Faith-Promoting History

[Jeff Lebowski]

Originally Posted by Indy Coug

The recurring theme I see in the Bushman biography of Joseph Smith is:

1. Joseph Smith didn't write anything about it, because he was a horrible journal keeper
2. Innuendo by members, usually disaffected, often decades after the fact
3. Little to no corroboration, particuarly from contemporaneous accounts

Which then puts Bushman into the awkward position of relating the information, but often without enough meaningful context or substantiation, which leaves the reader to fill in the blanks and usually they see what they want to see.

This brings up an interesting thought. What would have happened if Bushman had published RSR in 1981?