1895: How Credible Were the Book of Mormon's EIGHT Witnesses? LDS Discussions Ep. 53
Mormon Stories Podcast
Dr. John Dehlin
4.6 • 5.2K Ratings
🗓️ 9 May 2024
⏱️ 128 minutes
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Summary
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?
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon stories podcast |
| 0:03.2 | LDS Discussions Edition it is May 1st 2024 and today we are continuing |
| 0:10.8 | our amazing Mormon Church Truth Claims series called LDS discussions and |
| 0:17.1 | we're going to be doing at least a two-parter on the eight witnesses to the Book of Mormon. |
| 0:24.0 | For now, the working title of this episode |
| 0:26.0 | is What Did the Eight Witnesses actually see? |
| 0:29.0 | We're going to be finalizing |
| 0:31.0 | what the actual titles are for these two episodes after we record them. |
| 0:35.1 | But we know we've got enough slides for at least two episodes. |
| 0:38.5 | For those who don't know, we're talking about the eight witnesses to the Book of Mormon following an episode or two on the |
| 0:46.3 | three witnesses to the Book of Mormon. |
| 0:49.1 | And this whole LDS discussion series is a 50-plus episode series now that we've recorded over a year or two based |
| 0:57.7 | on the amazing work of Mike from the LDS Discussions.com website where Mike did a meticulous job of reviewing |
| 1:06.8 | Mormon Church truth claims and we've covered so many great things you all love |
| 1:11.3 | it Mike at some point needed to take a break from original |
| 1:16.7 | research and so we've brought Julia Sanders on to continue some of that research as well. And with that, we are wanting to remind everyone |
| 1:28.7 | that you can consume the LDS discussion series wherever you get your podcast on Spotify on Apple |
| 1:35.5 | Podcasts you can view it on video on Spotify but also there is a YouTube |
| 1:41.6 | playlist where you can watch them all in succession. |
| 1:45.0 | We want to remind you that this series is enjoyed best if you start from the beginning |
| 1:51.0 | and then watch them all in sequence because we will be referring to past episodes. |
| 1:56.0 | But, you know, we welcome you no matter where you are and we know that so many of you love this series. |
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