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So, as a Mormon, I've been a bit hesitant to look for interest in a Joseph Smith timeline, mainly because I've lost my temper a few times when seeing what I see is unfair criticism or even a simple annoying misunderstanding of the Church.

However, I figure that if the Jewish members can take people ragging on the various Hebrew leaders in the Bible, and the Christian (including Mormon) members can intellectually understand and accept the "What If Jesus never existed/was released/etc" stuff, and so forth, I think I can take a bit of blunt comments dealing with Joseph Smith.

Anyway, the PoD is that Joseph Smith, leader of the early LDS Church, isn't killed at Carthage Jail by an anti-Mormon mob. Many accounts claim that Joseph's younger brother Samuel rode by immediately after his death and scared the killers away, so I'm going to have Samuel arrive early enough that Joseph is merely wounded, and not killed.

The most interesting thing about this time period is that Joseph Smith had recently been arrested around the starting point of his campaign for United States President. Now, in the interests of not having an absurd Mormon-wank, Joseph will not even get close to winning the Presidency. However, the PoD basically ensures that he gets to put his name on the map.

So what happens with Smith's survival?
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