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A FAIR Analysis of:
Criticism of Mormonism/Books

A work by author: Richard Abanes

Claims made in "Chapter 18: Cover-Ups, Conspiracies, and Controversies"

Page	Claim	Response	Author's sources
408, 608n28 (HB)	"Another tactic utilized by Mormon leaders has been to revise Smith's revelations so as to make the church's history more palatable."	Use of sources: Advertising for the Tanners	Hugh Nibley, letter to Morris L. Reynolds, May 12, 1966. Quoted in Jerald Tanner and Sandra Tanner, Case Against Mormonism (Salt Lake City: ULM, 1967), vol. 1, 132.
413-414, 609-610n39 (HB)	"Some of the most disturbing instructions about blind obedience came from LDS president Ezra Taft Benson in his 'Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet' speech. His fundamentals for living a righteous Mormon life left little room for independent thought."	Use of sources: The LDS as Mindless Followers	Ezra Taft Benson, "Fourteen Fundamentals in Following the Prophet," February 26, 1980.

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