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||Joseph | ||Did Joseph use at least two seer stones? | ||
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*[[Joseph Smith and seer stones]] | *[[Joseph Smith and seer stones]] | ||
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||Isaac Hale, Emma's father, | ||Did Isaac Hale, Emma's father, disapprove of Joseph because of his money digging activities? | ||
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*[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Isaac Hale|The Hurlbut affidavits—Isaac Hale]] | *[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Isaac Hale|The Hurlbut affidavits—Isaac Hale]] | ||
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||Joseph | ||Was Joseph pronounced "guilty" of performing illegal activities with his seer stone? | ||
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*[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]] | *[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]] | ||
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||Hugh Nibley said, "If this court record is authentic, it is the most damning evidence in existence against Joseph Smith. | ||Regarding Joseph's "trial," Hugh Nibley said, "If this court record is authentic, it is the most damning evidence in existence against Joseph Smith." | ||
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*[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]] | *[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]] | ||
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||Francis Kirkham claimed that "If any evidence had been in existence that Joseph Smith had used a seer stone for fraud and deception, and especially had he made this confession in a court of law as early as 1826, or four years before the ''Book of Mormon'' was printed, and this confession was in a court record, it would have been impossible for him to have organized the restored Church. | ||Francis Kirkham claimed that "If any evidence had been in existence that Joseph Smith had used a seer stone for fraud and deception, and especially had he made this confession in a court of law as early as 1826, or four years before the ''Book of Mormon'' was printed, and this confession was in a court record, it would have been impossible for him to have organized the restored Church." | ||
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*[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]] | *[[Joseph Smith's 1826 glasslooking trial]] | ||
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||Joseph | ||Did Joseph realize that money-digging was only earning him $14 a month, and that this was "not nearly enough to support a family?" | ||
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*[[Joseph Smith and money digging]] | *[[Joseph Smith and money digging]] | ||
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||Joseph initially "attached no religious significance" to the "golden book" that he told people he would be retrieving | ||Is it true that Joseph initially "attached no religious significance" to the "golden book" that he told people he would be retrieving, and that he instead said that the book would "tell him how to get money that was buried in the ground?" | ||
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*[[The Hurlbut affidavits]] | *[[The Hurlbut affidavits]] | ||
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||Joseph | ||Did Joseph decide to convert his book into a saga about America's ancient inhabitants as a money making scheme? | ||
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*The author simply repeats Brodie's supposition. There is no actual evidence that this was the case. | *The author simply repeats Brodie's supposition. There is no actual evidence that this was the case. | ||
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||Joseph | ||Did Joseph try to sell the copyright of the Book of Mormon in Canada? | ||
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*[[Did Joseph Smith attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright?]] | *[[Did Joseph Smith attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright?]] | ||
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====48, 503- | ====48, 503-4n29-32 (HB)==== | ||
|| | ||Was one of Joseph's early descriptions of Moroni that of a "bloody ghost" with his throat cut? | ||
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* These supposed "early" accounts comes from hostile statements made forty to fifty years later! | * These supposed "early" accounts comes from hostile statements made forty to fifty years later! | ||
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====50-51, | ====50-51, n34-36 (HB)==== | ||
||" | ||Did a "toad-like" creature which "assumed the appearance of a man" and struck Joseph on the side of his head, prevent him from retriving the gold plates? | ||
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*[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Willard Chase|The Hurlbut affidavits—Willard Chase]] | *[[The Hurlbut affidavits#Willard Chase|The Hurlbut affidavits—Willard Chase]] | ||
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||"A subsequent version of Smith's ever-changing tale..." | ||The author refers to "[A] subsequent version of Smith's ever-changing tale..." | ||
