Joseph Smith was a Glass Looking Treasure Digger - wasmormon.org
Today, the fact that Joseph Smith was involved in treasure digging is undisputed, yet still hardly common knowledge among members of the church. This is likely due to the historic denials from church leadership on Joseph and any such occult practices. The church has sought to distance itself from the strange magic practices of the
Book of Mormon Anachronisms – Slippery Treasures and Treasure Digging Concepts
The Smith family and other treasure seekers believed that enchantments on buried treasure had the power to move the location of the treasure under the earth so that those seeking the hidden valuables could not acquire them. These were called slippery treasures.
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Book of Mormon Anachronisms – Slippery Treasures and Treasure Digging Concepts - wasmormon.org
Joseph Smith was brought up being praised for his "gift." What gift is that? The gift his father practiced and saw in him. The practice that 100 years earlier was condemned by Benjamin Franklin. The practice appears in church history, in the doctrine and covenants, and even the Book of Mormon. This practice is easily
Benjamin Franklin on Treasure Seeking Seers. Franklin saw the folly and called it out as the “most egregious folly and madness.”
The church denied Joseph’s involvement with treasure digging until the evidence was no longer possible to refute or ignore. There is no doubt today that Joseph Smith was deeply involved with treasure digging.
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Benjamin Franklin on Treasure Seeking Seers - wasmormon.org
Founding Father, Benjamin Franklin, didn't know Joseph Smith since they lived in different times, but Joseph certainly knew of Ben Franklin. Ben Franklin did know however about many of the folk magic practices that Joseph's family still practiced a hundred years later. Franklin saw the folly and called it out as nonsense. He described the
Joseph Smith Confirms His Seer Stone Is Nonsense - wasmormon.org
Joseph was in trouble with the law for treasure digging with Josiah Stowell. It seems he was working out a pivot in his life and transitioning from treasure-digging to becoming a religious leader. As he learns that you can get into serious trouble taking people's money and leading a treasure dig with a peep stone
Church Historians Attempt Normalizing Strange Seer Stone In Hat Translation Method - wasmormon.org
Mason Allred and Mark Ashurst-McGee discuss the various historical accounts of the Book of Mormon translation process, including accounts of Joseph Smith using a Seer Stone to translate the ancient record and accounts of Joseph Smith using the Urim and Thummim in a video posted on the "Church History/Latter-day Saint History" YouTube account, the official
Church Historians Attempt Normalizing Strange Seer Stone In Hat Translation Method - wasmormon.org
Mason Allred and Mark Ashurst-McGee discuss the various historical accounts of the Book of Mormon translation process, including accounts of Joseph Smith using a Seer Stone to translate the ancient record and accounts of Joseph Smith using the Urim and Thummim in a video posted on the "Church History/Latter-day Saint History" YouTube account, the official
Joseph Fielding Smith Taught The Seer Stone Was Not Used for Book of Mormon Translation - wasmormon.org
The New Narrative We have many statements and posts from current church leaders trying to normalize Joseph's seer stone translation. We have Elder Uchtdorf and Brother Brad Wilcox discussing the rock in a hat and independently comparing it to a mobile phone of all things. We even have President Nelson demonstrating the rock-in-hat procedure Joseph
“In reality, most of us use a seer stone every day. My mobile phone is like a seer stone... I can even translate anything into or from many different languages!” – Elder Uchtdorf, Mormon Apostle
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Elder Uchtdorf Compares Peep Stone to His Smartphone - wasmormon.org
The church has done much to normalize the fact that Joseph Smith used a peep stone or seer stone when he purportedly translated the Book of Mormon. They have released images of the exact stone he used and have received quite a bit of pushback since in the past, the narrative was he used the
The Problems with Joseph Smith and Peep Stone Translations - wasmormon.org
Anyone who was raised Mormon, or even attended the church for any length of time knows the Urim and Thummim story. Joseph Smith is portrayed as having translated the Book of Mormon with some special seer stones which were found with the gold plates. The Book of Mormon translation was possible with this Urim and
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