Category: Mormon Historians
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Tanners Found Guilty! (Clayton Diaries copyright suit)
Judge Threatens Damages “Many Times” $16,000 By Jerald and Sandra Tanner “The atmosphere in the courtroom was electric,” wrote Christine Rigby. “Many of the big guns in Mormon history were there. They would finally be testifying in a case against Jerald and Sandra Tanner, the notorious anti-Mormon publishers. . . . For years the Mormon historical establishment…
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Cover-Up on Lawsuit (Clayton Diaries copyright suit)
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner As we have indicated in previous issues of the Messenger, on April 28, 1983, the Mormon scholar Andrew Ehat filed a lawsuit against us (Jerald and Sandra Tanner) in an attempt to stop publication of some extracts from the diaries of Joseph Smith’s private secretary, William Clayton. Because these diaries…
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The Mormon “Inquisition” Begins
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner For a number of years we have been predicting that Mormon scholars are in for some very rough times. For instance, in the January 1979 issue of the Messenger, we wrote that, “There is reason to believe that Benson [Ezra Taft Benson, the man who will become the next president…
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Mormonism and Truth
Joseph Smith’s Secretary’s Diaries Embarrass Church By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the last issue of the Messenger we reported that For 140 years the Mormon Church has been suppressing the Nauvoo diaries of Joseph Smith’s secretary William Clayton. These diaries have been hidden in the vault of the First Presidency. Recently, however, quotations from…
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Absolutely No Middle Ground
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Since we began our work in the early 1960s, a great deal of historical information has come to light which shows that Mormonism is not based upon a solid foundation. The General Authorities of the Church could not deal with the problems and called upon the historians hoping that they…
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Dr. Arrington Demoted
In Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? we demonstrated that the Mormon leaders suppressed important Church documents and that we exerted a great deal of pressure in an attempt to force the release of these documents. Some of the more liberal Mormon scholars became very aroused over the policy of suppression. A group of these scholars presented the…
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Historians Face Crisis
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In the new edition of Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? we deal with the serious problems Mormon historians are having with the leaders of the Church. We show that some of the top Mormon leaders are trying desperately to hide the truth about the origin of the Church from their own people.…
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The Changing World of Mormonism: Chapter 14
False Prophecy Mormon writers state that Joseph Smith’s claim to be a prophet is established by the fulfillment of his prophecies. Actually, a careful examination of the evidence seems to prove just the opposite. The Canadian Revelation David Whitmer, one of the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon, tells of a false revelation that Joseph…
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Joseph Smith’s Diaries Deal Fatal Blow to History of Church
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? pages 126-135, we demonstrated that the History of the Church which Church leaders always attributed to Joseph Smith himself was mostly compiled after his death. The evidence clearly shows that less than 40% was compiled during his lifetime. The remainder was not compiled until after Smith’s…
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Unmasking Dr. Clandestine
LDS Historian Caught Red-Handed By Jerald and Sandra Tanner In our last issue of the Salt Lake City Messenger we made some very serious charges concerning the pamphlet Jerald and Sandra Tanner’s Distorted View of Mormonism: A Response to Mormonism—Shadow or Reality? by an anonymous Mormon historian. We stated that the secret production of this…