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Eastbourne
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Date: November 30, 2015 10:25AM
According to Gordon Hinckley, opposing Mormonism/The Prophet Joseph Smith is not good for either your wealth or health.
https://www.lds.org/general-conference/1994/04/the-greatest-miracle-in-human-history?lang=engHinckley - in this link - shows how Thomas Ford (Governor of Illinois during the Nauvoo troubles. Hinckley believes Ford to be fully responsible for Smith's murder.) went from being the Governor of Illinois to poverty and death within 6 years of Smith's death.
Ford's wife preceded him in death just 3 weeks to his own, orphaning his children and Hinckley suggests that Ford's curse carried onto them, the next generation. Some of them died young.
Hinckley of course is whack, and he should be vicariously reminded of Smith's legacy:
1. Smith's church impoverished themselves by leaving the best US agriculture land for a desert wilderness in Mexican territory.
2. Early Utah Mormons suffered malnutrition. In fact "Fast Sunday" was instituted in Utah, and as a way to consume fewer calories.
3. Pioneer Mormons and their families excommunicated themselves from education and health benefits - living in civilization. Early Mormon leaders were not educated, up to and including Heber Grant. My GGF only finished the 9th grade, and was later accepted to a midwest university only because of his inherent intelligence and the kindness of a former Mormon professor who proctored him.
4. Smith's church was disenfranchised by the US Govt.
5. Smith's Mormon gospel - via polygamy and tithing - resulted in the poverty and heartbreak of many families, and the marginalization of women in particular. Nauvoo/Smith Mormonism still haunts certain portions of Utah and the US.
5. One of Joseph Smith's sons was institutionalized because of mental illness. Using Hinckley's logic, the Smith line was cursed.
6. Unlike other Churches, the US Govt mobilized it's Army against it due to their disdain of US law. It was the largest Army mobilization since the Mexican War.
7. After leaving the US, The Church desperately wanted to become a state. It was only after The Church abandoned its most beloved doctrines, and realizing that Jesus was not going to return did it become wealthy.