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*Claim that Moroni told Joseph that Isaiah 11:6-11 was "about to be fulfilled."
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*Hyrum Smith. Quoted by Abraham O. Smoot, 1896, Provo School of the Prophets (see {{CriticalWork:Quinn:Mormon Hierarchy|pages=639}})
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*Joseph was to go to Canada and sell the Book of Mormon copyright.
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*[[Did Joseph Smith attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright?]]
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*''Pearl of Great Price'' Joseph Smith—History 1:40.
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*The book claims that the elect were to be gathered "against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked."
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*B.H. Roberts, ''Comprehensive History of the Church'', vol. 1, 165.
*David Whitmer, ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'', 30-31.
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*That "the hour is nigh and the day soon at hand" that Jesus Christ would return and the wicked would be destroyed.
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*The Saints were to gather to Missouri and "gather riches and purchase an inheritance...where the wicked would not come." The book claims that the prophecy states that the wicked would "refuse to battle because of fearing the Mormons."
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*{{s||DC|45|64-74}}
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*A temple would be built in Missouri.
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*{{s||DC|57|1-5}}
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*The temple in Missouri would be built "in this generation."
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*{{s||DC|84|2-5}}
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*New York, Albany and Boston would be destroyed if they rejected the Gospel.
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*{{s||DC|84|114-115}}
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*The Civil War prophecy
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*No citation provided
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*The Lost Ten tribes would be gathered within Joseph Smith's generation.
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*''History of the Church'', vol. 1, 315-316.
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*The "City of Zion" would never "be moved" from its place in Missouri.
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*If Latter-day Saints retained their Missouri lands and seek legal redress. If they did not obtain it, then God would avenge them and destroy their adversaries.
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*''History of the Church'', vol. 1, 455.
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Revision as of 00:06, 19 January 2009


A FAIR Analysis of:
Criticism of Mormonism/Books
A work by author: Richard Abanes

Claims made in "Appendix B: Failed Joseph Smith Prophecies"

Page Claim Response Author's sources

459, 616n2

  • Claim that Moroni told Joseph that Isaiah 11:6-11 was "about to be fulfilled."

459, 616n3

  • Joseph was to go to Canada and sell the Book of Mormon copyright.
  • Pearl of Great Price Joseph Smith—History 1:40.

460, 616n4

  • The book claims that the elect were to be gathered "against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked."
  • B.H. Roberts, Comprehensive History of the Church, vol. 1, 165.
  • David Whitmer, An Address to All Believers in Christ, 30-31.

460, 616n5

  • That "the hour is nigh and the day soon at hand" that Jesus Christ would return and the wicked would be destroyed.

460, 616n6

  • The Saints were to gather to Missouri and "gather riches and purchase an inheritance...where the wicked would not come." The book claims that the prophecy states that the wicked would "refuse to battle because of fearing the Mormons."

460, 616n7

  • A temple would be built in Missouri.

460, 616n8

  • The temple in Missouri would be built "in this generation."

461, 616n9

  • New York, Albany and Boston would be destroyed if they rejected the Gospel.

461

  • The Civil War prophecy
  • No citation provided

461, 616n10

  • The Lost Ten tribes would be gathered within Joseph Smith's generation.
  • History of the Church, vol. 1, 315-316.

461, 617n11

  • The "City of Zion" would never "be moved" from its place in Missouri.

461, 617n12

  • If Latter-day Saints retained their Missouri lands and seek legal redress. If they did not obtain it, then God would avenge them and destroy their adversaries.
  • History of the Church, vol. 1, 455.