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*Deus exerceria seu poder para permitir que as três testemunhas vissem as coisas que normalmente não eram visíveis aos olhos mortais. | *Deus exerceria seu poder para permitir que as três testemunhas vissem as coisas que normalmente não eram visíveis aos olhos mortais. | ||
*No entanto, as três testemunhas veriam o anjo e as placas "com [seus] olhos" na realidade objetiva. | *No entanto, as três testemunhas veriam o anjo e as placas "com [seus] olhos" na realidade objetiva. | ||
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Joseph Smith was an eyewitness to what Martin Harris said at the exact moment that the manifestation took place. He reported that Martin's words were: "Tis enough; '''mine eyes have beheld'''". <ref>{{TS1|author=NeedAuthor|vol=3|num=21|date=1 September 1842|start=898}}</ref> Another eyewitness, named Alma Jensen, saw Martin Harris point to his physical eyes while testifying that he had seen both the angel and the plates. <ref>''Autobiography of Alma L. Jensen'', 1932.</ref> | Joseph Smith was an eyewitness to what Martin Harris said at the exact moment that the manifestation took place. He reported that Martin's words were: "Tis enough; '''mine eyes have beheld'''". <ref>{{TS1|author=NeedAuthor|vol=3|num=21|date=1 September 1842|start=898}}</ref> Another eyewitness, named Alma Jensen, saw Martin Harris point to his physical eyes while testifying that he had seen both the angel and the plates. <ref>''Autobiography of Alma L. Jensen'', 1932.</ref> |
Alguns desejam fazer parecer que as declarações feitas por Martin Harris sobre as Três Testemunhas manifestam descredito à sua realidade. Fazendo isso, colocam as declarações do irmão Harris fora de seu contexto apropriado. Este ponto de vista vital pode ser recuperado simplesmente dando uma olhada em várias passagens do Livro de Mórmon e Doutrina e Convênios, pois todas são declarações públicas anteriores de Martin sobre a natureza de sua experiência.
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Joseph Smith was an eyewitness to what Martin Harris said at the exact moment that the manifestation took place. He reported that Martin's words were: "Tis enough; mine eyes have beheld". [1] Another eyewitness, named Alma Jensen, saw Martin Harris point to his physical eyes while testifying that he had seen both the angel and the plates. [2]
Oliver Cowdery wrote a letter to a skeptical author in November 1829, and spoke for both himself and Harris on the question of whether there was some trickery or "juggling" at work:
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