I’d like to bear my testimony, All I have to say is that I was raised in the Mormon church and as a child I believed in everything that I was taught I grew up poor , My mother had 3 open heart surgeries, and my father had severe confidence issues, we moved around quite a bit, I was an only child, and now that I’m older I think about those difficult times , Out of all the different wards we were in I can honestly say that most of them were very judgmental, I specifically remember one time when my mother and father wanted to go to the temple in Cardston , but because they couldn’t afford to pay tithing for the last few months they were denied by the bishop. Not only they felt humiliated and embarrassed, they were told that they were not worthy of being able to experience going to the temple. I was 15 at the time and I was very angry, both of them were so devoted, and I realized that I never wanted anything to do with the church. Both of my parents eventually became inactive and we relocated once again, but this time I was really happy because I knew that they would never go back and finally I could be able to be a normal person just like everybody else who were much better people than religious people. I believe if you have a conscience and you have morals, there’s no reason to go to a religious establishment who tells you how to live your life.
That's why I always feel so much sorrow. I was friends with Mormon boys and they were ALWAYS being bashed by their so called church leadership. Hardly one of them could even afford bread. And the leaders were constantly trying to have sex with their mothers. But they were the nicest guys I ever knew. Thank God they all got out. They had good lives after that fresh hell that is the Mormon church.
Just watched the video. It was long winded without anything of interest. Nothing in the video is unheard. Somethings are rumors somethings are well established. Please explain to me what part of THIS video is propaganda?
Propaganda? Maybe. But Bill McKeever and Robert Bushman need to update their 2006 info. Joseph was NOT a polygamist and his death was likely an inside job. Many people betrayed Joseph. Why didn't John Taylor or Willard Richards testify at the murder trial?? Did they have something to hide? Perhaps the truth is more shocking than you realize. th-cam.com/video/5-iNtzo6icI/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/F5heXE5xS5w/w-d-xo.html
@@MichaelMantion The whole thing friend. Mormonism is a made up religious system. Joseph Smith was an evil man who led and continues to lead people astray from God.
@@MichaelMantion the fact that the truth is glossed over or missing. when you are ready- really look into the reasons---until then, you will only listen to your sunday school teacher who is not telling the whole story.
Funny how he’s the martyr, but he burned someone else’s property and tools of free speech and was rightfully punished for it? Like if someone came up to me and destroyed my phone for posting this comment, they’d go to jail. What a coward. I feel really bad for people born in to this religion. I came out of a repressive religion myself but the lies that lds was founded on are truly shocking and harmful to this day.
So Abigail...in writing, you are condoning the murder of two men who were in the custody of the State of Illinois. Even if Joseph was the kind of person you believe him to have been, are you OK with cold blooded murder? Go back to your repressive religion to get some morals. Wow
Love this! I left church for 15 years however in 2018 I had a literal Come to Jesus moment. I felt so impressed to research my Moms family through her genealogy and all I had to work with was her maiden last name. BROWER...The very same Ariah Coates Brower who helped make the death masks of Joseph and Hyrum Smith..The Spirit of Elijah was all over my journey to learn not only about my Moms ancestors but also my Biological Fathers Italian family who are all Catholic. Worlds collided..Fast forward, I realized that MY ways were not the LORDS ways and that's exactly when my testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints pierced my very soul. It feels GOOD to be HOME🙌🏼
HAHA Joseph Smith never saw god or Jesus. His first vision that included both god and the father was written 18 years after the event supposedly took place. And by that time it was the 5th version.
Joseph Smith didn't really die like a hero though did he? It seems to me less like a sacred "martyrdom" and more like a desperate violent affair. Rather than facing his end stoically he shot people and then died trying in a last ditch futile effort to escape out of the window.. Kind of like if Jesus instead of carrying his cross to Golgotha manically tried to stab the Roman soldiers around him with a pocket knife and then tried to sprint away only to get feathered with arrows as he tried to jump over the side of a cliff.
He tried to fight them off as a last ditch effort in self defense, and then died fighting. I'd rather go down like that. That mob was of a very devilish background, and you defend them?
How am I defending the mob? I'm just saying that Joseph Smith's actions don't really correspond to what you would expect of someone supposedly chosen by God. More like a cornered animal than anything else. Probably for the best though the mob did finish him off, if the Mormons had come and sprung him from jail as he had actively planned and hoped for then it would have almost certainly led to a war with many deaths. He was kind of an Asshole when you look at his historical actions without the rose tinted religious lens and was more than happy to let people die on his behalf.
@@nimbledick9869 Oh, they do, he was targeted by a devilish mob. It's not the best that the mob finished him off, are you crazy? Are you some satanist or what? If he lived, he would've done everything he could to protect his people. Sure, he did act like a jerk at times, but I believe that they were excused when he started developing the LDS church. He cared more about his followers than himself, which begins a problem, but it's better than not caring about anybody.
Seems more like his goal was to set up a Haram with himself at the top, he was either severely mentally ill or actively "evil" in both the moral and religious sense. I think most likely a bit of both. Pretty much the entirety of Mormonism has been disproved through Archaeology and through the Mormon scriptures themselves which are full of anachronisms in ways that the New Testament is not. Joseph Smith had far too many convenient revelations that have made Mormonism a vehicle for abuse that has made people miserable for nearly 200 years. Satan isn't the one who questions Joseph Smith's teachings, Satan is the one who attempts to apply them.
"Every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are." Joseph Smith, October 9, 1859. In fact, Joseph Smith does NOT have the authority to forgive your sins and let you go to God's heaven. No, he DOES NOT have the authority. Even the Pope doesn't have the authority to forgive your sins. You get forgiveness from Lord Jesus Christ, the One who died on the cross (that he died for YOUR SINS) and three days later he rose from the dead. Joseph Smith was a false prophet, you can visit his grave but Jesus' grave isn't there because He is alive and sitting on His throne in Heaven.
Finally the truth is spoken! He doesn’t speak on Joseph Smiths many wives. Youngest 14. He had multiple wives so he could have sex when he was away from home. His wife had boyfriends. The so called prophets know this. Just like the Boy Scout leaders abused boys and the prophets covered it up. Don’t make the mormans out to be something they are not. Joseph would have been took care of as soon as he would have looked at my 14 year old daughter. Then you show pictures of him that look nothing like him.
I'm sorry to tell you, dear Americans, that you are the result of a deception. joseph smith was not polygamist and did not write the book of abraham...this can be seen from the church newspapers Time and season. Even the newspapers of the time declared that John Smith wrote the book of Abraham. I am correcting many lds doctrines in the book of doctrines and covenants by comparing them to the church newspapers and you can clearly see a lot of manipulation. I can't find the real Joseph Smith Bible. May God have mercy on you because you are manipulating history and making false statements.
Wow this was missing so many important details. It's like this is trying to romanticize the event and smoothe out what really happened. This is not ok when real history should be shared.
@@gemmeerobinson1803 thanks for helping fulfill prophecy. God told Joseph Smith Jr., “your name shall be had for good and evil in all the world.” Woe unto you and your family. This wicked and corrupt generation has damned themselves! Jealousy and fierce, sharp hate still resonates today when you people have NEVER tried to believe in God nor understand His Church. Ye go to strange men and women to learn doctrine rather than those who are OPEN IN PLAIN DAYLIGHT! Woe unto you.
@@santbot Got caught lying! Tell us why you hate Mormons so much you lie about them like the Nazis hated and lied about Jews. Seek a good mental health care professional.
@@jamesturner8603 Since it is clear you are ignorant or a Neo Nazi and do not know Nazi history The Nazis claimed Jews were subhuman and responsible for destroying the worlds economy through out history just to name two. That is why the Nazis killed six million Jews and wanted to kill 12 million more but were stopped. Do you want to kill Mormons?
To me the death mask features do not match up with the recently discovered photograph of J. Smith. Do you have an opinion about the comparison of the two.?
I visited Navuoo and Carthage years ago. As I stood in that room listening to our guide I cried very sad tears. It was a deeply emotional experience for me…..watching this video I had those same emotions. Although very sad, I’m grateful for the opportunity to see it again and hear you teach us. Thank you so much.
Yes, so sad knowing the cover-up that Smith reaped what he sowed as he boasted in the dark planting his seed to the young, old or married. Those who boasted to kill him are used from the evil to join with the girls that Smith was good.
I lived in Burlington, Iowa for many years. An 82 year old man was baptized while we lived there. He grew up in Warsaw. He told me he remembered as a 5 year old boy hearing the old men in town playing checkers outside a store boasting about killing Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum.
Smith reaped what he sowed as he boasted in the dark planting his seed to the young, old or married. Those who boasted to kill are used from the evil to join with the girls that Smith was good.
@@thereddalek6513 It sure was. Joseph Smith Jr. was finally allowed to rest from his trials and tribulations and go straight to everlasting glory with Jesus Christ and the Father.
At the 530 mark that building was not built until the 1850s, and the later building was not built until the 1870s or later. The Warsaw Signal or whatever it was called (it changed names often) paper, at that time, was actually down at the river at the foot of main street.
2,000 year ago the religious establishment tortured and murdered their own God for not having the “correct” theology. Prophets don’t stand a chance! “If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.” - John 15:18-20
@@archangel_one I’m sorry but you are mistaken. Throughout Joseph Smith’s life he was repeatedly beaten to a pulp, poisoned, imprisoned and forced to listen to tales of slaughter and rape, and even fed the human flesh of dead saints before he was eventually murdered in a 100:4 men ambush. As for treason, those allegations were a joke and desperate last-ditch attempt of his enemies to seek a legitimate death penalty. When that failed they chose murder instead. That is a martyr of biblical proportions.
To the people who believe he was trying to stop slavery, this is ridiculous because in his own teachings he taught that people with dark skin were cursed and considered them lesser and that only blond haired blued whites were pure lol. Contradiction after contradiction.
Yes, just like wonderful Artist that pulled Smith's head out of his dark hat and painted a lie with Smith deciphering the plates sitting up looking like a professional at a table. Smith was only a professional at seducing girls young, old or married that I see no naked truth.
I understand more so, than I ever did before, of the tremendous cost in Blood, Sweat, and Tears to bring The Book of Mormon to the knowledge of the people. The past few days, I have religiously studied to the end of The Book of Mormon (next are the Books of Ether then Moroni). I have come to appreciate as to the depth of power that flows out of this remarkable volume of Holy Scripture and into my personal life. Thus giving me the impetus for personal change. As I study more and more, I learn greater and greater. Quite literally propelling myself via Heavenly Fathers TARDIS to these highly blessed days, of the early Restored Church.
And unfortunately we have to be prepared to protect ourselves families loved ones community from evil forces to know and to be more determined than your enemies...
The attack against Church leaders (Joseph Smith in particular) at Carthage was a political assassination as much as anything. Governor Ford of Illinois didn't like the fastest growing city (with more permanent bldgs. than Chicago at the time) being guided by a charismatic abolitionist. The Saints were known for voting in block and were buying land in Illinois and Iowa placing them strategically on both sides of the Mississippi. They were poised for phenomenal growth. After being advised by the President of the United States to protect themselves, Joseph formed the Nauvoo Legion which immediately became the largest and most well equipped militia in Illinois. They were never deployed.
@@chainsaw3577 Exactly. He also didn't die because he stood up for his beliefs, he died because he lied about his beliefs, and the people knew the truth.
@@michaelparks5669 but while you are talking about false claims...where the temple on temple lot that Joseph Smith prophesied about or the American government being destroyed if they didn't fix the wrong of Missouri?
I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God in word an deed. The witness I have received supercedes logic, reasoning, and worldly wisdom. He, second to Jesus Christ, is my hero. When all looked bleak, Joseph didn't renounce what he knew to be true. He endured even unto the end. And nothing anyone can say will begrime and tarnish my adoration of such great a man. I adamantly testify that Jesus Christ is indeed the Living Son of the Living God. And that He wrought out a perfect atonement for us and restored His Gospel by bringing forth the Book of Mormon fo us. He loves us all. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
So you worship Joseph Smith? You should read Deuteronomy 18:20-22, the test of a false prophet. I will be praying for you. The Gospel is found in 1Cor.15:1-4.✝🩸💜
#1The Navuoo city council ordered the press to be destroyed because it solicited rioting, an illegal act, not Joseph Smith . #2 Destroying a press, i.e. destroying property is not a capitol crime, nor is polygamy. Thus killing Joseph Smith, and Hyrum Smith and also attempting to kill Willard Richards and badly wounding John Taylor , all innocent men, is murder and attempted murder. Why kill those not on the council? Joseph Smith was under house arrest. The killers had to threaten to kill Federal troops to commit murder. The killers were Southern Freemasons who had rioted and killed anti slavers before, Joseph Smith was running for President to end slavery. He and his fellow anti slavery Mormons were targeted too. Best study up.
