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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 13
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Chapter 13: My Kingdom is of this World
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Joseph Smith was rumored to have "seduced" Fannie Alger. | ||
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It was rumored that Fannie Alger was driven out of the house by Emma. | ||
181 |
Joseph and Fannie were "found together." | ||
182 |
Joseph accused Oliver Cowdery of "perpetuating the scandal." | ||
182 |
Oliver was excommunicated for "insinuating that the prophet had been guilty of adultery." | ||
182 |
Fannie Alger did not admit to being the Prophet's plural wife. | ||
183 |
Martin Harris was brought to trial for adultery "as early as 1832." | ||
182 |
Joseph told Ezra Booth to "take a wife from among the Lamanites." | ||
183 |
Joseph performed marriages even though it was against Ohio law. The marriage of Newel Knight and Lydia Goldthwait Baily was performed by Joseph against the law. |
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185 |
Oliver Cowdery wrote a formal statement that the Church denied polygamy in August 1835. | ||
187 |
Joseph realized "that for a prophet it is easier to change marriage laws than to contravene them." |
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187 |
The Mormons believe that when they become "sufficiently purified" that the treasures in the earth would be "poured into their lap." | ||
189 |
Isaac McWithy was brought to trial before the High Council because he would not sell his farm to Joseph Smith. | ||
192 |
Joseph's trip to Salem in August 1836 with Oliver Cowdery, Sidney Rigdon and Hyrum was to look for buried gold beneath a house. |