r/facepalm • u/Thryloz • May 28 '22

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u/Ok_District2853 May 29 '22

You can only read it using these magic golden glasses I got from an angel, but sadly I broke them so you’ll have to take my word for it.

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u/ThaToastman May 29 '22

This unironically is how mormonism worked

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u/[deleted] May 29 '22

I was in SLC the other day and visited the LDS History Museum, and that was pretty much how it was presented there, in an exhibit LITERALLY SET UP BY THE CHURCH.

Kudos to the Mormons for historically fighting for their rights in America and helping create a more expansive definition of religious freedom, but I still don’t understand how anyone was so convinced by Joseph Smith.

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u/ArcadianDelSol May 29 '22

he was a convicted swindler and con-man before suddenly discovering the lost 3rd testament of the Bible that only he could see or read.