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The Adam-God Theory: What Brigham Young Taught & What Happened
Do Mormons believe Adam is God? No — Brigham Young taught it in 1852, apostles disputed it, it was never canonized, and President Kimball denounced it over the pulpit in 1976. The full record.
Mormonism Unveiled (1877): What the Lee Book Really Is
Is Mormonism Unveiled reliable? John D. Lee's 'confessions' were dictated to and edited by his lawyer, sold as exposé — and its marquee accusation is the one claim the documentary record rejects. The book, weighed.
What Did Brigham Young Teach? Every Contested Claim
What did Brigham Young teach — and which contested claims hold up? Every teaching quoted from the primary record, classified by the Church’s own test.
Blood Atonement: What Mormons Actually Believe (and Rejected)
Do Mormons believe in blood atonement? No — rejected in writing in 1889, 1978, and 2010: 'not a doctrine' of the Church. The 1856 sermons were real; the doctrine never was. The full record, honestly told.
3:52Was Brigham Young Racist?
Brigham Young and Orson Spencer argued that Utah should allow slavery before the Utah Territorial Legislature. During this period, the morality and legality of slavery were being debated across the nation. In 1852, Utah had been a territory of the United States for just two years. It had only been admitted as a territory because in 1849, California applied for admittance into the U.S. as a free state, or a state that didn’t allow slavery.