Hello all. I am Joseph Smith, Prophet and founder of the Jesus Christ Church of Latter-Day Saints. I was born in Sharon, Vermont, in 1805. My parents, Joseph and Lucy Smith, were devoutly religious and spared no pains to instruct me in the Christian Religion. Members of the Latter-Day Saints movement believe that all other religions are incorrect based on a great vision of God and Christ I experienced in 1820. Jesus Christ and God the Father descended from Heaven and instructed me that “Christianity had fallen into apostasy.” The angel Moroni gave me the Book of Mormon, which details the story of ancient Jewish peoples’ journey. I then founded the Church of Christ and created an almost totally self-sufficient and self-contained community. We are successful economically AND spiritually. Under Mormonism, all who live by the Gospel will be saved. Christ’s work compels people like me to serve others. Unfortunately there are those who would persecute worshippers of our faith. I and followers of the church have been attacked, threatened, arrested, and driven from our homes. We are now stationed in Nauvoo, Illinois, being forced from New York, Ohio, and Missouri.
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Mr. Smith: Though I sincerely respect your opinions as a fellow creature of this Earth, I disagree with with what you have written. To call all other religions "incorrect" to me is backwards logic. All religion is correct because the purpose of all religion is to practice a strong moral code with the support of the parish. A religion is not incorrect because its ideology is not the "truth". Ideology is irrelevant! Who is one man to judge the beliefs of another, and furthermore who is Jesus and God to expect all to practice their belief in the same fashion! Rather YOU are incorrect sir in denouncing those who do not agree with you. "Nothing can bring about peace but yourself."
Respectfully,
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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