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Skriven 2009-02-20 11:01:38 av God Dan (1:138/666.0)
     Kommentar till en text av Ed Hulett
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-> On 18 Feb 09  12:53:19, Ed Hulett got back to God Dan 
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 EH>> the Bible) found in the Book of Mormon is more than evidence that the
 EH>> BoM is real. Chiasmus isn't something a young, farm boy from Vermont
 EH>> could duplicate.
 
 GD> You call that evidence?

 EH> It *IS* evidence.
 
 GD> And, you fail to remeber that Smith was a con man.

 EH> He was no such thing. That is rumor spread by your anti-Mormon
 EH> sources. 

You mean like the Mormons themselves?  

(1) In an 1859 interview, Martin Harris, one of the three witnesses to the
Book of Mormon plates, stated that in Oct 1826 Joseph Smith had been
approached by an angel and told to "quit the company of the money-diggers."

(2) David Whitmer, another of the three witnesses, wrote: "I will now give you
a description of the manner in which the Book of Mormon was translated.
Joseph Smith would put the seer stone into a hat, and put his face in the hat,
drawing it closely around his face to exclude the light; and in the darkness
the spiritual light would shine.  A piece of something resembling parchment
would appear, and on that appeared the writing.  One character at a time would
appear, and under it was the interpretation in English.  Brother Joseph would
read off the English to Oliver Cowdery, who was his principle scribe, and when
it was written down and repeated to Brother Joseph to see if it was correct,
then it would disappear, and another character with the interpretation would
appear."

Also significant are the affadavits and statements made by a number of Smith's
neighbors in Palmyra, about Smith's lifestyle in the 1820's.  Several
neighbors have stated that Joseph Smiths Senior and Junior were both
money-diggers, and that Jr.  (i.e.  the Mormon founder) was particularly good
at it and was the head of a group of money-diggers.

In late 1825 a wealthy Pennsylvania farmer named Josiah Stowell (sometimes
spelled Stoal) came 150 miles to hire Smith because of Smith's reputation.
Smith was hired to help Stowell locate a supposed old Spanish silver mine on
Stowell's farm.  During this time two significant things happened.  First,
Smith met his future wife, Emma Hale, and in later interviews her father
explained how he didn't like Joseph Smith when he first met him because Smith
was a money-digger, and Mr.  Hale didn't want any criminals marrying his
daughter!  Perhaps even more damaging, however, was the fact that Smith was
tried and convicted in court in March 1826 for "glass-looking".  The charge
had been brought up by Stowell's nephew, who saw through the con that his
uncle didn't.  Mormon historians now acknowledge that this trial happened and
that Smith was convicted on this charge.



... "God's followers weren't very bright. And it hasn't changed.." DH
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