Criticism of Mormonism/Books/The Changing World of Mormonism/Chapter 15


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A work by author: Jerald and Sandra Tanner
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Claims made in Chapter 15: The Arm of Flesh

Page Claim Response Author's sources

431-439

 There has been no new revelation since the time of Joseph Smith.
  •  [ATTENTION!]

431

 The Church teaches that you must let the leaders do your thinking for you.
  • Improvement Era, June 1945, p.354

433

 Joseph F. Smith said that he never received revelation.

434

 The Church chose to canonize two "new" revelations in order to counter claims made by the Tanners?
  •  Mind reading: author has no way of knowing this.: The authors have too high an opinion of themselves. Church leaders have long insisted that new revelation comes frequently to the Church, and this long pre-dates their anti-Mormon crusade:
So, when people say: "We ought to have revelation now as we did in the day of Joseph," we must answer, "Open your eyes; we do have revelation every day; such as we need from day to day." (John A. Widtsoe, 1939)[1]
435 The Church has never produced a copy of the revelation granting Blacks the ability to receive the priesthood.

437

Brigham Young claimed that his sermons were the same as scripture.

  •  The author's claim is false: The Tanners neglect to provide Brigham's detailed instructions about when and under what circumstances his sermons were

scripture.

  • Journal of Discourses 13:95

Endnotes

  1. [note]  John A. Widtsoe, "Modern Revelation and Modern Questions," The Deseret News, Church Section (28 January 1939): 6.
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