Hey guys — on June 27, 1844, a mob burst into Carthage Jail and murdered Joseph and Hyrum Smith. Latter-day Saints consider Joseph Smith to be a martyr for the faith. However, some people feel that he doesn’t qualify for that title. I’m not a big fan of haggling over...
Hey guys, so — Joseph Smith was murdered by a mob of about 100 men while he was being held in jail in Carthage, Illinois, on June 27, 1844. Did Joseph have a gun at the time of the attack? Yes, he did. Did Joseph fire that gun at his attackers? Yes, he did. As a...
Doctor Philastus Hurlbut did more to damage Joseph Smith and the Church of Jesus Christ than perhaps anyone else in Joseph’s lifetime. Even in the ocean of criticism Latter-day Saints face today, I still continue to see Hurlbut’s work resurface time and time...
Hey guys, so for almost 200 years now, critics of Joseph Smith have been trying to figure out how he could have possibly invented the Book of Mormon. One claim I’ve stumbled upon recently is that nobody actually saw Joseph Smith during the dictation of the Book...
Hey guys, so for almost 200 years now, critics of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints have been trying to figure out how Joseph Smith could have possibly fraudulently produced the Book of Mormon. Some critics assert that Joseph drew inspiration for the...