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*'''Question: Do contemporary accounts mention angelic visitors?<br>Answer: Yes.'''<br> {{nw}} | |||
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*'''Question: Why are there not any contemporary testimonies. Or are there?<br> Answer: Yes, there are.''' See above. | |||
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Revision as of 02:57, 15 October 2013
A FairMormon Response to Questions Asked in Swedish Fireside with Elder's Jensen and Turley
1: BoM translation—2: Polygamy and Polyandry—3: Polygamy forced?—4: Book of Abraham—5: "Lying for Lord"—6: Mark Hofmann—7: Blood atonement—8: First Vision—9: Sanitized history—10: "Not all truth is useful"—11: Angelic affidavits—12: Blacks and priesthood—13: Temple concerns—14: Evidence of Vikings—15: Adam-God—16: Kinderhook
Question:
One thing that really bothers me is the lack of contemporary sources for the angelic visitations.
- There are sources from 1820-1830— affidavits, letters, minutes— but none of them ever mentions any angelic visitations or a priesthood
- Why are there not any contemporary testimonies. Or are there?
Short Answer:- Question: Do contemporary accounts mention angelic visitors?
Answer: Yes.
[needs work] - Question: Is priesthood ordination mentioned?
Answer: Yes.
[needs work] - Question: Why are there not any contemporary testimonies. Or are there?
Answer: Yes, there are. See above.