I think it’s interesting that the anti Mormons call Joseph Smith Jr. “Joe Smith”. It is so childish. But thank you for fulfilling prophesy - that his name would be known for good and for evil. I know his name for good and you know his name for evil.
I am proud of Joseph Smith. He was murdered, you know, and suffered the fate of other Prophets. He was murdered by a mob of blood thirsty evil men. I suppose you think it is OK to murder a person in cold blood without trial, judge or jury. So be it.
This thread is just so very sad. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is perfect but the people in it are not.
“I am proud of Joseph Smith”
Proud of his bank fraud? Just to choose one, well documented case of his criminal behavior.
Smith was killed participating in a shoot-out, in which two other men were killed besides he and his brother....that can in no way be labeled "murder". And PLEASE name the other prophets that took part in a shoot-out. That Kool-aid sure must taste good!
“The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is perfect...”
And yet it changes with the political winds. Was it perfect when it ewxcluded blacks from active leadership roles? Was it perfect when it engaged in a war with civil authorities in Missouri? Was itm perfect when it endorsed polygamy or when it repudiated the same?
Romney Rocks!!!
Nope... he loses.
***I am proud of Joseph Smith. He was murdered, you know, and suffered the fate of other Prophets. ****
Mat 23:37 O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, [thou] that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under [her] wings, and ye would not!
Luk 13:33 Nevertheless I must walk to day, and to morrow, and the [day] following: for it CANNOT BE that a prophet perish out of Jerusalem.