I've been reading up on Mormonism lately, and I came across something rather odd. A particular website said that Joseph Smith said that there are people on the moon who dress like Quakers and live to be a thousand years old. Is this true, or was this some mormon bashing?
2007-03-16 13:58:03 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No, there is not an ounce of truth to that statement. You can read the church history documents, which basically document everything that Joseph Smith prophecied and a lot of what he did and said. I haven't read them all, but I've talked to many who have and there's nothing like that in there or in any credible history of him. So it's definitely a false rumor. I must say, though, that it is entertaining to read what people say about Joseph Smith and the Mormons. It hasn't bored me yet!
2007-03-17 21:40:44 · answer #1 · answered by Laurel W 4 · 3⤊ 1⤋
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2016-12-02 02:58:32 · answer #2 · answered by younan 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I believe that was in an early edition of the Book of Morman. They come out with new editions once in a while (often very different from the last) and every Morman is expected to use the new one instead.
2007-03-16 14:01:22 · answer #3 · answered by eri 7 · 0⤊ 5⤋
I think he did say something like that. But, it was his own opinion, not something that was church doctrine or belief.
I think that there were many people back then that believed stuff like that.
2007-03-19 18:05:21 · answer #4 · answered by mormon_4_jesus 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
That is one of the curious things that the prophets uttered that get them declared false prophets. The guys walking on the sun are another thing that they said.
They really did say these things!
2007-03-17 07:11:50 · answer #5 · answered by Buzz s 6 · 1⤊ 4⤋