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- Ensign (Jan. 2013): "He...referred to it using an Old Testament term, Urim and Thummim...He also sometimes applied the term to other stones he possessed" (view source)
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- Hemispheric Geography Model of Book of Mormon geography (view source)
- Peterson (2005): The plates "are an indigestible lump in the throats of people...who contend that there were no Nephites but that Joseph Smith was nonetheless an inspired prophet" (view source)
- Question: Could Joseph Smith have used Ethan Smith's ''View of the Hebrews'' as a guideline for creating the Book of Mormon? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith believe that the Book of Mormon explained local legends associated with the "Mound Builders" of the Eastern United States? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith say that viewing the gold plates would result in death? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith teach a hemispheric, rather than a limited, geography model for the Book of Mormon? (view source)
- Question: Did Joseph Smith use the Nephite interpreters to translate? Or did he use his own seer stone? (view source)
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- Question: What was the Lamanite curse? (view source)
- Question: Why have Church leaders taught a hemispheric geography for the Book of Mormon rather than a limited one? (view source)
- Question: Why were the gold plates needed at all if they weren't used directly during the translation process? (view source)
- Source:Appleby:Mormonism Consistent:If Mr. Smith dug for money he considered it was a more honorable way of getting it than taking it from the widow and orphan (view source)
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