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MormonThink's practice of copying blocks of text from a variety of websites produces a very confusing citation scheme. In many cases, citation links simply lead back to the main page of an anti-Mormon website without providing a path to the actual source document. This page lists the actual cited sources and provides links to them where possible. Since MormonThink does not provide a consistent citation list, we identify quotes using the first few words. | MormonThink's practice of copying blocks of text from a variety of websites produces a very confusing citation scheme. In many cases, citation links simply lead back to the main page of an anti-Mormon website without providing a path to the actual source document. This page lists the actual cited sources and provides links to them where possible. Since MormonThink does not provide a consistent citation list, we identify quotes using the first few words. | ||
− | == | + | ==Contemporary sources== |
*{{SourceQuotePhrase|In writing for your father I frequently wrote day after day}} | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|In writing for your father I frequently wrote day after day}} | ||
**''Emma Smith Bidamon Interview with Joseph Smith III'', February 1879, cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', Vol. 1. p. 541. | **''Emma Smith Bidamon Interview with Joseph Smith III'', February 1879, cited in Vogel, ''Early Mormon Documents'', Vol. 1. p. 541. | ||
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|Then the white stone mentioned in Revelation }} | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Then the white stone mentioned in Revelation }} | ||
**D&C 130: 10-11 | **D&C 130: 10-11 | ||
− | *{{SourceQuotePhrase| | + | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|It hardly seems reasonable to suppose that the prophet would substitute something evidently inferior [to the U&T] under these circumstances}} |
**Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation vol.3 pg 225-226 | **Joseph Fielding Smith, Doctrines of Salvation vol.3 pg 225-226 | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|I was at the house of his father in Manchester, two miles south of Palmyra village,}} | ||
+ | **((criticallink|http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/docum4.htm}} | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Aside from the inaccurate translation pictures in the Ensign, the church continues to show the Joseph Smith Movie}} | ||
+ | **{{MisdirectedLink|cite=Joseph Smith Movied|website=Mormon Curtain|type=ex-Mormon message board}} | ||
− | + | ==Other sources== | |
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*{{SourceQuotePhrase|The article corroborates the 'stone in the hat' version of the translation}} | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|The article corroborates the 'stone in the hat' version of the translation}} | ||
**{{criticallink|http://sidneyrigdon.com/Classics1.htm}} | **{{criticallink|http://sidneyrigdon.com/Classics1.htm}} | ||
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**Richard Bushman | **Richard Bushman | ||
**{{MissingCitation}} | **{{MissingCitation}} | ||
− | + | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|The details of this miraculous method of translation are still not fully known. Yet }} | |
+ | **Russell M. Nelson, Russell M. Nelson, [http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1993.htm/ensign%20july%201993.htm/a%20treasured%20testament.htm "A Treasured Testament,"] Ensign, July 1993, 61 | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|Once Martin found a rock closely resembling the seerstone }} | ||
+ | **Kenneth Godfrey, "A New Prophet and a New Scripture," Ensign, Jan. 1988 | ||
+ | *{{SourceQuotePhrase|In imitation of the true order of heaven where seers receive revelation from God}} | ||
+ | **Bruce R. McConkie, ''Mormon Doctrine'' | ||
==Critical works== | ==Critical works== | ||
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*{{criticallink|http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no105.htm}} (anti-Mormon countercult) | *{{criticallink|http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no105.htm}} (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
*{{criticallink|http://www.exmormon.org/exmoblogs.html}} (Recovery from Mormonism ex-Mormon message board) | *{{criticallink|http://www.exmormon.org/exmoblogs.html}} (Recovery from Mormonism ex-Mormon message board) | ||
− | *{{criticallink|http://www.mormonstories.org/top10toughissues/peepstones.html}} ( | + | *{{criticallink|http://www.mormonstories.org/top10toughissues/peepstones.html}} (semi ex-Mormon) |
+ | *http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Book_of_Mormon (Wikipedia) | ||
