How Credible Were the Book of Mormon's 8 Witnesses? | LDS Discussions 53 | Ep. 1895

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Mormon Stories Podcast

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Were the 8 witnesses to Joseph Smith's golden plates actually credible? Or just gullible relatives caught up in his delusion? Shockingly candid statements from witnesses like Hiram Page and John Whitmer seem to contradict and undermine official LDS teachings about their testimonies. What are the implications of the past witnesses on today’s modern church? ‪@NEMOTHEMORMON‬ and ‪@analyzingmormonism‬ join John Dehlin to discuss!
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00:06:30 Book of Mormon Prophecy of Eight Witnesses?
00:10:45 “Summary” of the Eight Witnesses
00:14:30 BH Roberts on the Eight Witnesses
00:18:10 The Testimony of the Eight Witnesses
00:20:45 About the Statements
00:26:35 Almost all were Related
00:28:35 Mark Twain
00:29:30 No Original Signatures
00:29:30 Oliver Cowdery was Willing to Deny His Testimony
00:37:45 The Church NEVER taught that anyone denied
00:38:20 What else do we have from the Eight Witnesses?
00:45:15 Messenger and Advocate Mar 1836
00:47:15 Letter from Stephen Burnett to Br. Johnson
00:52:00 Theodore Turley’s Memorandums, Apr 1839
00:53:40 Times and Seasons, Dec 1839
00:54:30 Lucy Mack Smith History
00:58:25 The Ensign of Liberty, Mar 1847
01:01:00 Marvin S. Hill on Hiram Page
01:03:20 Taking Another Look at the Testimonies
01:08:30 Thomas Ford, 1854
01:17:20 Millennial Star, June 1863
01:20:05 Historical Magazine, May 1870
01:23:54 How Did the Plates Look?
01:34:40 Deseret News Aug 1878
01:42:33 Interview with Myron H. Bond, Saints Herald Aug 1878
01:43:10 Samuel’s Testimony to Daniel Tyler, 1832
01:43:47 Jacob’s Testimony according to his son, John, Sep 1888
01:45:02 Closing Thoughts and Summary
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@TEAM__POSEID0N
@TEAM__POSEID0N Ай бұрын
It may seem like a small point, but it's very important to constantly keep in mind that the "Witness" statements were prepared FOR the so-called "witnesses". They were not prepared BY the witnesses. They were prepared so that the statements would say exactly what Joseph Smith wanted them to say...and ONLY what Joseph Smith wanted them to say. There is no indication that any of the witnesses (other than Oliver Cowdery, who drafted the statements for Joseph) were even consulted before the statements were presented to them for their endorsement and acceptance. The primary beneficiary of the statements was...drum roll...Joseph Smith, since he is the one whose credibility needed to be bolstered. And of course all of the participants in this whole charade were men who were heavily invested in Joseph Smith's book project and were hoping the book would sell. They may as well have been writing testimonials for the founder of an MLM business that they were all invested in.
@TEAM__POSEID0N
@TEAM__POSEID0N Ай бұрын
"--They may as well have been writing testimonials for the founder of an MLM business that they were all invested in.--" Correction: They may as well have been simply agreeing to not disagree with testimonials for an MLM business that were prepared FOR them by the founder of an MLM business that they were all invested in."
@bodytrainer1crane730
@bodytrainer1crane730 Ай бұрын
The funniest part of that Mark Twain quote is the part about the Whitmer family. Mark Twain was a genius amongst fools.
@ZakMakoff
@ZakMakoff Ай бұрын
This is a brilliant team MS, I have enjoyed their collaboration on these perplexing and contradicting issues. I love the humor, looking forward to more fun episodes!
@mikegrogitsky105
@mikegrogitsky105 Ай бұрын
An episode on the 3 nephites would be interesting. I wonder if there is even enough to go on to make a full episode 🤔
@mr.hermit2433
@mr.hermit2433 Ай бұрын
This Series are my Favorite. Always Well Done.👍
@sandaroocompilations5182
@sandaroocompilations5182 Ай бұрын
Congratulations on your engagement Julia!
@sandaroocompilations5182
@sandaroocompilations5182 Ай бұрын
The 3 witnesses episode was incredible. I’m excited for this one!