@@michaelparks5669 Lots and lots. Read something other than what your church only approves of. You people are being constantly lied to. History substantiated things your church covers up.
These two "historians" and their dramatizations almost make me want to cuss. What silliness this is ! Dramatic music playing, soft dramatic words supposedly spoken while all this confusion is going on. Hyrum shot many times through a second story window while he is in the middle of the room? Are you kidding me? Joseph firing a gun 6 times with a single loader gun? Why did you leave out how they got their guns. Why didn't you talk about the liquor that was provided them which they drank and felt mellow? Well, you characters have a master to serve, which is the almighty church, and had to make this event almost as earth shattering and spiritual as the crucifiction of Jesus. Joseph Smith is the greatest charlatan in American history, and the church continues with his lies.
@@Jeffertoya It certainly makes more sense than any of that gibberish you just spouted. Haven't you ever heard that if you're the only one laughing, then you don't understand what's going on? Not even the others criticizing this are laughing.
@@bartonbagnes4605 no. It doesn’t make sense. It’s a hollow platitude. It’s like a maroon 5 lyric, it sounds like it is saying something but it’s vacant of actual communication. There is far more evidence of the criminal Joseph Smith than there ever was of the Prophet. Even the church history does a poor job of the behaviors that would label Joe a false prophet EVEN BY LDS STANDARDS. Nah, sometimes people don’t laugh with you because they are too ill-informed, willfully-ignorant or fundamentally-dishonest to get the joke.
The Book of Mormon adds nothing to christiantity. It is not of God. It contains many errors and has seen significant revisions. It also doesn't add much to LDS doctrine... The meat of mormonism is found in the "revelation" of Smith.
@@jujubeatz-mp1rw I agree The Holy Bible is truth. One can find God without the BoM, however the language in the BOM is direct. There are no contradictions to the Holy Bible. I felt like you all my life until age 55. Blown away!!! Praise God! It's his world and revelation his miracle.
Thank you for this. I have been to this historical jail in Carthage IL. When I pondered the death of Joseph Smith, I can’t help but think of God’s prophets before him. They almost always had to die for their testimony. True prophets think it a privilege to give up their lives for their love of God. Prophets are never popular. They are hated by many people during their time and loved by those who have a witness of their holy calling. My testimony of Joseph Smith came through the Book of Mormon. No third grader can write such a book in 3 or so months, going through but a single draft before publication, unless he is called of God. But that’s not where my testimony is based. I love the Book of Mormon and it’s teachings about our Savior Jesus Christ. It is a very Christ centric book I have ever read. It teaches us to love one another and that We are all children of God. He is in our lives if we let Him. The destruction of the peoples in the Book of Mormon came about because of pride. It’s when we think we are better than others and we are so smart that we don’t need God that we start treating each other like dirt that we will eventually suffer the consequences. In the Book of Mormon, the consequences are the annihilation of peoples. I hope to follow the Savior, Jesus Christ, by following the teachings of the Book of Mormon which testify of Him- that He is the only begotten son of God in the flesh; that He died for my sins that I may repent and be cleansed and one day return to live in heaven. I feel very blessed to find this gospel when I was 18 year old. I don’t know what my life would be like without it. The Lord has blessed me tremendously, indeed.
I would suggest reading "Dr. Michael Coe, archeologist, Outsider's View of Book of Mormon" on the internet and utube. Dr. Coe is the greatest archeologist and anthropologist on Maya civilizations that ever lived. He is a nonreligious Maya expert who has studied the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. He was a close personal friend of the great Mormon archeologist John Sorensen, and was especially respectful and praised the archeologists from BYU. Read Coe's scientific opinion of the Book of Mormon and Smith. Although you may disagree, it is a great alternative perspective from a non mormon hater, and a church outsider, and a scientist who is just interested in the truth. God bless!
"prophets are unpopular"... ya. because they are frauds. Also, Smith didn't die for his testimony. He died because he got arrested for conspiracy and treason for destroying a printing press that was exposing his womanizing/polygamy and after he had the press destroyed he got dressed up in his generals uniform and paraded his little army/militia around the neighboring town(s) as a provocation. Then he got arrested for it, incarcerated and died in a gun battle. Religion and Testimony's got nothing to do with it. He was being violent and provocative.
I am a freemason. Yes the men that killed him were southern freemasons . They were pro slavers. Joseph Smith was running for president to end slavery. the mob had killed anti slavers before. Their types killed Abraham Lincoln.
Freemasonry is different today. Many of the Founding Fathers used Masonic Lodges to ferret out the details of the Constitution in secret. Many people in the past centuries were members. Albert Pike, look him up, and others subverted what Masonry was in past centuries. Still many good people in masonry currently. They help lots of people.
About 30 years ago a 12-year-old Deacon came up to the podium in a fast and testimony meeting and spoke of his family’s summer vacation to Nauvoo. While there they visited the Carthage Jail. This boy said, “I stood on the spot where Joseph Smith died by the well and I felt happy there.” Then he closed his testimony and went back to sit with his family. I thought, “Why on earth would he feel happy while standing on the spot where the Prophet died?!” At that moment the Spirit whispered to me, “That spot is hallowed ground. There are angels there.” I have yet to visit the Carthage Jail, but I hope to someday. When I do, I will stand on the hallowed ground where the prophet died, I will feel the presence of angels and I will feel happy there.
And he felt the presence of Angels because I'm sure they were there waiting for Joseph to take his spirit into Paradise. I'm sure they still hover there at times, visiting as we do.
@@brianmccutcheon3205 You know this how? A spirit whispered to you? Or maybe it was you gleaning truths from TH-cam? 🤣 Or believing what YOUR preacher tells you to believe? Or maybe you're old enough to have met Joseph Smith? Wow, what's your secret?
I do not like the negative comments. I just watched this. Although put together well, and i mean no disrespect to the gentleman in this video but JS was not a martyr. He did fight back as anyone would.
Oh my goodness. So well done. Thank you for the inspiring message - I can’t deny either the experiences I’ve had and the feelings I’ve felt and the thoughts I’ve had. Thank you, Joseph and Hyrum. Thank you Emma and family.
I’m so grateful for the example of the prophet Joseph and his older brother Hyrum. Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah. Many criticize and mock these Martyrs but they lived great and died great. Fools mock, but they shall mourn.
The gunshot through the door didn't hit Hyrum at his nose. Hyrum was over in the Northeast corner of the room and his back was turned to the door with his head laying next to the east wall according to the testimony and coroners letter. The gunshot in Hyrum's back produced no blood (unlike the video you played). The bullet in his back went straight through him hitting his watch but a bullet from the window would have traveled at a 90 degree angle. Hyrum according to the record would have had his back turned to the door so the gunshot to his back from the window doesn't make sense. You place Hyrum on his stomach which is correct but Willards and John say that Hyrum was on his back. Willard Richards wasn't behind the door hinges in his testimony he is on the left of the door. No one is in the door hinges. The coroner says that Willards might have told him he was in the door hinges which contradicts Willard and John's testimony. Even in that video you have Willards switch to the left of the door with no one in the door hinges 16:25 "Dr Richards for Taylor’s cane; all sprang against the door:- the balls whistled up the stair way -[see T. and S. 598.]- and in an instant one came through the door, Joseph, Taylor and Richards sprung to the left of the door and tried to knock aside the guns of the ruffians, Hyrum was retreating back in front of the door, and snapped his pistol, when a ball struck him in the left side of his nose and he fell on his back on the floor with his head one or two feet from the north east corner of the room saying “I am a dead man.” (Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft pages 53- 54) "cutting away a piece of flesh from his (John Taylor) left hip as large as a man's hand, and were hindered only by my knocking down their muzzles with a stick; while they continued to reach their guns into the room, probably left handed, and aimed their discharge so far round as almost to reach us (Joseph & Willards) in the corner of the room to where we retreated and dodged, and then I recommenced the attack with my stick." The bullet in John Taylor's wrist happened after he fell into the room according to him. John would have had his hands in front of him to crawl under the bed. There is no way a bullet would strike him in his wrist and not travel down his arm if he is facing the door. John crawled he didn't roll under the bed. You positioned Joseph Smith wrong in the window. Joseph's right arm and leg were out of the window with his left leg and arm in the room according to William Daniels. Joseph's head was to the north and feet to the south holding onto the window with his left hand and foot. The gunshot to Joseph's right hip and thigh couldn't have come from someone shooting him in the room while he was at the window. Willards was shot in the left earlobe. How do you explain that if he was hiding in the door hinges the whole time? The mob does come back into the room after Joseph is placed at the well. "I was in excruciating pain. He put me in a cell and threw me under the mattress. He they may kill me...said is it possible Joseph is dead pray you may live and tell the story. they returned and found no one in the room and they absconded" (Transcript of Thomas Bullock’s Longhand Summary of John Taylor’s Sermon, June 27, 1854)
Smith declared martial law and called out the Nauvoo Legion to rescue him... among the "mob" were disgruntled ex-Mormons as well as freemasons intent on not letting Smith escape jurisdiction as he had in Missouri and Ohio. Those in Nauvoo who recalled the Legion may well have had a hand in Smith's death.
@@chainsaw3577 You mean escaped jurisdiction by being declared not guilty for the same crime twice already? I guess they must not have had double jeopardy yet. As Mayor, there wasn't anyone with authority to reverse Marshal Law or recall the Legion, if Joseph Smith Jr. had called them. Clearly he did not. He knew exactly what was going to happen to him, and left it in God's hands. Reading the books he so believed in for comfort, the Bible and The Book Of Mormon.
Come on now. So you saying under all that pressure that he went to the window to draw the gun fire away? Nah thats bs. He tried to run and jump out the window to save himself like anyone scared would. Interesting how much information is manipulated to make him look like a saint.
Because the Bible is Christianity but through the lense of political control from the Roman empire. The Bible was compiled and edited by the council of nicaea. Constantine wanted to keep peace, so he merged Christian religion with Roman Pagan culture. From the time the Roman catholic church took control of the Christian movement they had over 1500 years of absolute control and manipulation of the Bible. If the Bible was all that was ever needed or was given, then literal millions of documents, relics and manuscripts hidden in the Vatican archives would hold no value.
@@doubleb222able And the Book of Mormon was a book Joseph Smith used to gain power, and claim revelation that God commanded him multiple wives? It goes both ways.
@@doubleb222able do all Mormons throw the WORD of GOD HIS Holy Bible under the bus for the sake of an adulterate stone seer's fairytales? Another question, do all Mormons have the same willingness to lie as you have lied in your post?
@@doubleb222able There is no proof of alteration of the message of the Bible. Only translations. The real corrupted text is the Book of Mormon (contradictions, false history, false translations for the Book of Abraham and other sources) and Joseph Smith's altered "translation" of his bible.
Perversion of the Gospel GALATIANS 1:6-10: 6I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; 7which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we, or an angel (Moroni?) from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! 9As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed! 10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ. Satan disguises himself as an angel of light: 2 Corinthians 11:12-15 12But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting. 13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds. Saved by Grace alone through faith, no of works Ephesians 2:8-9 8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Why would people not believe in someone's visions? Very sad to murder because of someone's beliefs. I believe people say when they say they had a vision. That's sad to kill innocent Christians.
