1898: Additional "Witnesses" of the Book of Mormon Gold Plates | LDS Discussions Ep. 54

Mormon Stories Podcast

Dr. John Dehlin

Religion & Spirituality

4.6 • 5.2K Ratings

🗓️ 17 May 2024

⏱️ 104 minutes

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In this riveting interview, @nemothemormon and @analyzingmormonism are back to delve into the lesser-known accounts surrounding the plates of the Book of Mormon. Witness testimonies, some published decades after the events, paint a conflicting picture of the plates' appearance, size, and the circumstances under which they were allegedly shown. From the curious case of Josiah Stoll, who claimed to be the first to handle the plates, to Mary Whitmer's visionary encounter with an enigmatic figure, "Brother Nephi," who purportedly showed her the plates, we explore the enduring myths of Mormonism's foundational narrative.

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0:00.0	Hello everyone and welcome to another edition of Mormon stories podcast. I'm your host John Delin. It is May 8th, 2024 and we are here in the middle of a really important
0:10.8	LDS discussion series on the Witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
0:14.9	For those of you who don't know, the LDS discussion series is our best attempt at reviewing
0:20.0	Mormon Church truth claims in a way that lets people decide for themselves how they feel about
0:26.1	the validity of the Church's truth claims. We're like 50 plus episodes into this LDS discussion
0:31.1	series, but we did one on the three witnesses to the Book of Mormon.
0:34.8	Last time we did one on the eight witnesses
0:36.7	to the Book of Mormon.
0:37.8	Today we're going to cover other witnesses
0:39.9	to the Book of Mormon beyond the three and the eight and then we're actually now going to have
0:44.4	a part four on Witness to the Book of Mormon where we're going to talk about what became of the
0:49.7	eight witnesses and the other witnesses to the Book of Mormon did they stay in the church, did they not,
0:54.6	did they go on to follow other prophets or plates or not.
0:58.8	And then finally we're going to just talk about just general inconsistencies overall sort of as a summary for all the
1:06.2	witnesses the three the eight and the other so this is again part three of a four
1:10.9	part series on Book of Memorial Witnesses Witnesses.
1:13.4	For those who want to check out the Eldis discussion series,
1:17.4	we want to make sure people understand
1:20.0	that we believe these episodes are best viewed sequentially.
1:24.8	So whether it's on Spotify or on Apple Podcasts or on the YouTube LDS discussions
1:31.2	playlist that you can find on the Mormon stories YouTube channel.
1:35.6	We recommend you pause this episode.
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