JoD3:360 Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He may have had diverse temptatons and moments of > weakness, but The Holy Prophet of this > dispensation never committed and 'sin'.
We believe that Joseph Smith Jr. will be punished for no sins, and through the temple glorify Adam's transgression
When I was an ivestigator, something said to me was that Jesus Smith never drank alcohol, nor smoked and was pure of heart. I was also told he had several wives but he did not really want to marry them because he loved Emma with all his heart. He married other women because it was commanded him by God.
He was tempted at times but other than that he was a good person.
What I was told.........
When I prayed I never got the warm fuzzies for Joseph Smith nor any of the profits... "God" answered me and I didn't listen come to think of it =)
NONE. The serial TBM's I know believe that no matter what Joseph did,(lying, screwing,aborting, ordering murders,stealing, and if that's not bad enough, he also constantly failed to decant his red wine) he did it under God's direction and so it can't be sin if God has given you a free pass. Apparently God couldn't establish his church without Joseph doing those things. I think it might have been more dramatic if God had had him re-enact the walking on the water instead. But who am I to say?
He liked to get into wrestling matches with unsuspecting, long-faced, dour-looking people, just to loosen them up for all the rollicking good fun they would be having in church.
I thought that was a bizarre approach, and remarked to the mishies that I'd never heard anything quite like that in the religious line, but was assured that JS was a very unusual guy, for a Prophet of God.
catnip Wrote: ------------------------------------------------------- > He liked to get into wrestling matches with > unsuspecting, long-faced, dour-looking people, > just to loosen them up for all the rollicking good > fun they would be having in church.
I guess this was before Mormonism became a long-faced, dour-looking people church on any given Sunday.
The funnest people I've known have usually NOT been Mormons.