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== 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
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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:
- Joseph Smith prophecies
- Can't kill Joseph within 5 years of August 1843?
- Civil War prophecy
- 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
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FairMormon web site
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