Joseph Smith's alleged narcissism

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Life and Character	Status in Latter-day Saint belief Joseph's trustworthiness Money digging Folk magic or the occult The Word of Wisdom Alleged narcissism
Youth	Joseph Smith's family as trustworthy and hard-working Education Use of seer stones as a youth The Hurlbut affidavits Joseph Smith's 1826 trial
Revelations and the Church	Witness of Jesus Christ First Vision Book of Mormon Joseph Smith's inspired revision of the Bible (JST) The restoration of the priesthood Personages who appeared to Joseph Smith Production of the Book of Abraham Kinderhook Plates
Prophetic Statements	The U.S. Civil War Rocky Mountain prophecy The White Horse prophecy Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith Joseph Smith and Old Testament practices
Society	Legal issues 1826 trial Creation of the Kirtland Safety Society Failure of the Kirtland Safety Society Campaign for President of the United States
Plural marriage (polygamy)	Plural marriage or polygamy Polygamy navigator Plural wives of Joseph Smith
Death	The Nauvoo Expositor Events surrounding the death of Joseph Smith Firing a gun at Carthage Jail Qualification as a martyr 1844 Succession to Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith's alleged narcissism

Jump to details:

• Was Joseph Smith ego-maniacal, proud, and narcissistic?
• Was Joseph Smith prone to boasting?
• Did Joseph Smith believe that he was better than Jesus Christ?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith say that he would be a "second Muhammad," threatening to spread his beliefs with the sword?

Joseph Smith's alleged narcissism

Jump to details:

• Was Joseph Smith ego-maniacal, proud, and narcissistic?
• Was Joseph Smith prone to boasting?
• Did Joseph Smith believe that he was better than Jesus Christ?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith say that he would be a "second Muhammad," threatening to spread his beliefs with the sword?

Joseph Smith's alleged narcissism

Jump to details:

• Was Joseph Smith ego-maniacal, proud, and narcissistic?
• Was Joseph Smith prone to boasting?
• Did Joseph Smith believe that he was better than Jesus Christ?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith say that he would be a "second Muhammad," threatening to spread his beliefs with the sword?

Joseph Smith's alleged narcissism

Jump to details:

• Was Joseph Smith ego-maniacal, proud, and narcissistic?
• Was Joseph Smith prone to boasting?
• Did Joseph Smith believe that he was better than Jesus Christ?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith say that he would be a "second Muhammad," threatening to spread his beliefs with the sword?

Joseph Smith's alleged narcissism

Jump to details:

• Was Joseph Smith ego-maniacal, proud, and narcissistic?
• Was Joseph Smith prone to boasting?
• Did Joseph Smith believe that he was better than Jesus Christ?
• Question: Did Joseph Smith say that he would be a "second Muhammad," threatening to spread his beliefs with the sword?

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Source(s) of the criticism

Critical sources

Richard Abanes, One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church (New York: Four Walls Eight Windows, 2003), 171, epigraph ( Index of claims ) Sally Denton, American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows, (Secker & Warburg, 2003), 25. George D. Smith, Nauvoo Polygamy: "...but we called it celestial marriage" (Salt Lake City: Signature Books, 2008), 225–226. ( Index of claims , (Detailed book review))

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