Criticism of Mormonism/Video/Search for the Truth DVD/The Translator

The Translator


Claim: The Book of Mormon was not translated from the gold plates. "Joseph Smith actually did his translation by looking into a magical peepstone, placed into a hat."

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Claim: "In 1826, four years before the publication of the Book of Mormon, the Joseph was arrested and charged for using his peepstone method to deceive the elderly Josiah Stowell."

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Claim: If the Book of Mormon was translated by the gift and power of God, why have there been thousands of corrections in the Book of Mormon, many of which relate to doctrinal and historical issues?

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Claim: "Biblical revelations never involve occult rituals or objects."

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Claim: Joseph Smith was the only person who could verify that the golden plates existed.

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Claim: "Initially, Joseph’s witnesses vouched for Joseph and the Golden Plates. But when pressed by the public, Joseph’s witnesses stated that they saw the golden plates through the eyes of faith and never physically saw or handled them."

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