{"id":44264,"date":"2017-09-15T12:30:29","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T18:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/?p=44264"},"modified":"2017-09-15T12:30:29","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T18:30:29","slug":"early-mormon-mistrust-resentment-toward-united-states-issues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/danpeterson\/2017\/09\/early-mormon-mistrust-resentment-toward-united-states-issues.html","title":{"rendered":"Early Mormon mistrust and resentment toward the United States, and some other issues"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

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The Meridian Idaho Temple as it looked while under construction nearly a year ago.
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It\u2019s Friday, so (of course) a new article has been published by Interpreter: A Journal of Mormon Scripture<\/em>:<\/p>\n

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\u201cTheir Imperfect Best: Isaianic Authorship from an LDS Perspective\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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We hope you enjoy your weekend.<\/p>\n

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In the meantime, I enjoyed this beautiful drone video<\/a> of the Meridian Idaho Temple, which is soon to be dedicated:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/ldschurchtemples.org\/meridian\/video\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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And, speaking of temples, here\u2019s a nice list:<\/p>\n

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\u201c7 Books That Will Help You Better Understand the Temple\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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Of course, I personally would add to this list several additional books by people like Hugh Nibley and Mircea Eliade. \u00a0But that\u2019s a discussion for another day.<\/p>\n

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And you might enjoy this, as well:<\/p>\n

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\u201cLearning from the Ancient Tabernacle\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n

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On, umm, rather a different note, here\u2019s a fun (but true) 2.5-minute video that Doug Ealy called to my attention:<\/p>\n

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https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/peredehuit\/posts\/10214541174429636?notif_t=mention&notif_id=1505428950445282<\/a><\/p>\n

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Finally: \u00a0Last night, I finished reading Matthew J. Grow and R. Eric Smith, eds., The Council of Fifty: What the Records Reveal about Mormon History<\/a>.<\/em> \u00a0I found the book quite interesting, and I gained some helpful\u00a0new insights from it. \u00a0I share a passage from the book\u2019s final essay, \u201cThe Council of Fifty and the Search for Religious Liberty,\u201d by W. Paul Reeve:<\/p>\n

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On July 22, 2014, I received a brief email from Peggy Fletcher Stack, the award-winning religion reporter at the Salt Lake Tribune. \u00a0\u201cPaul, I am doing a short piece on Mormon pioneers for Tuesday. \u00a0Would you be willing to send me three surprising or intriguing facts about the pioneers and the trek that most people don\u2019t know? \u00a0I don\u2019t need anything lengthy, just a paragraph on each.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

In response, I sent Peggy the following paragraph:<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Considering the way in which some Pioneer Day talks in Mormon congregations sometimes conflate American patriotism with the Mormon arrival in the Salt Lake Valley, it seems evident that most Mormons<\/a> today don\u2019t realize the depth of mistrust and resentment some Mormon pioneers harbored toward the United States in 1846 and 1847. \u00a0When the Mormons arrived in the Great Basin, they were actually arriving in northern Mexico. \u00a0They crossed an international border and were fleeing the United States. \u00a0The U.S. war with Mexico was ongoing. \u00a0When some Mormons first learned of that war, they hoped Mexico would win. \u00a0Pioneer Hosea Stout, for example, wrote in his diary, \u201cI confess that I was glad to learn of war against the United States and was in hopes that it might never end untill [sic<\/em>] they were entirely destroyed for they had driven us into the wilderness & was now laughing at our calamities.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Stack\u2019s story appeared in print and was subsequently passed around on Facebook, a bit of a dustup ensued. \u00a0A few people on Facebook wanted me to know that their Mormon pioneer ancestors were loyal Americans and that I had done them a disservice in the way that I had characterized the \u00a0mistrust and resentment that some pioneers harbored toward the United States. \u00a0After now having read the Council of Fifty minutes, if I had to answer Stack\u2019s request today, I would suggest that my original answer, if anything, understated<\/em>\u00a0the mistrust and resentment some Mormons bore toward the United States. \u00a0I would amplify the degree and depth of mistrust \u2014 and even outright rejection \u2014 of the United States and its Constitution that animated the Council of Fifty\u2019s attitude.<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

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