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PD, your founder said, and was enshrined as "scripture" that 100% of the "recipes" were "putrid" -- and consisted of the "doctrines" of mere wannabe chefs -- "less than divine."

It is easier to dismiss the true Christian message that way as well as being a common cult tactic - no salvation outside the select group.

It is easier to dismiss the true Christian message that way as well as being a common cult tactic - no salvation outside the select group.

Exactly.

I mean if Smith had billed himself as a reformer, well, there's always been reformers and the need for them in the Christian church. But he billed himself as a restorationist.

And if the church didn't need to be built from scratch from the ground up, then Smith was irrelevant. No need existed for him, if the true church was still the true church.

So, Smith decided to play Clue. He wanted to place...
...the Rev. Green (earlier British of Clue character is called Rev. Green, not Mr. Green)...
...in the graveyard...
...with a shovel.

But what a massive job it was. Burying world-wide Christianity with just a mere shovel?
After Christ had already promised the church would NOT be prevailed upon? [Mt. 16:18]
After St. Paul promised the church would give glory to God throughout all ages, forever & ever? [Eph. 3:21]
After the Holy Spirit ensured St. Paul that only SOME would leave the faith -- not all? [1 Tim. 4:1]

So, either God needed a 14 yo boy because He allowed His Son's church to go to pot for 1700+ years...and Jesus "failed" while the 14 yo boy succeeded...
...or Smith was wrong...
...and if he was wrong on any of these points above -- like just even Eph. 3:21 -- he was wrong on everything else...