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Response to claims made in "Chapter 10: Families Forever"
| Chapter 9 | A FAIR Analysis of: Mormon America: The Power and the Promise, a work by author: Richard N. Ostling and Joan K. Ostling
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Chapter 11 |
Response to claims made in Mormon America "Chapter 10: Families Forever"
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- Response to claim: 160 - The authors' claim that Mormons believe that even God himself is married
- Response to claim: 161 - Couples are "sealed forever" through secret ritual in a Mormon temple
Response to claim: 160 - The authors' claim that Mormons believe that even God himself is married
The author(s) of Mormon America make(s) the following claim:
The author's claim that Mormons believe that even God himself is married.
Author's sources:
- No source given
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim is based upon correct information - The author is providing knowledge concerning some particular fact, subject, or event
This is correct. Latter-day Saints believe that there exists a "Mother in Heaven".
Response to claim: 161 - Couples are "sealed forever" through secret ritual in a Mormon temple
The author(s) of Mormon America make(s) the following claim:
Couples are "sealed forever" through secret ritual in a Mormon temple.
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim contains propaganda - The author, or the author's source, is providing information or ideas in a slanted way in order to instill a particular attitude or response in the reader
Sealings are performed in the temple, although referring to it as a "secret ritual" is a bit of hyperbole.|authorsources=
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- For a detailed response, see: Celestial Marriage
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