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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 15
Response to claims made in "Chapter 15: The Arm of Flesh"
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431-439
Claim
- There has been no new revelation since the time of Joseph Smith.
Author's source(s) - [ATTENTION!]
431 - The Church teaches that you must let the leaders do your thinking for you
The author(s) of The Changing World of Mormonism make(s) the following claim:
The Church teaches that you must let the leaders do your thinking for you.
Author's sources: Improvement Era, June 1945, p.354
FAIR's Response
433 - Joseph F. Smith said that he never received revelation
The author(s) of The Changing World of Mormonism make(s) the following claim:
Joseph F. Smith said that he never received revelation.
Author's sources: Reed Smoot Case, Vol. 1, pages 483-484
FAIR's Response
Joseph F. Smith at the Reed Smoot hearings
Summary: It is claimed that at the Smoot hearings, Joseph F. Smith said that he never received revelation.
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434 - The Church chose to canonize two "new" revelations in order to counter claims made by the Tanners
The author(s) of The Changing World of Mormonism make(s) the following claim:
The Church chose to canonize two "new" revelations in order to counter claims made by the Tanners.
FAIR's Response
435
Claim
- The Church has never produced a copy of the revelation granting Blacks the ability to receive the priesthood.
Author's source(s) - [ATTENTION!]
- Those involved described the receipt of the revelation.
- Even if the revelation were published, are we to think that the Tanners would then be convinced and satisfied?
- Blacks and the priesthood—Lifting the ban
437
Claim
- Brigham Young claimed that his sermons were the same as scripture.
Author's source(s) - Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 13:95.
- Misrepresentation of source: The Tanners neglect to provide Brigham's detailed instructions about when and under what circumstances his sermons were scripture.
- See Quote mining—Journal of Discourses 13:95 to see how this quote was mined.
- Church doctrine/Statements by Church leaders
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