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- ==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 (2,767 words) - 18:39, 12 October 2019
- ==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 (3,605 words) - 20:03, 5 October 2019
- ...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 (433 words) - 19:34, 10 March 2019
- ...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 (586 words) - 21:32, 21 July 2017
- ==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 (956 words) - 14:57, 10 March 2019
- ...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 (487 words) - 14:51, 10 March 2019
- .... 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) - 14:46, 2 February 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 (4,502 words) - 16:02, 13 May 2021
- ==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 (2,508 words) - 01:52, 3 August 2021
- ...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 (2,833 words) - 01:06, 7 July 2020
- Question: Did no one ever actually see the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?...stion: Did no one ever actually see the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?== ...s nonsense: Statements by the Book of Mormon witnesses do not lend support to these interpretations===5 KB (820 words) - 17:57, 27 June 2017
- ...rical record, but are included here as written as a reference for the type of discussions which continued regarding plural marriage. ...w, ''Biography of Lorenzo Snow'', 69 [Joseph Smith teaches plural marriage to Lorenzo Snow]522 KB (89,565 words) - 14:45, 24 September 2023
- ...record of Joseph Smith performing healings or other miracles by the power of Christ's priesthood?== ...day Saints are at least as well attested historically as those recorded in the Gospels===19 KB (3,380 words) - 21:14, 4 October 2017
- ==Question: Could Moroni have been an "angel of Satan"?== ...Joseph Smith, the Book of Mormon, and the LDS Church affirm that Jesus is the Christ, something that Satan cannot do===11 KB (1,813 words) - 12:44, 28 September 2023
- ...of Mormon "printer's manuscript" and why is it entirely in the handwriting of Oliver Cowdery?== ...30-joseph-smith-papers-robin-jensen-1080p-eng.mp4 The Story of the Book of Mormon Printer's Manuscript], Robin Jensen, LDS.org.2 KB (344 words) - 21:17, 27 June 2017
- ==Question: What did James Henry Moyle say about his visit to David Whitmer?== Moyle interviewed Whitmer and soon after wrote in his diary:11 KB (1,925 words) - 20:53, 27 June 2017
- ==Question: Does Martin Harris' involvement with other faiths after the Restoration discredit him?== ===Harris's decision to oppose Joseph Smith in Kirtland led him into a series of theological adaptations===15 KB (2,339 words) - 18:16, 27 June 2017
- ==Question: Did David Whitmer believe his witness experience was "only a vision"?== ...which David Whitmer described his witness of the plates as occurring “in the holy vision.”9 KB (1,560 words) - 17:26, 27 June 2017
- ...tions from David Whitmer which demonstrate the literal nature of the Three Witness experience== ...to the Editor, ''Fall River'' (MA) ''Herald'', 28 March 1879; reprinted in the ''Saints' Herald'' 26 (15 April 1879): 128; cited in {{EMD|vol=5|pages=26}}5 KB (909 words) - 23:14, 27 June 2017
- ...tions from Martin Harris which demonstrate the literal nature of the Three Witness experience== {{Epigraph|"He believes in the visitation of angels '''in bodily form''', for he has seen and conversed with them, as he11 KB (1,924 words) - 23:14, 27 June 2017
- ...: What did the Witnesses say about the faithfulness of the other witnesses to their testimony?== ...ffirm their witness. They also repeatedly denied any knowledge of a fellow witness denying their testimony.3 KB (478 words) - 17:04, 27 June 2017
- ==Oliver Cowdery statements as one of Three Witnesses== ...rris, in letter dated 29 November 1829, quoted in {{CriticalWork:Blatchley:The New Bible|pages=194}}</ref>9 KB (1,466 words) - 17:12, 14 March 2019
- ==Martin Harris statements as one of the Three Witnesses== ...rris, in letter dated 29 November 1829, quoted in {{CriticalWork:Blatchley:The New Bible|pages=194}}</ref>14 KB (2,481 words) - 22:43, 27 June 2017
- ==David Whitmer statements as one of the Three Witnesses== ...aced it in its former position, alledging that the book was in the custody of another, intimating that some Divine agent would have it in safe keeping.{{36 KB (6,439 words) - 21:10, 2 October 2018
