Quote Originally Posted by The Pheonix View Post
If Joseph did just "make it up", he had an understanding of Biblical doctrine that would make any P.h.d, feel like they wasted 200,000 on their education, knowing a guy with Joseph's education could make up something like 2 Nephi 9-10, where Jacob gave a perfect understanding of the Atonement and "why" the Atonement. Mosiah 1-5...greatest sermon since the Sermon on the Mount. Just to name two of my head...I would do more but two of my grandbabies just got here! Got to go help Nanny watch them.
If you step back and take an objective point of view and see all of the works of fiction in any library or book store you would realize that there are many gifted writers who write complex works of fiction--including religious fiction.