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==Criticism== | ==Criticism== | ||
| − | + | Critics charge that Joseph Smith claimed to have been able to translate the engravings on the Kinderhook plates. Since the discoverers of the plates later admitted they were forgeries, critics claim that Joseph Smith was fooled, and that this is evidence that couldn't tell real ancient artifacts from fakes and therefore this casts doubt on his ability to translate ancient records by the power of God. | |
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===Source(s) of the Criticism=== | ===Source(s) of the Criticism=== | ||
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==Response== | ==Response== | ||
| − | + | A set of small plates, engraved with characters of ancient appearance, were purported to have been unearthed in Kinderhook, Illinois, in 1843. ADD MORE.... | |
==Conclusion== | ==Conclusion== | ||
A summary of the argument against the criticism. | A summary of the argument against the criticism. | ||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
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===FAIR web site=== | ===FAIR web site=== | ||
*[http://www.fairlds.org/apol/ai026.html Kinderhook plates] | *[http://www.fairlds.org/apol/ai026.html Kinderhook plates] | ||
| − | + | *[http://www.fairlds.org/apol/misc/misc32.html Ask the Apologist: How do we explain the early comments about the Kinderhook Plates?] | |
===External links=== | ===External links=== | ||
| − | * | + | *Stanley B. Kimball, [http://library.lds.org/library/lpext.dll/ArchMagazines/Ensign/1981.htm/ensign%20august%201981.htm/kinderhook%20plates%20brought%20to%20joseph%20smith%20appear%20to%20be%20a%20nineteenthcentury%20hoax.htm "Kinderhook Plates Brought to Joseph Smith Appear to Be a Nineteenth-Century Hoax"], ''Ensign'' 11/8 (August 1981), pp. 66–74. |
| + | *[http://www.aros.net/~wenglund/kinderhook.htm Kinderhook Plates: Putting an End to the Hoax] (Wade Englund) | ||
===Printed material=== | ===Printed material=== | ||
*Printed resources whose text is not available online | *Printed resources whose text is not available online | ||
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Criticism
Critics charge that Joseph Smith claimed to have been able to translate the engravings on the Kinderhook plates. Since the discoverers of the plates later admitted they were forgeries, critics claim that Joseph Smith was fooled, and that this is evidence that couldn't tell real ancient artifacts from fakes and therefore this casts doubt on his ability to translate ancient records by the power of God.
Further reading
FAIR wiki articles
FAIR web site
- Kinderhook plates
- Ask the Apologist: How do we explain the early comments about the Kinderhook Plates?
External links
- Stanley B. Kimball, "Kinderhook Plates Brought to Joseph Smith Appear to Be a Nineteenth-Century Hoax", Ensign 11/8 (August 1981), pp. 66–74.
- Kinderhook Plates: Putting an End to the Hoax (Wade Englund)
Printed material
- Printed resources whose text is not available online