Tag Archives: First Vision

Christianity vs Mormonism: Atheist Bob Seidensticker Cross-Examined

Posted on May 22, 2020 by robbowman

Bob Seidensticker is an atheist with a blog at Patheos called Cross Examined. Two days ago (May 20, 2020), another atheist blogger at Patheos, Jonathan M.S. Pearce, posted “Using Common Sense to Not See God: Christianity versus Mormonism,” part of … Continue reading →

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Mrs. Palmer and the First Vision: Doing Research Mormon Apologists Won’t Do

Posted on April 24, 2020 by robbowman

Serious historical investigation of the First Vision, Joseph Smith’s story of seeing the Father and the Son in the spring of 1820, properly focuses on Joseph’s own multiple accounts of the vision as well as the other accounts from Joseph’s … Continue reading →

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Suppression of Documents: Joseph Smith’s 1832 First Vision Account versus the Noncanonical Gospels

Posted on April 18, 2020 by robbowman

The second article in the recent Book of Mormon Central (BMC) series of “Insights” on the First Vision is entitled “The 1832 First Vision Account.” In that account, Joseph reported seeing only “the Lord” Jesus, not of the Father and … Continue reading →

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Four Contrasts between Joseph Smith’s Four First Vision Accounts and the Four Gospels

Posted on April 16, 2020 by robbowman

The first article in the recent Book of Mormon Central “Insight” series provides an overview of “Joseph Smith’s Firsthand Accounts of the First Vision.” These include the 1838/1839 canonical account in Joseph Smith–History (part of the collection known as the … Continue reading →

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The Last Word Has Not Been Spoken on the First Vision

Posted on April 16, 2020 by robbowman

According to the beliefs of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS), in the early spring of 1820 the Father and the Son appeared to their founder Joseph Smith Jr. when he was a boy. At its General … Continue reading →

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Did the First Vision of Joseph Smith Happen 200 Years Ago?

Posted on March 27, 2020 by robbowman

Some Mormons believe that yesterday—March 26, 2020—marked the 200-year anniversary of the First Vision, in which Joseph Smith saw the Father and the Son in the woods near his home. If the First Vision had taken place in the spring … Continue reading →

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