Joseph Smith, Martyr?

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Mormon history. Where they give you the story, but leave out huge parts of it and look at you funny for asking questions.

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Jospeh Smith: “Engages in polygamy and violates the right to free press.”

Mob: Attacks Jospeh Smith

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Just sayin’
 
And yet William was the apostate, as declared by the church in their explanation of Joseph’s death. They use that word specifically to disparage dissenters. It’s a way of dismissing the person, so other members will automatically assume that person is the bad guy. Say the word “apostate,” and the members run.

The truth is that William Law was the good guy. The person who witnessed the scandals of Joseph Smith up close and made the difficult decision to blow the whistle at the risk of his own life and property.
 
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Jospeh Smith: “Engages in polygamy and violates the right to free press.”
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I don’t remember the Mormon church history like I used to, but I think he was in jail for treason against the State of Illinois for martial law. But had he not been in jail for that, he would have been in jail for other crimes including counterfeiting and conspiracy to commit murder.
 
…this is so true. One I heard my entire life was about a soldier who deserted from Johnston’s army, and became Mormon. I always wondered, even as a kid, why a deserter was celebrated as a hero.
 
He definitely was not a martyr.
Maybe the two guys who he killed after he removed his magic underwear and made the Freemason distress signal were though.
 
This thread is taking the direction I was heading in during my reading of it.

" Treason against Illinois, June 1844[edit]

After bail was granted under the previous charge, Augustine Spencer immediately swore out a warrant alleging that Smith had committed treason by “calling out the [Nauvoo] Legion to resist the force under the command of the Governor.”[51] On June 24, 1844, a warrant was issued charging that “Joseph Smith, late of the county aforesaid, did, on or about the nineteenth day of June. A. D. 1844, at the county and state aforesaid, commit the crime of treason against the government and people of the State of Illinois”.

Bail could not be granted for a charge of treason, so Smith was placed in jail where he was accompanied by his brother, Hyrum Smith, and other associates. On June 27, Smith and Hyrum were killed by a mob in jail while they were awaiting trial."


Since the core of Mormon beliefs is that it is a theocracy, where Mormonism is above civil law, Joseph Smith believed that he was above the law. Therefore, Joseph Smith, persecuted for his belief that he was above the law, was indeed a martyr, and is regarded as such by Mormons who thus believe that Mormonism transcends civil law. [sarcasm alert]

They were in jail for treason. Their reaction to having been jailed for the destruction of the printing press was what put them back into jail.

Furthermore, the assassination of any religious leader, no matter how lawless, carries with it the consequence of his followers dubbing him a martyr and subsequent “canonization”. His assassins should have realized this.
 
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I don’t believe he died as a result of his religious convictions. I believe he died because he was just an all around bad guy. He did not deserve to be killed, but the dude brought it on himself. Life is not very forgiving in that respect.
 
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Religious convictions are often used as a justification for bad behavior. My ex once spent all night preaching at me, telling me that (in essence) all Catholics are devil-worshipers, and I must repent, be saved, and be baptized. I honestly don’t remember what I did at the first light of dawn.
 
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