. Johnson, The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon (Brigham City, UT: Living Hope Ministries, 2005). [This is an anti-Mormon video presentation.] Daniel P. Kidder, Mormonism and the Mormons (New York:Lane and Sandford, 1842), 15. off-site Full title Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 28-29. off-site Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 8. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 4 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/book-of-mormon-problems.htm Search for the Truth DVD (2007) Resources Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers H. Stevenson, A Lecture on Mormonism (Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Co., 1839), 3-32. off-site Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 9) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Archaeology/Compared to the Bible/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources The following argue there is no archaeological evidence for the Book of Mormon: Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 66, 362 n. 88-89. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 75, 514n75 ( Index of claims ) Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 200. ( Index of claims ) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 8. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 142. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 139–141.( Index of claims ) John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 163–71 Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 9) James White, Letters to a Mormon Elder: Eye Opening Information for Mormons and the Christians Who Talk with Them (Southbridge, MA: Crowne, 1990), 275, 282–90 Other archaeological criticism: Joel P. Kramer and Scott R. Johnson, The Bible vs. the Book of Mormon (Brigham City, UT: Living Hope Ministries, 2005). [This is an anti-Mormon video presentation.] Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Archaeology and the Book of Mormon (Salt Lake City, UT: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1969; reprinted with second appendix, 1972). ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Archaeology/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 21.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Archaeology/Hill Cumorah/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Institute for Religious Research. Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 75, 515n77 ( Index of claims ) Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 200. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 4 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/book-of-mormon-problems.htm Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 204. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 133.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Archaeology/Smithsonian statement/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 75, 514n75 ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 77, 368n145-147. ( Index of claims ) Charles M. Larson, By His Own Hand Upon Papyrus: A New Look at the Joseph Smith Papyri, 2nd ed., (Grand Rapids, MI: Institute for Religious Research, 1992), [citation needed]. Stan Larson, Quest for the Gold Plates: Thomas Stuart Ferguson's Archaeological Search for the Book of Mormon (Herriman, Utah: Freethinker Press, 2004). Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 201. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 4 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/book-of-mormon-problems.htm Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 57. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 140-141.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Archaeology/Thomas Stuart Ferguson/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/As a "familiar spirit"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 74 ( Index of claims ) John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). John Dehlin, "Questions and Answers," Mormon Stories Podcast (25 June 2014). Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 182. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 4 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/jst.htm Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) xiv. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/As the most correct book/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 503 n.25 ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 87, 370 n.23. ( Index of claims ) (Source: Tanners) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 81. ( Index of claims ) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 65–66. ( Index of claims ) Mormonism Research Ministry, web page "The Attempt to Sell the Book of Mormon Copyright" Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 417.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Attempt to sell copyright/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Scott C. Dunn, “Automaticity and the Dictation of the Book of Mormon,” in Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe eds., American Apocrypha (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), 33. Scott C. Dunn, "Spirit Writing: Another Look at the Book of Mormon," Sunstone 10 (June 1985): 17-26. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Automatic writing/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources A Letter to Those Who Have Attended Mormonite Preaching (London: J. B. Bateman, 1840), 1–4. off-site A Little Talk, Between John Robinson and his Master about Mormonism, Shewing its Origin, Absurdity, and Impiety (Bedford: W. White, 1840), 1–8. off-site A, “‘When ignorance is bliss tis folly to be wise.’” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 3d series, no. 1 (1 May 1830): 6. off-site A.H.M., “Ancient and Modern Mormonism,” Western Examiner (St. Louis, Missouri) 2, no. 46 (10 December 1835): 366-67. off-site C. C. Blatchley, “Caution Against the Golden Bible,” New-York Telescope 6, no. 38 (20 February 1830): 150. off-site “Mormonism,” Boston Recorder (Boston, Massachusetts) 17, no. 41 (10 October 1832). Reprinted from Lockport Balance (New York), circa September 1832. off-site J. Newton Brown, “Mormonites,” Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (Boston: Shattuck & Company, 1835), 844. Reprinted from Cross and Baptist Journal, Fall 1834. off-site Alexander Campbell, “The Mormon Bible,” Millennial Harbinger 3, no. 6 (June 1839): 267–68. off-site Thomas Campbell, “The Mormon Challenge,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) 2, no. 35 (15 February 1831): 2. off-site Alexander Campbell, “Signs of the Times,” Millennial Harbinger 5, no. 4 (April 1834): 148, note. off-site Henry Caswall, America, and the American Church (London: J.G. & F. Rivington, 1839), 322–23. off-site Cincinnati Advertiser and Ohio Phoenix (2 June 1830). Reprinted from Wayne County Inquirer, Pennsylvania, circa May 1830. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way No. X,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (10 October 1840): 114-15. off-site “The Golden Bible,” The Cleveland Herald (Ohio) (25 November 1830): 3. off-site “Mormonism,” Supplement to the Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) 5, no. 22 (15 December 1838): 175–76. off-site Benjamin Dobson to the editor, June 16, 1839, “The Mormons,” Peoria Register and North-Western Gazetteer (Peoria, Illinois) 3, no. 13 (27 July 1839). off-site James H. Eells to Joshua Leavitt, 1 April 1836, New York Evangelist (New York) 7, no. 15 (9 April 1836): 59. off-site Ephraim Ensley to Brother Badger, 1835, Reading, New York Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 4, no. 18 (15 January 1836): {{{pages}}}. off-site “Imposition and Blasphemy!!—Moneydiggers, Etc.” The Gem (Rochester, New York) (15 May 1830): 15. off-site Gimel, “Book of Mormon,” The Christian Watchman (Boston) 12, no. 40 (7 October 1831). off-site D. Griffiths, Jun., Two Years’ Residence in the New Settlements of Ohio, North America: With Directions to Emigrants (London: Westley and Davis, 1835), 132. off-site H., Letter to the Editor, Observer and Telegraph (Hudson, Ohio) (30 December 1830). off-site Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 22-23, 41-42. off-site Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 18, 35. (Affidavits examined) David Marks, The Life of David Marks (Limerick, ME: Printed at the Office of the Morning Star, 1831), 340-342. off-site Full title David Marks, [Untitled Remarks on Mormonism], Morning Star (Limerick, Maine) 7, no. 45 (7 March 1833): 177. James M’Chesney, Supplement to an Antidote to Mormonism, &c. (Brooklyn, 1839), 1–4. off-site “Mormonism,” New York Weekly Messenger and Young Men’s Advocate (29 April 1835). Reprinted from The Pioneer (Rock Springs, Illinois), March 1835. off-site “We have received the following letter,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) (22 March 1831), ??. off-site “The Book of Mormon,” Painesville Telegraph (Ohio) (30 November 1830). Plain Truth, “Mr Editor,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 10 (6 January 1831): 77. off-site Josiah Priest, American Antiquities (Albany: Hoffman and White, 1833), ??. off-site “The Marion Monk,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 3d series, no. 16 (13 September 1830): 124-125. off-site “A hungry lean-faced villain,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 3d series, no. 7 (30 June 1830): 53-54. off-site “Blasphemy–‘Book of Mormon,’ alias The Golden Bible,” Rochester Daily Advertiser (New York) (2 April 1830). off-site “Golden Bible,” Rochester Advertiser and Daily Telegraph (New York) (31 August 1829). Reprinted from Palmyra Freeman, 11 August 1829. off-site "The subject was almost invariably treated as it should have been—with contempt." “Book of Mormon,” Rochester Republican (New York) (28 December 1830). off-site S. Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) new series 2, no. 6 (5 February 1831): 47. off-site H. Stevenson, A Lecture on Mormonism (Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Co., 1839), 3-32. off-site John Storrs, “Mormonism,” Boston Recorder (Boston, Massachusetts) 24 (19 April 1839). off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 2 (13 January 1838): 6. off-site “The Mormon Mystery Developed,” Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, New York) (20 December 1833). off-site The Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, New York) (26 June 1829). off-site [the earliest mention of this concept which FAIR has identified] "Most people entertain an idea that the whole matter is the result of a gross imposition and a grosser superstition. Western Traveller, “Mormonism,” Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 7, no. 30 (22 March 1833): 1. off-site Alphonoso Wetmore, Gazetteer of the State of Missouri (St. Louis: C. Keemle, 1837), 93-96. off-site “The Mormons,” Religious Herald (Richmond, Virginia) (9 April 1840). off-site Critical works that do not adopt this posture “The Book of Mormon and the Mormonites,” Athenaeum, Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art 42 (July 1841): 370–74. off-site [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “Mormonism,” Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 16, no. 6 (22 September 1841). off-site Doctrine of the Mormonites (London: J. Wertheimer & Company, 1842.), 1-4. off-site “The Book of Mormon,” The New-Yorker (New York) (12 December 1840): ??. off-site “Gold Bible, No. 3,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 12 (1 February 1831): xxx. off-site Charles Buck, A Theological Dictionary (London: Thomas Tegg, 1841), 537–38.; citing Cross and Baptist Journal, 1834. off-site Full title J.A.H., “Origin of Mormonism,” Wayne County Whig (Lyons) 3, no. 51 (14 September 1842). off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 13-14, 86. off-site E. G. Lee, The Mormons, or Knavery Exposed (Frankford, Philadelphia: Webber & Fenimore, 1841), 2-3. off-site Full title One Who Hates Imposture, Mormonism Dissected, or, Knavery “On Two Sticks,” Exposed (Bethania, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Reuben Chambers, 1841), 2. off-site Full title Walter Scott, “Mormon Bible–No. I,” The Evangelist (Carthage, Ohio) 9, no. 1 (1 January 1841): 17–21. off-site G.C. Stewart, “The Book of Mormon,” The Perfectionist (Putney, Vermont) 3, no. 7 (15 May 1843): 28. off-site Past responses Anon., "Difference Between the Baptists & Latter-Day Saints. From the North Staffordshire Mercury," Millennial Star 1 no. 12 (April 1841), 296–99. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Clumsy or amateurish/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources I. Wiley Woodbridge, The Founder of Mormonism (New York, 1902). ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Epilepsy/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) Chapter 5. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Golden Pot/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 68 ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), Chapter 4. ( Index of claims ) Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834). (Affidavits examined) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) Chapter 5. ( Index of claims ) David Persuitte, Joseph Smith and the Origins of The Book of Mormon (2nd edition), (McFarland & Company, October 2000), ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) . ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?, 5th edition, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987), 84-85. Dan Vogel, Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004), ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Overview/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Sources which accept the Spalding manuscript theory: A Little Talk, Between John Robinson and his Master about Mormonism, Shewing its Origin, Absurdity, and Impiety (Bedford: W. White, 1840), 1–8. off-site “The Mormons,” Alton Telegraph (Alton, Illinois) 4, no. 22 (25 May 1839). off-site “More About the Mormon Bible,” Alton Telegraph (Alton, Illinois) 4, no. 23 (1 June 1839). off-site “Origin of Mormonism,” Atkinson’s Evening Post, and Philadelphia Saturday News (Philadelphia) 18 (25 May 1839). off-site “The Book of Mormon and the Mormonites,” Athenaeum, Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art 42 (July 1841): 370–74. off-site “The Mormons,” Auburn Journal and Advertiser (22 December 1841). off-site “Mormon Trial,” Chardon Spectator and Geauga Gazette (12 April 1834). off-site [Letter on Mormonism, 29 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “The Mormon Bible,” Christian Register and Boston Observer (Boston, Massachusetts) 18, no. 970 (4 May 1839). off-site C, “For the Register and Observer,” Christian Register and Boston Observer (Boston) 18, no. 971 (11 May 1839). off-site “Mormonism (from the Scotsman),” The Christian Reformer; or, Unitarian Magazine and Review 8 (June 1841): 386. off-site “The Mormon Book,” Michigan Sentinel (3 May 1834). off-site MormonThink.com website (as of 22 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm “Mormonism,” New York Weekly Messenger and Young Men’s Advocate (29 April 1835). Reprinted from The Pioneer (Rock Springs, Illinois), March 1835. off-site “History of Mormanism,” The Ohio Repository (Canton, Ohio) (1 September 1836). Reprinted from New York Commercial Advertiser, circa August 1836. off-site Does not attribute some work to Rigdon, who is said to be a convert only after the book's publication. “To the Public,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) (31 January 1834). off-site “Mormonism—Its History,” Philadelphia Mirror (22 August 1836). off-site “Origin of the Mormon Bible,” Trumpet and Universalist Magazine (Boston) (3 September 1836). off-site “The Mormon Bible,” Trumpet and Universalist Magazine (Boston) 11, no. 48 (18 May 1839), n.p.. off-site “The Mormon Mystery Developed,” Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, New York) (20 December 1833). off-site [the earliest mention of this concept which FAIR has identified] Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 1. off-site B. D., “Mormonism,” Peoria Register and North-Western Gazetteer (Peoria, Illinois) 3, no. 13 (29 June 1839). off-site Alexander Badlam, “A Cunning Device Detected,” Quincy Whig (Quincy, Illinois) 2, no. 29 (16 November 1839). off-site A[lexander] Campbell, “Mormonism Unveiled,” Millennial Harbinger (Bethany, Virginia) 6, no. 1 (January 1835): 44-45. off-site Campbell here abandons his earlier certainty that Joseph Smith alone was responsible for the Book of Mormon. Alexander Campbell, “The Mormon Bible,” Millennial Harbinger 3, no. 6 (June 1839): 267–68. off-site A.C.