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Rustynaerduwell

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13. Two biographies and one book about the genesis of the Book of Mormon.

Reply to gabeana (Reply #6)

Tue Jan 9, 2018, 09:42 PM

Jan 2018

No Man Knows My History by Fawn Brodie was the first and Joseph Smith: The Making of a Prophet by Don Vogel. Both leave it up to the reader to come to the unmistakable conclusion that he was a fraud, but possibly a "pious fraud". Who Really Wrote The Book of Mormon? By Wayne Cowdrey et al argues convincingly that the BOM was plagiarized from an unpublished manuscript written by Solomon Spaulding just a few years before it's own publication.

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Been reading about Joseph Smith and the early Mormons. [View all] Rustynaerduwell Jan 2018 OP

We have a cult leader as president. Irish_Dem Jan 2018 #1

People who are drawn to cult leaders tend to Hortensis Jan 2018 #2

MLK? ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #4

Cultist personalities choose leaders to suit personal preferences. Hortensis Jan 2018 #5

We'll Have Be Agreeably in Disagreement ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #7

You reminded me of a binary laugh I once put away for my husband. Hortensis Jan 2018 #12

Nah. We Wouldn't ProfessorGAC Jan 2018 #19

I found this neatly encapsulated all I needed to know about Joseph Smith . . . Journeyman Jan 2018 #3

GOOD GRIEF. Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #8

No idea. I stumbled on this one night, probably waiting for the Daily Show . . . Journeyman Jan 2018 #9

I Love it....the good grief was for how freaking STOOOOPID people are. Kirk Lover Jan 2018 #10

What books are you reading gabeana Jan 2018 #6

Im not the OP but was Mormon for 40 years of my life FreeState Jan 2018 #11

Thank you gabeana Jan 2018 #15

Two biographies and one book about the genesis of the Book of Mormon. Rustynaerduwell Jan 2018 #13

thanks for the list gabeana Jan 2018 #16

I would add Rough Stone Rolling to that list FreeState Jan 2018 #18

Just looked at all and, choosing one, this seems like Hortensis Jan 2018 #20

Another coincidence? canetoad Jan 2018 #14

More coincidences....taking other men's wives and a penchant for 14 year olds BoneyardDem Jan 2018 #17