The Kirtland Safety Society  R. McKay White August 6, 2009  The
Kirtland Safety Society  [Editor's Note:A longer version of this
presentation, in PDF format, is available: The Kirtland Safety
Society: The Myths, the Facts, and the Prophet's Good Name.]
There is a lot of material and analysis necessary to fully
present an answer to criticisms against the Church regarding the
Kirtland Safety Society. There is not time to cover it all in
this presentation. I therefore refer you to FAIR’s website,
where a paper I’ve written will be posted. This paper contains
everything in this presentation and more, and provides a full
answer to the criticisms.  The Kirtland Safety Society Anti-
Banking Company is an important part of our church history,
having, as it did, a significant role in the Kirtland apostasy.
Yet, to date, it has received much more attention from anti-
Mormons, or “the other guys”, than from our own scholars and
apologists. As a result, there are a large number of myths about
the Safety Society that the o