Critics call the Kirtland Safety Society proof Joseph Smith was a con man. The records tell a different story: no bank got an Ohio charter that year, the Panic of 1837 broke banks nationwide, an enemy drained the reserves and sued, Joseph resigned and warned people off the notes, paid the judgment, and lost heavily. Here’s what really happened, mistakes included.
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In 1823 an angel told a 17-year-old farm boy that his name “should be had for good and evil among all nations, kindreds, and tongues.” It was in print by 1842. Here’s the paper trail, the Church’s own numbers on the good half, the long record of the evil half, and why every critic who keeps talking about Joseph Smith is part of the fulfillment.
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Deuteronomy 18:22 asks one question: did it come to pass? This 2026 edition tests Joseph Smith’s prophecies by the Bible’s standard and by the date of the earliest record: the D&C 87 Civil War revelation printed in 1851, the Twelve at Far West, Stephen A. Douglas, the Rocky Mountains, and the Book of Mormon going to the nations.
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In the 1980s a Berkeley group, including agnostic and Jewish scientists, spent about 10,000 hours testing the Book of Mormon’s wordprints. They checked the method on Twain, Heinlein, and a translator first. Their verdict on Joseph Smith, Oliver Cowdery, or Solomon Spaulding as author of Nephi and Alma: “statistically indefensible.” Part 2 of 10.
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On Mars’ Hill, Paul quoted the poet Aratus, “For we are also his offspring,” and built an argument on it. The Greek word is genos: kin, family, stock. Here’s what it means, why “offspring just means creatures” breaks Paul’s logic, and how Hebrews 12:9, Malachi 2:10, and Romans 8:16-17 call God the Father of our spirits.
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