[Alexander Campbell], “Mistakes Touching the Book of Mormon,” Millennial Harbinger 1, no. 1 (January 1844): 37-38. off-site Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 12–25. off-site Rev. John A. Clark, Gleanings by the Way, (Philadelphia: W.J. and J.K. Simon; New York: Robert Carter, 1842), 246–254 off-site. John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way. No. VII,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 18, no. 25 (12 September 1840), ?. off-site } John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way No. X,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (10 October 1840): 114-115. off-site Clericus, “Mormonism,” Christian Register (Boston) 15, no. 52 (24 December 1836): 1. Reprinted from Hampshire Gazette, circa December 1836. (Cites Mormonism Unvailed). off-site Craig Criddle, "Sidney Rigdon:Creating the Book of Mormon," e-paper, sidneyrigdon.com (originally published 8 October 2005; revised 15 Mar 2009), multiple. “Mormonism,” Daily Morning Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) no. 64 (23 November 1842). off-site D. Griffiths, Jun., Two Years’ Residence in the New Settlements of Ohio, North America: With Directions to Emigrants (London: Westley and Davis, 1835), 134–140. off-site Father Brian Harrison, "The Wacky World of Joseph Smith: And the un-Christianity of Mormon Theology," Part 2 of 2 from a pamphlet published by the Australian Catholic Truth Society (no date given) http://archive.catholic.com/thisrock/2003/0305fea4.asp Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 277–. (Affidavits examined) off-site. James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 34-35,83. off-site J.A.H., “Origin of Mormonism,” Wayne County Whig (Lyons) 3, no. 51 (14 September 1842). off-site Daniel P. Kidder, Mormonism and the Mormons (New York:Lane and Sandford, 1842), 35-49. off-site Full title E. G. Lee, The Mormons, or Knavery Exposed (Frankford, Philadelphia: Webber & Fenimore, 1841), 2-3. off-site Full title William Alexander Linn, The Story of the Mormons (New York: Macmillan, 1902), ??. Richard Livesey, An Exposure of Mormonism, being a statement of facts relating to the self-styled “Latter day Saints,” and the Origin of the Book of Mormon (Preston: J. Livesey, 1838), 4–5. off-site James M’Chesney, An Antidote To Mormonism, revised by G. J. Bennet (New York, NY: Burnett & Pollard, 1838), 18, 49. off-site Full title W. J. Morrish, The Latter-day Saints and the Book of Mormon. A Few Words of Warning from a Minister to his Flock (Ledbury: J. Gibbs, 1840), 1-4. George Peck, “Mormonism and the Mormons,” Methodist Quarterly Review (January 1843): 111–27. off-site Philanthropist of Chester County, Mormonism Unmasked, Showed to be an Impious Imposture, and Mr. Bennett’s Reply Answered and Refuted (Philadelphia: T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1840), 7. off-site Response Stenhouse, "Tell It All", 267. John Storrs, “Mormonism,” Boston Recorder (Boston, Massachusetts) 24 (19 April 1839). off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34, citing Howe. off-site Pomeroy Tucker, Origin, Rise, and Progress: of Mormonism.... (New York: D. Appleton, 1867), 111–128. Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism, as Developed in the Recent Discussion Between the Author and Elders Wharton & Appleby, With a Brief Statement of Facts in Regard to Said Discussion (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1-21. off-site Reply Wilhelm Wyl, Mormon Portraits Volume First: Joseph Smith the Prophet, His Family and Friends (Salt Lake City: Tribune Printing and Publishing Co., 1886), 20, 118, 122–124, 238–243. Claimed the existence of a second Spalding manuscript when the first theory failed: George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1932), ?. Howard A. Davis, Wayne L. Cowdrey, and Walter Martin, Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? (Santa Ana, Ca.: Vision House Publishers, 1977), 1–. Analysis Wayne L. Cowdrey, Howard A. Davis, and Arthur Vanick, Who Really Wrote the Book of Mormon? The Spalding Enigma. (St. Louis: Concordia, 2005), 1–. Analysis Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 213, n15-16. ( Index of claims ) William S. West, A Few Interesting Facts, Respecting the Rise Progress and Pretensions of the Mormons (1837), 15-16. off-site S. Williams, Mormonism Exposed (1838), 1-2. off-site (citing Mormonism Unvailed) Past responses Anon., "Caswall’s Prophet of the Nineteenth Century," Millennial Star 3 no. 12 (April 1843), 196. off-site George J. Adams, A Few Plain Facts (Bedford: C. B. Merry, 1841), ii–16. Full title W.I. Appleby, Mormonism Consistent! Truth Vindicated, and Falsehood Exposed and Refuted: Being A Reply to A. H. Wickersham (Wilmington DE: Porter & Nafe, 1843), 1–24. John Hardy, Hypocrisy Exposed (Boston: Albert Morgan, 1842), 3-12 off-site Full title John E. Page, “Mormonism Defended,” Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (2 July 1842). off-site John E. Page, “Mormonism, alias Truth,” Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (8 July 1842). off-site [Parley P. Pratt,] “Joe Smith and the Devil: A Dialogue,” The New York Herald (New York) 10, no. 236 (25 August 1844). off-site Parley P. Pratt, "The Mormonites. To the Editor of the New Era [Reprinted from New Era (New York) (27 November 1839)," Times and Seasons 1 no. 3 (January 1840), 45-46. off-site GospeLink off-site Parley P. Pratt, A Reply to...“Complete Failure,”...and...“Mormonism Exposed,” (Manchester: W. R. Thomas, 1840), 1-9. off-site Full title Parley P. Pratt, "Reply to the Athenæum: Being An Exposition of the Ignorance and Folly of men Who Oppose the Truth," Millennial Star 2 no. 1 (May 1841), 1-5. off-site John Taylor, Calumny Refuted and the Truth Defended (Liverpool: J. Tompkins, 1840), 1–12. Full title E. Snow and Benjamin Winchester, "An Address to the Citizens of Salem (Mass.) And Vicinity," Times and Seasons 2 no. 24 (1 October 1841), 574-76. off-site GospeLink off-site B[enjamin] Winchester, The Origin of the Spaulding Story, Concerning the Manuscript Found (Philadelphia: Brown, Bicking & Guilpert, 1840), 1-16, 20-21 off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Spalding manuscript/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources The following sources all admit (after the arrival of the Spalding theory) that the Book of Mormon had been difficult to explain under the presumption that Joseph Smith produced it himself. These sources manifest considerable relief at being able to explain a book that had previously been dismissed as not worthy of anyone's attention: “The Mormon Bible,” Trumpet and Universalist Magazine (Boston) 11, no. 48 (18 May 1839), n.p.. off-site “The Mormon Bible,” Christian Register and Boston Observer (Boston, Massachusetts) 18, no. 970 (4 May 1839). off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way. No. VII,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 18, no. 25 (12 September 1840), n.p.. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the way. No. VIII,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (26 September 1840): 106–107. off-site Thomas J. Farnham, Travels in the Great Western Prairies, the Anahuac and Rocky Mountains, and in the Oregon Territory, (Poughkeepsie, New York: Killey and Lossing, 1841), 8-9. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/Spalding manuscript/Difficult to explain before/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 60-61, 360n59-63. ( Index of claims ) (Sources: Tanner, Persuitte) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 69 ( Index of claims ) (Sources: Persuitte) John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 279–80, 301–2 Peter Bartley, Mormonism: The Prophet, the Book, and the Cult (Dublin: Veritas, 1989), 28–29. Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 46–47. ( Index of claims ) Maurice C. Burrell, Wide of the Truth: A Critical Assessment of the History, Doctrines and Practices of the Mormon Religion (London: Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1972). Marvin W. Cowan, Mormon Claims Answered, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1997 [original self-published, 1975]), ???. Charles A. Crane & Steven A. Crane, Ashamed of Joseph : Mormon Foundations Crumble (Joplin, Mo. : College Press Pub. Co., 1993), 123–5 Ed Decker and Dave Hunt, The God Makers (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1984),. (Detailed review) John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). Ronald Enroth, A Guide to Cults and New Religions (Downers Grove, IL: Intervarsity , 1983). Gordon H. Fraser, Is Mormonism Christian? (Chicago: Moody Press, 1957). Ralph L. Foster, The Book of Mormon on Trial (Salt Lake City: n.p., 1963). G. T. Harrison, Mormons Are Peculiar People (New York: Vantage, 1954). Mervin B. Hogan, " "A Parallel': A Matter of Chance vs. Coincidence," Rocky Mountain Mason (January 1956): 17–31. Harold H. Hougey, "A Parallel"?The Basis of the Book of Mormon (Concord, CA: Pacific, 1963). Robert N. Hullinger, "The Lost Tribes of Israel and the Book of Mormon," Lutheran Quarterly 22:3 (August 1970): 319–29. Larry Jonas, Mormon Claims Examined (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Baker, 1961). Wesley M. Jones, A Critical Study of Book of Mormon Sources (Detroit: Harlo Press, 1964). Thomas O'Dea, The Mormons (Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1957). Brigham D. Madsen, ed., B. H. Roberts: Studies of the Book of Mormon (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985), ???. Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 29. ( Index of claims ) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 58–64. ( Index of claims ) David Persuitte, Joseph Smith and the Origins of The Book of Mormon (2nd edition), (McFarland & Company, October 2000), ( Index of claims ) John A. Price, "The Book of Mormon vs. Anthropological Prehistory," The Indian Historian 7:3 (Summer 1974): 35–40. Leslie Rumble, "The Book of Mormon," The Homiletic and Pastoral Review 60:4 (January 1960): 338–45. James M. Sire, Scripture Twisting: 20 Ways the Cults Misread the Bible (Downers Grove: Intervarsity, 1980). George D. Smith, "Defending the Keystone: Book of Mormon Difficulties," Sunstone 6 no. (Issue #3) (May–June 1981), 45–50. off-site George D. Smith, "'Is There Any Way to Escape These Difficulties?' The Book of Mormon Studies of B. H. Roberts," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 17 no. 2 (Summer 1984), 94–111. George D. Smith, "Joseph Smith and the Book of Mormon," Free Inquiry 4:1 (Winter 1983): 21–31. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 153. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?, 5th edition, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987). Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 126–8.( Index of claims ) Dan Vogel, Indian Origins and the Book of Mormon: Religious Solutions from Columbus to Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Book, 1986), 48–49, 68 (the argument is suggested more than stated outright. I. Wiley Woodbridge, The Founder of Mormonism (New York, 1902), 124–126. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Authorship theories/View of the Hebrews/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 75, 368 n.142. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 75 ( Index of claims ) John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 280, 301–3 John R. Farkas and David A. Reed, Mormonism: Changes, Contradictions, and Errors (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, 1995), 222. Joel B. Groat, "B. H. Roberts' Doubts," Heart and Mind: The Newsletter of Gospel Truths Ministries (January-March 1995): 5-6 Stan Larson, "The Odyssey of Thomas Stuart Ferguson," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 23 no. 1 (Spring 1990), 84. Brigham D. Madsen, ed., B. H. Roberts: Studies of the Book of Mormon (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985). Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 40–42. ( Index of claims ) George D. Smith, "'Is There Any Way to Escape These Difficulties?' The Book of Mormon Studies of B. H. Roberts," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 17 no. 2 (Summer 1984)), 94-111. James R. Spencer, The Disappointment of B. H. Roberts: Five Questions That Forced a Mormon General Authority to Abandon the Book of Mormon (Boise, Idaho: Through the Maze, 1991). Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 153. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 126–8.( Index of claims ) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) James White, Letters to a Mormon Elder: Eye Opening Information for Mormons and the Christians Who Talk with Them (Southbridge, MA: Crowne, 1990), 140–142 Stan Larson, "The Odyssey of Thomas Stuart Ferguson," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 23 no. 1 (Spring 1990), 84. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 153. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/B.H. Roberts and "Studies of the Book of Mormon"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 75, 368 n.142. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 75 ( Index of claims ) John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 280, 301–3 John R. Farkas and David A. Reed, Mormonism: Changes, Contradictions, and Errors (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Books, 1995), 222. Joel B. Groat, "B. H. Roberts' Doubts," Heart and Mind: The Newsletter of Gospel Truths Ministries (January-March 1995): 5-6 Stan Larson, "The Odyssey of Thomas Stuart Ferguson," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 23 no. 1 (Spring 1990), 84. Brigham D. Madsen, ed., B. H. Roberts: Studies of the Book of Mormon (Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1985). Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 40–42. ( Index of claims ) George D. Smith, "'Is There Any Way to Escape These Difficulties?' The Book of Mormon Studies of B. H. Roberts," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 17 no. 2 (Summer 1984)), 94-111. James R. Spencer, The Disappointment of B. H. Roberts: Five Questions That Forced a Mormon General Authority to Abandon the Book of Mormon (Boise, Idaho: Through the Maze, 1991). Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 153. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 126–8.( Index of claims ) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) James White, Letters to a Mormon Elder: Eye Opening Information for Mormons and the Christians Who Talk with Them (Southbridge, MA: Crowne, 1990), 140–142 Stan Larson, "The Odyssey of Thomas Stuart Ferguson," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 23 no. 1 (Spring 1990), 84. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 153. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/B.H. Roberts' testimony/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Calendar/Week unknown in Americas/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 292–294 Mark J. Cares, Speaking the Truth In Love to Mormons (Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Northwestern Pub. House, 1993), 96, 212, 243–244 Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers John Dehlin, "Questions and Answers," Mormon Stories Podcast (25 June 2014). Walter Martin, The Maze of Mormonism (Santa Ana, California: Vision House, 1979), . Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 8. ( Index of claims ) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 124. ( Index of claims ) Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon Mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 91 Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 508, 510, 518.( Index of claims ) Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Contains the fulness of the gospel/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) Bruce H. Porter and Rod L. Meldrum, Prophecies and Promises: The Book of Mormon & The United States of America (Salt Lake City, UT: Digital Legend, 2009), 119–186, 206. Rod Meldrum, Rediscovering the Book of Mormon Remnant through DNA (Honeoye Falls, NY: Digital Legend Press, 2009), 1–170. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/DNA evidence/Geography issues/Haplogroup X2a/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources A Letter to Those Who Have Attended Mormonite Preaching (London: J. B. Bateman, 1840), 1–4. off-site A Little Talk, Between John Robinson and his Master about Mormonism, Shewing its Origin, Absurdity, and Impiety (Bedford: W. White, 1840), 1–8. off-site A, “‘When ignorance is bliss tis folly to be wise.’” