Why Such Zeal?

"Founder Joseph Smith declared that he had a vision of God the Father and Jesus Christ. They revealed to him that all churches and creeds were an "abomination" unto the Lord. He, Smith, was to be a prophet proclaiming a "restored" message of the true gospel....Most people know little of Mormonism's doctrines and beginnings. They may be familiar with the names Joseph Smith or Brigham Young, Ezra Taft Benson and George Romney have been visible Mormons on the political scene....To truly understand Mormonism, one must sift through all the arcane doctrines and public relation ploys of Latter-day Saints and go back to the small town of Palmyra, New York, in the year 1820." (Larson's Book of Cults, Bob Larson, Tyndale House Publishers, 1984, pgs. 156-157)