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Contents
Response to claims made in "Front matter"
| A FAIR Analysis of: Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, a work by author: Will Bagley
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Response to claims made in Blood of the Prophets, "Front matter" by Will Bagley
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The author(s) of Check link or content make(s) the following claim:
Author's quote: ...Like the faithful who sat through his fire-and-brimstone sermons, I believe Brigham Young meant exactly what he said [about blood atonement]....
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
This is the author's opinion: he has no evidence to support this conclusion
"Blood atonement"
Summary: It is claimed that during the administration of Brigham Young apostates were secretly put to death, and that the teachings of LDS leaders at the time were that apostasy was the unforgivable sin, and that the only thing an apostate could do to redeem himself was to give his own life, willingly or unwillingly.
Jump to details:
- Question: What is "blood atonement"?
- Charles Penrose (1912): "Do you believe in "blood-atonement"?
- Question: Did early Mormon leaders teach that apostasy was the unforgivable sin, and that the only thing an apostate could do to redeem himself was to give his own life, willingly or unwillingly?
- Question: Were apostates secretly put to death by "blood atonement" during the administration of Brigham Young?
- Question: Was Thomas Coleman (or Colbourn) "blood atoned"?
- Question: Did Brigham Young's preaching style induce people to perform "blood atonement"?
- Utah crime and violence