“He sounds like one of your Prophets.”
He sounds like a good many people of that day and age. Would you have a crisis of faith if some document came to light that showed beyond doubt that Peter, James and John thought the earth was flat and the sun went around it? Not me. That is what everyone believed back then. Likewise, in the 19th century men’s ideas about the conditions on other celestial bodies were wrong, and in light of modern science, silly.
I would if it was some wacky proclaimation came from my "prophet" and was recorded while they were proclaiming to be Prophet of God. It certainly would cause me to question their vision and direction.
That is probably why I'm no longer a believing Mormon. First I was told to follow the Prophet unhesitatingly, then folks like you tell me Prophets are often in error and they are just men. Cognitive dissonance?