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The original was posted on /r/exmormon by /u/fadefail on 2024-04-10 00:33:45.

When you still believed in the LDS doctrine, were you aware on any level the depths of Joseph Smith’s cons and how much of a charlatan he was? And if you were how did you justify or compartmentalize that? Maybe it’s just because I’m interested in cults now, but it seems really difficult to not hear about all the bad (to put it mildly) things he did. By the way I grew up in Utah. So I have a number of Mormon friends but I feel awkward asking them a question like that.