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 3d series, no. 1 (1 May 1830): 6. off-site A.H.M., “Ancient and Modern Mormonism,” Western Examiner (St. Louis, Missouri) 2, no. 46 (10 December 1835): 366-67. off-site C. C. Blatchley, “Caution Against the Golden Bible,” New-York Telescope 6, no. 38 (20 February 1830): 150. off-site “Mormonism,” Boston Recorder (Boston, Massachusetts) 17, no. 41 (10 October 1832). Reprinted from Lockport Balance (New York), circa September 1832. off-site J. Newton Brown, “Mormonites,” Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge (Boston: Shattuck & Company, 1835), 844. Reprinted from Cross and Baptist Journal, Fall 1834. off-site Alexander Campbell, “The Mormon Bible,” Millennial Harbinger 3, no. 6 (June 1839): 267–68. off-site Thomas Campbell, “The Mormon Challenge,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) 2, no. 35 (15 February 1831): 2. off-site Alexander Campbell, “Signs of the Times,” Millennial Harbinger 5, no. 4 (April 1834): 148, note. off-site Henry Caswall, America, and the American Church (London: J.G. & F. Rivington, 1839), 322–23. off-site Cincinnati Advertiser and Ohio Phoenix (2 June 1830). Reprinted from Wayne County Inquirer, Pennsylvania, circa May 1830. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way No. X,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (10 October 1840): 114-15. off-site “The Golden Bible,” The Cleveland Herald (Ohio) (25 November 1830): 3. off-site “Mormonism,” Supplement to the Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) 5, no. 22 (15 December 1838): 175–76. off-site Benjamin Dobson to the editor, June 16, 1839, “The Mormons,” Peoria Register and North-Western Gazetteer (Peoria, Illinois) 3, no. 13 (27 July 1839). off-site James H. Eells to Joshua Leavitt, 1 April 1836, New York Evangelist (New York) 7, no. 15 (9 April 1836): 59. off-site Ephraim Ensley to Brother Badger, 1835, Reading, New York Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 4, no. 18 (15 January 1836): {{{pages}}}. off-site “Imposition and Blasphemy!!—Moneydiggers, Etc.” The Gem (Rochester, New York) (15 May 1830): 15. off-site Gimel, “Book of Mormon,” The Christian Watchman (Boston) 12, no. 40 (7 October 1831). off-site D. Griffiths, Jun., Two Years’ Residence in the New Settlements of Ohio, North America: With Directions to Emigrants (London: Westley and Davis, 1835), 132. off-site H., Letter to the Editor, Observer and Telegraph (Hudson, Ohio) (30 December 1830). off-site Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 22-23, 41-42. off-site Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 18, 35. (Affidavits examined) David Marks, The Life of David Marks (Limerick, ME: Printed at the Office of the Morning Star, 1831), 340-342. off-site Full title David Marks, [Untitled Remarks on Mormonism], Morning Star (Limerick, Maine) 7, no. 45 (7 March 1833): 177. James M’Chesney, Supplement to an Antidote to Mormonism, &c. (Brooklyn, 1839), 1–4. off-site “Mormonism,” New York Weekly Messenger and Young Men’s Advocate (29 April 1835). Reprinted from The Pioneer (Rock Springs, Illinois), March 1835. off-site “We have received the following letter,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) (22 March 1831), ??. off-site “The Book of Mormon,” Painesville Telegraph (Ohio) (30 November 1830). Plain Truth, “Mr Editor,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 10 (6 January 1831): 77. off-site Josiah Priest, American Antiquities (Albany: Hoffman and White, 1833), ??. off-site “The Marion Monk,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 3d series, no. 16 (13 September 1830): 124-125. off-site “A hungry lean-faced villain,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 3d series, no. 7 (30 June 1830): 53-54. off-site “Blasphemy–‘Book of Mormon,’ alias The Golden Bible,” Rochester Daily Advertiser (New York) (2 April 1830). off-site “Golden Bible,” Rochester Advertiser and Daily Telegraph (New York) (31 August 1829). Reprinted from Palmyra Freeman, 11 August 1829. off-site "The subject was almost invariably treated as it should have been—with contempt." “Book of Mormon,” Rochester Republican (New York) (28 December 1830). off-site S. Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) new series 2, no. 6 (5 February 1831): 47. off-site H. Stevenson, A Lecture on Mormonism (Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Co., 1839), 3-32. off-site John Storrs, “Mormonism,” Boston Recorder (Boston, Massachusetts) 24 (19 April 1839). off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 2 (13 January 1838): 6. off-site “The Mormon Mystery Developed,” Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, New York) (20 December 1833). off-site The Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, New York) (26 June 1829). off-site [the earliest mention of this concept which FAIR has identified] "Most people entertain an idea that the whole matter is the result of a gross imposition and a grosser superstition. Western Traveller, “Mormonism,” Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 7, no. 30 (22 March 1833): 1. off-site Alphonoso Wetmore, Gazetteer of the State of Missouri (St. Louis: C. Keemle, 1837), 93-96. off-site “The Mormons,” Religious Herald (Richmond, Virginia) (9 April 1840). off-site Critical works that do not adopt this posture “The Book of Mormon and the Mormonites,” Athenaeum, Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art 42 (July 1841): 370–74. off-site [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “Mormonism,” Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 16, no. 6 (22 September 1841). off-site Doctrine of the Mormonites (London: J. Wertheimer & Company, 1842.), 1-4. off-site “The Book of Mormon,” The New-Yorker (New York) (12 December 1840): ??. off-site “Gold Bible, No. 3,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 12 (1 February 1831): xxx. off-site Charles Buck, A Theological Dictionary (London: Thomas Tegg, 1841), 537–38.; citing Cross and Baptist Journal, 1834. off-site Full title J.A.H., “Origin of Mormonism,” Wayne County Whig (Lyons) 3, no. 51 (14 September 1842). off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 13-14, 86. off-site E. G. Lee, The Mormons, or Knavery Exposed (Frankford, Philadelphia: Webber & Fenimore, 1841), 2-3. off-site Full title One Who Hates Imposture, Mormonism Dissected, or, Knavery “On Two Sticks,” Exposed (Bethania, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Reuben Chambers, 1841), 2. off-site Full title Walter Scott, “Mormon Bible–No. I,” The Evangelist (Carthage, Ohio) 9, no. 1 (1 January 1841): 17–21. off-site G.C. Stewart, “The Book of Mormon,” The Perfectionist (Putney, Vermont) 3, no. 7 (15 May 1843): 28. off-site Past responses Anon., "Difference Between the Baptists & Latter-Day Saints. From the North Staffordshire Mercury," Millennial Star 1 no. 12 (April 1841), 296–99. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Early reactions to/Clumsy or obvious forgery/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Philander Chase, A Pastoral Letter of Bishop Chase, to the Clergy of His Diocese of Illinois (1843), 1–8. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Early reactions to/Heretical/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “The Book of Mormon,” The New-Yorker (New York) (12 December 1840): n.p.. off-site See also: By definition, these claims insist that Joseph is not the author: Spalding manuscript claims Sidney Rigdon authorship claims ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Early reactions to/Joseph Smith the author/Joseph Smith not the author/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “The Book of Mormon and the Mormonites,” Athenaeum, Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art 42 (July 1841): 370–74. off-site “The Mormons,” Auburn Journal and Advertiser (22 December 1841). off-site [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “Prevalence of Mormonism,” Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 16, no. 17 (8 December 1841). off-site “Mormonism (from the Scotsman),” The Christian Reformer; or, Unitarian Magazine and Review 8 (June 1841): 386. off-site “Mormons and Mormonism,” Christian Register and Boston Observer (Boston) 20, no. 52 (25 December 1841). off-site “Mormonism,” Christian Watchman (Boston) 21, no. 39 (25 September 1840). off-site “The Rise and Ruin of the Sect of Mormon,” The Congregational Magazine (September 1844): 641–649. off-site “The Book of Mormon,” The New-Yorker (New York) (12 December 1840): ??. off-site “The Mormons,” Religious Herald (Richmond, Virginia) (9 April 1840). off-site “History of Mormonism,” Southern Quarterly Review (New Orleans) 1, no. 2 (April 1842): 398–413. off-site Anon., "From the Upper Mississippian. Letters About the West. Number Three. Nauvoo—Mormon Religion," Times and Seasons 2 no. 8 (15 February 1841), 322–24. off-site GospeLink off-site Anon., "Great Discussion on Mormonism Between Dr. West and Elder Adams, at the Marlboro’ Chapel," Times and Seasons 3 no. 19 (1 August 1842), 863–64. off-site GospeLink Reprinted from The Bostonian (25 June 1842). off-site Anon., "Mormons, or Latter Day Saints," Times and Seasons 4 no. 2 (1 December 1842), 27–28. off-site GospeLink Reprinted from the Baltimore Clipper. off-site Anon., "[Reply to New York Evangelist]," Times and Seasons 3 no. 21 (1 September 1842), 905–6.. off-site GospeLink off-site “Mormonism, or Knavery Exposed,” Western Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) (28 April 1841). off-site Robert Baird, Religion in the United States of America (Glasgow: Blackie and Son, 1844), 647–49. off-site Full title Henry Brown, The History of Illinois (New York: J. Winchester, New World Press, 1844), 394. off-site Full title Henry Caswall, The City of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, (London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 1. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the way. No. VI,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (5 September 1840): 94. off-site A Disciple, ["Concluding Remarks,"] Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (22 July 1842). off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 1, 86. off-site T. C. Johnson to Alexander Campbell, “Methodistic Candor And Consistency,” Millennial Harbinger 7, no. 12 (December 1843): 553–57. off-site Daniel P. Kidder, Mormonism and the Mormons (New York:Lane and Sandford, 1842), 6-7, 11-13. off-site Full title George Peck, “Mormonism and the Mormons,” Methodist Quarterly Review (January 1843): 111, 113, 115. off-site R.T.M., “The Mormons,” Religious Monitor and Evangelical Repository (18 January 1842): 345–46. off-site Walter Scott, “Mormon Bible–No. V,” The Evangelist (Carthage, Ohio) 9, no. 6 (1 June 1841): 132–36.. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Early reactions to/No intelligent person/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 11. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 7 (17 February 1838). off-site Mark Twain, Roughing It (Hartford, Conn.: American Publishing Co., 1901), 133. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Evidences/And it came to pass/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Brent Lee Metcalfe, "Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 26 no. 3 (Fall 1993), 162–171. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Salt Lake City Messenger, no. 72 (1989). Sandra Tanner, “Chiasmus and the Book of Mormon,” Utah Lighthouse Ministry (2003). Daniel A. Vogel, “The Use and Abuse of Chiasmus in Book of Mormon Studies,” SL01374, presented at Sunstone Theological Symposium, Salt Lake City, Utah (2001). Earl Wunderli, "Critique of Alma 36 as an Extended Chiasm," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 38 no. 4 (Winter 2005), 97–110. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Evidences/Hebraisms/Chiasmus/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 57. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 199. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Evidences/Hebraisms/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 72, 366 n.127. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 164. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Borders of the Lamanites/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Definition of "continent"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) Seminar presentation by "The FIRM Foundation," (6 March 2009). ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Disdaining the statements of Joseph Smith/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Location of Zarahemla/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rod Meldrum, Rediscovering the Book of Mormon Remnant through DNA (Honeoye Falls, NY: Digital Legend Press, 2009), 5. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Models/Limited/Meldrum 2003/Alternate theories are "apostate"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Deanne G. Matheny, "Does the Shoe Fit? A Critique of the Limited Tehuantepec Geography," in New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology edited by Brent Lee Metcalfe, (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Books, 1993), 269–328. Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 8. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) Chapter 14. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 21.( Index of claims ) Luke P. Wilson, "The Scientific Search for Nephite Remains," Heart and Mind: The Newsletter of Gospel Truths Ministries (Fall 1992): 2, 3, and 5. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/New World/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/New World/Great Lakes geography/Location of Zion/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 58, 359n54. ( Index of claims ) (Sources: Brodie) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 63 510n19 ( Index of claims ) (Sources: Brodie) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), Chapter 3. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 23–26. ( Index of claims ) (Sources: Brodie and Silverberg) Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) Robert Silverberg, The Mound Builders (Ohio University Press, 1986), 68-73. Stephen Williams, Fantastic Archaeology: The Wild Side of North American Prehistory (Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1991). ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/New World/Great Lakes geography/Mound Builders/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/New World/Great Lakes geography/Zarahemla near Nauvoo/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 74. (Affidavits examined) off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/New World/Limited Geography Theory/Mesoamerica/Ammon at waters of Sebus/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/No maps in the Book of Mormon/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources DNA Truthseeker [Rod Meldrum], comment on thread "Question About Rod Meldrum Theories," on mormondialogue.org (10 September 2012, 1h20), post #110. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Statements/Hugh Nibley/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 4 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/book-of-mormon-problems.htm Bruce H. Porter and Rod L. Meldrum, Prophecies and Promises: The Book of Mormon & The United States of America (Salt Lake City, UT: Digital Legend, 2009), 91–113. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 43, 168. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Statements/Nineteenth century/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) Bruce H. Porter and Rod L. Meldrum, Prophecies and Promises: The Book of Mormon & The United States of America (Salt Lake City, UT: Digital Legend, 2009), 108–112. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Statements/Nineteenth century/Joseph Smith's lifetime 1829-1840/Joseph Smith/Zelph/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rodney Meldrum, DNA Evidence for Book of Mormon Geography: New scientific support for the truthfulness of the Book of Mormon; Correlation and Verification through DNA, Prophetic, Scriptural, Historical, Climatological, Archaeological, Social, and Cultural Evidence (Rodney Meldrum, 2007), mail-order DVD. ( Index of claims ) Bruce H. Porter and Rod L. Meldrum, Prophecies and Promises: The Book of Mormon & The United States of America (Salt Lake City, UT: Digital Legend, 2009), 91–113. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 43, 168. