Matthew 5:44 “But I say unto you, Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you”.
Joseph Smith was a busy guy, and had left a trail of evidence showing his activities were typically less than godly. Today’s post is about the events of when Smith and friends organized their vigilante crusade, and the Church’s subsequent denial any such thing existed.
Today we have the benefit of the Church’s own track record to see how they’ve denied this activity, just as Smith denied ever practicing polygamy.
Listed below are excerpts from both sides of this issue. For further info, links are provided to get you where you need to be.
One thing is absolutely certain.
Either Joe Smith lied in his journals the Church willingly published, or the Church has lied by denouncing historical facts.
Be sure to check out our article Mormon Danites v. Biblical Danites & find out why these two groups weren’t following the Lord.
TodayinMormonHistory.com “– 180 years ago today – Jun 10, 1838 — The “Danites” are organized during a clandestine meeting when Jared Carter, George W. Robinson, and Sampson Avard, “under the instruction of the [First] [P]residency, formed a secret military society, called the ‘daughter of Zion.’” (more…)
