S4E5 Witnesses of the Book of Mormon Part 2

Standard of Truth

Dr. Gerrit Dirkmaat

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 1 February 2024

⏱️ 68 minutes

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In this episode, we continue our discussion about the witnesses of the Gold Plates. We discuss the setting where Joseph first learns that he will be allowed to show the plates to witnesses. We also talk about the attempt by Lucy Harris to force Joseph to show the plates or be found guilty of fraud. Rex’s Elders Quorum President start time: 17:37 For details about our live studio audience recording on Saturday, March 16th please sign up for our free newsletter: ⁠https://standardoftruthpodcast.substack.com/⁠ If you would like to join us on a Standard of Truth Tour in Palmyra and Kirtland on June 7 spots are still available: https://standardoftruth.com/tours/ If you have any questions or possible topics of discussion for upcoming podcasts, please email us at: ⁠[email protected] Please visit our website at ⁠www.standardoftruth.com⁠

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Standard of Truth podcast. In this podcast, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont and Professor Richard
0:07.8	Leduc, explore the early history of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the
0:13.2	life and teachings of Prophet Joseph Smith. They examine the original historical sources and
0:18.8	provide context for events of the past.
0:21.7	They approach the history of the church with faith, expertise, and humor.
0:40.8	Hi, welcome to another episode of the Standard of Truth podcast.
0:47.7	I'm your host, Dr. Garrett Dirkmont, and I'm joined by my erstwhile friend, Professor Richard Leduke.
0:49.4	Well, hello, Garrett.
0:54.9	It's nice to be with you today as we get back into the witnesses of the Book of Mormon.
0:59.4	We started with the witnesses of the Book of Mormon by talking about Lucy Harris for an hour,
1:03.8	which we felt was on brand. We're taking a wide view.
1:07.6	Oh, you don't say.
1:09.7	Well, we're talking about how people wanted to see the place, because we're not just talking about the witnesses themselves.
1:16.6	We're talking about the demand to see the plates as a witness.
1:22.0	I see.
1:22.5	It's a bunch of broader topic.
1:24.3	Anyone that wanted to see it.
1:26.1	We've never really defined what are defined what we meant by witness.
1:31.4	And in our podcast, we define witness as someone who wanted to see it and then tried to
1:36.6	destroy Joseph's life when they didn't. Or as my brother said, having listened to the first episode,
1:44.7	someone who was willing to trade their daughter's marriage to a low life person
1:51.6	so that they could get copies of the characters.
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