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==Question: If Gordon B. Hinckley were a true prophet, why did he not discern the nature of the Hofmann forgeries?==
 
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===Prophets are not omniscient nor are they infallible===
 
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Critics of the Church raise the question: If Gordon B. Hinckley were a true prophet, why would he be fooled into buying the forgeries? Would he not be able to discern the fraud? <ref>Criticisms related to President Hinckley's inability to detect the Mark Hofmann forgeries are raised in the following publications: {{CriticalWork:Abanes:One Nation|pages=424}} {{Specific|One_Nation_Under_Gods/Use_of_sources/Church_leaders_will_always_know_deception}}; {{CriticalWork:Tanner:Changing World|pages=337}}; {{CriticalWork:Watchman Fellowship:Articles|pages=3}}</ref>
 
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The assumption that President Hinckley should have discerned the nature of the forgery stems from incorrect expectations of what a prophet is. Prophets are not omniscient nor [[Fallibility_of_prophets|infallible]].  The Church bought the documents when assured by experts that they were genuine.
 
  
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Prophets do not generally act to take away the free agent choices of others. President Hinckley's decision to purchase the documents allowed them to be examined, and kept them available for further study so that the forgery could be discovered. (Had a private collector, especially one hostile to the Church, acquired the documents, access might have been much more difficult.)
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