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Statements/Twentieth century/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources "Who Really Discovered America?," The History Channel, aired 22 June 2010 (cited by Rodney Meldrum in various articles and seminars). ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Geography/Transoceanic Crossing/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 256. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 377 ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 59. ( Index of claims ) Richard Packham, "Questions for Mitt Romney," 2008. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 136. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 27.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Great and abominable church/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Anthony A. Hutchinson, "A Mormon Midrash? LDS Creation Narratives Reconsidered," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 21 no. 4 (1988), 11–74. Anthony A. Hutchinson, "The Word of God Is Enough: The Book of Mormon as Nineteenth-Century Scripture," in Brent Lee Metcalfe (editor), New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Book, 1993), 1–29. Brent Lee Metcalfe, "Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 26 no. 3 (1993), 153–184. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 206–207. ( Index of claims ) David P. Wright, "A Continuing Journey," Sunstone 16 no. (Issue #5) (July 1993), 12–14. off-site David P. Wright, "Historical Criticism: A Necessary Element in the Search for Religious Truth," Sunstone 16 no. (Issue #3), 28–38. off-site Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 9) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Historicity/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources [Letter on Mormonism, 29 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “Prevalence of Mormonism,” Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 16, no. 17 (8 December 1841). off-site S. Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) new series 2, no. 6 (5 February 1831): 47. off-site Oliver Barr, “‘This wisdom descendeth not from above’” [Mormonism—No. 2] Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 5, no. 16 (15 December 1836): 241–43. off-site C. C. Blatchley, “Caution Against the Golden Bible,” New-York Telescope 6, no. 38 (20 February 1830): 150. off-site Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 9. off-site A Disciple, [Reply to John E. Page] Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (14 July 1842). off-site Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 18–. (Affidavits examined) off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 15. off-site Richard Livesey, An Exposure of Mormonism, being a statement of facts relating to the self-styled “Latter day Saints,” and the Origin of the Book of Mormon (Preston: J. Livesey, 1838), 3. off-site David Marks, The Life of David Marks (Limerick, ME: Printed at the Office of the Morning Star, 1831), 340-342. off-site Full title Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 194. ( Index of claims ) George Peck, “Mormonism and the Mormons,” Methodist Quarterly Review (January 1843): 111–27. off-site Walter Scott, “Mormon Bible–No. III,” The Evangelist (Carthage, Ohio) 9, no. 3 (1 March 1841): 62–65. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34, citing Howe. off-site Past responses John Taylor, Calumny Refuted and the Truth Defended (Liverpool: J. Tompkins, 1840), 1–12. Full title ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Joseph as author and proprietor/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 43. ( Index of claims ) John L. Brooke, The Refiner's Fire: The Making of Mormon Cosmology, 1644-1844 (Cambridge University Press, 1996), 216. Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 8. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Lamanites/Curse/Red skin/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 73, 367 n.138. ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 43. ( Index of claims ) John Dehlin, "Questions and Answers," Mormon Stories Podcast (25 June 2014). Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 193, 235. ( Index of claims ) Richard Packham, "Questions for Mitt Romney," 2008. Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 40, 184. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Lamanites/Curse/What was it/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 67, 70, 365 n.115. ( Index of claims ) John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 202. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 17–22, 45, 142. ( Index of claims ) Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Lamanites/Relationship to Amerindians/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 66, 362 n. 89. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 83, 168, 191. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Lamanites/Relationship to Amerindians/Maya and Olmec/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 37–39, Chapter 4. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Lamanites/Relationship to Polynesians/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Mormon Apologetics Discussion board, on-line thread. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Nephi's killing of Laban/Could Satan deceive Nephi/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 24-25, 49. off-site Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 25. (Affidavits examined) off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 22-23. off-site Past responses Parley P. Pratt to Oliver Cowdery, 26 May 1836, "[No title]," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 2 no. 8 (May 1836), 318–20. off-site Discusses Pratt's missionary encounter with this criticism. Parley P. Pratt, "Wholesale Conversion of Methodists to Infidelity," Millennial Star 2 no. 8 (December 1841), 114–15. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Nephi's killing of Laban/Was it "cold blooded murder"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “We have received the following letter,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) (22 March 1831). off-site Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 70, 513n51 ( Index of claims ) (Sources: Tanner) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 55. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 114.( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, "Joseph Smith's Use of the Apocrypha," Salt Lake City Messenger (#89), December 1995. d ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Apocrypha/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 96–97. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Benjamin Paddock/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 73, 514n62 ( Index of claims ) "Question For Dan..., reguarding the hill Camorah, Moroni, and Nephi," Mormon Apologetics and Discussion Board (MADB), 27 Mar 2008, 17h15. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Comoros Islands and Moroni/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 276. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 58. ( Index of claims ) Hal Hougey, The Truth About the "Lehi Tree-of-Life" Stone (Concord: Pacific Publishing Co., 1963). Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 70-71. ( Index of claims ) Dan Vogel, Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004), ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Joseph Smith, Sr.'s dream and Lehi's vision/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources A Little Talk, Between John Robinson and his Master about Mormonism, Shewing its Origin, Absurdity, and Impiety (Bedford: W. White, 1840), 1–8. off-site “A Short and Easy Method with the Mormonites,” Anti-Socialist Gazette (Chester) no. 8 (1 May 1842): 142. off-site “The Book of Mormon and the Mormonites,” Athenaeum, Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art 42 (July 1841): 370–74. off-site [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “Mormonism,” New York Weekly Messenger and Young Men’s Advocate (29 April 1835). Reprinted from The Pioneer (Rock Springs, Illinois), March 1835. off-site “Gold Bible, No. 5,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 14 (28 February 1831): 109. off-site Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 51, 353-4 n. 2, 3. ( Index of claims ) (Source: Brodie) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 70, 513n52 (HB) ( Index of claims ) (Sources: Brodie, Tanner) Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 29–30. off-site Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 62-63. ( Index of claims ) J. Goodson, "Dear Sir," Latter Day Saints' Messenger and Advocate 3 no. 1 (October 1836), 397–99. off-site Hank Hanegraaff, The Mormon Mirage: Seeing Through the Illusion of Mainstream Mormonism (Charlotte, NC: Christian Research Institute, 2008), ?. Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 37. (Affidavits examined) off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 20, 25-26, 28-29, 36. off-site Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 204-205. ( Index of claims ) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) Chapter 3. ( Index of claims ) George Peck, “Mormonism and the Mormons,” Methodist Quarterly Review (January 1843): 111–27. off-site H. Stevenson, A Lecture on Mormonism (Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Co., 1839), 3-32. off-site Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 116-122.( Index of claims ) Wesley P. Walters, "Mormonism," Christianity Today 5/6 (19 December 1960): 8–10. S. Williams, Mormonism Exposed (1838), 7–8. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/King James Bible/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Vernal Holley, Book of Mormon Authorship, 3rd edition, Revised and Enlarged, (Roy, Utah: self-published, 1992), ?. James R. Spencer, "BoM Empire Discovered," mazeministry.com (accessed 26 October 2008). La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34. off-site Mentions "Onidah" as a Book of Mormon placename equivalent to a local county. Various anti-Mormon websites ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Place names from North America/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 60, 360 n. 58. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 68 ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?, 5th edition, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987), 84-85. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 128.( Index of claims ) Wikipedia article "Origin of the Book of Mormon" (quoting the Tanners) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/The Wonders of Nature/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 111–112.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/Westminster Confession/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “Mormon Religion—Clerical Ambition—Western New York—The Mormonites Gone to Ohio,” Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer (New York City, New York) 7, no. 1331 (1 September 1831). off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Sidney Rigdon as Book of Mormon author/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 81-82. off-site James M’Chesney, An Antidote To Mormonism, revised by G. J. Bennet (New York, NY: Burnett & Pollard, 1838), xxx. off-site Full title One Who Hates Imposture, Mormonism Dissected, or, Knavery “On Two Sticks,” Exposed (Bethania, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Reuben Chambers, 1841), 18–20. off-site Full title Walter Scott, “Mormon Bible–No. III,” The Evangelist (Carthage, Ohio) 9, no. 3 (1 March 1841): 62–65. off-site H. Stevenson, A Lecture on Mormonism (Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Co., 1839), 3-32. off-site Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), ??. off-site Full title Reply Past responses Book of Mormon Broadside (Palmyra, N. Y.) (1844). off-site Advertises in these terms Anon., "Books," Times and Seasons 3 no. 21 (1 September 1842), 908–9. off-site GospeLink off-site George J. Adams, A Lecture on the Authenticity & Scriptural Character of the Book of Mormon (Boston: J. E. Farwell, 1844), 10-14. George J. Adams, "Sectarian Folly and Wickedness Made Manifest. Northampton, 22 June, 1841," Millennial Star 2 no. 3 (July 1841)), 33-37. off-site Julian Moses, A Few Remarks in Reply to an Anonymous Scribbler... (Philadelphia: 1841), 11. off-site Full title Benjamin Winchester, “The Claims of the Book of Mormon Established—It also Defended,” The Gospel Reflector (Philadelphia) 1, no. 6 (15 March 1841): 121–28. off-site Benjamin Winchester, “The Object of a Continuation of Revelation,” The Gospel Reflector (Philadelphia) 1, no. 5 (1 March 1841): 97-120. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Stick of Ephraim/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Ankerberg and John Weldon, Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about Mormonism (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1992), 310 Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Minneapolis, Minnesota: Bethany House, 1985), 186. Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 203. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?, 5th edition, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987), 90. James White, Letters to a Mormon Elder: Eye Opening Information for Mormons and the Christians Who Talk with Them (Southbridge, MA: Crowne, 1990), 184-185 ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Textual changes/"Benjamin" changed to "Mosiah"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 73, 367 n.137. ( Index of claims ) Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 194. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 12. ( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Textual changes/"white" changed to "pure"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 202-203. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 128–129, 131, 183.( Index of claims ) Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) Complaints of spelling, stylistic, or grammatical faults [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “Complaints of a Mormonite,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) ( 5 September 1835): 285. off-site “Diabolical,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) new series, no. 8 (27 February 1830): 66-67. off-site “Gold Bible, No. 5,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 14 (28 February 1831): 109. off-site “The Mormons,” Religious Herald (Richmond, Virginia) (9 April 1840). off-site S. Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) new series 2, no. 6 (5 February 1831): 47. off-site Origen Bachelor, Mormonism Exposed Internally and Externally (New York: Privately Published, 1838), 9, 11–12, 14–16. off-site The author has an entire section dedicated to "barbarisms" of the "gross violations of the propriety of language" and another on supposed "modernisms." C. C. Blatchley, “Caution Against the Golden Bible,” New-York Telescope 6, no. 38 (20 February 1830): 150. off-site Alexander Campbell, “Signs of the Times,” Millennial Harbinger 5, no. 4 (April 1834): 148, note. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way. No. VII,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 18, no. 25 (12 September 1840), n.p.. off-site Gimel, “Book of Mormon,” The Christian Watchman (Boston) 12, no. 40 (7 October 1831). off-site Josiah Priest, American Antiquities (Albany: Hoffman and White, 1833), ??. off-site G.C. Stewart, “The Book of Mormon,” The Perfectionist (Putney, Vermont) 3, no. 7 (15 May 1843): 28. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): n.p.. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 7 (17 February 1838). off-site Western Traveller, “Mormonism,” Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 7, no. 30 (22 March 1833): 1. off-site S. Williams, Mormonism Exposed (1838), 6. off-site ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Textual changes/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 268–. (Affidavits examined) off-site [Anthon denies Harris' version of their encounter] ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Translation/Anthon transcript/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources MormonThink.com website (as of 29 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/runningweb.htm ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Translation/Description of the plates/Too heavy for Joseph to run with/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “Mormonism,” Protestant Sentinel (Schenectady, New York) n.s. 5, no. 1 (4 June 1834): 4–5. Reprinted from New England Review, circa May 1834. off-site [the earliest mention of this concept which FAIR has identified] Claims that Joseph spent several months memorizing New Testament passages after learning the italic words were not in the Greek before resuming Book of Mormon translation. Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 58. ( Index of claims ) David P. Wright, "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon . . . and Joseph Smith in Isaiah." Completed January 1996; initially published on-line August 1998 (accessed November 2005). David P. Wright, "Isaiah in the Book of Mormon: Or Joseph Smith in Isaiah," in American Apocrypha, ed. Dan Vogel and Brent Lee Metcalfe (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002), 157‑234. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Translation/Method/Mainly italics altered/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 57, 358-9 n. 47. ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 43. ( Index of claims ) Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 195. ( Index of claims ) Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 26. ( Index of claims ) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 2–3. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 80–84, 132.( Index of claims ) Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith, Jr."–Primary editor: COgden, with additional contributions by multiple editors. ( FAIR's Analysis of this Wikipedia article) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Translation/The interpreters, seer stone, hat and the "gift and power of God"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources MormonThink.com website (as of 8 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/lost116web.htm ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Translation/The lost 116 pages/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 195–196. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Tribal affiliations/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Warfare/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Deanne G. Matheny, "Does the Shoe Fit? A Critique of the Limited Tehuantepec Geography," in Brent Lee Metcalfe (editor), New Approaches to the Book of Mormon: Explorations in Critical Methodology (Salt Lake City, Utah: Signature Book, 1993), 292–97. Brent Lee Metcalfe, "Apologetic and Critical Assumptions about Book of Mormon Historicity," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 26/3 (Fall 1993): 161 n. 27. Search for the Truth DVD (2007) Resources Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 199. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Warfare/Swords/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith, Jr."–Primary editor: COgden, with additional contributions by multiple editors. ( FAIR's Analysis of this Wikipedia article) Douglas J. Davies, An Introduction to Mormonism (Cambridge University Press, 2003), 205. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Why is baptism for the dead not taught/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 64. ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 78. ( Index of claims ) Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 45–47. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way. No. VII,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 18, no. 25 (12 September 1840), n.p.. off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 69. off-site Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 204. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 22 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 8. ( Index of claims ) Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 198. ( Index of claims ) Warren Parrish to E. Holmes, 11 August 1838, “Mormonism,” The Evangelist (Carthage, Ohio) 6, no. 10 (1 October 1838): 226–27. off-site Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 108.( Index of claims ) Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism, as Developed in the Recent Discussion Between the Author and Elders Wharton & Appleby, With a Brief Statement of Facts in Regard to Said Discussion (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1-21. off-site Reply Need sources for these John H. Gilbert  [needs work] Pomeroy Tucker Stephen Burnett Anthony Metcalf John A. Clark Reuben P. Harmon Stephen H. Hart Jesse Townsend ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/"Eye of Faith" and "Spiritual Eye" statements by Martin Harris/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 46-47. off-site Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 45-46. off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 69. off-site Daniel P. Kidder, Mormonism and the Mormons (New York:Lane and Sandford, 1842), 50-51. off-site Full title MormonThink.com website (as of 22 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm One Who Hates Imposture, Mormonism Dissected, or, Knavery “On Two Sticks,” Exposed (Bethania, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania: Reuben Chambers, 1841), 1–22. off-site Full title La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34, citing Howe. off-site Past responses George J. Adams, A Lecture on the Authenticity & Scriptural Character of the Book of Mormon (Boston: J. E. Farwell, 1844), 21-22. Julian Moses, A Few Remarks in Reply to an Anonymous Scribbler... (Philadelphia: 1841), 3. off-site Full title Parley P. Pratt, A Reply to...“Complete Failure,”...and...“Mormonism Exposed,” (Manchester: W. R. Thomas, 1840), 1-9. off-site Full title ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/"Interested" and so not to be trusted/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “The Book of Mormon,” Painesville Telegraph (Ohio) (30 November 1830). [the earliest mention of this concept which FAIR has identified] Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 46-47. off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 58-59. off-site Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1–20. off-site Full title Reply ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/All related/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 41. off-site Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), ??. (Affidavits examined) [citation needed] James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 63-65, citing statement of 29 November 1833; see Howe. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34, citing Howe. off-site J. N. T. Tucker, “Mormonism—Some Curious Facts,” Signs of the Times, An Expositor of Prophecy 3, no. 10 (8 June 1842), 79–80. ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Character/Beating Lucy Harris/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 204. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/David Whitmer said was not an actual visitation/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Brent Lee Metcalfe, "Apologetic and Critical Assumptions About Book of Mormon Historicity," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 26 no. 3 (Fall 1993), 153–184. MormonThink.com website (as of 22 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) . ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Major Problems of Mormonism (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1989), 142–148. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, "Roper Attacks Mormonism: Shadow or Reality?" Salt Lake City Messenger 82 (September 1992): 12–14. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 97.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/David Whitmer told to leave/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources “The Book of Mormon,” The New-Yorker (New York) (12 December 1840): n.p.. off-site Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 21-22, 45-46. off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 71-73. off-site Daniel P. Kidder, Mormonism and the Mormons (New York:Lane and Sandford, 1842), 51. off-site Full title Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism, as Developed in the Recent Discussion Between the Author and Elders Wharton & Appleby, With a Brief Statement of Facts in Regard to Said Discussion (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1-21. off-site Reply ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Eight witnesses/Can't translate "reformed Egyptian"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 46-47. off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 58-59. off-site Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism, as Developed in the Recent Discussion Between the Author and Elders Wharton & Appleby, With a Brief Statement of Facts in Regard to Said Discussion (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1-21. off-site Reply Sources needed Mark Twain's classic line from Roughing It ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Eight witnesses/Related/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 207. ( Index of claims ) Dan Vogel, Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004), 442–43, 446 ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Eight witnesses/Shown to me by a supernatural power/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources MormonThink.com website (as of 22 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Martin Harris repeatedly sought empirical proof/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), 109. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Oliver joined the Methodists/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Robert B. Neal, COWDERY'S RECANTATION CONFIRMED, "Sword of Laban" Leaflets, No. 13., The American Anti-Mormon Association, 1907. Stephen Van Eck, "The Book of Mormon: One Too Many M's," (2002). (Source: Neal) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Recant/Did Oliver admit hoax/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 45-46. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way. No. VII,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 18, no. 25 (12 September 1840), n.p.. off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 69. off-site MormonThink.com website (as of 22 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm Warren Parrish to E. Holmes, 11 August 1838, “Mormonism,” The Evangelist (Carthage, Ohio) 6, no. 10 (1 October 1838): 226–27. off-site Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism, as Developed in the Recent Discussion Between the Author and Elders Wharton & Appleby, With a Brief Statement of Facts in Regard to Said Discussion (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1-21. off-site Reply ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Spiritual or literal/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources MormonThink.com website (as of 22 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Spiritual or literal/Only handled when covered by a tow frock/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 65. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 22 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 208. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Book of Mormon/Witnesses/Strangite parallels/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 277. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review)) Rod Meldrum, comment on FAIR blog, (8 Sept 2008, 18h57) off-site ||To learn more about Brigham Young/As Young Earth Creationist/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Will Bagley, Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (University of Oklahoma Press, 2002), 217–235. David L. Bigler, Forgotten Kingdom: The Mormon Theocracy in the American West, 1847–1896 (Logan, Utah: Utah State University Press, 1998), 243–252. (bias and errors) Review Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 209. ||To learn more about Brigham Young/Prosecution of Mountain Meadows Massacre/Deal with Brigham Young/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 25.( Index of claims ) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) ||To learn more about Brigham Young/Teachings/Moon and sun are inhabited/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 38. ||To learn more about Brigham Young/Women not to meddle/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 233.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Brigham Young's statements regarding plural marriage/Boasted could have more wives/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Valeen Tippetts Avery Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 306. ( Index of claims ) "Absence of Polygamy In LDS Manual Stirs Controversy," The Salt Lake Tribune (5 April 1998): C3. George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 473. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review)) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 137. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 233.( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, "Covering Up Mormon Polygamy," Salt Lake City Messenger 94 (August 1998). ||To learn more about Brigham Young's statements regarding plural marriage/Hiding history/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 407 ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Censorship and revision of Church history/Sidney Rigdon trial in Times and Seasons versus History of the Church/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 15. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 137. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 530-534.( Index of claims ) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) ||To learn more about Changes to the temple endowment/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 2, 139, 160-163. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review)) ||To learn more about City of Nauvoo/City charter/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources  [needs work] ||To learn more about City of Nauvoo/City charter/Usurpation of power/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 207–217 ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about City of Nauvoo/Crime and violence/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources John Dehlin, "Questions and Answers," Mormon Stories Podcast (25 June 2014). ||To learn more about City of Nauvoo/Nauvoo Expositor/Suppression of the Nauvoo Expositor/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 9. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 59.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Communism and the United Order/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 437 ( Index of claims ) Alan W. Gomes, foreword to James R. White, Is the Mormon My Brother?: Discerning the Differences Between Mormonism and Christianity (Minneapolis, MN: Bethany House Publishers, 1997). Living Hope Ministries, "An Open Letter to Mormons." Kurt Van Gorden, "Missionaries Not 'Anti-Mormon,'" Christianity Today 41/1 (1997): 15. ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Anti-Mormon/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Will Bagley, Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (University of Oklahoma Press, 2002), 9. Jon Krakauer, Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of Violent Faith (Anchor, 2004), 45. ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Omissions/Total submission to Brigham Young/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Will Bagley, Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (University of Oklahoma Press, 2002), 98, 101, 114, 269, 274. Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 213. ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Use of sources/Anonymous source: "Argus"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Will Bagley, Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (University of Oklahoma Press, 2002), 58, 63. ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Use of sources/Double standard: violence in immigrants/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Will Bagley, Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows (University of Oklahoma Press, 2002), 77. Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 90. (This is a secondary source that relies on Bagley.) ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Use of sources/William W. Drummond and murders/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 24. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 6-11 ( Index of claims ) Rodger I. Anderson, Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Reexamined (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1990), . Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 17–18. ( Index of claims ) Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 1–. (Affidavits examined) Richard Livesey, An Exposure of Mormonism, being a statement of facts relating to the self-styled “Latter day Saints,” and the Origin of the Book of Mormon (Preston: J. Livesey, 1838), 2–3. off-site Ronald V. Huggins, "From Captain Kidd's Treasure Ghost to the Angel Moroni: Changing Dramatis Personae in Early Mormonism," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought 36 no. 4 (2003), 17–42.. Review Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 208-209. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 22 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/witnessesweb.htm MormonThink.com website (as of 28 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/transbomweb.htm Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 157, 228. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 78-80.( Index of claims ) Dan Vogel, Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2004), Past responses John Taylor, Calumny Refuted and the Truth Defended (Liverpool: J. Tompkins, 1840), 1–12. Full title ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism Unvailed/The Hurlbut affidavits/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), Chapter 16 ( Index of claims ) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Double standard on race/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 225.( Index of claims ) From Our Own Correspondents, "FROM UTAH.; Polygamy and its Fruits--The Missionaries--The Pony Express--More Pugnacious Preaching--Death of a Prominent Physician--The Season," The New York Times (17 April 1860). Stanley P. Hirshson, The Lion of the Lord, a Biography of Brigham Young (New York: Knopf, 1968), 129-130. (citing New York Times) MormonThink.com website (as of 28 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/joseph-smith-polygamy.htm (citing Hirshon) ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Lion of the Lord/Use of sources/Heber C. Kimball says missionaries are "picking out the prettiest women"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 13. ( Index of claims ) (Source: Gallentine) Mr_IT, Concerned Christians, "AUDIO: Internet v. Chapel Mormons," (2009); (Source: Gallentine, 2004 Sunstone Presentation.) Jason Gallentine, Internet Mormons vs. Chapel Mormons, 13 August 2004, 11:15-12:45, Sunstone Symposium Session. Respondents include: Scot Denhalter, Kristine Haglund, and Michael Ash. See report on above at Michael Chandler, "The Internet offers new forums for LDS community-building and criticism," The Salt Lake Tribune (14 August 2004, 2h35). "Internet Mormonism vs. Chapel Mormonism: Has The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints split into two different religions (without even knowing it)?" (mormoninformation.com website) Latayne Colvett Scott, The Mormon Mirage : a former Mormon tells why she left the church (Grand Rapids : Zondervan Pub. House, 1979), 232–233 (Source: mormoninformation.com website, as above) ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Internet Mormons vs. Chapel Mormons/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Alan W. Gomes, Unmasking the Cults (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 1995), 1–-. The Utah Evangel 31 (May 1984): 1. The Utah Evangel 33 (May 1986): 3. Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 173. ( Index of claims ) Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 354. ( Index of claims ) James R. Spencer, Beyond Mormonism: An Elder's Story (Grand Rapids: Chosen Books, 1984), 138. ||To learn more about Criticism of Mormonism/Mormonism is a cult/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki>{{Critical sources box:Did Joseph have lustful motives for practicing polygamy%3F/CriticalSources}} To learn more about Did Joseph have lustful motives for practicing polygamy%3F/CriticalSources edit <nowiki>{{Critical sources box:Did Joseph Smith send men on missions in order to steal their wives%3F/CriticalSources}} To learn more about Did Joseph Smith send men on missions in order to steal their wives%3F/CriticalSources edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism—Discrepancies between KJV, JST, and Book of Mormon Critical sources Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 10, 83. ( Index of claims ) Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers ||To learn more about Discrepancies Between Translations: Book of Mormon, King James Version, Joseph Smith Translation/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 167. ||To learn more about Disobey Brigham and be sheared down/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources  [needs work] ||To learn more about Doctrine and Covenants/Contradiction between Section 132 and Jacob 2/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?, 5th edition, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987), 166-67. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 62, 185.( Index of claims ) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) ||To learn more about Doctrine and Covenants/Lectures on Faith/Removed/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 63.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Doctrine and Covenants/Textual changes/Adam and Michael conflated in Doctrine and Covenants 137/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 17. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 28 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/joseph-smith-polygamy.htm Richard S. Van Wagoner, Mormon Polygamy: A History (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989), Chapter 5. ||To learn more about Emma Smith's reaction to Joseph Smith's plural marriages/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Ang Aklatan: A Book About the History and Future of the Maharlika (accessed 14 June 2014). http://angaklatan.wordpress.com/about/about/ ||To learn more about Forgeries related to Mormonism/Ang Aklatan/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 291. ( Index of claims ) John Dehlin, "Questions and Answers," Mormon Stories Podcast (25 June 2014). MormonThink.com website (as of 5 May 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/firstvisionweb.htm Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 1, 31, 42. ( Index of claims ) Wilhelm Wyl, Mormon Portraits Volume First: Joseph Smith the Prophet, His Family and Friends (Salt Lake City: Tribune Printing and Publishing Co., 1886), 205–212. ||To learn more about Forgeries related to Mormonism/Joseph Smith and the Kinderhook Plates/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki>Template:Critical sources box:God is a Spirit/Book of Mormon teaches God is a spirit/CriticalSources To learn more about God is a Spirit/Book of Mormon teaches God is a spirit/CriticalSources edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 398, see also all of Chapter 13.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about History of the Church (6-volume history)/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 183. ( Index of claims ) Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), Chapter 21. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 207. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about History scholars and Church discipline/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 131–133. ( Index of claims ) Hank Hanegraaff, The Mormon Mirage: Seeing Through the Illusion of Mainstream Mormonism (Charlotte, NC: Christian Research Institute, 2008), ?. Search for the Truth DVD (2007) Resources ||To learn more about Holy Ghost/Burning in the bosom/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 241. ( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers FAIRWiki link ||To learn more about Holy Ghost/Divinity without a body/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Website: MormonThink, Article: "Testimony & Spiritual Witnesses," URL: mormonthink.com (Last accessed: 4 Jun. 2011) FAIR review ||To learn more about Holy Ghost/Revelation from God or the devil/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Website: MormonThink, Article: "Testimony & Spiritual Witnesses," URL: mormonthink.com (Last accessed: 4 Jun. 2011) FAIR review ||To learn more about Holy Ghost/Spectacular Witness/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 1. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review)) ||To learn more about Initiation of the practice of plural marriage/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources [citation needed] ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Accusations that Mormons aren't Christians/Does the Church use the sign or symbol of the cross/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources A Little Talk, Between John Robinson and his Master about Mormonism, Shewing its Origin, Absurdity, and Impiety (Bedford: W. White, 1840), 1–8. off-site “Mormonism Exposed and Refuted,” Universalist Union (New York) 3, no. 26 (5 May 1838): 205. off-site The Utah Evangel 33 (July/August 1986): 1. Craig L. Blomberg, "Is Mormonism Christian?" in Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, et al., The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2002), 315–332 Henry Caswall, The City of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, (London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 8. off-site Philander Chase, A Pastoral Letter of Bishop Chase, to the Clergy of His Diocese of Illinois (1843), 1-8. off-site This episcopalian bishop declares Mormons to be heretics; declares their baptism is invalid, unlike other Christian faiths. Jolene Coe and Greg Coe, The Mormon Experience (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1985), 188. J. Edward Decker, To Moroni With Love, 2nd edition, (Seattle: Life Messengers, n.d.), ??. Ed Decker and Dave Hunt, The God Makers (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1984),, 82, 246. (Detailed review) A Disciple, [Reply to John E. Page] Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (14 July 1842). off-site Norman Geisler, founder of Southern Evangelical Seminary, cited in Elise Soukup, "The Mormon Odyssey," Newsweek (17 October 2005) off-site "There is no rightful claim by historic Mormon doctrine to the name Christian, because they deny almost every one of the major fundamental doctrines of Christendom." J. H. Gihon, “The Mormons,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) 10, no. 46 (15 November 1839): 364-365. off-site Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 7, 51. ( Index of claims ) Walter Martin, Mormonism (Minneapolis, Bethany House Publishers, 1976), 3. Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 2. ( Index of claims ) Einar Molland, Christendom (New York: Philosophical Library, 1959), 355. Carl Mosser, "And the Saints Go Marching On," in Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, et al., The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2002), 66 Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), Chapter 19. ( Index of claims ) George Peck, “Mormonism and the Mormons,” Methodist Quarterly Review (January 1843): 115, 117. off-site Philanthropist of Chester County, Mormonism Unmasked, Showed to be an Impious Imposture, and Mr. Bennett’s Reply Answered and Refuted (Philadelphia: T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1840), 3. off-site Response Parley P. Pratt, "Reply to the Preston Chronicle," Millennial Star 2 no. 3 (July 1841), 42-43. off-site Pratt mentions that this false claim had been made. James R. Spencer, Beyond Mormonism: An Elder's Story (Grand Rapids: Chosen Books, 1984), 138. H. Stevenson, A Lecture on Mormonism (Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Co., 1839), 3-32. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 5 (3 February 1838). off-site J.K. van Baalen, The Chaos of Cults, 4th edition and enlarged (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983), 159. William J. Whalen, Separated Brethren: A Survey of non-Catholic Christian Denominations in the United States, revised edition, (Milwaukee: Bruce, 1963), 173. ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Accusations that Mormons aren't Christians/Evangelical arguments/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources A Little Talk, Between John Robinson and his Master about Mormonism, Shewing its Origin, Absurdity, and Impiety (Bedford: W. White, 1840), 1–8. off-site “Mormonism Exposed and Refuted,” Universalist Union (New York) 3, no. 26 (5 May 1838): 205. off-site The Utah Evangel 33 (July/August 1986): 1. Craig L. Blomberg, "Is Mormonism Christian?" in Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, et al., The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2002), 315–332 Henry Caswall, The City of the Mormons; or, Three Days at Nauvoo, in 1842, 2nd ed. revised and enlarged, (London: J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 8. off-site Philander Chase, A Pastoral Letter of Bishop Chase, to the Clergy of His Diocese of Illinois (1843), 1-8. off-site This episcopalian bishop declares Mormons to be heretics; declares their baptism is invalid, unlike other Christian faiths. Jolene Coe and Greg Coe, The Mormon Experience (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1985), 188. J. Edward Decker, To Moroni With Love, 2nd edition, (Seattle: Life Messengers, n.d.), ??. Ed Decker and Dave Hunt, The God Makers (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1984),, 82, 246. (Detailed review) A Disciple, [Reply to John E. Page] Morning Chronicle (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) (14 July 1842). off-site Norman Geisler, founder of Southern Evangelical Seminary, cited in Elise Soukup, "The Mormon Odyssey," Newsweek (17 October 2005) off-site "There is no rightful claim by historic Mormon doctrine to the name Christian, because they deny almost every one of the major fundamental doctrines of Christendom." J. H. Gihon, “The Mormons,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) 10, no. 46 (15 November 1839): 364-365. off-site Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 7, 51. ( Index of claims ) Walter Martin, Mormonism (Minneapolis, Bethany House Publishers, 1976), 3. Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 2. ( Index of claims ) Einar Molland, Christendom (New York: Philosophical Library, 1959), 355. Carl Mosser, "And the Saints Go Marching On," in Francis J. Beckwith, Carl Mosser, et al., The New Mormon Challenge: Responding to the Latest Defenses of a Fast-Growing Movement (Grand Rapids, Mich. : Zondervan, 2002), 66 Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), Chapter 19. ( Index of claims ) George Peck, “Mormonism and the Mormons,” Methodist Quarterly Review (January 1843): 115, 117. off-site Philanthropist of Chester County, Mormonism Unmasked, Showed to be an Impious Imposture, and Mr. Bennett’s Reply Answered and Refuted (Philadelphia: T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1840), 3. off-site Response Parley P. Pratt, "Reply to the Preston Chronicle," Millennial Star 2 no. 3 (July 1841), 42-43. off-site Pratt mentions that this false claim had been made. James R. Spencer, Beyond Mormonism: An Elder's Story (Grand Rapids: Chosen Books, 1984), 138. H. Stevenson, A Lecture on Mormonism (Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Co., 1839), 3-32. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 5 (3 February 1838). off-site J.K. van Baalen, The Chaos of Cults, 4th edition and enlarged (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1983), 159. William J. Whalen, Separated Brethren: A Survey of non-Catholic Christian Denominations in the United States, revised edition, (Milwaukee: Bruce, 1963), 173. ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Accusations that Mormons aren't Christians/Only a recent claim/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 10. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Atonement/As viewed by historical Christianity/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 10. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Atonement/Centrality in LDS thought/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 10. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Atonement/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 10. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Atonement/LDS versus evangelical Christian view/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 187. ( Index of claims ) (Citing Carrigan) Cky Carrigan, "Did Jesus Christ Die on the Cross to Pay for Our Sins?: A Survey of Mormon Teachings on the Atonement of Christ," Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Ministries to New Religions, Biola University, Jan. 25, 2003. Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 10, 141–148. ( Index of claims ) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 2) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Atonement/The garden and the cross/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki>Template:Critical sources box: ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 10. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Atonement/Use of the cross/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 262, 440 n. 46. ( Index of claims ) www.allaboutcults.org - "The Mormon church views Jesus and Satan as spirit brothers and sons of God...The Christian church teaches that Jesus Christ has existed eternally as the Son of God, the second "person" of the Trinity Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 236. ( Index of claims ) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 2. ( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 1) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Brother of Satan/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 183. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 287 575n38(PB) ( Index of claims ) Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 229-230. ( Index of claims ) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 2. ( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Ron Rhodes, "Christ," in Norman L. Geisler, The Counterfeit Gospel of Mormonism (Eugene, Ore.: Harvest House, 1998), 129. Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 1) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Conception/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 241. ( Index of claims ) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 2. ( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers FAIRWiki link Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers FAIRWiki link Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 2) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Deification before mortality/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 77 369 n.150-153. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Relationship to Quetzalcoatl/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 378 ( Index of claims ) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 2) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/The "Mormon" vs. the "Christian" Jesus/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 2. ( Index of claims ) Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 160. ( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 2) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Was Jesus married/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 239, n. 80-83. ( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 286, 574n26 (PB); 288, 576n42-43 (PB) ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 249-251.( Index of claims ) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Was Jesus married/Was Jesus a polygamist/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources J. Edward Decker, To Moroni With Love, 2nd edition, (Seattle: Life Messengers, n.d.), 4. Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 2. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Jesus Christ/Worship different Jesus/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki>{{Critical sources box:Joseph Smith and polygamy/Youthful struggle with unchastity%3F/CriticalSources}} To learn more about Joseph Smith and polygamy/Youthful struggle with unchastity%3F/CriticalSources edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 302. ( Index of claims ) Todd Compton, In Sacred Loneliness: The Plural Wives of Joseph Smith (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1997). ( Index of claims ) John Dehlin, "Questions and Answers," Mormon Stories Podcast (25 June 2014). Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 17. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 28 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/joseph-smith-polygamy.htm Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 59. ( Index of claims ) Richard S. Van Wagoner, Mormon Polygamy: A History (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1989), Chapter 4. ||To learn more about Joseph Smith was sealed to other men's wives/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 64 ( Index of claims ) Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 7. Cephas Ministry, "A Mormon General Authority's Doubts About the Authenticity of the Book of Mormon" Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 23. ( Index of claims ) George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 22. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review)) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Mormonism—Shadow or Reality?, 5th edition, (Salt Lake City: Utah Lighthouse Ministry, 1987), 81. Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 125.( Index of claims ) Search for the Truth DVD ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/"Amusing recitals" of ancient American inhabitants/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Letter, Sarah Scott to Calvin and Abigail Hall (parents), 22 July 1844, Nauvoo, Illinois. Published in George R. Partridge, ed., “The Death of a Mormon Dictator: Letters of Massachusetts Mormons, 1843–1848," New England Quarterly 9/4 (December 1936): 597. ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Can't be killed within 5 years of August 1843/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 267-276 ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 124. ( Index of claims ) Marvin Cowan, Mormon Claims Answered [citation needed] Ed Decker and Dave Hunt, The God Makers (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1984),, 244. (Detailed review) Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 15. John Farkas, "False Prophecies Of Joseph Smith." [citation needed] Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 207. ( Index of claims ) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 9. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 424.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Civil War/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism—Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 124. ( Index of claims ) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 9. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 417.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 463, 617n21 ( Index of claims ) Institute for Religious Research Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 7) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 8) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/David Patten to serve mission/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 405.( Index of claims ) Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003),  [needs work] ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Forged Rocky Mountain prophecy/Tanners use of sources/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Marvin W. Cowan, "Prophets in Mormonism—Part 5," Ankerberg Theological Research Institute (2007), 2–3. Ed Decker and Dave Hunt, The God Makers (Eugene, OR: Harvest House, 1984),, 225, lines 26-33. (Detailed review) Edmond C. Gruss, Lane A. Thuet, What Every Mormon (and Non-Mormon) Should Know (Xulon Press, 2006), 203. "Mormons in Transition," Institute for Religious Research Walter Martin's "Religious Infonet," (accessed 3 January 2009), Mormonwiki.org (accessed 3 January 2009). ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Government to be overthrown and wasted/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 9. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 420-421.( Index of claims ) Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 7) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 8) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Independence temple to be built "in this generation"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 464, 617 n. 24 ( Index of claims ) (citing Faulring, 294). Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 471.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Joseph and Orson Hyde to drink of wine in Palestine/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), 125-126. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Saints left Missouri before temple was built/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 127-8, 462, 464, 528n5, 617n13, 25–27(PB) ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 102. ( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Alice Felt Tyler, Freedom's Ferment (Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press, 1944), 95. G.T. Harrison, Mormons Are Peculiar People (New York: Vantage Press, Inc., 1954), xii, 114. George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 6, 9, 535. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review)) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 418-419.( Index of claims ) Wesley P. Walters, "Mormonism," Christianity Today V/6 (19 December 1960): 9. Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 7) Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 8) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Second Coming to be in 1890/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 461, 616 n. 10 ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Ten tribes return and wicked swept away/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources "Remember, in the light of the following list, that according to Deuteronomy 18:20-22, it only takes one false prophecy to make a prophet false, just as it only takes one murder to make a person a murderer. As you read the many false prophecies of Joseph Smith, keep this Biblical teaching in mind." - Ed Decker Alexander Campbell, Delusions (Boston: Benjamin H. Greene, 1832), p. 95 of original; originally published in Millennial Harbinger 2 (7 February 1831): 85–96. off-site O. Cowdery reply #1 #2 Full title Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 7) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/The prophetic test in Deuteronomy 18/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 463, 617 n. 20 ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/Thomas B. Marsh to be "exalted"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 462, 617 n. 14 ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Alleged false prophecies/United Order is everlasting/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “Mormonism,” Supplement to the Connecticut Courant (Hartford, Connecticut) 5, no. 22 (15 December 1838): 175–76. off-site “Complaints of a Mormonite,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) ( 5 September 1835): 285. off-site “Mormonism—Religious Fanaticism—Church And State Party,” Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer (New York City, New York) 7, no. 1333 (31 August 1831). off-site “Mr. Alexa[n]der Campbell . . .,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) (21 June 1831). off-site “Mormonism,” Susquehanna Register (Montrose, Pennsylvania) 9, no. 21 (1 May 1834). off-site Anon., "Great Discussion on Mormonism Between Dr. West and Elder Adams, at the Marlboro’ Chapel [Quoting from The Bostonian]," Times and Seasons 3 no. 20 (15 August 1842), 886; citing Mormonism Unvailed (Howe, 1834). off-site GospeLink “Mormonism Exposed and Refuted,” Universalist Union (New York) 3, no. 26 (5 May 1838): 205. off-site Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 27. ( Index of claims ) A.W.B., “Mormonites,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) 2, no. 15 (9 April 1831): 120. off-site Ezra Booth, “Mormonism—No. VII,” The Ohio Star (Portage County, Ohio) 2, no. 47 (24 November 1831). off-site John Warner Barber, The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and New Jersey (Worcester: Dorr, Howland & Company, 1841)," 379-81. Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 27. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the way. No. VI,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (5 September 1840): 94. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way No. X,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (10 October 1840): 114-115. off-site Clericus, “Mormonism,” Christian Register (Boston) 15, no. 52 (24 December 1836): 1. Reprinted from Hampshire Gazette, circa December 1836. (Cites Mormonism Unvailed). off-site Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 20. off-site Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 260–. (Affidavits examined) off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 57. off-site J.A.H., “Origin of Mormonism,” Wayne County Whig (Lyons) 3, no. 51 (14 September 1842). off-site Richard Livesey, An Exposure of Mormonism, being a statement of facts relating to the self-styled “Latter day Saints,” and the Origin of the Book of Mormon (Preston: J. Livesey, 1838), 2–3. off-site Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), 253. ( Index of claims ) James M’Chesney, An Antidote To Mormonism, revised by G. J. Bennet (New York, NY: Burnett & Pollard, 1838), 22. off-site Full title Grandison Newell to Sidney Rigdon, Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) (26 May 1837). off-site George Peck, “Mormonism and the Mormons,” Methodist Quarterly Review (January 1843): 111–27. off-site Philanthropist of Chester County, Mormonism Unmasked, Showed to be an Impious Imposture, and Mr. Bennett’s Reply Answered and Refuted (Philadelphia: T. K. & P. G. Collins, 1840), 9. off-site Response La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34, citing Howe. off-site Alphonoso Wetmore, Gazetteer of the State of Missouri (St. Louis: C. Keemle, 1837), 93-96. off-site Past responses E. Snow and Benjamin Winchester, "An Address to the Citizens of Salem (Mass.) And Vicinity," Times and Seasons 2 no. 24 (1 October 1841), 574-76. off-site GospeLink off-site ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Character/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism—Claims the Smiths were 'lazy' Critical sources [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “Mormonism,” Christian Watchman (Boston) 21, no. 39 (25 September 1840). off-site “Mormonism,” Dayton Journal and Advertiser (Dayton, Ohio) 5, no. 45 (4 October 1831): 1. Reprinted from the Cincinnati Gazette (26 September 1831). off-site “Complaints of a Mormonite,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) ( 5 September 1835): 285. off-site “Mormonism—Religious Fanaticism—Church And State Party,” Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer (New York City, New York) 7, no. 1333 (31 August 1831). off-site “History of Mormanism,” The Ohio Repository (Canton, Ohio) (1 September 1836). Reprinted from New York Commercial Advertiser, circa August 1836. off-site “Mormonism Exposed and Refuted,” Universalist Union (New York) 3, no. 26 (5 May 1838): 205. off-site Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 6-11 ( Index of claims ) Rodger I. Anderson, Joseph Smith's New York Reputation Reexamined (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 1990), 2-3. John Warner Barber, The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and New Jersey (Worcester: Dorr, Howland & Company, 1841)," 379-81. Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 18-19, 405. ( Index of claims ) Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 27. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the way. No. VI,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (5 September 1840): 94. off-site Clericus, “Mormonism,” Christian Register (Boston) 15, no. 52 (24 December 1836): 1. Reprinted from Hampshire Gazette, circa December 1836. (Cites Mormonism Unvailed). off-site Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 249, others. (Affidavits examined) Joseph Capron affidavit, 8 November 1833; in Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (1834), 260. James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), n.p.. off-site Weldon Langfield, The Truth about Mormonism: A Former Adherent Analyzes the LDS Faith (Bakersfield, Calif.: Weldon Langfield Publications, 1991), 19-22 Richard Livesey, An Exposure of Mormonism, being a statement of facts relating to the self-styled “Latter day Saints,” and the Origin of the Book of Mormon (Preston: J. Livesey, 1838), 2–3. off-site George Peck, “Mormonism and the Mormons,” Methodist Quarterly Review (January 1843): 111–27. off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34, citing Howe. off-site Western Traveller, “Mormonism,” Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 7, no. 30 (22 March 1833): 1. off-site Alphonoso Wetmore, Gazetteer of the State of Missouri (St. Louis: C. Keemle, 1837), 93-96. off-site S. Williams, Mormonism Exposed (1838), n.p.. off-site ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Early Smith family history/Lazy Smiths/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism—Claims there were no positive character witnesses for the Smiths Critical sources Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 190. