leomoon
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But honestly, he was a fruitcake...
Sat behind a bedsheet hung outside in his back- yard with his Urim-Thuumin goggles, all kind of nutzoid stuff.
There Are Capricorn cons too.
note: He's barely in Capricorn sign for Tropical Sun - Sagittarius for Sidereal.
https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Smith,_Joseph
He was arrested prior to this for fraud - but finally, he found his niche.
https://www.ranker.com/list/bizarre-mormon-objects/kellen-perry
How did the illiterate Joseph Smith translate the golden plates? He could only read a little English and he definitely didn't know any "reformed Egyptian." He also couldn't write. What's a prophet to do?
To translate, Smith said the angel Moroni gave him two transparent translation stones, Urim and Tummim, which he could use as magic glasses to read the plates. At first, Smith went through a series of scribes, who wrote down his words while he hid with the plates behind a blanket or curtain. Later, he would "translate" without even using the plates, seeing the text, via Urim and Tummim, in his "mind's eye."
Some say he simply copied from Freemasony:
https://ldsfacts.org/joseph-smith/joseph-smith-copied-freemasonry/
And just like today, masses of people, were looking for something outside the ordinary, and this man sold it to them. Sound familiar?
His varied criminal history -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith_and_the_criminal_justice_system

There Are Capricorn cons too.
note: He's barely in Capricorn sign for Tropical Sun - Sagittarius for Sidereal.

https://www.astro.com/astro-databank/Smith,_Joseph
He was arrested prior to this for fraud - but finally, he found his niche.
https://www.ranker.com/list/bizarre-mormon-objects/kellen-perry
How did the illiterate Joseph Smith translate the golden plates? He could only read a little English and he definitely didn't know any "reformed Egyptian." He also couldn't write. What's a prophet to do?
To translate, Smith said the angel Moroni gave him two transparent translation stones, Urim and Tummim, which he could use as magic glasses to read the plates. At first, Smith went through a series of scribes, who wrote down his words while he hid with the plates behind a blanket or curtain. Later, he would "translate" without even using the plates, seeing the text, via Urim and Tummim, in his "mind's eye."
Some say he simply copied from Freemasony:
https://ldsfacts.org/joseph-smith/joseph-smith-copied-freemasonry/
And just like today, masses of people, were looking for something outside the ordinary, and this man sold it to them. Sound familiar?
His varied criminal history -
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Smith_and_the_criminal_justice_system