Why did God create Mormons? Because even Flat Earthers need someone to laugh at.

Sandra Tanner discusses how the historical Joseph Smith is often more complicated than the "official" LDS version of events. Who was the REAL Joseph Smith? Why was he characterized by magic practices in his early life? Was Joseph Smith's involvement with magic normal for that time? Was it tied into the origins of the Book of Mormon and the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints?

In this video, Skyler Hamilton (of the Distinctive Christianity Podcast) sits down with Sandra Tanner to unpack the origins of Mormonism — from money-digging and glass-looking, to the “First Vision,” to the secret beginnings of plural marriage.

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