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“I see no faults in the Church, and therefore let me be resurrected with the Saints, whether I ascend to heaven or descend to hell, or go to any other place. And if we go to hell, we will turn the devils out of doors and make a heaven of it.”

Joseph Smith, History, 1838-1856, volume E-1 (Salt Lake City, UT: The Joseph Smith Papers, 23 July 1843), 1680.

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“We reject the unscriptural doctrine that there are but two places or states of eternal existence – heaven and hell – and that all men will go to one or the other.”

Hugh B. Brown, Conference Reports (Salt Lake City, UT: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 5 April 1965), 43.