Asked and answered earlier on this thread... Remember those little merry go rounds I was talking about, this is one.. [DU]
I've read a book by Lds "prophet" David O. McKay. I think I found out one of Smith's supposed objections to Presbyterianism: ...let us see how the events of the past confirm this claim of Joseph Smith to inspiration. From a scholastic standpoint, he was unlearned and wholly untrained in the ministry as accepted by the world; yet something made him bold in his declarations against false doctrine and in his advocacy of that which is true. Take, for example, his opposition to the doctrine of predestination." (Treasures of Life, Deseret Book Co., 1970, p. 320)
(Of course, McKay then went on to talk about Presbyterians as his example!)
So, McKay says Smith opposed predestination -- and somehow, this 15 year old could condemn every Presbyterian creed! (How funny)
What's doubly funny? Months before he died, Smith said: "Every man who has a calling to minister to the inhabitants of the world was ordained to that very purpose in the Grand Council of heaven before this world was. I suppose I was ordained to this very office in that Grand Council." (History of the Church: 6:364-65)
So, pre-world ordination for Smith & his cronies but none for the Presbyterians? (Can you say, "Inconsistent Joe?")