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=Source Analysis, Sorted by Page Number=
All page numbers are currently from the hardback edition of ''One Nation under Gods'' (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002).


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All page numbers are currently from the paperback edition of ''One Nation under Gods'' (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002), except where noted.
!width="10%"|Page
{{SummaryItem
!width="30%"|Person Cited
|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Dallin H. Oaks on God
!width="30%"|Source Cited
|subject=Dallin H. Oaks on God
!width="30%"|Article
|summary=One critic of Mormonism claims that Dallin Oaks told Mormons in 1995 "that so-called Christianity sees God as an entirely different kind of being."
|-
}}
|
{{SummaryItem
====xv====
|link=Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Historical Suppression in the Church
||Boyd K. Packer||BYU Studies 21:264-265||[[/Historical Suppression in the Church|Historical Suppression in the Church]]
|subject=Historical Suppression in the Church
|-
|summary=xv (HB): Boyd K. Packer, BYU Studies 21:264-265
|====xv====
}}
||Allen Roberts||Private Eye Weekly||[[/Calling All Mormon Scholars|Calling All Mormon Scholars]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Calling All Mormon Scholars
|
|subject=Calling All Mormon Scholars
====xvi====
|summary=xv (HB): Allen Roberts, Private Eye Weekly
||John E. Hallwas and Roger D. Launius||Cultures in Conflict||[[/An Example of Biased Histories|An Example of Biased Histories]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|
|link=/An Example of Biased Histories
====xviii====
|subject=An Example of Biased Histories
||Fred Esplin||Utah Holiday||[[/The Mormon Quest for Power|The Mormon Quest for Power]]
|summary=xvi (HB): John E. Hallwas and Roger D. Launius, Cultures in Conflict
|-
}}
|
{{SummaryItem
====xx====
|link=/The Mormon Quest for Power
||Fred Esplin||Utah Holiday||[[/Perception and Reality|Perception and Reality]]
|subject=The Mormon Quest for Power
|-
|summary=xviii (HB): Fred Esplin, Utah Holiday
|
}}
====xx====
{{SummaryItem
||Brigham Young||Journal of Discourses 11:249||[[/Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri|Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri]]
|link=/Perception and Reality
|-
|subject=Perception and Reality
|
|summary=xx (HB): Fred Esplin, Utah Holiday
====xxi====
}}
||Joseph Smith, Jr.||History of the Church||[[/Destroying Governments and Religions|Destroying Governments and Religions]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri
|====xxiv====
|subject=Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri
||Brigham Young||Journal of Discourses||[[/Morally, ethically, spiritually superior|Morally, ethically, spiritually superior?]]
|summary= xx (HB): Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 11:249
|-
}}
|
{{SummaryItem
====16====
|link=/Destroying Governments and Religions
||Richard Abanes||---||[[/"This is My Beloved Son"|"This is My Beloved Son"]]
|subject=Destroying Governments and Religions
|-
|summary= xxi (HB): Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church
|
}}
====53====
{{SummaryItem
||Richard Abanes||---||[[/Seeing the Plates|Seeing the Plates]]
|link=/Morally, ethically, spiritually superior
|-
|subject=Morally, ethically, spiritually superior?
|
|summary= xxiv (HB): Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses
====55====
}}
||John A. Wilson||Letter to Martin Cowan||[[/Reformed Egyptian|Reformed Egyptian]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/"This is My Beloved Son"
|
|subject="This is My Beloved Son"
====64====
|summary=16: Richard Abanes
||Lucy Mack Smith||Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations||[[/Tall Tales|Tall Tales]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|
|link=/Lucy and the angel
====72====
|subject=Lucy and the angel
||Dan Vogel||Early Mormon Documents||[[/Prophetic Autobiography|Prophetic Autobiography]]
|summary=27: Lucy Mack Smith, "Preliminary Manuscript" of ''Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations''
|-
}}
|
{{SummaryItem
====86====
|link=/Seeing the Plates
|| || ||[[/Christianity is satanic|Christianity is satanic]]
|subject=Seeing the Plates
|-
|summary=53, Richard Abanes
|
}}
====89====
{{SummaryItem
|| || ||[[/Divining rods to Kimball and Young|Divining rods to Kimball and Young]]
|link=/Reformed Egyptian
|-
|subject=Reformed Egyptian
|
|summary=55, John A. Wilson, Letter to Martin Cowan
====95====
}}
