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*Did you know that the Nephite interpreter, the instrument found in the stone box with the plates, was ''not'' referred to as the "Urim and Thummin" until several years after the Book of Mormon was published? | *Did you know that the Nephite interpreter, the instrument found in the stone box with the plates, was ''not'' referred to as the "Urim and Thummin" until several years after the Book of Mormon was published? | ||
+ | *Is it easier to translate using a couple of stones mounted in a set of "spectacles," which require Joseph to prevent his scribe from seeing them by hanging up a curtain between them? Or is it easier to translate using a stone in a hat in plain view of everyone without requiring the curtain? | ||
+ | *Did you know that the historical sources indicate that a curtain was used in the early days of the translation, and that Joseph later switched to the stone and hat "for convenience?" | ||
*So are we saying that anyone in the 19th-century who believed in seer stones was not "reasonable" or "intelligent?" | *So are we saying that anyone in the 19th-century who believed in seer stones was not "reasonable" or "intelligent?" | ||
*Joseph Fielding Smith was entitled to his opinion, and he clearly stated that it was his opinion. However, statements made by Joseph Smith's contemporaries clearly indicate that the seer stone was used in the translation, and that the name "Urim and Thummim" was later applied to the seer stone in addition to the Nephite interpreters. | *Joseph Fielding Smith was entitled to his opinion, and he clearly stated that it was his opinion. However, statements made by Joseph Smith's contemporaries clearly indicate that the seer stone was used in the translation, and that the name "Urim and Thummim" was later applied to the seer stone in addition to the Nephite interpreters. |
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