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Events leading to the First Vision
Criticisms of events leading up to the First Vision
Criticisms of events leading up to the First Vision
Template loop detected: Joseph Smith's First Vision/Association with the Methodists
Template loop detected: Joseph Smith's First Vision/Lucy Mack Smith and the Presbyterians
Religious activity in the Palmyra area in 1820
Summary: It is claimed that there were no religious revivals in the Palmyra, New York area in 1820, contrary to Joseph Smith's claims that during that year there was "an unusual excitement on the subject of religion...indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected by it"The Smith family's place of residence in 1820 at the time of Joseph Smith's First Vision
Summary: It is claimed that there are discrepancies in Joseph's account of his family's early history, which make his 1820 and subsequent revelations impossible, and that there is no evidence that the Smith family was in the Palmyra area in 1820 for the religious excitement and First Vision which Joseph reported.A FairMormon Analysis of Wikipedia article "First Vision"
Summary: FairMormon analyzes the Wikipedia treatment of the First Vision.
Criticisms of events leading up to the First Vision
Template loop detected: Joseph Smith's First Vision/Association with the Methodists
Template loop detected: Joseph Smith's First Vision/Lucy Mack Smith and the Presbyterians
Religious activity in the Palmyra area in 1820
Summary: It is claimed that there were no religious revivals in the Palmyra, New York area in 1820, contrary to Joseph Smith's claims that during that year there was "an unusual excitement on the subject of religion...indeed, the whole district of country seemed affected by it"The Smith family's place of residence in 1820 at the time of Joseph Smith's First Vision
Summary: It is claimed that there are discrepancies in Joseph's account of his family's early history, which make his 1820 and subsequent revelations impossible, and that there is no evidence that the Smith family was in the Palmyra area in 1820 for the religious excitement and First Vision which Joseph reported.A FairMormon Analysis of Wikipedia article "First Vision"
Summary: FairMormon analyzes the Wikipedia treatment of the First Vision.