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- ==Question: When did God tell David Whitmer to separate himself from the Latter-day Saints?== ===Whitmer claimed no revelation from God at the time that he was excommunicated===3 KB (533 words) - 15:36, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did David Whitmer tell John Murphy that the angel Moroni "had no appearance or shape" and that he saw "nothing"?== ===John Murphy quoted David Whitmer as saying that his witness experience was just a "feeling" or an "impression"===5 KB (940 words) - 15:12, 13 April 2024
- ..., denied that testimony...which has so long since been published with that book...It was no Delusion"== ...81, quoted in "David Whitmer Interview with John Murphy, June 1880," Early Mormon Documents 5:63.</ref>:3 KB (479 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ...d Whitmer) has been at the Hill Cumorah and seen the casket that contained the tablets and seerstone"== It was reported that David Whitmer had seen the stone box from which the plates were removed.1 KB (204 words) - 15:44, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What happened to the stone box in which gold plates were deposited?== ===David Whitmer reported seeing the stone box three times, but that it had broken apart and been destroyed===2 KB (251 words) - 15:33, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What material were the plates made from?== ...oy of a lighter metal, such as copper, which was covered with a thin layer of gold===3 KB (431 words) - 15:35, 13 April 2024
- ...d the Book of Mormon witnesses mean when they used the word "supernatural" to describe their experiences?== ===The term "supernatural" is used as a synonym for "miraculous"===6 KB (969 words) - 15:32, 13 April 2024
- ...nt of the attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright compare to those of the eyewitnesses?== ...ormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-joseph-smith-attempt-to-secure-the-book-of-mormon-copyright-in-canada|number=556}}3 KB (416 words) - 15:22, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: How did the erroneous story of the attempt to sell the Book of Mormon copyright develop over time?== ...ormoncentral.org/knowhy/why-did-joseph-smith-attempt-to-secure-the-book-of-mormon-copyright-in-canada|number=556}}5 KB (843 words) - 15:21, 13 April 2024
- ===William Lang, who apprenticed in Cowdery's law office long after he left the Church, knew him for many years=== ...for major state offices twice." <ref>{{InvestigatingWitnesses1|start=40}}; the following quotes on Oliver are also taken from Anderson.</ref>20 KB (3,233 words) - 15:32, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What did Martin Harris's non-Mormon associates say about his character?== ...s|start=96|end=98}}</ref> Wrote the local paper on Harris' departure with the Saints:16 KB (2,770 words) - 15:32, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: What did David Whitmer's associates say about his character?== ===Throughout Richmond, Missouri, the non-Mormons knew David Whitmer as an honest and trustworthy citizen===21 KB (3,608 words) - 15:31, 13 April 2024
- ...itmer (1887): "We were in the spirit when we had the view...but we were in the body also"== ...the “spiritual” vs. “natural” viewing of the plates. Responding to the interviewer who questioned Harris. Anthony Metcalf wrote:3 KB (434 words) - 14:21, 13 April 2024
- ...Were the Book of Mormon witnesses not neutral because they were members of the Church and believers in Joseph's mission?== ...had seen plates because they believed in the restoration; they believed in the restoration because they had seen plates===3 KB (589 words) - 15:30, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Did David Whitmer ever deny his Book of Mormon witness because he thought that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet?== ...was very vocal about his testimony of the Book of Mormon up until the end of his life, even though he thought that Joseph Smith was a fallen prophet===6 KB (959 words) - 15:12, 13 April 2024
- ...e Three Witnesses consider Joseph Smith a "fallen prophet" after they left the Church?== ...Witnesses considered Joseph Smith to be a "fallen prophet" after they left the Church===3 KB (490 words) - 15:17, 13 April 2024
- .... Below are links to various FAIR resources and other resources responding to each concern. ''CES Letter: "Joseph did not use the gold plates for translating the Book of Mormon."''8 KB (1,075 words) - 20:57, 12 April 2024
- ==Question: Did B.H. Roberts lose his faith in the Church and the Book of Mormon?== ...im that B.H. Roberts abandoned the Book of Mormon can be found in his last book, which he considered his masterwork===27 KB (4,505 words) - 15:11, 13 April 2024
- ==Question: Has the Church tried to hide Joseph's use of a seer stone?== ...mentioned occasionally in Church publications, but is rarely discussed in the 21st century in venues such as Sunday School===16 KB (2,511 words) - 15:21, 13 April 2024
- ...ion: Did Joseph Smith begin his prophetic career with a "trinitarian" idea of God?== ...were not trinitarian, and understood God's embodiment and the identity of the Father and Son as separate beings very early on===17 KB (2,835 words) - 15:14, 13 April 2024