How do Mormons reconcile their beliefs as Christ-like, and even the most Christ-like above all other Christian "creeds" when we have behaviour like this?
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"As Joseph neared the end of his speech, all of his anger erupted from his mouth. 'If the people will let us alone, we will preach the [Mormon] gospel in peace. But if they come on us to molest us, we will establish our religion by the sword. We will trample down our enemies and make it one gore of blood from the Rocky Mountains to the Atlantic Ocean. I will be to this generation a second Muhammad, whose motto in treating for peace was the Alcoran [The Qur'an] or the sword. So shall it eventually be with us - Joseph Smith or the Sword!'" -Alcoran or the Sword
Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde affidavit: Thomas B. Marsh and Orson Hyde Affidavits
History of the Mormons: Or, Latter ... - Google Book Search
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