This episode covers Joseph Smith’s life from about 1829 through 1833. Each page I turn, I have some new realization about how little I know about this man. Don’t forget to subscribe to receive the next installment of this series on the life of Joseph Smith!
Many links below are Wikipedia links. Please keep in mind Wikipedia is a website that summarizes information and links to primary sources. I suggest clicking through to as many primary sources as possible after reading a cursory summary of these topics.
*Why I left the Mormon Church: (https://www.mormontruths.com/why-i-left-the-mormon-church/)
*Part One of this series on Joseph Smith: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWDt3-Rovlw&t=645s)
*Rough Stone Rolling by Richard Bushman, the biography written with a faithful interpretation of events: (https://www.amazon.com/Joseph-Smith-Rough-Stone-Rolling/dp/1400077532)
*No Man Knows My History by Fawn Brodie,the biography written with a skeptical interpretation of events: (https://shorturl.at/mnsyU)
*In Sacred Loneliness by Todd Compton: (https://www.amazon.com/Sacred-Loneliness-Plural-Wives-Joseph/dp/156085085X)
*Mormon movie about the life of Joseph Smith: (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1xVw6PsSinI&t=1148s)
*Wiki on some of the people to join Mormon church: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_participants_in_the_Latter_Day_Saint_movement)
*Joseph Smith’s criminal record: (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith_and_the_criminal_justice_system#CITEREFRoberts1902)
*Church membership over time:
(https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Membership_history_of_the_Church_of_Jesus_Christ_of_Latter-day_Saints)
*Early church maps:
(https://www.josephsmithpapers.org/media/maps)
Video about connections between the temple and masonry produced by the Mormon church:
(https://www.youtube.com/@churchofjesuschrist/videos)
Mormons confuse scrutiny for persecution:
(https://onlysky.media/ccassidy/why-mormons-confuse-scrutiny-and-mockery-for-persecution/)
Plural marriage in Kirtland and Nauvoo:
(https://www.churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/gospel-topics-essays/plural-marriage-in-kirtland-and-nauvoo?lang=eng)
List of Joseph Smith’s wives:
(http://www.wivesofjosephsmith.org/home.htm)
*CES Letter, a common tool used to deconstruct Mormonism: (https://cesletter.org/CES-Letter.pdf)
*My book, How to Leave the Mormon Church: An Exmormon’s Guide for Rebuilding After Religion (https://www.amazon.com/How-Leave-Mormon-Church-Rebuilding/dp/B0CRS4DF2H)
*My Mormon wedding explained video (https://youtu.be/7gLAVyGy5tk)
*My Mormon endowment explained video (https://youtu.be/_jXk53GhZr0)
*My Mormon garments explained video (https://youtu.be/CZVrRWfDHYU)
*My Mormon faith crisis (https://youtu.be/RARuQocVMPQ)
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