Wat is het bloedbad onder de mormonen?

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  • Het bloedbad van Mountain Meadows, dat plaatsvond van 7 tot 11 september 1857, betrof een mormoonse militie die de Baker-Fancher-wagenkaravaan in Utah aanviel, wat resulteerde in de dood van ten minste 120 emigranten.
  • Angst, trauma door eerdere vervolgingen en radicale religieuze retoriek droegen bij aan de ontmenselijking van de slachtoffers, waardoor de daders hun acties konden rechtvaardigen als zelfverdediging.
  • Brigham Young gaf weliswaar niet direct opdracht tot het bloedbad, maar hij voedde een klimaat van angst dat bijdroeg aan de gebeurtenissen, terwijl de lokale leiders de aanval uitvoerden.
  • Recente inspanningen voor verzoening tussen nakomelingen van slachtoffers en daders beogen historische wonden te helen door middel van gezamenlijke gedenktekens en daden van vergeving.

A Shadow in the Meadows: A Christian Reflection on a Mormon Tragedy The history of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is a story deeply marked by faith, perseverance, and, tragically, violent persecution. From their beginnings, the Mormon people faced mobs, were driven from their homes in Missouri and Illinois, and saw their founding prophet, Joseph Smith, murdered.¹ A search for information on a “massacre of the Mormons” rightly brings this painful history to mind. Yet, the most…

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