John Larsen wrote:I think that it is strange that during the Nauvoo period, every one was accusing everyone else of being counterfeiters. Why this assertion of all things? Obviously someone was doing something.
Book of Mormon perhaps or maybe the issues with the Kirtland Bank....or a host of other things.
counterfeiters made me think of the Kirtland bank. Joseph probably blamed it on everyone but himself.
"We of this Church do not rely on any man-made statement concerning the nature of Deity. Our knowledge comes directly from the personal experience of Joseph Smith." - Gordon B. Hinckley
"It's wrong to criticize leaders of the Mormon Church even if the criticism is true." - Dallin H. Oaks