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- noun Mormonism A religious belief that
God the Father andJesus Christ appeared to the fourteen-year-old Joseph Smith, Jr. in a wooded area (now called the Sacred Grove) near Palmyra, New York in the early spring of 1820.
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"Welcoming our symphony of faith" does not answer the questions we have -- knowing that Mormon founder Joseph Smith Jr. revealing his First Vision said, "The personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight, that those professors were all corrupt ..."
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Relating an abbreviated version of Joseph Smith's First Vision as anecdotal evidence, Elder Fowler affirmed that God continues to speak to prophets in our modern day and age.
An excerpt ripped bodily and without context from Chapter 31 shunn 2001
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Relating an abbreviated version of Joseph Smith's First Vision as anecdotal evidence, Elder Fowler affirmed that God continues to speak to prophets in our modern day and age.
An excerpt ripped bodily and without context from Chapter 31 shunn 2001
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The other main negative claim against the First Vision is also historically wanting because it oversimplifies Joseph Smith's story and then refutes the simplification.
Mormanity - A Mormon Blog (But Not Just for Mormons) Mormanity 2010
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These broad brackets mean that Joseph was intensely searching during the years 1818 and 1819, up to early 1820, the time of the First Vision (JS-H 1: 14).
Mormanity - A Mormon Blog (But Not Just for Mormons) Mormanity 2010
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Just like the satanic influence at the First Vision, they have disappeared.
By Common Consent, a Mormon Blog Steve Evans 2010
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The other main negative claim against the First Vision is also historically wanting because it oversimplifies Joseph Smith's story and then refutes the simplification.
Mormanity - A Mormon Blog (But Not Just for Mormons) Mormanity 2010
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These broad brackets mean that Joseph was intensely searching during the years 1818 and 1819, up to early 1820, the time of the First Vision (JS-H 1: 14).
Mormanity - A Mormon Blog (But Not Just for Mormons) Mormanity 2010
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Wesley Walters was a noted anti-Mormon minister who went to great lengths to criticize Joseph Smith's account of the First Vision.
Mormanity - A Mormon Blog (But Not Just for Mormons) Mormanity 2010
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Wesley Walters was a noted anti-Mormon minister who went to great lengths to criticize Joseph Smith's account of the First Vision.
Mormanity - A Mormon Blog (But Not Just for Mormons) Mormanity 2010
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