Given that the Lds do quite well, missionary-wise, in the South Pacific...Here's a slight twist from the soundtrack, South Pacific, aptly renamed:
Some DISenchanted evening
You, like JoeSmith, may see a stranger,
you may see a stranger
Across a crowded grove
And somehow you know,
You know even then
That somewhere you'll see him
Again and again.
Some DISenchanted evening
Some demon may be laughin',
You may hear him laughin'
Across a crowded grove
And night after night,
As strange as a demon dares
The sound of his laughter
Will sing in your nightmares.
Who can explain it?
Who can tell you why?
Fools give you reasons,
Wise men never try.
Some DISenchanted evening
When you find your false god,
When you FEEL him call you
Across a crowded grove,
Then fly FROM his side,
And make him your dust
Or all through eternality you
May be in hell all alone, a bust
Once that false god has found you,
Never let him in.
Once that false god has found you,
Never make him kin!
Well, I have a 1938 book published by Deseret -- owned by the Mormon church. It's called Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith; 'twas compiled by a "to-be" Mormon "prophet" -- Joseph Fielding Smith.
As it relates to this discussion, there's a few interesting quotes about the after"life" from Joseph Smith:
"...you have got to learn how to be Gods yourselves...going from one small degree to another, and from a small capacity to a great one...from exaltation to exaltation, until you...are able to dwell... (Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith, pp. 346-347)
I deliberately left off the quote there...So, to pick it up again, Joe, "until you...are able to dwell" WHERE?
EXACTLY WHERE were the "ghost-lights" -- the demon-lights of Smith -- telling him where he & his followers would dwell???
The answer is right there on p. 347 of Teachings of the Prophet Joseph Smith:
Whoaaa.
Smith must have felt the guilt gnawing at him from no assurance of forgiveness of sins; but he wouldn't let go of his "everlasting burnings" teaching late in life:
These enchanted spirits craving their own "immortality" as false gods wouldn't let go of Smith...
...and actually occasionally told him the truth...
...as they did about "everlasting burnings"... and "enveloped in flaming fire"
...They had the last laugh at Smith's -- and his followers' -- expense.
Make no mistake, Mormons. There's a fiery everlasting pain that accompanies outer darkness. The longevity words in the Book of Mormon used to describe heaven ("everlasting," "eternal") are also used to describe hell in the Book of Mormon. However long heaven; the BoM characters concluded "ditto" about hell.