Category: Violence
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Mormon Blood Atonement: Fact or Fantasy?
Historical evidence shows that Brigham Young taught that the blood of Christ is insufficient for some sins, requiring the spilling of one’s own blood instead for atonement. Tragic examples show how this was put into practice.
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Legacy: A Distorted View of Mormon History
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Legacy (1993) The Mormon Church’s official magazine, Ensign, printed the following in 1993: Imagine that you have just completed a tour of Temple Square in the heart of Salt Lake City, Utah. The guide suggests that you walk across the street and view Legacy, a new motion picture shown exclusively…
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Satanic Murders
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Shortly after finishing the printing of our new book, Satanic Ritual Abuse and Mormonism, some new information with regard to Satanism came to light. The first development was the confession of a satanic human sacrifice by two women in Brazil. The following appeared in a newspaper published in Arizona on…
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Mormon Leaders Fight Satanic Infiltration
Despite allegations that a satanic cult had taken root in the Mormon Church, the troubling evidence still left many unanswered questions.
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Brigham Young and Wild Bill Hickman
Discover how Bill Hickman alleged that he had committed murders by the orders of Brigham Young, and other disturbing details.
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Death Threats!
Although violent threats are not common in modern Utah, they were not uncommon among early Mormon leaders.
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Satanic Verses and Mormonism
By Jerald and Sandra Tanner Joseph Smith was certainly not the first to claim revelations or to bring forth a new book purporting to be scripture. For instance, the story of the coming forth of the Koran, the sacred scripture of Islam, bears some interesting parallels to Joseph Smith’s account of the origin of the…
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Hofmann Confesses
Mark Hofmann admits he killed two people and forged Mormon documents. His father also pleaded that he submit to execution to atone for his wrongs, based on the LDS teaching of blood atonement.
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Blood Atonement Chosen
After being sentenced to die for murder, Ronald Lafferty chose death by firing squad because he believed the blood atonement doctrine required his own blood to be literally spilled.
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Blood Flows in Utah
The brutal legacy of self-styled Mormon fundamentalists Ervil LeBaron and the Lafferty brothers show just how far LDS teachings like blood atonement can be taken.