Well, on Sunday (July 10, 2016) I told my wife about my concerns that I have about Joseph Smith. I told her that people think of him as a con-man or a pious fraud (or at the least he used some degree of deception) or that he was a prophet. I wondered if there was a middle ground.
I laid out his treasure seeking background, the seer stone and the Book of Mormon, his polygamy, etc. and my theory (see upcoming post). My wife listened for 40 minutes.
At the end of it, the full meaning of my theory of Joseph Smith hit me--it didn't make him a conscious fraud but it also meant that he was not a prophet. I guess in the end Joseph is either a prophet or he is not--there is no middle ground. My wife asked if I was going to stop going to church. I said No and that I was testing my theory. Still trying to figure it out.
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