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| ==Index to claims made in ''The Changing World of Mormonism''==
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| This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within the FAIRwiki.
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| ===Claims made in Chapter 1: A Marvelous Work?===
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| | style="width:5%"|21||Joseph Smith stated that the final battle in the Book of Mormon was fought in New York.|| ||''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 175.
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| |21||Bruce R. McConkie said that Brigham Young stated the there was a cave in the Hill Cumorah that was full of records.|| ||''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 454.
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| |21||The Hill Cumorah is one of the "most important places on earth" to Mormons.
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| |22||Joseph Smith found a seer stone while digging a well||[[Joseph Smith and seer stones]]
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| |22||LeGrand Richards claimed that Mormons do not have to rely on the Bible.|| ||''A Marvelous Work and a Wonder'', p. 41.
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| |22||Mormon leaders taught that the Garden of Eden was located in Jackson County||[[Garden of Eden in Missouri?]]||''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 20.
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| |22||A remnant of Adam's altar remained in Missouri.|| ||McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'', p. 21.
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| |23||Joseph Smith taught that Noah built his ark "near Carolina." || ||''The Juvenile Instructor'', Nov. 15, 1895, pp. 700-1.
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| |23||Joseph Smith described the inhabitants of the moon||[[Joseph Smith and moonmen]]||Journal of Oliver B. Huntington
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| |25||Brigham Young taught that the moon and sun were inhabited||[[Brigham Young and moonmen]]||[[Use of sources/Journal of Discourses#13:271|''Journal of Discourses'' 13:271]]
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| |27||Orson Pratt preached against the Catholic Church||[[Great and abominable church]]||''Pamphlets by Orson Pratt'', p. 112
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| |27||John Taylor taught that "we are the saviors of the world."|| ||[[Use of sources/Journal of Discourses#6:163|''Journal of Discourses'' 6:163]]
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| |27||Joseph Fielding Smith taught that Mormons are "the best people in the world."|| ||[[Use of sources/Doctrines of Salvation#1:236|''Doctrines of Salvation'' 1:236]]
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| |27||Brigham Young claimed that every that does not confess that Joseph Smith was a prophet is "anti-Christ."||[[Joseph Smith's status in LDS belief]] ||''History of the Church'' 7:287
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| |27||Joseph Field Smith taught that there is no salvation without accepting Joseph Smith.||[[Joseph Smith's status in LDS belief]]||[[Use of sources/Doctrines of Salvation#1:189-90|''Doctrines of Salvation'' 1:189-90]]
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| ===Claims made in Chapter 2: Change, Censorship and Suppression===
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| |29||John Taylor said that we are not ashamed of polygamy.
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| |29||Brigham Young said the the only men who become gods are those who enter into polygamy.||[[The only men who become gods are those that practice polygamy?]]
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| |29||Bruce R. McConkie said that plural marrieage is not essential to salvation or exaltation.
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| |31||Joseph Smith drank beer despite having received the Word of Wisdom.||[[Word of Wisdom]]
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| |33||Joseph encouraged others to break the Word of Wisdom.||[[Word of Wisdom]]
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| |33||Joseph asked for a pipe and tobacco to settle Willard Richards' stomach.||[[Word of Wisdom]]
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| |34||Brigham Young ordered the destruction of Lucy Mack Smith's history Biographical Sketches of Joseph Smith published by Orson Pratt in 1853.
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| ===Claims made in Chapter 3: Changes in Revelations===
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| |38||Revelations have been modified after they have been received.
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| |41-42||David Whitmer said that the revelations in the Book of Commandments were printed correctly.
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| |42||David Whitmer objected to changing the revelations.
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| |43||D&C 68 was changed from its original printing in the Evening and Morning Star
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| |45||Joseph Smith was not supposed to do any translating beyond the Book of Mormon, as shown in Book of Commandments 4:2. Changed in D&C 5:4.||[[Doctrine and Covenants textual changes#Added material or expansions|Doctrine and Covenants textual changes—Added material or expansions]]
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| |47||Joseph Smith translated a parchment written by the Apostle John. Mormon writers cannot explain why this revelation was changed.||[[Doctrine and Covenants textual changes#Added material or expansions|Doctrine and Covenants textual changes—Added material or expansions]]
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| |52||The name "Urim and Thummin" was added to the revelations later.
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| |59||The United Order was simply a form of Communism
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| |59||The United Order was Sidney Rigdon's idea.
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| |62||A section on marriage was removed from the D&C.
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| |62||The Lectures on Faith were removed from the D&C||[[Lectures on Faith removed from Doctrine and Covenants]]
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| |62||Few Mormon writers will admit to changes in the D&C||[[Doctrine and Covenants textual changes#Unhidden|Doctrine and Covenants textual changes—Unhidden]]
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| |63||The name "Michael" was deleted from Joseph Smith's vision of the Celestial Kingdom because Adam is Michael.
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| ==Further reading==
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