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**What the history/facts tell us: Joseph drank beer and wine as an adult (his own journal) | **What the history/facts tell us: Joseph drank beer and wine as an adult (his own journal) | ||
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*What the history/facts tell us: First vision has multiple, and varied accounts (Pres. Hinckley) | *What the history/facts tell us: First vision has multiple, and varied accounts (Pres. Hinckley) | ||
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*What the history/facts tell us:The same "peep stone" was used to translate the Book of Mormon—Stone in the hat, plates not in sight (Russell M. Nelson) | *What the history/facts tell us:The same "peep stone" was used to translate the Book of Mormon—Stone in the hat, plates not in sight (Russell M. Nelson) | ||
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*What the history/facts tell us: Joseph had 30 wives, some of them married to other men, several teenagers (familysearch.org) | *What the history/facts tell us: Joseph had 30 wives, some of them married to other men, several teenagers (familysearch.org) | ||
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*What the history/facts tell us: [Joseph's use of a "magical peep stone"] was the reason for some of the early "trials" and court cases involving Joseph (Court records) Joseph denied polygamy publicly (Oaks) | *What the history/facts tell us: [Joseph's use of a "magical peep stone"] was the reason for some of the early "trials" and court cases involving Joseph (Court records) Joseph denied polygamy publicly (Oaks) | ||
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*What the history/facts tell us: Exposure of polygamy and destruction of printing press led to martyrdom. | *What the history/facts tell us: Exposure of polygamy and destruction of printing press led to martyrdom. | ||
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I was left to all kinds of temptations; and, mingling with all kinds of society, I frequently fell into many foolish errors, and displayed the weakness of youth, and the foibles of human nature; which, I am sorry to say, led me into divers temptations, offensive in the sight of God.
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