Was Joseph Smith on drugs?

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A lot of things about the LDS church don't make since. When my ex husband wanted to date me he told me I had to convert to Mormonism If I wanted to be with him. I now recently I made research and it's scary everything about the Mormon chruch Joseph Smith practice poligamy and more scary stuff that is way to trigger warning to post on here.

Minxxie · Accepted Answer

Possibly, but more likely he was just a pervert/pedophile trying to make up whatever he could so that nobody would question him for wanting to do the depraved shit he did.

He wanted multiple wives so he had to pretend god wanted him to have multiple wives.
He wanted to marry a 14-year-old kid so he had to pretend god wanted him to marry a 14-year-old kid.
It's the same with David Berg and the "Children of God / The Family International" cult. He started slowly with adults basically swinging and "sharing" partners, then it was forcing the women to "flirty fish" or prostitute themselves to win converts to the cult. Until eventually he was receiving striptease videos of little children and abusing his own grandkids.

And The Children of God was very against drugs just as the Mormons won't even consume caffeine a lot of the time. I think it was greed and perversion that drove these cult leaders and then after a certain point of presenting yourself as the direct link to the will of God people don't question you! Even if you say and do some truly despicable shit.

TrueConfection · Accepted Answer

I don't know, but I view them as a cult. My friend's daughter married a Mormon and my friend had to remain in the parking lot during her daughter's wedding ceremony because she wasn't permitted to enter their church. 😳

ManOnFire · Accepted Answer

All I will say about them is this: Joseph Smith claimed he received 'the Word' from an angel named Moroni. No such angel is in the Bible and even if it was never mentioned I still don't think it exists. Mormons believe that black people are cursed and is the reason for our skin being dark. That is messed up philosophy, and if you go back to the story of Zipporah, Moses' wife, God literally cursed Aaron's wife with leprosy for her racism towards Zipporah. The Mormon church is a cult full of sexual abuse and polygamy, and even dark political secrets. I don't think God is okay with that. At all.

Gent207 · Accepted Answer

You should check out that new documentary on Netflix called Keep Sweet Pray
It's about the FLDS a mondern branch of Mormonism that still practices polygamy. Their Prophet was convicted of S. A, and human trafficking little girls.
Is difference in religion the reason for the divorce?

MrShaun · Answer

I was raised in the LDS (Mormon) faith, but am not Mormon today. I hope I can shed a little light on the subject.

First, people of the Mormon faith are some of the nicest people you can meet. Just as in any faith, there are exceptions but they are not wacked out or cult like in any way.

There is an ongoing discussion as to whether the Mormon Church is Christian or a cult. This comes down to the belief that Mormons do believe they are the only true church. To obtain the highest level of salvation, they believe that one must accept the religion and fulfill certain rituals within their temples, called endowments. However, they do strongly teach of Jesus Christ and the fact that he atoned for our sins.

There are some unique beliefs within their faith, but they are not heavily taught. In fact, most Mormons may not even suggest they believe such things because they're simply not aware of the belief. Some beliefs are unique but are not all that "weird" when thought of in the context of what they are. Their church services are not weird in any way. In reality, they are much more modernized and normal compared to that of other Christian faiths. They have a generalized meeting that is somewhat like what other church's have. They call this sacrament meeting. And then they have meetings where they break off to discuss and learn from their scriptures. For the ladies, this is called relief society and the men its called priesthood meeting. They very much believe an accept the Bible as the word of God, although they only accept the King James version. They also have scripture in the form of The Book of Mormon, Peril of Great Price and Doctrine and Covenants. The Book of Mormon is what they consider another testament of Jesus Christ.

Joseph Smith has an interesting history. Some of which is well-known by church members, some is not. Polygamy was one such practice that he started and continued up until the time that Utah achieved statehood. It is not practiced today. When one considers are the weird practices of today's society -- that being homosexuality or suggesting one can be non-binary -- polygamy doesn't seem too far out there.

If you have questions, please ask. The worst thing one can do is continue in a belief system or spread misinformation they know nothing about.

slatyb · Answer

All religions are based on nonsense. Mormonism is no sillier than any of the others. It only seems that way because the claimed miracles of Mormonism are more recent and seem less probable. I see no difference between Joseph Smith’s golden tablets and the angel Moroni and Moses’ stone tablets in Exodus and the burning bush.

Daniela1982 · Answer

Mormonism is just a cult. For instance they believe that they will be gods one day and rule their own planet. Read "The Maze of Mormonism" by Walter Martin, available on Amazon. He compares Mormonism to what the Bible says.

RealMarek · Answer

It’s a wild story. What’s interesting is how easy it was to start a religious sect in upstate New York during the early 1800s. The Mormons were one such movement, but the one that grew the most.

Anonymous · Answer

moronism is satanism anyone can look into the back history but the words of CHRIST are true

RedThread · Answer

I don't think he was on drugs but he was a known con man of the time. He had a documented past of being a swindler. Now, that doesn't mean he was lying about his claims but it does draw his character into question.

TenderFantasy · Answer

I was almost a Mormon because of my ex as well but I had anger issues with religion in general and so that helped to not convert me into the relgion!

OlderAndWiser · Answer

I've alays thought that the story of Joseh Smith sounded like a paranoid schizophrenic who found his audience.

John_Doesnt · Answer

No, he was just a typical con artist. He was convicted multiple times of being a con artist before successfully starting his nut job religion.

Blueeyes81 · Answer

"A lot of things about the LDS church don't make since." They make about as much sense as any other religion.

loveslongnails · Answer

Mormonism is more than a little bit out there, hmm?

dolemite89 · Answer

his family was into mysticism and witchcraft before he made up finding the gold plates 😂

jahaims · Answer

He was just a lying boy that was trying to fuck

Anonymous · Answer

I'd say he was on something.

legalboxers · Answer

no he was a plain asshat

Jamie05rhs · Answer

Probably lol.

RuthlessAggression · Answer

prob.

Was Joseph Smith on drugs?

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