He was murdered because he started an immoral sex cult. Smith started his sex cult when slavery was abolished in the US Women who couldn't pay their bills in those times were also enslaved. SMITH started a sex cult implemented marring multiple wives and enslaved them to precreat to have his cult grow as fast as possible claimed to the Gov the multiple wives was his religion. He ran around and took married women and also child brides he was pedifile by the way after the mobbed killed him most of the women left. So good to reason they were held by threats and abused and how could get help Smith was the Mayor. So the angry mob was assebl3d by men who had wives smith stole and took as his own and held captive or their children he marred and held captive ___ I'm not what' the fascination is with smith life and glorifying him his life and death spending money on statues of smith morning of his death and studying his lif3 ___;we got video after video of Smith glorifying him as the son of God. Taken the place of Christ. If a org people celebrating and glorifying a man thwt started a sex cult and was pedifile your going to attract pedifiles and folks with mental problems thats what cult attrack woth bizzare teachings. Smith had to isolate his group then ipliment the bizzare teaching of multiple wives and child bridew as coming from God. So the folks he gathered had mentwl illness or he abused them used fear tatics to threats and abuse to keep these women and others assembled. His type of behavior was not accepted. Again not sure why the church glorifies his life . Smith ordered the printing press to be burnt because they were exposing him. So Smith knew what he was doing was wrong not only did he have knowledge it was wrong but he didn't want outside his caged area what he was doing making it avaliable to him to leave his camp go out and either capture girls or manipulated other women up to his isolated sex cult. And was their people inside the printing press when he ordered it burnt down ...?. He was violent and used threats.AND WAS manipulating and basically a criminal. The book of Mormon was written while smith was in jail so are we saying Smith ordered the printing press to be burnt because they were exposing his immorality and pedifile sex cult he was running then God cam3 to him while he was jail to write the Book of Mormon to glorify Joseph Smith ?..?
Because anyone who has ever tried to keep someone from entering a room doesn't know that opening it gives them the advantage? Saying he opened the door, when all those men were on the other side, is amazing. They would have been in that room had that actually happened.
Also, it always cracks me up how many haters, revilers, and “false priests who oppress” are in the comment sections of Church videos. I believe in Jesus Christ, I know Him! Joseph Smith WAS and still IS His Prophet of HIS NEW TESTAMENT Church. Joseph is a true Prophet and NO OTHER MAN could do what He did. Woe unto this wicked and corrupt generation of pharisees. A tank of vicious vipers, the Spirit has stopped striving with much of this generation… “Many leave the Church, BUT THEY JUST CANT LEAVE THE CHURCH ALONE.”
Smith that only flew in beds of girls, girls girls like a snake. Then you condemn others being snakes for exposing Smith the sex Maniac. Married wives secretly behind hubby's back sounds like a psychopath he was.
My heart breaks every time I hear of the suffering of the Latter day Saints. Everyone, especially in the United States of America, should be able to worship as they choose. Our Father in Heaven loves all of us. We are all children of God. Respect and Tolerance. Just be nice. Follow Kindergarden rules and we can all live in peace.
Really? Then why didn't God have the other 16 prophets that have followed Joseph Smith and continued to spread the gospel throughout the world killed?...and I agree with you...God will not be mocked....
Funny how the video doesn't explain why he was arrested, and the fact that he was a criminal armed with a weapon. He was obviously not a true "saint" ready to meet the Lord. He was scared because he knew where his final destination was going to be anyways.
Hahaha he was armed makes him a criminal? You are ignorant Jesus told the Apostles to carry swords. Peter cut the ear off a man trying to arrest Jesus. Moses killed an Egyptian. Abraham killed many of his enemy. God flooded the world. Best study up. Joseph Smith was killed by pro slavers because he was running for US President and declared he was going to end slavery in just four months. Humm you are not very educated are you.
@@henochparksdo you know what Jesus told Peter after cutting some ear. If you about to die because of Jesus or arrested, u don’t need to fight back or kill someone. Jesus never did anything wrong but they flogged him and kill him. He never fight back and that’s how it supposed to be. After that all disciples were arrested ,flogged and killed,but they never fight back because they followed Jesus path.
@@OdiNReax It is sad that you need to lie about the Lord's Apostle's deaths to try make Joseph Smith look bad. Where does your hate of Mormons come from?
Brian, the bill of rights only applied to the federal government at that time. The video explains the legality of the action. It was perfectly legal. There was no violation of the constitution.
@@edwintaber6465 - the purpose of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1870 was to make the states bound by the bill of rights. Before that the bill of rights only prohibited the federal government from violating people’s rights. It did not bind the state and local governments. This is what the US Supreme Court said. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights. I am not making it up.
Destroying the physical printing press was not legal, and for that the Nauvoo City Council was liable, not just Joseph. It was by order of the city council that the press was destroyed, which city council included non-Mormons. But destroying the actual newspapers was legal on the grounds that it was a public nuisance, likely to incite rioting and violence towards the Saints. And DRC 53 is correct about the 14th amendment; the implementation of the 14th amendment is what made all the states subject to adhering to the Bill of Rights found in the U.S. Constitution. Up until that point they were not.
The Nauvoo Expositor was printing libelous material which was pushing the limits of constitutional speech and why it took the city council two days of deliberation to make a decision. For example, you can't yell fire in a crowded room. Given the history of bigotry against the Saints and just coming off of an extermination order in Missouri, the fears and concerns of more violence were very real.
God said what is evil will be called good and what is good will called evil. Smith was an evil sex maniac after a good time with girls young, old or married. The mob that pulled Smith down was probably betrayed husband's and parents. This mob knew what was evil that you call good.
Now c'mon. I strive to listen to things objectively but they said that Hiram was shot IN THE FACE and then in the back and fell. He then managed to utter that this was the death of him 😐 How... How was he still having a conversation after he was shot in the face - his nose area to be more precise..
When Joseph went to the window, he called outside to the men assembled below, "Oh Lord My God"...which was the beginning of the Masonic Sign of Distress which he did not complete because they killed him. Otherwise they would have been duty bound to help him. Also you need to speak about the vivid flash of light that struck down the mobster raising his knife to mutilate the prophets' body as it laid by the well. Many of the mobsters saw it and witnessed the knife wielder become paralyzed.
Thankyou so much for this video. Makes me want to stay firm in the gospel. God bless you and I’m blessed and happy to be Mormon 💜. Hello from Las Vegas Nv.
Please read and pray that God will reveal his truth to you through the Holy Spirit by his Word: [Rom. 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. Rom. 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes. Col. 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holiday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days. Gal. 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Phil. 3:9 And be found in him (Christ), not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: Rom. 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:]
He destroyed the newspaper for speaking against polygamy & calling him a “ theocratic king.” The people were outraged! The freedom of speech. Joseph was mad because it told the truth. BTW Jesus is …” the truth, the life & the way.” Joseph hated the truth. All the people who shot him were not punished by a court of law! Amen! I’m so glad.
@@Outdoorsguy1212 Could you state your reference for this statement? According to several references cited in the book I referenced, there may have been 3 wounded after his gun misfired a few times, but no deaths recorded. There was a trial with five people of the mob indicted, but no one was convicted or held accountable for the murders of Joseph and Hyrum.
Uh, Joseph Smith and Christopher Columbus were real people. Joseph Smith was a true Prophet of God as well. The Book of Mormon is another witness of Jesus Christ being the Son of God and I have received a witness from God of its authenticity. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is God's and Jesus Christ one and only true church here on earth. Join God and Jesus Christ in their Kingdom and join their true church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and learn all that they have to offer. Learn of their glory and mercy, learn of the plan they have of you.
@@gemmeerobinson1803Joseph Smith Jr. was only hired to hunt for treasure because he had already found the Golden Plates, though he hadn't been permitted by the angel to take them yet. And the treasures he found were laid up in heaven. Greater treasures than you will ever know, unless you smarten up and repent.
@@bartonbagnes4605 There was no Golden Plates. There was no Book of Abraham from a dead Egyptian burial papers. There is no planet named Konob that God keeps girls pregnant forever. There's no one that lives on Mars taller than quakers. God is not flesh but spirit. Smith is not in Heaven. There were no battles proven that Smith said did. All the battles in the Bible proven. Smith was full deceitfulness. He deceived girls old and young in bed. He married other guys wives secretly preaching girls panties off. Now here you are here preaching I'm wrong for hating snake bites. Smith is in Satan's brimstone bed having a hot time. I hope you don't intrude.
I know Joseph Smith was and a true prophet of God. Truth is truth and you can’t take away or add anything to it. Of course people will say whatever they want to say and believe in but I can’t deny what I know to be true and reveal over and over by the Holy Ghost to me. I know God lives. I know Jesus is the Christ and the Holy Ghost is real. I’ll do all I can to defend these truths even if it cause my life. I love this gospel and forever proud member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Thank you for posting these videos. Keep up the great work and will continue to support your work.
🙄 IF he was, and an example of the behavior that God endorses, then I certainly want nothing to do with that god. However, I'm pretty sure you just have no idea the extent of his ugly history that is well-documented. In a sermon in 1844, Joseph Smith explained how he was greater than Jesus, Paul, Peter--everyone since Adam--since no one had held a church together like he did. He was a deceiver and a criminal, and then he had himself crowned King of the Earth. Having something revealed to you by a spirit or an angel in no way proves that it is the _Holy_ Spirit or a _holy_ angel. Many spirits have gone out into the world, and the Bible already names the actual ruler of this world. Joseph died in a prison gunfight where his own party was returning fire. That is like the humble self-sacrifice of Jesus or the martyrdoms of the Prophets and Apostles of old? Hardly. I pray that you will wake up to a greater truth that the church has always been trying to hide, despite 2 Corinthians 13:5 with a test in verse 8.
@@ReluctantPostWow. What ignorance you have. In that one aspect Joseph Smith Jr. spoke truth. As he also did the many times he called himself nothing in the sight of God. The Book Of Mormon proves it is of God, for it condemns everything to do with Satan, and encourages to follow God and Jesus Christ's teachings. As Jesus Christ put it "If Satan fights against Satan, how then shall his house stand?" The Book Of Mormon fights against Satan, so it cannot be from Satan.
@@bartonbagnes4605 It certainly does not, and yes, it can be. What does the Scripture say--that satan presents himself as an angel of darkness or an angel of light? Those who were witnesses to the Book of Mormon _all_ later denied that Doctrine and Covenants are scripture, yet somehow their testimony in that carries no weight while it is supposed to be accepted in the first instance. The history and fruits of the LDS church are more than proof of its profoundly deceptive nature. What did Jesus and the Apostles teach and live out regarding wealth, for example? The opposite. What did they teach and live out about honesty? The opposite. What did they teach and live out about violence against one's enemies? Precisely the opposite of JS, Jr. and his Danites as well as Brigham Young, even founding Utah as being pro-slavery as its governor. The LDS stands in utter contrast to the teachings of the actual Jesus (not a pro-created son from a god mother nor brother of Lucifer) as well as to the teachings of the earliest Christian writings in both doctrine and lifestyle. Jude 3-4; Phil. 3:17-19
He was a great example of perseverance, faith, love of all men, his was just to declare the truth, and let every one knows how we are loved by our Heavenly Father.
0:45 Two Martyrs??? They were killed for their crimes and sins, not for their faith! Yes, it was wrong. They should have received a fair trial. In general, martyrs are not known for killing people. Martyrs also aren't know for multiple accounts of adultery, committing treason, bank fraud, perjury, fornication, polygamy, rioting, and conspiracies to murder. 19:35 If only he had lived his life for goodness and holiness instead of for himself.
I'm sorry to tell you, dear Americans, that you are the result of a deception. joseph smith was not polygamist and did not write the book of abraham...this can be seen from the church newspapers Time and season. Even the newspapers of the time declared that John Smith wrote the book of Abraham. I am correcting many lds doctrines in the book of doctrines and covenants by comparing them to the church newspapers and you can clearly see a lot of manipulation. I can't find the real Joseph Smith Bible. May God have mercy on you because you are manipulating history and making false statements.
Humm product one marriage record from a US state of these alleged marriages. Produce a name of one of the fathers or brothers who help kill Joseph Smith. Tell us what laws permit killing men who have more than one wife. Tell us what laws permit killing men who were with Joseph Smith who were innocent of any crime. Tell us were the murders are going in the next life.
Don’t forget that he had a printing press destroyed that was revealing his womanizing. Oh, and marching his militia through neighboring towns while dressed up in a generals uniform. I’m not saying he deserved to be killed for it but… that’s very provocative behavior. Certainly not like the “lamb to slaughter” story we were all taught.
