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===Chapter 8: Temple Builder===
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|section=[[../../Index|Index of claims]]: Claims made in "Chapter 8: Temple Builder"
|previous=[[../Chapter 7|Claims made in "Chapter 7: The Perfect Society and the Promised Land"]]
|next=[[../Chapter 9|Claims made in "Chapter 9: Expulsion from Eden"]]
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===Claims made in "Chapter 8: Temple Builder"===
 
====116====
====116====
||Joseph inserted into Genesis a prophecy of his own coming.
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|claim=
*Joseph inserted into Genesis a prophecy of his own coming.
|response=
* {{MindReading}}: the author presumes Joseph is the author.
* {{MindReading}}: the author presumes Joseph is the author.
*[[Joseph Smith Translation as a restoration of the original Bible text]]
*[[Joseph Smith Translation as a restoration of the original Bible text]]
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|authorsources=
*George B. Arbaugh, ''Revelation in Mormonism'', 1932, pp. 75-85.
*George B. Arbaugh, ''Revelation in Mormonism'', 1932, pp. 75-85.
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====117====
====117====
||Joseph elaborated on Isaiah's prophecy regarding the learned man and the sealed book to match details of Martin Harris' visit to Charles Anthon.
{{IndexClaim
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|claim=
*Joseph elaborated on Isaiah's prophecy regarding the learned man and the sealed book to match details of Martin Harris' visit to Charles Anthon.
|response=
* {{MindReading}}
* {{MindReading}}
*[[Book_of_Mormon_plagiarized_from_the_Bible|Book of Mormon plagiarized from the Bible?]]
*[[Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/King James Bible]]
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|authorsources=
*George B. Arbaugh, ''Revelation in Mormonism'', 1932, pp. 75-85.
*George B. Arbaugh, ''Revelation in Mormonism'', 1932, pp. 75-85.
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====117====
====117====
||Joseph modified Isaiah's prophecy to include references to the Book of Mormon witnesses and return of the gold plates to the Lord.
{{IndexClaim
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|claim=
*Joseph modified Isaiah's prophecy to include references to the Book of Mormon witnesses and return of the gold plates to the Lord.
|response=
* {{MindReading}}
* {{MindReading}}
*[[Book_of_Mormon_plagiarized_from_the_Bible|Book of Mormon plagiarized from the Bible?]]
*[[Book of Mormon/Plagiarism accusations/King James Bible]]
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|authorsources=
*George B. Arbaugh, ''Revelation in Mormonism'', 1932, pp. 75-85.
*George B. Arbaugh, ''Revelation in Mormonism'', 1932, pp. 75-85.
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====118====
====118====
||Joseph's description of the three degrees of glory contrasted Book of Mormon descriptions of a "lake of fire and brimstone."
{{IndexClaim
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|claim=
*[[Will "endless punishment" last forever?]]
*Joseph's description of the three degrees of glory contrasted Book of Mormon descriptions of a "lake of fire and brimstone."
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|response=
*[[Plan of salvation/What is "endless punishment"]]
|authorsources=
*Author's opinion.
*Author's opinion.
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====120====
====120====
||The Missouri Mormons never forgave Joseph for returning to Ohio.
{{IndexClaim
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|claim=
*The Missouri Mormons never forgave Joseph for returning to Ohio.
|response=
* {{MindReading}}
* {{MindReading}}
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|authorsources=
*No sources provided. Author's conjecture.
*No sources provided. Author's conjecture.
|-
}}
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====124====
====124====
||The "Civil War" prophecy was abandoned and excluded from early collections of Joseph's revelations because they thought it had failed.
{{IndexClaim
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|claim=
*The "Civil War" prophecy was abandoned and excluded from early collections of Joseph's revelations because they thought it had failed.
|response=
*{{FalseStatement}}: LDS missionaries continued to preach the prophecy: [[Joseph Smith prophecies/Civil War prophecy|Civil War prophecy]]
*{{FalseStatement}}: LDS missionaries continued to preach the prophecy: [[Joseph Smith prophecies/Civil War prophecy|Civil War prophecy]]
*[[One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy|Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy]]
*[[One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy|Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy]]
*[[Joseph Smith prophesies]]
*[[Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Civil War]]
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|authorsources=
*Source not provided
*Source not provided
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====127====
====127====
||Joseph couldn't initially called the Kirtland Temple a "temple," since there was already land dedicated for a temple in Missouri.
{{IndexClaim
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|claim=
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*Joseph couldn't initially called the Kirtland Temple a "temple," since there was already land dedicated for a temple in Missouri.
|response=
|authorsources=
*Author's opinion.
*Author's opinion.
{{EndClaimsTable}}
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Claims made in "Chapter 7: The Perfect Society and the Promised Land"
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 Claims made in "Chapter 9: Expulsion from Eden"

Claims made in "Chapter 8: Temple Builder"

116

Claim
  • Joseph inserted into Genesis a prophecy of his own coming.

Author's source(s)

  • George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism, 1932, pp. 75-85.

Response

117

Claim
  • Joseph elaborated on Isaiah's prophecy regarding the learned man and the sealed book to match details of Martin Harris' visit to Charles Anthon.

Author's source(s)

  • George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism, 1932, pp. 75-85.

Response

117

Claim
  • Joseph modified Isaiah's prophecy to include references to the Book of Mormon witnesses and return of the gold plates to the Lord.

Author's source(s)

  • George B. Arbaugh, Revelation in Mormonism, 1932, pp. 75-85.

Response

118

Claim
  • Joseph's description of the three degrees of glory contrasted Book of Mormon descriptions of a "lake of fire and brimstone."

Author's source(s)

  • Author's opinion.

Response

120

Claim
  • The Missouri Mormons never forgave Joseph for returning to Ohio.

Author's source(s)

  • No sources provided. Author's conjecture.

Response

  •  Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.

124

Claim
  • The "Civil War" prophecy was abandoned and excluded from early collections of Joseph's revelations because they thought it had failed.

Author's source(s)

  • Source not provided

Response

127

Claim
  • Joseph couldn't initially called the Kirtland Temple a "temple," since there was already land dedicated for a temple in Missouri.

Author's source(s)

  • Author's opinion.

Response
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