There is a problem with this video near the 2 minute mark... Not only did Joseph Smith Jr get hired on by Stowell/Stoal, but so did his father, Smith Sr. Why is that being left out? Both names are on the contract, both were being paid.
This is mostly a very nice video with deep insights into Joseph Smith and Josiah Stowell. However, at the 12:22 mark, Anthony Sweat's painting of Joseph looking into a hat is blasphemous. Please redo the video and delete this scene. Joseph and Oliver always said that the translation was done with the Urim and Thummim--a device given to the brother of Jared and handed down through the generations to Moroni and Joseph Smith. At the 7:47 mark, a sign is displayed stating, "Joseph Smith in 1827 dug for and claimed to find some of the plates for the Mormon Bible 1/2 mile up this creek." This sign is in the Afton, New York Barn Museum. I called the Afton Historical Society at 607-693-1408. The lady said that this sign was located between Afton and Ninevah, NY (5 miles downstream on either highway 7 or 26) by a creek that drained into the Susquehanna River. It was removed because the sign was grossly incorrect. The plates were located in the hill Cumorah near Palmyra, NY over 100 miles northwest of Nineveh as the crow flies. How many other events and facts have historians gotten wrong?
"Anthony Sweat's painting of Joseph looking into a hat is blasphemous. " .... You do know the Church does NOT deny this, just wishes NOT to discuss it openly. Go check FAIR's website on the issue... FAIR who ARE the LDS Church's PAID apologetic department. The ONLY issues here IS the white washing of the truth on Smith's trial. The Church knows Smith's CRAPPY past and cringes over it.
@@atheistapostate7019 D&C 135:3 states, "3 Joseph Smith, the aProphet and bSeer of the Lord, has done more, csave Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. In the short space of twenty years, he has brought forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents; has sent the dfulness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained, to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations and commandments which compose this book of Doctrine and Covenants, and many other wise documents and instructions for the benefit of the children of men; gathered many thousands of the Latter-day Saints, founded a great city, and left a fame and name that cannot be slain. He lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people; and like most of the Lord’s anointed in ancient times, has sealed his mission and his works with his own eblood; and so has his brother Hyrum. In life they were not divided, and in death they were not fseparated!"
@@brucelloyd7496 And your point of D&C 135:3 is? It is KNOWN within the leadership AND apologetic group of Fair. I am NOT saying anything unknown. This is the churches OWN defense on Smith using a seer stone and hat, NO denial, just defense. By the way, ARE you FAMILIAR with "The Book of Covenants"? It is the book BEFORE the D&C was edited and doctored to be less embarrassing... www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2009/joseph-the-seer-or-why-did-he-translate-with-a-rock-in-his-hat
@@atheistapostate7019 Yes, I'm familiar with the Book of Covenants. The seer stone in a hat is a big lie perpetuated by scholars who have hijacked church history.
@@brucelloyd7496 is that what you need to tell yourself at night to sleep better knowing LDS Inc is false and it’s leaders frauds? How can the church “highjack” the church and history WHEN the Book Of Covenants was way BEFORE the D&C was even existed. You’re the type of member I use to mock and others did as well, you’re the nutcase who’ll end up joining some fringe movement, smh
There is a problem with this video near the 2 minute mark... Not only did Joseph Smith Jr get hired on by Stowell/Stoal, but so did his father, Smith Sr. Why is that being left out? Both names are on the contract, both were being paid.
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This is mostly a very nice video with deep insights into Joseph Smith and Josiah Stowell. However, at the 12:22 mark, Anthony Sweat's painting of Joseph looking into a hat is blasphemous. Please redo the video and delete this scene. Joseph and Oliver always said that the translation was done with the Urim and Thummim--a device given to the brother of Jared and handed down through the generations to Moroni and Joseph Smith.
At the 7:47 mark, a sign is displayed stating, "Joseph Smith in 1827 dug for and claimed to find some of the plates for the Mormon Bible 1/2 mile up this creek." This sign is in the Afton, New York Barn Museum. I called the Afton Historical Society at 607-693-1408. The lady said that this sign was located between Afton and Ninevah, NY (5 miles downstream on either highway 7 or 26) by a creek that drained into the Susquehanna River. It was removed because the sign was grossly incorrect. The plates were located in the hill Cumorah near Palmyra, NY over 100 miles northwest of Nineveh as the crow flies. How many other events and facts have historians gotten wrong?
"Anthony Sweat's painting of Joseph looking into a hat is blasphemous. " .... You do know the Church does NOT deny this, just wishes NOT to discuss it openly. Go check FAIR's website on the issue... FAIR who ARE the LDS Church's PAID apologetic department.
The ONLY issues here IS the white washing of the truth on Smith's trial. The Church knows Smith's CRAPPY past and cringes over it.
@@atheistapostate7019 D&C 135:3 states,
"3 Joseph Smith, the aProphet and bSeer of the Lord, has done more, csave Jesus only, for the salvation of men in this world, than any other man that ever lived in it. In the short space of twenty years, he has brought forth the Book of Mormon, which he translated by the gift and power of God, and has been the means of publishing it on two continents; has sent the dfulness of the everlasting gospel, which it contained, to the four quarters of the earth; has brought forth the revelations and commandments which compose this book of Doctrine and Covenants, and many other wise documents and instructions for the benefit of the children of men; gathered many thousands of the Latter-day Saints, founded a great city, and left a fame and name that cannot be slain. He lived great, and he died great in the eyes of God and his people; and like most of the Lord’s anointed in ancient times, has sealed his mission and his works with his own eblood; and so has his brother Hyrum. In life they were not divided, and in death they were not fseparated!"
@@brucelloyd7496 And your point of D&C 135:3 is? It is KNOWN within the leadership AND apologetic group of Fair. I am NOT saying anything unknown. This is the churches OWN defense on Smith using a seer stone and hat, NO denial, just defense.
By the way, ARE you FAMILIAR with "The Book of Covenants"? It is the book BEFORE the D&C was edited and doctored to be less embarrassing...
www.fairlatterdaysaints.org/conference/august-2009/joseph-the-seer-or-why-did-he-translate-with-a-rock-in-his-hat
@@atheistapostate7019 Yes, I'm familiar with the Book of Covenants. The seer stone in a hat is a big lie perpetuated by scholars who have hijacked church history.
@@brucelloyd7496 is that what you need to tell yourself at night to sleep better knowing LDS Inc is false and it’s leaders frauds?
How can the church “highjack” the church and history WHEN the Book Of Covenants was way BEFORE the D&C was even existed.
You’re the type of member I use to mock and others did as well, you’re the nutcase who’ll end up joining some fringe movement, smh