FAIR is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing well-documented answers to criticisms of the doctrine, practice, and history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
Array
Alleged false prophecies of Joseph Smith: Difference between revisions
| Line 22: | Line 22: | ||
{{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Civil War|subject=Civil War prophecy|summary=Joseph Smith made an 1832 prophecy of the Civil War. Critics use a variety of tactics to dismiss this prophetic "hit."}} | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Civil War|subject=Civil War prophecy|summary=Joseph Smith made an 1832 prophecy of the Civil War. Critics use a variety of tactics to dismiss this prophetic "hit."}} | ||
{{SummaryItem2|link=Revelation_after_Joseph_Smith/Missouri_myths#Myth_.233:_Destruction_in_Missouri|subject=Alexander Doniphan and destruction in Missouri|summary=Immense destructions in Missouri preceding the Second Coming, so extensive that “not a yellow dog will be left to wag his tail.”}} | {{SummaryItem2|link=Revelation_after_Joseph_Smith/Missouri_myths#Myth_.233:_Destruction_in_Missouri|subject=Alexander Doniphan and destruction in Missouri|summary=Immense destructions in Missouri preceding the Second Coming, so extensive that “not a yellow dog will be left to wag his tail.”}} | ||
{{SummaryItem2|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy|subject=Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy}} | {{SummaryItem2|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy|subject=Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy|summary=One critic claims that the horrors of the Civil War actually brought the Saints "some degree of emotional satisfaction and comfort," since it fulfilled Joseph's prophecy.}} | ||
{{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/David Patten to serve mission|subject=David Patten to serve a mission}} | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/David Patten to serve mission|subject=David Patten to serve a mission}} | ||
{{SummaryItem|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Forged_Rocky_Mountain_prophecy|subject=Forged prophecy about Saints in Rocky Mountains?}} | {{SummaryItem|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Forged_Rocky_Mountain_prophecy|subject=Forged prophecy about Saints in Rocky Mountains?}} | ||
Revision as of 20:15, 8 January 2011
| Answers portal |
| Joseph Smith, Jr. |
|
 RESOURCES
|
|---|
|
|
|
|
 PERSPECTIVES
|
 MEDIA
|
| OTHER PORTALS
|
Questions
== Critics claim that Joseph Smith was not a true prophet, and that he made "false prophecies."
To see citations to the critical sources for these claims, [[../CriticalSources|click here]]
==Detailed Analysis
==
Fulfilled prophecies
- The Word of Wisdom states that it is given in part because of the "evils and designs which do and will exist in the hearts of conspiring men in the last days" (DC 89꞉4). Modern developments have vindicated this prophetic warning.
- A list of some examples of fulfilled prophecies can be found here:
- Jeff Lindsay, "Fulfilled Prophesies of Joseph Smith," off-site
Accusations of false prophecy
Specific accusations of Joseph Smith having uttered "false prophecy" are treated in the following wiki articles:
Can't kill Joseph within 5 years of August 1843?
Summary: Sarah Scott's claim that Joseph Smith said on 27 August 1843 that nobody could kill him "till the Temple would be completed."Civil War prophecy
Summary: Joseph Smith made an 1832 prophecy of the Civil War. Critics use a variety of tactics to dismiss this prophetic "hit."- Alexander Doniphan and destruction in Missouri—
Brief Summary: Immense destructions in Missouri preceding the Second Coming, so extensive that “not a yellow dog will be left to wag his tail.” (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗ - Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy—
Brief Summary: One critic claims that the horrors of the Civil War actually brought the Saints "some degree of emotional satisfaction and comfort," since it fulfilled Joseph's prophecy. (Click here for full article)∗ ∗ ∗
- Alexander Doniphan and destruction in Missouri—
David Patten to serve a mission
Forged prophecy about Saints in Rocky Mountains?
Government to be overthrown and wasted
Independence temple to be built "in this generation"
The Saints had to leave Missouri before the temple was built in Independence
Joseph and Orson Hyde to drink of wine in Palestine?
Notes from Kirtland Safety Society to be "as good as gold"?
Prophetic test in Deuteronomy
Queens to pay respect to Relief Society within ten years?
Second Coming in 1890 (56 years)
Stephen A. Douglas prophecy
Ten tribes return and wicked swept away?
Thomas B. Marsh to be "exalted"
United Order everlasting, immutable, and unchangeable?
Zion redeemed by September 1836?
Official doctrine: what is it?
== Notes == None
Further reading
FairMormon Answers articles
Template:JosephSmithWiki Template:ProphecyWiki
FairMormon web site
Template:JosephSmithFAIR Template:ProphecyFAIR
External links
Template:JosephSmithLinks Template:ProphecyLinks