Why, oh why, do film makers have to put music throughout the film? It's distracting, annoying, and makes it hard to hear the voices easily. It lends nothing to the telling. I'm sure its about "mood", but i, for one, don't need someone manipulating my mood for effect. Music if between scenes is one thing, but the constant BA of round is noise.
No wonders why when they came to Utah. The arm them self to the teeth. And declare war on those who want them dead. It was the last time they were gonna be abused and chased away
Says it all (6 seconds into video) in the first image on the wall of the jail. It displays the upsidedown stars which is symbolic of the baphamet pentagram.
Very true. Even their imagery was stolen from free masonry a satanic founding. They don't have the cross because none of their belief system is based on Christ.
I personally have much to be thankful for the life of the prophet Joseph Smith. The doctrines of the Saviour and His salvation came to me in such a beautiful spiritual way as l came in contact with the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints and learned of the Saviour s restored gospel to the earth. I learned about prayer and communicating with our Father in Heaven and the Saviour and how we can experience the love of God through the Holy Ghost and receive healing, light and truth. Indeed l have experienced it so many times as l have adhered to Christ s teaching and been involved in His work. The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants are two marvelous books that bring us closer to God. The Lord has revealed their truthfulness to me many times along with The Pearl of Great Price. Such rich gospel treasures. I have found much joy, comfort and peace and wise counsel being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints. Thanks be to God.
Reading the anti-Mormon rants here, I don't know _what_ motivates the raw hatred in their posts, but I do know _who_ plants the seeds of enmity in their hearts, and his time is short. He thus plants the seed of hatred in the hearts of men and cultivates it until it becomes murder, and the enemies of God thirst for the blood of his prophets and it burns inside them. If one examines the false prophets who have lived throughout the history of men, you will not see the deep-seated hatred and animosity one sees against the true prophets. Muhammad, Ellen G. White, David Koresch--none will cause the blistering animosity of a _true_ prophet. Thus it is that, if possible, Satan will marshal his forces against those of God until those prophets are murdered. In Revelation 11, we read of the future ministry of two prophets whom God will raise up in the last days. We read that they will be overcome and will be murdered on the streets of Jerusalem. We also read that the nations of the Earth will rejoice when they are dead! Satan knows it is difficult to motivate a man to murder. He must first plant the seed of hatred, and we see that many anti-Mormons carry this seed in their hearts and they allow it to grow. There are many religions with whom I disagree, but never do I allow that disagreement to grow to the point I see in the posts of anti-Mormons here and elsewhere.
You're outside truth Joseph Smith was a false prophet sexual pervert who was a predator who went after other people's wives that underage girls the fact you can't acknowledge that truth is because you not interested in the truth You don't know Jesus Christ your heart is far from Jesus Christ which is why you support the liar Joseph Smith the reason why God made them call that Mormon because all you need to do is remove the m and you see that it is a path of morons .
@@Setfree316You rant like the wind blowing against a mountain. Just comparing your post to the one you replied to makes it clear you are full of hatred and lies, which ironically proves the point of the other post.
@Setfree316 Jesus is bullshit too. Mormonism is to Christianity what Christianity is to Judaism. Christians have the luxury of not having 2000 years to lose any potential documentation of Christianity being fabricated unlike Mormonism which was recent enough to where we have the documentation to prove what a con man Joseph Smith was.
@@Setfree316 » You guys really need to read stuff other than hardcore anti-Mormon crap. It's all the same. You just lift it from anti-Mormon sources, then spew it out without sources. It really gets old.
The way things are going right now, in our own day, it will not be surprising when history repeats itself in similar fashion. With all of the divisiveness regarding the current events of today, prophecies are being fulfilled; including how the love of many shall wax cold, among many other things that we see going on right now. Anger, hostility, fear, pride, are distracting many from the love of God and living His precepts and commandments. However, as a song says, "When there's no peace on earth, there is peace in Christ". Now, more than ever, is the time to seek after Jesus Christ and let Him fill us with His love and peace.
The Prophet Joseph Smith was known by thousand's of followers to be an Honest and decent man not the scoundrel many then and now accuse him of being. There is no doubt he threw himself into the gunfire and out the window to protect his friends and the future of the church which was with those friend's. This is Highly Sacred ground !! This is the best documentary that has been made on the Martyrdom ! Well done !!
@@merricat3025 Such a great con man, he conned God, who is the source of all wisdom, to give him greater wisdom than Solomon, as they are still discovering new things he "guessed" right in The Book Of Mormon.
@@yolandaotto2117 You are ignorant. #1 The Nauvoo city council shut down the press. Not Joseph Smith. #2 They had the right to do so if the press intended to incite riot. Which it did #3 Destroying a press is not a capitol offense. Clearly you know nothing of law. #4 Smith was under arrest in a upper room of a building pending an investigation. #5 The mob killed and attempted to kill men who were not even related to the alleged charge. #6 The mob were Southern Masons who were proslavery. Smith and the Mormons were anti Slavery. in fact Joseph Smith was running for President to end slavery. #7 The mob had stop Mormons from voting anti slavery . #8 They had killed anti slavers before and announced they were going to drive the Mormons out. Best study up.
the prophet was doing some unholy things, but who can blame him? Who is free from sin throw the first stone. I love this church but I don't believe he died a martyr, he died for breaking the law and trying to escape the law. He was human. Polygamy was illegal. He ruffled too many tai fathers. The world desperately needed the restoration,
I’d like to bear my testimony,
All I have to say is that I was raised in the Mormon church and as a child I believed in everything that I was taught I grew up poor , My mother had 3 open heart surgeries, and my father had severe confidence issues, we moved around quite a bit, I was an only child, and now that I’m older I think about those difficult times , Out of all the different wards we were in I can honestly say that most of them were very judgmental, I specifically remember one time when my mother and father wanted to go to the temple in Cardston , but because they couldn’t afford to pay tithing for the last few months they were denied by the bishop. Not only they felt humiliated and embarrassed, they were told that they were not worthy of being able to experience going to the temple. I was 15 at the time and I was very angry, both of them were so devoted, and I realized that I never wanted anything to do with the church. Both of my parents eventually became inactive and we relocated once again, but this time I was really happy because I knew that they would never go back and finally I could be able to be a normal person just like everybody else who were much better people than religious people. I believe if you have a conscience and you have morals, there’s no reason to go to a religious establishment who tells you how to live your life.
That's why I always feel so much sorrow. I was friends with Mormon boys and they were ALWAYS being bashed by their so called church leadership. Hardly one of them could even afford bread. And the leaders were constantly trying to have sex with their mothers. But they were the nicest guys I ever knew. Thank God they all got out. They had good lives after that fresh hell that is the Mormon church.
Nothing but LDS propaganda. If you want the real story look for "The Untold Story of the Death of Joseph Smith" by Aaron Shafovaloff.
Just watched the video. It was long winded without anything of interest. Nothing in the video is unheard. Somethings are rumors somethings are well established. Please explain to me what part of THIS video is propaganda?
Propaganda? Maybe. But Bill McKeever and Robert Bushman need to update their 2006 info. Joseph was NOT a polygamist and his death was likely an inside job. Many people betrayed Joseph. Why didn't John Taylor or Willard Richards testify at the murder trial?? Did they have something to hide? Perhaps the truth is more shocking than you realize. th-cam.com/video/5-iNtzo6icI/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/F5heXE5xS5w/w-d-xo.html
@@MichaelMantion seriously, these Anti Mormons are soooo PRESSED to bring down the church bc it didn’t go THEIR WAY 🙄
@@MichaelMantion The whole thing friend. Mormonism is a made up religious system. Joseph Smith was an evil man who led and continues to lead people astray from God.
@@MichaelMantion the fact that the truth is glossed over or missing. when you are ready- really look into the reasons---until then, you will only listen to your sunday school teacher who is not telling the whole story.
Funny how he’s the martyr, but he burned someone else’s property and tools of free speech and was rightfully punished for it? Like if someone came up to me and destroyed my phone for posting this comment, they’d go to jail. What a coward. I feel really bad for people born in to this religion. I came out of a repressive religion myself but the lies that lds was founded on are truly shocking and harmful to this day.
So Abigail...in writing, you are condoning the murder of two men who were in the custody of the State of Illinois. Even if Joseph was the kind of person you believe him to have been, are you OK with cold blooded murder? Go back to your repressive religion to get some morals. Wow
it is utterly unfathomable; makes me sick. agreed!
Love this! I left church for 15 years however in 2018 I had a literal Come to Jesus moment. I felt so impressed to research my Moms family through her genealogy and all I had to work with was her maiden last name. BROWER...The very same Ariah Coates Brower who helped make the death masks of Joseph and Hyrum Smith..The Spirit of Elijah was all over my journey to learn not only about my Moms ancestors but also my Biological Fathers Italian family who are all Catholic. Worlds collided..Fast forward, I realized that MY ways were not the LORDS ways and that's exactly when my testimony of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints pierced my very soul. It feels GOOD to be HOME🙌🏼
Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah.
Amen!
Yes, Joseph Smith and Muhammed both certainly did that.
@@wyattearpswoman838 Jehovah and Allah are not the same. Try a little harder next time
HAHA Joseph Smith never saw god or Jesus. His first vision that included both god and the father was written 18 years after the event supposedly took place. And by that time it was the 5th version.
@@outlawedmedia4336 Please tell me you’re joking. That’s not even a real argument.
Joseph Smith didn't really die like a hero though did he? It seems to me less like a sacred "martyrdom" and more like a desperate violent affair. Rather than facing his end stoically he shot people and then died trying in a last ditch futile effort to escape out of the window.. Kind of like if Jesus instead of carrying his cross to Golgotha manically tried to stab the Roman soldiers around him with a pocket knife and then tried to sprint away only to get feathered with arrows as he tried to jump over the side of a cliff.
He tried to fight them off as a last ditch effort in self defense, and then died fighting.
I'd rather go down like that. That mob was of a very devilish background, and you defend them?
How am I defending the mob? I'm just saying that Joseph Smith's actions don't really correspond to what you would expect of someone supposedly chosen by God. More like a cornered animal than anything else. Probably for the best though the mob did finish him off, if the Mormons had come and sprung him from jail as he had actively planned and hoped for then it would have almost certainly led to a war with many deaths. He was kind of an Asshole when you look at his historical actions without the rose tinted religious lens and was more than happy to let people die on his behalf.
@@nimbledick9869 Oh, they do, he was targeted by a devilish mob. It's not the best that the mob finished him off, are you crazy? Are you some satanist or what? If he lived, he would've done everything he could to protect his people. Sure, he did act like a jerk at times, but I believe that they were excused when he started developing the LDS church. He cared more about his followers than himself, which begins a problem, but it's better than not caring about anybody.
Seems more like his goal was to set up a Haram with himself at the top, he was either severely mentally ill or actively "evil" in both the moral and religious sense. I think most likely a bit of both. Pretty much the entirety of Mormonism has been disproved through Archaeology and through the Mormon scriptures themselves which are full of anachronisms in ways that the New Testament is not. Joseph Smith had far too many convenient revelations that have made Mormonism a vehicle for abuse that has made people miserable for nearly 200 years. Satan isn't the one who questions Joseph Smith's teachings, Satan is the one who attempts to apply them.
@@cxarhomell5867 no he didn't he died running and then tried to use his Mason distress signal
"Every man and woman must have the certificate of Joseph Smith, junior, as a passport to their entrance into the mansion where God and Christ are." Joseph Smith, October 9, 1859. In fact, Joseph Smith does NOT have the authority to forgive your sins and let you go to God's heaven. No, he DOES NOT have the authority. Even the Pope doesn't have the authority to forgive your sins. You get forgiveness from Lord Jesus Christ, the One who died on the cross (that he died for YOUR SINS) and three days later he rose from the dead. Joseph Smith was a false prophet, you can visit his grave but Jesus' grave isn't there because He is alive and sitting on His throne in Heaven.
Finally the truth is spoken! He doesn’t speak on Joseph Smiths many wives. Youngest 14. He had multiple wives so he could have sex when he was away from home. His wife had boyfriends. The so called prophets know this. Just like the Boy Scout leaders abused boys and the prophets covered it up. Don’t make the mormans out to be something they are not. Joseph would have been took care of as soon as he would have looked at my 14 year old daughter. Then you show pictures of him that look nothing like him.
