By: J.J. Hitt
To: Andrew Conner
Re: Re: P of G.P.

 -=> Quoting J.J. Hitt to Fredric Rice <=-

 AC> For what it is worth to you I remember that the scrolls were
 AC> thought to have been destroyed in the Chicago fire but were
 AC> later found in the Museum of Natural History in New York City.

 FR> Is he claiming that the 'original' Mormon myths have been 'found?'

 JH> Shit man... I ain't gonna condense two whole weeks of this soap opera
 JH> into a single message for you.


 Ahhh... thank you... that reminded me of something I've been meaning to
 pester you with... In the above message, but not the part you
 quoted, I mentioned the RLDS Church (the Avis of the Mormon world).

 Smith claimed his son would be his successor:
 Smith's successor was Brigham Young.
 Smith's son became the head of the RLDS.

 Smith claimed the "Saints" would set up shop in Independence, Missouri.
 The LDS Church is headquartered in Salt Lake, Utah.
 The RLDS Church is headquartered in Independence.

 The manuscript of the Book of Mormon is in the possession of the RLDS
 Church, not the LDS one.

 In the dedication prayer for the Kirtland temple, Smith claimed that
 the the "holy presence" would be "continually in this house".
 The Kirtland temple is in the possession of the RLDS.

 If there is "one true Mormon church", it would appear that it has to be
 the folks in Missouri, not the old men in Utah.