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Early Smith family history/No positive witnesses/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 211. ( Index of claims ) Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 13. Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), xviii. ( Index of claims ) Simon Southerton, Losing a Lost Tribe: Native Americans, DNA, and the Mormon Church (Salt Lake City, UT: Signature Books, 2004) 146. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 22.( Index of claims ) Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Garden of Eden in Missouri/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 423. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review)) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Land speculation in Nauvoo/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism—Joseph's 1826 trial Critical sources “Complaints of a Mormonite,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) ( 5 September 1835): 285. off-site “Mormonism,” Morning Star (Limerick, Maine) 7, no. 20 (16 November 1832). Reprinted from the Christian Herald (Boston), circa November 1832. off-site A.W.B., “Mormonites,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) 2, no. 15 (9 April 1831): 120. off-site Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 44-46 ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 30. ( Index of claims ) John Dehlin, "Why People Leave the LDS Church," (2008). Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 184. ( Index of claims ) MormonThink.com website (as of 28 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/transbomweb.htm Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 25. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 67-70.( Index of claims ) Wikipedia article "Joseph Smith, Jr."–Primary editor: COgden, with additional contributions by multiple editors. ( FAIR's Analysis of this Wikipedia article) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Legal issues/Trials/1826 court appearance for glasslooking/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism—Joseph found guilty of being "a con man"? Critical sources Early works that label Joseph a "juggler" or "conjurer" “A hungry lean-faced villain,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 3d series, no. 7 (30 June 1830): xxx. off-site [citation needed] Rev. John Shearer, letter of 18 November 1830; reproduced in Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996–2003), 5 vols, 4:92-93. “Gold Bible, No. 5,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 14 (28 February 1831): ??. off-site [citation needed] A.W.B. [Abraham W. Benton], “Mormonites,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate 2/15 (Utica, New York) (9 April 1831): 1. "Although [Joseph] constantly failed in his pretensions, still he had his dupes who put implicit confidence in all his words....It is reported, and probably true, that he commenced his juggling by stealing and hiding property belonging to his neighbors, and when inquiry was made, he would look in his wone (his gift and power) and tell where it was." Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 16. (Affidavits examined) Later works that use the modern terms "con man," "confidence man," or "con game" Harry M. Beardsley, Joseph Smith and His Mormon Empire (Boston, New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, 1931), 43. Wesley P. Walters, "Joseph Smith's Bainbridge, N.Y., Court Trials," Westminster Theological Journal 36/2 (Winter 1974): 141. Wesley P. Walters, "From Occult to Cult With Joseph Smith, Jr.," Journal of Pastoral Practice 1/2 (Summer 1977): 122. Kenneth H. Winn, Exiles in a Land of Liberty : Mormons in America, 1830–1846 (Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, 1989), 82, see also index. ISBN 0807818291 David Persuitte, Joseph Smith and the Origins of The Book of Mormon (2nd edition), (McFarland & Company, October 2000), 37 ( Index of claims ) Craig Criddle, "Sidney Rigdon:Creating the Book of Mormon," e-paper, sidneyrigdon.com (originally published 8 October 2005; revised 15 Mar 2009), sec 2., part 6. Dale R. Broadhurst, "Joseph Smith: Nineteenth Century Con Man?" sidneyrigdon.com (web paper, accessed 12 November 2010). ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Legal issues/Trials/1826 glasslooking trial/Con man/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), 262. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 3) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/Hiding Joseph's gun/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 17. ( Index of claims ) Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 17. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, Utah Lighthouse Ministry (accessed 7 May 2003). Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 465.( Index of claims ) Wilhelm Wyl, Mormon Portraits Volume First: Joseph Smith the Prophet, His Family and Friends (Salt Lake City: Tribune Printing and Publishing Co., 1886), 153–. ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/Joseph fired a gun/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 199, 547-548n131-132 ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 392. ( Index of claims ) Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 28. (Source: Brodie, unattributed) D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Signature Books, 1994), 141, 179. ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Martyrdom/Nauvoo Legion to rescue Joseph/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 192. ( Index of claims ) Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 183. ( Index of claims ) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 87.( Index of claims ) Richard N. and Joan K. Ostling, Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, (New York:HarperCollins Publishers, 2000), 31. ( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Money digging/"Treasure hunting" trip to Salem/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Money-digging “The Book of Mormon and the Mormonites,” Athenaeum, Museum of Foreign Literature, Science and Art 42 (July 1841): 370–74. off-site [Letter on Mormonism, 26 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site [Letter on Mormonism, 29 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site “Prevalence of Mormonism,” Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 16, no. 17 (8 December 1841). off-site “Mormonism,” Christian Register (Boston) (20 December 1834): ??. Reprinted from the Sacket’s Harbor Courier, circa December 1834. off-site “Mormonism,” Christian Watchman (Boston) 21, no. 39 (25 September 1840). off-site “Mormonism,” Daily Morning Post (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania) no. 64 (23 November 1842). off-site Cites John C. Bennett's claims. “Mormonism,” Dayton Journal and Advertiser (Dayton, Ohio) 5, no. 45 (4 October 1831): 1. Reprinted from the Cincinnati Gazette (26 September 1831). off-site “Complaints of a Mormonite,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) ( 5 September 1835): 285. off-site “Mormonism,” The Herald of Truth (Philadelphia) (December 1831): 406-7. Reprinted from Broome County Courier (Binghamton, New York) (22 December 1831). off-site “Mormon Religion—Clerical Ambition—Western New York—The Mormonites Gone to Ohio,” Morning Courier and New-York Enquirer (New York City, New York) 7, no. 1331 (1 September 1831). off-site “Mormonism,” Morning Star (Limerick, Maine) 7, no. 20 (16 November 1832). Reprinted from the Christian Herald (Boston), circa November 1832. “History of Mormanism,” The Ohio Repository (Canton, Ohio) (1 September 1836). Reprinted from New York Commercial Advertiser, circa August 1836. off-site “Mormonism,” Susquehanna Register (Montrose, Pennsylvania) 9, no. 21 (1 May 1834). off-site “Mr. Alexa[n]der Campbell . . .,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) (21 June 1831). off-site “We have received the following letter,” Painesville Telegraph (Painesville, Ohio) (22 March 1831), ??. off-site “Gold Bible, No. 3,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 12 (1 February 1831): 92-93. off-site “Gold Bible, No. 4,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 13 (14 February 1831): 100-101. off-site “Gold Bible, No. 5,” The Reflector (Palmyra, New York) 2, no. 14 (28 February 1831): 109. off-site Anon., "Great Discussion on Mormonism Between Dr. West and Elder Adams, at the Marlboro’ Chapel. ” [Quoting from The Bostonian]," Times and Seasons 3 no. 20 (15 August 1842), 886; citing Mormonism Unvailed (Howe, 1834). off-site GospeLink “Origin of the Mormon Bible,” Trumpet and Universalist Magazine (Boston) (3 September 1836). off-site “The Mormons,” Wayne Sentinel (Palmyra, New York) (17 June 1836). off-site A.W.B., “Mormonites,” Evangelical Magazine and Gospel Advocate (Utica, New York) 2, no. 15 (9 April 1831): 120. off-site John Warner Barber, The History and Antiquities of New England, New York, and New Jersey (Worcester: Dorr, Howland & Company, 1841)," 370-381. “Mormonism—No. III,” Ezra Booth to Rev. I. Eddy, 24 October 1831 Ohio Star (Ravenna, Ohio) (27 October 1831). off-site David S. Burnett, “Something New.—The Golden Bible,” Evangelical Inquirer (Dayton, Ohio) 1, no. 10 (7 March 1831): 217–19. off-site Henry Caswall, The Prophet of the Nineteenth Century, or, the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the Mormons, or Latter-Day Saints : To Which Is Appended an Analysis of the Book of Mormon (London: Printed for J. G. F. & J. Rivington, 1843), 27-35. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the way. No. VI,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) (5 September 1840): 94. off-site John A. Clark, “Gleanings by the Way. No. VII,” Episcopal Recorder (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 18, no. 25 (12 September 1840), ??. off-site Clericus, “Mormonism,” Christian Register (Boston) 15, no. 52 (24 December 1836): 1. Reprinted from Hampshire Gazette, circa December 1836. (Cites Mormonism Unvailed). off-site Truman Coe, “Mormonism,” Cincinnati Journal and Western Luminary (25 August 1836). Reprinted from Ohio Observer, circa August 1836. off-site See Milton V. Backman, Jr., "Truman Coe’s 1836 Description of Mormonism," Brigham Young University Studies 17 no. 3 (Spring 1977), 347-55. See also Vogel, Early Mormon Documents 1:47. John Dehlin, "Questions and Answers," Mormon Stories Podcast (25 June 2014). James H. Eells to Joshua Leavitt, 1 April 1836, New York Evangelist (New York) 7, no. 15 (9 April 1836): 59. off-site Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834), 231–. (Affidavits examined) off-site James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), 29, 37, 56-58. off-site J.A.H., “Origin of Mormonism,” Wayne County Whig (Lyons) 3, no. 51 (14 September 1842). off-site E. G. Lee, The Mormons, or Knavery Exposed (Frankford, Philadelphia: Webber & Fenimore, 1841), 11-12. off-site Full title Richard Livesey, An Exposure of Mormonism, being a statement of facts relating to the self-styled “Latter day Saints,” and the Origin of the Book of Mormon (Preston: J. Livesey, 1838), 2–3. off-site David Marks, [Untitled Remarks on Mormonism], Morning Star (Limerick, Maine) 7, no. 45 (7 March 1833): 177. James M’Chesney, An Antidote To Mormonism, revised by G. J. Bennet (New York, NY: Burnett & Pollard, 1838), 22. off-site Full title James M’Chesney, Supplement to an Antidote to Mormonism, &c. (Brooklyn, 1839), 1–4. off-site MormonThink.com website (as of 28 April 2012). Page: http://mormonthink.com/transbomweb.htm George Peck, “Mormonism and the Mormons,” Methodist Quarterly Review (January 1843): 111–27. off-site John Storrs, “Mormonism,” Boston Recorder (Boston, Massachusetts) 24 (19 April 1839). off-site La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 9 (3 March 1838): 34, citing Howe. off-site Amos H. Wickersham, An Examination of the Principles of Mormonism, as Developed in the Recent Discussion Between the Author and Elders Wharton & Appleby, With a Brief Statement of Facts in Regard to Said Discussion (Wilmington, DE: Allderidge, Jeandell, & Miles, 1843), 1-21. off-site Reply S. Williams, Mormonism Exposed (1838), 6. off-site Past responses George J. Adams, "[Letter to Parley P. Pratt, 14 December 1841] vol=2," Millennial Star no. 9 (January 1842), 141–43. off-site W.I. Appleby, Mormonism Consistent! Truth Vindicated, and Falsehood Exposed and Refuted: Being A Reply to A. H. Wickersham (Wilmington DE: Porter & Nafe, 1843), 1–24. [Joseph Smith], "History of Joseph Smith," Times and Seasons 3 no. 13 (2 May 1842), 771–73. off-site GospeLink [Quoting material written 2 May 1838] off-site E. Snow and Benjamin Winchester, "An Address to the Citizens of Salem (Mass.) And Vicinity," Times and Seasons 2 no. 24 (1 October 1841), 574-76. off-site GospeLink off-site John Taylor, An Answer to Some False Statements and Misrepresentations Made by the Rev. Robert Heys... (Douglas: Penrice and Wallace, 1840), 1–12. Full title ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Money digging/Was this a blot on his character/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Contender Ministries, Questions All Mormons Should Ask Themselves. Answers Tower to Truth Ministries, "50 Questions to Ask Mormons," towertotruth.net (accessed 15 November 2007). 50 Answers Jay Jacobson, "Three Reasons Not to Become a Mormon,": 7. Search for the Truth DVD (2007) Resources The God Makers (film, 1982) Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 23.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Moon inhabited/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Rev. Henry Caswall, The City of the Mormons: Or, Three Days at Nauvoo in 1842 (London: Rivington, 1842), 77. Rev. Edmund Clay, Tract # 2: “The Book of Mormon, Its History, and an Analysis of its Contents (1851), reprinted in collection: Clay, The Doctrines and Practices of ‘The Mormons’ and the Immoral Character of their Prophet Joseph Smith, Delineated from Authentic Sources (London: Wertheim & Macintosh; Leamington: J. Glover, 1853), 22. Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 20. James H. Hunt, Mormonism: Embracing the Origin, Rise and Progress of the Sect (St. Louis: Ustick and Davies, 1844), v. off-site September Dawn (film), written by Carole Whang Schutter. William Sparrow Simpson, Mormonism: Its History, Doctrines and Practices (London: A. M. Pigott, 1853), 33. ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Narcissism/A "second Mohammad"/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 171, epigraph ( Index of claims ) Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 25. George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 225–226. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review)) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Narcissism/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 171 epigraph, 542n1 (HB) 540n1 (PB) ( Index of claims ) Fawn M. Brodie, No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1945), 374. ( Index of claims ) Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 182. ( Index of claims ) Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 17. ( Index of claims ) Search for the Truth DVD Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 460.( Index of claims ) ||To learn more about Joseph Smith/Narcissism/Did Joseph Smith 'boast' of keeping the Church intact/CriticalSources ||edit <nowiki> ⍗ Source(s) of the criticism Critical sources Richard Abanes, Becoming Gods: A Closer Look at 21st-Century Mormonism (Harvest House Publishers: 2005). 38. ( Index of claims ) Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 5. Grant H. Palmer, An Insider's View of Mormon Origins (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2002) 157, 163. ( Index of claims ) D. Michael Quinn, Early Mormonism and the Magic World View, revised and enlarged edition, (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 1998), 121 ( Index of claims ) George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 12. 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