The old con man, Joesph Smith came up with ficticious people, places and events and now scholars debate where all this took place. Hilarious !
The old con man, Joesph Smith came up with ficticious people, places and events and now scholars debate where all this took place.He doubtless was the inspiration for L Ron Hubbard.
AND, the "scholarly" articles are posted in closed threads on FR....inspiring the posting of open threads so these arcane claims can be discussed.
I find it mind-boggling to consider the number of man hours being spent on the research attempting to validate the claims of the con-man Joseph Smith!