More than a rumor, it's a fact. He tried to turn Free Masonry into a religion, he was booted from the lodge for his efforts and then incorporated Masonic symbolism into tenets of the church he invented.
The Morman religion is just one man's preching to his flock that eventually grew.
It's much more than that, it's cultic by nature, a man made religion. Smith added to and subtracted from the word of God, read the last chapter of Revelation for more on that. Smith was a false prophet. God had a lot to tell us about false prophets, it's written in several places in both testaments.
Smith was a liar, thief, fraud, polygamist, adulterer, pedophile and the entire Mormon religion is based on him. Mormonism also claims that he would sitting on the right hand of God and you will need his permission to enter Heaven.
I have no doubt that they beleive in a single God as well as the Old/New T's.
Simply wrong friend.
Mormons believe that there are millions of gods. Mitt Romney believes that he will be a god some day and have his own planet to rule over with millions of spirit wives to impregnate and populate that planet. If he believes his religion and I believe he does, Romney (And every other faithful Mormon) also believes that Almighty God Himself came to earth aa a man and impregnated Mary the regular way through sexual intercourse. Disgusted enough yet?
There are plenty of ex Mormons on this thread that can and will verify everything I have written and more, much, much more.
Mormonism is a satanic cult that is leading millions to perdition, that's reason for Christians trying to show them the true Jesus, not the one invented by Joseph Smith.