  One of the issues that keeps getting brought up is the lack of evidence on the First Vision Its been said repeatedly that theres no historical evidence that Smith had this vision and that it wasnt historically significant enough to be discussed in the context of his early life Let me counter this with a short quote from the Preface to Robert Reminis biography on Joseph SmithI should make it clear at the outset that I am not a Mormon As such I faced several problems in writing this book one of which involved Josephs visions and revelations which are crucial to an understanding of him his Church and the times in which he lived After considerable thought I decided to present his religious experiences just as he described them in his writings and let readers decide for themselves to what extent they would give credence to them I am not out to prove or disprove any of his claims As a historian I have tried to be as objective as possible in narrating his life and work Remini p xIn his book Remini presents the First Vision as Smith said it happened the same as other biographers do and the same way I believe we should do Like Remini we should not be trying to prove or disprove any of Smiths claims but unlike Remini or job is fairly simple We dont have to worry about what was historical and what was not We dont need to do original research Our job is to reflect reliable sources   

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  One of the issues that keeps getting brought up is the lack of evidence on the First Vision Its been said repeatedly that theres no historical evidence that Smith had this vision and that it wasnt historically significant enough to be discussed in the context of his early life Let me counter this with a short quote from the Preface to Robert Reminis biography on Joseph SmithI should make it clear at the outset that I am not a Mormon As such I faced several problems in writing this book one of which involved Josephs visions and revelations which are crucial to an understanding of him his Church and the times in which he lived After considerable thought I decided to present his religious experiences just as he described them in his writings and let readers decide for themselves to what extent they would give credence to them I am not out to prove or disprove any of his claims As a historian I have tried to be as objective as possible in narrating his life and work Remini p xIn his book Remini presents the First Vision as Smith said it happened the same as other biographers do and the same way I believe we should do Like Remini we should not be trying to prove or disprove any of Smiths claims but unlike Remini or job is fairly simple We dont have to worry about what was historical and what was not We dont need to do original research Our job is to reflect reliable sources   

