The Origin Story of Joseph Smith

Joseph Smith received a vision of the angel Moroni. He felt like he was sinking, you know, and just being weighed down by this darkness. And then he was delivered from this darkness by this blinding light that he says came down until it rested upon him. The whole story of the Book of Mormon is their conflict with one another. So we have wars in conflict, conversions and apostases happening over the span of 800 years or so.