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Joseph Smith Jr. (1805-1844) was an American religious leader and the founder of the Latter Day Saint movement also known as Mormonism. Born in Sharon, Vermont, he reported experiencing a series of divine visions starting in his youth, which led to the publication of the Book of Mormon in 1830. Smith organized the Church of Christ, later known as the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church), and attracted a significant following. Throughout his life, Smith faced considerable opposition and persecution. He led his followers to establish communities in Ohio, Missouri, and Illinois. In 1844, while imprisoned in Carthage, Illinois, he was killed by a mob. Smith's teachings and revelations continue to influence millions of adherents worldwide.
“You ask the learned doctors why they say the world was made out of nothing; and they will answer, "Don't the Bible say he created the world?" And they infer, from the word create, that it must have been made out of nothing. Now, the word create came from the word baurau, which does not mean to create out of nothing; it means to organize—the same as a man would organize materials and build a ship. Hence we infer that God had materials to organize the world out of chaos—chaotic matter, which is element, and in which dwells all the glory. Element had an existence from the time He had. The pure principles of element are principles which can never be destroyed: they may be organized and re-organized, but not destroyed. They had no beginning, and can have no end.”
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