LDS Mormon Facts 41-50
Useful or not, they're still true.
Useful or not, they're still true.
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Author: Curtis Weller
To quote an Apostle of Jesus Christ (of Latter-day Saints);
'Some things that are true are not very useful.'
(Boyd K. Packer, "The Mantle Is Far, Far Greater than the Intellect," CES Symposium, 1981.)
This section of WhyMormons.net devotes itself to such factoids about the mainstream LDS Church and its history.
Two copies of the Book of Mormon sank on the Titanic.
George Marquardt, a Mormon assigned to photograph the atomic blast over Hiroshima, forgot to remove the lens cap on his camera. Luckily, another crewman smuggled a camera on board and snapped several shots.
Brigham Young never demonstrated that he knew the modern details surrounding Joseph Smith's First Vision. While Brigham tells us that an 'angel' appeared to Joseph Smith, the historic record leaves no evidence that Brigham Young understood that both God the Father and Jesus Christ had both appeared to Joseph Smith during that first defining vision.
Joseph Smith's First Vision was not taught or emphasized in LDS theology until around 1880, despite having been published in the 1840s. Emphasis, rather, was placed on the 'angel' that eventually delivered the gold plates to Joseph Smith.
Joseph Smith's own hand-written account of the First Vision makes no mention of seeing both God the Father and Jesus Christ.
Largest single parcel of land that the LDS church owns: 300,000 acres in Florida.
Inside investigation: B.H. Roberts, a General Authority for the LDS church, and perhaps the most eminent intellectual in the history of Mormonism, was assigned by the First Presidency to investigate claims that the Book of Mormon wasn't truly an authentic ancient record. After exploring the facts, he confessed to the brethren in his report that, in fact, the Book of Mormon could absolutely have been authored by Joseph Smith.
Earliest anti-Mormon film: A Trip to Salt Lake City, released in 1905.
Mary Field Garner died in 1943 as the last living person to have personally met Joseph Smith. She was 107.
Endowments for the dead were first performed in the St. George Temple.
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