Terrible human being.
I'm sorry to tell you, dear Americans, that you are the result of a deception. joseph smith was not polygamist and did not write the book of abraham...this can be seen from the church newspapers Time and season. Even the newspapers of the time declared that John Smith wrote the book of Abraham. I am correcting many lds doctrines in the book of doctrines and covenants by comparing them to the church newspapers and you can clearly see a lot of manipulation.
I can't find the real Joseph Smith Bible. May God have mercy on you because you are manipulating history and making false statements.
Wow this was missing so many important details. It's like this is trying to romanticize the event and smoothe out what really happened. This is not ok when real history should be shared.
This church comes with a belly full of lies - which is why Hollywood promotes it!
Like Smith they all make evil look good. Whitewashed but not washed white.
Joseph Smith was a true prophet of Jesus Christ, martyred to seal his testimony. I believe.
@@gemmeerobinson1803 thanks for helping fulfill prophecy. God told Joseph Smith Jr., “your name shall be had for good and evil in all the world.” Woe unto you and your family. This wicked and corrupt generation has damned themselves! Jealousy and fierce, sharp hate still resonates today when you people have NEVER tried to believe in God nor understand His Church. Ye go to strange men and women to learn doctrine rather than those who are OPEN IN PLAIN DAYLIGHT! Woe unto you.
Why on earth did you watch this? Seriously though, so many leave the Church, BUT THEY JUST CANT LEAVE THE CHURCH ALONE.
The only prophet to die with a gun in his hand after killing two men.
Name the two men who you claim Joseph Smith killed or admit you lied.
@@henochparks Name 10 candy bars or admit that joseph smith was an amish saul goodman
@@santbot Got caught lying! Tell us why you hate Mormons so much you lie about them like the Nazis hated and lied about Jews. Seek a good mental health care professional.
@@henochparks name one lie nazis said about Jews
@@jamesturner8603 Since it is clear you are ignorant or a Neo Nazi and do not know Nazi history The Nazis claimed Jews were subhuman and responsible for destroying the worlds economy through out history just to name two. That is why the Nazis killed six million Jews and wanted to kill 12 million more but were stopped. Do you want to kill Mormons?
My 5th Great Grandfather was the one who made those death masks! Thank you for this captivating video.
Hello, cousin!
That is so cool 😎
To me the death mask features do not match up with the recently discovered photograph of J. Smith. Do you have an opinion about the comparison of the two.?
Ariah Coates Brower? He's my GGGG Grandfather!
I visited Navuoo and Carthage years ago. As I stood in that room listening to our guide I cried very sad tears. It was a deeply emotional experience for me…..watching this video I had those same emotions. Although very sad, I’m grateful for the opportunity to see it again and hear you teach us. Thank you so much.
Yes, so sad knowing the cover-up that Smith reaped what he sowed as he boasted in the dark planting his seed to the young, old or married. Those who boasted to kill him are used from the evil to join with the girls that Smith was good.
I lived in Burlington, Iowa for many years. An 82 year old man was baptized while we lived there. He grew up in Warsaw. He told me he remembered as a 5 year old boy hearing the old men in town playing checkers outside a store boasting about killing Joseph Smith and his brother, Hyrum.
Smith reaped what he sowed as he boasted in the dark planting his seed to the young, old or married. Those who boasted to kill are used from the evil to join with the girls that Smith was good.
@@thereddalek6513 It sure was. Joseph Smith Jr. was finally allowed to rest from his trials and tribulations and go straight to everlasting glory with Jesus Christ and the Father.
At the 530 mark that building was not built until the 1850s, and the later building was not built until the 1870s or later. The Warsaw Signal or whatever it was called (it changed names often) paper, at that time, was actually down at the river at the foot of main street.
2,000 year ago the religious establishment tortured and murdered their own God for not having the “correct” theology. Prophets don’t stand a chance!
“If the world hate you, ye know that it hated me before it hated you. If ye were of the world, the world would love his own: but because ye are not of the world, but I have chosen you out of the world, therefore the world hateth you. Remember the word that I said unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord. If they have persecuted me, they will also persecute you; if they have kept my saying, they will keep yours also.”
- John 15:18-20
Except they did NOT seem to be killed for their religious beliefs, but rather for their treason and violence.
@@archangel_one I’m sorry but you are mistaken. Throughout Joseph Smith’s life he was repeatedly beaten to a pulp, poisoned, imprisoned and forced to listen to tales of slaughter and rape, and even fed the human flesh of dead saints before he was eventually murdered in a 100:4 men ambush. As for treason, those allegations were a joke and desperate last-ditch attempt of his enemies to seek a legitimate death penalty. When that failed they chose murder instead. That is a martyr of biblical proportions.
To the people who believe he was trying to stop slavery, this is ridiculous because in his own teachings he taught that people with dark skin were cursed and considered them lesser and that only blond haired blued whites were pure lol. Contradiction after contradiction.
He could believe that and also be an abolitionist, Abraham Lincoln was very racist but still an abolitionist.
@@benjaminvandenberghe9726 literally not true tho, but year keep believing your prophet who married children
I love that all of you wonderful amazing professors do what you do so we can glean more from church history and the scriptures. Thank you so much.
Yes, just like wonderful Artist that pulled Smith's head out of his dark hat and painted a lie with Smith deciphering the plates sitting up looking like a professional at a table. Smith was only a professional at seducing girls young, old or married that I see no naked truth.
I understand more so, than I ever did before, of the tremendous cost in Blood, Sweat, and Tears to bring The Book of Mormon to the knowledge of the people. The past few days, I have religiously studied to the end of The Book of Mormon (next are the Books of Ether then Moroni). I have come to appreciate as to the depth of power that flows out of this remarkable volume of Holy Scripture and into my personal life. Thus giving me the impetus for personal change. As I study more and more, I learn greater and greater. Quite literally propelling myself via Heavenly Fathers TARDIS to these highly blessed days, of the early Restored Church.
And unfortunately we have to be prepared to protect ourselves families loved ones community from evil forces to know and to be more determined than your enemies...
JS was killed in a gunfight at the jail. He killed two men before being killed himself. Read the history!
Really? Thats awesome! Prophet AND warrior! Joseph reminds me of prophets like Joshua and David or Captain Moroni. Epic!
@@fightingfortruth9806 bro literally is obsessed with a guy who married children
The attack against Church leaders (Joseph Smith in particular) at Carthage was a political assassination as much as anything. Governor Ford of Illinois didn't like the fastest growing city (with more permanent bldgs. than Chicago at the time) being guided by a charismatic abolitionist. The Saints were known for voting in block and were buying land in Illinois and Iowa placing them strategically on both sides of the Mississippi. They were poised for phenomenal growth.
After being advised by the President of the United States to protect themselves, Joseph formed the Nauvoo Legion which immediately became the largest and most well equipped militia in Illinois. They were never deployed.
Joseph didn't die willingly, so can the term martyr really be used for him?
He died while trying to escape martyrdom...
@@chainsaw3577 Exactly. He also didn't die because he stood up for his beliefs, he died because he lied about his beliefs, and the people knew the truth.
@@chainsaw3577 the whole problem with Mormon history is the stories keep changing and the doctrines keep changing.
@@barbwire7449 Like any corporation, when product sales sag, the company repackages and redesigns the product...!
Remember 36-year-old Joseph Smith married 15 year old Fanny Alger behind Emma Smith's back... This is well documented. Completely disgusting!
woodruff also plyg
You speak like a jealous man Mr S W Anonymous
What I didn't get is why Emma would deny that he married all those women. Was she blind? In denial? Or a liar?
@@merricat3025 married and sealed are to different things joe critic
Joseph married Mary at 14. Good for Joseph Smith following the Bible's example.
I pray god will heal all mormons and they will understand how they have been deceived
theyre fine dude. Theyre just stricter Christians.
@@Kman3773 with a false prophet...they are not stricter Christians
@@jenniferboht961 you make false claims then hide your erroneous posts.
@@michaelparks5669 I rewrote it because it was not clearly written...no errors and nothing hidden
@@michaelparks5669 but while you are talking about false claims...where the temple on temple lot that Joseph Smith prophesied about or the American government being destroyed if they didn't fix the wrong of Missouri?
I know that Joseph Smith was a Prophet of God in word an deed. The witness I have received supercedes logic, reasoning, and worldly wisdom. He, second to Jesus Christ, is my hero.
When all looked bleak, Joseph didn't renounce what he knew to be true. He endured even unto the end. And nothing anyone can say will begrime and tarnish my adoration of such great a man.
I adamantly testify that Jesus Christ is indeed the Living Son of the Living God. And that He wrought out a perfect atonement for us and restored His Gospel by bringing forth the Book of Mormon fo us. He loves us all. In the name of Jesus Christ, amen.
So you worship Joseph Smith? You should read Deuteronomy 18:20-22, the test of a false prophet. I will be praying for you. The Gospel is found in 1Cor.15:1-4.✝🩸💜
You openly admit to being an idolater? Well, that's interesting!
Wait till you hear about warren jeffs!
@@bilbofroggins also supercedes the words of Jesus Christ apparently
Joseph was arrested because he burned down a printing press which was going to report on his polygamy.
#1The Navuoo city council ordered the press to be destroyed because it solicited rioting, an illegal act, not Joseph Smith . #2 Destroying a press, i.e. destroying property is not a capitol crime, nor is polygamy. Thus killing Joseph Smith, and Hyrum Smith and also attempting to kill Willard Richards and badly wounding John Taylor , all innocent men, is murder and attempted murder. Why kill those not on the council? Joseph Smith was under house arrest. The killers had to threaten to kill Federal troops to commit murder. The killers were Southern Freemasons who had rioted and killed anti slavers before, Joseph Smith was running for President to end slavery. He and his fellow anti slavery Mormons were targeted too. Best study up.
@@michaelparks5669That's why native Americans were used as slaves?😮
@@KathyStrickland-nh9vx are you on drugs?
@@michaelparks5669 Lots and lots. Read something other than what your church only approves of. You people are being constantly lied to. History substantiated things your church covers up.
@@KathyStrickland-nh9vx when you delete our comments.... we got it you ant mormons hate us.
Great video, gives me the desire to understand and learn more come and visit these historical places.
Deep deeper about Smith pulling down girls young, old or married and you will dig up a sex maniac.
These two "historians" and their dramatizations almost make me want to cuss. What silliness this is ! Dramatic music playing, soft dramatic words supposedly spoken while all this confusion is going on. Hyrum shot many times through a second story window while he is in the middle of the room? Are you kidding me? Joseph firing a gun 6 times with a single loader gun? Why did you leave out how they got their guns. Why didn't you talk about the liquor that was provided them which they drank and felt mellow? Well, you characters have a master to serve, which is the almighty church, and had to make this event almost as earth shattering and spiritual as the crucifiction of Jesus. Joseph Smith is the greatest charlatan in American history, and the church continues with his lies.
Well said
My 5th Great Grandfather made those death masks. It’s a really cool story!
Where can I find a version that wasn't produced by the Mormons?
Basically a con man and polygamous pedophile was killed by a mob. Non-Mormons don’t care about it all that much.
would an outside perspective be more or less bias in your opinoin?
I will never be able to go there in this life. I'm glad to have gone there with this video. Thank you brother Joseph and Hyrum
You’ll see them in hell. Believe in Jesus as Lord and Savior who gave His life for your sins on a rugged cross. Repent I say!!!!!!
There's no thank you Smith in Hell only torment.
@@gemmeerobinson1803joseph smith is having a burning in the bosom
This is a great video for many reasons, but I want to specifically point out the high production quality! Very well done, and thanks for sharing!
I’m so grateful for these videos: Thank you 🙏.
Fantastic! Some of the funniest content on all of TH-cam! And it's done with a straight face. Respect.
Fools laugh, but they shall mourn.
Birds fly but they shall fall
Dragons sleep but they shall wake
Sounds profound but….
@@Jeffertoya It certainly makes more sense than any of that gibberish you just spouted. Haven't you ever heard that if you're the only one laughing, then you don't understand what's going on? Not even the others criticizing this are laughing.
