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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Use of sources/Morally, ethically, spiritually superior
Do Mormons believe they are morally, ethically, spiritually superior to others?
| Destroying Governments and Religions | A FAIR Analysis of: One Nation Under Gods A work by author: Richard Abanes
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"This is My Beloved Son" |
Author's Claims
One Nation under Gods, page xxiv (hardback); page xviii (paperback)
The book claims that Latter-day Saints believe that they are "morally, ethically, and spiritually superior to non-Mormons."
Author's Sources
Endnotes 39-40, page 481 (hardback); page 479 (paperback)
- Brigham Young, Journal of Discourses 4:269..
- Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation, comp. Bruce R. McConkie, 3 vols., (Salt Lake City: Bookcraft, 1954–56), 236.
Unreferenced sources
- Jerald and Sandra Tanner, The Changing World of Mormonism (Moody Press, 1979), 27.( Index of claims )