If you really had the 1st Vision, why couldn't your remember whether it was God, Jesus, both, Moroni or Nephi who appeared to you? Seems like the kind of thing you might remember.After all, God doesn't show up all that often.
Get him onto a major news show! One 10 min interview on CNN would absolutely destroy the Mormon religion. (or maybe Fox News would be better... it'd definitely reach more Mormons!)
Failing that, just get him to sit down with my parents and answer a few of my questions. That'd solve a lot of my problems!
Or the moonlight bunny ranch, and film the whole thing. So many spiritual wives, so little time. The babes I saw on the HBO special would probably make him wonder why he ever wasted his time with teenage girls.
I have here hundreds of choice vigins of age 14-16 , and several great minds of this world willing to be fully obedient to you, but since I know you're not the least interested in that kinds of things, we're so interested in your messages. What are these?
I think it's clear the Joe wasn't an atheist, and he definitely believed in supernatural phenomenon. To that point I would want to know what portion of his tall tales he believed versus how much he acknowledged to be deliberate fabrications.
I'm no fan of Joseph Smith, but I imagine he would be an entertaining conversationalist. His world was filled with ghosts and demons, buried treasure and magic talismans, angels and immortal men. Every aspect of his life was in some ways mystical to him. I'd love to just let him talk and see where his wild imagination took him.