>> That is exactly the case. Either the keys of the kingdom were passed on to the current pope, or they were lost long ago and restored to Joseph Smith and handed down from there to the current President of the Church. <<
Hmm-hmmm.... And what do we have to support Smith’s claim? Purely his own testimony; he was even tested with an infinitely simple test, and came up with a silly, conveeeeeenient excuse for failing the test.
Not so. No one expects you to believe the unsupported testimony of Joseph Smith or any other person. The real test is to study the doctrine and ask God if it is not true. If you do so will real intent, God will show you the truth.
“And what do we have to support Smith’s claim?”
The personal witness of the Holy Ghost. I’ll take that over any man’s opinion of what a proper test should be and their evaluation of the the results of any such test. Finding an excuse to reject a true prophet (or even Christ) is easy.