Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Chapter 3

Chapter 2

A FAIR Analysis of: Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows A work by author: Will Bagley

Chapter 4

Claims made in "Chapter 3: Political Hacks, Robbers, and Whoremongers"

Page	Claim	Response	Author's sources
39	Innuendo about death of Wakara from pneumonia "but perhaps from poison."	"Another troubling tendency of Bagley’s is his habit of almost—but not quite—accusing Mormondom of criminal acts for which there can be no answer because no real facts are given. Federal officials “died mysteriously” (39), and Wakara died “probably of pneumonia but perhaps from poison,” all following conflicts with Mormons (33)."[1]	[ATTENTION!]
50-52	Blood atonement is presented as an active teaching, as prelude to the Massacre.	Blood atonement	[ATTENTION!]
51	Blood atonement to be implemented for those guilty of "the unpardonable sin."	Use of sources: unpardonable sin Blood atonement	[ATTENTION!]

Endnotes

1. [note]  W. Paul Reeve and Ardis E. Parshall, "review of Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, by Will Bagley," Mormon Historical Studies (Spring 2003): 154.