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*{{AuthorQuote|The conflicting methods Smith used for translating the ''Book of Mormon'' leaves little doubt that the story changed often through its progressive history.}} | |||
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*The author wishes to contrast the story of the translation using the Urim and Thummim with the use of a seer stone placed in a hat. In reality, both methods are believed to have been employed and the timeline documenting their use is consistent. | |||
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*David Whitmer, ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'', 12. | |||
*''Deseret News Church Section'', September 20, 1969, 32. | |||
*Emma Smith, ''The Saint's Herald'', 310. | |||
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*Charles Anthon claimed that he never told Martin Harris that the translation of the characters from the gold plates was correct. | |||
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*Nobody has found "the slightest trace" of a language known as "reformed Egyptian." | |||
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*The book claims that archaeological evidence refutes the Book of Mormon. | |||
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*The Smithsonian Institution has refuted Book of Mormon archaeological claims. | |||
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*[[Smithsonian statement on Book of Mormon archaeology]] | |||
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*The author states that "elephants never existed on this continent." | |||
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*Actually, Mastodons and Mammoths did exist on the American continent. The question is whether or not they existed into the Jaredite timeframe before they were hunted to extinction in the Americas. Note the the only mention of elephants in the Book of Mormon relates to the earlier Jaredite civilization. | |||
*[[Book of Mormon anachronisms/Animals]] | |||
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*The book claims that the metals described in the Book of Mormon "have never been found in any of the areas of contemporary civilizations of the New World." | |||
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*BYU professor Thomas Stuart Ferguson called Book of Mormon geography "fictional." | |||
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*Jerald and Sandra Tanner, ''Ferguson's Manuscript Unveiled'', 1988. | |||
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*"Mormon theology" claims that Native Americans are "descendants of the Lamanites" and that they are "of the Semitic race." | |||
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*[[DNA and the Book of Mormon]] | |||
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*W.C. Boyd, ''The Contributions of Genetics to Anthropology''. | |||
*Bentley Glass. | |||
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*{{AuthorQuote|Now, if the Lamanites, as the ''Book of Mormon'' claims, were the descendants of Nephi, who was a Jew of the Mediterranean Caucasoid type...}} | |||
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*The statement is incorrect. The Book of Mormon does not claim that the Lamanites were the descendants of ''Nephi." Also not considered are the Mulekites, the Jaredites, and the likely presence of people on the continent before Lehi's arrival. | |||
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*The Book of Mormon was "corrected" without "consulting the missing golden plates." | |||
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*The name "Benjamin" was changed to "Mosiah" in {{s||Mosiah||21|28}}. | |||
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*The Book of Mormon plagiarizes the King James Bible. | |||
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*Martin Harris is claimed to said that he saw the plates with his "spiritual eyes" rather than his "naked eyes." | |||
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*[["Eye of Faith"/"Spiritual Eye" statements by Martin Harris]] | |||
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*Recollections of John H. Gilbert, 1892, Typescript, BYU, 5-6. | |||
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*{{AuthorQuote|The Mormons are loath to admit that all three of these witnesses later apostatized from the Mormon faith and were described in the most unflattering terms ("counterfeiters, thieves, [and] liars") by their Mormon contemporaries.}} | |||
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*{{FalseStatement}}. The fact that the witnesses left the Church is actually ''taught'' in Church. The fact that none of them ever denied their testimony that they say the angel and the plates, despite the fact that they all disagreed with Joseph Smith later in their lives when they could have "exposed the fraud" so to speak, makes their testimony even more powerful. New documents, such as the recent William McLellin notebook, continue to provide proof that the witnesses never denied their testimony of the Book of Mormon. | |||
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*The book claims that Joseph Smith "wrote prophecies and articles against the character of the witnesses," and that this makes their testimony "suspect." | |||
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*Oliver Cowdery is claimed to have denied his testimony in the ''Times and Seasons''. | |||
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*The source is a poem by Eliza Snow, the first part of which reads: | |||
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Amazed with wonder! I look round Or prove that Christ was not the Lord | |||
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To see most people of our day, Because Peter cursed and swore? | |||
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Reject the glorious gospel sound, Or Book of Mormon not his word | |||
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Because the simple turn away. Because denied, by Oliver? | |||
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Or does it prove there is no time, Or prove, that Joseph Smith is false | |||
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Because some watches will not go? Because apostates say tis so? | |||
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*[[Book of Mormon witnesses/Recant]] | |||
*Oliver Cowdery held to his testimony of the Book of Mormon even on his deathbed. | |||
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*''Times and Seasons'', 2:482. | |||
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*Martin Harris is claimed to have "denied the teaching of Brigham Young" after he was rebaptized. | |||
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*David Whitmer is claimed to have said that "it was a vision and not an actual visitation by an angelic person." | |||
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*David Whitmer, ''An Address to All Believers in Christ'', p. 32. | |||
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*The Book of Mormon contains passages from the King James Bible. | |||
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*Some of Christ's words in 3 Nephi are a paraphase of a sermon made by Peter, before Peter had made it. According to the author, 3 Nephi "makes Christ out to be a liar" because Christ "attributes Peter's words to Moses as a direct quotation," while Peter was actually paraphrasing Moses. | |||
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*The Book of Mormon is said to "follow an error" in the King James Bible in {{s||Isaiah|4|5}} ({{s|2|Nephi|14|5}}). The phrase "For upon all the glory shall be a defense" should actually be "For over all the gloary there will be a canopy." | |||
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*The Jaredites are claimed to have "enjoyed glass windows" in their barges. | |||
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*The Book of Mormon mentions "steel" and a "compass." | |||
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