@zemejal
@zemejal Ай бұрын
Fantastic series, magnificent collaboration! Thank you all, love each of your contributions. Please do keep inviting Nemo the Mormon!
@Captainmoroni1
@Captainmoroni1 Ай бұрын
Great episode!! This is a dream team!! Julia, John, Mike & Nemo!!! 😮‍💨💪🏼🤌🏼✨🔥🤟🏼🎊🙏🏻🧖🏼‍♂️
@whitesalamander
@whitesalamander Ай бұрын
Yes, the chemistry among the four is as much fun as their topics.👏
@andradanielleparrott
@andradanielleparrott Ай бұрын
I love LDS Discussions!
@gxgx1190
@gxgx1190 Ай бұрын
Hold up but why does Julie have a problem with the declaration of independence
@PARebecca
@PARebecca Ай бұрын
I enjoy these discussions and want to say thank you for having them. They help believers deconstruct from their nonsense beliefs..
@Chris-bd2se
@Chris-bd2se Ай бұрын
Haha! Nemo you walked into a land mine talking to Americans about their Constitution!! I’m Canadian and got your joke! 😂
@jake8882
@jake8882 Ай бұрын
Nemo. Exactly how I feel. There is no way I take that bs seriously about plates and god
@user-bw3fl7fj9w
@user-bw3fl7fj9w Ай бұрын
Yes, now that you can actually think about it! I mean no missionaries pushing you along!
@jake8882
@jake8882 Ай бұрын
@user-bw3fl7fj9w exactly. They still just teach by the power of God. Like seriously just say it how it went down. Let the investigator decide. Can you mind warp into believing? If yes...perfect. now give me your money and let's get you that special membership card. Lol
@Pay-It_Forward
@Pay-It_Forward Ай бұрын
1:40:10 Yep. let me get you some wine, magic mushrooms & Ergot grain fungi, you'll get your vision, don't worry..
@tawnyachristensen7310
@tawnyachristensen7310 Ай бұрын
I really enjoy these discussions. I would love to hear more about the Kirtland Bank Scandal, what happened, who ended up with the money that was lost?
@purpleprose78
@purpleprose78 Ай бұрын
The irony to me is that books as we know them are a relatively new invention. I was watching an educational podcast on the library of Alexandria which existed after the book of Mormon peoples left Jerusalem was basically a library of scrolls. I think calling things a book would probably be in and of itself anachronistic, but I could be wrong.
@CrookedSteph
@CrookedSteph 28 күн бұрын
Yes! Keep this series going. Always awesome. 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
@lisamariecorbett2433
@lisamariecorbett2433 Ай бұрын
Can't wait!!
@reannastar1985
@reannastar1985 Ай бұрын
I just googled it and gold leaf paint has existed since ancient Greece... so maybe he painted paper?
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
That is grasping at straws 😂
@wassupstock
@wassupstock 12 күн бұрын
I wondered that too. Theoretically you could paint or gild anything, including the lily. Wood, paper, iron, steel, even flat, polished stone (I'm sure a mason could provide some). Different weights, densities, thicknesses, different dimensions... different accounts. But I like Nemo's idea, too, of warm candlelight producing a golden effect on a less golden surface. Cynical view: why not try all of the above, see how different people react at different times?
@susanaanderson3150
@susanaanderson3150 Ай бұрын
Love the episode. Y si John, uno en español sería fantástico.
@Unavesmas1990
@Unavesmas1990 18 күн бұрын
Estoy de acuerdo!
@jy285
@jy285 Ай бұрын
Great video. Four people is too many for this conversation.
@whitesalamander
@whitesalamander Ай бұрын
This is highly entertaining when wondering what pretzel logic the Mormon apologists will employ to explain Joe Smith’s scam. 🤣
@VerbenaComfrey
@VerbenaComfrey Ай бұрын
Got here just in time!
