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|summary=Joseph Smith is reported as saying: “I have more to boast of than ever any man had. I am the only man that has ever been able to keep a whole church together since the days of Adam... Neither Paul, John, Peter, nor Jesus ever did it. I boast that no man ever did such work as I. The followers of Jesus ran away from Him; but the Latter-day Saints never ran away from me yet.” (History of The Church, 6:408–409). This attitude strikes some as boastful, and unbecoming a prophet.
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|sublink1=Question: Is the quote of Joseph Smith's "boasting" of keeping the Church intact accurate?
|sublink1=Question: Is the quote of Joseph Smith's "boasting" of keeping the Church intact accurate?
|sublink2=Question: Was Joseph Smith prone to boasting?
|sublink2=Question: Was Joseph Smith prone to boasting?
|sublink3=Question: Did Joseph Smith believe that he was better than Jesus Christ?
|sublink3=Question: Did Joseph Smith believe that he was better than Jesus Christ?
|sublink4=Question: Did Joseph Smith say that he would be a "second Muhammad," threatening to spread his beliefs with the sword?
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Joseph Smith's alleged narcissism


Joseph Smith's alleged narcissism


Was Joseph Smith ego-maniacal, proud, and narcissistic?

Summary: Some quote Joseph Smith as saying such things as: "I am learned, and know more than all the world put together," "I combat the errors of ages; I meet the violence of mobs; I cope with illegal proceedings from executive authority; I cut the Gordian knot of powers, and I solve mathematical problems of universities, with truth . . . diamond truth; and God is my ‘right hand man.’” They use these quotes to portray Joseph as egomaniacal, proud, and narcissistic.

Joseph as a "second Mohammad"

Summary: Joseph Smith is quoted as saying that he would be a "second Muhammad," threatening to spread his beliefs with the sword.

Accusations that Joseph Smith was prone to boasting