Ep 683 – Truth vs Fiction, Part 2: Who Wrote the Book of Mormon (Joseph Smith?)

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Personal Journals, Society & Culture, Philosophy

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🗓️ 28 June 2019

⏱️ 92 minutes

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What is truth? What is fiction? Was Joseph Smith the sole author of the Book of Mormon? Was it Solomon Spaulding? Glenn and Randy talk with historian John Hamer about Book of Mormon authorship.

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0:00.0	One night Joseph was praying to be forgiven of his sins and to know what he should do.
0:07.0	An angel named Maroni appeared and told Joseph about a book that was written on gold plates.
0:14.0	Joseph was to translate these plates into English.
0:18.0	The next day Joseph went to the top of the Hill-Kamora.
0:22.0	Joseph Smith went up on that hill and dug where he was told.
0:27.0	There he found a big rock.
0:30.0	He primed the rock up with a stick. The neath the rock was...
0:35.0	And deep in the ground, Joseph Bound,
0:38.0	shining plates of gold.
0:40.0	What are these golden plates?
0:42.0	Who bury them here and why?
0:44.0	Then appeared an angel,
0:46.0	His name was Boronai.
0:48.0	He used the Uriman Thumun to translate some of them.
0:54.0	Scribes help Joseph by writing the words as he translated them from the gold plates.
0:59.0	But don't let anybody see these plates except for you.
1:05.0	They are only for you to see.
1:09.0	Even if people ask you to show the plates to them,
1:12.0	Don't just copy. ask you to show the plates to them.
1:13.0	Don't just copy them onto normal paper,
1:18.0	even though this might make them question if the plates are real or not.
1:26.0	The book is called The Book of Mormon. It tells about people who lived in America many years ago.
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