@andrewfredrickson8678
@andrewfredrickson8678 4 күн бұрын
My thoughts with the “seeing by faith” is like the emperor’s outfit that idiots cannot see so he walks around not dressed because nobody wanted say they didn’t see 😂
@SynThenergy
@SynThenergy Ай бұрын
The concept is that the signed statement and other testimonies are contradictory. We're hearing the harmonized account of motivated believers "sticking to their story" but each individual experience is either extremely vague or suspiciously specific, mixed with spiritual language that can create plausible deniability
@TEAM__POSEID0N
@TEAM__POSEID0N Ай бұрын
Yes. Plus it should never be forgotten that the original statements (the "official" ones that appear in the Book of Mormon) were not prepared by the "Witnesses". They were prepared FOR the witnesses in order for the statements to only say exactly what Joseph Smith wanted them to say. The "Witnesses" were simply required to endorse and accept the statements prepared FOR them AFTER the statements were already written for them. (As evidence goes in normal circumstances, the evidentiary value of the statements is zero, zip, nada...just garbage.) The official statements have no significant details beyond basic things that were simple elements of the story that Joseph Smith had already been pumping into the heads of the "Witlesses" for months (if not years). The thing that faithful members hang onto the most regarding the Witnesses is simply the fact that none of them at some point later in their lives confessed to being liars and/or fools for Joseph Smith. (As though it's human nature to want to confess to being a liar and a fool...when in reality human nature generally works in the opposite direction and few liars, cheats and fools ever want to admit to it.)
@user-fj5qf5or2z
@user-fj5qf5or2z Ай бұрын
I think money, greed and power motivated a conspiracy between them.
@wassupstock
@wassupstock 12 күн бұрын
Maybe add intimidation, of those who might change their minds about the conspiracy
@iamjustsaying1
@iamjustsaying1 Ай бұрын
This has been an extraordinary series, and the addition of Julia to the team is great. Keep digging up the truth, and thereby burying, the so-called "one true church."
@debbybates801
@debbybates801 Ай бұрын
As a newer listener to Mormon stories I am shocked that intelligent people I value have been duped into believing in and following a scam artist, Joseph Smith! These faithful souls are from many past generations of followers and as I have learned the faithful obey. As a non-LDS listener I don't know the stories or have past baggage to get through as I listen and form conclusions from your guests and their knowledge and experiences. Thank you.
@tarajoy222
@tarajoy222 Ай бұрын
This episode made me realize that Joseph Smith must have had a ridiculous amount of rizz.
@jasonk3171
@jasonk3171 Ай бұрын
Why doesn’t she like the declaration of independance??!??
@TEAM__POSEID0N
@TEAM__POSEID0N Ай бұрын
I know it must be there, but I can't find it. I'm quite sure there was a prophecy in the Book of Mormon that said: "In the mouth of 5, 10 or 200 Whitmers shall the truthfulness of Joseph Smith's translation be established."
@jeaniedodd2160
@jeaniedodd2160 Ай бұрын
It looks to me that people who are drawn to join the Mormon religion (not those born in to it) have to be okay with thinking of themselves being more special than the rest of us. And I don't see awareness that 'prompting's' are most likely just one's ego talking so it seems set up for going off the rails. I grew up Quaker where there's no thought of or desire to be above others so is foreign to me though I'm sure there other religions which seek to make people feel special as part of the draw.
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
The ones that join are deeply insecure and telling them that they are part of something special is exactly what they want to hear.
@Latter-dailyDigest
@Latter-dailyDigest Ай бұрын
​@@monyetgoblog7038 and usually in a vulnerable place 😢
@jake8882
@jake8882 Ай бұрын
Those that join are also completely lied to. They are told only what is needed to get them baptized and then they have to find out these things in time. The history of the church is not what the missionaries teach.
@laurenmay2098
@laurenmay2098 Ай бұрын
The first time I heard of Quackery was reading about Daniel Boone. His life is fascinating, and in the show, they referred to the bible as the good book, if i am not mistaken or they have another book to read from. But I think it was embellished to make him look like a big hero. Maybe I am the one who fantasized about watching from a third world country. He was a good man, maybe that it was all. It is possible Joseph Smith saw that as one opportunity and took it. People were looking for guidance, and many will continue to look for it. It is in human nature, I suppose. I am an evangelical, not knowing what to do with myself and watching Mormon stories to figure out 😂😂😂. I should be ashamed. 😂😂
@user-bw3fl7fj9w
@user-bw3fl7fj9w Ай бұрын
​​@@jake8882exactly!! If all this was known to me 30+years ago..I'm sure I wouldn't have joined. Harder to get out then baptized!! Especially, after you feel you lost chance of marriage ( live in low members area, yet told only should date to marry in the Temple) and therefore, no children... I've made some nice friends... Unfortunately, now at an age they're dying or moving out of state. I've had some good times, hence I stay.. but, I know if I had all these details then...I wouldn't have joined! Oh, and yes.. they leave out so much before you join, even before you go to the Temple.... but then you are told only bad things for you in this life and next, if you break your covenants and Temple ordinances...
