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94
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- Brigham Young claimed that some of the Book of Mormon witnesses doubted that they had ever seen an angel.
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94
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- Oliver Cowdery may have had doubts about his testimony.
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- Times and Seasons 1841 vol. 2, p.482
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96
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- The witnesses to the Book of Mormon were "very gullible."
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97
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- David Whitmer said that God told him to separate himself from among the Latter Day Saints.
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- An Address to All Believers in Christ, pp. 27-28
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97
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- Joseph said that John Whitmer, David Whitmer, Oliver Cowdery and Martin Harris are "too mean to mention."
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- Despite the violent disagreement between Joseph and these apostates, none denied their testimony.
- Why would Joseph risk angering men who he knew could expose his fraud, unless he knew their witness too strong to deny?
- Book of Mormon witnesses
- Eight witnesses
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- History of the Church 3:232
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97
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- Joseph said derogatory things about David Whitmer.
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- Despite the violent disagreement between Joseph and David, Whitmer continued bearing his testimony for decades of the Book of Mormon.
- Why would Joseph risk angering men who he knew could expose his fraud, unless he knew their witness too strong to deny?
- Book of Mormon witnesses
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- History of the Church 3:228.
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97
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- The dissenters received a threatening letter before being driven out of Far West.
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- Senate Document 189, Feb. 15, 1841 pp. 6-9
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98
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- Oliver Cowdery was accused of being involved in counterfeiting.
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- Jesus was accused of many crimes too; would the Tanners condemn Him? Historical figures should be innocent until proven guilty.
- Oliver became a respected and successful lawyer. Why was he not charged for this crime? Why was he respected if suspected of such a crime?
- This is more ad hominem, and the Tanners never provide the evidence of what the witnesses said and did.
- Book of Mormon witnesses—None recanted
- Book of Mormon witnesses
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- History of the Church 3:16
- A History of the Latter-day Saints in Northern Missouri From 1836 to 1839, p.146-147
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99
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- Oliver Cowdery joined a Methodist church after his excommunication.
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- New Era, Jan. 1969, p. 56
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99-100
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- Some of the Book of Mormon witnesses later followed James Strang.
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- The witnesses never born the kind of testimony about Strang as they did about seeing and handling the plates.
- James Strang
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103
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- Martin Harris changed his religion thirteen times.
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108
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- Martin Harris said that he saw the plates with his "spiritual eyes."
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108
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- David Whitmer said that he "handled the plates," but that he "did not touch nor handle the plates."
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108
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- Martin Harris said that the eight witnesses never saw the plates.
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- Dialogue: A Journal of Mormon Thought, Winter, 1972, pp. 83-84
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