Someone actually said they didn't care if Joseph Smith murdered babies?
Cripes.
Anyway (sorry if this is a derail), that reminded me of the time Joseph Smith murdered a baby..
Some notarized/witnessed statements:
...The Mormons announced that on a certain
day, at the house of my husband's
uncle, Isaac Morley, they would raise
the dead. Joseph, the prophet, made
protracted efforts to restore to
consciousness a child to whom they
had administered a soporific, but the
scheme failed because they had given
an overdose, and the child died. ...
[Signed] MRS. S. W. HANSON.
Witnessed by:
A. C. WILLIAMS.
Columbus, O., Feb. 23, 1885.
...I have often heard my wife and her parents
tell about Joseph, the prophet,
attempting to restore to consciousness
their child which they claimed had
been drugged. The child was buried....
[Signed] JAMES THOMPSON.
Witnessed by:
H. M. MCFARLAND, Jr.
Sworn and subscribed before me this 7th day
of February, 1885.
...I went to Isaac
Morley's to see the dead child raised
to life. I stayed till late in the
afternoon without being gratified. I
never saw so many people together
before....
[Signed] JOEL MILLER.
Witnessed by:
A. B. DEMING.
Sworn to and subscribed before me,
this 29th day of March, 1885.
A. P. BARBER,
Justice of the Peace in and for
Willoughby, Lake County, Ohio.
...It was announced that
on a certain Sunday in the summer of
1832, they would heal the sick and
lame and revive the dead. Thousands
came, many from a distance. I
attended, and heard Rigdon say there
would be no preaching to-day. He
dismissed an audience of several
thousand on the hill back of the
house, who were greatly disappointed
and expressed much indignation. I
then went to see the dead child in the
house now occupied by Mrs. Carroll. It
was lying on a bed. I felt of its face and
hands which were warm and pliable.
I thought it was under the influence of
opium. It did not breathe. It was about
two years old and belonged to Mr.
Gould, who had lately come from the
East. I heard it was buried the
following Wednesday....
Kirtland, Dec. 16, 1884.
[Signed] Reuben P. Harmon,
Witnessed by: A. B. Deming
Granville Harmon (son)"
These statements are from
Naked Truths About Mormonism,
Vol. I. No. 1. (January, 1888)
edited by Arthur B. Deming
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