So, which was it?
Urim and Thummim?
Seer Stones?
Face in a hat?
Lighted letters, and character by character comparison / checks and balances?
This is the way Mormons like to portray the process on their website and in various publications:
translating.jpg
But this may be a more accurate portrayal, by other accounts:
face in hat.jpg
I remember on "old Tweb" having a discussion with one of the Tweb Mormons who got pretty upset that I posted the picture of Smith with "face in hat", because he apparently didn't know that was one of the ACTUAL accounts in Mormon History. He thought I made that up just to be disrespectful to Smith.
So, which was it? What was the REAL "translation" method of the alleged golden plates?
Urim and Thummim?
Seer Stones?
Face in a hat?
Lighted letters, and character by character comparison / checks and balances?
This is the way Mormons like to portray the process on their website and in various publications:
translating.jpg
But this may be a more accurate portrayal, by other accounts:
face in hat.jpg
I remember on "old Tweb" having a discussion with one of the Tweb Mormons who got pretty upset that I posted the picture of Smith with "face in hat", because he apparently didn't know that was one of the ACTUAL accounts in Mormon History. He thought I made that up just to be disrespectful to Smith.
So, which was it? What was the REAL "translation" method of the alleged golden plates?
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