Category: Blood Atonement
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 20
Blood Atonement In a manuscript written in 1839, Reed Peck said that Joseph Smith claimed he had a revelation in which Apostle Peter told him that he had killed Judas: “He [Joseph Smith] talked of dissenters and cited us to the case of Judas, saying that Peter told him in a conversation a few days…
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The Thinking Has Been Done: The Mountain Meadows to Guyana
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Since the recent massacre in Guyana there has been a great deal of discussion concerning what constitutes a cult and the process of brainwashing used by such a group. The Salt Lake Tribune for November 26, 1978 reported: The brainwashing, said the experts, was just as subtle as the charismatic…
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New Light on Blood Atonement
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In The Mormon Kingdom, vol. 1, pages 31-42, we show that the early Mormon leaders taught the doctrine of “Blood Atonement.” The Church’s own newspaper, the Deseret News, quoted Brigham Young, the second President of the Mormon Church as saying: Now take a person in this congregation . . . and suppose…
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Violence in Zion
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner The Mormon leaders teach that because of apostasy the true Church of Christ has been lost from the earth. They claim, however, that in 1830 the Lord restored His Church through the Prophet Joseph Smith. When we compare the methods used by Christ and His Apostles with those used by…
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Cut Their Throats
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner David Whitmer, one of the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon, stated as follows: In June, 1838 at Far West, Mo., a secret organization was formed. Doctor Avard being put in as the leader of the band; a certain oath was to be administered to all the brethren to…