Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 13 minutes ago

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“If we actually followed Joseph Smith’s plan, we could have avoided the bloodiest war.”

That’s not hyperbole.

Joseph Smith ran for president with a proposal to end slavery years before the Civil War. Some later observers believed his plan could have prevented it entirely.

Was he a man of his time? Yes. But was he also ahead of it?

“He was human… limited by being human.”
“And he also had prophetic foresight.”