048: Richard Bushman Part 2 - The Art of History, Joseph Smith's First Vision Stories, and Joseph's Participation in Folk Magic and Treasure Digging
Mormon Stories Podcast
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Is That Just a Silly Word?
No one can ever define joseph smith permanently. I wanted it to be a view that would explain why so many really substantive people join the church and continued to believe in him. The great dilemma in writing about joseph Smith is this, you start with the gold plates and end with polygamy. He really comes across as a scallawag and a fraud. But then you got the problem, why do so many people believe in him? Andyo substantive, sensible people like brigand mi, wilfrid wooder? And then why do they still believe to day? Soi i wanted to tell the story that would deal with all the facts, but would write
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