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− | Joseph Smith's translation method was not a typical one. Most conventional translations take place with the translator reading the source document and then rendering it in a second language. Joseph, however, translated "by the gift and power of God" ({{s|| | + | Joseph Smith's translation method was not a typical one. Most conventional translations take place with the translator reading the source document and then rendering it in a second language. Joseph, however, translated "by the gift and power of God" ({{s||D&C|135|3}}) — he did not know the language on the plates, so simply looking at the plates while attempting to translate them would not have done him any good. (Many LDS artists have portrayed the Prophet translating by staring intently at the open plates, but such depictions are incomplete and do not account for other processes that were involved during different periods of the translation.) |
In the beginning of the translation process Joseph used the Urim and Thummim, and later a seerstone (what the video's producers pejoratively call a "magical peepstone"), to translate the record on the plates. We are not certain exactly how the seerstone worked, but it seems to have provided a means for him to focus and eliminate distractions so he could concentrate more fully on the translation given to him by the Holy Spirit. | In the beginning of the translation process Joseph used the Urim and Thummim, and later a seerstone (what the video's producers pejoratively call a "magical peepstone"), to translate the record on the plates. We are not certain exactly how the seerstone worked, but it seems to have provided a means for him to focus and eliminate distractions so he could concentrate more fully on the translation given to him by the Holy Spirit. | ||
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Would the video's authors condemn Paul because he was brought before many courts because of religious persecution? ({{b||Acts|23|6}}.) Would they condemn Jesus Christ because he would brought before the highest court in Jerusalem and condemned to death? | Would the video's authors condemn Paul because he was brought before many courts because of religious persecution? ({{b||Acts|23|6}}.) Would they condemn Jesus Christ because he would brought before the highest court in Jerusalem and condemned to death? | ||
− | (''Note'': the video also mentions the Stowell incident of 1826 in the [[ | + | (''Note'': the video also mentions the Stowell incident of 1826 in the [[Search for the Truth DVD:Polygamy|polygamy]] section, and does not disclose the facts of the matter there either.) |
'''To read more:''' | '''To read more:''' | ||
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* [[Joseph Smith and money digging]] | * [[Joseph Smith and money digging]] | ||
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* [[Book of Mormon witnesses:Spiritual or literal|Book of Mormon witnesses: literal or imaginary?]] | * [[Book of Mormon witnesses:Spiritual or literal|Book of Mormon witnesses: literal or imaginary?]] | ||
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:''The central issue in the whole question of Joseph Smith's involvement in the Kinderhook plate episode is that the expected "translation" did not appear. And this fact may well explain the characteristic that has made this hoax most interesting — that it was never carried to completion.'' | :''The central issue in the whole question of Joseph Smith's involvement in the Kinderhook plate episode is that the expected "translation" did not appear. And this fact may well explain the characteristic that has made this hoax most interesting — that it was never carried to completion.'' | ||
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− | :''So it is that in the 100-year battle of straw men and straw arguments, Joseph Smith needs no defense — he simply did not fall for the scheme.'' | + | :''So it is that in the 100-year battle of straw men and straw arguments, Joseph Smith needs no defense — he simply did not fall for the scheme.'' |
::<small>—Stanley B. Kimball, "Kinderhook Plates Brought to Joseph Smith Appear to Be a Nineteenth-Century Hoax," ''Ensign,'' August 1981, pp. 66–74.{{link|url=https://www.lds.org/ensign/1981/08/kinderhook-plates-brought-to-joseph-smith-appear-to-be-a-nineteenth-century-hoax?lang=eng}})</small> | ::<small>—Stanley B. Kimball, "Kinderhook Plates Brought to Joseph Smith Appear to Be a Nineteenth-Century Hoax," ''Ensign,'' August 1981, pp. 66–74.{{link|url=https://www.lds.org/ensign/1981/08/kinderhook-plates-brought-to-joseph-smith-appear-to-be-a-nineteenth-century-hoax?lang=eng}})</small> | ||
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