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Criticism of Mormonism/Books/Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows/Epilogue
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Response to claims made in "Epilogue: The Ghosts of Mountain Valley"
| Chapter 19 | A FAIR Analysis of: Blood of the Prophets: Brigham Young and the Massacre at Mountain Meadows, a work by author: Will Bagley
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Response to claims made in Blood of the Prophets, "Epilogue: The Ghosts of Mountain Valley"
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- Response to claim: 367 - The Author states that historian Thomas Alexander claimed that "the Indians made them do it
- Response to claim: 378 - The author claims that the massacre is not an aberration, but a "fulfillment" of Joseph's teachings
- Response to claim: 379 - The author refers to "early Mormonism’s peculiar obsession with blood and vengeance"
Response to claim: 367 - The Author states that historian Thomas Alexander claimed that "the Indians made them do it"
The author(s) of Blood of the Prophets make(s) the following claim:
Author says that historian Thomas Alexander claimed that "the Indians made them do it."
FAIR's Response
- Misrepresentation of source: Use of sources: Alexander on reasons
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- Thomas G. Alexander, Utah, the Right Place: The Official Centennial History (Salt Lake City: Gibbs Smith, 1995), 132. [ATTENTION!]
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Response to claim: 378 - The author claims that the massacre is not an aberration, but a "fulfillment" of Joseph's teachings
The author(s) of Blood of the Prophets make(s) the following claim:
The massacre is not an aberration, but a "fulfillment" of Joseph's teachings.
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim contains propaganda - The author, or the author's source, is providing information or ideas in a slanted way in order to instill a particular attitude or response in the reader
Response to claim: 379 - The author refers to "early Mormonism’s peculiar obsession with blood and vengeance"
The author(s) of Blood of the Prophets make(s) the following claim:
Author's quote: Early Mormonism’s peculiar obsession with blood and vengeance created the society that made the massacre possible if not inevitable....
FAIR's Response
Fact checking results: This claim contains propaganda - The author, or the author's source, is providing information or ideas in a slanted way in order to instill a particular attitude or response in the reader
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