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- |L5=Response to claim: "If Oliver Cowdery’s gift was really a divining rod then this tells us that the origins of the Church are much more involved in ...ng a peep stone in a hat or Oliver Cowdery using a divining rod or dowsing rod63 KB (10,061 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...the adjectival noun ''prudent'' is a mistranslation of the Hebrew word for divining. This phrase is translated, for instance, as 'the diviner and the elder' in ...n is symbolized by the ''yoke'' (10.27; 14.25), the ''bar'' (10.24), the ''rod'' (10.24; 14.4; Gen 49.10), and trampling ''boots''."<ref name="Sweeney" />198 KB (31,143 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- ...hat if the "rod of nature" was indeed a physical object such as a divining rod?== ===God allowed Oliver to use the rod as a tool to receive spiritual guidance===4 KB (726 words) - 15:33, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: How was the wording of the "rod of nature" revelation that became Doctrine and Covenants 8:6–8 altered ov ...you things Behold there is no other power save God that can cause this '''rod to work in your hands'''. {{ea}}5 KB (846 words) - 15:23, 13 April 2024
- ...d Joseph Smith attempt to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing the wording of the revelation that became Doctrine and Covenant ...of the revelation, but he is the one that actually changed the wording to "rod of nature."3 KB (473 words) - 15:13, 13 April 2024
- ...tory.lds.org: "Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod"== ...or revelation. Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod.<ref>Jeffrey G. Cannon, [http://history.lds.org/article/doctrine-and-covena2 KB (236 words) - 15:43, 13 April 2024
- ...tory.lds.org: "Cowdery was among those who believed in and used a divining rod"]]122 bytes (20 words) - 12:43, 19 October 2017
- ''CES Letter: "These are people who believed in folk magic, divining rods, visions, second sight, peep stones in hats, treasure hunting (money d *[[Oliver Cowdery and the "rod of nature"]]8 KB (1,075 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- ==Question: Did Joseph Smith give Brigham Young and Heber C. Kimball divining rods "as a symbol of gratitude for their loyalty"?== ===The passage describes Heber's dream in which Joseph gave him a rod, saying "the hand of God shall be with you"===3 KB (433 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024
- ===Although there is evidence that Oliver possessed a divining rod, there is no evidence that he or his father were involved in "money digging ...them, one assumes, that Oliver learned the art of working with a divining rod. {{ea}}3 KB (476 words) - 15:28, 13 April 2024
- ...h Smith, Sr. "participated with William Cowdery in a religious group using divining rods" for the purpose of receiving revelation ...laim: 1 - Oliver Cowdery introduced himself to Joseph Smith's family as a "divining rodsman"4 KB (552 words) - 14:18, 13 April 2024
- ...d Joseph Smith attempt to "cover up" Oliver Cowdery's work with a divining rod by changing the wording of the revelation that became Doctrine and Covenant190 bytes (28 words) - 20:21, 25 April 2017
- ...ed "magical" and corpora designated by other generic terms (e.g., healing, divining, execrative) with no cognitive loss. Indeed, there would be a gain.<ref>{{F ...ine upon line" from where he was (surrounded with beliefs about seeing and divining) and brought him to further light, knowledge, and power.104 KB (16,809 words) - 00:45, 20 May 2024
- ...wn, Vermont, whose small religious sect, the "New Israelites," practiced [[divining]] for buried treasure and for revelatory purposes. ...am Cowdery and the Wood Scrape would help explain why his son Oliver had a rod through which he received revelations."41 KB (6,211 words) - 06:18, 15 May 2024