Methinks thou doth protest too much . . .
I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God and your railing against him proves my point. Can you name one Prophet of God who wasn’t treated in like manner?
I am not ashamed of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
Folks rale against liars, adulterers, and thieves, also. And when a religion is based upon the lies and false claims of a liar, adulterer, and grifter and the adherents to that religion make it a point to claim their false religion is the ‘most accurate restored version of Chrisitianity, well, you ought to see why some of us are opposing your religion openly.
“I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God and your railing against him proves my point. Can you name one Prophet of God who wasn’t treated in like manner?”
What? You mean name another Prophet accused by his own church brethren of embezzlement, fornicating with their wives (a known fact), trying to set up his own nation as a military General, claiming God told people how to vote?
I think you would be hard pressed to name a Disciple or Old Testament Prophet who was treated that way.
It seems Smith can be described as one of the money changers in his own Temple. And Smith sure didn’t go down like Jesus, asking his disciples to put down their swords in an act of love, he went out having tried to fire all six barrels of the pistol he had.