by Dan Wees | May 13, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Anti-Semitism in the Book of Mormon… “Neither did they believe that Jerusalem, that great city, could be destroyed according to the words of the prophets. And they were like unto the Jews who were at Jerusalem, who sought to take away the life of my father.” 1...
by Dan Wees | May 12, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Did Laban truly possess a sword of steel? Such a weapon is historically improbable for Jerusalem in 600 BCE, as steelmaking technology was only beginning to emerge during that period. “And I beheld his sword, and I drew it forth from the sheath thereof; and the hilt...
by Dan Wees | May 12, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Brigham Young intentionally lied about the death of Dr. John C. Bennett… “In 1850, Brigham Young announced that John C. Bennett had died in one of the most wretched slums of California, where he had gone in the excitement of the Great Gold Rush. According to...
by Dan Wees | May 11, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Were cover-ups and perhaps abortions recommended by Hyrum Smith? Ebenezer Robinson responded to several questions… “Pleasanton, Iowa, Jan. 28, 1880. [To] Jason W. Briggs. Dear Brother, …You ask me ten questions, which you number in order: …4th ‘How...
by Dan Wees | May 11, 2018 | Miscellaneous
Although some claim that Joseph Smith may have secretly fathered children through his numerous polygamous marriages, efforts to trace such lineage are likely complicated by the practice of abortion among Nauvoo Mormons—a factor that may have obscured Smith’s potential...
by Dan Wees | May 11, 2018 | Miscellaneous
At times, Joseph Smith, Jr. enlisted fellow First Presidency member and physician John C. Bennett to perform abortions for certain of his plural partners. Sarah Pratt, wife of Apostle Orson Pratt, recounts: “One day they came both, Joseph and [Doctor] Bennett, on...
