The Changing World of Mormonism
(Web edition)

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Table of Contents 

[Web-editor note: The online version of this book follows the same layout and format of the Moody Press, 1981 ed., printing. However, some words are deliberately moved to the next page for clarity. Ghosting is employed to show where the words were in the original printing - see example below.]

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Contents

Foreword..........10
Preface..........12
Acknowledgments..........15
Introduction..........16

Chapter

1. A Marvelous Work?..........19
   • Miraculous Claims..........21
   • The Only True Church?..........26
2. Change, Censorship and Suppression..........29
   • Censorship..........29
   • Suppression and Book Burning..........34
3. Changes in the Revelations..........38
   • Book of Commandments..........39
   • Study of Changes..........43
   • Important Changes..........45
   • Important Change in Newly-Accepted Revelation..........62
   • Unthinkable?..........63
4. Joseph Smith and Money Digging..........67
   • Book of Mormon From the Stone..........80
   • Money-Digging and the Book of Mormon..........84
   • Working with the Rod..........86
   • Joseph Smith's Magic Talisman..........88
5. The Book of Mormon..........92
   • Chapter 5 Part 1
     • The Witnesses..........94
   • Chapter 5 Part 2
     • Ancient or Modern?..........111
     • Origin of the Indians..........125
     • Changes in the Book of Mormon..........128
   • Chapter 5 Part 3
     • Archeology and the Book of Mormon..........133
     • The Anthon Transcript..........141
     • Compared with Bible Archeology..........145
     • Beyond the Book of Mormon..........147
6. The First Vision..........148
   • "Strange" Accounts..........150
   • Not Unique..........159
   • First History..........160
   • A Doctrinal Change..........161
   • No Revival in 1820..........166
7. The Godhead..........172
   • From One to Many..........173
   • The Heavenly Mother..........177
   • The Virgin Birth..........179
   • Serious Changes..........183
   • Removing the Lectures..........183
   • A Changeable God..........187
   • The Holy Ghost..........188
   • No Real Answers..........191
8. The Adam-God Doctrine..........192
   • Not Created of the Dust of This Earth..........198
   • The Only God with Whom We Have to Do..........198
   • The Father of Our Spirits..........199
   • The Father of Jesus Christ..........199
9. Plural Marriage..........204
   • Chapter 9 Part 1
     • Suppressed 1831 Revelation..........207
     • The 1843 Revelation Examined..........218
   • Chapter 9 Part 2
     • Sorrows of Polygamy..........226
     • Number of Wives..........231
     • Taking Other Men's Wives..........236
     • Strange Marriages..........245
     • God and Christ Polygamists?..........247
     • Essential to Salvation..........255
   • Chapter 9 Part 3
     • Lying About Polygamy..........258
     • The Manifesto..........262
     • Mormon Leaders Yield..........268
     • After the Manifesto..........270
     • Manifesto a Deception..........281
     • The Dilemma..........286
10. Changing the Anti-Black Doctrine..........291
    • Chapter 10 Part 1
      • Black Skin and the Pre-Existence..........291
      • Descendants of Cain Through the Flood..........294
      • One Drop Disqualifies..........296
      • Objections to Doctrine..........299
      • Blacks and the Gospel..........300
      • Rooted in Prejudice..........301
      • Slavery in Utah..........303
      • Civil Rights..........305
      • The New "Revelation"..........308
    • Chapter 10 Part 2
      • Brigham Young Misrepresented..........311
      • Better Late Than Never..........319
      • Problem in Brazil..........322
      • New "Revelation" Evades the Real Issues..........323
      • Does the Revelation Really Exist?..........325
      • Impact of Revelation..........328
11. Fall of the Book of Abraham..........329
    • Chapter 11 Part 1
      • The Papyri Rediscovered..........330
      • No Gift to Translate..........334
      • Source of the Book of Abraham..........340
      • Only the Book of Breathings..........344
      • Three Witnesses Against the Book of Abraham..........346
      • Destroys Basis for Anti-Black Doctrine..........351
    • Chapter 11 Part 2
      • Complete Confusion..........351
      • The Facsimiles..........356
      • The Moment of Truth..........362
12. Mormon Scriptures and the Bible..........364
    • Chapter 12 Part 1
      • Paine's Influence..........365
      • Evidence Compared..........368
      • Dead Sea Scrolls..........370
      • Evidence for New Testament..........373
    • Chapter 12 Part 2
      • "130,000 Different Readings"..........376
      • "Inspired Revision"..........383
      • "Drastically Changed"..........395
13. Changes in Joseph Smith's History..........398
    • Written by Joseph Smith?..........400
    • New Discoveries..........401
    • Over Sixty Percent After Joseph Smith's Death..........403
    • Rocky Mountain Prophecy..........404
    • Selected Changes..........408
    • Joseph Smith's Diaries Discredit History..........412
    • Conclusion..........414
14. False Prophecy..........417
    • The Canadian Revelation..........417
    • The Lord's Coming..........418
    • A Temple in Zion..........420
    • The Civil War..........424
    • Suppressed Material on Civil War..........428
    • Conclusion..........430
15. The Arm of Flesh..........431
    • No New Revelation..........432
    • Conclusion..........437
16. The Priesthood..........440
    • Added Later..........442
    • Aaronic Priesthood..........443
    • Melchizedek Priesthood..........444
    • High Priests..........446
17. Joseph Smith..........448
    • A Fighting Prophet..........450
    • General Smith..........452
    • "The Greatest Egotist"..........455
    • Smith Ordained King..........456
    • Joseph Smith for President..........457
    • Greater than Jesus?..........460
    • Destruction of Expositor..........460
    • Like a Lamb?..........464
18. The Word of Wisdom..........467
    • Origin of the Revelation..........468
    • Joseph's Example..........469
    • Joseph Smith's Bar..........472
    • Brigham Young's Distillery..........474
    • Wine and Visions..........479
    • Hypocrisy..........481
19. Old Testament Practices..........484
    • Wine and Curses..........484
    • Animal Sacrifice After Christ..........488
20. Blood Atonement..........490
    • Crimes Worthy of Death..........493
    • Blood Atonement in Actual Practice..........501
21. The Hereafter..........505
    • Mormon Purgatory..........508
    • Degrees of Glory..........509
22. Temple Work..........512
    • Chapter 22 Part 1
      • Baptism for the Dead..........512
      • Temple Marriage..........518
      • Connected with Polygamy..........520
      • A Secret Ceremony..........524
    • Chapter 22 Part 2
      • Changes in the Temple Ceremony..........530
      • The Temple Ceremony and Masonry..........534
      • Joseph Smith Becomes a Mason..........535
      • Masonic Ritual in the Temple Ceremony..........536
      • Conclusion..........547
23. Facing Reality..........548
    • Exalts the Pride of Man..........549
    • Church Not Lost..........554
    • Our Own Testimony..........555
    • Mormonism a Shadow..........559

• Appendix A: Mormon Plan of Eternal Progression..........561
• Appendix B: The New Mormon Bible..........562
• Bibliography..........563
• Index..........574