Tell me everything you know about the founding of Mormonism

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make me.

>>1841238
I am not doing your homework for you

>>1841238
Go see the book of Mormon

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>>1841238
Joseph Smith and some of his family members were Freemasons, i.e. what would be blasphemers, in direct opposition to the Bible in several ways.
The book of Mormon contains enough problems that some of the Mormon church's founders deserted. It was founded upon some blind leaps of faith without works, its origin point is one subjective religious experience, and it contains plagiarisms and contradictions of the Bible. In addition to polygamy, original Mormons also practiced polyandry and blood atonement.

Worth noting is that Mormons were pretty much universally hated in their early years, and virtually everyone aside from the Mormons themselves ( and even some of them) thought Smith was a sleazy con man. It was essentially the Scientology of its time

>>1841238
Obligatory:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3HSlbuli7HM

Also obligatory:
...wait... Damnit... Musta been a copyright sweep on the South Park Joseph Smith Song...
Oh but wait, some other Anon has saved us!
http://is.4chan.org/wsg/1475207358635.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1475207429909.webm
http://i.4cdn.org/wsg/1475207495259.webm
Oh thank the gods...

I should point out that the moral of this episode, however, is that while Mormons are kookie as fuck, they are still largely a happy people. ...or at least, happy robots.

>>1841467
>It was essentially the Scientology of its time
...And so much has changed!
>Confirmed for Scientologist running for president in 2020!

Some guy went into the woods and then made up a bunch of bullshit. People believed it for god knows what reason.

DUM DUM DUM DUM DUMMMM

>>1841648
This

it was a scam and someone took that shit seriously