2007-07-13 07:32:18 · 17 answers · asked by Jack 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
believe him?
2007-07-13 07:32:59 · update #1
You're assuming that we don't believe him.
Sound like Christ's baptism. Christ was in the water, God the father up above. Very similar situation.
2007-07-14 14:18:49 · answer #1 · answered by Ender 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was not there and I don't judge the man's words. If he truly believed that what he saw was the Lord, then maybe he did. However, I can't agree with all the teachings he supposedly said came from God. The Mormon religion has many great benefits and I have some awesome friends , but I just don't believe it is the true way to Heaven. Thanks for the question and have a great day.
2007-07-13 07:39:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
Joseph Smith dictated the translation of the Book of Mormon by putting his face in his hat with his so called sooth stone to his wife and friends. No one else ever saw the gold tablets he claimed to have found. Prior to that he had been convicted of fraud for using the same stones to try and locate lost items for his neighbors and charging them lots of money even if the item was never found. Joseph Smith was a huckster and fraud and the idea that his bogus religion could now be so legitimate is totally mind blowing.
2007-07-13 07:43:53 · answer #3 · answered by ? 6 · 1⤊ 3⤋
The two big ones for the moment are Mormon origins, and the Book of Abraham which is a regular Egyptian funerary text, and there are many other smaller and big reasons.
2007-07-13 09:53:57 · answer #4 · answered by . 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Because Joseph SMith was a con man who had been accused and convicted to fraud even prior to his "religious" experiences. He had a tract record of engaging in witchcraft (divining). He also was immoral. He had adulturous affairs and then told his wife that "God told him to" marry the other women when his wife found out about the affairs. Anyone who can believe this man is very gullible.
2007-07-13 07:39:36 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 3⤋
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2016-11-09 05:47:22 · answer #6 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I was under the impression that the first prophet was Warren Jeffs.
2007-07-13 07:47:00 · answer #7 · answered by Oreo Schmoreo 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Well, because anyone can say that Jesus and God appeared to them. (Oh, look - there they are now. Hey, Jeez, how's the wife and kids?) And JS was unable to produce any evidence whatsoever of his experience, despite claiming to have plenty. (The gold plates, the decoder spectacles, etc.)
Basically, there's nothing really there that would motivate me to believe him.
2007-07-13 07:45:34 · answer #8 · answered by stmichaeldet 5 · 0⤊ 2⤋
i do.
9 For I think that God hath set forth us the apostles last, as it were appointed to death: for we are made a spectacle unto the world, and to angels, and to men.
10 We are fools for Christ’s sake, but ye are wise in Christ; we are weak, but ye are strong; ye are honourable, but we are despised
2007-07-13 09:16:32 · answer #9 · answered by Isolde 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Funny thing is Smith never mentioned this until AFTER the Book of Mormon was published.
Must've slipped his mind.
2007-07-13 08:15:04 · answer #10 · answered by Dances with Poultry 5 · 1⤊ 4⤋