@Latter-dailyDigest
@Latter-dailyDigest Ай бұрын
One meaning of Incredible is extraordinarily impossible😮😅😊
@IndySpirit
@IndySpirit Күн бұрын
Why wouldn't God just give Joseph Smith the book already written so he wouldn't risk a wrong translation. Also, a book is so much lighter than golden plates!
@TheSaintelias
@TheSaintelias Ай бұрын
The ganging up on NEMO, in this video, is hilarious. I love the queens favorite subject.
@ramonasmith257
@ramonasmith257 19 күн бұрын
My daughter got engaged in Paris to a Scotsman and will be moving there by the end of the year! And when the babies start to come, we will be moving there tooooo!! Congrats!
@peccaceo6468
@peccaceo6468 Ай бұрын
APOYO TOTAL A MORMON PODCAST STORIES
@whyme760
@whyme760 Ай бұрын
Mary Whitmer also saw the plates, the mother of the Whitmer men. I am sure that John has covered this before in his previous podcasts. I guess he can keep the same topics going as years go by. The 8 witnesses can be judged by their faith in their own experiences. It is nearly impossible to see their experiences two hundred years later. It is quite an accomplishment for the lds church to still be around, based on the spiritual experiences of its members.
@TEAM__POSEID0N
@TEAM__POSEID0N Ай бұрын
When I hear about Mary Whitmer's story, my first reaction is to think: "Oh great, add another Whitmer to the list of "witnesses". The funny thing is that her story is so different. Martin Harris supposedly couldn't see the Moroni Magic Show because he didn't have enough faith, so he had to be coached for hours by Joseph Smith in order to have the "faith" to see what Joe was telling him he was supposed to see. After all of that, he was deemed worthy enough to get the Moroni Magic Show (or else he just got hungry and decided to play along so he could go home and eat a duck or something). But for Mary, Moroni was willing to just appear unannounced and uninvited, while Mary was shoveling manure or something, and pulled the gold plates out of an old backpack for her to look at. No big production. No worries about Mary being worthy or having enough faith. Maybe Mary was just that special. Or maybe you only need faith and worthiness to see the Moroni Magic Show with special effects and Super Glow lighting. No light show means...no faith required. "Hey, Mary. You don't know me, but I wanna show you some stuff I have in my raggedly dirty backpack here. Look! This is a hubcap from a '57 Chevy I picked up in my time travels. But that's not what I'm here to show you...here's the gold plates that Joe has been translating by looking at a rock in his hat. I'm still miffed about him not using the magic crystals and breastplate I gave him, but let's not dwell on that...."
@patclark1622
@patclark1622 Ай бұрын
Thin leaves of gold - see Ruth Taplin 'Gilding Chocolate Easter Eggs'. How thin can gold be?
@bezel95
@bezel95 25 күн бұрын
Keep in mind that it (allegedly) wasn’t just gold leafs, but double sided engravings. The plates themselves had to be thick enough where tools could engrave letters without disturbing the engravings on the other side. And for there to be enough characters to translate into the BoM today the plates would have been 15 inches thick and over 400 pounds. Or if you go by the “canon” measurements given by the church the plates would have only weighed 200 pounds. And considering that (allegedly) Joseph Smith ran and carried them while being pursued by thieves we can only assume that even though Smith had a limp he had Herculean strength.
@slvrsrfr92
@slvrsrfr92 Ай бұрын
I guess the point of having witnesses is to eliminate doubt. But what happened with all the witnesses when you hear all of their accounts and recollections it only leaves anyone interested with more questions and more doubts. If you critically think about it, I'd say they failed at the ultimate goal that they were trying to accomplish.
