Latter-day Saints often claim that they are guided by revelation from on high in a variety of ways, while still holding to a position implied in one interpretation of the First Vision that every other church is directed by the precepts of men. But how accurate is this assessment? How exclusive is the LDS claim …
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REVELATION VS. INSPIRATION (Note: only 50% was recording)
(Note: only 50% was recording) Latter-day Saints often claim that they are guided by revelation from on high in a variety of ways, while still holding to a position implied in one interpretation of the First Vision that every other church is directed by the precepts of men. But how accurate is this assessment? How …
Variations in the First Vision Accounts: A Rethinking
The variations among First Vision accounts have always attracted our attention. Initially, this was due to the polemical tendencies of early studies of Mormon origins, which tried to disprove the veracity of Smith’s experience. Later inquiries were driven by historians who sought to discover the causal reasons for Mormonism’s appearance on the American religious scene. …
The First Vision as Out-of-Body Experience and What That Means About the First Vision
The First Vision as Out-of-Body Experience and What That Means About the First Vision When we take the First Vision as a unique, personal experience, our understanding of it is limited to what Joseph Smith tells us about it. There are several indications that the Vision was an out-of-body experience. Once the Vision is framed …