Is there any more evidence for John the Baptist being a prophet than there is for Joseph Smith?

Answer 1

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I wouldn't say there's terribly good evidence for either.  But, there's better evidence that Joseph Smith was a charlatan.  We've got better records of who he actually was and verifiable reports of his own words, even papers written directly by him.  We can look at his direct claims about Native Americans writing in "reformed Egyptian" and the like and see where they turned up as nonsense.

With John, we're more into the areas of unfalsifiable claims.

Answer 2

Don't be stupid dude, the bible is just a collection of myths, maybe some people and palces actually existed but you dont have to take it all to heart

Answer 3

John the baptist was a true prophet. J.Smith was not.

Answer 4

Yes, John the Baptist is documented in early writings outside of the Bible. The man really existed.

Answer 5

John was a before prophet and Joe was after prophet .

 Plus john never knew another part of earth existed and Joe tried to explain 

the new world Jesus was Supposedly always in .

Answer 6

John the Baptist is a Christian invention...they needed a forerunner to make Jesus appear to be the prophesied Messiah

Answer 7

Yes.  1 Corinthians 13.

Answer 8

John the Baptist has as much evidence for being a prophet as Harry does for being a wizard, a book!

Answer 9

YES....JOHN IS IN BIBLE...JOE SMITH IS NOT..