@user-bw3fl7fj9w
@user-bw3fl7fj9w Ай бұрын
I think it would be better if they weren't all from the same two families!
@TheMormonAtheist
@TheMormonAtheist Ай бұрын
This should be good
@Pay-It_Forward
@Pay-It_Forward Ай бұрын
1:20:06 lol. Diamond spectacles, 50% larger than ordinary glasses. plate dimensions also very different. 6"x8"x6" gold is 205LB. (3 characters per word is not going to be feasible) especially if (2/3) sealed. maybe this is supposed to be the unsealed part? If 30LB is the weight, it's the weight of common "Tin" not gold..
@jeffcarlin5866
@jeffcarlin5866 Ай бұрын
Also...Smith claimed that he removed the "gold plates" from a box.... Where is this box? The "plates" were not merely buried in dirt. Was the BOX taken into heaven as well...?
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
Don't you understand it's kolobian magick 🤣🤣🤣🤣?
@Pay-It_Forward
@Pay-It_Forward 29 күн бұрын
@@jeffcarlin5866 😂 lol. Good point. That hill was gone over by thousands of people looking for relics. Nothing was ever found to confirm the claims.
@jeffcarlin5866
@jeffcarlin5866 29 күн бұрын
@@Pay-It_Forward Brigham Young claimed that the Hill Cumorah contained a cave that was FILLED with wagon loads of gold plates.... For some strange reason, none of those plates were ever found either....
@Pay-It_Forward
@Pay-It_Forward 29 күн бұрын
@@jeffcarlin5866 Brigham Young claimed Quakers on the Moon.
@clcole5655
@clcole5655 Ай бұрын
Thanks!
@theldsfruitarian
@theldsfruitarian Ай бұрын
“If any of you lack wisdom ASK OF GOD…”
@Pay-It_Forward
@Pay-It_Forward Ай бұрын
1:05:29 3 Characters per word in Egyptian, per Dr Robert Kriech Ritner.
@TEAM__POSEID0N
@TEAM__POSEID0N Ай бұрын
Channeling a Mormon Apologist: But you don't understand. There are layers to this. The superficial meanings of the hieroglyphs were known and used by the Egyptians for one thing, but for a prophet of God they were imbued with deeper meanings of great complexity, like Chinese characters on steroids, through a process of multi-dimensional quantum entanglement tri-furcated into 5-dimensional taxonomical reference points transsubstantiated into Adamico-linguistic concentrations of meaning entailing energetic emanations generated by hieroglyphic forms, being in the glyphs but not the glyphs, with such emanations becoming intelligible through an energetically catalyzing faith causing an interaction of faith and glyph emanations that untangle the quantum-level encoding. These are things that anti-Mormons will never understand, even though they prove beyond any doubt that the Church is true.
@mormonismwiththemurph
@mormonismwiththemurph Ай бұрын
This was a decent overview of the 8s statements. I felt that the arguments against their testimony werent strong and while the majority of their statements support them actually seeing and handling they conclude at the end it had to be spiritual/visionary
@TEAM__POSEID0N
@TEAM__POSEID0N Ай бұрын
The problem for the official "Testimony" of the 8 (as it appears in the BoM), is that it is exceedingly weak evidence to begin with. (1) It's a collective statement that was prepared FOR them...not by them. (2) It was prepared to say what Joseph Smith wanted it to say and only what he wanted it to say, and presented to them for their acceptance AFTER it was prepared. (3) The content of the statement is so lacking in detail that it actually gives rise to more questions than it answers. (4) The very minimal content that does exist is simply a rehash of very basic elements of the story about the plates that Joseph had already been telling them. (5) Since none of the witnesses even participated in preparing the statement, it was not in their own words. (6) Since it was a joint statement purporting to describe what all of them experienced, without any attempt to present any individual, independent account whatsoever, it represents coordination and orchestration by a single person for that person's benefit (i.e. Joe, as assisted by Ollie). (7) The statement was prepared according to the instruction of, and to satisfy and benefit, the very person whose credibility was supposed to be bolstered by it. (The equivalent of a defendant in a court case preparing and handing to eight of his best friends a joint statement to be endorsed by them "confirming" that they all saw the defendant at a birthday party across town from where the crime was committed and at the same time that the crime was committed...and then arranging for all eight of them to be unavailable for detailed questioning on an individual basis.) (8) None of the "Witnesses was a disinterested party and none of them were questioned independently as to details at the time by any disinterested party. (9) The "ancient artifact" in question was magically made to disappear by a glow-in-the-dark resurrected-man-angel, who supposedly hauled it up to heaven. As the panel pointed out, this is the kind of evidence that believers such as yourself (presumably) would never take seriously if it was presented by adherents of a competing faith who were attempting to use it to convert you away from your present faith. This is the kind of evidence that would be laughed out of any court. This is the kind of evidence that would not even be regarded as evidence in any context where evidence is important.
