Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:First of all, so what? There is no historical evidence that can prove the existence of god or that all these beliefs that religious adherents have are from god. Personally, I think made them up! Look at the council of Nicea and all the debates about all the religious doctrines that were had by men and decided upon by a vote or by rule of a crazy Roman emperor. Just because it’s clear that Jesus and Paul actually existed doesn’t mean that Jesus was divine or that God told Paul why to write in the epistles.
Second, I believe that the reason we know so much of Joseph Smith’s crazy history is because we actually have a history of it. How many first hand accounts by those who opposed Moses do we have today?
Third, there isn’t a lot of historical evidence for what happened in the Bible, not even 40-year wandering in the wilderness.
This is what happens when you do some research and stop believing in the weird faith you were born into. You realize that the rabbit hole goes all the way down. Most of my friends have left the church after learning about odd details of our religion. But their inquiry into religion didn’t stop with Joseph smith.
DP. There’s a massive difference between recording the myths and stories that have descended through millennia and totally making sht up. The stories in the Bible were old when they went in.
Joseph Smith started his cult to make money and get power. I’m sorry, but the idea of the buried golden plates and the lost tribe of Israel and seer stone in the bottom of a hat… it’s silly.
![[Post New]](/jforum/templates/default/images/icon_minipost_new.gif){kind=icon}