Sandra Tanner participates in a round-table discussion about the First Vision and how LDS leaders and apologists diminish its problem aspects (as illustrated in a recent article by the apologist, Dan Peterson).
Part 1
Dan Peterson’s article is reviewed, “The supposed scandal of multiple First Vision accounts,” (Deseret News, May 31, 2018), and the panelists give their initial reactions.
(6/18/2018 – YouTube — Mormon Stories, Ep. 944)
Related:
- Missing 1832 First Vision Account (video — Tanners’ difficulties with LDS leadership trying to get documentation)
- Origin and History of Mormonism, chapter 1, Mormon Claims Answered
Part 2
Discussion shifts to how the church itself seems to mislead people, as exemplified in the Gospel Topics essay on the First Vision, and panelists take a deeper dive into details of the First Vision accounts.
(6/18/2018 – YouTube — Mormon Stories, Ep. 945)
Related:
Part 3
Discussion continues to focus on details of the First Vision accounts and how the vision was received at the time.
(6/18/2018 – YouTube — Mormon Stories, Ep. 946)
Related:
- The First Vision Examined (PDF) (1969)
- “Important Letter” (LaMar Petersen)
- “Dunn in the Name of God!”
- “Danite Entry Crossed Out in Smith’s Diary”
