I think you run a lot of danger when you say "this is the history of Joseph Smith" and then you distort that history in significant ways....and then the faithful person later comes across another history that challenges, disputes, conflicts, that person may say "why was this withheld? why was I deceived?" An example would be a biography of Joseph Smith that makes no mention of polygamy.
It's not that I feel that apologists don't have their place. I'm saying let's call a spade a spade. It's not history. It's apology. And at this point in my life, I find history more interesting than apology.
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