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You heard someone else's account of what JS said and wrote.

JS actually attended, and wanted to be a Methodist at one point. He even says so. He thought Methodists were the closest to the truth so far as he could discern at the time.

Thats a far cry from calling all others wicked and evil.

He was wondering which church among all of them was correct. That was the question he was asking.

The answer came back that none had the true gospel.

True, that can be interpreted many ways.

You are just choosing to believe (falsely) that JS hated every other church.

Me: He made the claim (or said the angel/Personage told him) that NONE were good; not me.

You: You heard someone else's account of what JS said and wrote.

Oh?

JS-H 1: 19

I was answered that I must join none of them, for they were all wrong; and the Personage who addressed me said that all their creeds were an abomination in his sight; that those professors were all corrupt; that: “they draw near to me with their lips, but their hearts are far from me, they teach for doctrines the commandments of men, having a form of godliness, but they deny the power thereof.”

From http://scriptures.lds.org/query?words=creed&newsearch=ok&BM=1&DC=1&PGP=1&TX=1&SM=1&search.x=15&search.y=7

You: You are just choosing to believe (falsely) that JS hated every other church.

Oh??

I did NOT say that. Please do not ascribe thoughts to me that I have not typed for you to see