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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.
 
===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.||[[Garden of Eden in Missouri?#Adam-ondi-Ahman|Garden of Eden in Missouri?—Adam-ondi-Ahman]]||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 person 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.|| ||''Life of John Taylor'' p. 255
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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?]]||''Journal of Discourses'' 11:269
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|29||Bruce R. McConkie said that plural marriage is not essential to salvation or exaltation.|| ||''Mormon Doctrine'' (1958) p. 523.
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|31||Joseph Smith drank beer despite having received the Word of Wisdom.||[[Word of Wisdom]]||''Millennial Star'' 23:720;''History of the Church'' 6:424
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|33||Joseph encouraged others to break the Word of Wisdom by drinking whiskey||[[Word of Wisdom]]||''Millennial Star'' 21:283; ''History of the Church'' 5:450
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|33||Joseph asked for a pipe and tobacco to settle Willard Richards' stomach.||[[Word of Wisdom]]||''Millennial Star'' 24:471; ''History of the Church'' 6:614
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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.|| ||''Millennial Star'' 27:657-58
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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.||[[Doctrine and Covenants textual changes]]
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|39||Joseph Fielding Smith said that there was no need for "eliminating, changing or adjusting" the revelations.|| ||[[Use of sources/Doctrines of Salvation#1:170|''Doctrines of Salvation'' 1:170]].
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|41-42||David Whitmer said that the revelations in the Book of Commandments were printed correctly.|| ||''An Address to All Believers in Christ'' p. 56.
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|42||David Whitmer objected to changing the revelations.|| ||''Saints' Herald'', Feb. 5, 1887
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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]]||Book of Commandments 4:2; D&C 5:4
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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]]||Book of Commandments'' 6; D&C 7
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|52||The name "Urim and Thummin" was added to the revelations later.|| ||Book of Commandments 9; D&C 10:1-12
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|59||The United Order was simply a form of Communism.|| ||Book of Commandments'' 44; D&C 42:24-36
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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#Changes were not hidden from the Church|Doctrine and Covenants textual changes—Changes were not hidden from the Church]]
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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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===Claims made in Chapter 4: Joseph Smith and Money-Digging===
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|67-70||Joseph Smith was convicted of "glass looking" in 1826||[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]]
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|72||Hugh Nibley is claimed to have said that ""...if this court record is authentic it is the most damning evidence in existence against Joseph Smith," and that ""the most devastating blow to Smith ever delivered."|| ||Nibley, The Myth Makers, p. 142
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|75||Joseph Smith was "deeply involved in money-digging" during the years that he was preparing to received the gold plates.
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|77||Martin Harris reported stories of treasures "sinking into the earth," and other "strange sights."|| ||An interview with Martin Harris, published in Tiffany's Monthly, 1859, p.165
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|77||Brigham Young was "influenced by the superstitions of his day"|| ||[[Use of sources/Journal of Discourses#19:36-7|Journal of Discourses 19:36-7]]
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|78-79||Joseph found a seer stone while helping to dig a well.||[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Willard Chase|The Hurlbut affidavits—Willard Chase]]||Comprehensive History of the Church 1:129;
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|79||Joseph said that the angel told him to "quit the company of the money-diggers."|| ||Tiffany's Monthly, 1859, pp. 163-164, 167, 169
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|80||Joseph fastened two of his seer stones together to make his "Urim and Thummin."
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|80||Joseph's father-in-law Isaac Hale claimed that Jospeh's occupation was "pretending to see by means of a stone placed in his hat."||[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Isaac Hale|The Hurlbut affidavits—Isaac Hale]]||Affidavit of Isaac Hale, as printed in the Susquehanna Register, May 1, 1834
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|82||The seer stone is sometimes called the "Urim and Thummin"||[[Joseph Smith and seer stones]]||Mormon Doctrine, 1966, p. 818; Doctrines of Salvation 3:225
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|83||Mormon apologists have difficulty explaining Joseph's use of seer stones.||[[Joseph Smith and seer stones|Mormon apologists explain Joseph's use of seer stones]]
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|83||Mormons aren't sure how to deal with Joseph Smith's "peeping" activities.||[[Joseph Smith and seer stones]]
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|84||The plates didn't even have to be present while Joseph was translating.||[[Book of Mormon translation method]]
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|84||Joseph Smith originally wanted to obtain the plates in order to get rich, and he was rebuked by the angel.
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|85||Brigham Young claimed that a chest of money "moved by itself" into the bank.
