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Brigham Young/Teachings
Teachings of Brigham Young
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- Brigham Young's beliefs related to science and education
- Brigham Young's beliefs related to racial issues
- Statements made by past prophets as "scripture"
- Brigham Young's beliefs regarding women
- Brigham Young's statements regarding polygamy
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- Question: Did Brigham Young actually teach that the sun and the moon were inhabited?
- Question: Did Brigham Young claim that too much education was damaging to children?
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- Question: Was Brigham Young a racist?
- Question: Did Brigham Young say that race mixing was punishable by death?
Statements made by past prophets as "scripture"
Summary: Are statements of past prophets considered doctrine? It is claimed that anything that is, or ever was, officially published by the Church ought to represent doctrine.
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- Question: Did Brigham Young state that everything he said could be considered "scripture"?
- Question: When are the writings or sermons of Church leaders entitled to the claim of scripture?
Brigham Young's beliefs regarding women
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Brigham Young's statements regarding plural marriage
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- Question: Did Brigham Young and Joseph Smith say that polygamists were allowed to go beyond normal bounds of social interaction?
- Question: Did Brigham Young boast about his ability to get more wives even though he was married to 50-60 women?
- Question: Why did Emma Smith and Brigham Young dislike one another?
- Question: Why did Brigham Young say that women "have no right to meddle in the affairs of the Kingdom of God"?
- Question: Did Brigham Young believe that one could not enter the Celestial Kingdom unless they were a polygamist?
- Brigham Young and plural marriage