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005 Q&R! What About Others Who Claimed Similar Visions in Joseph Smith’s Day? Etc.

Church History Matters

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The Rutinization of Charisma

Casey: I feel sometimes like there is a line that socially, if you cross it, it starts to feel weird for the people around you. That's a phenomenon that scholars of religion observe throughout history. The historical records say only two things about who he told and when he told. In his 1832 autobiography, Joseph Smith simply says, "I could find no one who would ponder these vision unless I found them in heavenly places"

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