*“That is like saying Peter started the Catholic Church. Catholics believe Jesus gave Peter the keys. Mormons believe Jesus gave Joseph the keys after the Catholic Church lost its way. Jesus had to start over like God once had to”.
*
Nobody has every claimed that Peter started the Catholic Church.
Matthew:
…17And Jesus said to him, “Blessed are you, Simon Barjona, because flesh and blood did not reveal this to you, but My Father who is in heaven. 18"I also say to you that you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build My church; and the gates of Hades will not overpower it. 19"I will give you the keys of the kingdom of heaven; and whatever you bind on earth shall have been bound in heaven, and whatever you loose on earth shall have been loosed in heaven.”…
Ephesians:
19So then you are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints, and are of God’s household, 20having been built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus Himself being the corner stone, 21in whom the whole building, being fitted together, is growing into a holy temple in the Lord,…
Are you saying that Joseph Smith did not start the Mormon church?