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Originally Posted by MikeWaters
So would you intervene and save his life, under the theory that the church would be better off with Joseph surviving?
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My gut feeling, and looking at it strictly academically/intellectually with no acknowledgement of the hand of God in things, I would say church is better off today (in terms of church membership, respectability, financial strength, growth, etc.) with Joseph dying a young martyr's death, church moving west, and Brigham Young moving the church forward than had Joseph lived a long life.