Without Disclosing My True Identity
Baptists, 345, 568
Barden, Jerusha. See Smith, Jerusha Barden
Barden, Mrs. (Jerusha's mother), 259
Barden, Seth, 259
Beaman, Louisa, 666, 671
Bennett, John C., 525, 572–3
Abraham Jonas and, 524
BOM and, never read, 507
business endeavors of, 524–5
brothels, 534
claims of abortions performed by, for Joseph, 670
ego of, 532
excommunication of, 510, 551
Governor Ford and, 508
inaugural address for Nauvoo, 519
inaugural speech in Nauvoo, 506–7
James J. Strang and, 534
John Moore and, 552, 570
Joseph Jr. and, 512, 525, 533–4, 538
Assistant President to, 524
differing opinions on bankruptcy, 516
J. Jr.'s feelings about, 506
murder of J. and, 510, 523, 534–5, 550, 578
leadership of, 494, 506, 509
Masonic influence, 523–5, 532
Mayor of Nauvoo, 506–7, 510, 524–5, 538
money and, 515
Nancy Rigdon and, 551
Nauvoo and, influence in, 494
Nauvoo Legion and, 508–10, 535
revelation about, 512
Sidney Rigdon and, 534
Temple Endowment and, 532, 534, 538
not invited to premier, 524, 533, 551
womanizing, 526, 533–4, 543, 551, 667
Bennion, Lowell L., listed as LDS/Mormon great
intellectual, 685
Benson, Ezra Taft, 486
Benson, Reed, 486
Bernhisel, Dr. John, 21, 33
Bible, 106–7, 110, 511
advanced humans' view of, 102
Alvin Smith and, 593, 595
as the "word of God", 101, 110, 187, 198, 293, 375, 618
belief in, 155, 388, 460, 510, 619, 627
gave an excuse for the people's actions, 187, 460
believers' view of, 549, 613
people derive authority from, 591
BOM and, 376
based on the Bible, 107, 458, 462, 618
counter-balance to the Bible, 102–4, 187–8, 285,
294, 366, 376, 379, 566
provides a choice for the reader, 71, 105, 107
plagiarized the Bible, 11–12, 112, 287, 292, 375,
462, 576
prophecies of, regarding the Bible, 103, 359, 460
book of Isaiah and, 208, 287
cause of murder, war, and suffering, 100–2, 187, 285
critics of, 285
Ecclesiastes, more real truth than rest of Bible, 250
editors of, 322, 346
Founding Fathers and, 99
fullness of Gospel and, xxvii, 8, 346, 385, 429, 433, 596
homosexuality and, 114
influence of, 98–9, 102–3, 268, 458
on U.S. laws, 98
inhumane principles of, 99, 104, 187
invention of the people, 99, 173, 177, 187, 202, 460
Jews and, 105, 107, 223, 370
Joseph Jr. and, 227, 623
never read through, according to Lucy, 19,
203, 244
parallel to story of Moses in, 111, 566
retranslated by, 311, 346, 363, 412, 517–18, 577
studied by, 49, 204, 223, 236, 250
true history of, taught to, 605
used to teach him, 188, 191, 263
LDS/Mormons and, 406, 427, 429
Lucy Mack and, 50
majority of early people could not read, 102, 494
most popular book ever written, 98, 100, 117, 458
polygamy and, 664
priesthood and, 593, 611
prophecies of, fulfilled by advanced humans, 135
real truth and, 97, 461
religious leaders interpret, 98, 102, 155, 159, 179, 187
retains some words of true messengers, 97
stories of (the Bible)
Adam and Eve explained, 108
are myths and legends, 179–80, 375
paralleled in the BOM, 618
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, verifies
possiblity of the "Three Nephites", 376
Tower of Babel, 406
used to show foreordination, 35
supports belief of a "chosen" race, 370, 376–7
Thomas Paine and, 99, 101
Bible Dictionary, 277
Bidamon, Emma Hale Smith. See Smith, Emma Hale
Bitton, Davis, 30
blacks
banned from voting by U.S. Constitution, 242
BOM perspective of, 107, 377
Brigham Young and, 386
equality of, 369, 600
George Fox and, 345
many believe they are "cursed", 107
non-Mormons in Missouri and, 411
not accounted for in the story of Noah, 377
prejudice against, 107
Priesthood and, 386, 399
slavery of, 100, 369, 387
blessings, 426, 441, 513, 605, 612
according to LDS/Mormons, 420
of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, 29, 73
Priesthood, 413, 456, 527