Blaine wrote: > ... where does it say he was baptized, or > even wanted to be? Sounds like he was > just a member of a class, and wanted to > attend, for unknown reasons, and they got > downright mean and ornery with him--
You are confusing two different situations. Joseph Smith's father tells of Joseph being baptized in the Baptist church several years prior to this incident with the Methodist church in Harmony. If you want to read a more thorough account of the history, read Perusuitte's book that I referenced previously. He gives many good reasons to question whether the supposed vision of Joseph Smith in 1820 was fabricated later. The question is, why would a man who had a vision from God in 1820 not to join with any of the existing churches be found joining with them and even being baptized by them? It seems that a more likely explanation is that he either fabricated the whole story about the vision later, or he got his dates all mixed up about when he received the vision. I suppose it also is possible that he was simply a man of poor character and did not do what God told him for more than a decade, but then one would wonder why God would choose such a man to establish his true church. Blaine, if God appeared to you and told you not to have anything to do with the Mormon church, would you obey that vision immediately, or would you continue with it for more than a decade before you wrote a book telling others that God told you to leave your church? Peace be with you. David Miller. ---------- "Let your speech be always with grace, seasoned with salt, that you may know how you ought to answer every man." (Colossians 4:6) http://www.InnGlory.org If you do not want to receive posts from this list, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and you will be unsubscribed. If you have a friend who wants to join, tell him to send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and he will be subscribed.
