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'''Criticize LDS belief that little chldren are saved without baptism''' | '''Criticize LDS belief that little chldren are saved without baptism''' | ||
{{CriticalWork:Christian Advocate and Journal:29 July 1841:Letter on Mormonism|pages=??}} {{An|"The doctrine of human depravity is denied; and in their Magazine, total depravity is denounced. Children are said not to need baptism, because they have no sin, and are alive in Christ...."}} | *{{CriticalWork:Christian Advocate and Journal:29 July 1841:Letter on Mormonism|pages=??}} {{An|"The doctrine of human depravity is denied; and in their Magazine, total depravity is denounced. Children are said not to need baptism, because they have no sin, and are alive in Christ...."}} | ||
* {{CriticalWork:Haining:Weighed in the Balances|pages=30, 46-47}}{{An|"This is so unlike any-thing contained in the Book of God, that no comment is required, and is a decisive proof that the claims to inspiration are presumptuous."}} | * {{CriticalWork:Haining:Weighed in the Balances|pages=30, 46-47}}{{An|"This is so unlike any-thing contained in the Book of God, that no comment is required, and is a decisive proof that the claims to inspiration are presumptuous."}} | ||
'''Criticize LDS belief that the fall of Adam was part of God's plan''' | '''Criticize LDS belief that the fall of Adam was part of God's plan''' | ||
* {{CriticalWork:Stevenson:Lecture on Mormonism|pages=3-32}} | * {{CriticalWork:Stevenson:Lecture on Mormonism|pages=3-32}} | ||
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Source(s) of the Criticism
- Oliver Barr, “Mormonism No. iii,” Christian Palladium (Union Mills, New York) 5, no. 18 (16 January 1837): 273–75. off-site
- Bill McKeever and Eric Johnson, Mormonism 101. Examining the Religion of the Latter-day Saints (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Books, 2000), Chapter 5. ( Index of claims )
- Walter Martin, The Kingdom of the Cults (Revised) (Minneapolis: Bethany House Publishers, 1997), 206. ( Index of claims )
- La Roy Sunderland, “Mormonism,” Zion’s Watchman (New York) 3, no. 7 (17 February 1838). off-site
- H. Stevenson, A Lecture on Mormonism (Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Co., 1839), 3-32. off-site
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 192-193.( Index of claims )
- Watchman Fellowship, The Watchman Expositor (Page 4)
Criticize LDS belief that little chldren are saved without baptism
- [Letter on Mormonism, 29 July 1841,] Christian Advocate and Journal (New York) 15, no. 52 (11 August 1841). off-site
"The doctrine of human depravity is denied; and in their Magazine, total depravity is denounced. Children are said not to need baptism, because they have no sin, and are alive in Christ...." - Samuel Haining, Mormonism Weighed in the Balances of the Sanctuary, and Found Wanting: The Substance of Four Lectures (Douglas: Robert Fargher, 1840), 30, 46-47. off-site
"This is so unlike any-thing contained in the Book of God, that no comment is required, and is a decisive proof that the claims to inspiration are presumptuous."
Criticize LDS belief that the fall of Adam was part of God's plan
- H. Stevenson, A Lecture on Mormonism (Newcastle: J. Blackwell and Co., 1839), 3-32. off-site