“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.
“And others had trial of cruel mockings and scourgings, yea, moreover of bonds and imprisonment;
“They were stoned, they were sawn asunder, were tempted, were slain with the sword; they, wandered about in sheepskins and goatskins; being destitute, afflicted, tormented” (Hebrews 11:36-37)
Cruel mockings . . .
If you believe all those lies about Joseph Smith, you should hear the ones they said about our Jesus . . . and the same lies are still being told today.
They say Jesus is a charleton, a liar, cheater, a con man, a false prophet. They say Jesus is from his father the devil and a blasphemer. They say Jesus had sex with Mary Madgeline.
One of the Savior’s own disciples turned against him - and our Lord has suffered rejection by so many it is unimaginable. And you are surprised that Joseph Smith had enemies in the Church?
Just because you read stuff other people said about Joseph Smith, that doesn’t make it true.