Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 14

Response to claims made in "Chapter 14: False Prophecy"


Chapter 13
A FAIR Analysis of:
Criticism of Mormonism/Books
A work by author: Jerald and Sandra Tanner
 Chapter 15

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Claim
  • Joseph Smith gave many false prophecies.

Author's source(s)
  •  [ATTENTION!]
Response
  • None of the examples mentioned by the Tanners—or many others raised by other critics—withstand examination.
  • Joseph Smith/Prophesies

417

Claim
  • Joseph Smith received a false revelation to go to Canada and sell the Book of Mormon copyright.

Author's source(s)
  • David Whitmer, An Address To All Believers In Christ, 1887, pp.30-31
  • B.H. Roberts, A Comprehensive History of the Church, vol. 1, p.165"
Response

418-419

Claim
  • In 1835 Joseph Smith prophesied that the Lord would come in "fifty-six years," or when Joseph was 85 years old.

Author's source(s)
  • History of the Church 5:336
  • Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Autumn 1966, p.76
  • Daily journal of Abraham H. Cannon, October 14, 1886, BYU Library
  • History of the Church 2:188
Response

420-421

Claim
  • Joseph prophesied that a temple in Missouri would be built "in this generation."

Author's source(s)
  • Doctrine and Covenants 84:2-5, 31
  • George A. Smith, Journal of Discourses 10:344
  • Orson Pratt, Journal of Discourses 13:138, 362; 14:275; 17:111, 292
  • Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Autumn 1966, p.74"
Response

424

Claim
  • Joseph's "Civil War prophecy" could have been deduced from the news at the time.

Author's source(s)
  • The Evening and the Morning Star, vol. 1, issue 8
Response
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