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"A thousand things may be conjectured, but when a man declares openly, candidly, and seriously, of what he has seen, hefted and handled with his own hands, and taht in the presence of a God who sees and knows the secrets of the heart, no man possessed of common reason and common sense, can doubt, or will be so vain as to dispute."
- —Oliver Cowdery, describing a testimony given by John Whitmer, one of the Eight Witnesses, June 1835.[1]
Critics of the Church attempt to dismiss the experience of the Eight Witnesses by claiming that their view of the plates was not literal. The critics attempt to argue that the witnesses only 'saw' the plates in a spiritual state, and then were allowed to heft a covered box. This flatly contradicts their own reports, and those of others.[2] Richard Anderson has collected eight accounts of John Whitmer's that confirm the reality of his handling of the plates.[3] The critics ignore much documentary evidence in John Whitmer's case alone, simply because his witness is inconvenient for their speculations.
William Smith resumiu bem a questão quando disse que de todas as oito testemunhas
"que eles não só Viram com os próprios olhos, mas seguraram com suas mãos o referido registro. . . ninguém nem qualquer uma dessas testemunhas jamais, ao meu conhecimento, contrariou o testemunho dado acima concernente a existência real dessas placas mórmons."[4]
As Oito Testemunhas afirmaram consistentemente a precisão do seu testemunho publicado, e da realidade física de sua experiência. Os críticos terão que procurar outro lugar para apoiar suas especulações.
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