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Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were prophets of God, in every sense that Moses, Elijah, Ezekiel, Malachi or a host of others were.

I believe this with every fiber of my being.

If you find much wrong with that, well, I can do the same thing with your beliefs, I'm sure--though I won't, because that isn't my "thing."

I know these men were called of God. I know that Gordon B. Hinckley, the President of our Church today, is called of God, and is a Prophet of God. When he speaks, I listen, and I know that it is as if God Himself were speaking, for that is how He speaks to His Church: Through the prophets He has called.

You are welcome to believe that, or not.

One of our sacred Articles of Faith is "We claim the privilege of worshipping Almighty God according to the dictates of our own conscience, and allow all men the same privilege: Let them worship how, where or what they may."

I defend your right to worship as you see fit, without rude and pointless hectoring by me or anyone else.

I claim the same privilege.

Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were prophets of God, in every sense that Moses, Elijah, Ezekiel, Malachi or a host of others were.

If so why do you hit the abuse button when we copy, and paste their sermons from your own LDS websites? If they were true prophets of God, why are you ashamed of what they had to say?

To me Moses, Elijah, Ezekiel, Malachi were true prophets of God. Go ahead and copy, and post anything from them that you want.

Joseph Smith and Brigham Young were prophets of God, in every sense that Moses, Elijah, Ezekiel, Malachi or a host of others were.

Deuteronomy 18: [20] But the prophet, which shall presume to speak a word in my name, which I have not commanded him to speak, or that shall speak in the name of other gods, even that prophet shall die.
[21] And if thou say in thine heart, How shall we know the word which the LORD hath not spoken?
[22] When a prophet speaketh in the name of the LORD, if the thing follow not, nor come to pass, that is the thing which the LORD hath not spoken, but the prophet hath spoken it presumptuously: thou shalt not be afraid of him.

Can Joseph Smith and all your other prophets live up to this standard?