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*The author wishes to portray all of these stories as successive evolutions. In fact, the religious aspects appear in the very earliest accounts; only later hostile accounts add more and more "magical" aspects: | *The author wishes to portray all of these stories as successive evolutions. In fact, the religious aspects appear in the very earliest accounts; only later hostile accounts add more and more "magical" aspects: | ||
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||" | ||Was it "widely understood" in the 1800s the Joseph located the plates by using his seer stone to see where they had been deposited? | ||
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*[[One Nation Under Gods#Absurd claims|Absurd claims]] | *[[One Nation Under Gods#Absurd claims|Absurd claims]] | ||
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||"all of the ''religious'' aspects of | ||Is it true that "all of the ''religious'' aspects" of Joseph's story were added later? | ||
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*In fact, the religious aspects appear in the very earliest accounts; only later hostile accounts add more and more "magical" aspects: | *In fact, the religious aspects appear in the very earliest accounts; only later hostile accounts add more and more "magical" aspects: | ||
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====52==== | ||Did Joseph Smith claim that the moon was inhabited? | ||
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*[[Joseph Smith and moonmen]] | *[[Joseph Smith and moonmen]] | ||
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||Joseph | ||Did Joseph teach the doctrine of "Caucasians advancing to godhood?" | ||
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*We would like to see a reference to this doctrine of "Caucasians advancing to godhood." | *We would like to see a reference to this doctrine of "Caucasians advancing to godhood." | ||
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||Joseph | ||Did Joseph teach the notion that "Blacks, Indians, and other people of color are cursed spirits?" | ||
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*[[Lamanite curse]] | *[[Lamanite curse]] | ||
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====53, 505-506n47 (HB) | ====53, 505-506n47 (HB) 53, 503-504n47 (PB)==== | ||
||"After all, no one had actually seen the plates, nor would anyone ''ever'' see them" | ||The author states: "After all, no one had actually seen the plates, nor would anyone ''ever'' see them" | ||
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*[[One Nation Under Gods#Absurd clams|Absurd claims]] | *[[One Nation Under Gods#Absurd clams|Absurd claims]] | ||
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|| | ||Did the witnesses only see the plates through "visionary experiences?" | ||
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*[[Book of Mormon witnesses/Spiritual or literal]] | *[[Book of Mormon witnesses/Spiritual or literal]] | ||
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|| | ||Did the eight witnesses only "see" the plates as long as they were covered with a cloth of some kind? | ||
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*[[Book of Mormon witnesses/Spiritual or literal]] | *[[Book of Mormon witnesses/Spiritual or literal]] | ||
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||Martin Harris | ||Did Martin Harris say that none of the eight witnesses ever saw the plates, and that he only handled them in a box or under a cloth? | ||
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*[["Eye of Faith"/"Spiritual Eye" statements by Martin Harris]] | *[["Eye of Faith"/"Spiritual Eye" statements by Martin Harris]] | ||
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||Joseph Smith claimed that the Three Witnesses saw the plates in a vision. | ||Joseph Smith claimed that the Three Witnesses saw the plates in a vision. | ||
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||David Whitmer | ||Did David Whitmer say that none of the Three Witnesses ever actually physically saw or handled the plates? | ||
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* Whitmer wrote a letter in which he said: "As to what you Say about the correspondence published by P Whilhelm Poulson M D Aug[ust] 20th 1878. I surely did not make the Statement which you Say he reports me to have made, for it is not according to the facts. And I have always in the fear of God, tried to give a true statement to the best of my recollection in regard to all matters which I have attempted to Explain."{{ref|whitmer.1}} | * Whitmer wrote a letter in which he said: "As to what you Say about the correspondence published by P Whilhelm Poulson M D Aug[ust] 20th 1878. I surely did not make the Statement which you Say he reports me to have made, for it is not according to the facts. And I have always in the fear of God, tried to give a true statement to the best of my recollection in regard to all matters which I have attempted to Explain."{{ref|whitmer.1}} | ||
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|| | ||Do Latter-day Saint try to discredit statements of Charles Anthon by pointing out a discrepancy between his letters, where no actual discrepancy exist? | ||
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* Richard Bushman disagrees: | * Richard Bushman disagrees: | ||
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====55, 508n60 (HB) | ====55, 508n60 (HB) 55, 506n60 (PB)==== | ||
|| | ||Have scholars have declared that there is no language called "Reformed Egyptian?" | ||
