bytor,
I can only imagine the frustration that Satan felt as he tried to thwart the restoration of the gospel. Here is someone with all knowledge of the pre-existence trying to keep the restoration from happening working on mortal men and women. From what I have read Pride is what most often got to the early members of the church, some looking for fame others looking for fortune.
As can be read by several of the early members, some of the witnesses to the golden plates and the angel that their division with Joseph Smith was not over doctrine or church organization but hurt feelings regarding personal or financial matters.
Ben Raines
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"If a man will begin with certainties, he shall end in doubts; but if he will be content to begin with doubts he shall end in certainties." Sir Francis Bacon
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