||Albert Chandler||Early Mormon Documents||[[/Those Power-Hungry Mormons|Those Power-Hungry Mormons]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Tall Tales
|
|subject=Tall Tales
====105====
|summary=64, Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations
|| || ||[[/Haranguing non-Mormons|Haranguing non-Mormons]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|
|link=/Prophetic Autobiography
====122====
|subject=Prophetic Autobiography
||Joseph Smith||History of the Church||[[/Redeemed by September 1836|Redeemed by September 1836]]
|summary=72, Dan Vogel, Early Mormon Documents
|-
}}
|
{{SummaryItem
====171====
|link=/No Book of Mormon archaeology
||Joseph Smith, Jr.||History of the Church||[[/Joseph Smith's Narcissism|Joseph Smith's Narcissism]]
|subject=No Book of Mormon archaeology
|-
|summary=75, Dee F. Green, "Book of Mormon Archeology: the Myths and the Alternatives," ''Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought''
|
}}
====175====
{{SummaryItem
||Levi Edgar Young||Letter to Sandra Tanner||[[/Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report|Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report]]
|link=/Christianity is satanic
|-
|subject=Christianity is satanic
|
|summary=86, Brigham Young, John Taylor, ''Journal of Discourses''
====177====
}}
||Joseph Smith, Jr.||History of the Church||[[/Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"|Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Divining rods to Kimball and Young
|
|subject=Divining rods to Kimball and Young
====178====
|summary=89
||Joseph Smith, Jr.||History of the Church||[[/The Wrestling Prophet|The Wrestling Prophet]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|
|link=/Those Power-Hungry Mormons
====179====
|subject=Those Power-Hungry Mormons
||Joseph Smith, Jr.||History of the Church||[[/America's Fighting Prophet|America's Fighting Prophet]]
|summary=95: Albert Chandler, Early Mormon Documents
|-
}}
|
{{SummaryItem
====191====
|link=/Distorted account of three degrees of glory
|| || ||[[/D and C 98 justifies murder|D and C 98 justifies murder]]
|subject=Distorted account of three degrees of glory
|-
|summary=103n2
|
}}
====220====
{{SummaryItem
||Brigham Young||Journal of Discourses 14:205||[[/Brigham, the Dictator|Brigham, the Dictator]]
|link=/Haranguing non-Mormons
|-
|subject=Haranguing non-Mormons
|
|summary=105
====222====
}}
||Brigham Young||Journal of Discourses 2:310||[[/Brigham and the Kingdom of God|Brigham and the Kingdom of God]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Missouri belongs to the Mormons
|
|subject=Missouri belongs to the Mormons
====222====
|summary=110
||Brigham Young||Journal of Discourses 2:317||[[/Ruling Over the Earth|Ruling Over the Earth]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|
|link=/Disobey secular law
====236-237====
|subject=Disobey secular law
||Brigham Young||Journal of Discourses 2:311||[[/Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"|Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"]]
|summary=116
|-
}}
|
{{SummaryItem
====245====
|link=/Redeemed by September 1836
||Brigham Young||Personal letter (1857)||[[/Orders to Starve Gentiles|Orders to Starve Gentiles]]
|subject=Redeemed by September 1836
|-
|summary=122: Joseph Smith, History of the Church
|
}}
====289====
{{SummaryItem
||Eugene England||Dialogue (Winter 1987)||[[/LDS "Birth Machines"|LDS "Birth Machines"]]
|link=/Joseph gave couples marriage certificates
|-
|subject=Joseph gave couples marriage certificates
|
|summary=129
====389====
}}
||Gordon B. Hinckley||General Conference (1997)||[[/Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine|Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Joseph owned 144 acres in Kirtland
|
|subject=Joseph owned 144 acres in Kirtland
====408====
|summary=135
||Hugh Nibley||Personal letter (1966)||[[/Advertising for the Tanners|Advertising for the Tanners]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|
|link=/Warren Parrish and Kirtland Safety Society "revelation"
====414====
|subject=Warren Parrish and Kirtland Safety Society "revelation"
||Ezra Taft Benson||Conference Report (October 1987)||[[/The LDS as Mindless Followers|The LDS as Mindless Followers]]
|summary=136
|-
}}
|
{{SummaryItem
====475====
|link=/Joseph Smith's Narcissism
||Joseph Smith, Jr.||The Articles of Faith||[[/The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith|The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith]]
|subject=Joseph Smith's Narcissism
|}
|summary=171: Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church
 
