Joseph Smith: More Prophet or Profit?
Why Truth Isn’t Found in Golden Plates or Emotional Testimonies
By The Logical Male – Where Emotion Ends and Logic Begins
If you're the kind of man who thinks with your brain instead of your feelings, welcome home. Because today, we're not just calling out a lie — we're dissecting a delusion. A delusion named Joseph Smith — the founder of Mormonism, prophet of profit, and spiritual grifter who somehow convinced people he was written into the Book of Genesis by name.
Yeah. You read that right.
While most religions hang on thousands of years of theological development, apostolic tradition, and scriptural consistency, Mormonism is built on the imagination of one man in the 1800s who claimed he could read ancient Egyptian with a magic rock in a hat. And grown men — with jobs, families, and voter IDs — believe it.
Let’s walk through why that’s not just wrong — it’s dangerous.
1. The Prophet Who Wrote Himself into Scripture
Joseph Smith didn’t just preach a new gospel — he literally inserted himself into the Bible. Genesis 50, according to the LDS version, talks about a seer named Joseph whose father is also named Joseph.
How convenient.
And when Orthodox debater Andrew from The Crucible challenged this — even writing a parody version about “Angel Macaroni” telling him he was the chosen one — the Mormon apologist couldn’t falsify it. At all. Because when your theology is built on vibes and visions, anyone can claim anything. And that’s the point.
If your religion can’t falsify a random guy’s dream about angel pasta, you’re not in a church. You’re in a cult with better branding.
2. False Prophecies Aren’t a “Whoops”
Joseph Smith predicted the U.S. Civil War would start in South Carolina (lucky guess) and then said it would “pour out upon all nations.”
Spoiler alert: it didn’t.
The actual Civil War was domestic. The world didn’t erupt into global conflict until decades later — World War I. But Smith said the conflict starting in SC would spark global war, natural disasters, and slave uprisings. He also said it would happen “shortly.”
Wrong, wrong, and wrong again.
And per Deuteronomy 18:20-22, if a prophet speaks in God’s name and the thing doesn’t come to pass — guess what? He’s not from God. He’s a liar. Or worse — a manipulator.
3. The Egyptian Scroll Scam
Joseph Smith claimed he translated the “Book of Abraham” from ancient papyri, allegedly written by Abraham himself. The scroll was later found and professionally translated.
It was a standard Egyptian funerary text — the Book of the Dead. Nothing to do with Abraham. Nothing to do with scripture.
Let’s get real: the only “translation” happening here was Smith translating ignorance into influence, selling it to spiritually starved people desperate to feel chosen.
Even worse, the LDS Church paraded the scrolls for decades — until Egyptologists exposed it. Then suddenly, silence.
4. Emotionalism ≠ Truth
Here’s where they pivot. When the facts fall apart, the fallback is always the same:
“But I had a spiritual experience.”
“I feel peace when I read the Book of Mormon.”
“It changed my life.”
Guess what? So do heroin addicts.
Your subjective feelings do not rewrite objective reality. God gave you a brain — not just for taxes and TikTok, but for discernment. Christianity isn’t based on how you feel after a vision. It’s based on historical continuity, theological integrity, and truth.
If your “prophet” got multiple prophecies wrong and rewrote the Bible to include himself, your faith isn’t biblical. It’s fanfiction.
5. If the Foundation Is False, the House Must Fall
You can't build a house on sand and expect it to survive the storm. Joseph Smith is the cornerstone of Mormonism. If he’s a fraud, the entire structure collapses.
Orthodox Christianity has apostolic succession, church fathers, martyrdom, and 2,000 years of theological evolution.
Mormonism has a treasure-hunting teenager who was caught with a peep stone in his neighbor’s well.
That’s not religion. That’s roleplay with holy language.
Final Word: What Should a Man Do?
Reject the con.
Men are supposed to be protectors of truth, not suckers for soft-spoken scammers. If a man in the 1800s said you were written into Genesis and sold you golden plates no one could verify, you’d laugh him out of the bar. But dress it up in spiritual language, and now it’s sacred?
Nah. Not here.
Here at The Logical Male, we don’t bow to emotionalism. We don’t pray to prophets who get it wrong. And we sure as hell don’t follow anyone who rewrote scripture to boost his brand.
We follow truth. Whether it comforts or confronts. That’s what makes us men. That’s what keeps us free.
🔍 Think Joseph Smith is still legit? Show me a prophecy he got right — with evidence. Not a feeling. A fact.
💬 Comment below. Let's hash it out.
🧠 Stay sharp. Stay skeptical. Stay logical.
— The Logical Male
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