tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232322938673815908.post85264187179286723..comments2023-10-21T05:17:06.470-07:00Comments on Tephrochrites Unite: Joseph Smith and false propheciesTephrochrhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09887714536640435040noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232322938673815908.post-87320159572975446292010-03-03T23:03:21.825-08:002010-03-03T23:03:21.825-08:00My answer to the Question would be "yes"...My answer to the Question would be "yes". This is not from logic or scriptures, but that is not my first source. <br />As much as I love the Bible, the Book of Mormon, and Thomas S. Monson, my first and unconditional source is the things God tells me, for they are truly my only Primary Source, everything else relies on the transmission through others, the scriptures have been written and persevered through men and as such are fallible. The Lord has told me, that Joseph Smith is a prophet first hand, it is something I cannot deny, even if in the book of Mormon, or in his personal diary it said "I(or Joseph Smith) am not a prophet" I would still believe he is.<br />With that foundation when such issues would arise such as a false prophecy or the above written down in his writing, or anything challenging that claim it would not change my answer, but it would force me to alter my view of Joseph Smith, of his role, the role of a prophet. The only thing that could tell me that he is a false prophet is God himself, for he has already told me that he is, and there is none I trust more than Him. No word of man will make me deny the word of God.Lyndenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14416491410261648051noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8232322938673815908.post-24160155777242289902010-02-28T23:38:46.249-08:002010-02-28T23:38:46.249-08:00Most of the time when critics of the LDS Church ta...Most of the time when critics of the LDS Church talk about "false prophecies" of Joseph Smith, they are actually talking about something that wasn't a prophesy to begin with.<br /><br />Like instructions to early Church members to do things they ended up never doing. Not a prophesy.<br /><br />Another common one is that Joseph predicted Christ's second coming to happen in 85 years or something. But if you actually read the D&C passage in question, it says no such thing. Rather it says that IF Joseph were to live to that age, HE would see Christ again. From this, Joseph concludes that he doesn't think the second coming will be sooner than that time period. But he refused to put a time-cap on it, and obviously he died long before the words could be tested.<br /><br />Then there's just dumb crap like that whole "moon men" thing where someone pretty-much took a campfire speculation of Joseph's and tried to dress it up as full-fledged prophesy when it was nothing of the sort.<br /><br />You have to be careful about taking these criticisms all that seriously. A lot of them are actually quite shallow, and rely on merely taking unsuspecting Mormons off-guard for most of their effectiveness.Seth R.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13769247769345052208noreply@blogger.com