}}
=Source Analysis, Sorted by Source=
{{SummaryItem
All page numbers are from One Nation under Gods (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002)
|link=/Joseph on par with Jesus Christ
 
|subject=Brigham Young said that Joseph on par with Jesus Christ?
{| valign="top" border="1" style="width:100%; font-size:85%"
|summary=174: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses
!width="30%"|Source cited
}}
!width="30%"|Person Cited
{{SummaryItem
!width="10%"|Page
|link=/Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report
!width="30%"|Article
|subject=Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report
|-
|summary=175: Levi Edgar Young, Letter to Sandra Tanner
| ---||Richard Abanes||53||[[/Seeing the Plates|Seeing the Plates]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|The Articles of Faith||Joseph Smith, Jr.||475||[[/The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith|The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith]]
|link=/Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"
|-
|subject=Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"
|Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations||Lucy Mack Smith||64||[[/Tall Tales|Tall Tales]]
|summary=177, Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church
|-
}}
|BYU Studies 21:264-265||Boyd K. Packer||xv||[[/Historical Suppression in the Church|Historical Suppression in the Church]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/The Wrestling Prophet
|Conference Report (October 1987)||Ezra Taft Benson||414||[[/The LDS as Mindless Followers|The LDS as Mindless Followers]]
|subject=The Wrestling Prophet
|-
|summary=178: Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church
|Cultures in Conflict||John E. Hallwas and Roger D. Launius||xvi||[[/An Example of Biased Histories|An Example of Biased Histories]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|Dialogue (Winter 1987)||Eugene England||289||[[/LDS "Birth Machines"|LDS "Birth Machines"]]
|link=/America's Fighting Prophet
|-
|subject=America's Fighting Prophet
|Early Mormon Documents||Albert Chandler||95||[[/Those Power-Hungry Mormons|Those Power-Hungry Mormons]]
|summary=179: Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church
|-
}}
|Early Mormon Documents||Dan Vogel||72||[[/Prophetic Autobiography|Prophetic Autobiography]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Joseph hit a baptist preacher
|General Conference (1997)||Gordon B. Hinckley||389||[[/Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine|Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine]]
|subject=Joseph hit a baptist preacher
|-
|summary=179
|History of the Church||Joseph Smith, Jr.||xxi||[[/Destroying Governments and Religions|Destroying Governments and Religions]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|History of the Church||Joseph Smith, Jr.||171||[[/Joseph Smith's Narcissism|Joseph Smith's Narcissism]]
|link=/D and C 98 justifies murder
|-
|subject=D and C 98 justifies murder
|History of the Church||Joseph Smith, Jr.||177||[[/Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"|Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"]]
|summary=191
|-
}}
|History of the Church||Joseph Smith, Jr.||178||[[/The Wrestling Prophet|The Wrestling Prophet]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Rockwell admitting to shooting Boggs
|History of the Church||Joseph Smith, Jr.||179||[[/America's Fighting Prophet|America's Fighting Prophet]]
|subject=Rockwell admitting to shooting Boggs
|-
|summary=192
|Journal of Discourses 2:310||Brigham Young||222||[[/Brigham and the Kingdom of God|Brigham and the Kingdom of God]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|Journal of Discourses 2:311||Brigham Young||245||[[/Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"|Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"]]
|link=/Debauchery and despotism at Nauvoo
|-
|subject=Debauchery and despotism at Nauvoo
|Journal of Discourses 2:317||Brigham Young||222||[[/Ruling Over the Earth|Ruling Over the Earth]]
|summary=196: History of the Church
|-
}}
|Journal of Discourses 4:269||Brigham Young||xxiv||[[/Morally, ethically, spiritually superior|Morally, ethically, spiritually superior?]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Nauvoo police violence
|Journal of Discourses 11:249||Brigham Young||xx||[[/Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri|Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri]]
|subject=Nauvoo police violence
|-
|summary=212
|Journal of Discourses 14:205||Brigham Young||220||[[/Brigham, the Dictator|Brigham, the Dictator]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|Letter to Martin Cowan||John A. Wilson||55||[[/Reformed Egyptian|Reformed Egyptian]]
|link=/Killing Lambert Symes
|-
|subject=Killing Lambert Symes
|Letter to Sandra Tanner||Levi Edgar Young||175||[[/Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report|Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report]]
|summary=213
|-
}}
|Personal letter (1857)||Brigham Young||245||[[/Orders to Starve Gentiles|Orders to Starve Gentiles]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Irvine Hodge murder
|Personal letter (1966)||Hugh Nibley||408||[[/Advertising for the Tanners|Advertising for the Tanners]]
|subject=Irvine Hodge murder
|-
|summary=213
|Private Eye Weekly||Allen Roberts||xv||[[/Calling All Mormon Scholars|Calling All Mormon Scholars]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|Utah Holiday||Fred Esplin||xviii||[[/The Mormon Quest for Power|The Mormon Quest for Power]]
|link=/Other homicides by members of the Council of Fifty
|-
|subject=Other homicides by members of the Council of Fifty
|Utah Holiday||Fred Esplin||xx||[[/Perception and Reality|Perception and Reality]]
|summary=213
|}
}}
 
