"This story raises some very absorbing questions, concerning what happens when a plain racket turns into a serious religion before our eyes."
If you're not familiar with Christopher Hitchens, then everything you need to know about where he's coming from can be taken from the title of his book, God is not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything. He's got a bit of an agenda. That said, none of the facts of the origin of Mormonism in this excerpt from his book are in question.
In the absence of a cohesive scientific theory, everyone gets to choose what they believe about the nature of the universe. But don't you want to know what you're signing up for?
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