John Fredrick Parker
Donor
It is 1852, Salt Lake City. Brigham Young is speaking out endorsing the racist interpretation of the "Mark of Cain" before a congregation. As he speaks, the sound of thunder echoes through the temple; there is a flash of light, a bolt of lightning, and out of the rupture emerges a man in strange dress. He marches up to the prophet, and strikes him in the face (cold cocking him). The stranger scolds Brigham Young for his words; then he turns around, marches away, and disappears as suddenly as he had arrived.
How do the congregation and the Church of Latter Day Saints respond to this? How does this affect the history of Mormonism, of Utah, and subsequently, of the United States?
(FD - I had this idea over five years ago)
ADDITIONAL: I do realize the PoD is technically ASB, but I thought it might be just limited enough (since our stranger disappears from the TL so quickly) -- with most of the TL concerning the short term local effects of that, and the realistic effects that ripple out in turn from that -- that it's arguably more at place in a non-ASB forum. (If I'm wrong, we can always move it.)
How do the congregation and the Church of Latter Day Saints respond to this? How does this affect the history of Mormonism, of Utah, and subsequently, of the United States?
(FD - I had this idea over five years ago)
ADDITIONAL: I do realize the PoD is technically ASB, but I thought it might be just limited enough (since our stranger disappears from the TL so quickly) -- with most of the TL concerning the short term local effects of that, and the realistic effects that ripple out in turn from that -- that it's arguably more at place in a non-ASB forum. (If I'm wrong, we can always move it.)
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