Sentences with phrase «translating golden plates»
Translating golden plates is cuckoo but saying Moses inscribed the Ten Commandments onto stone tablets is perfectly rational?
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/
BTW, Joseph Smith translated the golden plates (which were written in what he insisted was «reformed Egyptian» hieroglyphics - something no other linguist in history has ever heard of) behind a curtain while dictating the translation to a secretary on the other side of the curtain.
A) joseph smith did nt» translate golden plates.
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Nevertheless, in the midst of his reshaping still lies the central story at the heart of the (original) Book of Mormon — that a 19th century treasure hunter called Joseph Smith claimed to have discovered a new revelation of Jesus appearing to South American tribes inscribed on golden plates which only he could translate, and became the self - appointed prophet of a new religious movement (and yes, that whole story comes in for a lot of ridicule along the way).