Response to Under the Banner of Heaven, Chapter 4


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A work by author: Jon Krakauer
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Claims made in "Chapter 4: Elizabeth and Ruby"

Page Claim Response Author's sources

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  • The author claims that Latter-day Saints are raised to "obey figures of Mormon authority unquestioningly, and to believe that LDS doctrine is the law of God."

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  • The author claims that a fourteen-year-old Latter-day Saint girl was forced to wear robes by her kidnapper that "resembled the sacred robes she had donned with her family when they entered the Mormon temple."
  •  The author's claim is false A fourteen-year-old LDS girl's experience with the temple would have only involved performing baptisms for the dead, and would not have required the wearing of any "sacred robes."

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  • The author claims that the "words of Joseph Smith" are taught as having been "handed down by God Himself."
  • That depends upon which of Joseph's words are being referred to.
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