P.S. I also need to point out that it is Smith's word and Smith's alone that states he is a 'prophet' of God and that his mission is to restore the old faith. There is NO document written prior to Smith's existence telling anyone that Smith is going to be a prophet with a restoration mission. There is nothing alluding to any prophet coming later than Jesus.

What this means is that Mormons are taking the word of a man who is a known thief, criminal, con man without any support from any religious writing from anywhere in the world. Not even from those mythological Mormon nations who fought each other. ZILCH from them as they left no writings, no inscriptions nothing to indicate a prophet is coming let alone that they existed at all.

Smith is a self-proclaimed prophet and the Bible says a man's own testimony is not true. So now you have to square biblical teaching that contradicts your 'prophet's own testimony' with your supposed faith. If you believe and follow the Bible then you cannot accept Smith's testimony about himself.