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*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms/Reformed Egyptian|Reformed Egyptian]] | *[[Book of Mormon anachronisms/Reformed Egyptian|Reformed Egyptian]] | ||
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====55, | ====55, 508n62 (HB)==== | ||
||Joseph | ||Did Joseph use his "peep stone" to translate the Book of Mormon? | ||
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*[[Book of Mormon translation method]] | *[[Book of Mormon translation method]] | ||
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====56, | ====56, 508n63-65 (HB)==== | ||
||Emma Smith and David Whitmer | ||Did Emma Smith and David Whitmer confirm that Joseph translated using his seer stone in a hat? | ||
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*[[Book of Mormon translation method]] | *[[Book of Mormon translation method]] |
Claims made in "Chapter 2: Moroni, Magic, and Masonry" | A FAIR Analysis of: Criticism of Mormonism/Books A work by author: Richard Abanes
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Claims made in "Chapter 4: Smith's Golden Book" |
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41, 500 n2-4 (HB) |
Did Joseph use at least two seer stones? |
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42, 500n7 (HB) |
Did Isaac Hale, Emma's father, disapprove of Joseph because of his money digging activities? |
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44 |
Was Joseph pronounced "guilty" of performing illegal activities with his seer stone? |
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46, 503 n.18 |
Regarding Joseph's "trial," Hugh Nibley said, "If this court record is authentic, it is the most damning evidence in existence against Joseph Smith." |
| |
46, 503n20 (HB) |
Francis Kirkham claimed that "If any evidence had been in existence that Joseph Smith had used a seer stone for fraud and deception, and especially had he made this confession in a court of law as early as 1826, or four years before the Book of Mormon was printed, and this confession was in a court record, it would have been impossible for him to have organized the restored Church." |
| |
47, 503n22 (HB) |
Did Joseph realize that money-digging was only earning him $14 a month, and that this was "not nearly enough to support a family?" |
| |
47, 503n23 (HB) |
Is it true that Joseph initially "attached no religious significance" to the "golden book" that he told people he would be retrieving, and that he instead said that the book would "tell him how to get money that was buried in the ground?" |
| |
48, 503n25 (HB) |
Did Joseph decide to convert his book into a saga about America's ancient inhabitants as a money making scheme? |
|
|
503n25 (HB) |
Did Joseph try to sell the copyright of the Book of Mormon in Canada? |
| |
48, 503-4n29-32 (HB) |
Was one of Joseph's early descriptions of Moroni that of a "bloody ghost" with his throat cut? |
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50-51, n34-36 (HB) |
Did a "toad-like" creature which "assumed the appearance of a man" and struck Joseph on the side of his head, prevent him from retriving the gold plates? |
| |
51 (HB) |
The author refers to "[A] subsequent version of Smith's ever-changing tale..." |
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51 (HB) |
Was it "widely understood" in the 1800s the Joseph located the plates by using his seer stone to see where they had been deposited? |
|
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51 (HB) |
Is it true that "all of the religious aspects" of Joseph's story were added later? |
|
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52 (HB) |
Did Joseph Smith claim that the moon was inhabited? |
| |
52 (HB) |
Did Joseph teach the doctrine of "Caucasians advancing to godhood?" |
|
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52 (HB) |
Did Joseph teach the notion that "Blacks, Indians, and other people of color are cursed spirits?" |
| |
53, 505-506n47 (HB) 53, 503-504n47 (PB) |
The author states: "After all, no one had actually seen the plates, nor would anyone ever see them" |
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505n47 (HB) |
Did the witnesses only see the plates through "visionary experiences?" |
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505n47 (HB) |
Did the eight witnesses only "see" the plates as long as they were covered with a cloth of some kind? |
| |
505n47 (HB) |
Did Martin Harris say that none of the eight witnesses ever saw the plates, and that he only handled them in a box or under a cloth? |
| |
505n47 (HB) |
Joseph Smith claimed that the Three Witnesses saw the plates in a vision. |
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505n47 (HB) |
Did David Whitmer say that none of the Three Witnesses ever actually physically saw or handled the plates? |
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508n59 (HB) |
Do Latter-day Saint try to discredit statements of Charles Anthon by pointing out a discrepancy between his letters, where no actual discrepancy exist? |
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55, 508n60 (HB) 55, 506n60 (PB) |
Have scholars have declared that there is no language called "Reformed Egyptian?" |
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55, 508n62 (HB) |
Did Joseph use his "peep stone" to translate the Book of Mormon? |
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56, 508n63-65 (HB) |
Did Emma Smith and David Whitmer confirm that Joseph translated using his seer stone in a hat? |
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