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According to Joseph Smith Jr.'s account, what was the primary purpose of the 'First Vision' he experienced as a young man in upstate New York?

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Joseph Smith's account of the First Vision (circa 1820) describes his prayer to know which church to join among the competing denominations of the Second Great Awakening. He states that God the Father and Jesus Christ appeared to him and instructed him to join none of them.

A. To receive instructions on how to build the first Latter-day Saint temple.

B. To learn which existing church was correct or if he should join none of them.

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C. To be shown the location of the golden plates.

D. To be commissioned as a missionary to the Native Americans.

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According to Joseph Smith Jr.'s account, what was the primary purpose of the 'First Vision' he experienced as a young man in upstate New York?

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