Comment on Muslims and Mormons are basically the same thing
hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Smith stole from any source he could find. Most of the Mormon temple rituals are based on Masonic Temple rituals from around the same time period. John Smith was a member of a Masonic Lodge and assumed no one would notice or tell their new congregation that they used to do the same thing with their drinking buddies back East.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Not to defend Joseph Smith, but so did the entire Christian religion. All the big stories in the Bible were lifted from the religious myths of older civilizations.
hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Yes, 2000 years ago Christian writers borrowed heavily from the other religions and mystery cults they were living and working with.
Smith’s copypasta use of Masonic Rituals from New York as “passed down by God” in the 1830sm is a -little- different.
roofuskit@lemmy.world 6 days ago
Not a lot different though.