@Natanox yeah, but claiming he came there into their temple in the flesh is somewhat more cheeky than claiming he talked with the "good" Indians that the "bad" Indians destroyed.
@kaia The LDS is just 19th century Scientology, but mostly a real estate project using a cult to fund itself. The founders of it perpetrated the scam and those that run it now just keep it going special knickers and all.
@nrmacdonald that's also my understanding. very impressive how it worked. how Smith got accomplices that confirmed his claims, either for financial gain, peer pressure or actual shared psychosis
@Natanox@kaia no, that's always been the thing. the whole religion is joseph smith plagairizing pop culture at the time, and the book of mormon itself is copy pasted king james bible and the very racist mound builder myths that were in vogue