The following is my response to some questions that I am often asked.  Pay special attention to what is written in red (those are my favorites).  Also, notice how I am not only speaking for myself, but I am also speaking for all of my followers, the Mormons, otherwise I would not have answered in the plural.

The Prophet's Answers to Sundry ( Read more... )

I must admit I'm a bit upset right now. You see, "I told the brethren that the Book of Mormon was the most correct of any book on earth, and the keystone of our religion, and a man would get nearer to God by abiding by its precepts, than by any other book." (Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 vols., ( Read more... )

I, Joseph Smith, have preached many sermons and taught many things. I would often ask people to test the things that I was saying to see whether they were true or false:

...I want the apostates and learned men to come here and prove to the contrary, if they can. (Joseph Smith, History of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 7 vols., ( Read more... )

"Come on! ye prosecutors! ye false swearers! All hell, boil over! Ye burning mountains, roll down your lava! for I will come out on top at last. I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam. A large majority of the whole have stood by me. Neither Paul ( Read more... )