J.S. aparently was known for his tall tales,l...well...he sure spewed them out!
From his mother:
"Lucy Mack Smith, "History of Joseph Smith," p. 83
"During our evening conversations, Joseph would occasionally give us some of the most amusing recitals that could be imagined. He would describe the ancient inhabitants of this continent, their dress, mode of traveling, and the animals upon which they rode; their cities, their buildings, with every particular; their mode of warfare; and also their religious worship. This he would do with as much ease, seemingly, as if he had spent his whole life among them."
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Well consider what he told Charles Francis Adams(son of the 6th Pres.of the U.S. and grandson of the 2nd Pres. when he and Josiah Quincy visited Nauvoo in 1844 and shown the Egyptian relics by Joseph Smith"These are mummies," said the exhibitor. "I want you to look at that little runt of a fellow over there. He was a great man in his day. Why, that was Pharaoh Necho, King of Egypt!" Some parchments inscribed with hieroglyphics were then offered us. They were preserved under glass and handled with great respect. "That is the handwriting of Abraham, the Father of the Faithful," said the prophet. "This is the autograph of Moses, and these lines were written by his brother Aaron". Josiah Quincy, Figures of the Past 1883 pp.376-400.I would call this a tall tale!" Unknown author.
The prophecies say that soon after the woman would emerge from wilderness in 1798 A.D. after the 1,260 years of seclusion which began with the reign of the Little Horn papal Antichrist in 538 A.D., a "remnant" church would arise which would "keep the commandmetns of God and have the testimony of Jesus Christ" (which is the "spirit of prophecy"). Satan understood this,
so around the middle of the 19th century, he started to flood the land with false prophets of every stripe and type, all having one thing in common: to
lead people away from the truth of Scripture:
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - wrote "'The Secret Doctrine", "Isis Revealed", books which exalt Lucifer above Jesus (I.R is a book that proves "Isis" is precisely the "female generative aspect" of the male Lucifer) - pledged her life to preparing the world for the "Coming One", which is not Jesus Christ but the Luciferian Christ which will deceive by way of miracles everyone who takes the Mark of the Beast.
Albert Pike: founded Scottish Rite Freemasonry, published "Morals and Dogmas" which is considered the "bible" of Freemasonry. Proudly exalted Lucifer as the god of Freemasonry and the true light of men.
Charles Taze Russell - 33 Degree Freemason - the god of Freemasonry is Lucifer and it exalts the Koran above both the Bible and the Torah. Jehovah's Witnesses literature is chock full of subliminal Luciferian messages.
Joanna Southcott - claimed to be the "Mother of Christ" and that she was pregnant with the "Messiah" of the Second Coming. So convinced her followers that her body was examined to see if it was so.
Mary Baker Eddy wrote "the material record of the Bible, …
is no more important to our well being than the history of Europe and America."
N. Vincent Peale championed "self esteem" and self-actuated "positive thinking" - condemned in the Bible.
Joseph Smith - wrote the Book of Mormon as "another testament" which completely abrogates the Bible.
Brigham Young - claimed to receive visions from God, continued Joseph Smith's work.
Nostrodamas - injected himself with heroin to receive "prophecies from God"
Edgar Cayce - "healer" prophet who denied the incarnation of Christ, but that the "Spirit of Christ" descended on many men throughout the ages beginning in 100,000 B.C. with men of the lost city of Atlantis and included the man regarded by Christians as Jesus Christ
Pope Pius X - claimed to be a prophet, but is disqualified as such by Isaiah 8:20 in that the papacy proudly boasts to have changed the Law of God.
Aleister Crowley - made it his mission to submerge himself into the farthest depths of Luciferian worship debauchery