{{SummaryItem
=Source Analysis, Sorted by Person=
|link=/Flogging those out of fellowship
All page numbers are from One Nation under Gods (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002)
|subject=Flogging those out of fellowship
 
|summary=213-214
{| valign="top" border="1" style="width:100%; font-size:85%"
}}
!width="30%"|Person cited
{{SummaryItem
!width="30%"|Source Cited
|link=/Whistling and Whittling Brigades
!width="10%"|Page
|subject=Whistling and Whittling Brigades
!width="30%"|Article
|summary=214
|-
}}
|Abanes, Richard||---||53||[[/Seeing the Plates|Seeing the Plates]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Counterfeiting apostles and Joseph
|Benson, Ezra Taft||Conference Report (October 1987)||414||[[/The LDS as Mindless Followers|The LDS as Mindless Followers]]
|subject=Counterfeiting apostles and Joseph
|-
|summary=216-217
|Chandler, Albert||Early Mormon Documents||95||[[/Those Power-Hungry Mormons|Those Power-Hungry Mormons]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|England, Eugene||Dialogue (Winter 1987)||289||[[/LDS "Birth Machines"|LDS "Birth Machines"]]
|link=/Brigham, the Dictator
|-
|subject=Brigham, the Dictator
|Esplin, Fred||Utah Holiday||xviii||[[/The Mormon Quest for Power|The Mormon Quest for Power]]
|summary=220: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 14:205
|-
}}
|Esplin, Fred||Utah Holiday||xx||[[/Perception and Reality|Perception and Reality]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Gentiles have no right to property
|Hallwas, John E.||Cultures in Conflict||xvi||[[/An Example of Biased Histories|An Example of Biased Histories]]
|subject=Gentiles have no right to property
|-
|summary=221-222
|Hinckley, Gordon B.||General Conference (1997)||389||[[/Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine|Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|Launius, Roger D.||Cultures in Conflict||xvi||[[/An Example of Biased Histories|An Example of Biased Histories]]
|link=/Brigham and the Kingdom of God
|-
|subject=Brigham and the Kingdom of God
|Nibley, Hugh||Personal letter (1966)||408||[[/Advertising for the Tanners|Advertising for the Tanners]]
|summary=222: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:310
|-
}}
|Packer, Boyd K.||BYU Studies 21:264-265||xv||[[/Historical Suppression in the Church|Historical Suppression in the Church]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Ruling Over the Earth
|Roberts, Allen||Private Eye Weekly||xv||[[/Calling All Mormon Scholars|Calling All Mormon Scholars]]
|subject=Ruling Over the Earth
|-
|summary=222: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:317
|Smith, Joseph Jr.||The Articles of Faith||475||[[/The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith|The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|Smith, Joseph Jr.||History of the Church||xxi||[[/Destroying Governments and Religions|Destroying Governments and Religions]]
|link=/Ettie V. Smith
|-
|subject=Ettie V. Smith
|Smith, Joseph Jr.||History of the Church||171||[[/Joseph Smith's Narcissism|Joseph Smith's Narcissism]]
|summary=223
|-
}}
|Smith, Joseph Jr.||History of the Church||177||[[/Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"|Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Brigham as President of the United States
|Smith, Joseph Jr.||History of the Church||178||[[/The Wrestling Prophet|The Wrestling Prophet]]
|subject=Brigham as President of the United States
|-
|summary=223
|Smith, Joseph Jr.||History of the Church||179||[[/America's Fighting Prophet|America's Fighting Prophet]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|Smith, Lucy Mack||Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations||64||[[/Tall Tales|Tall Tales]]
|link=/Church and state all one now
|-
|subject=Church and state all one now
|Vogel, Dan||Early Mormon Documents||72||[[/Prophetic Autobiography|Prophetic Autobiography]]
|summary=223
|-
}}
|Wilson, John A.||Letter to Martin Cowan||55||[[/Reformed Egyptian|Reformed Egyptian]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Heber C. Kimball--violence and intimidation
|Young, Brigham||Journal of Discourses 2:310||222||[[/Brigham and the Kingdom of God|Brigham and the Kingdom of God]]
|subject=Heber C. Kimball--violence and intimidation
|-
|summary=223
|Young, Brigham||Journal of Discourses 2:311||245||[[/Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"|Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|Young, Brigham||Journal of Discourses 2:317||222||[[/Ruling Over the Earth|Ruling Over the Earth]]
|link=/Early federal territorial officials
|-
|subject=Early federal territorial officials
|Brigham Young||Journal of Discourses 4:269||xxiv||[[/Morally, ethically, spiritually superior|Morally, ethically, spiritually superior?]]
|summary=227-228
|-
}}
|Young, Brigham||Journal of Discourses 11:249||xx||[[/Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri|Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri]]
{{SummaryItem
|-
|link=/Cutting off from the earth
|Young, Brigham||Journal of Discourses 14:205||220||[[/Brigham, the Dictator|Brigham, the Dictator]]
|subject=Cutting off from the earth
|-
|summary=233
|Young, Brigham||Personal letter (1857)||245||[[/Orders to Starve Gentiles|Orders to Starve Gentiles]]
}}
|-
{{SummaryItem
|Young, Levi Edgar||Letter to Sandra Tanner||175||[[/Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report|Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report]]
|link=/Murder unfaithful Mormons to save souls
|}
|subject=Murder unfaithful Mormons to save souls
 
