... . The Mormons have been a group for over 40 years and they have hated "Gentiles" for their whole existence because wherever they go they are hunted or chased by these "Gentiles". Joseph Smith was the founder of the Book of Mormons and the religion of Mormonism. After being kicked out of everywhere they finally settled in Ohio. There they built a church and they ... Mormons out of their state and so the Mormons had to settle somewhere else. They were kicked out of many different states until they found safe haven in Illinois. Here Joseph Smith, the president of the Mormon Church, was kill...

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... desired goal of utopia. The Mormons came about in 1830; they were one of many sects created in the beginning of the nineteenth century. The birth of Mormonism centered on Joseph Smith. Smith claimed that an angel appeared before him and handed him golden plates, these plates would later become known as the Book of Mormons. This Book of Mormons was the group ... 's sacred text and supposedly the third testament to the Bible. It soon became the idealistic goal of Smith's followers to construct an earthly version of the Heavenly Jerusalem. They believed that if did this, they would eventual...

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