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| − | ==Question: What do critics of Mormonism say about John Taylor and the First Vision?==
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| − | ===Critics focus only on one sermon in whichTaylor mentioned "an angel" and ignore the numerous times Taylor referred to the Father and the Son, including another sermon given the same day===
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| − | Richard Abanes refers to “…the discrepancy between today’s official First Vision and the versions of it told by early Mormons, who taught that the First Vision involved an angel (or angels).” In a footnote to this comment he cites several church leaders, including John Taylor. The only citation Abanes gives for President Taylor is for March 2, 1879, but is incorrectly documented.<ref>{{CriticalWork:Abanes:Becoming Gods|pages=34–35, with footnote 76, page 339–340.}} </ref>
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| − | Critic Isaiah Bennett has written:
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| − | Complications arise when one considers the statements of Smith’s successors as Mormon prophets [including John Taylor]. According to them, Smith had been visited by an angel, from whom he asked advice as to which church to join.<ref>{{CriticalWork:Bennett:Inside Mormonism|pages=4}} </ref>
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| − | Bennett cites the same March 2, 1879 sermon, and one other.
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| − | Jerald and Sandra Tanner have also cited Taylor’s comments of March 2, 1879.<ref name="tanners">{{CriticalWork:Tanner:Changing World}} </ref>{{Rp|164}} They later write that “Many other confusing statements about the first vision were made by Mormon leaders after Joseph Smith’s death.” <ref name="tanners"></ref>{{Rp|166}} Elsewhere the Tanners have stated that “Before the death of Brigham Young in 1877 the first vision was seldom mentioned in Mormon publications. When Mormon leaders did mention it they usually gave confusing accounts.”<ref>{{CriticalWork:Tanner:Case Against|pages=1:120}} </ref>
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| − | This warped perspective has unfortunately spilled over into less overtly anti-Mormon reference works. A past revision of the Wikipedia article on the First Vision states that “The First Vision was not emphasized in sermons by [subsequent leaders such as] John Taylor. This implies that Smith did not stress it strongly during his life, and that many early church leaders had little understanding of its prominence.”<ref>"First Vision," ''wikipedia.org'' (last accessed 6 October 2006). {{link|url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/First_Vision}}</ref>
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| − | These claims are simply false, with reference to the oft-misused [[John Taylor's understanding of the First Vision|John Taylor]].<ref>Further examples of the Tanners' manipulation of the textual record by omitting key passages discussing the first vision can be seen at: D. Charles Pyle and Cooper Johnson, "Did early LDS leaders really misunderstand the First Vision?" {{fairlink|url=http://www.fairlds.org/Misc/Did_Early_LDS_Leaders_Misunderstand_the_First_Vision.html}}</ref> Consider the following evidence, from sermons, letters, and writings, which demonstrate Taylor’s complete awareness of that event, many well before the death of Brigham in 1877.
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