People calling Joseph Smith a fraud is ridiculous.
A fraud?
Even if you ignore the impossible doctrinal connections between the Book of Mormon, Doctrine & Covenants, and ancient scripture.
You think a conman gets ripped from his bed by a mob in the middle of the night...beaten, tarred, feathered in the freezing dark....his baby catching cold and dying because of it, and he keeps going?
You think a liar buries his child, wipes the blood off his face, and preaches forgiveness to the men who just tried to kill him?
You think a fraud rebuilds after being driven from city to city; every home burned, facing betrayal, violence, threats to his friends and families?
He was jailed, starved, slandered, beaten, shot at, hunted by governors. He didn’t get rich. He didn’t get comfort.
He got exile, bullets, and a martyr’s death beside his brother.
Who does that for a scam? Who endures all of that for a lie?
Joseph was a Prophet of God.
@PastorMark If this picture of the young captain of Gondor reading the Book of Mormon gets more likes, your book sucks since you don’t understand my religion at all.