- ==David Whitmer reaffirmed his published testimony of the Book of Mormon== ...st material from him. He repeatedly referred to and endorsed the published witness statement.11 KB (2,005 words) - 14:03, 11 March 2019
- ...sses who left the Church continue to maintain their witness of the Book of Mormon?== ...time, against Joseph Smith. Yet, they clung to their witness and continued to affirm it===6 KB (919 words) - 14:52, 10 March 2019
- ...hn Whitmer: Oliver Cowdery would not have denied his witness "at the peril of his life"== ...engthy letter to Mark Forscutt, and discussed Oliver Cowdery's willingness to suffer death:2 KB (286 words) - 18:04, 18 September 2017
- ==Question: What did the Book of Mormon witnesses say about the faithfulness of other witnesses?== Some Book of Mormon witnesses emphasized that they had never renounced their testimony, and ins3 KB (510 words) - 15:04, 10 March 2019
- ==Question: Did the Book of Mormon witnesses hold to their published testimonies?== ===Several of the Book of Mormon witnesses publicly reaffirmed their published testimonies===1,003 bytes (145 words) - 12:32, 11 March 2019
- ...passed into a state of entrancement, and in that state I saw the angel and the plates"== Anthony Metcalf interviewed Martin Harris in the 1873 or 1874 timeframe. Note that Metcalf considered Joseph Smith a "preten2 KB (337 words) - 22:45, 27 June 2017
- ...t ministries/The Interactive Bible/Difficult Questions for Mormons/Book of Mormon Witnesses |H=Response to "Difficult Questions for Mormons: Book of Mormon Witnesses"8 KB (1,222 words) - 11:18, 30 June 2017
- ==Question: Did David Whitmer say that his encounter with the angel Moroni was not an actual visitation?== ...ed testimony, and insists that the Book of Mormon was true and that he saw the angel===3 KB (590 words) - 17:27, 27 June 2017
- ...avid Whitmer ever refute his testimony of the Book of Mormon after he left the Church?== ===David Whitmer bore witness of the Book of Mormon even when threatened with death===7 KB (1,132 words) - 17:27, 27 June 2017
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH.76 KB (13,450 words) - 21:26, 25 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=MISSION TO ENGLAND,76 KB (12,887 words) - 21:24, 25 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=AN EPISTLE OF THE TWELVE.75 KB (13,444 words) - 21:25, 25 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L2=HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH.76 KB (13,651 words) - 21:25, 25 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L2=To the Editor of the Times and Seasons.80 KB (13,984 words) - 22:57, 25 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=Prospectus of a Weekly Newspaper, called The Nauvoo Neighbor.76 KB (13,270 words) - 23:04, 25 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=History OF JOSEPH SMITH.79 KB (14,071 words) - 21:30, 26 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH.78 KB (14,046 words) - 21:34, 26 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=Prospectus of a Weekly Newspaper, called The Nauvoo Neighbor.80 KB (14,130 words) - 00:03, 26 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=LETTER OF J. S. FULLMER.80 KB (14,216 words) - 22:50, 25 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L2=THE JEWS81 KB (14,404 words) - 22:49, 25 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=TRIAL OF JOSEPH SMITH85 KB (15,170 words) - 00:07, 26 December 2018
- |S= [[Category:Primary sources]]Source document in ''Mormon Publications: 19th and 20th Centuries'' online archive: [http://contentdm.l |L1=HISTORY OF JOSEPH SMITH.79 KB (14,481 words) - 00:15, 26 December 2018
- ==Question: How can one address arguments from reliability against the use of spiritual experiences in Latter-day Saint epistemology?== ===Introduction to the Criticism===27 KB (4,239 words) - 19:03, 31 August 2021
- ...at there be only three witnesses to the gold plates from which the Book of Mormon was translated?== ===Introduction to Criticism===26 KB (4,293 words) - 14:55, 19 November 2022
- ...The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints give for their possession of God’s priesthood?== ===Introduction to Question===23 KB (3,503 words) - 14:52, 27 April 2023