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===Chapter 11: Patronage and Punishment=== | __NOTOC__ | ||
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===Claims made in "Chapter 11: Patronage and Punishment"=== | |||
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| | *Zion's Camp was a "major failure" for Joseph Smith. | ||
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*Author's opinion. | *Author's opinion. | ||
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| | *Men and women had died in Missouri Joseph Smith's name. | ||
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*Author's opinion. | *Author's opinion. | ||
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| | *Joseph decided that he could no longer give out "incidental" revelations after the Missouri trials. | ||
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*Author's opinion. | *Author's opinion. | ||
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*The Kirtland High Council complained that the Apostles had too much power. | |||
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* {{QuoteMining|History of the Church|2:240}} | * {{QuoteMining|History of the Church|2:240}} | ||
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*''History of the Church'' 2:240 | *''History of the Church'' 2:240 | ||
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| | *Henry Green was cut off from the church simply because of a remark made that Joseph was "extorting" the cost of a book. | ||
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*''History of the Church'' 2:275 | *''History of the Church'' 2:275 | ||
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| | *Apostle William Smith called his brother Joseph a "tyrant" and attempted to beat him. | ||
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*Court of Common Pleas, County of Geauga, Ohio, June 16, 1835. | *Court of Common Pleas, County of Geauga, Ohio, June 16, 1835. | ||
*''Painesville Telegraph'', June 26, 1835. | *''Painesville Telegraph'', June 26, 1835. | ||
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*Joseph was "vain" regarding his "wrestling prowess." | |||
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* {{MindReading}} | * {{MindReading}} | ||
*[[Psychobiographical analysis of Joseph Smith]] | *[[Psychobiographical analysis of Joseph Smith]] | ||
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*Author's opinion. | *Author's opinion. | ||
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*The Word of Wisdom was not given by "commandment or constraint" because Joseph was "too fond of earthly pleasures." | |||
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* {{MindReading}} | * {{MindReading}} | ||
*[[Word of Wisdom]] | *[[Word of Wisdom]] | ||
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*Author's opinion. | *Author's opinion. | ||
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*Joseph did not take the Word of Wisdom seriously. | |||
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*[[Word of Wisdom]] | *[[Word of Wisdom]] | ||
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*Author's opinion. | *Author's opinion. | ||
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| | *Joseph replaced wine with water in the Sacrament because Sidney Rigdon forced a vote for total abstinence through the Church. | ||
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*Wilford Woodruff's journal, quoted by Matthias F. Cowley in ''Wilford Woodruff'' (Salt Lake, 1909), p. 65. | *Wilford Woodruff's journal, quoted by Matthias F. Cowley in ''Wilford Woodruff'' (Salt Lake, 1909), p. 65. | ||
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Revision as of 04:13, 27 January 2010
| Claims made in "Chapter 10: The Army of the Lord" | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Fawn Brodie
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Claims made in "Chapter 12: Master of Languages" |
Claims made in "Chapter 11: Patronage and Punishment"
159
Claim
- Zion's Camp was a "major failure" for Joseph Smith.
Author's source(s)
- Author's opinion.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
159
Claim
- Men and women had died in Missouri Joseph Smith's name.
Author's source(s)
- Author's opinion.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
159
Claim
- Joseph decided that he could no longer give out "incidental" revelations after the Missouri trials.
Author's source(s)
- Author's opinion.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
162
Claim
- The Kirtland High Council complained that the Apostles had too much power.
Author's source(s)
- History of the Church 2:240
Response
- See Quote mining—History of the Church 2:240 to see how this quote was mined.
162
Claim
- Henry Green was cut off from the church simply because of a remark made that Joseph was "extorting" the cost of a book.
Author's source(s)
- History of the Church 2:275
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
164
Claim
- Apostle William Smith called his brother Joseph a "tyrant" and attempted to beat him.
Author's source(s)
- Court of Common Pleas, County of Geauga, Ohio, June 16, 1835.
- Painesville Telegraph, June 26, 1835.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources
165
Claim
- Joseph was "vain" regarding his "wrestling prowess."
Author's source(s)
- Author's opinion.
Response
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
- Psychobiographical analysis of Joseph Smith
166
Claim
- The Word of Wisdom was not given by "commandment or constraint" because Joseph was "too fond of earthly pleasures."
Author's source(s)
- Author's opinion.
Response
- Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.
- Word of Wisdom
167
Claim
- Joseph did not take the Word of Wisdom seriously.
Author's source(s)
- Author's opinion.
Response
167
Claim
- Joseph replaced wine with water in the Sacrament because Sidney Rigdon forced a vote for total abstinence through the Church.
Author's source(s)
- Wilford Woodruff's journal, quoted by Matthias F. Cowley in Wilford Woodruff (Salt Lake, 1909), p. 65.
Response
FAIR WIKI EDITORS: Check sources