Posted by:
randyj
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Date: May 03, 2016 01:56PM
The link below is from dialogue I had with a Mormon on this subject years ago:
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1569690,1569690#msg-1569690The TBM, John Miles, quoted:
From Joseph Fielding Smith Jr., Doctrines of Salvation, Vol.3,
pp.225-226, we get the following account:
"While the statement has been made by some writers that the
Prophet Joseph Smith used a seer stone part of the time in his
translating of the record, and information points to the fact
that he did have in his possession such a stone, yet there is no
authentic statement in the history of the Church which states
that the use of such a stone was made in that translation. The
information is all hearsay, and personally, I do not believe that
this stone was used for this purpose."
The TBM also quoted: From Francis W. Kirkham, _A New Witness for Christ in America_, Vol.1, pp.469-70:
"The use of a seer stone by Joseph Smith buried in a hat to
exclude the light, seemed to have had its origin and emphasis in
Mormonism Unveiled, 1834."
In that thread, I went on to refute the TBM's arguments and provide the documentation for the "seer stone in the hat" version of events.
Also, here's a recent thread wherein I quote my TBM sister's denial that Joseph Smith translated the BOM by "peering into a hat":
http://exmormon.org/phorum/read.php?2,1646345,1646345#msg-1646345Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/03/2016 02:04PM by randyj.