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Specific accusations of Joseph Smith having uttered "false prophecy" are treated in the following wiki articles: | Specific accusations of Joseph Smith having uttered "false prophecy" are treated in the following wiki articles: | ||
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{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Civil War|subject=Civil War prophecy}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem2|link=Revelation_after_Joseph_Smith/Missouri_myths#Myth_.233:_Destruction_in_Missouri|subject=Alexander Doniphan and destruction in Missouri}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem2|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy|subject=Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy}} | ||
{{ | {{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?}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem2|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Forged Rocky Mountain prophecy/Tanners use of sources|subject=Tanners' use of sources}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Government to be overthrown and wasted|subject=Government to be overthrown and wasted}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Independence temple to be built "in this generation"|subject=Independence temple to be built "in this generation"}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Saints left Missouri before temple was built|subject=The Saints had to leave Missouri before the temple was built in Independence}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Joseph and Orson Hyde to drink of wine in Palestine|subject=Joseph and Orson Hyde to drink of wine in Palestine?}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Kirtland Safety Society/Good as gold|subject=Notes from Kirtland Safety Society to be "as good as gold"?}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/The prophetic test in Deuteronomy 18|subject=Prophetic test in Deuteronomy}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Queens to pay respect to Relief Society within ten years|subject=Queens to pay respect to Relief Society within ten years?}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Second Coming to be in 1890|subject=Second Coming in 1890 (56 years)}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Stephen_A._Douglas_prophecy|subject=Stephen A. Douglas prophecy}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Ten tribes return and wicked swept away|subject=Ten tribes return and wicked swept away?}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/Thomas B. Marsh to be "exalted"|subject=Thomas B. Marsh to be "exalted"}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=Joseph Smith/Prophecies/United Order is everlasting|subject=United Order everlasting, immutable, and unchangeable?}} | ||
{{ | {{SummaryItem|link=One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Redeemed_by_September_1836|subject=Zion redeemed by September 1836?}} | ||
{{SummaryItem|link=Fallibility_of_prophets#Standard_of_doctrine_in_the_Church|subject=Official doctrine: what is it?}} | {{SummaryItem|link=Fallibility_of_prophets#Standard_of_doctrine_in_the_Church|subject=Official doctrine: what is it?}} | ||
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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:
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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External links
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