Brigham Young

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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

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

Criticisms of Brigham Young

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• Brigham Young's Adam-God theory
• Brigham Young's personal beliefs
• Brigham Young and Joseph Smith's First Vision
• Brigham Young's involvement in Freemasonry
• Brigham Young and the Word of Wisdom
• Response to Passing the Heavenly Gift: Claims about Brigham Young and apostles not being witnesses of Christ
• Prosecution of the Mountain Meadows Massacre

Brigham Young's involvement in Freemasonry

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• Question: Was Brigham Young a Mason?
• Question: Was Brigham Young a "33rd degree" Mason?

Brigham Young and the Word of Wisdom

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• Question: Did Brigham Young violate the Word of Wisdom by using snuff, tobacco, and tea?
• Question: Why did Brigham Young build a whiskey distillery in Utah?
• Question: Why did Brigham Young instruct members of the Church to grow tobacco in Utah?

Fictional portrayals of Brigham Young

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• Reviews of works about Brigham Young
• Fabricated quotes attributed to Brigham Young

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