@@bartonbagnes4605 no. It doesn’t make sense. It’s a hollow platitude. It’s like a maroon 5 lyric, it sounds like it is saying something but it’s vacant of actual communication.
There is far more evidence of the criminal Joseph Smith than there ever was of the Prophet. Even the church history does a poor job of the behaviors that would label Joe a false prophet EVEN BY LDS STANDARDS.
Nah, sometimes people don’t laugh with you because they are too ill-informed, willfully-ignorant or fundamentally-dishonest to get the joke.
Tom Cruise should star in a film about the final days of Joseph Smith
And Bill Cosby could serve refreshments to the cast and crew...
And Warren Jeffs could be the technical advisor.
Read the Book of Mormon! I'm not LDS however I believe it. The common theme throughout is repent, believe in the Christ to be reconciled back to God!
The Book of Mormon adds nothing to christiantity. It is not of God. It contains many errors and has seen significant revisions. It also doesn't add much to LDS doctrine...
The meat of mormonism is found in the "revelation" of Smith.
NAHH I WOULD RATHER READ THE HOLY BIBLE AND FOLLOW JESUS CHRIST….WHICH IS THE TRUTH
@@jujubeatz-mp1rw I agree The Holy Bible is truth. One can find God without the BoM, however the language in the BOM is direct. There are no contradictions to the Holy Bible. I felt like you all my life until age 55. Blown away!!! Praise God! It's his world and revelation his miracle.
I've read it over 40 times, and it get truer with each time I read it.
@@1pt21jigawatt Isn't it amazing!!?? Praise God!!
How do you have pistols while incarcerated? Who was guarding the jail?
Really.......
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@@geoffreypalmer2661lol!
Thank you for this. I have been to this historical jail in Carthage IL. When I pondered the death of Joseph Smith, I can’t help but think of God’s prophets before him. They almost always had to die for their testimony. True prophets think it a privilege to give up their lives for their love of God. Prophets are never popular. They are hated by many people during their time and loved by those who have a witness of their holy calling. My testimony of Joseph Smith came through the Book of Mormon. No third grader can write such a book in 3 or so months, going through but a single draft before publication, unless he is called of God. But that’s not where my testimony is based. I love the Book of Mormon and it’s teachings about our Savior Jesus Christ. It is a very Christ centric book I have ever read. It teaches us to love one another and that We are all children of God. He is in our lives if we let Him. The destruction of the peoples in the Book of Mormon came about because of pride. It’s when we think we are better than others and we are so smart that we don’t need God that we start treating each other like dirt that we will eventually suffer the consequences. In the Book of Mormon, the consequences are the annihilation of peoples. I hope to follow the Savior, Jesus Christ, by following the teachings of the Book of Mormon which testify of Him- that He is the only begotten son of God in the flesh; that He died for my sins that I may repent and be cleansed and one day return to live in heaven. I feel very blessed to find this gospel when I was 18 year old. I don’t know what my life would be like without it. The Lord has blessed me tremendously, indeed.
You mean the same book that said that you were cursed with dark skin if you were a sinner is Christ centric? 😆
I would suggest reading "Dr. Michael Coe, archeologist, Outsider's View of Book of Mormon" on the internet and utube. Dr. Coe is the greatest archeologist and anthropologist on Maya civilizations that ever lived. He is a nonreligious Maya expert who has studied the Book of Mormon and Joseph Smith. He was a close personal friend of the great Mormon archeologist John Sorensen, and was especially respectful and praised the archeologists from BYU.
Read Coe's scientific opinion of the Book of Mormon and Smith. Although you may disagree, it is a great alternative perspective from a non mormon hater, and a church outsider, and a scientist who is just interested in the truth. God bless!
"prophets are unpopular"... ya. because they are frauds. Also, Smith didn't die for his testimony. He died because he got arrested for conspiracy and treason for destroying a printing press that was exposing his womanizing/polygamy and after he had the press destroyed he got dressed up in his generals uniform and paraded his little army/militia around the neighboring town(s) as a provocation. Then he got arrested for it, incarcerated and died in a gun battle. Religion and Testimony's got nothing to do with it. He was being violent and provocative.
@@mitchrichardson744 correct!!! Smith destroyed the free press. He was anti democracy and a criminal! Why is he a hero to Mormons?
Don't blame God for whom Satan sent so dirty. This is BLASHEMY blaming God!
Is it true that Joseph Smith used the Freemason distress call when the mob was upon him but none of the Freemasons in the mob would rescue him?
I am a freemason. Yes the men that killed him were southern freemasons . They were pro slavers. Joseph Smith was running for president to end slavery. the mob had killed anti slavers before. Their types killed Abraham Lincoln.
Freemasonry is different today. Many of the Founding Fathers used Masonic Lodges to ferret out the details of the Constitution in secret. Many people in the past centuries were members. Albert Pike, look him up, and others subverted what Masonry was in past centuries. Still many good people in masonry currently. They help lots of people.
About 30 years ago a 12-year-old Deacon came up to the podium in a fast and testimony meeting and spoke of his family’s summer vacation to Nauvoo. While there they visited the Carthage Jail. This boy said, “I stood on the spot where Joseph Smith died by the well and I felt happy there.” Then he closed his testimony and went back to sit with his family. I thought, “Why on earth would he feel happy while standing on the spot where the Prophet died?!” At that moment the Spirit whispered to me, “That spot is hallowed ground. There are angels there.”
I have yet to visit the Carthage Jail, but I hope to someday. When I do, I will stand on the hallowed ground where the prophet died, I will feel the presence of angels and I will feel happy there.
And he felt the presence of Angels because I'm sure they were there waiting for Joseph to take his spirit into Paradise. I'm sure they still hover there at times, visiting as we do.
@@brianmccutcheon3205 You know this how? A spirit whispered to you? Or maybe it was you gleaning truths from TH-cam? 🤣 Or believing what YOUR preacher tells you to believe? Or maybe you're old enough to have met Joseph Smith? Wow, what's your secret?
@@haroldcounts7460 Basically as hallowed as the cross that many Christian churches hallow.
They were fallen Angels to deceive like Smith my confused one.
Lol keep dreaming
I do not like the negative comments. I just watched this. Although put together well, and i mean no disrespect to the gentleman in this video but JS was not a martyr. He did fight back as anyone would.
Great job putting this together!
Satan agrees but he won't say thank you.
Oh my goodness. So well done. Thank you for the inspiring message - I can’t deny either the experiences I’ve had and the feelings I’ve felt and the thoughts I’ve had. Thank you, Joseph and Hyrum. Thank you Emma and family.
There's no thank you Smith in Hell only torment.
Thank you Casey. I love this video, so complete Well done.
Satan agrees with you. Keep worshipping Smith and you also will find yourself dressed in flame.
I’m so grateful for the example of the prophet Joseph and his older brother Hyrum. Praise to the man who communed with Jehovah. Many criticize and mock these
Martyrs but they lived great and died great. Fools mock, but they shall mourn.
@@timwalker6802 fools follow blindly...when hes a proven false prophet
Actually, i don't think we will. But you will if you don't repent.
The gunshot through the door didn't hit Hyrum at his nose. Hyrum was over in the Northeast corner of the room and his back was turned to the door with his head laying next to the east wall according to the testimony and coroners letter. The gunshot in Hyrum's back produced no blood (unlike the video you played). The bullet in his back went straight through him hitting his watch but a bullet from the window would have traveled at a 90 degree angle. Hyrum according to the record would have had his back turned to the door so the gunshot to his back from the window doesn't make sense. You place Hyrum on his stomach which is correct but Willards and John say that Hyrum was on his back.
Willard Richards wasn't behind the door hinges in his testimony he is on the left of the door. No one is in the door hinges. The coroner says that Willards might have told him he was in the door hinges which contradicts Willard and John's testimony. Even in that video you have Willards switch to the left of the door with no one in the door hinges 16:25
"Dr Richards for Taylor’s cane; all sprang against the door:- the balls whistled up the stair way -[see T. and S. 598.]- and in an instant one came through the door, Joseph, Taylor and Richards sprung to the left of the door and tried to knock aside the guns of the ruffians, Hyrum was retreating back in front of the door, and snapped his pistol, when a ball struck him in the left side of his nose and he fell on his back on the floor with his head one or two feet from the north east corner of the room saying “I am a dead man.” (Historian’s Office, Martyrdom Account, Draft pages 53- 54)
"cutting away a piece of flesh from his (John Taylor) left hip as large as a man's hand, and were hindered only by my knocking down their muzzles with a stick; while they continued to reach their guns into the room, probably left handed, and aimed their discharge so far round as almost to reach us (Joseph & Willards) in the corner of the room to where we retreated and dodged, and then I recommenced the attack with my stick."
The bullet in John Taylor's wrist happened after he fell into the room according to him. John would have had his hands in front of him to crawl under the bed. There is no way a bullet would strike him in his wrist and not travel down his arm if he is facing the door. John crawled he didn't roll under the bed.
You positioned Joseph Smith wrong in the window. Joseph's right arm and leg were out of the window with his left leg and arm in the room according to William Daniels. Joseph's head was to the north and feet to the south holding onto the window with his left hand and foot. The gunshot to Joseph's right hip and thigh couldn't have come from someone shooting him in the room while he was at the window.
Willards was shot in the left earlobe. How do you explain that if he was hiding in the door hinges the whole time?
The mob does come back into the room after Joseph is placed at the well. "I was in excruciating pain. He put me in a cell and threw me under the mattress. He they may kill me...said is it possible Joseph is dead pray you may live and tell the story. they returned and found no one in the room and they absconded" (Transcript of Thomas Bullock’s Longhand Summary of
John Taylor’s Sermon, June 27, 1854)
Smith declared martial law and called out the Nauvoo Legion to rescue him... among the "mob" were disgruntled ex-Mormons as well as freemasons intent on not letting Smith escape jurisdiction as he had in Missouri and Ohio.
Those in Nauvoo who recalled the Legion may well have had a hand in Smith's death.
@@chainsaw3577 You mean escaped jurisdiction by being declared not guilty for the same crime twice already? I guess they must not have had double jeopardy yet. As Mayor, there wasn't anyone with authority to reverse Marshal Law or recall the Legion, if Joseph Smith Jr. had called them. Clearly he did not. He knew exactly what was going to happen to him, and left it in God's hands. Reading the books he so believed in for comfort, the Bible and The Book Of Mormon.
Come on now. So you saying under all that pressure that he went to the window to draw the gun fire away? Nah thats bs. He tried to run and jump out the window to save himself like anyone scared would.
Interesting how much information is manipulated to make him look like a saint.
Why do I need the Book of Mormon when I have the Bible stop it false!!!
Because the Bible is Christianity but through the lense of political control from the Roman empire. The Bible was compiled and edited by the council of nicaea.
Constantine wanted to keep peace, so he merged Christian religion with Roman Pagan culture.
From the time the Roman catholic church took control of the Christian movement they had over 1500 years of absolute control and manipulation of the Bible.
If the Bible was all that was ever needed or was given, then literal millions of documents, relics and manuscripts hidden in the Vatican archives would hold no value.
@@doubleb222able And the Book of Mormon was a book Joseph Smith used to gain power, and claim revelation that God commanded him multiple wives? It goes both ways.
@@doubleb222able do all Mormons throw the WORD of GOD HIS Holy Bible under the bus for the sake of an adulterate stone seer's fairytales?
Another question, do all Mormons have the same willingness to lie as you have lied in your post?
@@wynnedwards94 So does your bs.
@@doubleb222able There is no proof of alteration of the message of the Bible. Only translations. The real corrupted text is the Book of Mormon (contradictions, false history, false translations for the Book of Abraham and other sources) and Joseph Smith's altered "translation" of his bible.
This is so wonderfully done. My testimony is strong and seeing the bravery and integrity of Joseph and Hyrum affirms to me that it is all true. 💕
Grow a Brain!
Perversion of the Gospel
GALATIANS 1:6-10:
6I am amazed that you are so quickly deserting Him who called you by the grace of Christ, for a different gospel; 7which is really not another; only there are some who are disturbing you and want to distort the gospel of Christ. 8But even if we, or an angel (Moroni?) from heaven, should preach to you a gospel contrary to what we have preached to you, he is to be accursed! 9As we have said before, so I say again now, if any man is preaching to you a gospel contrary to what you received, he is to be accursed!
