Joseph Smith was a con man, and was convicted of fraud. He was in jail for a terrorist act when he was killed. The Mormon religion is nothing like JS wanted it to be. The FLDS church is the only branch of the Mormon church living the principle as "given by God" to JS, so according to their own beliefs they aren't living the full gospel.
And the book of Mormon is nothing but JS's own creation. As is the book of Abraham in the pearl of great price. Which JS "translated" from ancient scrolls. Those translations have proved false. The scrolls were retranslated after we learned to translate hieroglyphs. JS had no idea what he was doing, and I guess he never thought anyone would learn the secret of the Egyptian language to prove him wrong.
I just pulled my brain out of the fire of the Mormon church myself. I came to realize that you don't have to belong to an organized religion to worship God, whom I do believe in.
And the book of Mormon is nothing but JS's own creation. As is the book of Abraham in the pearl of great price. Which JS "translated" from ancient scrolls. Those translations have proved false. The scrolls were retranslated after we learned to translate hieroglyphs. JS had no idea what he was doing, and I guess he never thought anyone would learn the secret of the Egyptian language to prove him wrong.
I just pulled my brain out of the fire of the Mormon church myself. I came to realize that you don't have to belong to an organized religion to worship God, whom I do believe in.