|summary=234-235
=Further reading=
}}
{{FAIRAnalysisWiki}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Apostles killed Judas
|subject=Apostles killed Judas
|summary=235
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Brigham and bowie knife
|subject=Brigham and bowie knife
|summary=236 (PB only)
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"
|subject=Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"
|summary=236-237: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:311
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Orders to Starve Gentiles
|subject=Orders to Starve Gentiles
|summary=245: Brigham Young, Personal letter (1857)
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Brigham Young ordered MMM
|subject=Brigham Young ordered Mountain Meadows Massacre
|summary=245
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Brigham Young orders MMM monument demolished
|subject=Brigham Young orders MMM monument demolished
|summary=251
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Blood atone Washington politicians
|subject=Blood atone Washington politicians
|summary=260
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Saints sole rulers over every government
|subject=Saints sole rulers over every government
|summary=266
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy
|subject=Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy
|summary=270
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Hyde on US to be divided
|subject=Hyde on US to be divided
|summary=270
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Beating John W. Dawson
|subject=Beating John W. Dawson
|summary=271
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Too much education damaging
|subject=Too much education damaging
|summary=271
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Conception of Christ
|subject=Conception of Christ
|summary=287
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/LDS "Birth Machines"
|subject=LDS "Birth Machines"
|summary=289: Eugene England, Dialogue (Winter 1987)
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Wife swapping
|subject=Wife swapping
|summary=295
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Damned without plural marriage
|subject=Damned without plural marriage
|summary=301
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/John Taylor September 1886 revelation
|subject=John Taylor September 1886 revelation
|summary=316
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Polygamy absolutely essential to godhood
|subject=Polygamy absolutely essential to godhood
|summary=317
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Demolish Endowment House
|subject=Wilford Woodruff demolished Endowment House?
|summary=320
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Above the law
|subject=Above the law
|summary=325
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Approved marriages 1890-1899
|subject=Approved marriages 1890-1899
|summary=331
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Vengeance hymns
|subject=Vengeance hymns
|summary=334
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Joseph F. Smith finally admits
|subject=Joseph F. Smith finally admits
|summary=339
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Double standard on race
|subject=Double standard on race
|summary=355-372
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Mormon Doctrine and race issues
|subject=Mormon Doctrine and race issues
|summary=358-360
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Special relationship with Christ
|subject=Special relationship with Christ
|summary=379-380
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Natural before spiritual
|subject=Natural before spiritual
|summary=380
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Orson Pratt condemns the Bible
|subject=Orson Pratt condemns the Bible
