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|subject="Rock in hat" used for Book of Mormon translation: Why did Joseph use the same stone for translating that he used for "money digging?" | |subject="Rock in hat" used for Book of Mormon translation: Why did Joseph use the same stone for translating that he used for "money digging?" | ||
|summary=Joseph was given a set of Nephite interpreters along with the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was produced. In addition, Joseph already possessed and utilized several seer stones. Although Joseph began translating the Book of Mormon using the Nephite interpreters, he later switched to using one of his seer stones to complete the translation. Critics (typically those who reject Mormonism but still believe in God) reject the idea that God would approve the use of an instrument for translation that had previously been used for "money digging." | |summary=Joseph was given a set of Nephite interpreters along with the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was produced. In addition, Joseph already possessed and utilized several seer stones. Although Joseph began translating the Book of Mormon using the Nephite interpreters, he later switched to using one of his seer stones to complete the translation. Critics (typically those who reject Mormonism but still believe in God) reject the idea that God would approve the use of an instrument for translation that had previously been used for "money digging." | ||
| + | |sublink1=Question: Why would Joseph Smith use the same stone for translating the Book of Mormon that he used for "money digging"? | ||
| + | |sublink2=Question: What role did Joseph fill in the community as a youth? | ||
| + | |sublink3=Question: Didn't Joseph's 1826 Bainbridge appearance before a judge prove that he had previously been using his stone for nefarious purposes? | ||
| + | |sublink4=Question: Why would Joseph Smith ''not'' continue to use the sacred interpreters provided with the Nephite record? | ||
| + | |sublink5=Question: Did Joseph use his seer stone to view the location of the gold plates in the Hill Cumorah? | ||
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Contents
- 1 What is the relationship between Joseph's seer stone and the Urim and Thummim?
- 1.1 Urim and Thummim and seer stones
- 1.1.1
- 1.1.2 Joseph Smith's use of seer stones as a youth
- 1.1.3 What was the "Urim and Thummim" used by Joseph to translate the plates? Was it the Nephite interpreters or the seer stone?
- 1.1.4 "Rock in hat" used for Book of Mormon translation: Why did Joseph use the same stone for translating that he used for "money digging?"
- 1.1.5 Joseph Fielding Smith did not believe that Joseph used the seer stone to translate the Book of Mormon
- 1.1.6 Interpreter source statements
- 1.1.7 Book of Mormon translation method source quotes
- 1.1.8 The "white stone" that will be given to everyone when they enter the Celestial kingdom.
- 1.1.9 Which method of translation is more "believable": Seer stone or Nephite interpreters?
- 1.1.10 Did Joseph Smith place the Nephite interpreters in his hat?
- 1.1 Urim and Thummim and seer stones
What is the relationship between Joseph's seer stone and the Urim and Thummim?
Urim and Thummim and seer stones
Summary: Joseph Smith used the Nephite Interpreters as well as his own seer stone (both of which were later referred to as "Urim and Thummim") to translate the Book of Mormon.