Re: The martyrdom of Joseph Smith
- From: Curmugeon <gfuller1930@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2009 09:44:47 -0600
On Jan 21, 7:38=A0pm, Just James <post_mas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Pete M. wrote:and
D&C 135 says, "Hyrum Smith was forty-four years old in February, 1844, =
?Joseph Smith was thirty-eight in December, 1843; and henceforward
their names will be
classed among the martyrs of religion; and the reader in every nation
will be reminded
that the Book of Mormon, and this book of Doctrine and Covenants of
the church, cost the
best blood of the nineteenth century".
Is this concept of classifying them as "the best blood of the
nineteenth century" sinful
in the sense that it elevates two Mormons above other Latter-day Saints=
also went to jail
"They were innocent of any crime, as they had often been proved
before, and were only
confined in jail by the conspiracy of traitors and wicked men".
Assuming Hyrum and Smith were only jailed for having Christian
beliefs, were there others of their era (Baptists, Methodists, etc) who=
ns martyrs?and/or were killed for having Christian beliefs?
They were jailed for smashing a printing press. =A0JSjr was killed likely
because many in the area feared his growing influence.
Did this group of "traitors and wicked men" only go after Joseph and
his jailed companions or did they also make other Mormons and non-Mormo=
Only JSjr and Hyrum were really considered martyrs of any importance.
Had he been allowed to live, mormonism would have just been a footnote
in religious class.
And if Jesus of Nazareth had not been crucified by the Romans, then
Christianity would not even have been a footnote. So what?
Gene
.
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