I haven’t been on this website very recently because I have realized that it doesn’t really suit me. It’s honestly not the kind of place that I should be. Therefore I am going to leave some things with you and for real this time, I’m not coming back.
After asking my dad some things I have learned that Joseph Smith was never actually convicted of anything. And if he was convicted of treason, that doesn’t count. Individual states don’t have the authority to convict someone of treason. The people who charged him with that just wanted to hold him overnight so that they could either kill him, or drive the saints out of where they were. The occasions when he was held were frequent, off the top of my head I can think of Carthage jail, and Liberty jail. Carthage was where Joseph Smith was shot and killed, along with his brother and a few of the other saints. Before Joseph went to Carthage he told his wife that he wasn’t going to come back. He had been given revelation that he would die there. Liberty jail, where I was earlier today, is where Joseph Smith, Hyrum Smith, and a few other saints were held for several months. The room they were held was only six feet tall and only Hyrum could stand straight up. Liberty jail is where Joseph smith received several revelations. One of these later became Doctrine & Covenants 121. There was another occasion where Joseph and other saints were held in a log cabin chained together while the guards sat at a table talking about the atrocities they had committed, talking and laughing about how many saints they had killed at haun's mill. The saints were disgusted, but they didn’t know what to do. Finally Joseph had enough and stood up. He rebuked the guards, ending the rebuking with “stop this language now, or you or I die this instant.” The guards became quiet and some even apologized. There was yet another occasion where Joseph was turned over to a governor (I believe that it was the governor of missouri) by one of the men he trusted. There the governor proclaimed that on the next night him and his accompanying saints would be shot and killed. Later that day a subordinate came to him and told him that if he went through with it “These are innocent men, if you do this I will hold you to an earthly tribunal so help me God.” That man was not LDS but he is revered by many of the saints today. The governor released the saints and they went back home.
I want you to compare yourself to Joseph, if you had been lying about seeing God and receiving revelation, and seeing angels, would you hold to that lie if you were ripped from your home, tarred and feathered, and left to die? If your life was threatened everywhere you turned and your family and friends were being threatened, attacked, and killed? I testify unto you that you would not. I believe that nobody would hold to a lie for that long. To quote Joseph “I knew that I had seen it and God knew that I had seen it. I dared not deny it.” (speaking of his first vision in the grove in Palmyra New York). I know that Joseph Smith was a prophet of God. He truly did a great work on this earth, and continues to do a great work in heaven. Whether you believe this or not I know it to be true and will stand by my faith even if threatened with my life. I love my God and his glory.
P.S. mykcob or whatever your name is, I talked to my dad about the Mormon war. The mormons didn’t kill anybody during that. They were threatened with Johnston’s army who was sent by the president because of misinformation. They were sent there to kill the saints because the president thought they were against the law. Yes, the saints did set up to defend themselves, they filled their homes with wood so they could burn them if they needed to, they put rocks on top of the mountains so they could roll them down and block the army’s path, but it never came to that. As for harming your ancestors, I don’t know what you’re thinking of, but the mormons were a very kind people. Except for those at mountain meadows, though I don’t condone their actions whatsoever, they were very threatened and had memories of massacres that had been carried out on them. They were afraid that would happen to them again. They sent word to Brigham young about their predicament but didn’t wait for a response. Brigham sent a messenger back saying that they should not harm them at all, but it was too late.

Anyway, I just wanted all of you to know that a lot of the stuff you read about Mormonism is false. Sometimes stuff is even wrong when said by the church, I learned that today while staying in Missouri. Please, if you ever have a question about the church, ask somebody who will give you real answers, not mykcob.