+ | *http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/docum4.htm (secular criticism) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.mormoncurtain.com/topic_josephsmithworship.html#pub_-552501541}} (ex-Mormon) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TpukBl8OgsY (YouTube video made by "friends of MormonThink") | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.irr.org/mit/divination.html (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.lds-mormon.com/transltn.shtml (secular criticism) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.mrm.org/multimedia/text/seer-stone.html (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.exmormon.org/exmoblogs.html (ex-Mormon) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.lds-mormon.com/jsmith.shtml (secular criticism) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.utlm.org/onlinebooks/changech4.htm (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no95.htm (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.utlm.org/newsletters/no105.htm (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.xmission.com/~research/about/docum4.htm (secular criticism) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.rmwhome.com/Mormons/Documents/translation.htm (ex-Mormon) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.mrm.org/topics/book-mormon/seer-stone-and-hat-translating-book-mormon (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.mrm.org/topics/book-mormon/how-heavy-were-those-gold-plates (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.exmormon.org/mormon/mormon430.htm (ex-Mormon) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.saintsalive.com/mormonism/ftruth/ft1.doc (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://equalitysblog.typepad.com/equality_time/2007/10/recommended-sit.html#more (secular criticism) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.janishutchinson.com/joeoccult.html (ex-Mormon) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sECvoqzi4A (anti-Mormon countercult) | ||
+ | *{{criticallink|http://www.southparkstudios.com/guide/episodes/s07e12-all-about-mormons}} (South Park video "All About the Mormons") | ||
− | == | + | ==Non-critical links== |
*[http://www.fairlds.org/fair-conferences/2002-fair-conference/2002-the-1826-trial-of-joseph-smith "The 1826 Trial of Joseph Smith"] by Russell Anderson, 2002 FAIR Conference. (pro-Mormon apologetic) | *[http://www.fairlds.org/fair-conferences/2002-fair-conference/2002-the-1826-trial-of-joseph-smith "The 1826 Trial of Joseph Smith"] by Russell Anderson, 2002 FAIR Conference. (pro-Mormon apologetic) | ||
*http://josephantley.com/2009/10/27/the-seer-stones-cradle-western-new-york/ | *http://josephantley.com/2009/10/27/the-seer-stones-cradle-western-new-york/ | ||
*http://www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net/kn/ (Collection of private Gospel Doctrine materials) | *http://www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net/kn/ (Collection of private Gospel Doctrine materials) | ||
+ | *http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1993.htm/ensign%20july%201993.htm/a%20treasured%20testament.htm (Ensign) | ||
+ | *http://www.askgramps.org/in-what-way-did-the-prophet-joseph-smith-translate-the-book/ | ||
+ | *http://www.lds.org/scriptures/bofm/moro/10.4?lang=eng#4 (Moroni's promise in the Book of Mormon) | ||
+ | *http://latterdaycommentary.blogspot.com/2008/04/seer-stone-in-hat-book-of-mormon.html (A believer's blog) | ||
+ | *http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon_translation_method (FAIR Wiki page on Book of Mormon translation methods) | ||
+ | *http://en.fairmormon.org/Joseph_Smith/Seer_stones#Has_the_Church_tried_to_hide_Joseph.27s_use_of_a_seer_stone.3F (FAIR Wiki) | ||
+ | *http://www.pbs.org/mormons/view/ (PBS) | ||
+ | *http://library.lds.org/nxt/gateway.dll/Magazines/Ensign/1993.htm/ensign%20july%201993.htm/a%20treasured%20testament.htm | ||
+ | *http://farms.byu.edu/display.php?table=jbms&id=167 | ||
+ | *http://www.fairlds.org/Mormonism_201/m20108.html | ||
+ | *http://www.askgramps.org/in-what-way-did-the-prophet-joseph-smith-translate-the-book/ | ||
+ | *http://en.fairmormon.org/Joseph_Smith_and_seer_stones | ||
+ | *http://en.fairmormon.org/Book_of_Mormon_translation_method | ||
+ | *http://en.fairmormon.org/Church_art_and_historical_accuracy | ||
+ | *http://www.fairlds.org/FAIR_Conferences/2002_1826_Trial_of_Joseph_Smith.html | ||
+ | *Daniel Peterson - PBS video | ||
+ | *1977 Ensign, By the Gift and Power of God | ||
+ | *1974 Friend, A Peaceful Heart | ||
+ | *www.ldsgospeldoctrine.net | ||
+ | *Dialogue, Volume 15, No 2 summer 1982, pg 48-68 | ||
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