stemelbow wrote:These were some clever fellas--Pratt and Rigdon. They consipred to create a religion. Rigdon stuck around Ohio gaining converts to a different religion then the one he must have previously created with Pratt. Pratt left to find a puppet to install in place so their designs wouldn't be uncovered, and the blame would be put on this stooge. A few years later, the followers of this new religion would happen upon Rigdon and company, thus adding substantially to the conversion pool.
And this did this because...
And then of course Joseph Smith who was known as a money digger was chosen. He then went about getting 11 others involved without the consent of Pratt and Rigdon. Or did he get their permission? And of course, Joseph Smith had to get his wife involved too and his sisters. So the pool widens and deepens.
And Joseph needed to memorize the Rigdon's manuscript and put his head in a hat to recite it.