@TEAM__POSEID0N
@TEAM__POSEID0N Ай бұрын
Incidentally, I don't think it was even spiritual/visionary (as those terms are commonly understood). At best, it was imaginary...and by a process of rationalization and redefining of language, the "Witlesses" were persuaded to conflate imaginary with visionary with physical reality as though there didn't need to be any distinction when dealing with matters of faith, under the tutelage of the "prophet".
@TEAM__POSEID0N
@TEAM__POSEID0N Ай бұрын
I had a lot of skepticism about the credibility of the witness statements, until I heard that the reason the rest of us can't see the plates is because a glow-in-the-dark resurrected-man-angel named Moroni took them up to heaven, along with the magic translator crystals and the sword of Laban. Then I realized it all makes sense and is very credible.
@Pay-It_Forward
@Pay-It_Forward Ай бұрын
1:30:00 Nemo & Mike, the import thing is that the people who are cursed brown due to their ancestors which they no longer have DNA from, have the opportunity to become White & Delightsome again, by believing in the dude born of a virgin who walked on water. Amen & Awomen.
@tinatee5577
@tinatee5577 Ай бұрын
Yep!! 😂😂😂 Madness!
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
Kolobian magick
@wilburwhateley2683
@wilburwhateley2683 Ай бұрын
1:25:32 Can gold be shaped into paper? I would say yes; moreover, as a little experiment, I just grabbed a sheet of aluminum foil from my kitchen and tried to inscribe words on it. I was able to inscribe without tearing the foil. However, I then turned the foil over and tried inscribing over and around the words I had just written on the front side; the resulting jumble of characters were so illegible as to be unintelligible. So, if the gold plates really were inscribed front and back, the plates would likely have to have been thick enough that the words wouldn't transfer from front to back, so they likely were not embossed characters, but rather scratched. If scratched then the plates would have needed to be thicker to avoid tearing. Just...every explanation about the gold plates requires so much suspension of disbelief. DOUBT NOT; SUSPEND YOUR DISBELIEF ONLY.
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
Kolobian magick 🤣🤣🤣
@toddgreener
@toddgreener Ай бұрын
I would say metal clatters or clanks, not rustles
@tylerhostetter5047
@tylerhostetter5047 Ай бұрын
The declaration of independence is an amazing document. Educate yourselves!!!
@youbecomeidiomas9851
@youbecomeidiomas9851 25 күн бұрын
Hey you now that you have left the Church of Jesus Christ, are you attending any church or following any religion? And you, who also left the church, do you follow any religion or church? What is your faith now?
@thanksformutton1037
@thanksformutton1037 26 күн бұрын
1:53:21 would the god of Mormonism flex his bank account as evidence of the legitimacy of the CLDS? What about the whole difficulty of rich men getting into heaven?
@gd8205
@gd8205 Ай бұрын
LDS episodes are the most valuable of all episodes. For feedback…2 hosts is good. 3 is ok. 4 hosts is too much. Topics like this are better to stay focused and without a panel full of additional off the cuff commentary.
@reannastar1985
@reannastar1985 Ай бұрын
What if it was painted paper? I'm not sure when gold paint was invented?
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
Yeah..... 😂😂😂😂😂
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
Kolobian magick
@customerservice95
@customerservice95 Ай бұрын
1:29:46 you simply can't trust a man to give an accurate measurements of the size and girth!
