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|summary=Critics claim that a revelation received by Joseph praised Oliver Cowdery's gift of using divining talents. It is claimed that the revelation was published in the Book of Commandments in its original form, then subsequently modified in the Doctrine and Covenants in order to hide the reference to the "rod of nature." Therefore, Joseph attempted to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing a revelation.
 
|summary=Critics claim that a revelation received by Joseph praised Oliver Cowdery's gift of using divining talents. It is claimed that the revelation was published in the Book of Commandments in its original form, then subsequently modified in the Doctrine and Covenants in order to hide the reference to the "rod of nature." Therefore, Joseph attempted to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing a revelation.
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|claim=The author states that Martin Harris "Martin Harris was anything but a skeptical witness."
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*Actually, Martin was quite skeptical in the beginning of Joseph's ability to translate. There are two specific things that Martin did in order to test Joseph.
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#He took a copy of characters that Joseph copied from the plates to several professors in New York in order to try and verify them.
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#He swapped the seer stone that Joseph was using during the Book of Mormon translation in order to test the prophet's ability.
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*The following is from the Kenneth W. Godfrey, "A New Prophet and a New Scripture: The Coming Forth of the Book of Mormon", ''Ensign'' (January 1988) {{link|url=http://www.lds.org/ensign/1988/01/a-new-prophet-and-a-new-scripture-the-coming-forth-of-the-book-of-mormon?lang=eng}}
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After returning from a trip to Palmyra to settle his affairs, Martin began to transcribe. From April 12 to June 14, Joseph translated while Martin wrote, with only a curtain between them. On occasion they took breaks from the arduous task, sometimes going to the river and throwing stones. Once Martin found a rock closely resembling the seerstone Joseph sometimes used in place of the interpreters and substituted it without the Prophet’s knowledge. When the translation resumed, Joseph paused for a long time and then exclaimed, “Martin, what is the matter, all is as dark as Egypt.” Martin then confessed that he wished to “stop the mouths of fools” who told him that the Prophet memorized sentences and merely repeated them.
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|claim=The author copies some quotes and material from Wikipedia's "Martin Harris (Latter Day Saints)" article to demonstrate that Harris was "an unstable, gullible, and superstitious man."
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*The Wikipedia article emphasizes Harris's superstitious qualities while minimizing his work for the community and his religious qualities.
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*For more information, see [http://www.fairblog.org/2013/01/23/wikipedias-deconstruction-of-martin-harris/ Wikipedia’s Deconstruction of Martin Harris] on the FAIR Blog. (January 23, 2013)
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A FAIR Analysis of:
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A FAIR Analysis of the online document Letter to a CES Director section "Witnesses Concerns & Questions"

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