Richard Abanes

FAIR Wiki articles

These wiki articles address claims made by this author.

• First Vision accounts (Summary and index page)
• Religious revivals in 1820
• Early Smith family history
• Joseph Smith did not know if God existed in 1823
• Joseph Smith joined other churches

Claims about the 1832 First Vision account

• Only one Deity appears in the 1832 account
• 1832 account doesn't mention new dispensation
• 1832 account doesn't mention a revival
• 1832 account doesn't forbid joining a church
• 1832 account doesn't mention persecution
• Motivation in 1832 account is different
• Different age provided in the 1832 text

Claims about other members and the First Vision

• George Q. Cannon referred to "angels"
• Oliver Cowdery not aware of First Vision in 1834-35
• Orson Hyde referred to "angels"
• Andrew Jenson called personage an "angel"
• Heber C. Kimball denied the Father appeared
• Orson Pratt confused about "angel" or Father-Son
• George A. Smith said First Vision was an "angel"
• Lucy Mack Smith claimed "angel"?
• John Taylor's understanding of the First Vision
• Wilford Woodruff spoke of an "angel"
• Brigham Young said the Lord didn't appear
• Brigham Young never mentioned the First Vision
• Seldom mentioned in LDS publications before 1877
  • Longer version

Reviews of author's work(s)

• Michael G. Reed, "Abanes's Revised History (Review of: One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church)," FARMS Review 16/1 (2004): 99–110. off-site
• Craig L. Foster, "Doing Violence to Journalistic Integrity (Review of: "Under the Banner of Heaven: A Story of a Violent Faith by Jon Krakauer)," FARMS Review 16/1 (2004): 149–174. off-site