@reannastar1985
@reannastar1985 Ай бұрын
Also what if he was receiving divine revelation and he lied about everything else to legitimize the message and his experience? Or maybe he just wanted to feel special 😂
@ExmoRaymo
@ExmoRaymo Ай бұрын
If god knows the end from the beginning, why didn’t he/she give Joesph Smith a Kindle or tablet instead of the large brick of golden plates, a pair of glasses, a few rocks and a hat to lug around? Maybe it’s just an operating system issue? Could it be that god is an apple user? Or, Maybe Moroni used WordPerfect???? 😅
@oliver7011
@oliver7011 Ай бұрын
Lol, God needs a copyright!
@sueanncooper
@sueanncooper Ай бұрын
I feel like John doesn't believe option 2 because he's never been really drunk. At 0.12% BAC you can believe you're seeing all kinds of things.
@mrmeditate790
@mrmeditate790 Ай бұрын
Tommy Monson dropped off the plates to Joseph Smith as he was on his "errand for the Lord"
@thanksformutton1037
@thanksformutton1037 26 күн бұрын
2:02:34 bc of the happiness letter, we know Joseph coerces believers by threatening them and their families by denying entry into the celestial kingdom. And when he does, he tells those people to burn the evidence. Affirming that happened here would leave someone no better than apologists with their special pleading and “widening of the target”, but there’s room for doubt that, an intellectually-honest person could not accept, God’s prophet, see’er and revelator, would not create and simply could not possess. Once you’re proven to be a liar, especially for faith promotion, your ability to promote faith disappears like, some might say, the missing half of the Joseph Smith Papyri 🤡. The fact that the witnesses are two families raises the potential for successful “salvational” blackmail, by painting them into a corner to cooperate to prevent mutual destruction.
@jeffcarlin5866
@jeffcarlin5866 Ай бұрын
This was a pretty good discussion...but Julia was a out of her depth. I get it: Include a woman; be inclusive...but she didn't add anything of real value....
@israelcarrascoantonio5990
@israelcarrascoantonio5990 Ай бұрын
Háganlo en español
@PatriciaNoel-qp2ff
@PatriciaNoel-qp2ff Ай бұрын
SPEED TALKING! Take a breath y’all….😮But yes, I believe the witnesses aren’t to be taken seriously.🎉
@barbiechopshop9538
@barbiechopshop9538 Ай бұрын
I ❤ Mark Twain
@girlwalkswithgoats
@girlwalkswithgoats Ай бұрын
Hiram Page seer stone... The OG ouija board... obviously 😂
@christelwoesthoff1227
@christelwoesthoff1227 Ай бұрын
Christian religion 2.0: one god, eight witnesses, all born in the center of the Universe: the USA and rewritten bible text. Maybe it's time to start a new Christian religion 3.0. Oh shoot, that's already done: Chad Daybell started one.
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
Religion 4.0 ubermensch walk your own path. You know what is best for you. Other people are just that. No direct line to the Big G for anyone.
@onlylove556
@onlylove556 Ай бұрын
Wow Joseph Smith sounds just like Muhammad. Glory to the Triune God Jehovah Christ Jesus. This is why Jesus established The Holy Apostolic Catholic Church 📿🌹🍞🍷💯🙏🏼☦☦☦💪🏼
@JIKOKALOL
@JIKOKALOL Ай бұрын
LMAO!
@bernardmailu5185
@bernardmailu5185 Ай бұрын
"..this church, and to bring it forth out of obscurity and out of darkness, the only true and living church upon the face of the whole earth, with which I, the Lord, am well pleased, speaking unto the church collectively and..." D&C 1:30.Revelation given by Jesus christ to joseph smith the prophet in ohio on 1st September 1831.
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
Joe Smith had a child brides for each day of the week. Several as young as 14 year old children. Nothing you can say can justify that filth
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
Joe Smith fo-rnic-ated with children
@monyetgoblog7038
@monyetgoblog7038 Ай бұрын
Please get a psychiatrist
@whitesalamander
@whitesalamander Ай бұрын
@@monyetgoblog7038but not a Mormon psychiatrist 🤣
@jake8882
@jake8882 Ай бұрын
Lol. I can write my own revelation as well. When people quote the doctrine and covenants...cringe.
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