Criticism of Mormonism/Books/No Man Knows My History: The Life of Joseph Smith/Chapter 25

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Chapter 25: Candidate for President

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353

 Hyrum Smith claimed to receive a revelation that the Democratic candidate was to receive the Mormon vote.

354

 Joseph said that God was his "right hand man."
  • History of the Church 6:71-78

355-356

 Joseph "had become a law unto himself" and totally disregarded Illinois state law.
  •  [ATTENTION!]

356

 A council of fifty "princes" was formed to be the "highest court on earth."
  •  [ATTENTION!]

356

 The Council of Fifty ordained and crowned Joseph as "King of the Kingdom of God."
  • William Marks, Zion's Harbinger and Baneemy's Organ, Vol. 3 (July 1853) p. 52.

364

 Joseph's presidential candidacy included a proposal to free the slaves, "in a complete reversal of his earlier stand."

365

 The Book of Abraham contained "anti-Negro sentiments."

365

 The Negro is denied a place in the Mormon priesthood (as of 1971 printing).
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