|summary=383-384
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine
|subject=Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine
|summary=389: Gordon B. Hinckley, General Conference (1997)
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Forged Rocky Mountain prophecy
|subject=Forged Rocky Mountain prophecy
|summary=406
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Stephen A. Douglas prophecy
|subject=Stephen A. Douglas prophecy
|summary=406
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Most accurate history in all the world
|subject=Most accurate history in all the world
|summary=407
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/Advertising for the Tanners
|subject=Advertising for the Tanners
|summary=408: Hugh Nibley, Personal letter (1966)
}}
{{SummaryItem
|link=/The LDS as Mindless Followers
|subject=The LDS as Mindless Followers
|summary=414: Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report (October 1987)
}}
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One Nation Under Gods: Source Analysis, Sorted by Page Number



Index of Claims
A FAIR Analysis of: One Nation Under Gods, a work by author: Richard Abanes
 		Loaded and prejudicial language

All page numbers are currently from the paperback edition of One Nation under Gods (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2002), except where noted.

Dallin H. Oaks on God

Summary: One critic of Mormonism claims that Dallin Oaks told Mormons in 1995 "that so-called Christianity sees God as an entirely different kind of being."

Historical Suppression in the Church

Summary: xv (HB): Boyd K. Packer, BYU Studies 21:264-265

Calling All Mormon Scholars

Summary: xv (HB): Allen Roberts, Private Eye Weekly

An Example of Biased Histories

Summary: xvi (HB): John E. Hallwas and Roger D. Launius, Cultures in Conflict

The Mormon Quest for Power

Summary: xviii (HB): Fred Esplin, Utah Holiday

Perception and Reality

Summary: xx (HB): Fred Esplin, Utah Holiday

Christ Setting up a Theocracy in Missouri

Summary: xx (HB): Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 11:249

Destroying Governments and Religions

Summary: xxi (HB): Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church

Morally, ethically, spiritually superior?

Summary: xxiv (HB): Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses

"This is My Beloved Son"

Summary: 16: Richard Abanes

Lucy and the angel

Summary: 27: Lucy Mack Smith, "Preliminary Manuscript" of Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations

Seeing the Plates

Summary: 53, Richard Abanes

Reformed Egyptian

Summary: 55, John A. Wilson, Letter to Martin Cowan

Tall Tales

Summary: 64, Lucy Mack Smith, Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith the Prophet, and His Progenitors for many Generations

Prophetic Autobiography

Summary: 72, Dan Vogel, Early Mormon Documents

No Book of Mormon archaeology

Summary: 75, Dee F. Green, "Book of Mormon Archeology: the Myths and the Alternatives," Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought

Christianity is satanic

Summary: 86, Brigham Young, John Taylor, Journal of Discourses

Divining rods to Kimball and Young

Summary: 89

Those Power-Hungry Mormons

Summary: 95: Albert Chandler, Early Mormon Documents

Distorted account of three degrees of glory

Summary: 103n2

Haranguing non-Mormons

Summary: 105

Missouri belongs to the Mormons

Summary: 110

Disobey secular law

Summary: 116

Redeemed by September 1836

Summary: 122: Joseph Smith, History of the Church

Joseph gave couples marriage certificates

Summary: 129

Joseph owned 144 acres in Kirtland

Summary: 135

Warren Parrish and Kirtland Safety Society "revelation"

Summary: 136

Joseph Smith's Narcissism

Summary: 171: Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church

Brigham Young said that Joseph on par with Jesus Christ?

