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Some of Joseph Smith's associates practiced "treasure hunting" and believed in the use of seer stones to locate lost objects. Some claim that many of these individuals believed in "second sight." Do these characteristics make these men unreliable witnesses?
Isto é conhecido como um ataque "ad hominem" sobre o caráter de testemunhas. O termo "ad hominem" é definido, de acordo com Merriam-Webster, como:
A acusação de que as testemunhas não são confiáveis se aplica em ambas definições:
How exactly does the belief that one can locate buried treasure by means of a seer stone speak to one's character or honesty?
Entretanto, devemos considerar o seguinte: Todas as três testemunhas deixaram a Igreja após graves desentendimentos com Joseph Smith, e ainda assim nunca negaram que eles tinham visto as placas e o anjo, mesmo perto do fim de suas vidas.
The fact that three different men allowed their name to be printed below a statement saying that they saw an angel, and then continued to affirm that they had seen the angel in public statements (some of them even published in newspapers) until the end of their lives, tends to tip the scale more toward "it really happened" than "it didn't happen." That's the point of a signed statement after all.
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