10For am I now seeking the favor of men, or of God? Or am I striving to please men? If I were still trying to please men, I would not be a bond-servant of Christ.
Satan disguises himself as an angel of light:
2 Corinthians 11:12-15
12But what I am doing I will continue to do, so that I may cut off opportunity from those who desire an opportunity to be regarded just as we are in the matter about which they are boasting. 13For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. 14No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. 15Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds.
Saved by Grace alone through faith, no of works
Ephesians 2:8-9
8For by grace you have been saved through faith; and that not of yourselves, it is the gift of God; 9not as a result of works, so that no one may boast.
Our HEAVENLY PARENT'S know, your good work's. Thanks very much Brethren.
What happened to JS? You can fool some people sometimes, but you can't fool all the people all the time...
Every time l hear this story it is differenNT.
Why would people not believe in someone's visions? Very sad to murder because of someone's beliefs. I believe people say when they say they had a vision. That's sad to kill innocent Christians.
i think bc not all visions is of God, no offense
He was murdered because he started an immoral sex cult. Smith started his sex cult when slavery was abolished in the US
Women who couldn't pay their bills in those times were also enslaved. SMITH started a sex cult implemented marring multiple wives and enslaved them to precreat to have his cult grow as fast as possible claimed to the Gov the multiple wives was his religion. He ran around and took married women and also child brides he was pedifile by the way after the mobbed killed him most of the women left. So good to reason they were held by threats and abused and how could get help Smith was the Mayor. So the angry mob was assebl3d by men who had wives smith stole and took as his own and held captive or their children he marred and held captive ___ I'm not what' the fascination is with smith life and glorifying him his life and death spending money on statues of smith morning of his death and studying his lif3 ___;we got video after video of Smith glorifying him as the son of God. Taken the place of Christ. If a org people celebrating and glorifying a man thwt started a sex cult and was pedifile your going to attract pedifiles and folks with mental problems thats what cult attrack woth bizzare teachings. Smith had to isolate his group then ipliment the bizzare teaching of multiple wives and child bridew as coming from God. So the folks he gathered had mentwl illness or he abused them used fear tatics to threats and abuse to keep these women and others assembled. His type of behavior was not accepted. Again not sure why the church glorifies his life . Smith ordered the printing press to be burnt because they were exposing him. So Smith knew what he was doing was wrong not only did he have knowledge it was wrong but he didn't want outside his caged area what he was doing making it avaliable to him to leave his camp go out and either capture girls or manipulated other women up to his isolated sex cult. And was their people inside the printing press when he ordered it burnt down ...?. He was violent and used threats.AND WAS manipulating and basically a criminal. The book of Mormon was written while smith was in jail so are we saying Smith ordered the printing press to be burnt because they were exposing his immorality and pedifile sex cult he was running then God cam3 to him while he was jail to write the Book of Mormon to glorify Joseph Smith ?..?
Because anyone who has ever tried to keep someone from entering a room doesn't know that opening it gives them the advantage? Saying he opened the door, when all those men were on the other side, is amazing. They would have been in that room had that actually happened.
Also, it always cracks me up how many haters, revilers, and “false priests who oppress” are in the comment sections of Church videos. I believe in Jesus Christ, I know Him! Joseph Smith WAS and still IS His Prophet of HIS NEW TESTAMENT Church. Joseph is a true Prophet and NO OTHER MAN could do what He did. Woe unto this wicked and corrupt generation of pharisees. A tank of vicious vipers, the Spirit has stopped striving with much of this generation… “Many leave the Church, BUT THEY JUST CANT LEAVE THE CHURCH ALONE.”
Smith that only flew in beds of girls, girls girls like a snake. Then you condemn others being snakes for exposing Smith the sex Maniac. Married wives secretly behind hubby's back sounds like a psychopath he was.
My heart breaks every time I hear of the suffering of the Latter day Saints. Everyone, especially in the United States of America, should be able to worship as they choose. Our Father in Heaven loves all of us. We are all children of God. Respect and Tolerance. Just be nice. Follow Kindergarden rules and we can all live in peace.
When you preach a false gospel that is what you get.God will not be mocked
Really? Then why didn't God have the other 16 prophets that have followed Joseph Smith and continued to spread the gospel throughout the world killed?...and I agree with you...God will not be mocked....
They weren’t killed for worship, they were killed for being polygamists and arsonists
Totally unbiased
Funny how the video doesn't explain why he was arrested, and the fact that he was a criminal armed with a weapon. He was obviously not a true "saint" ready to meet the Lord. He was scared because he knew where his final destination was going to be anyways.
Hahaha he was armed makes him a criminal? You are ignorant Jesus told the Apostles to carry swords. Peter cut the ear off a man trying to arrest Jesus. Moses killed an Egyptian. Abraham killed many of his enemy. God flooded the world. Best study up. Joseph Smith was killed by pro slavers because he was running for US President and declared he was going to end slavery in just four months. Humm you are not very educated are you.
@@henochparksdo you know what Jesus told Peter after cutting some ear. If you about to die because of Jesus or arrested, u don’t need to fight back or kill someone. Jesus never did anything wrong but they flogged him and kill him. He never fight back and that’s how it supposed to be. After that all disciples were arrested ,flogged and killed,but they never fight back because they followed Jesus path.
@@OdiNReax It is sad that you need to lie about the Lord's Apostle's deaths to try make Joseph Smith look bad. Where does your hate of Mormons come from?
So you were there? You know why Joseph Smith was killed? Humm No you don't.
This guy is the first l ron hubbord
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Oh for sure. Invented a new religion for money, power and sex
@@b.m.t.h.3961 he gave all the money to the poor. There is no evidence he had sex with other women.
@@michaelparks5669 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
May God have mercy on us all ,amen!
Why was it legal to destroy the printing press? This is taking away someone's first amendment rights.
Brian, the bill of rights only applied to the federal government at that time. The video explains the legality of the action. It was perfectly legal. There was no violation of the constitution.
@@edwintaber6465 - the purpose of the 14th Amendment to the US Constitution in 1870 was to make the states bound by the bill of rights. Before that the bill of rights only prohibited the federal government from violating people’s rights. It did not bind the state and local governments. This is what the US Supreme Court said. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Incorporation_of_the_Bill_of_Rights. I am not making it up.
Destroying the physical printing press was not legal, and for that the Nauvoo City Council was liable, not just Joseph. It was by order of the city council that the press was destroyed, which city council included non-Mormons. But destroying the actual newspapers was legal on the grounds that it was a public nuisance, likely to incite rioting and violence towards the Saints. And DRC 53 is correct about the 14th amendment; the implementation of the 14th amendment is what made all the states subject to adhering to the Bill of Rights found in the U.S. Constitution. Up until that point they were not.
The Nauvoo Expositor was printing libelous material which was pushing the limits of constitutional speech and why it took the city council two days of deliberation to make a decision. For example, you can't yell fire in a crowded room. Given the history of bigotry against the Saints and just coming off of an extermination order in Missouri, the fears and concerns of more violence were very real.
Wow, a rational and educational discourse in the comments section of this video. How refreshing!
Once again, thank you brethren. That was beautifully and poignantly done. I appreciate all of your work.
Satan smiles at his deceived.
The quote at 540 is Sharp's commentary below after printing a letter from a Fosters.
Fantastic stuff. Thanks so much for doing these videos, they do a lot of good.
God said what is evil will be called good and what is good will called evil. Smith was an evil sex maniac after a good time with girls young, old or married. The mob that pulled Smith down was probably betrayed husband's and parents. This mob knew what was evil that you call good.
Now c'mon. I strive to listen to things objectively but they said that Hiram was shot IN THE FACE and then in the back and fell. He then managed to utter that this was the death of him 😐 How... How was he still having a conversation after he was shot in the face - his nose area to be more precise..
How did he have a convo… he said he was a dead man… lmfao you weren’t there..: there’s literally 2 witnesses
This did not come off as historical
Yet everything in it is historical fact, though they left out some details that would make the mob look even worse.
When Joseph went to the window, he called outside to the men assembled below, "Oh Lord My God"...which was the beginning of the Masonic Sign of Distress which he did not complete because they killed him. Otherwise they would have been duty bound to help him.
Also you need to speak about the vivid flash of light that struck down the mobster raising his knife to mutilate the prophets' body as it laid by the well. Many of the mobsters saw it and witnessed the knife wielder become paralyzed.
I think that lightning story was actually disproven in court
Any thing that was said about that the courts disproved
Thankyou so much for this video. Makes me want to stay firm in the gospel. God bless you and I’m blessed and happy to be Mormon 💜. Hello from Las Vegas Nv.
Please read and pray that God will reveal his truth to you through the Holy Spirit by his Word: [Rom. 6:14 For sin shall not have dominion over you: for you are not under the law, but under grace. Rom. 10:4 For Christ is the end of the law for righteousness to everyone that believes. Col. 2:16 Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of an holiday, or of the new moon, or of the Sabbath days. Gal. 2:16 Knowing that a man is not justified by works of the law, but by the faith of Jesus Christ, even we have believed in Jesus Christ, that we might be justified by faith in Christ, and not by the works of the law: for by works of the law shall no flesh be justified. Phil. 3:9 And be found in him (Christ), not having mine own righteousness, which is of the law, but that which is through the faith of Christ, the righteousness which is of God by faith: Rom. 5:1 Therefore being justified by faith, we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ:]
He destroyed the newspaper for speaking against polygamy & calling him a “ theocratic king.” The people were outraged! The freedom of speech. Joseph was mad because it told the truth. BTW Jesus is …” the truth, the life & the way.” Joseph hated the truth. All the people who shot him were not punished by a court of law! Amen! I’m so glad.
He destroyed the newspaper because the Nauvoo Council ordered him too as governor of Nauvoo.
"Jesus is …” the truth, the life & the way.” Yes
Is there any accounts of any of the mobsters involved in this assassination? Any diaries? Anybody got arrested?
A great book documenting these events and the trial afterward which led to no convictions is called "The Carthage Conspiracy" by a young Dallin Oaks.
@@Outdoorsguy1212 Could you state your reference for this statement? According to several references cited in the book I referenced, there may have been 3 wounded after his gun misfired a few times, but no deaths recorded. There was a trial with five people of the mob indicted, but no one was convicted or held accountable for the murders of Joseph and Hyrum.
Also- There is a book I read a few years ago- "The Fate Of The Persecutors Of The Prophet Joseph Smith". Excellent source!
Wow, the hate remains strong. Why do opponents of the LDS church care so much?
maybe because the jig is up and the truth needs to be said over that huge voice of cult members.
Because toxic teachings need to be removed from our society.
They know it's true in their hearts.
@@itsdutchintime1907not true
As a child I believed what I was taught about Joseph Smith, Christopher Columbus and Santa Clause. I don’t believe those things anymore.
Uh, Joseph Smith and Christopher Columbus were real people. Joseph Smith was a true Prophet of God as well. The Book of Mormon is another witness of Jesus Christ being the Son of God and I have received a witness from God of its authenticity. The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is God's and Jesus Christ one and only true church here on earth. Join God and Jesus Christ in their Kingdom and join their true church, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, and learn all that they have to offer. Learn of their glory and mercy, learn of the plan they have of you.
Nice! Your truth is treasure that Smith never found.
@@gemmeerobinson1803Joseph Smith Jr. was only hired to hunt for treasure because he had already found the Golden Plates, though he hadn't been permitted by the angel to take them yet. And the treasures he found were laid up in heaven. Greater treasures than you will ever know, unless you smarten up and repent.
@@bartonbagnes4605 There was no Golden Plates. There was no Book of Abraham from a dead Egyptian burial papers. There is no planet named Konob that God keeps girls pregnant forever. There's no one that lives on Mars taller than quakers. God is not flesh but spirit. Smith is not in Heaven. There were no battles proven that Smith said did. All the battles in the Bible proven. Smith was full deceitfulness. He deceived girls old and young in bed. He married other guys wives secretly preaching girls panties off.
Now here you are here preaching I'm wrong for hating snake bites. Smith is in Satan's brimstone bed having a hot time. I hope you don't intrude.
