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rerun7378
Thu May 27, 2010 8:21 am

Re: Requirements for Salvation
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Mole,

Just a few questions concerning this "prophecy".

Does Joseph Smith HAVE 100% prophetic accuracy?

1 Verily, thus saith the Lord concerning the wars that will shortly come to pass, beginning at the rebellion of South Carolina, which will eventually terminate in the death and misery of many souls; 

So far, so good.

Had this been the only prophecy Joseph Smith made, I might rethink my stance about him.

2 And the time will come that war will be poured out upon all nations, beginning at this place.

Did the American Civil War lead other nations into battle?

Did the ACW START a snowball effect of war around the world?

Did the ACW begin the warring of many nations?

3 For behold, the Southern States shall be divided against the Northern States, and the Southern States will call on other nations, even the nation of Great Britain, as it is called,

Sounds good again.

and they shall also call upon other nations, in order to defend themselves against other nations;

Did Great Britian enter into the ACW?  AND, did GB call upon other nations after they entered into the ACW?

and then war shall be poured out upon all nations. 

What are the only two nations involved, directly, in the ACW?

What other nations were included in the ACW?

4 And it shall come to pass, after many days, slaves shall rise up against their masters, who shall be marshaled and disciplined for war. 

Who can blame them?

DID slaves rise up against their masters?

Now, I came across this article on the web.  Read it in it's entirety.

Did Joseph Smith Correctly Predict the Civil War?
By Bill McKeever 

According to 15th President Gordon B. Hinkley:

"Finally, what of Joseph Smith's prophecies? There were more than a few, and they were fulfilled. Among the most notable was the revelation on the Civil War. You are familiar with it; it was spoken on Christmas Day, 1832. There were many high-minded men and women who deplored the institution of slavery then common in the South, and there was much talk of abolition. But who but a prophet of God would have dared to say, thirty-nine years before it was to happen, that ‘war 

This is bunk.  A lot of tension had been brewing in South Carolina during the 40 years BEFORE the outbreak of was that this is at best, an EDUCATED GUESS.

However, that being said, Joseph Smith got quite a few things wrong with this prophecy for anyone to consider him a spokesperson for God.

Also, Mole, you should probably have started this on another thread.  RT won't even read it because it doesn't belong here.