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|sublink1=Response to claim: 264-268 - The authors conclude that trusting in these men, their teachings and their counsel, is a foolish and destructive path | |||
|sublink2=Response to claim: 266 - The authors attempt to paint a picture of restriction for members of the Church | |||
|sublink3=Response to claim: 266 - Ezra Taft Benson said, "No teacher has the right to interpret doctrine for the members of the Church" | |||
|sublink4=Response to claim: 266 - "Do most Mormons accept this role of such authority, even to trust these men to lead them to eternal life? Apparently so. What if they are wrong?" | |||
|sublink5=Response to claim: 266 - "for Mormons, rejecting the prophet and other church leaders is akin to rejecting God Himself" | |||
|sublink6=Response to claim: 267 - While the Mormon leaders may say that they and their organization are above reproach, such a position of ultimate authoritarianism is not a New Testament trait | |||
|sublink7=Response to claim: 267-268 - If the leaders of the early church had claimed ultimate authority, then we could rightly conclude that Paul would never have become an apostle | |||
|sublink8=Response to claim: 268 - "But though we, or an angel from heaven, preach any other gospel ... let him be accursed" | |||
|sublink9=Response to claim: 268 - the New Testament apostles did not have any special authority to declare doctrine and teach the gospel | |||
|sublink10=Response to claim: 270 - Brigham Young taught that Adam was God, but this has been relegated to "theory" | |||
|sublink11=Response to claim: 270-271 - Brigham Young stating that God is "progressing eternally," while Bruce R. McConkie states that God's knowledge and power is full and complete | |||
|sublink12=Response to claim: 273-275 - Pascal's wager: is what you are being asked to give up more than what you might receive in exchange? | |||
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Index to claims made in Mormonism 101
A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Mormonism 101 A work by author: Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson
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This is an index of claims made in this work with links to corresponding responses within the FAIRwiki.