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	|subject=Was Joseph Smith's involvement with "money digging" a blot on his character?		|subject=Was Joseph Smith's involvement with "money digging" a blot on his character?
	|summary=Did Joseph "retrofit" his "treasure seeking" to have a religious explanation? For example, was Moroni originally conceived of as a treasure guardian by Joseph, and only later came to be seen as a divine messenger, an angel?		|summary=Did Joseph "retrofit" his "treasure seeking" to have a religious explanation? For example, was Moroni originally conceived of as a treasure guardian by Joseph, and only later came to be seen as a divine messenger, an angel?
		+	|sublink1=Question: Was Joseph Smith's participation in "money digging" as a youth a blot on his character?
		+	|sublink2=Question: Did Joseph Smith "retrofit" his "treasure seeking" to have a religious explanation?
		+	|sublink3=Question: Did Joseph Smith and his contemporaries believe in supernatural entities with real power?
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Joseph Smith and money digging

Treasure seeking, money digging and Joseph Smith, Jr.

Summary: Was Joseph Smith's engagement in "money digging" or looking for buried treasure a blot on his character?

Was Joseph Smith's involvement with "money digging" a blot on his character?

Summary: Did Joseph "retrofit" his "treasure seeking" to have a religious explanation? For example, was Moroni originally conceived of as a treasure guardian by Joseph, and only later came to be seen as a divine messenger, an angel?

Practitioner of occultism and magic?

Summary: It is claimed that Joseph Smith's spiritual experiences began as products of "magic," the "occult," or "treasure seeking," and that only later did Joseph describe his experiences in Christian, religious terms: speaking of God, angels, and prophethood.

Joseph's early work as a farmhand

Summary: Some people wish to prioritize the role that treasure-seeking played in Joseph's like by claiming that it took precedence over any other work that he may have done, such as working as a hired farmhand.

"Treasure hunting" trip to Salem

Summary: Was Joseph Smith commanded by the Lord to go to Salem, Massachusetts to hunt for treasure in the cellar of a house? Upon arriving there, the treasure was nowhere to be found.