Episode 382: Mormonism Part IV - I Invented This Scam
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Joseph Smith's Fucking Debt
"He ran for president for the publicity. See, Joseph had always thought that the best form of government was a theocracy," he says. "I think more than likely, he was going to eventually move across the border." In early 1844, Smith organized a secret council of 50 quote unquote, princes,. whose first act was to crown Joseph as the king of the kingdom of God. He sent the first expedition of men West beyond the borders of America to find a place where that king might rule.
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