I know Joseph Smith was and a true prophet of God. Truth is truth and you can’t take away or add anything to it. Of course people will say whatever they want to say and believe in but I can’t deny what I know to be true and reveal over and over by the Holy Ghost to me. I know God lives. I know Jesus is the Christ and the Holy Ghost is real. I’ll do all I can to defend these truths even if it cause my life. I love this gospel and forever proud member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. Thank you for posting these videos. Keep up the great work and will continue to support your work.
🙄 IF he was, and an example of the behavior that God endorses, then I certainly want nothing to do with that god. However, I'm pretty sure you just have no idea the extent of his ugly history that is well-documented. In a sermon in 1844, Joseph Smith explained how he was greater than Jesus, Paul, Peter--everyone since Adam--since no one had held a church together like he did. He was a deceiver and a criminal, and then he had himself crowned King of the Earth. Having something revealed to you by a spirit or an angel in no way proves that it is the _Holy_ Spirit or a _holy_ angel. Many spirits have gone out into the world, and the Bible already names the actual ruler of this world. Joseph died in a prison gunfight where his own party was returning fire. That is like the humble self-sacrifice of Jesus or the martyrdoms of the Prophets and Apostles of old? Hardly. I pray that you will wake up to a greater truth that the church has always been trying to hide, despite 2 Corinthians 13:5 with a test in verse 8.
You flatter Smith like the wives of other husbands wouldn't do that married Smith secretly. Your a nasty Lady.
The BOM is like a dog tick sucking out the blood of Jesus saves. How can you say Jesus is real honoring a Cult that has a false Jesus?
@@ReluctantPostWow. What ignorance you have. In that one aspect Joseph Smith Jr. spoke truth. As he also did the many times he called himself nothing in the sight of God. The Book Of Mormon proves it is of God, for it condemns everything to do with Satan, and encourages to follow God and Jesus Christ's teachings. As Jesus Christ put it "If Satan fights against Satan, how then shall his house stand?" The Book Of Mormon fights against Satan, so it cannot be from Satan.
@@bartonbagnes4605 It certainly does not, and yes, it can be. What does the Scripture say--that satan presents himself as an angel of darkness or an angel of light? Those who were witnesses to the Book of Mormon _all_ later denied that Doctrine and Covenants are scripture, yet somehow their testimony in that carries no weight while it is supposed to be accepted in the first instance. The history and fruits of the LDS church are more than proof of its profoundly deceptive nature. What did Jesus and the Apostles teach and live out regarding wealth, for example? The opposite. What did they teach and live out about honesty? The opposite. What did they teach and live out about violence against one's enemies? Precisely the opposite of JS, Jr. and his Danites as well as Brigham Young, even founding Utah as being pro-slavery as its governor. The LDS stands in utter contrast to the teachings of the actual Jesus (not a pro-created son from a god mother nor brother of Lucifer) as well as to the teachings of the earliest Christian writings in both doctrine and lifestyle. Jude 3-4; Phil. 3:17-19
He was a great example of perseverance, faith, love of all men, his was just to declare the truth, and let every one knows how we are loved by our Heavenly Father.
0:45 Two Martyrs??? They were killed for their crimes and sins, not for their faith! Yes, it was wrong. They should have received a fair trial.
In general, martyrs are not known for killing people. Martyrs also aren't know for multiple accounts of adultery, committing treason, bank fraud, perjury, fornication, polygamy, rioting, and conspiracies to murder.
19:35 If only he had lived his life for goodness and holiness instead of for himself.
I'm sorry to tell you, dear Americans, that you are the result of a deception. joseph smith was not polygamist and did not write the book of abraham...this can be seen from the church newspapers Time and season. Even the newspapers of the time declared that John Smith wrote the book of Abraham. I am correcting many lds doctrines in the book of doctrines and covenants by comparing them to the church newspapers and you can clearly see a lot of manipulation.
I can't find the real Joseph Smith Bible. May God have mercy on you because you are manipulating history and making false statements.
I knew this was a Mormon narrator and a Mormon production just by the way the he was wearing his bag
Same here
You get that bag as part of your mission apparel. Sweet!!!
Love the video, it is so adventurous! Your are such a great storyteller Professor Griffiths!
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Yes, it was a BIG story.
One day we will know the truth of all things.
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And especially little bot peewee.
@@bearonaromp7473 dum dum dum dum dum
But Mormon's who they deceive like Smith needs to know truth today.
They killed him after he married a total of 30 plus woman some married, one as young as 14. Husband, fathers and brothers had enough and killed him.
Humm product one marriage record from a US state of these alleged marriages. Produce a name of one of the fathers or brothers who help kill Joseph Smith. Tell us what laws permit killing men who have more than one wife. Tell us what laws permit killing men who were with Joseph Smith who were innocent of any crime. Tell us were the murders are going in the next life.
I would recommend some more research
@@alexandernibarger4649 so do i
Don’t forget that he had a printing press destroyed that was revealing his womanizing. Oh, and marching his militia through neighboring towns while dressed up in a generals uniform. I’m not saying he deserved to be killed for it but… that’s very provocative behavior. Certainly not like the “lamb to slaughter” story we were all taught.
@@alexandernibarger4649 why does he need to do more research?
Why, oh why, do film makers have to put music throughout the film? It's distracting, annoying, and makes it hard to hear the voices easily. It lends nothing to the telling. I'm sure its about "mood", but i, for one, don't need someone manipulating my mood for effect. Music if between scenes is one thing, but the constant BA of round is noise.
Maybe a jealous husband of one of the 34 women he married or an upset father of a 14 year old girl he married. Very understandable
Wow! Fantastic video! Thank you for sharing this tremendous work.
No wonders why when they came to Utah. The arm them self to the teeth. And declare war on those who want them dead. It was the last time they were gonna be abused and chased away
Says it all (6 seconds into video) in the first image on the wall of the jail. It displays the upsidedown stars which is symbolic of the baphamet pentagram.
Very true. Even their imagery was stolen from free masonry a satanic founding. They don't have the cross because none of their belief system is based on Christ.
Playing stupid games wins you stupid prizes.
That applies to you too, kid.
"Traitors and tyrants now fight him in vain...death cannot conquer the hero again."
We should learn from the past not to repeat history.
I personally have much to be thankful for the life of the prophet Joseph Smith. The doctrines of the Saviour and His salvation came to me in such a beautiful spiritual way as l came in contact with the Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints and learned of the Saviour s restored gospel to the earth. I learned about prayer and communicating with our Father in Heaven and the Saviour and how we can experience the love of God through the Holy Ghost and receive healing, light and truth. Indeed l have experienced it so many times as l have adhered to Christ s teaching and been involved in His work. The Book of Mormon and the Doctrine and Covenants are two marvelous books that bring us closer to God. The Lord has revealed their truthfulness to me many times along with The Pearl of Great Price. Such rich gospel treasures. I have found much joy, comfort and peace and wise counsel being a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of latter-day Saints. Thanks be to God.
Stop being a Mormon and be a christian. YOU ARE LIVING A COLTS LIFE!!!!!
Think about the stupid underwear they make you wear!!! BE WISE
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@@peeweej227 I know right! They need pray!
Wonderful video. Thank you dear for putting this together.
Discount American Mohammed?
Well done production and editing.
What?
A "Bargain Basement" Mohammed?
Reading the anti-Mormon rants here, I don't know _what_ motivates the raw hatred in their posts, but I do know _who_ plants the seeds of enmity in their hearts, and his time is short. He thus plants the seed of hatred in the hearts of men and cultivates it until it becomes murder, and the enemies of God thirst for the blood of his prophets and it burns inside them.
If one examines the false prophets who have lived throughout the history of men, you will not see the deep-seated hatred and animosity one sees against the true prophets. Muhammad, Ellen G. White, David Koresch--none will cause the blistering animosity of a _true_ prophet. Thus it is that, if possible, Satan will marshal his forces against those of God until those prophets are murdered. In Revelation 11, we read of the future ministry of two prophets whom God will raise up in the last days. We read that they will be overcome and will be murdered on the streets of Jerusalem. We also read that the nations of the Earth will rejoice when they are dead!
Satan knows it is difficult to motivate a man to murder. He must first plant the seed of hatred, and we see that many anti-Mormons carry this seed in their hearts and they allow it to grow. There are many religions with whom I disagree, but never do I allow that disagreement to grow to the point I see in the posts of anti-Mormons here and elsewhere.
You're outside truth Joseph Smith was a false prophet sexual pervert who was a predator who went after other people's wives that underage girls the fact you can't acknowledge that truth is because you not interested in the truth
You don't know Jesus Christ your heart is far from Jesus Christ which is why you support the liar Joseph Smith the reason why God made them call that Mormon because all you need to do is remove the m and you see that it is a path of morons
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We are not anti mormons we anti mormonism and so was jesus to any false religion
@@Setfree316You rant like the wind blowing against a mountain. Just comparing your post to the one you replied to makes it clear you are full of hatred and lies, which ironically proves the point of the other post.
@Setfree316 Jesus is bullshit too. Mormonism is to Christianity what Christianity is to Judaism.
Christians have the luxury of not having 2000 years to lose any potential documentation of Christianity being fabricated unlike Mormonism which was recent enough to where we have the documentation to prove what a con man Joseph Smith was.
@@Setfree316 » You guys really need to read stuff other than hardcore anti-Mormon crap. It's all the same. You just lift it from anti-Mormon sources, then spew it out without sources. It really gets old.
The way things are going right now, in our own day, it will not be surprising when history repeats itself in similar fashion. With all of the divisiveness regarding the current events of today, prophecies are being fulfilled; including how the love of many shall wax cold, among many other things that we see going on right now. Anger, hostility, fear, pride, are distracting many from the love of God and living His precepts and commandments. However, as a song says, "When there's no peace on earth, there is peace in Christ". Now, more than ever, is the time to seek after Jesus Christ and let Him fill us with His love and peace.
Wonderful presentation! Thank you so much!
this is a major slay casey paul griffiths
Nice video and very informative!
The Prophet Joseph Smith was known by thousand's of followers to be an Honest and decent man not the scoundrel many then and now accuse him of being. There is no doubt he threw himself into the gunfire and out the window to protect his friends and the future of the church which was with those friend's. This is Highly Sacred ground !! This is the best documentary that has been made on the Martyrdom ! Well done !!
LOL he went to the window trying to get away. He was no martyr, he was a con man
Honest? Didn't he lie about the number of wives he had?
If he was so honest I wonder why he wanted the printing press destroyed. And your boy was trying to escape out the window lol
Hogwash
@@merricat3025 Such a great con man, he conned God, who is the source of all wisdom, to give him greater wisdom than Solomon, as they are still discovering new things he "guessed" right in The Book Of Mormon.
Where are the gold tablets?
Never was any.
How did a prisoner have a gun?
He was under house detainment pending an investigation. not a prisoner.
@@michaelparks5669 He was in Carthage jail arrested for a capital offense. That is not house arrest. They even have tours there.
@@yolandaotto2117 You are ignorant. #1 The Nauvoo city council shut down the press. Not Joseph Smith. #2 They had the right to do so if the press intended to incite riot. Which it did #3 Destroying a press is not a capitol offense. Clearly you know nothing of law. #4 Smith was under arrest in a upper room of a building pending an investigation. #5 The mob killed and attempted to kill men who were not even related to the alleged charge. #6 The mob were Southern Masons who were proslavery. Smith and the Mormons were anti Slavery. in fact Joseph Smith was running for President to end slavery. #7 The mob had stop Mormons from voting anti slavery . #8 They had killed anti slavers before and announced they were going to drive the Mormons out. Best study up.
the prophet was doing some unholy things, but who can blame him? Who is free from sin throw the first stone. I love this church but I don't believe he died a martyr, he died for breaking the law and trying to escape the law. He was human. Polygamy was illegal. He ruffled too many tai fathers. The world desperately needed the restoration,
Well. Most people don't have the same level of evil, so will grab a rock or two.
The restoration is reprobation.
The Prophet Joseph Smith was and is a prophet of God and ALL will come to know that at some point.
search up CODY LEATHERBURY NEAR DEATH EXPERIENCE and pay attention to all that he saw and experienced in HELL, trust me....
He was a false prophet
Is it true that a white light came out of the sky, and a white light came out of his eye, and the two lights merged? 🤔