Posted by:
thegoodman
(
)
Date: August 13, 2020 12:59PM
Probably the most fascinating thing I have discovered in my excavation of the truth has been the discovery of early American colonists having a culture of belief in hidden treasures guarded by evil/benign spirits, second sight, occult circles/seals, and the credibility of objects of power, such as stones and branches(dowsing rod).
I haven't lost my faith in God and Christ after all of this. But learning of J.S.'s exploits in money digging and the first accounts given of his uncovering of the plates, makes me think, that if any of it was true and he wasn't just a really imaginative man or a con artist, that the things he saw and did prove the LDS church is born of the Devil, lol.
I've been watching a lot of Dan Vogel's stuff about the history of the church and the nature of the people at the time. Of particular interest is finding out that a couple of the witnesses said they saw the angel and plates with "spiritual eyes" not with the natural eye. And this was considered just as legit at the time.