Treasure Buried In New York
Does this discredit Joseph Smith and the Mormon Church?
In 1974, a court trial record turned up in the basement of a county courthouse in upstate New York, where Joseph Smith had lived as a youth, in which he pled guilty to “peepstoning”. The church accepted the authenticity of the document.
“peepstoning” was a common ‘magic’ practice at the time. The practitioner would gaze through magic transparent stones, usually quartz crystals, and supposedly be able to see where gold or other treasures were buried. This is how JS “translated” the Book of Mormon.
One of the principal apologists for the church, Hugh Nibley, once said that “if such a charge were ever proven to be true, it would cast serious doubt on his [Joseph Smith's] claim [to divine authority and inspiration].”
http://www.bidstrup.com/mormon.htm
I am not making fun. I just want people who don’t see it to see the truth behind the lies. I was blind for many years and I can never get those years back, so if I can help just ONE person it’s all worth it.
No more than the “Book of Mormon” itself, and the lack of one iota of archaeological evidence for any of it’s fables.
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