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This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within ''FairMormon Answers''. An effort has been made to provide the author's original sources where possible. | This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within ''FairMormon Answers''. An effort has been made to provide the author's original sources where possible. | ||
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|link=/Introduction | |link=/Introduction | ||
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|summary=Claims made in "Introduction: The Cairn" (xx–xxiii) | |summary=Claims made in "Introduction: The Cairn" (xx–xxiii) | ||
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|link=/Chapter 1 | |link=/Chapter 1 | ||
|subject=Chapter 1 | |subject=Chapter 1 | ||
|summary=Claims made in "Chapter 1: Palmyra, 1823" (3–11) | |summary=Claims made in "Chapter 1: Palmyra, 1823" (3–11) | ||
|sublink1=Response to claim: 3 - Joseph Smith is claimed to have been visited by a "spirit" named Moroni | |||
|sublink2=Response to claim: 4 - Joseph made "excited proclamations to the public" regarding his First Vision | |||
|sublink3=Response to claim: 4 - The author claims that Joseph experienced "hundreds of mythical persecutions" throughout his life | |||
|sublink4=Response to claim: 4 - Joseph is claimed to have spent his leisure time leading a band of treasure diggers | |||
|sublink5=Response to claim: 4 - Joseph is claimed to have been "apprenticed" with a man who was described as "a peripatetic magician, conjurer and fortuneteller" | |||
|sublink6=Response to claim: 5 - The "autumnal equinox and a new moon" were considered to be "an excellent time to commence new projects" | |||
|sublink7=Response to claim: 5 - Joseph's family is claimed to have had a "nonconforming contempt for organized religion" | |||
|sublink8=Response to claim: 6 - Lucy Smith is claimed to have "abandoned traditional Protestantism" in favor of "mysticism and miracles" | |||
|sublink9=Response to claim: 7 - Joseph is claimed to have "detested the plow as only a farmer's son can" | |||
|sublink10=Response to claim: 7 - Joseph is claimed to have told stories about the Mound Builders | |||
|sublink11=Response to claim: 7 - Joseph entertained his family with tales of the ancient inhabitants of the area | |||
|sublink12=Response to claim: 8 - The author claims that Emma was warned not to touch the plates because she would suffer "instant death if her eyes fell upon them" | |||
|sublink13=Response to claim: 8 - Laman and Lemuel, were evil sinners, causing God to curse them and all of their descendants with a red skin | |||
|sublink14=Response to claim: 9 - The author claims that the Book of Mormon was rooted in "the conviction that all believers were on the road to Godhood" | |||
|sublink15=Response to claim: 9 - The author claims that Joseph Smith's "evangelical socialism" was a precursor to "Marxian communism" | |||
|sublink16=Response to claim: 10 - The author describes the LDS view of God as "a corporeal being residing on a planet orbiting a star called Kolob and sexually active with a Heavenly Mother and other wives" | |||
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|link=/Chapter 2 | |link=/Chapter 2 | ||
|subject=Chapter 2 | |subject=Chapter 2 | ||
|summary=Claims made in "Chapter 2: Kirtland/Far west, 1831" (12–21) | |summary=Claims made in "Chapter 2: Kirtland/Far west, 1831" (12–21) | ||
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|summary=Claims made in "Chapter 5: Salt Lake City, August 24, 1849" (61–75) | |summary=Claims made in "Chapter 5: Salt Lake City, August 24, 1849" (61–75) | ||
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|link=/Chapter 6 | |link=/Chapter 6 | ||
|subject=Chapter6 | |subject=Chapter6 | ||
|summary=Claims made in "Chapter 6: Sevier River, October 26, 1853" (76–92) | |summary=Claims made in "Chapter 6: Sevier River, October 26, 1853" (76–92) | ||
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|summary=Claims made in "Chapter 11: Deseret, September 12, 1857" (147–163) | |summary=Claims made in "Chapter 11: Deseret, September 12, 1857" (147–163) | ||
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|summary=Claims made in "Chapter 12: Camp Scott, November 16, 1857" (164–187) | |summary=Claims made in "Chapter 12: Camp Scott, November 16, 1857" (164–187) | ||
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|summary=Claims made in "Chapter 13: Cedar City, April 7, 1859" (188–204) | |summary=Claims made in "Chapter 13: Cedar City, April 7, 1859" (188–204) | ||
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|summary=Claims made in "Chapter 14: Mountain Meadows, May 25, 1861" (205–217) | |summary=Claims made in "Chapter 14: Mountain Meadows, May 25, 1861" (205–217) | ||
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Index to claims made in American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows
A FAIR Analysis of: American Massacre: The Tragedy at Mountain Meadows A work by author: Sally Denton
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This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within FairMormon Answers. An effort has been made to provide the author's original sources where possible.