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|86||Joseph attempted to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing a revelation.|| ||Book of Commandments 7:3; D&C 8:6-7
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|87||Joseph went to Salem, Massachusetts to look for money hidden in a cellar.|| ||D&C 111:1-2, 4, 9, 10; Comprehensive History of the Church, vol. 1, p.412
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|89||Joseph Smith had a "Jupiter Talisman" in his possession at the time of his death.||[[Joseph Smith and Jupiter talisman]]
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===Claims made in Chapter 5: The Book of Mormon===
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|94||Brigham Young claimed that some of the Book of Mormon witnesses doubted that they had ever seen an angel.||[[Book of Mormon witnesses/Recant|Book of Mormon witnesses—Recant]]||Journal of Discourses 7:164
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|94||Oliver Cowdery may have had doubts about his testimony.|| ||''Times and Seasons'' 1841 (vol. 2, p.482):
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|96||The witnesses to the Book of Mormon were "very gullible"||[[Book of Mormon witnesses/Character|Book of Mormon witnesses—Character]]
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|97||David Whitmer said that God told him to separate himself from among the Latter Day Saints.||[[Book of Mormon witnesses/David Whitmer told to leave|Book of Mormon witnesses—David Whitmer told to leave]]||An Address to All Believers in Christ, pp. 27-28
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|97||Joseph said that John Whitmer, David Whitmer, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris are "too mean to mention."|| ||History of the Church 3:232
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|97||Joseph said derogatory things about David Whitmer.|| ||History of the Church 3:228.
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|97||The dissenters received a threatening letter before being driven out of Far West|| ||Senate Document 189, Feb. 15, 1841 pp. 6-9
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|98||Oliver Cowdery was accused of being involved in counterfeiting.|| ||History of the Church 3:16; A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri From 1836 to 1839, p.146-147
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|99||Oliver Cowdery joined a Methodist church after his excommunication.|| ||New Era, Jan. 1969, p. 56
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|99-100||Some of the Book of Mormon witnesses later followed James Strang.||[[James Strang]]
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|103||Martin Harris changed his religion thirteen times.
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|108||Martin Harris said that he saw the plates with his "spiritual eyes"||[["Eye of Faith"/"Spiritual Eye" statements by Martin Harris]]
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|108||David Whitmer said that he "handled the plates," but that he "did not touch nor handle the plates."|| ||Saints Herald, 1882
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|108||Martin Harris said that the eight witnesses never saw the plates.||[[Book of Mormon witnesses/Recant|Book of Mormon witnesses—Recant]]||Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Winter, 1972, pp. 83-84
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|109||No visions actually occurred in the Kirtland Temple.
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|111||Material from the Presbyterian "Westminster Confession" is "probably" the source for Alma 40.||[[Book of Mormon plagiarism accusations/Westminster Confession|Was Alma 40 derived from material contained in The Westminster Confession?]]||Westminster Confession; Alma 40
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|114||Joseph copied the name "Nephi" from the Apocrypha.
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|115||The story of Moses leading the children of Israel out of Egypt was a source for the book of 1 Nephi.
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|115||The Book of Mormon quotes Malachi many years before it was written.|| ||Malachi 4:1; 1 Nephi 22:15
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|116||The story of Lazarus being raised from the dead is a source for the story of Ammon.
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|118||The story of Alma was taken from the story of Paul.
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|119||The Book of Mormon contains material found in the New Testament.
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|122||In the Book of Mormon, Jesus quote a paraphrase of Moses' words found in Acts 3:22-26.
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|123||The Greek terms "Alpha" and "Omega" appear in the Book of Mormon.
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|124||The Book of Mormon contains the Greek name Timothy.||[[Book of Mormon anachronisms/Names#Timothy|Book of Mormon anachronisms/Names—Timothy]]
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|125||Joseph Smith's mother said that he used to entertain them with stories about the ancient inhabitants of the American continent before he translated the Book of Mormon.
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|127||B.H. Roberts concluded that the book View of the Hebrews could have provided a structural foundation for the Book of Mormon.||[[Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews]]
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|127||B.H. Roberts listed a number of parallels between View of the Hebrews and the Book of Mormon.||[[Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews#Examples of parallels and differences|Book of Mormon and View of the Hebrews—Examples of parallels and differences]]
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|128||The Book of Mormon may have used Josiah Priest's book ''The Wonders of Nature'' as a source.
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|128-129||The Book of Mormon contains changes that alter the meaning of the text.||[[Book of Mormon textual changes]]
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|132||It was claimed that the during the translation process that the proper spelling of words was given by the Lord.
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