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Originally Posted by RougeUnderoos
Part of the problem here is that specific questions aren't really answered, or they are danced around.
I'm going to steal from Cheese...
One prophecy was that there would be a second coming in 56 years. It didn't happen, how do you explain that?
It's pretty straightforward. It was never really answered though. All we get is "if it didn't come directly from the church website..."which is not really an answer at all. First of all, I don't expect that the church would list false prophecies on their website. Why would they? Just because they don't have it up there doesn't mean it didn't happen though.
Maybe a better way to put the question to an expert (a Mormon) would be "did Joseph Smith say their would be a second coming that didn't happen"? It's really a "yes or no" kind of a question.
"I don't know" is also a possible answer, I guess.
"If it's not listed on the official LDS website, then no" isn't really an answer.
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I don't recall reading that Joseph Smith ever set a date for the second coming. By saying that, I'm not saying it didn't happen. It is just hard for me to comment on it if I have never heard about it till reading your post. In the 1800s it was common among some religions to make such claims. So my answer is "I don't know".
I have read many sites, lds approved and others that are considered anti-mormon. Claiming that everything on an "anti-mormon" site is a lie is ridiculous. Many of it is actually fact, but often the context is not explained. Regarding Cheese's question, I have never come across a quote stating that Joseph Smith had declared a day or year for when the second coming would occur. Please show me the source for it, I would love to read up on it.