I am sorry, but it isn’t the religion per se that should be at issue: It is the faulty reasoning behind it and having the kind of reasoning in a president (or wondering) if the President actually reasons like that.
The following is just a taste of the problems
WHAT THE MISSIONARIES WILL NOT TELL YOU
Each of the following facts has been substantiated by thorough historical scholarship. And this list is by no means exhaustive! For links to articles substantiating each of these points, CLICK on the word NOTES following the item (for those links, go here: http://www.exmormon.org/tract2…
The “First Vision” story in the form presented to you was unknown until 1838, eighteen years after its alleged occurrence and almost ten years after Smith had begun his missionary efforts. The oldest (but quite different) version of the vision is in Smith’s own handwriting, dating from about 1832 (still at least eleven years afterwards), and says that only one personage, Jesus Christ, appeared to him. It also mentions nothing about a revival. It also contradicts the later account as to whether Smith had already decided that no church was true. Still a third version of this event is recorded as
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