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||Bagley, referring to a statement made by Quinn, said "The decision to do whatever was necessary to build the kingdom 'encouraged Mormons to consider it their religious right to kill antagonistic outsiders, common criminals, LDS apostates, and even faithful Mormons who committed sins worthy of death.'" | ||Bagley, referring to a statement made by Quinn, said "The decision to do whatever was necessary to build the kingdom 'encouraged Mormons to consider it their religious right to kill antagonistic outsiders, common criminals, LDS apostates, and even faithful Mormons who committed sins worthy of death.'" | ||
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||"Bagley also proved the charge often dismissed by faithful LDS church members that the Saints in 1857 refused to sell provisions to the Baker-Fancher wagon train. At the same time, ''Blood of the Prophets'' once and for all dispelled the long-standing Mormon myth that members of the doomed company poisoned an important cattle stream, thereby almost deserving their fate." | ||"Bagley also proved the charge often dismissed by faithful LDS church members that the Saints in 1857 refused to sell provisions to the Baker-Fancher wagon train. At the same time, ''Blood of the Prophets'' once and for all dispelled the long-standing Mormon myth that members of the doomed company poisoned an important cattle stream, thereby almost deserving their fate." | ||
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| Claims made in "Chapter 18: Cover-Ups, Conspiracies, and Controversies" | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Richard Abanes
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Claims made in "Appendix A: Abraham's Book?" |
Claims made in "Postscript" (paperback only)
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437, n2 |
Quoting Whelan: "[T]here still remains within the Church a limited form of plural marriage. Those husbands who have lost a beloved spouse and are left alone in this world can still be married for time and eternity to another wife....It is clear that all marriages continued in heaven will involve participation in plural marriage." |
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438 |
"[M]ore than a few Mormons, although they had never actually read my book, declared without hesitation that it was rife with errors." |
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441, n10 |
Boyd K. Packer said: "I have a hard time with historians because they idolize the truth." |
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442, n14 |
"Some of the harshest criticism I received from Mormons came from those who were irate over my depiction of Brigham Young....then I acquired a new book dealing with the issue—Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows by independent historian and Salt Lake Tribune columnist Will Bagley....This tremendously in-depth volume not only supported my perspective, but greatly expanded on my conclusions..." |
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442 |
"Bagely...demonstrated that...LDS leaders, including Young, probably had a hand in the planning and execution of the Mountain Meadows Massacre...Young likely entreated teh Indians, albeit with great subtlty, to attack the Baker-Fancher company..." |
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442 |
Bagley, referring to a statement made by Quinn, said "The decision to do whatever was necessary to build the kingdom 'encouraged Mormons to consider it their religious right to kill antagonistic outsiders, common criminals, LDS apostates, and even faithful Mormons who committed sins worthy of death.'" |
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443 |
"Bagley also proved the charge often dismissed by faithful LDS church members that the Saints in 1857 refused to sell provisions to the Baker-Fancher wagon train. At the same time, Blood of the Prophets once and for all dispelled the long-standing Mormon myth that members of the doomed company poisoned an important cattle stream, thereby almost deserving their fate." |
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443, n15 |
Bagley states "In their desire to exonerate Brigham Young of any guilt, official Mormon accounts of the crime laid the blame on victims and Indians, a tradition that is alive and well today." |
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