This is why I don't know how the rest of the morms here on Free Republic can still hold onto JS and his religion. How can they build their faith on a morally corrupt character?
Well, in the words of one of the last lds defenders on FR - who cares.
Apparently for lds the behavior of their founders are not an issue.
So sad.
Joey Smith was tarred and feathered by his own gang in March 1832 for having sex with Nancy Johnson
Eh ???
TEN YEARS before he claimed the mormon gods told him to, Joey Smith was already cheating on his wife, Emma...
Two words:
Strong Delusion
They just don't care about his [lack of] character.
They have to believe he was above reproach because the entirety of mormonism hinges upon him being a "godly" prophet.
The church and their cabal of apologetic liars are working overtime to revise his history. "New" books about that whoremonger are coming out all the time, making damn sure to omit his sordid behavior and failed prophecies.
Not forgetting his failure to obey commandments and revelations from the mormon god. He told one of the 12 year olds that god revealed to him that she was to be his first plural wife. But he couldn't wait, he got caught up with Fanny Alger.