Julia @analyzingmormonism, Nemo @NEMOTHEMORMON, and Mike are back to discuss the varying accounts of the three men who supposedly saw Joseph's "gold plates" that eventually became the Book of Mormon. What did they say about what they REALLY saw?

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Chapters
00:00:00 Panelist updates & Background
00:06:45 Book of Mormon Prophecy of Witnesses
00:11:30 Book of Mormon Timeline
00:13:30 Revelations concerning the Witnesses
00:16:30 Joseph Smith History
00:19:10 Summary of the Three Witnesses
00:27:50 Revelation June 1829; D&C 17
00:35:15 The Testimony of Three
00:39:06 About the Statements
00:39:45 Almost All related
00:40:23 None of the Witnesses Signed
00:44:37 Fawn Brodie
00:46:25 Percentage of Witness Statements

The Witnesses
00:54:35 Martin Harris
01:00:00 Oliver Cowdery
01:07:25 David Whitmer

Martin Harris
01:14:00 Martin Harris’ “Witness” according to Isaac Hale
01:20:00 Letter from Stephen Burnett to Br. Johnson
01:29:00 Jesse Townsend to Phineas Stiles
01:36:00 John A. Clark
01:37:30 Anthony Metcalf
01:41:50 John H Gilbert
01:43:00 Pomeroy Tucker
01:46:27 Reuben P. Harmon
01:48:34 Palmyra Reflector

David Whitmer
01:52:00 David Whitmer’s Interview with Orson Pratt
01:59:40 David Whitmer’s Interview with John Murphy
02:03:45 David Whitmer’s rebuttal
02:08:35 Dan Vogel commentary
02:09:20 David Whitmer’s interview with Joseph Smith III
02:13:10 Kelly & Braden 1884
02:17:40 David Whitmer Interview with Anthony Metcalf
02:24:50 Zenas H Gurley Interview w/ David Whitmer
02:20:55 An Address to Believers in Christ

Oliver Cowdery
02:36:40 Oliver Cowdery Letter 1829
02:39:55 Oliver Cowdery Letter 1848

Summary of Inconsistencies
02:44:30 Who handled the plates?
02:45:20 When/Where did they see the plates?
02:46:50 What did they see?
02:49:25 Did they see PHYSICAL plates?

What Became of the Witnesses?
02:56:15 What Became of Martin Harris?
03:01:35 What became of David Whitmer?
03:04:55 What became of Oliver Cowdery?

03:09:30 Summary of Issues
03:13:50 Mark Twain “Roughing It”
01:1:29:25 Final slide & Commentary



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