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What was the punishment if a prophet did speak a false prophecy? According to verse 20 the prophet was to die. So God takes the area of false prophecy very seriously. Joseph Smith's false prophecies in the name of the Lord constitute one of the single greatest objections to his claim to be a latter-day prophet of God.
Joseph Smith, the nineteenth-century Mormon founder, is often accounted for in one of three ways. Either he was a prophet in the almost fundamentalist sense that many Mormons hold him to have been, or he was a charlatan as many others have judged, or else he was a mentally deranged charismatic.
Joseph Smith, founder of the Latter-day Saint movement, is viewed by the movement's adherents as a prophet in the tradition of the ancient prophets recorded in the Bible. During his life, Smith made several prophecies, many documented in the Doctrine and Covenants , a book of scripture in several of the movement's denominations .
Although he was accused of being a false prophet by Sylvester Smith, physically assaulted by his brother William, and unjustly incarcerated in part because of the false testimony of W. W. Phelps, he rose above these afflictions and freely forgave the offenders.
10 reasons why Joseph Smith should not be considered a true prophet of God. By Eric Johnson. 1. He was not considered to be trustworthy by the people of his day. 2. He taught in a version of God different from the Bible. 3. He produced prophecies that didn’t come to pass.
For more than 190 years, critics of Mormon founder Joseph Smith have tried to find unimpeachable evidence that the former money-digger-turned-prophet invented the story of ancient American ...
When the Saints were driven out of Missouri that fall, some called it a false prophecy. Despite facing potential violence or imprisonment in returning to Missouri, Brigham Young was determined to act in accordance with the prophecy.