Summary: 174: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses

Thou Shalt Not Raise a False Report

Summary: 175: Levi Edgar Young, Letter to Sandra Tanner

Joseph's "Grandiose Sense of Self Importance"

Summary: 177, Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church

The Wrestling Prophet

Summary: 178: Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church

America's Fighting Prophet

Summary: 179: Joseph Smith, Jr., History of the Church

Joseph hit a baptist preacher

Summary: 179

D and C 98 justifies murder

Summary: 191

Rockwell admitting to shooting Boggs

Summary: 192

Debauchery and despotism at Nauvoo

Summary: 196: History of the Church

Nauvoo police violence

Summary: 212

Killing Lambert Symes

Summary: 213

Irvine Hodge murder

Summary: 213

Other homicides by members of the Council of Fifty

Summary: 213

Flogging those out of fellowship

Summary: 213-214

Whistling and Whittling Brigades

Summary: 214

Counterfeiting apostles and Joseph

Summary: 216-217

Brigham, the Dictator

Summary: 220: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 14:205

Gentiles have no right to property

Summary: 221-222

Brigham and the Kingdom of God

Summary: 222: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:310

Ruling Over the Earth

Summary: 222: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:317

Ettie V. Smith

Summary: 223

Brigham as President of the United States

Summary: 223

Church and state all one now

Summary: 223

Heber C. Kimball--violence and intimidation

Summary: 223

Early federal territorial officials

Summary: 227-228

Cutting off from the earth

Summary: 233

Murder unfaithful Mormons to save souls

Summary: 234-235

Apostles killed Judas

Summary: 235

Brigham and bowie knife

Summary: 236 (PB only)

Brigham Says to "Cut Their Throats"

Summary: 236-237: Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 2:311

Orders to Starve Gentiles

Summary: 245: Brigham Young, Personal letter (1857)

Brigham Young ordered Mountain Meadows Massacre

Summary: 245

Brigham Young orders MMM monument demolished

Summary: 251

Blood atone Washington politicians

Summary: 260

Saints sole rulers over every government

Summary: 266

Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy

Summary: 270

Hyde on US to be divided

Summary: 270

Beating John W. Dawson

Summary: 271

Too much education damaging

Summary: 271

Conception of Christ

Summary: 287

LDS "Birth Machines"

Summary: 289: Eugene England, Dialogue (Winter 1987)

Wife swapping

Summary: 295

Damned without plural marriage

Summary: 301

John Taylor September 1886 revelation

Summary: 316

Polygamy absolutely essential to godhood

Summary: 317

Wilford Woodruff demolished Endowment House?

Summary: 320

Above the law

Summary: 325

Approved marriages 1890-1899

Summary: 331

Vengeance hymns

Summary: 334

Joseph F. Smith finally admits

Summary: 339

Double standard on race

Summary: 355-372

Mormon Doctrine and race issues

Summary: 358-360

Special relationship with Christ

Summary: 379-380

Natural before spiritual

Summary: 380

Orson Pratt condemns the Bible

Summary: 383-384

Gordon B. Hinckley Understands Doctrine

Summary: 389: Gordon B. Hinckley, General Conference (1997)

Forged Rocky Mountain prophecy

Summary: 406

Stephen A. Douglas prophecy

Summary: 406

Most accurate history in all the world

Summary: 407

Advertising for the Tanners

Summary: 408: Hugh Nibley, Personal letter (1966)

The LDS as Mindless Followers

Summary: 414: Ezra Taft Benson, Conference Report (October 1987)

President Hinckley and enemies of the Church

Summary: 418

Church leaders will always know deception

Summary: 424

Poisoning myth

Summary: 443 (PB)

Brigham Young on thieves

Summary: 443 (PB)

Boyd K. Packer on the truth

Summary: 441 (PB)

The Anti-Mormon Articles of Faith

Summary: 475: Joseph Smith, Jr., The Articles of Faith
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