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by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on September 24th, 2009

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The great question of Book of Mormon critics since 1830: How did Joseph Smith "pull off" the seer stone in the hat trick in "translating" the Book of Mormon?

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  • by Mini_kilt on September 25th, 2009

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      And I would be inclined to let it go at that except for the following - which is consistent across all the witnesses:
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      During the translation process, the witnesses were able to observe, in an open setting, the following:
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      •Joseph Smith placing the interpreters (either the Urim and Thummim or the seer stone) in a hat and placing his face into the hat;
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      •Joseph dictating for long periods of time without reference to any books, papers, manuscripts, or even the plates themselves;
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      •Joseph spelling out unfamiliar Book of Mormon names;
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      •after each dictated sequence, the scribe reading back to Joseph what was written so that Joseph could check the correctness of the manuscript;
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      •Joseph starting a dictation session without prompting from the scribe about where the previous session had ended.
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      http://mi.byu.edu/publications/jbms/?vol=7&num=1&id=167
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      That tends to make one think that more was at play here.

      Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here

      by Mister IT is trying to Liahona outta here on September 25th, 2009

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