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Mormonismus betreffende Fälschungen/Kinderhook Platten: Unterschied zwischen den Versionen
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Given the present LDS belief that the Kinderhook plates were fraudulent, how can one explain the following things? | Given the present LDS belief that the Kinderhook plates were fraudulent, how can one explain the following things? | ||
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[[Image:KinderhookPlates.jpg|frame|left|Image{{ref|image1}} of front and back of four of the six Kinderhook plates are shown in these facsimiles (rough copies of even earlier published facsimiles), which appeared in 1909 in {{HC|vol=5|start=374|end=375}}]] | [[Image:KinderhookPlates.jpg|frame|left|Image{{ref|image1}} of front and back of four of the six Kinderhook plates are shown in these facsimiles (rough copies of even earlier published facsimiles), which appeared in 1909 in {{HC|vol=5|start=374|end=375}}]] | ||
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A set of small plates, engraved with characters of ancient appearance, were purported to have been unearthed in Kinderhook, Illinois, in April 1843. The so-called "Kinderhook plates" have been something of an enigma within the Mormon community since they first appeared. While there are faithful LDS who take a number of different positions on the topic of these artifacts, most have concluded that they were fakes. | A set of small plates, engraved with characters of ancient appearance, were purported to have been unearthed in Kinderhook, Illinois, in April 1843. The so-called "Kinderhook plates" have been something of an enigma within the Mormon community since they first appeared. While there are faithful LDS who take a number of different positions on the topic of these artifacts, most have concluded that they were fakes. | ||