Why do non-Mormons consider Joseph Smith a fallen prophet?

Question

The founder of the mormon religion is a fraud according to most Christians I've talked to. why is this so? any sources would be appreciated.

Answer 1

There's not enough space here for me to list everything. I can give you a couple of books, written by LDS people that goes into great lengths to answer this question.
I know he is a false prophet because he taught false doctrine. He went against what the Bible says. He also had many prophecies that did not come true. All it takes it one false prophecy to make a false prophet. Joseph Smith was indeed a false prophet.

Answer 2

I have to state that as an apostate and heretic, I do not believe for one moment that Joseph Smith was a 'Fallen Prophet'.

Sure he made a few (hundred) erroneous prophecies, and a lot of outrageous and generally non-christian ones still canonized today, but all that really means is he was, in the simplest of terms, a power-hungry, megalomanical narcissic pedophile that All Mormons revere and hold holy.

Hail to the Prophet! Follow the ways of sexual and financial perversion and deprevation. At least they don't touch you as much or cut up gentiles in the temple any more...

Answer 3

Joesph Smith is not a fallen Prophet. Most of the garbage listed on Yahoo answers is just recycled junk that anti-mormons have been claiming for the last 150 years. Most people that have posted here have really no idea what they're talking about especially the idiots who say he copied stuff from the bible. If they actually read the entire book to begin with instead of pulling stuff off of Anti sites they might realized that when there are passages that appear copied it's because the prophet that wrote that particular passage were writing down a discourse they had given where they cited the scriptures. Have you never cited someone in a paper? Have you never used a quote from someone? It's the same thing, why not try actually reading and studing the BOM instead of rattling off garbage from web sites.

Answer 4

First off I'm a devout Mormon. We believe that Joseph Smith's name will be heard in every corner of the earth for good or for evil. I was born into the church but the story is consistent with converts- two nice young men came to my door, and they started talking to me about Joseph Smith and I felt something inside me, and I wanted to know more. Now I know this feeling, and I don't feel it when people talk about their religion. If more people would feel that feeling then we wouldn't be discussing this.

Answer 5

Because most people "just cannot believe" that God would have a need to restore the true gospel to the earth, through a man no doubt, that He would actually speak to a man or that there could have actually been groups of people who came to the American continent and recorded their history which was later translated as what we have as the Book of Mormon.
That's what I think. I also think those who know nothing about him, or know what they have "heard" or read from anti-mormon or former member internet sites have been scared off by false information. It is a prophecy that Joseph Smith's name would be know for good and bad, and it is. Some love and admire him and some despise him...

Answer 6

>>,The BOM has just about 4000 transformations, quite a few of them doctrinal...yet those are information that are off the present topic of talk.<< Nope. some the place corrected that did not tournament up with commonly used doctrine. Others have been replaced to make sparkling their meaning. >>ALL countries SHALL BOW: March 1831>> there is not any time shrink in this. it may nonetheless ensue. >>March 7, 1831. D&C 40 5:sixty 4-seventy 4<>July 1831. D&C fifty seven:a million-3<< back, no time shrink. >>August 13, 1831. D&C sixty two:a million, 6<< OOpS! sorry, that's not a prophecy, it is God telling some adult adult males destined to pass on missions what to do first. See, you reported verses a million and 6, yet neglected 2-5, which enlightens all people as to what it is all approximately. >>Aug 2, 1833. D&C 97:18-20.<< sure, IF the Saints are obedient. yet they weren't.

Answer 7

This non-Mormon considers Joseph Smith to be a certifiable nut job and not a prophet in the least.

Answer 8

Yes believe that Joesph Smith is False prophet. Joesph Smith was freemason. Read the Joural of Discoures goes against the church doctrine today. go websites to bornagainmormon.com hismin.com exmormon.org. lhvm.org

Answer 9

I don't consider him a fallen prophet; I think he was a false prophet. He died when he tried to escape from jail, and he was shooting back at the law enforcement officials. He made up his own version of the Bible and called it the "inspired" version. The original was inspired; Joseph Smith was not.

Answer 10

I believe he's a fraud and I'm an atheist. Everyone can believe what they wish, but I don't believe he heard or found anything from god. I think he's a megalomaniac who wanted his own church and people to follow him and revere him. There are too many points of failure in his story.

I don't consider him a fallen prophet. I consider him a regular man who wanted too much and lied to get it.