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| {{Resource Title|Criticisms of events occurring after the First Vision}}
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Early knowledge of the nature of God
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| |subject=Joseph Smith's early knowledge of the nature of God
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| |summary=It is claimed that Joseph began his prophetic career with a "trinitarian" idea of God, and only later developed his theology of the Godhead. What do we know about Joseph and the early Saints' views on God?
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| |sublink1=Question: Did Joseph begin his prophetic career with a "trinitarian" idea of God?
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| |sublink2=Question: Did Oliver Cowdery state that Joseph did not know if a "supreme being" existed in 1823?
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| |sublink3=Question: Is the fact that Latter-day Saint missionaries were teaching around 1 November 1830 that Joseph Smith had seen “God” personally a reference to having seen Jesus Christ, but not the Father?
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Published references
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| |subject=Published references to Joseph Smith's First Vision
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| |summary=It is claimed that there is no reference to the 1838 canonical First Vision story in any published material from the 1830s, and that nothing published in this period mentions that Joseph saw the Father and Son. They also assume that it would have been mentioned in the local newspapers at the time.
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| |sublink1=Question: How early was the story of the First Vision known among the members of the Church?
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| |sublink2=The Joseph Smith Papers: "The historical preamble to the 1830 'articles and covenants,' for example, appears to reference JS’s vision in speaking of a moment when 'it truly was manifested unto this first elder, that he had received a remission of his sins'"
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| |sublink3=Question: Why didn't the newspapers in Palmyra take notice of Joseph Smith's First Vision?
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| |sublink4=Question: What references to the First Vision exist in published documents from the 1830s?
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| |sublink5=Question: Was the general membership of the LDS Church not familiar with the First Vision story until late in the nineteenth century?
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| |sublink6=Question: What LDS publications between 1840 and 1877 include references to Joseph Smith's First Vision?
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| |sublink7=Question: Is there any mention of the First Vision in non-Mormon literature before 1843?
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| |sublink8=Question: If the First Vision story was known by the public before 1840, then would anti-Mormons “surely” have seized upon it as an evidence of Joseph Smith’s imposture?
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Brigham Young's references to the First Vision
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| |subject=Brigham Young's references to elements of Joseph Smith's First Vision
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| |summary=It is claimed that Brigham Young never mentioned the First Vision. This is false.
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| |sublink1=Question: Did Brigham Young confirm or expound on Joseph Smith’s first vision?
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| |sublink2=Question: When and how often did Brigham Young refer to elements of Joseph Smith's First Vision in his discourses?
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| |sublink3=Brigham Young (1861): "The Lord chose Joseph Smith, called upon him at fourteen years of age, gave him visions"
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| |sublink4=Brigham Young (1855): "The Lord did not come with the armies of heaven...But He did send His angel to this same obscure person, Joseph Smith jun"
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| |sublink5=Brigham Young (1867): "the Lord called upon Joseph he was but a boy—a child, only about fourteen years of age"
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/John Taylor's understanding of the First Vision
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| |subject=John Taylor's understanding of the First Vision
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| |sublink1=Question: What do critics of the Church say about John Taylor and the First Vision?
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| |sublink2=Question: What did John Taylor have to say about Joseph Smith's First Vision?
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| |sublink3=Question:Is there anything wrong with early Church leaders using the term "angel" to refer to Jesus Christ?
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| |sublink4=John Taylor (2 March 1879): "the Father and the Son...came to Joseph Smith" and "the Prophet Joseph asked the angel"
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Joseph Smith joined other churches
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| |subject=Did Joseph join other churches contrary to commandment in vision?
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| |summary=It is claimed that Joseph Smith joined the Methodist, Presbyterian, and Baptist churches between 1820 and 1830—despite the claim made in his 1838 history that he was forbidden by Deity (during the 1820 First Vision experience) from joining any denomination.
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| |sublink1=Question: Did Joseph Smith join the Methodist, Presbyterian, or Baptist churches between 1820 and 1830 despite the claim made in his 1838 history that he was forbidden by Deity from joining any denomination?
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| |sublink2=Question: Did Joseph Smith become a baptized member of the Baptist Church in 1822?
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| |sublink3=Question: Did Joseph Smith become a member of the Methodist Church while he was translating the Book of Mormon?
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| |sublink4=Question: Did Joseph Smith join the Presbyterian Church after the First Vision?
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| |sublink5=Questions: Are there contemporary witnesses that confirm that Joseph Smith didn't join any church after the First Vision?
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Contradiction about knowing all churches were wrong
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| |subject=Contradiction about knowing all churches were wrong
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| |summary=In his 1832 account of the First Vision, Joseph Smith said, “I found [by searching the scriptures] that mankind did not come unto the Lord but that they had apostatized from the true and living faith and there was no society or denomination that built upon the gospel of Jesus Christ as recorded in the New Testament.” But in the 1835 account he said, “I knew not who [of the denominations] was right or who was wrong.” It is claimed that thus counts as evidence that the First Vision story evolved over time.
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Fabricated to give "Godly authority"
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| |subject=First Vision fabricated to give "Godly authority?"
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| |summary=It is claimed that Joseph Smith decided after he released the Book of Mormon to the public that he needed 'authority from God' to justify his claims as a religious minister. Therefore, it is claimed that he fabricated the First Vision story in order to provide himself with a more prestigious line of authority than that of the "angel" who revealed the golden plates.
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Story became more detailed and colorful after 1832
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| |subject=First Vision story became more detailed and colorful after 1832?
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| |summary=Some claim that Joseph Smith’s account of the First Vision grew more detailed and more colorful after he first recorded it in 1832.
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Accounts/1838/Account modified to offset leadership crisis
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| |subject=1838 account modified to offset leadership crisis?
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| |summary=It is claimed that in 1838 Joseph Smith revised his personal history to say that his original call came from God the Father and Jesus Christ rather than an angel. His motive for doing this was to give himself a stronger leadership role because an authority crisis had recently taken place and large-scale apostasy was the result.
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Persecution after the vision
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| |subject=Persecution after the vision?
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| |summary=Some claim that there is no evidence that Joseph or his family were persecuted because of the First Vision. They argue that this means that Joseph invented the story later.
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| |sublink1=Question: Do contemporary documents shed any light on the possible persecution of the Smith family after Joseph Smith's First Vision?
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| |sublink2=Question: What did Joseph Smith's mother Lucy Smith say regarding the persecution of the Smith family after the First Vision?
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| |sublink3=Question: What did Joseph Smith's brother William Smith say regarding the persecution of the Smith family after the First Vision?
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| |sublink4=Question: What did Joseph Smith's contemporaries say regarding the persecution of the Smith family after the First Vision?
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| |link=Joseph Smith's First Vision/Andrew Jenson called personage an "angel"
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| |subject=Andrew Jenson called one of the personages in the First Vision an "angel"
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| |summary=A history article printed in 1888 by assistant Church historian Andrew Jenson twice referred to one of the visitors as an "angel."
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