by Thinker of Thoughts | Oct 13, 2016 | Mormonism
[toc]A few years ago a challenge was issued for readers to find a “vicious lie” in the Nauvoo Expositor. There have been several submissions, but each time a possible lie is put forth investigations into the details of history tends to vindicate the...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Aug 2, 2016 | Mormonism
In Part 1 of this series we examined the composition of the Nauvoo City Council as they convened to deliberate over what to do about the publication of the Nauvoo Expositor. In Part 2 we examined the background of the witnesses that were called to testify before that...
by Thinker of Thoughts | May 5, 2015 | Mormonism
[toc]In our series on “Discrediting the Expositor” we are examining the response of Joseph Smith and the members of the Nauvoo City council to the publication of the Nauvoo Expositor in the summer of 1844. It was the publication of the Expositor and the...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Apr 20, 2015 | Mormonism
[toc]Over a year ago I issued a challenge for readers to document a “vicious lie” contained by the Nauvoo Expositor. Submissions have spanned topics from land speculation to indecent proposals. The most recent submission comes from Brian Hales, an...
by Thinker of Thoughts | Feb 25, 2015 | Mormonism
[toc]A year ago I proposed that readers identify and submit examples of “vicious lies” that were told by William Law and other authors of the Nauvoo Expositor – A newspaper published by Mormon defectors and critics which was subsequently ordered...
