Criticism of Mormonism/Books/One Nation Under Gods/Appendix B

Claims made in "Appendix A: Abraham's Book?"

A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Richard Abanes

Claims made in "Appendix C: Recommended Resources"

Claims made in "Appendix B: Failed Joseph Smith Prophecies"

Page	Claim	Response	Author's sources
459, 616n2	Claim that Moroni told Joseph that Isaiah 11:6-11 was "about to be fulfilled."		Hyrum Smith. Quoted by Abraham O. Smoot, 1896, Provo School of the Prophets (see D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Signature Books, 1994), 639.)
459, 616n3	Joseph was to go to Canada and sell the Book of Mormon copyright.	Did Joseph Smith attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright?	Pearl of Great Price Joseph Smith—History 1:40.
460, 616n4	The book claims that the elect were to be gathered "against the day when tribulation and desolation are sent forth upon the wicked."		B.H. Roberts, Comprehensive History of the Church, vol. 1, 165. David Whitmer, An Address to All Believers in Christ, 30-31.
460, 616n5	That "the hour is nigh and the day soon at hand" that Jesus Christ would return and the wicked would be destroyed.		DC 29꞉8
460, 616n6	The Saints were to gather to Missouri and "gather riches and purchase an inheritance...where the wicked would not come." The book claims that the prophecy states that the wicked would "refuse to battle because of fearing the Mormons."		DC 45꞉64-74
460, 616n7	A temple would be built in Missouri.	Independence temple to be built "in this generation"	DC 57꞉1-5
460, 616n8	The temple in Missouri would be built "in this generation."	Independence temple to be built "in this generation"	DC 84꞉2-5
461, 616n9	New York, Albany and Boston would be destroyed if they rejected the Gospel.		DC 84꞉114-115
461	The Civil War prophecy	Joseph Smith prophecies/Civil War prophecy Attitude of Saints to Civil War prophecy	No citation provided
461, 616n10	The Lost Ten tribes would be gathered within Joseph Smith's generation.		History of the Church, vol. 1, 315-316.
461, 617n11	The "City of Zion" would never "be moved" from its place in Missouri.		DC 97꞉18-20
461, 617n12	The Latter-day Saints should retain their Missouri lands and seek legal redress. If they did not obtain it, then God would avenge them and destroy their adversaries.		History of the Church, vol. 1, 455.
462, 617n13		Reed Peck, Reed Peck Manuscript, 3.
462, 617n14		DC 104꞉1-6
462, 617n15		DC 105꞉13-15
462, 617n16		History of the Church, vol. 2, 145.
462, 617n17		History of the Church, vol. 2, 182.
463, 617n18		Nephi Lowell Morris, Prophecies of Joseph Smith and their Fulfillment, 261.
463, 617n19		DC 111꞉1
463, 617n20		DC 112꞉3-4 DC 112꞉7-8 DC 112꞉11
463, 617n21		DC 114꞉1
463, 617n22		DC 121꞉11-15
464, 617n23		D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Signature Books, 1994), 634.
464, 617n24		Joseph Smith, Manuscript Diary, under January 20, 1843, in Scott H. Faulring, ed., An American Prophet's Record: The Diaries and Journals of Joseph Smith, 294. 464, 617n25		History of the Church, vol. 5, 336.
464, 617n26		History of the Church, vol. 5, 336.
464, 617n27		History of the Church, vol. 5, 336.
464, 617n28		History of the Church, vol. 5, 394.
465, 617n29		Joseph Smith, MS, vol. 22, 455; cf. Faulring, under December 16, 1843, 432.
465, 617n30		Joseph Smith, Manuscript Diary, February 6, 1844, omitted from the History of the Church. Cited in D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Signature Books, 1994), 642.; cf. Faulring, 445.
465, 617n31		D. Michael Quinn, The Mormon Hierarchy: Origins of Power (Signature Books, 1994), 644.