Despite all the Mormon church can do to improve its image and cover up its own history, the internet and college textbooks set them back. In my History 1301 course (Beginning of America to 1877), there's a short passage on the Mormon church, here are a few excerpts.

"Three and a half years later, in 1823, Smith, who had become a relentless seeker of buried treasure and an ardent believer in folk magic and the occult, reported that an angel named Moroni had visited him."

"The resulting 588-page Book of Mormon, published in 1830, includes large portions of the King James Bible but claims that a new prophet will visit the Americas to herald the millennium, during which the human race will be redeemed and the Native American 'Lamanites' whose dark skins betray their sinfulness, will be rendered 'white and delightsome' people again."

"Smith's lust for power grew as well. He began excommunicating dissidents and announced his intention to become president of the United States."

"When Smith ordered Mormons to destroy an opposition newspaper, he and his brother Hyrum were arrested, charged with treason, and jailed in Carthage, Illinois."

Tindall and Shi. "America: A Narrative History"

Unfortunately, I don't think there are any Mormons in my class, as amusing as that would be.



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