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[[en:Question: Does the fact that Oliver Cowdery and Joseph Smith distant cousins make Oliver an unreliable witness to the Book of Mormon?]] | [[en:Question: Does the fact that Oliver Cowdery and Joseph Smith distant cousins make Oliver an unreliable witness to the Book of Mormon?]] | ||
[[es:Pregunta: ¿El hecho de que Oliver Cowdery y José Smith primos lejanos hacen Oliver un testigo poco confiable para el Libro de Mormón?]] | [[es:Pregunta: ¿El hecho de que Oliver Cowdery y José Smith primos lejanos hacen Oliver un testigo poco confiable para el Libro de Mormón?]] | ||
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The accusation that Oliver being a distant cousin of Joseph Smith makes him an unreliable witness to the Book of Mormon is what is known as a "ad hominem" attack on the witnesses' character. The term "ad hominem" is defined, according to Merriam-Webster, as:
One can see that accusations that Oliver is an unreliable witness because he is related to Joseph Smith applies both of these definitions:
More to the point, if Oliver was covering up a fraud on the part of Joseph Smith when he acted as a scribe during the translation of the Book of Mormon simply because he was related to Joseph Smith, or if he was covering for Joseph when he acted as one of the Three Witnesses, then why didn't Oliver expose the fraud after he fell into disagreement with Joseph Smith and was excommunicated from the Church? This would have been the perfect opportunity to expose a fraud.
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