Quote:
Originally Posted by IAmGamerFun
That still doesn't explain his knowledge of a faraway geography. And he never spoke of actual magic. Magic goes against our beliefs, and if our religion was founded on real magic, then that means the lds church would have been disbanded
|
Bibles had maps in them in the 19th century.
Your idea about tobacco being bad for the human body is offset by the idea that hot liquids is bad for the body. The fact is, Smith made things up and was charismatic enough to convince a number of people that he alone had some magical conduit to the truth.
Magic is what he was referring to, even if he didn't use the word. Replace "spiritual" with "magic" in any Mormon theological argument and you'll see it's functionally identical.