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Another photo of Joseph Smith? LDS Anarchist has images of another purported daguerrotype of Joseph Smith. It looks quite different from the other one.

27 March 2008 @ 10:14 am | 1 comment

Rachel at LDS.About.com reports on a statement issued by the Church on the authenticity of this purported photo of Joseph Smith.

A purported image of Joseph Smith is circulating widely on the Internet. Some persons have mistakenly claimed that this image belongs to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and that Church officials have verified or are verifying its authenticity. These claims are not true.

While it may not be confirmed by the Church, it still may be real.  On the other hand, all the recent publicity may just be orchestrated to publicize a new book.

19 March 2008 @ 3:48 pm | 4 comments

Mormon Mentality: “Joseph Smith as the anti-Mystic“:

If you’re going to invent a new scripture, the Book of Mormon is exactly the opposite kind of book a mystic would write.

11 March 2008 @ 3:22 pm | No comments

Nine Mormons’ quest for the presidency.  Sounds like an interesting book.  Some of the listed candidates weren’t directly affiliated with the Church at the time of their candidacies (thank goodness).

1968 Eldridge Cleaver (Peace and Freedom) — Prior to joining the Mormon church, Eldridge Cleaver was a radical left-wing activist in the black power movement. If elected president, he promised to burn the White House down. By the 1980s, Cleaver converted to Mormonism and became an ardent right-wing Republican.

5 February 2008 @ 11:46 am | No comments

Is this an actual photograph of Joseph Smith?

17 January 2008 @ 11:30 am | 1 comment

Very handy one-stop page for  Joseph Smith manual downloads in text, PDF, mp3, ASL for the entire manual or by chapter.

10 January 2008 @ 3:12 pm | No comments

Very nice Flickr stream of the Joseph Smith Sharon Vermont Memorial.

6 January 2008 @ 10:22 pm | No comments

The new Joseph Smith manual: A Pleasant Surprise.

2 January 2008 @ 1:41 pm | No comments

Joseph Smith’s presidential campaign platform.

19 December 2007 @ 12:28 pm | No comments

Q: Who was the first U.S. Presidential candidate to be assassinated? A: Joseph Smith. And he campaigned against incarceration!? It actually makes sense in the context of the day. And I’m all for more work and less loafing for prisoners.

6 December 2007 @ 6:12 pm | No comments

A Mormon President

8 November 2007 @ 1:32 pm | No comments

A Mormon President is a documentary claiming that anti-Mormon prejudice and the long, dark shadow of Joseph Smith is holding back Mitt Romney’s campaign.  I don’t think it’s necessarily a pro-Mitt film but it’s by a non-LDS Mormon historian Adam Christing.

Go to www.amormonpresident.com to see the trailer. It will debut in Salt Lake City on December 12 at Brewvies (not your typical LDS venue).

More at If This Be Treason.