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What
the book says
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What
the book omits or adds
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1.
"Joseph
Smith
[said],
‘I intend
to
lay
a
foundation
that
will
revolutionize
the
whole
world'
" (209:33).
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Two
lines later the LDS prophet added, "It will not be by sword or gun that this
kingdom will roll on."
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2.
Brigham
Young
is
quoted
praising
Joseph
Smith
to
show
Latter-day
Saints
do
not
testify
of
Christ (41:4).
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Much
of the unquoted portion of the talk did praise Jesus Christ.
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3.
Heber
C.
Kimball
urged
saints
to
follow
their
leaders
"whether
it's
right
or
wrong" (43:16).
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His
words just prior were, "\ may be wrong
on this point." Heber C. Kimball was talking during a state of emergency in
1857, with federal troops poised to invade Salt Lake City.
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4.
Spencer
W.
Kimball
said,
"All
transgressions
must
be
cleansed
{by
temple
rituals
and
good
deeds] . . . " (179:7).
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The
words in brackets were added in the book and were not implied or stated in any
way in the talk. (A person has to be cleansed before participating in the
ritual.)
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5.
"Mormon
writer
William
E.
Berrett
admits
that
a
secret
society
called
the
'Danites'
.
.
.was
organized
within
the
Mormon
Church
'for
the
purpose
of
plundering
and
murdering
the
enemies
of
the
saints'
" (224:35).
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The
same source also said "that Joseph Smith had nothing to do with [the Danites]
and exposed the participants when he became aware of it, is equally well
confirmed."
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6.
"Leland
Gentry,
also
a
Mormon,
adds
that
the
'Danites
were
apparently
taught
to
obey
the
commands
of
their
superiors
without
question
or
hesitation' " (225:1-5).
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The
Gentry account also makes clear that not until the pre-trial hearing were Joseph
Smith and his brethren made aware what members of this group had done and that
the Danites tried to shift the responsibility for their crimes to Joseph Smith
to save themselves.
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7.
Brigham
Young
said,
the
Christian
God
is
the
Mormon's
devil (245, last).
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President
Young was quoting a person who once pointed out that to some Christians, both
God and the devil were "without body." (It is
not LDS doctrine that other Christians
worship the devil.)
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8.
The
book,
trying
to
show
a
false
prediction,
quotes
Heber C.
Kimball
as
saying
that
he
and
other
Mormons
then
living
would
go
back
to
Missouri (228:1-10).
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Ellipses
are used to create one quotation that comes from two speeches, from two volumes,
325 pages apart. In one of the talks only a few lines away, Heber C. Kimball
also said, "If we do not receive these things, it is because we do not live for
them," making the prediction conditional on the worthiness of the
Saints.
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9.
Several
strange
demonic
experiences
are
quoted
out
of
context
by
the
authors
who
add,
"Here
again
we
have
an
obviously
evil
manifestation"
to
show
that
Mormonism
is
satanic (108:30).
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Reading
the full account, one finds that Joseph Smith instructed Lyman Wight "to chase
Satan out," and in a second instance Joseph Smith "commanded Satan to leave."
These were examples of casting out evil spirits and not of engaging in satanic
practices as the book alleges.
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