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Claims made in "Chapter 7: The Perfect Society and the Promised Land"
101-102
Claim
- Joseph promised Lyman E. Johnson that he would see the Savior come and stand upon the Earth. William Smith and Orson Hyde were told that they would stand on earth until Christ comes.
Author's source(s)
- Millennial Star, Vol. XV, pp. 206-7.
- History of the Church, Vol. II, pp. 189-91.
Response
- The author's claim is false: Joseph did not ordain Lyman E. Johnson
- See Quote mining—History of the Church 2:189-91 to see how this quote was mined.
102
Claim
- Joseph suggested that the Second Coming would occur within fifty-six years.
Author's source(s)
- History of the Church, Vol. II, p. 182.
Response
103
Claim
- Joseph began "translating" the New Testament at Sidney Rigdon's suggestion.
Author's source(s)
- No sources provided.
Response
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
108
Claim
- The United Order was Sidney Rigdon's idea.
Author's source(s)
- No sources provided.
Response
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
111
Claim
- Ezra Booth claimed that Joseph promised that "not three days should pass away before some should see the Saviour face to face."
Author's source(s)
- Eber D. Howe, Mormonism Unvailed (Painesville, OH, 1834). (Affidavits examined)
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
111
Claim
- Joseph said that the lost ten tribes were living in a land near the North Pole.
Author's source(s)
- History of the Church, Vol. I, p. 176n.
- John Whitmer, History of the Church, Chapter vii.
Response
- See Quote mining—History of the Church 1:176n to see how this quote was mined.
112
Claim
- Joseph attempted to perform miracles and failed during a conference in Kirtland, Ohio.
Author's source(s)
- John Whitmer, History of the Church, Chapter viii
- Newel Knight's journal, published in Scraps of Biography, p. 70.
Response
- Misrepresentation of source: nothing in chapter viii of Whitmer's History discusses Joseph failing to perform miracles.
- Misrepresentation of source: nothing in Scraps of Biography p. 70 talks about a failed miracle. Knight says only, "Conference convened. The Elders, from various parts of the country where they had been laboring, came in, and the power of the Lord was displayed in our midst. A number were ordained to the Melchizedek Priesthood, and the hearts of the Saints rejoiced in the rich blessings bestowed upon them."
113
Claim
- Stories claimed that miracles could not be performed in Ohio because it was not "consecrated ground."
Author's source(s)
- Source not provided.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources