How Joseph the NON-PROPHET made a PROFIT!

[Apologette]

Joseph Smith, like many cult leaders, lived off the backs, sweat and credulousness of his followers. This posting from Ex-Mormon website exposes Smith's method of supporting himself and his family:

"The Law of Consecration had been introduced by 1831 which started out as a ***he. Money donated on surplus. This turned into a tax on joining to a continual tax on interest or surplus goods, to becoming eventually everything you owned being signed over to Joseph's church.
As for Joseph, he used the LDS coffers as his own funds. He "borrowed" nearly $100,000 (millions in today's money) to fund his general store(s) which failed. He leveraged the future earnings of the church for more money. He tried to start a steam boat company. He tried a get rich quick scheme that was the Kirtland bank Safety Society. He tried his hand at real estate. And eventually he landed on running a hotel/bar out of his home. (To be fair, the bar was technically in the name of Porter Rockwell); however, that wasn't really profitable. There are other rumors of trying to muscle in on an occasional inheritance or two in the name of polygamy."

Link: https://www.reddit.com/r/exmormon/co...rn_his_living/

[alanmolstad]

Here is a question. ..how did Smith actually earn a living?

[alanmolstad]

Here is a question. ..how did Smith actually earn a living?

[Apologette]

Originally Posted by alanmolstad

Here is a question. ..how did Smith actually earn a living?

Conning people?

[alanmolstad]

Originally Posted by Apologette

Conning people?

I never really dug into his manner of earning a buck later in his life.

I know he was a conman before he started up his CULT, but I dont really know how he was able to feed his family?

When he woke up in the morning, and got dressed for work,where did he go?....

was he just sponging off others all the time as he got older?

[Apologette]

It appears that he had a revelation commanding his followers to support him (so much for their claims of a non-paid clergy). You'll find it in the link.

[alanmolstad]

Originally Posted by Apologette

It appears that he had a revelation commanding his followers to support him (so much for their claims of a non-paid clergy). You'll find it in the link.

"Get your money for nothing, and your chicks for free..."

[Apologette]

All with your "god's" blessing!