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==Question: How can we accept David Whitmer as a valid Book of Mormon witness if God told him to leave the Saints?== | ==Question: How can we accept David Whitmer as a valid Book of Mormon witness if God told him to leave the Saints?== | ||
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[[es:Pregunta: ¿Cómo podemos aceptar David Whitmer como un libro válido del testimonio mormona si Dios le dijo que se fuera a los santos?]] | [[es:Pregunta: ¿Cómo podemos aceptar David Whitmer como un libro válido del testimonio mormona si Dios le dijo que se fuera a los santos?]] | ||
[[pt:Pergunta: Como podemos aceitar David Whitmer como uma testemunha válida de O Livro de Mórmon se Deus lhe disse para deixar os santos?]] | [[pt:Pergunta: Como podemos aceitar David Whitmer como uma testemunha válida de O Livro de Mórmon se Deus lhe disse para deixar os santos?]] | ||
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It is claimed that if members accept Whitmer's witness of the Book of Mormon,[1] then they must also accept that God wanted David to repudiate the Church as false. Brent Metcalfe asserts the following:
Contemporary Mormons are left to confront Whitmer's challenge: believe that God confirmed the Book of Mormon translation and later instructed him to repudiate Mormonism or reject his testimony in toto. For Whitmer there was no distinction between the two experiences.[2]
Believing Latter-day Saints have no trouble seeing both of Whitmer's revelatory experiences as inspired of God. While God would not force Whitmer to remain in the Church, He might well take steps to ensure that the Three Witnesses remained alive. In fact, Whitmer's fidelity to his testimony despite great disagreements with Joseph and the Church strengthen its force.
It is disingenuous for critics to imply Whitmer did not leave the Church until God "told him to."
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